河流生态系统服务功能及水坝对其影响

河流生态系统服务功能是指河流生态系统与河流生态过程所形成及所维持的人类赖以生存的自然环境条件与效用,包括河流生态系统产品与河流生态系统服务两个方面。文中分析了河流生态系统的15项服务功能,其中包括供水、水产品生产、内陆航运、水力发电、休闲娱乐和文化美学等6项河流生态系统产品与调蓄洪水、河流输送、蓄积水分、土壤持留、净化环境、固定CO2、养分循环、提供生境和维持生物多样性等9项河流生态系统服务;同时又分析了修建水坝对这此服务功能的影响。研究表明,使河流生态系统服务功能得到正常发挥,是水坝建设决策中应考虑的必要因素。     

Dams in South Europe: socio-environmental approach and eDNA-metabarcoding to study dam acceptance and ecosystem health

Under current climate warming, dams and reservoirs are main options to ensure water supply in dry regions. However, the presence of these infrastructures encompasses impacts on ecosystem due to the alteration of connectivity and river habitat. We expect that as a result of the relation between water supply as a resource and the population will depend on their use or demand, so the benefits of dams compensate their negative impacts in regions with droughts while not having the same perception in zones where water supply is not a problem, so the public acceptance of dams is expected to change depending on the area. Here, we have employed a multidisciplinary approach to study dam acceptance and also measure ecosystem health in two dammed areas, Guadalhorce and Nalón rivers, Mediterranean dry south and Atlantic humid north of Spain, respectively. The methodology employed has included the use of Environmental DNA for phytoplankton inventory and surveys to stakeholders and ordinary citizens to measure dam’s acceptance. Worse bioindicators of water quality associated to dams were found in Guadalhorce than in Nalon River. However, stakeholders valued more the ecosystem services provided by Guadalhorce dams, especially of cultural nature, than those provided by Nalón dams. Most citizens consulted (N?=?319 and 300 in Guadalhorce and Nalón regions) were favourable to the presence of dams and reservoirs. They would also increase their annual taxes to restore river connectivity, especially in Guadalhorce River, while dam demolition was the least supported. The generally positive views would help to identify actions for improvement of dammed rivers highlighting the importance of restoring river connectivity without dam demolition for local river users.

     

汉江中下游生态系统健康评价指标体系构建及其应用

水利工程建设影响了河流生态系统健康。为探究梯级水库、跨流域调水等水利工程建设对长江流域河流生态系统健康的影响,以汉江中下游为例,采用频次分析法和相关性分析法对评价指标进行筛选,用最小二乘法和熵系数法相结合的综合权重模型确定各评价指标权重,从整体性、稳定性及可持续性3个方面构建了河流生态系统健康评价指标体系,并利用赋分法进行河流健康评价。结果表明,汉江中下游河流健康评价指标体系包含流量过程变异程度、输沙量变化、河流连通性、富营养化状况、鱼类物种数等11个指标。评价结果显示汉江中下游河流生态健康状况表现出较强的空间异质性,且健康状况逐年降低。靠近丹江口水库的区域较好,越往下游越差。     

Assessment of ecosystem resilience to hydroclimatic disturbances in India

Recent studies have shown an increasing trend in hydroclimatic disturbances like droughts, which are anticipated to become more frequent and intense under global warming and climate change. Droughts adversely affect the vegetation growth and crop yield, which enhances the risks to food security for a country like India with over 1.2 billion people to feed. Here, we compared the response of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP) to hydroclimatic disturbances in India at different scales (i.e., at river basins, land covers, and climate types) to examine the ecosystems’ resilience to such adverse conditions. The ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE_e: NPP/Evapotranspiration) is an effective indicator of ecosystem productivity, linking carbon (C) and water cycles. We found a significant difference (p < .05) in WUE_e across India at different scales. The ecosystem resilience analysis indicated that most of the river basins were not resilient enough to hydroclimatic disturbances. Drastic reduction in WUE_e under dry conditions was observed for some basins, which highlighted the cross‐biome incapability to withstand such conditions. The ecosystem resilience at land cover and climate type scale did not completely relate to the basin‐scale ecosystem resilience, which indicated that ecosystem resilience at basin scale is controlled by some other ecohydrological processes. Our results facilitate the identification of the most sensitive regions in the country for ecosystem management and climate policy making, and highlight the need for taking sufficient adaptation measures to ensure sustainability of ecosystems.     

