季节性雪被对高山生态系统土壤氮转化的影响

在高山生态系统中,季节性雪被对土壤氮含量及转化有着重大影响.降雪是氮沉降的一种重要形式,直接影响着土壤中的有效氮含量;降雪形成不同厚度和持续期的雪被后,造成环境因子(土壤温度和含水量)和生物因子(土壤微生物、高山植物和高山动物)的异质性,进而对土壤中氮素矿化和微生物固持过程产生复杂的影响.本文重点介绍了持续性雪被消融期冻融交替影响土壤氮素矿化和流失的机制,并针对高山地区未来季节性雪被可能发生的变化,综述了野外原位模拟实验的主要研究成果,最后提出了开展季节性雪被对土壤氮影响研究的一些建议.     

汉江上游金水河流域土壤常量元素迁移模式

本研究旨在通过研究汉江上游金水河流域土壤无机物风化与有机物分解代谢相互关系,初步揭示研究流域尺度范围内常量元素的生物地球化学循环和空间分异的主驱动因子。通过野外调查与取样、实验室样品检测和空间模拟分析,得到以下的研究结果：一、金水河流域的土壤风化已基本完成早期阶段的去Ca,Na风化阶段,进入K风化阶段;二、土壤风化内外因素（如,土壤母质、矿物结构、温度、降水、风和重力等）作用下形成了明显的空间差异,流域内属于典型的林下有机质积聚过程,土壤矿物中的硅酸盐矿物风化分解和淋溶作用较强;三、土地利用方式改变了土壤有机质分布模式,不合理的人类活动造成农田耕作层和森林枯枝落叶层的有机质减少,土壤腐殖酸的减少影响土壤矿物风化和元素地球化学行为,对农业持续发展形成负面的影响。流域作为南水北调中线水源地,保护森林植被及枯枝落叶层对土壤涵养水分有着重要意义。     

石油污染微生物修复技术研究进展

石油污染是我国目前陆地和海洋面临的主要污染问题之一,尽管以微生物为主体的原位修复技术在以往的实践中取得了良好的效果,但随着石油污染形式的严峻,微生物修复技术依然面临着巨大的挑战。随着石油降解微生物资源库的不断累积和研究手段的发展,人们对微生物石油降解机制有了更加深入的研究,为提高微生物修复技术的应用范围和应用效果奠定了良好的基础。从石油污染与技术应用趋势、石油降解微生物聚类分析、石油微生物降解的分子机制、石油污染的微生物修复技术几方面总结和梳理了国内外近期的研究进展,以其为迎接新的挑战提供抓手。     

微生物降解石油污染物机制研究进展

石油污染是当前紧迫的水环境问题,研究石油污染物降解机制有助于探索石油污染修复技术路径。重点介绍了微生物降解石油污染物过程中的微生物种类、降解机制和反应机理,即具有代表性的细菌、真菌和藻类,石油烃的有氧降解(链烷烃、环烷烃和芳香烃)和厌氧降解(脱氢羟基化、延胡索酸盐加成)。并对微生物降解石油组分的影响因素进行了讨论,具体包括:烃类结构(支链多结构越复杂,越难降解)、微生物种类(混合菌的生化降解能力更强)、环境因子(pH、温度、盐度、含氧量和营养物质),进一步指出了生物修复技术应用于石油污染修复治理研究中的优缺点。此外,还对现有微生物降解技术的应用做了简要概述,归纳总结现有研究中存在的问题,尝试性的提出了今后生物降解石油污染物的研究重点,即生物降解石油的机制还需进一步明确,并重点分析了生物电化学方法在降解去除石油污染物方面可行性。综述石油烃生物降解机制和反应机理,以期为生物修复水体石油污染提供参考和借鉴作用。     

石质文物的生物风化及其防治研究进展

石质文物的生物风化问题普遍存在,随着全球气候与环境变化加剧,其面临的生物风化挑战日趋严峻,防风化任务愈趋紧迫.本文综述了地衣类微生物介导的石材风化机理及其与气候环境因子间的关系,讨论了地衣的生物保护作用和地衣防治中生物杀灭剂的效力评价,并展望了该领域未来的研究方向.对地衣-岩石界面的大量研究表明,生物风化可主要归因于以菌丝穿透和草酸钙形成为代表的生物物理风化和生物化学风化;露天石质文物的生物风化与包括石材基质、周边环境及气候因素等在内的整个生态系统多种非生物条件息息相关;地衣对石材兼具生物风化作用和生物保护效应.在石质文物风化修复方面,应逐步改善文物赋存的环境条件,建立用于生物风化和杀灭效率评估的行业规范和国家标准等“通用语言”,推进石质文物的科学保护.     

雪被去除对川西高山冷杉林冬季土壤微生物生物量碳氮和可培养微生物数量的影响

为了解气候变暖情景下雪被减少对冬季土壤微生物特征的影响,采用人工遮雪的方法,研究了雪被去除对原始冷杉林土壤微生物生物量和可培养微生物数量的影响.结果表明:雪被去除显著影响土壤微生物生物量碳(MBC)和氮(MBN)以及可培养细菌和真菌数量,但土壤微生物在雪被覆盖不同阶段具有不同的响应特征.在雪被去除处理下,土壤有机层MBC和MBN在雪被形成初期和雪被融化前期显著降低,而在雪被覆盖期和雪被融化后期显著增加;在雪被形成初期至雪被覆盖期,可培养细菌数量都显著降低,但可培养真菌数量都显著增加.雪被融化后,雪被去除显著降低土壤有机层MBC和可培养真菌数量,显著增加可培养细菌数量,对MBN无显著影响.矿质土壤层MBC、MBN和可培养微生物数量在雪被去除下的变化趋势与土壤有机层基本一致,但波动较小.雪被去除还改变了川西高山冷杉林冬季土壤微生物类群比,提高了土壤可培养真菌数量的冬季优势.     

