广西防城港东湾红树林湿地春季小型底栖动物丰度与生物量

于2019年春季在广西防城港东湾红树林湿地,设置4个断面共13个站位采集沉积物样品,对小型底栖动物的类群组成、丰度和生物量进行研究。共鉴定出11个以上的小型底栖动物类群,分别为自由生活海洋线虫、桡足类、多毛类、寡毛类、介形类、等足类、双壳类、涟虫、海螨类、腹足类、枝角类和其他未鉴定类群;小型底栖动物总平均丰度为(10364±8012) ind·10 cm-2;线虫是绝对优势类群,占小型底栖动物总丰度的95.38%,平均丰度为(9886±7746) ind·10 cm^-2,其次为桡足类,占比为2.14%,平均丰度为(221±358) ind·10cm^-2;小型底栖动物的总平均生物量为(10502±7894)μg·10 cm^-2,各断面的生物量趋势依次为:断面3>断面2>断面1>断面4。     

模拟潮汐淹浸对红树植物老鼠簕种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响

在温室内用自动控制装置模拟正规半日潮淹浸作用对老鼠簕种子发芽与幼苗生长的影响,设淹水0、3、6、9、12、15、18、21和24h·d-1共9个淹水时间梯度,人工海水盐度为2%,测定不同淹水时间下老鼠簕种子萌发、幼苗株高、叶面积、生物量以及幼苗叶脯氨酸含量、丙二醛(MDA)含量、叶绿素含量和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性等生理生化指标.结果表明,长时间淹水(≥15 h·d-1)会推迟老鼠簕种子萌发的时间,并使发芽率和成苗率降低,淹水＜15 h·d-1适宜老鼠簕种子的萌发.随着淹水时间的增长,脯氨酸含量、MDA含量和SOD活性均先下降后上升,叶绿素含量则逐渐降低.淹水≥3 h·d-1,幼苗生物量、单株叶面积、高生长和叶绿素含量与淹水时间均呈负相关.淹水0～3h·d-1,老鼠簕总叶绿素含量、根、茎、地上部分和总生物量积累均显著大于其他处理,淹水≥18 h·d-1,老鼠筋幼苗总生物量、叶面积、叶绿素含量显著降低,根冠比开始上升.在上述人工培养条件下,淹水0～3h·d-1是老鼠筋幼苗生长的最佳淹水时间,18h·d-1是老鼠簕幼苗生长的一个临界淹水时间,淹水≥18 h·d-1老鼠筋幼苗生长显著受到抑制.     

Temporal patterns in a fish assemblage of a semiarid mangrove zone in Madagascar

Gillnet sampling was conducted for a year in a tropical mangrove creek (SW Madagascar), characterized by a limited freshwater influence, a high turbidity and a tidal range up to 3 m. Sixty species of juvenile fishes were caught, 44 species being of commercial interest. Catches were dominated by Gerreidae (27% of total abundance), Teraponidae (16%), Carangidae (13%) and Sparidae (12%). The temporary resident fishes in the mangrove zone represented 50% of the species and 97% of the total abundance, the other species being rare (less than five individuals). The species richness, abundance and biomass per netting were low in the middle of the cool season (July-August). Monthly changes in the fish assemblage were particularly complex, with three species groups displaying a clear seasonal pattern, some species succeeding one another in a rather unstructured way, and three species abundant throughout the year. There was no clear structuring effect of temperature, salinity and turbidity on the fish assemblage. However, tidal, lunar and diel effects on the composition of the fish assemblage were evident. The species overlap between the Sarodrano mangrove fauna and the adjacent coral reef fauna is particularly weak with six species in common and shows that the mangrove plays only a very limited nursery role for coral reef species.     