河流污染底泥的生态修复

通过综合近几年国内外对河流污染的治理方法,介绍了河流污染底泥的污染类型及现状,说明目前河流污染的严重性和进行修复的重要性及迫切性;阐述河流底泥生态修复的主要内容,对生态修复做了简要解释;介绍了几种目前处于试验阶段的生态修复工程技术。河流生态修复的总体目标是恢复河流系统健康,实现人与河流的和谐共存。     

基于能值分析的我国小水电生态影响研究

如何系统定量地评价小水电开发过程所引起的景观变化、河流局部断流等生态影响,是平息争议、进行合理规划与开发小水电前提之一。运用能值分析方法,以贵州省赤水市观音岩水电站为例,将小水电建设、运行的资源投入,以及河道中水流的时空改变所导致生态服务功能的损失纳入核算体系,对其生态影响进行综合定量评估。从2010年的实际结果来看,由于河流断流,导致水坝下游生态系统服务功能的能值损失为2.77×1018sej,占到了系统建设运行总投入的44.84%,其中重点保护鱼种在影响河段的生境破坏是最大的能值损失。若不考虑下游生态系统服务功能损失,系统的环境负载率为1.92,可持续性指标为1.22;而考虑下游生态影响之后,系统环境负载率增大至4.26,可持续性指标减小为0.34。研究表明,小水电的开发必须遵循适度开发、规划优先,保障河流最基本的生态需水底线,是协调小水电开发和河流健康矛盾、追求小水电持续发展的刚性要求。     

Phylogeography of red deer (Cervus elaphus): Analysis of MtDNA cytochrome b polymorphism

Analysis of MtDNA cytochrome b gene (1140 bp) polymorphism of 106 samples red deer (Cervus elaphus) from different regions of Eurasia was performed; the phylogenetic relationships of groups throughout the entire inhibiting area (including North America) were reconstructed. Totally 75 haplotypes were detected, 33 of which were found in the European and 42 in the Asian part of the area. There were no identical haplotypes for these two parts of the area found. The close relatedness between Siberian red deer (C. e. sibirica) and North American wapiti (C. e. canadensis) was confirmed. Red deer inhibiting Yakutia were close to the Siberian red deer from Altai and Tuva, whereas red deer inhibiting Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions formed a separate clade. Overall, the reconstructed phylogeographic pattern of the species was significantly different from the subspecies differentiation based on morphological traits.     

Prioritizing conservation for the reduction of Gulf hypoxia using an environmental performance index

The annual growth of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico is largely attributed to agricultural nutrient loadings that originate from the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB). To effectively target conservation efforts throughout the entire MARB in order to reduce Gulf hypoxia, strategies to rank areas according to their impact on both agricultural production and ecosystem services are extremely important. In this paper, we utilize an Environmental Performance Index (EPI) to rank regions within the MARB according to their environmental performance, that is, their ability to produce agricultural outputs while minimizing nutrient loadings to the Gulf of Mexico. We compare our index rankings to previously used rankings of delivered yields alone and find the spatial distribution of rankings changes considerably when accounting for agricultural productivity. For example, the Corn Belt regions of central Iowa and northern Illinois no longer make up the lowest performing regions of the MARB after accounting for their high levels of agricultural production. Instead, regions along the Missouri river including central Missouri, western Iowa, and southeastern South Dakota as well as areas near the Ohio river including southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and southern Ohio now count among the lowest performing regions using the EPI ranking scheme. We suggest that incorporation of economic production value into large-scale prioritization of agricultural conservation within the MARB is essential to effectively reduce Gulf hypoxia while maintaining food security from efficient farm production.     

