应用碳氮同位素技术研究重金属在大亚湾食物网中的累积

大亚湾是受人类活动影响严重的典型亚热带半封闭海湾,长期受到重金属污染的压力,但是重金属在大亚湾生态系统中的累积情况尚不清楚.于2015年夏、冬两季(6月和12月)分别采集海水、沉积物和生物样品(包括浮游生物、游泳生物、底栖生物),在通过稳定同位素(δ¹³C和δ¹⁵N)构建大亚湾食物网结构的基础上,分析重金属(Cr、Co、Ni、Cu、Zn、Ag、Cd和Pb)在大亚湾食物网中的累积和传递特征.结果表明:大亚湾生物体的主要物质来源于海洋,但也受到淡水输入的影响;大亚湾生态系统的食物链长度较短,最高营养级为3.48;高级捕食者鱼类在夏季摄食广泛,而冬季偏向于底栖食性.大亚湾环境和生物体内重金属浓度整体符合国家标准,仅发现个别站位海水中Zn和Pb超出第一类海水水质标准,口虾蛄和断脊口虾蛄体内Cd超过农产品安全标准.Cr、Co、Ni、Zn、Cd、Pb在夏、冬两季沿着食物链的传递其生物累积水平显著降低;Cu在夏季沿着食物链的传递其生物累积水平显著降低,冬季有降低趋势但不显著;Ag与营养级之间并没有显著相关性,但在甲壳动物中有生物放大的潜能.研究表明大亚湾生态系统中重金属基本处于正常状态,而Zn、Ag、Cd、Pb等重金属需要进一步关注.     

基于碳氮同位素技术研究重金属在春季江苏近海食物网中的累积

江苏近海自古以来是我国重要的渔业基地之一.近年来,随着沿海城市工业的发展,江苏近海局部地区重金属污染比较严重.目前,对重金属在江苏近海食物网中的传递和累积过程尚不明晰.本研究于2017年5月在江苏近海通过渔业资源调查采集生物样品(包括大型藻类、双壳类、头足类、腹足类、甲壳类和鱼类).在应用碳氮同位素构建食物网结构的基础上,量化物质循环和能量流动的主要途径,分析多种重金属元素在食物网中的累积规律.同位素测定结果显示,江苏近海生态系统中主要存在两条能量传递途径:即以毛蚶等为初级消费者的浮游食物链和以沟纹鬘螺为初级消费者的底层食物链,以底层食物链占优势;8种元素在海洋生物体内含量的平均值由高到低依次为Zn>Cu>As>Cd>Cr>Pb>Ni>Hg,总体来说,元素富集水平最高的是双壳类,最低的是鱼类;大多数生物体内的As含量超标,双壳类和口虾蛄的Cd、凤鲚的Cr及密鳞牡蛎的Zn、Cu、Cr均超过水产品安全标准;在浮游食物链中,Zn、Cd和Ni显著生物减小,在底层食物链中,Hg显著生物放大,其他元素在食物网中未见明显变化趋势.     

长江流域汞的生物地球化学研究进展

自工业革命以来,人为活动加剧了全球范围内的汞污染,汞的致癌性、致畸性和诱变性严重危害人体健康.长江经济带高度集聚的工业发展和人口密度,使得长江流域接纳了大量的化工、钢铁、炼油等工矿废气、废水和生活污水等,流域内的汞污染严重,亟需关注.为了解目前长江流域的汞污染及研究现状,本文归纳总结了近年来有关长江流域重金属汞的生物地...     

基于稳定同位素的湿地食物源判定和食物网构建研究进展

湿地生物营养动力学是湿地生态系统结构和功能评价研究的基础.碳、氮稳定同位素作为识别营养关系的方法,已在湿地生态系统食物来源、组成和食物链传递研究中得到广泛运用.本文系统综述了稳定同位素食物贡献度计算模型和营养级确定的基本方法和理论;讨论了动物营养分馏值和基线的选择依据;概括了湿地生态系统典型食物源及其稳定同位素变化特征;总结了草食、杂食和肉食等不同营养级动物的食物来源.指出了稳定同位素在湿地食物源溯源和食物网研究中的不足;基于国内外研究现状和发展趋势及需求,展望了未来同位素技术在湿地食物网生态学研究中的运用前景和研究重点,提出需要加强稳定同位素营养分馏和基线的影响因素、样品处理和保存方式研究以及胃含物、分子标记物和多元素同位素结合分析.     