Plathelminths in tropical intertidal sediments of northeastern Australia

Assemblages of free-living interstitial plathelminths are described from the tropical coast of northeastern Australia. About one hundred species were recorded from sediments of mangroves, tidal flats, and seagrass beds. The majority (88%) of the plathelminths occurred in only one havitat. Richest in species were Kalyptorhynchia (39), followed by Acoela (17) and Typhloplanoida (16). Over 50% of the species found were represented by one to three individuals, but a few species were frequently encountered. The preferred habitat was sand with 86% of all species, while abundances were higher in muddy sediments. The mean species density was 7 in 10 cm^–2 of sediment, and abundances ranged from 8 to 52 individuals 10 cm^–2 with an average plathelminth abundance of 25 individuals 10 cm^–2. Predatory plathelminths were predominant with up to 77% of the individuals. A comparison is made to plathelminth assemblages in temperate tidal flats.     

Effects of lunar cycles on Artemia density in hypersaline environments

The effects of lunar cycles are known to have an influence, although not yet clear, on the behavior of aquatic organisms. A study was conducted in two different locations (Manaure, Guajira and Chengue, Magdalena, Caribbean coast, Colombia) during July and August, 1997 and November, 1998 to determine the effects of medium term cycles (lunar cycles) on the presence of Artemia franciscana (Crustacea: Anostraca) density. Samples were collected every 4 h from each of 20 fixed stations in a salt production pond during a 24-h sampling period at the peak of the four lunar phases. The data were analyzed using a mixed ANOVA model, setting lunar phases and sampling time intervals as fixed effects, station as the random effect and density as the dependent variable. No significant difference was determined between increasing and decreasing moon. Artemia density was not significantly (P>0.05) higher during new moon compared to full moon. The influence of temperature over Artemia sampling density was clearly noticed, and was a shading factor over the possible effects of any particular lunar phase over Artemia density at any particular sampling time.     

The importance of crevices to the intertidal snail Littoraria articulata (Philippi) in a tropical mangrove forest

The intertidal gastropod, Littoraria articulata (Philippi), is common on the trunks of mangroves at Coorooman Creek, Central Queensland. Individuals of shell length less than 3 mm were only found in empty tests of the barnacle Hexaminius popeiana (Foster). Larger snails were exposed on the trunk or occasionally in crevices such as knot holes. The relationship between shell length and shell strength differed between barnacle dwelling and larger L. articulata: in both cases it was linear, but the rate of increase of strength with increasing length was significantly greater for barnacle dwelling snails than for exposed ones. In contrast, there was an exponential relationship between shell strength and length for the weaker shelled Littoraria filosa (Sowerby), which occurs higher on the tree and does not inhabit barnacles. The survival of L. articulata was affected by the presence of crevices: significantly fewer disappeared from posts with artificial crivices than from those which lacked them, and some snails testhered to posts appeared to have been eaten by fish. The importance of crevices is discussed in relation to predation pressure, growth and habitat selection by larval L. articulata. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Diversity of methanogenic archaea in a mangrove sediment and isolation of a new Methanococcoides strain

Mangrove forest sediments produce significant amounts of methane, but the diversity of methanogenic archaea is not well known at present. Therefore, 16S rRNA gene libraries were made using archaea-specific primers and DNA extracted directly from Tanzanian mangrove sediment samples as a template. Analysis of sequence data showed phylotypes closely related to cultivated methylotrophic methanogenic archaea from the marine environment, or distantly related to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea. In an attempt to isolate relevant methanogenic archaea, we succeeded in obtaining a new mesophilic methylotrophic methanogenic archaeon (strain MM1) capable of utilizing methanol and methylated amines as the only substrates. Under optimum conditions, the cells of strain MM1 exhibited a high specific growth rate (μ) of 0.21±0.03 (i.e. doubling time of 3.2 h) on both methanol and trimethylamine. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain MM1 clustered with five environmental clones, indicating that MM1 is an important methanogenic methylotroph in mangrove sediments. Based on physiological and phylogenetic analyses, strain MM1 is proposed to be included in the species of Methanococcoides methylutens .     