River ecosystem resilience to extreme flood events

Floods have a major influence in structuring river ecosystems. Considering projected increases in high‐magnitude rainfall events with climate change, major flooding events are expected to increase in many regions of the world. However, there is uncertainty about the effect of different flooding regimes and the importance of flood timing in structuring riverine habitats and their associated biotic communities. In addition, our understanding of community response is hindered by a lack of long‐term datasets to evaluate river ecosystem resilience to flooding. Here we show that in a river ecosystem studied for 30 years, a major winter flood reset the invertebrate community to a community similar to one that existed 15 years earlier. The community had not recovered to the preflood state when recurrent summer flooding 9 years later reset the ecosystem back to an even earlier community. Total macroinvertebrate density was reduced in the winter flood by an order of magnitude more than the summer flood. Meiofaunal invertebrates were more resilient to the flooding than macroinvertebrates, possibly due to their smaller body size facilitating greater access to in‐stream refugia. Pacific pink salmon escapement was markedly affected by the winter flood when eggs were developing in redds, compared to summer flooding, which occurred before the majority of eggs were laid. Our findings inform a proposed conceptual model of three possible responses to flooding by the invertebrate community in terms of switching to different states and effects on resilience to future flooding events. In a changing climate, understanding these responses is important for river managers to mitigate the biological impacts of extreme flooding effects.     

区域异质性视角下赣江生态系统服务支付意愿及其价值评估

赣江是中国最大淡水湖鄱阳湖水系的第一大河流,为流域内两千多万常住人口提供着重要的生态系统服务。研究赣江生态系统服务价值及其支付意愿可为建立和实施流域生态补偿机制提供决策依据。在随机效用理论框架下采用Tobit模型和实际调查数据,分析了居民对赣江生态系统服务的支付意愿及其影响因素,并运用条件价值评估法测算了赣江生态系统服务价值。可能的亮点在于,第一,将心理距离、心理所有权等微观因素纳入生态系统服务支付意愿模型中,通过测算心理变量对支付意愿影响的偏效应,探讨了提升生态系统服务支付意愿的可行路径;第二,比较分析了河流上、中、下游居民生态系统服务支付意愿的差异,并探讨了支付意愿异质性产生的原因。结果表明:(1)除居民收入和年龄外,对赣江环境治理满意度、支付偏好、对环保部门的信任度、与河流的心理距离、对河流的心理所有权也是影响其支付意愿的主要因素。(2)赣江生态系统服务支付意愿的区域异质性是由上、中、下游居民支付偏好、对环保部门信任度和收入的差异造成的。(3)满意度、信任度、心理距离和心理所有权的平均偏效应分别为7.22、3.84、2.7、1.85元/户。(4)赣江流域WTP预测值的中位数为19.57元/户,其中,南昌、吉安和赣州每户居民每月愿意支付的金额分别为23.24、19.70、16.86元,赣江为流域居民创造的生态系统服务价值为13.60亿元/a,其中,南昌段、吉安段和赣州段的生态系统服务价值分别为4.31亿元/a、3.21亿元/a和4.65亿元/a。最后,基于研究结论提出了相应的政策建议。     

基于生态足迹的大型水电工程建设生态补偿标准评价模型——以三峡工程为例

生态足迹作为重要的生态环境指标,已被广泛应用于可持续性分析中,但在生态补偿领域应用的较少。运用生态足迹思想,构建了6类大型水电工程建设的生态供给足迹与生态需求足迹模型,以此为基础,确立了大型水电工程建设的生态补偿标准评价模型;并进行了三峡工程案例研究。结果表明:(1)三峡工程建设6项正面影响的生态供给足迹为949.96×104hm2/a,换算成总经济价值为619.18×108元/a;三峡工程建设9项负面影响的生态需求足迹为188.98×104hm2/a,换算成总经济损失为123.18×108元/a。(2)发电产品、调蓄洪水和发电环境效益是三峡工程的主要正面影响,三者经济价值占总经济价值的95.06%;水库泥沙淤积和水库淹没是三峡工程的主要负面影响,两者经济损失占总经济损失的85.56%。(3)三峡工程建设的生态补偿标准为123.18×108元/a,水电开发业主、中央政府和地方政府是主要的生态补偿主体,两者承担了95.06%的生态补偿标准额度;河流生态系统和移民是主要的生态补偿对象,两者获得了91.39%的生态补偿额度。通过对比分析发现,构建的模型在三峡工程案例中得到了很好的验证。     