持久性有机污染物在水生食物网中的传递行为

食物网是持久性有机污染物(POPs)在水生生态系统中传递的重要途径,了解其传递行为与机制是POPs生态暴露风险评价的科学基础。从4个方面展开了讨论和分析:(1)食物网主要特征(营养级和食物链长度)与POPs环境行为的关系;(2)POPs在底栖及底栖-浮游耦合食物网中的环境行为;(3)微食物网对POPs环境行为的作用;(4)食物网的变化对POPs环境行为的影响。主要结论如下:(1)已有研究对水生生物中POPs生物放大作用存在较大争议。一般营养级越高,POPs生物富集性越强,但由于各种生态和生理性质的影响,也存在例外情况。食物链长度与POPs生物富集性呈正相关。(2)POPs通过底栖食物网将沉积物中的POPs向上传递,底栖-浮游食物网的耦合提高了高营养级消费者的暴露风险,目前就POPs在底栖食物网中的生物放大性是否大于浮游食物网存在争议。(3)微生物具有较大的比表面积,是吸附POPs的重要载体。另,沉积物中的微生物通过分解有机质,将POPs释放到水柱中。微生物降解也是环境中POPs脱离环境的重要途径。(4)在内、外压力下,食物网结构和功能发生变化,使物质和能量的传递方向和效率发生改变,并与环境理化性质的变化互相耦合,影响POPs的环境行为。当前研究的重点多集中在POPs在浮游食物网,尤其是高营养级浮游食物网中的环境行为,对POPs在底栖及底栖-浮游耦合食物网和微食物网中环境行为的研究相对缺乏。有关POPs在食物网中环境行为的研究多集中在食物网的某个部分,时间尺度较短,缺乏对POPs环境行为动态变化的研究,未来需深入开展多尺度和多角度的POPs在食物网中环境行为的动态变化研究。新型POPs的生产和使用量不断增加,但有关其在食物网中环境行为的相关分析还较为匮乏,需加强研究。     

乌江流域不同营养水平水库水体中汞的含量和形态分布

为了弄清不同营养状态水库水体的汞含量、形态分布、季节变化及甲基化特征,选取乌江流域富营养状态的乌江渡水库和贫-中营养状态的弓l子渡水库为研究对象,分别于2007年的1月(冬季)、5月(春季)、8月(夏季)和11月(秋季)采集水库水体分层水样及界面水(仅乌江渡水库),分析样品中活性汞(RHg)、总汞(THg)、溶解态汞(DHg)、颗粒态汞(PHg)、总甲基汞(TMeHg)、溶解态甲基汞(DMeHg)和颗粒态甲基汞(PMeHg).结果显示:乌江渡水库THg、DHg、PHg、RHg浓度和引子渡水体中的含量相当,而TMeHg、DMeHg、PMeHg的浓度则显著高于引子渡水库;相对于上覆水体,乌江渡水库底层水体/界面水甲基汞含量明显升高,表明乌江渡水库全年均有甲基化现象发生,而引子渡水库没有发现甲基化现象.以上研究表明,初级生产力水平是水库汞甲基化的重要影响因素.     

食物网稳定性机制研究进展:一个基于等级系统的框架

食物网理论沟通了群落生态学和生态系统生态学,将生物多样性和生态系统功能的研究统一起来,是理解生态系统运作机制的关键。自从1973年Robert May的经典研究引发著名的"复杂性-稳定性"论辩之后,人们认识到食物网的稳定性是其结构维持、功能发挥和动态演化的一个重要前提,并开始了对食物网稳定性机制的探索。早期研究主要关注只包含拓扑关系的定性食物网,但后来人们逐渐认识到相互作用强度的重要性,并提出了诸如自限性、弱相互作用、适应性捕食等一系列机制。本文系统梳理了过往研究中模块层面的各类稳定性机制和全网层面对各模块的整合机制,从而清晰地展示了"模块-全网"双层框架的全貌。通过在其基础上的扩展,进而提出了一个基于等级系统的食物网稳定性框架,并从动力学和能量学角度,对各层级内部的稳定性机制以及层级之间的关系进行了探讨,以期为建立普适的食物网稳定性理论提供一些思路。未来的研究方向包括：①将稳定性机制的研究从食物网扩展到更一般的生态网络;②综合考虑生物物理要素、动力学稳定性、系统对能流功率的追求、环境的平稳程度、演化历史等影响因素,从而得到关于食物网结构和动态的更为深刻的认识。     