广东电白人工红树林大型底栖动物群落的功能特征及其影响因子

随着人们对红树林生态价值的重视,近年来全球范围内陆续开展了红树林人工造林活动。以往对红树林造林成效的评价,主要集中在面积、成活率等数量指标上,很少针对红树林的生态功能进行评价。本研究对华南沿海水东湾人工红树林大型底栖动物群落的功能特征进行了调查,并分析其与环境参数的关联性。结果表明:通过1年的野外采样,共记录了5门6纲40种大型底栖动物,不同树种、林型的红树林中大型底栖动物群落的栖息密度、生物量以及功能多样性存在显著差异,无瓣海桑(Sonneratia apetala)人工林与白骨壤(Avicennia marina)天然林的生态功能较为接近。与拉关木(Laguncularia racemosa)人工纯林相比,人工混交林能满足更多功能特征底栖动物的生境利用需求。水土理化性质与某些大型底栖动物的功能性状存在显著的相关性,红树林定居后引起生境中环境参数的改变,是造成大型底栖动物群落多样化的主要原因。     

深圳湾福田红树林湿地小型底栖动物群落结构及海洋线虫新纪录种

于2018年冬季在福田红树林湿地设置4个采样断面进行沉积物样品采集,对小型底栖动物的类群组成、丰度及自由生活海洋线虫的优势属等进行分析。结果表明:共鉴定出4个以上的小型底栖动物类群,分别为海洋线虫、桡足类、多毛类、寡毛类和其他未鉴定类群,海洋线虫为最优势类群,占小型底栖动物丰度的97.28%;小型底栖动物平均丰度为(490.73±465.09) ind·10 cm-2;共鉴定出海洋线虫隶属于30属17科,其优势属(优势度≥5%) Paracanthonchus、Megadesmolaimus、Subsphaerolaimus、Terschellingia、Spinonema、Pseudochromadora和Pseudolella;发现新纪录种—大亚囊咽线虫Subsphaerolaimus major Nguyen&Gagarin,2009,并对其进行了测量及描述,并比较了其与模式种的主要差异。     

强潮区较高纬度移植红树植物秋茄的生理生态特性

以中国红树林引种最北界的乐清湾西门岛海域为研究地点,选择黄零为1.96、1.66和1.35 m 3个高程断面(每个潮水周期平均淹水时间分别为3.18、3.65、4.07 h),研究了1年生和4年生秋茄的生长、叶片的光合色素和保护酶活性、植株可溶性糖含量、游离氨基酸含量、离子含量等指标的变化。结果表明,当滩涂高程为黄零1.66 m以上时,每个潮水周期平均淹水时间低于3.65 h,1年生和4年生秋茄幼苗均可生长;当滩涂高程为低于黄零1.35 m时,每个潮水周期平均淹水时间高于4.07 h,1年生秋茄幼苗仍能正常生长,而4年生秋茄叶片叶绿素、类胡萝卜素总量、茎叶中的可溶性总糖和游离氨基酸含量、过氧化物酶(POD)活性以及K+/Na+比均显著降低,同时,叶片中的丙二醛(MDA)和茎、叶中Na+含量均快速上升,导致了生长缓慢。总体上说,较大树龄秋茄可生长在高程为黄零1.66 m以上,其原因是植株在每个潮水周期平均淹水时间少于3.65 h时仍能够维持正常的碳氮代谢。     

Fate of leaf litter in restored Kandelia obovata (S. L.) mangrove forests with different ages in Jiulong River Estuary,China

