长白山原始针叶林沼泽湿地生态系统碳储量

采用年轮分析及相对生长方程法与碳/氮分析仪测定法,测定温带长白山沿湿地过渡带环境梯度依次分布的5种典型原始沼泽类型(草丛沼泽-C、灌丛沼泽-G、落叶松泥炭藓沼泽-LN、落叶松藓类沼泽-LX和落叶松苔草沼泽-LT)生态系统碳储量(植被和土壤)、植被净初级生产力与年净固碳量,定量评价温带森林湿地固碳能力及其长期碳汇作用,并揭示其沿过渡带水分环境梯度的空间分异规律。结果表明:①5种天然沼泽类型的植被碳储量(3.18±1.70)—(112.2±18.3) tC/hm~2沿过渡带环境梯度总体上呈递增趋势,针叶林沼泽显著高于C和G 12.2—34.3倍,G高于C 0.6倍,且LX和LT显著高于LN 0.3—0.6倍;②土壤碳储量(296.3±42.2)—(824.50±50.79) tC/hm~2沿过渡带环境梯度总体上呈递减趋势,C显著高于G和针叶林沼泽30.8%—178.3%(P0.05),G显著高于针叶林沼泽38.7%—112.8%,且LN和LT显著高于LX 32.8%—53.4%;③生态系统碳储量(408.42±57.53)—(827.52±50.96) tC/hm~2沿过渡带环境梯度总体上也呈递减趋势,C显著高于G和针叶林沼泽30.2%—102.7%,G显著高于针叶林沼泽21.5%—55.6%,且LN和LT显著高于LX 18.8%—28.0%;④5种沼泽类型的植被净初级生产力与年净固碳量分布在(5.74±0.08)—(10.98±1.67) t hm~(-2) a~(-1)和(2.44±0.03)—(5.17±0.83)tC hm~(-2) a~(-1),其中,LX和LT的植被净初级生产力显著高于C、G和LN 61.2%—91.3%和34.5%—59.6%;而在植被年净固碳量方面,3种针叶林沼泽类型均显著高于C和G 28.7%—111.9%和19.4%—96.6%。故长白山5种天然沼泽类型的植被净初级生产力与年净固碳量沿湿地过渡带环境梯度总体上呈现出阶梯式递增趋势,且仅有LX和LT达到了中国陆地植被及全球陆地植被平均固碳水平。因此,温带长白山沼草丛沼泽和灌丛沼泽长期碳汇作用强于森林沼泽,湿地碳汇管理实践中应重视草丛沼泽和灌丛沼泽的保护与恢复。     

大兴安岭天然沼泽湿地生态系统碳储量

采用碳/氮分析仪测定法与标准木解析法,研究大兴安岭5种典型天然沼泽湿地(草丛沼泽、灌丛沼泽、毛赤杨沼泽、白桦沼泽和落叶松沼泽)的生态系统碳储量(植被和土壤)、净初级生产力、植被年净固碳量及其沿沼泽至森林方向过渡带水分环境梯度的分布格局,揭示其空间变异规律性,并定量评价寒温带5种典型天然沼泽湿地的碳储量与固碳能力及其长期碳汇作用。结果表明:①5种天然沼泽湿地的植被碳储量分布在(0.48±0.08)—(8.33±0.66)kgC/m2之间,沿过渡带环境梯度呈递增趋势;②土壤碳储量分布在(19.21±6.17)—(38.28±4.86)kgC/m2之间,沿过渡带环境梯度却呈递减趋势;③生态系统碳储量分布在(27.54±7.16)—(38.76±4.58)kgC/m2之间,沿过渡带环境梯度基本呈恒定分布规律性,且以湿地土壤碳储量占优势地位(69.8%—98.8%);④植被净初级生产力分布在(0.68±0.10)—(1.08±0.12)kg.m-.2a-1之间,毛赤杨沼泽最高,草丛沼泽、灌丛沼泽、白桦沼泽居中,落叶松沼泽最低,且总体上低于温带森林湿地而高于寒温带天然落叶松林;⑤植被年净固碳量分布在(0.32±0.09)—(0.51±0.06)kgC.m-.2a-1,毛赤杨沼泽最高(高于全球植被平均年净固碳量)、灌丛沼泽和白桦沼泽居中(达到或接近全球平均值)、草丛沼泽和落叶松沼泽最低(略低于全球平均值),故这5种沼泽湿地均属于碳汇功能相对较强的湿地植被类型。     