The conversion of the corn/soybean ecosystem to no-till agriculture may result in a carbon sink

Mitigating or slowing an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO₂]) has been the focus of international efforts, most apparent with the development of the Kyoto Protocol. Sequestration of carbon (C) in agricultural soils is being advocated as a method to assist in meeting the demands of an international C credit system. The conversion of conventionally tilled agricultural lands to no till is widely accepted as having a large-scale sequestration potential. In this study, C flux measurements over a no-till corn/soybean agricultural ecosystem over 6 years were coupled with estimates of C release associated with agricultural practices to assess the net biome productivity (NBP) of this no-till ecosystem. Estimates of NBP were also calculated for the conventionally tilled corn/soybean ecosystem assuming net ecosystem exchange is C neutral. These measurements were scaled to the US as a whole to determine the sequestration potential of corn/soybean ecosystems, under current practices where 10% of agricultural land devoted to this ecosystem is no-tilled and under a hypothetical scenario where 100% of the land is not tilled. The estimates of this analysis show that current corn/soybean agriculture in the US releases ∼7.2 Tg C annually, with no-till sequestering ∼2.2 Tg and conventional-till releasing ∼9.4 Tg. The complete conversion of land area to no till might result in 21.7 Tg C sequestered annually, representing a net C flux difference of ∼29 Tg C. These results demonstrate that large-scale conversion to no-till practices, at least for the corn/soybean ecosystem, could potentially offset ca. 2% of annual US carbon emissions.     

青藏高原沙柳河流域自然径流驱动的流域生物信息流量化特征——以环境微生物为指标

物质流、能量流、信息流是生态系统过程研究中的三大主题。然而,在流域生态学研究中,有关信息流的研究一直缺位。为了推动流域信息流研究,从生物信息流切入,提出"流域生物信息流"概念,将其定义为"生物信息依托于流域生态系统过程在不同空间和系统之间进行传递、交流、作用、反馈的路径、过程与控制",并将其研究内容拟定为主要关注于水陆间、干支流间、上下游间、不同生态斑块间的流域生物信息流及其周期性节律和趋势性变迁,以及地貌、水文、人类活动等对这些生物信息流的影响等。然后,以青藏高原上青海湖重要入湖河流--沙柳河的河流水体微生物和岸带土壤微生物为研究对象,利用环境DNA技术,对沙柳河流域的自然径流驱动的流域生物信息流进行量化研究。结果表明（1）岸带土壤到水体的流域生物信息流主要由地表表面流、地下潜流等驱动,并受环境过滤效应影响,其输移效率降雨天约为62.76%、晴天约为44.16%,其中输移能力降雨天约为68.49%、晴天约为56.82%,环境过滤效应降雨天约为8.38%、晴天约为22.28%;（2）水体上游到下游的流域生物信息流主要由河川径流驱动,并受衰减效应影响,其基础综合输移效率约为97.41%/km,其中径流输移能力约为99.42%/km,无效流域生物信息流占比约为43.46%,无效流域生物信息流的半衰距离约为14.52 km;（3）降雨通过增加地表表面流等的冲蚀搬运能力并削弱环境过滤效应,促使岸带土壤到水体的流域生物信息流输移能力和输移效率增大;（4）流域生物信息流的输入在一定程度上增加了输入地的可检出生物多样性,但这种增加对于流水生态系统来讲是非累积的。     

Comparison of fatty acid composition in major lipid classes of the dominant benthic invertebrates of the Yenisei river

The composition and content of fatty acids (FAs) in total lipids, triacylglycerols (TAG) and polar lipids (PL) in dominant groups of benthic invertebrates: gammarids (Gammaridae, Amphipoda), chironomid larvae (Chironomidae, Diptera), caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera) and mayfly larvae (Ephemeroptera) were studied in the Yenisei river. For the first time data on the FA composition of species belonging to Trichoptera (Insecta) are presented. The groups of aquatic insect larvae and gammarids weakly differed in total content of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Hence, the strong invasion of gammarids which occurred in the last decades in the Yenisei river should not result in a decrease in potential yield of essential PUFA in the ecosystem and corresponding decrease in food resource quality for fish in respect to PUFA content. Significant differences in biomarker FAs in TAG were found which correlated to specific food sources. Different levels of long-chain PUFA in PL of the invertebrates are discussed in relation to the genetic ability of particular taxa to form these FAs.     