基于土壤食物网的生态系统复杂性-稳定性关系研究进展

复杂性-稳定性关系是生态学核心问题之一。作为模式食物网,土壤食物网在探索生态系统复杂性-稳定性关系中起了极大的作用。总结了以Moore、de Ruiter、Neutel等为代表的理论生态学家以土壤食物网为工具研究生态系统复杂性-稳定性关系的方法、结论及不足之处,并展望了未来的发展方向。Moore、de Ruiter、Neutel等将土壤食物网功能群生物量数据、土壤食物网Lotka-Volterra模型和面向过程模型三者结合起来,描述相互作用强度大小格局、分室、能流组织形式等复杂性特征;将土壤食物网Lotka-Volterra模型与群落矩阵结合起来分析局域稳定性,进而探讨生态系统复杂性-稳定性关系的一般规律。在此基础上,Moore、de Ruiter、Neutel等证明了与随机食物网相比,真实食物网的相互作用强度格局、分室等复杂性特征提高了生态系统稳定性,生产力与稳定性共同决定了食物链的长度,并指出建立在平衡态基础上的静态土壤食物网模型在探索生态系统复杂性-稳定性关系方面具有较大的不足,动态土壤食物网是未来以土壤食物网为工具研究生态系统复杂性-稳定性关系的发展方向。     

基于因子分析的南湾水库水源地浮游植物生物完整性评价

于2016年在淮河流域饮用水源地水库-南湾水库,开展了3次浮游植物调查,在分析南湾水库浮游植物群落结构的基础上,依据生物完整性理论,采用因子分析方法对南湾水库开展了生态完整性评价。研究结果显示:3次调查中浮游植物种类数变化较小,但所属种类存在明显的季节差异;浮游植物密度9月份最高,3月密度最低,而生物量则正好相反,3月最高而9月最低。进一步采用因子分析对群落数据进行分析,筛选确定了4个公因子。其中,因子1反映了群落的耐污特征与能力;因子2表征了群落的多样性特征;因子3表征了群落丰富度状况;因子4表征了水体富营养状况。因子分析得分表明:从时间上来看,南湾水库9月水生态状况最差,从空间上看,则人口密度大的库湾区域水生态状况较差。因子得分较好地反映了水库不同时间与地点水生态状况的相对大小,表明基于因子分析生物完整性评价能够较地应用于南湾水库,也适合推广应用于其他水体的生态评价工作中。     

土壤微食物网结构与生态功能

土壤微食物网是碎屑食物网中与土壤生态过程密切相关的一部分,通过取食资源基质直接或间接地参与养分循环过程,影响陆地生态系统功能.本文从土壤微食物网的组成、结构和生态功能等方面综述了近年来土壤微食物网的研究进展.通过对土壤微食物网的能量通道及营养级联效应的介绍,阐述了土壤微食物网在碳(C)、氮(N)转化、凋落物分解和植物生长等方面的重要作用.针对目前的研究现状,提出未来土壤生态学研究应与高通量测序及稳定同位素技术相结合;通过构建模型进一步加强对土壤食物网结构和功能的研究,从而深入揭示地下生态过程及其对地上植物生长的反馈作用机理.     

新建水库轮虫和甲壳类浮游动物动态特征

于2000~2003年调查了新建水库飞来峡水库(1999年蓄水)轮虫和甲壳类浮游动物的动态特征。共检到轮虫68种,枝角类18种和桡足类13种。轮虫、枝角类和桡足类的丰度均不高,分别为0.2~88.6,0.1~13和0.4~13.8 ind.L-1,最高丰度均出现在蓄水后的第4年(2002年3月)。在水库开始蓄水之后,轮虫先以螺形龟甲轮虫(Keratella cochlearis)为优势种;然后在蓄水后的第4年(2002年3月)由于长圆疣毛轮虫(Synchaeta pectinata)种群密度大幅度上涨,长圆疣毛轮虫取缔螺形龟甲轮虫成为优势种;此后,随着长圆疣毛轮虫种群回落,螺形龟甲轮虫又成为优势种。对于枝角类来说,水库蓄水初期,短尾秀体氵蚤(Diaphanosoma brachyurum)和长额象鼻氵蚤(Bosmina longirostris)交替成为枝角类的优势种;在蓄水后的第4年,长额象鼻氵蚤种群密度上涨,成为绝对优势种;此后,长额象鼻氵蚤种群回落,但仍然为绝对优势种。对于桡足类来说,在调查期间均以桡足幼体为主,成体丰度很低。飞来峡水库属河流型水库,在调查期间滞留时间为1.3~14.2 d,高的稀释和平流损失率造成浮游动物丰度很低。滞留时间的变化与轮虫、枝角类和桡足类种群波动密切相关;叶绿素a对它们的种群波动影响则不明显,但与长圆疣毛轮虫和长额象鼻氵蚤均显著正相关。在相对较长的滞留时间(14.2 d)和较丰富的食物的条件下,长圆疣毛轮虫和长额象鼻氵蚤种群密度大幅度上涨,并使总浮游动物丰度在蓄水后的第4年出现最高值。     