森林生态系统碳循环的基本概念和野外测定方法评述

全球气候变化与森林生态系统碳循环息息相关,定量评估森林碳收支是生态系统与全球变化研究的重要任务。30年来森林生态系统碳循环研究已经取得了长足的进展,但全球和区域森林碳收支仍然存在很大的不确定性。这一方面与森林生态系统本身的复杂性有关,另一方面也与具体研究方法有关。评述了森林生态系统碳循环的基本概念和主要野外测定方法,为我国森林生态系统碳循环研究提供可参考的方法论。从生态系统碳浓度、密度、通量、分配和周转5个方面回顾了碳循环相关概念,指出碳浓度和碳储量是对碳库的静态描述,而碳通量和碳周转是对碳库的动态描述。净初级生产力是测量最普遍的碳通量组分,但大多数情况下因忽略了一些细节而被系统低估。普遍使用的净生态系统生产力,由于没有包含非CO2形式的水文、气象和干扰过程产生的碳通量,通常情况下高于生态系统净碳累积速率。在详细介绍碳通量组分的基础上,改进了森林生态系统碳循环的概念模型。重点讨论了碳通量的3种地面实测方法:测树学方法、箱法和涡度协方差法,并指出了其注意事项和不确定性来源。针对当前碳循环研究的突出问题,建议从4个方面减小碳循环测定的不确定性:(1)恰当运用生物量方程估算乔木生物量;(2)尽可能全面测定生态系统碳组分;(3)给出碳通量估算值的不确定性;(4)多种途径交互验证。     

中国寒温带不同林龄白桦林碳储量及分配特征

为了解中国寒温带地区不同林龄白桦林生态系统碳储量及固碳能力, 在样地调查基础上, 以大兴安岭地区25、40与61年白桦(Betula platyphylla)林生态系统为研究对象, 对其乔木层、林下地被物层(灌木层、草本层、凋落物层)、土壤层(0-100 cm)碳储量与分配特征进行调查研究。结果表明白桦林乔木层各器官碳含量在440.7-506.7 g·kg ^-1之间, 各器官碳含量随着林龄的增长而降低; 灌木层、草本层碳含量随林龄的增加呈先降后升的变化趋势; 凋落物层碳含量随林龄增加而降低; 土壤层(0-100 cm)碳含量随林龄增加而显著升高, 随着土层深度的增加而降低。白桦林生态系统各层次碳储量均随林龄的增加而明显升高。25、40与61年白桦林乔木层碳储量分别为11.9、19.1和34.2 t·hm ^-2, 各器官碳储量大小顺序表现为树干>树根>树枝>树叶, 树干碳储量分配比例随林龄增加而升高。25、40与61年白桦林生态系统碳储量分别为77.4、180.9和271.4 t·hm ^-2, 其中土壤层占生态系统总碳储量的81.6%、87.7%和85.9%, 是白桦林生态系统的主要碳库。随林龄增加, 白桦林年净生产力(2.0-4.4 t·hm ^-2·a ^-1)、年净固碳量(1.0-2.1 t·hm ^-2·a ^-1)均出现增长, 老龄白桦林仍具有较强的碳汇作用。     