Four Common Simplifications of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis do not hold for River Rehabilitation

River rehabilitation aims at alleviating negative effects of human impacts such as loss of biodiversity and reduction of ecosystem services. Such interventions entail difficult trade-offs between different ecological and often socio-economic objectives. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is a very suitable approach that helps assessing the current ecological state and prioritizing river rehabilitation measures in a standardized way, based on stakeholder or expert preferences. Applications of MCDA in river rehabilitation projects are often simplified, i.e. using a limited number of objectives and indicators, assuming linear value functions, aggregating individual indicator assessments additively, and/or assuming risk neutrality of experts. Here, we demonstrate an implementation of MCDA expert preference assessments to river rehabilitation and provide ample material for other applications. To test whether the above simplifications reflect common expert opinion, we carried out very detailed interviews with five river ecologists and a hydraulic engineer. We defined essential objectives and measurable quality indicators (attributes), elicited the experts´ preferences for objectives on a standardized scale (value functions) and their risk attitude, and identified suitable aggregation methods. The experts recommended an extensive objectives hierarchy including between 54 and 93 essential objectives and between 37 to 61 essential attributes. For 81% of these, they defined non-linear value functions and in 76% recommended multiplicative aggregation. The experts were risk averse or risk prone (but never risk neutral), depending on the current ecological state of the river, and the experts´ personal importance of objectives. We conclude that the four commonly applied simplifications clearly do not reflect the opinion of river rehabilitation experts. The optimal level of model complexity, however, remains highly case-study specific depending on data and resource availability, the context, and the complexity of the decision problem.     

Metagenomics of the water column in the pristine upper course of the Amazon river

River water is a small percentage of the total freshwater on Earth but represents an essential resource for mankind. Microbes in rivers perform essential ecosystem roles including the mineralization of significant quantities of organic matter originating from terrestrial habitats. The Amazon river in particular is famous for its size and importance in the mobilization of both water and carbon out of its enormous basin. Here we present the first metagenomic study on the microbiota of this river. It presents many features in common with the other freshwater metagenome available (Lake Gatun in Panama) and much less similarity with marine samples. Among the microbial taxa found, the cosmopolitan freshwater acI lineage of the actinobacteria was clearly dominant. Group I Crenarchaea and the freshwater sister group of the marine SAR11 clade, LD12, were found alongside more exclusive and well known freshwater taxa such as Polynucleobacter. A metabolism-centric analysis revealed a disproportionate representation of pathways involved in heterotrophic carbon processing, as compared to those found in marine samples. In particular, these river microbes appear to be specialized in taking up and mineralizing allochthonous carbon derived from plant material.     

流域生态系统服务和水土资源匹配研究进展

生态系统服务精确评估和水土资源匹配状态,对统筹流域山水林田湖草一体化保护和修复,以及构建流域国土空间开发保护新格局具有深远影响。以生态系统服务与水土资源的响应关系为出发点,系统梳理了流域生态系统服务评估及水土资源匹配研究现状。主要贡献包括：(1)筛选大尺度生态系统服务评估精确性方法及其优势阐述;(2)提出将信息熵理论与多目标优化相结合的水土资源匹配模型算法;(3)指出基于系统耦合协调理论进行流域生态系统服务与水土资源响应机理研究的必要性。研究以期阐明流域生态系统服务与水土资源的关联性及其响应机制,为最终实现流域“土地利用经济-生态效益最大、缺水总量最小”的过程目标导向和“生态系统服务效益最大”的结果目标导向,提供理论支撑和技术指导。     