Ecological processing of leaf litter plays important roles in carbon dynamics of mangrove forests. Fate of leaf litter, that is, removal by crabs, microbial decomposition, and tidal export was quantified in two restored Kandelia obovata forests with ages of 24 years and 48 years, respectively, from December 2009 to November 2010. Crab abundance was also investigated to test the role of crabs in leaf litter processing. Daily leaf litter production was 1.064 ± 0.108 g C m^?2 day^?1 at the 24‐year forest and was 0.689 ± 0.040 g C m^?2 day^?1 at the 48‐year forest. Annual mean removal of leaf litter by crabs was lower at the 24‐year forest than at the 48‐year forest (0.177 ± 0.046 g C m^?2 day^?1 vs. 0.220 ± 0.050 g C m^?2 day^?1), due to a higher crab abundance at the older forest. Microbial decomposition and change in standing stock of leaf litter on the forest floor made a negligible contribution to the annual leaf litter production. Tidal exports of leaf litter were estimated as 0.875 ± 0.090 g C m^?2 day^?1 and 0.458 ± 0.086 g C m^?2 day^?1 at the 24‐year and 48‐year forests, respectively, accounting for 82.2% and 66.5% of their daily leaf litter production. Turnover rate of leaf litter was higher at the younger forest (1.7 ± 0.4 day^?1) than the older forest (1.2 ± 0.3 day^?1). Removal of leaf litter by crabs was higher in warm months while tidal export of leaf litter showed a much less apparent seasonal pattern. Spatial variations of crab removal and tidal export of leaf litter with forest zones were observed within each forest, while microbial decomposition of leaf litter was comparable among the different zones. These indicated that the ecosystem functions of restored mangrove forest could not reach a level equivalent to those of a mature forest even 24 years after restoration.     

Dependence of phenanthrene dissipation in mangrove sediment on the distance to root surface of Kandelia obovata L

We explored the relationship between the distance from roots and rhizosphere-mediated phenanthrene (PHE) dissipation in planted mangrove sediment. A compartmentalized device (rhizobox) was used that separated root surface and four consecutive rhizosphere layers that extended 0-2, 2-4, 4-6, and >6 mm away from the root surface. Kandelia obovata L. Druce seedlings were grown for 4 months in sediment spiked with 10 mgkg(-1) PHE. PHE dissipation, microbial community structure and enzymatic activities at millimeter scale in the vicinity of plant roots were analyzed. Results indicated significant differences in PHE dissipation through the various layers in the planted rhizobox. PHE dissipation exhibited the most rapid loss in the 0-2 mm near-rhizosphere layer, the lowest in far-rhizosphere (>6 mm) layer. Microbial community structure as indicated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles showed that special bacterial species and larger bacterial numbers were observed in near-rhizosphere layers. Depending on the distance to root surface, near-rhizosphere bacterial species and enzymatic activities were more abundant than root compartment and far-rhizosphere, resulting in rapid dissipation of PHE.     

Passive irrigation and functional morphology of crustacean burrows in a tropical mangrove swamp

Flushing measurements and a resin cast of a burrow inhabited by Sesarma messa and Alpheus cf macklay were taken from a Rhizophoraspp. forest. The burrow had 9 openings and occupied a swamp surface area of 0.64 m². Passive irrigation of the burrow was investigated by recording change in conductivity of burrow water in a chamber 45 cm below the swamp surface during tidal inundation of the swamp. The chamber was completely flushed within approximately one hour, i.e. by a single tidal event. Burrow morphology was determined by means of resin casting. The investigated burrow was of discrete structure, with an overall depth of 1.2 m and a total volume of 68 l, i.e. ca. 9% of the volume of swamp soil. The below ground surface area of chambers and tunnels was 3.8 m². The mean and maximum chamber/tunnel diameter was 7 cm and 11 cm respectively. The soil in the close vicinity of the burrow was extensively penetrated by roots, and any two parts of the burrow were located no further than 20 cm away from each other. By reducing diffusion distances within the soil and by being well flushed, the burrows provide an efficient mechanism for removal of excess salt accumulated in the soil around mangrove roots due to exclusion.     