植被恢复模式对石漠化生态系统碳储量的影响

为揭示石漠化生态系统碳储量对植被恢复模式的响应,在广西天等县中度石漠化山地,研究了吊丝竹纯林(Dendrocalamus minorD)、任豆纯林(Zenia insignis Z)、任豆、蚬木(Buerretiodendron hsienmu)和顶果木(Acrocarpus fraxinifolius)混交林(mixed plantation M),以及相应同龄封育林(D_(CK)、Z_(CK)、M_(CK))的碳储量。结果表明:人工林碳储量显著高于相应同龄封育林的碳储量,D、Z、M人工林碳储量分别为67.75、66.56、121.20 t/hm~2,而D_(CK)、Z_(CK)、M_(CK)封育林仅为49.75、52.89、60.86 t/hm~2。碳储量在乔木层、地被物层、土壤层分配排序因生态系统类型而异,如M:乔木层土壤层地被物层;D和Z:土壤层乔木层地被物层;D_(CK)、Z_(CK)和M_(CK):土壤层地被物层乔木层。此外,M、D、Z乔木层年平均碳储量差异显著,而封育林尚未形成乔木层,其植被碳储量则随封育时间的增加而提高,即M_(CK)Z_(CK)D_(CK)。可见,在中度石漠化山地,植被恢复模式显著影响生态系统碳储量及其分配。人工造林相对于封山育林更能快速促进植被恢复、形成乔木林,从而提高生态系统碳储量。     

四川人工林生态系统碳储量特征

利用森林资源清查资料和标准地实测数据估算了四川人工林生态系统的碳密度、碳储量及分配特征.结果表明:四川人工林生态系统平均碳密度为161.16 Mg C·hm^-2,各层碳密度从大到小排序为土壤层(141.64 Mg C·hm^-2)＞乔木层(17.95 Mg C·hm^-2)＞枯落物层(1.06 Mg C·hm^-2)＞灌草层(0.52 Mg C·hm^-2).四川人工林生态系统总碳储量为573.57 Tg C,其中乔木层、灌草层、枯落物层和土壤层分别为63.88、1.836、3.764和504.09 Tg C,分别占总碳量的11.14%、0.32%、0.66%和87.88%.不同人工林生态系统的碳储量和碳密度差异较大,分别介于1.21～99.44 Tg C和75.50～251.74 Mg C·hm^-2之间,其空间分配也表现为土壤层最大、灌草层最小.但四川省人工林生态系统乔木层碳密度较低,幼、中龄林分比重大,如果对现有人工林加以更好的管理,碳吸存潜力较大.从生态系统水平监测人工林生态系统的碳储量有助于提高森林碳吸存估算的精度.     

采伐干扰对大兴安岭落叶松-苔草沼泽植被碳储量的影响

运用采伐干扰试验与树干解析法,对比分析了大兴安岭不同采伐强度(未采伐——对照、轻度择伐-25％、中度择伐——35％、强度择伐——50％)下落叶松-苔草沼泽的植被生物量、碳含量、碳储量、净初级生产力及年净固碳量的变化,揭示采伐干扰(5a后)对落叶松-苔草沼泽植被碳储量及固碳能力的影响规律.结果表明:①不同采伐强度样地植被生物量为(135.03±7.72)-(204.71±1.71) t/hm2,择伐使其降低了8.7％-34.0％ (P＜0.05),且呈现出随择伐强度增大而递减的变化规律;②择伐使群落建群种兴安落叶松和白桦(两树种各组分碳含量为(439.05±9.70)-(508.41±27.09) g/kg的树干和树叶碳含量降低了4.1％-11.7％ (P＜0.05),轻度和强度择伐使灌木层(444.87±5.40)-(472.52±9.44) g/kg与凋落物层(433.64±16.23)-(468.82±21.27) g/kg的碳含量降低了3.8％-5.9％和6.0％-7.5％(P＜0.05),但择伐对草本层碳含量(399.34±83.65)-(419.20±23.75) g/kg无显著影响;③不同采伐强度样地植被碳储量为(61.16±0.67)-(99.61±1.47) t·C/hm2,择伐使其降低了15.5％-38.6％ (P＜0.05),且呈现随择伐强度增大而递减的变化规律;④不同采伐强度样地植被净初级生产力与年净固碳量在(6.48±0.28)-(11.87±0.92)t·hm-2· a-1和(3.52±0.21)-(6.29±0.92) t·C·hm-2· a-1之间,轻度和中度择伐使两者提高了69.1％-83.2％和52.0％-78.7％ (P＜0.05).因此,轻度择伐和中度择伐能够提高落叶松-苔草沼泽净初级生产力与碳吸纳能力.     