Relationships between the biomass and production of bacterio- and phytoplanktonic communities

Quantitative ratios of the biomasses of bacterio- and phytoplankton, interrelation of their production characteristics, and association of the functional characteristics with environmental factors were studied for Lake Khanka, the Yenisei River, and the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir. The ratio between the biomasses of bacterioplankton (B_b) and phytoplankton (B_p) in these water bodies was shown to vary within the range exceeding three orders of magnitude. Bacterioplankton biomass was relatively stable and varied from sample to sample by an order of magnitude. In more than 50% of the samples (total sample number, 495), bacterioplankton biomass exceeded that of the phytoplankton. The average B_b/B_p ratios for Lake Khanka, Yenisei River, and Krasnoyarsk Reservoir were 5.1, 2, and 1.4, respectively. Increased B_b/B_p ratios were found to correlate with elevated specific (per unit biomass) phytoplankton production. This finding indicated additional supply of biogenic elements to phytoplankton due to their recycling by bacterial communities. The ratio between bacterioplankton and phytoplankton production for Lake Khanka varied from year to year (0.07 to 0.76). For the Yenisei River and the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir these ratios were on average 0.19 and 0.27, respectively. According to the literature data for other water bodies, bacterial production may reach from 10 to over 100% of the primary production. The equilibrium density of bacterioplankton (maximal density of the population) in Lake Khanka was ~1.5 times higher than in the Yenisei River and the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir due to higher content of suspended mineral matter and associated organo-mineral detritus in the lake. The interaction between dissolved organic compounds sorbed on the surface of mineral particles results in chemical alteration of biochemically stable substrate into compounds which may be assimilated by aquatic microorganisms.     

甘肃白龙江流域生态系统粮食生产服务价值时空分异

粮食生产服务是区域生态系统主要的服务功能之一,也是人类福祉和社会发展的基础,受自然环境和社会经济发展而不断变化。然而,目前国内外尚缺乏统一的生态系统服务价值的时空动态评估方法,尤其是在脆弱的山区过渡带区域。以灾害频发的脆弱生态过渡带——甘肃白龙江流域为例,尝试引入自然环境和人文社会要素对区域生态系统生产服务经济价值进行系数调整与修正,构建生态系统服务价值的计量评估模型,测算流域内生态系统生产服务价值并分析其时空差异性。结果表明:(1)1990—2010年间白龙江流域耕地面积波动起伏较大,但流域内生态系统生产服务价值却表现出持续上升的趋势,至2010年平均生产服务价值达186.74万元。生态系统生产服务价值空间格局变化不大,其高产区约占42.4%以上,主要分布在宕昌县西北部的岷江两岸和舟曲城关镇—武都汉王镇的白龙江两岸及其以北区域。(2)方法改进后,白龙江流域生产经济价值相对减小(172.74万元),间接反映了研究区内滑坡、泥石流等自然灾害和区位人文社会要素对生产经济价值的影响,更符合流域的实际情况。     

The influence of dams on ecohydrological conditions in the Huaihe River basin, China

Maintaining natural hydrologic variability is essential in conserving native riverine biota and river ecosystem integrity. Hydrologic regimes play a major role in structuring the biotic diversity within river ecosystems, as they control key habitat conditions within the river channel, the floodplain, etc. Alterations in streamflow regimes may modify many of these habitat attributes and impair ecosystem connectivity. There are many dams constructed in the Huaihe River basin that are drastically altering the natural hydrologic regimes of the river. We selected the Bengbu Sluice as a control node to study the influence of the Bengbu Sluice and all its upstream dams on the hydrologic regime. Using Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration and Range of Variability Approach methods, we assessed hydrologic alteration at the streamgauge site to demonstrate the influence of dams on ecohydrological conditions in the Huaihe River basin. The results show that dams have a strong influence on ecohydrological conditions, especially in dry seasons. The river ecohydrological targets and the minimum ecological and environmental flow requirements for the Bengbu section defined by this study can support ecosystem management and restoration plans and provide ecological operations for the Bengbu Sluice.