The response of a harpacticoid copepod community to sediment disturbance in a semi-enclosed lagoon

The harpacticoid fauna of a sandy sediment in the Sluice Dock of Ostend, Belgium, was dominated by a single species, Canuella perplexa, that attained an average annual density of over 400 ind. 10 cm^–2 in 1976 and 1977, whereas other species had a total mean density of less than 10 ind. 10 cm^–2. In the summer of 1979 a dystrophic crisis with abundant growth of Ulva occurred and in March 1980 the lagoon was drained. After refilling of the lagoon, the sediment was immediately colonized by good swimming harpacticoids, that attained densities of 200 ind. 10 cm^–2. Three months after refilling Canuella perplexa reappeared and the system returned to its original state within one month.     

Hypoxic conditions and oxygen supply in nests of the mangrove ant, Camponotus anderseni, during and after inundation

The small ant Camponotus anderseni lives exclusively in twigs of the mangrove tree Sonneratia alba, and during inundation, the entrance hole is blocked with a soldier’s head which effectively prevents flooding. The nests can be very crowded, with the ants and coccids filling up to 50% of the volume, and due to their metabolic activity, the conditions in the nests during inundation become hypercapnic and hypoxic. Each nest has only one entrance, and the opening is quite small (1.56 ± 0.03 mm). The mean diameter of the galleries is 2.31 ± 0.23 mm, independent of the thickness of the twig and length of the nest. During normal conditions with open nests, the oxygen depletion is substantial in the part of the nest most distant from the opening, and in a 120 mm long nest the oxygen concentration can be as low as 15.7%. During simulated inundation, in which the nest entrances were blocked, the oxygen concentration dropped to very low levels (<0.5%) after one hour. After opening the nest entrance, the oxygen concentration increased again, but for a 100 mm long nest it took nearly 20 minutes before the concentration was back to the normal depressed level. Mathematical modelling of the steady-state oxygen concentrations in the innermost part of the nests shows a lower O₂ concentration than calculated. The time for equilibration of oxygen after inundation is longer than expected for small nests, presumably because the passive diffusion is obstructed by the nest contents. The “dilemma” faced by C. anderseni is to avoid drowning without suffering anoxia or hypercapnia, and they show a remarkable ability to adapt to the extreme conditions in the mangrove and exploit a niche where the density of other ants is insignificant. Received 13 December 2007; revised 30 July 2008; accepted 6 September 2008.     

Meiofauna of springs in Finland in relation to environmental factors

The meiofauna was studied from springs in Finland which wascompletely ice-covered during the last glacial epoch. Of the31springs that were examined, 15 were in areas considered to bein anatural state and 16 had catchment areas subject toanthropogenicdisturbance from one of four sources: agriculture,inhabitation,gravel extraction or winter road de-icing with NaCl. The taxarecorded were a mixture of those already described fromepigeicwaters or groundwaters and some which may be regarded ascharacteristic of springs Statistical analysis revealeddifferencesin the meiofaunal taxa in relation to the water quality orcatchment area variables. Of the major meiofaunal groups thenematodes favoured springs influenced by agriculture,oligochaeteswere most tolerant of road de-icing, cladocerans and copepodspreferred springs in a natural state, ostracods couldwithstand theinfluence of road de-icing and gravel extraction, whilstdipteranlarvae could withstand the influence of agriculture.Oligochaetescomprised 13.4% of meiofaunal numbers. The most abundantspecieswas Aeolosoma quaternarium, which was most numerous insprings in a natural state, while Dero digitatapreferredeutrophic conditions. Harpacticoids comprised 14.1% ofindividualsand clearly preferred a natural state, Bryocamptusechinatusand Moraria brevipes being the most abundant species.Ostracods, of which the most abundant species was Potamocyprispallida, were the most numerous animal group, constituting21% ofthe meiofaunal population, and their numbers were greatest insprings influenced by road de-icing or gravel extraction.Dipteranlarvae, of which the majority were chironomids, comprised14.9% ofindividuals. The ostracods Potamocypris pallida andthreespecies of Candona and the harpacticoid Bryocamptuscuspidatus are new records for Finland.     