深圳福田红树林植被碳储量和净初级生产力

红树林是滨海湿地“蓝碳”的主要类型之一.准确和定位评估不同植物群落的固碳能力,对于红树林保育管理和恢复造林具有指导作用.本研究对深圳福田红树林4种代表性群落(白骨壤群落、秋茄群落、海桑群落、无瓣海桑群落)的各个植被碳库组分(乔木植物生物量碳库、林下灌丛碳库、呼吸根碳库、枯立木碳库、枯倒木碳库和枯枝落叶层碳库等)进行调查,计算各群落的植被碳储量,并通过生长增量-凋落物产量法计算得到各群落的净初级生产力.结果表明: 白骨壤群落、秋茄群落、海桑群落和无瓣海桑群落的植被碳储量分别为28.7、127.6、100.1、73.6 t C·hm^-2,各群落的净初级生产力分别为8.75、7.67、9.60、11.87 t C·hm^-2·a^-1.位于深圳市中心的福田红树林,每年固定大气CO₂高达4000 t.本研究结果将为红树林“蓝碳”碳汇功能的评估提供理论指导,并为我国红树林碳汇林建设提供依据.     

我国森林生态系统碳储量和碳平衡的研究方法及进展

森林在全球碳循环中起着十分重要的作用。从现存生物量的角度出发,综述了我国森林生态系统碳储量和碳平衡研究采用的主要方法及手段,以及在该领域的研究现状,并从实际情况出发探讨我国未来研究的发展趋势和亟待解决的一些问题。     

1981—2000年中国陆地生态系统碳通量的年际变化

应用一个生物地球化学模型(CEVSA)估算了中国陆地净初级生产力(NPP)、土壤异养呼吸(HR)和净生态系统生产力(NEP)在1981—1998年期间对气候和大气CO2浓度变化的动态响应。结果显示,全国NPP总量波动于2．89—3．37Gt／a之间,平均值为3．09Gt C／a,年平均增长趋势约为0．32％。HR总量变化范围为2．89—3．21Gt C／a,平均值为3．02Gt C／a,年均增长0．40％。NEP总量变动于-0．32和0．25Gt C／a之间,在统计上没有明显的年际变化趋势。在研究时段内,年平均NEP约为0．07Gt C／a,表明中国陆地生态系统在气候与大气CO2浓度变化的条件下吸收了碳,为碳汇,总的吸收量为1．22Gt C,约占全球碳吸收总量的10％,与同期内美国由大气CO2和气候变化所产生的碳吸收量大致相当。尽管由于较高的年际变率,NEP在统计上没有明显的变化趋势,但NPP的增长率低于HR的增长率,说明在研究时段内,中国陆地生态系统的吸碳能力由于气候变化降低了。全国大多数地区年平均NEP接近零,明显的NEP正值区(即碳汇)出现在东北平原、西藏东南部和黄淮平原等地区,而大小兴安岭、黄土高原和云贵高原等地区NEP为负值(即碳源)。研究认为,1981～1998年期间中国气候温暖、干旱,因此估算的NEP可能低于其他时段。如果气候进入一个比较湿润的时期,碳吸收量可显著增加,但若当前干旱和暖化趋势以此为继,中国的NEP可能会变成一个负值。     

Effects of logging on carbon dynamics of a jack pine forest in Saskatchewan,Canada