土壤动物食物网研究方法

长期以来关于陆地生态系统的研究都集中在地上部分,而对于地下部分知之甚少。地下生态系统营养关系是生态系统中各生物成员之间最重要的联系,是物质循环、能量流动的重要载体。研究土壤动物食物网已成为现代地下/土壤生态学研究的热点与前沿。由于土壤动物的个体小、食性复杂、栖息环境隐蔽等原因,使得对土壤动物食物网的研究困难重重,所以选择合适的研究方法尤为重要。本文总结了国际上近几十年来土壤动物食物网研究方法,将其分为传统方法(野外直接观察法、室内培养实验观察法、显微镜下肠容物分析法)、常用方法(消化酶分析法、脂肪酸分析法、稳定同位素技术、特定化合物分子的稳定同位素分析技术)和现代分子方法(DNA分子跟踪食物链网络技术、单克隆抗体技术)3大类,具体介绍了每一种方法的发展历史和应用现状。根据土壤动物自身特性及对各方法的优势与劣势的比较,脂肪酸分析法和稳定同位素分析法是当前土壤动物食物网研究的常用方法;随着未来物种分子鉴定技术的改进和数据库的积累,DNA分子跟踪食物链网络技术将会成为未来的主流发展方向。     

Potential importance of protozoan grazing on the accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the pelagic food web

Experiments were conducted to study the distribution of three selectedpolychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners within the microbial food web attwo different nutrient levels; control and nutrient enriched. The objectivewas to quantify the uptake of PCBs through grazing by protozoa. The¹⁴C-PCBs tested were 4-chlorobiphenyl (IUPAC # 3),2,2,5,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl (IUPAC # 52), and2,2,4,4,5,5-hexachlorobiphenyl (IUPAC # 153). EachPCB was incubated in triplicate seawater samples at 20 idref;Cover one week. Daily, samples were separated into four fractions; <0.2µm (dissolved), 0.2-2 µm (bacteria), 2-10 µm(flagellate), and > 10 µm (microplankton; phytoplankton andprotozoa) by selective filtration. Of the PCB fraction that initiallyadsorbed to particles, 60–100% was associated to the bacterialfraction and 0–5% to the microplankton fraction. The totaluptake was highest in the nutrient enriched samples, but when normalized tothe carbon biomass the concentration was lower or equal to the control inall particle fractions. The recovery of the PCBs in the particulatefractions depended on the degree of chlorination, as the highest values wereobserved for the 2,2,4,4,5,5-hexachlorobiphenyl and thelowest for the 4-chlorobiphenyl. The concentrations in the bacterial andflagellate fractions decreased over the first 48–96 hours whilst theconcentration increased in the highest trophic level (>10 µmfraction). Approximately 75% of the increase in concentration of the2,2,4,4,5,5-hexachlorobiphenyl in the > 10 µmfraction was estimated to be the result of bacterivory. Our results indicatethe microbial food web can contribute to a rapid uptake of higherchlorinated PCBs, particularly in oligotrophic ecosystems where thebacterial biomass dominates.     

Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web

Scavenging can have important consequences for food web dynamics, for example, it may support additional consumer species and affect predation on live prey. Still, few food web models include scavenging. We develop a dynamic model that includes two facultative scavenger species, which we refer to as the predator or scavenger species according to their natural scavenging propensity, as well as live prey, and a carrion pool to show ramifications of scavenging for predation in simple food webs. Our modeling suggests that the presence of scavengers can both increase and decrease predator kill rates and overall predation in model food webs and the impact varies (in magnitude and direction) with context. In particular, we explore the impact of the amount of dynamics (exploitative competition) allowed in the predator, scavenger, and prey populations as well as the direction and magnitude of interference competition between predators and scavengers. One fundamental prediction is that scavengers most likely increase predator kill rates, especially if there are exploitative feedback effects on the prey or carrion resources like is normally observed in natural systems. Scavengers only have minimal effects on predator kill rate when predator, scavenger, and prey abundances are kept constant by management. In such controlled systems, interference competition can greatly affect the interactions in contrast to more natural systems, with an increase in interference competition leading to a decrease in predator kill rate. Our study adds to studies that show that the presence of predators affects scavenger behavior, vital rates, and food web structure, by showing that scavengers impact predator kill rates through multiple mechanisms, and therefore indicating that scavenging and predation patterns are tightly intertwined. We provide a road map to the different theoretical outcomes and their support from different empirical studies on vertebrate guilds to provide guidance in wildlife management.     

Effects of mixing on the pelagic food web in shallow lakes

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Organic contaminant exposure in the Lake St. Clair food web

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