寒害后珠海淇澳岛红树林群落水土生要素的CCA分析

选取2008年寒害后和恢复重建5年后红树林群落水土生要素进行纵向对比,选取水域pH、化学需氧量(COD)、溶解氧(DO)、总悬浮物(TSS)、总无机氮(TIN)、正磷酸盐(PO_4-P)等水环境指标和(S)pH、氧化还原电位(Eh)、有机质(OM)等沉积物指标进行不同类型红树林群落间的横向对比。自变量指标中水环境指标所占比例较大,约为2—3,弥补了红树林湿地植被、沉积物和水文等3个自然因素中水文条件研究较为缺乏的现状。结合各类红树林群落水、土、生三要素进行典范对应分析(CCA)的结果表明:1)典范对应分析方法用于分析淇澳岛大围湾各类红树林典型群落寒害后及寒害5年后的群落生物过程特征与各种生境因子间的相关关系,效果良好,前4组自变量的典型变量可以解释标准变量中绝大部分(约80%以上)的信息。2)恢复重建5年后,淇澳岛大围湾各类红树林群落中中潮位的无瓣海桑(Sonneratia apetala)群落和高潮位的桐花树(Aegiceras comiculatum)群落拓展最快,面积分别增加26.58hm~2和23.1 hm~2,而互花米草(Spartina alterniflora)群落因无瓣海桑群落的扩张而受到抑制,面积下降31.51hm~2。3)水域pH、沉积物(S)pH、OM、DO、COD等水土指标与冠幅、胸径、基径、盖度和高度等生物过程指标依次正相关,而PO_4-P、TSS和TIN等水域指标与生物过程指标依次负相关。4)珠海淇澳岛大围湾红树林湿地生态系统对水域悬浮物和营养元素的固定效果明显,但其植被生物过程受水土因素,尤其是水文因素,影响较大,其中影响最大的生境因素是pH值(包括水域pH值和沉积物(S)pH值)。低中潮位、中性至弱碱性的表层沉积物生境条件较为适合无瓣海桑和老鼠簕(Acanthus ilicifolius)等红树植物群落的初期恢复。     

八种红树植物幼苗的叶片可溶性蛋白和抗氧化酶活性对光强的响应

红树林湿地生态系统的恢复与重建是我国南方海岸带生态恢复研究的重点领域之一。为明确红树植物光适应的生理生态策略,该文选取无瓣海桑(Sonneratia apetala)、秋茄(Kandelia obovata)、木榄(Bruguiera gymnorhiza)、桐花树(Aegiceras corniculatum)、老鼠簕(Acanthus ilicifolius)、卤蕨(Acrostichum aureum)、银叶树(Heritiera littoralis)和黄槿(Hibiscus tiliaceus)作为研究对象,通过遮荫控制试验,探究这8种红树植物一年生幼苗在不同光照强度(自然光强的100%、45%、30%、10%)处理下的叶片可溶性蛋白含量和抗氧化酶活性的响应特征。结果表明：(1)随光照强度下降,木榄、老鼠簕和卤蕨的叶片可溶性蛋白含量受到的影响较小,而无瓣海桑、秋茄、桐花树、银叶树和黄槿的叶片可溶性蛋白含量则表现出下降趋势。(2)木榄、老鼠簕和卤蕨的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)等抗氧化酶活性在10%光照强度处理下的活性与对照无显著差异,而无瓣海桑、秋茄...     

Production and biomass of mangrove roots in relation to hydroperiod and physico-chemical properties of sediment and water in the Mecoacan Lagoon,Gulf of Mexico

Wetlands Ecology and Management - Production and biomass information of roots is valuable for understanding the ecological process within mangroves. In this study, the production, biomass, turnover...