矿物分解细菌Bacillus sp.L11对钾长石的风化作用北大核心CSCD

【目的】明确从南京钾矿区土壤中分离到的一株矿物分解细菌的分类地位,阐明其对钾长石矿物的风化效应及机制,为深入研究微生物-矿物相互作用提供参考依据。【方法】通过16S rRNA基因序列分析及其系统发育分析对菌株L11进行鉴定。采用摇瓶试验评估菌株L11对钾长石的风化能力,利用SEM/EDS观察钾长石矿物的形貌变化,使用X-射线衍射技术对小于2μm矿物进行了鉴定。【结果】菌株L11的16S rRNA基因序列与Bacillusaltitudinis的相似性最高,为99.9%,初步鉴定其为Bacillus sp.L11。摇瓶试验表明,菌株L11能够通过产生有机酸风化钾长石矿物,释放出Si、Al和Fe等元素。通过SEM发现第30 d的钾长石表明形貌发生了较大变化,表面有许多细菌存在,并形成了一些球形物质,EDS分析表明其Fe的含量较高。XRD结果表明,钾长石经菌株L11作用后可能形成了新矿物——菱铁矿。【结论】菌株Bacillus sp.L11能够加速钾长石的风化,改变其形貌,并能诱导新矿物的形成。     

雪被去除对川西高山冷杉林冬季土壤水解酶活性的影响

为了解气候变暖情景下雪被减少对土壤水解酶活性的影响,采用人工遮雪的方法,研究了雪被去除对川西高山原始冷杉林(Abies faxoniana)冬季有机层和矿质层土壤转化酶、脲酶和磷酸酶活性的影响。结果表明,雪被去除显著降低了雪被形成初期至雪被融化后土壤脲酶和中性磷酸酶的活性。受土壤温度和冻融交替的影响,土壤转化酶、酸性和碱性磷酸酶活性在雪被形成初期和雪被融化后期有所提高,但不同土层的土壤酶对雪被去除的响应存在差异。雪被处理、土壤层次和采样时间及其交互作用显著影响了土壤酶的活性。此外,川西高山冷杉林有机层土壤转化酶与土壤温度和冻融循环次数呈极显著相关关系,土壤脲酶和酸性磷酸酶与土壤温度关系密切,中性磷酸酶受土壤冻融循环影响较大,而碱性磷酸酶与土壤温度和冻融循环的关系不明显。这些结果表明,未来气候变暖所引起的雪被减少及冻融变化将改变土壤酶活性特征,进而影响到与C、N和P相关的土壤生物化学过程。     

社会生态系统及脆弱性驱动机制分析

生态系统与社会经济要素的相互渗透和相互作用形成了社会生态系统复合结构。"社会生态系统"(SES)理念是当今世界生态系统分析的新思路,它立足于社会生态经济综合指标,突出社会生态经济系统的整体性,以人地和谐、综合的思想,分析和解决生态和社会经济问题。社会生态系统脆弱性驱动机制分析和综合研究已成为脆弱性研究的趋势。综述了"社会生态系统"概念、结构、特征和属性,分析了社会生态系统脆弱性内涵,结合"压力-状态-响应"模型(PSR)和"暴露度-敏感性-恢复力"模型,从社会-经济-生态复合系统角度,从风险(压力)、敏感性、应对能力三方面对社会生态系统脆弱性驱动机制进行分析,最后文章对相关问题进行了讨论,并指出了脆弱性驱动机制分析的局限性,提出未来研究的展望。     

季节性雪被变化对森林凋落物分解及土壤氮动态的影响

全球气候变化引发的雪被格局变化将深刻影响植被的凋落物分解、陆地生态系统的土壤养分循环等过程.森林是陆地生态系统的主体,在全球生物地球化学循环中起着不可替代的作用.本研究综述了季节性雪被变化对森林凋落物分解及土壤氮动态的影响.全球气候变化情景下季节性雪被表现出因地域而异的增加或减少的变化格局,一方面通过改变环境温湿度、凋落物质量、分解者动态等直接影响分解过程,另一方面通过改变森林群落结构、植被物候、土壤养分等间接地作用于凋落物分解.同时,季节性雪被通过影响氮富集作用、雪被下土壤温湿度、冻融循环、森林群落、雪下动物和微生物等相关因子而改变森林土壤氮循环.本领域未来应开展的研究是: 1) 全面考虑全球气候变化情景下季节性雪被格局的变异性,开展不同季节性雪被格局变化的模拟研究;2) 开展季节性雪被融雪水淋溶作用对森林凋落物分解和土壤氮动态的影响研究;3) 阐明不同生态系统和气候带中季节性雪被格局变化对森林凋落物分解过程和土壤氮动态的驱动机制研究;4) 量化季节性雪被变化对森林凋落物分解和土壤氮动态在雪被覆盖期的瞬时影响和无雪期的延续影响,为阐明和模型预测陆地生态系统生物地球化学循环对全球气候变化的响应提供理论基础和数据支持.     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.

     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.