We calculated carbon budgets for a chronosequence of harvested jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) stands (0‐, 5‐, 10‐, and～29‐year‐old) and a～79‐year‐old stand that originated after wildfire. We measured total ecosystem C content (TEC), above‐, and belowground net primary productivity (NPP) for each stand. All values are reported in order for the 0‐, 5‐, 10‐, 29‐, and 79‐year‐old stands, respectively, for May 1999 through April 2000. Total annual NPP (NPP_T) for the stands (Mg C ha^?1 yr^?1±1 SD) was 0.9±0.3, 1.3±0.1, 2.7±0.6, 3.5±0.3, and 1.7±0.4. We correlated periodic soil surface CO₂ fluxes (R_S) with soil temperature to model annual R_S for the stands (Mg C ha^?1 yr^?1±1 SD) as 4.4±0.1, 2.4±0.0, 3.3±0.1, 5.7±0.3, and 3.2±0.2. We estimated net ecosystem productivity (NEP) as NPP_T minus R_H (where R_H was calculated using a Monte Carlo approach as coarse woody debris respiration plus 30–70% of total annual R_S). Excluding C losses during wood processing, NEP (Mg C ha^?1 yr^?1±1 SD) for the stands was estimated to be ?1.9±0.7, ?0.4±0.6, 0.4±0.9, 0.4±1.0, and ?0.2±0.7 (negative values indicate net sources to the atmosphere.) We also calculated NEP values from the changes in TEC among stands. Only the 0‐year‐old stand showed significantly different NEP between the two methods, suggesting a possible mismatch for the chronosequence. The spatial and methodological uncertainties allow us to say little for certain except that the stand becomes a source of C to the atmosphere following logging.     

Changes in carbon storage and fluxes in a chronosequence of ponderosa pine

Forest development following stand‐replacing disturbance influences a variety of ecosystem processes including carbon exchange with the atmosphere. On a series of ponderosa pine (Pinius ponderosa var. Laws.) stands ranging from 9 to> 300 years in central Oregon, USA, we used biological measurements to estimate carbon storage in vegetation and soil pools, net primary productivity (NPP) and net ecosystem productivity (NEP) to examine variation with stand age. Measurements were made on plots representing four age classes with three replications: initiation (I, 9–23 years), young (Y, 56–89 years), mature (M, 95–106 years), and old (O, 190–316 years) stands typical of the forest type in the region. Net ecosystem productivity was lowest in the I stands (?124 g C m^?2 yr^?1), moderate in Y stands (118 g C m^?2 yr^?1), highest in M stands (170 g C m^?2 yr^?1), and low in the O stands (35 g C m^?2 yr^?1). Net primary productivity followed similar trends, but did not decline as much in the O stands. The ratio of fine root to foliage carbon was highest in the I stands, which is likely necessary for establishment in the semiarid environment, where forests are subject to drought during the growing season (300–800 mm precipitation per year). Carbon storage in live mass was the highest in the O stands (mean 17.6 kg C m^?2). Total ecosystem carbon storage and the fraction of ecosystem carbon in aboveground wood mass increased rapidly until 150–200 years, and did not decline in older stands. Forest inventory data on 950 ponderosa pine plots in Oregon show that the greatest proportion of plots exist in stands ～ 100 years old, indicating that a majority of stands are approaching maximum carbon storage and net carbon uptake. Our data suggests that NEP averages ～ 70 g C m^?2 year^?1 for ponderosa pine forests in Oregon. About 85% of the total carbon storage in biomass on the survey plots exists in stands greater than 100 years, which has implications for managing forests for carbon sequestration. To investigate variation in carbon storage and fluxes with disturbance, simulation with process models requires a dynamic parameterization for biomass allocation that depends on stand age, and should include a representation of competition between multiple plant functional types for space, water, and nutrients.     

长沙市区马尾松人工林生态系统碳储量及其空间分布

采用样方法和取样法,研究了长沙市区13年生马尾松林生态系统碳含量、碳储量及其空间分布特征。结果表明:马尾松林木各器官平均碳含量为511.17 g/kg,从高到低排列顺序为叶>干>根>皮>枝;林下灌木层、草本层、枯落物层的平均碳含量分别为531.66、465.53、393.92g/kg。林地土壤层有机碳含量为9.40—24.73 g/kg,各层次碳素含量分布不均,表层(0—15cm)土壤碳素含量较高,并随土壤深度的增加而逐渐下降。生态系统碳库的空间分布序列为土壤层>植被层>枯落物层。植被层的碳储量为34.50t/hm2,占整个生态系统碳总储量的21.57%;乔木层碳储量占整个生态系统的20.27%,占植被层碳储量的93.97%。乔木层碳储量中,树干的碳储量最高,占乔木层碳储量的65.52%,其次为根,占乔木层碳储量的19.15%,树皮最少,仅占2.10%;枯落物层碳储量为3.81 t/hm2,仅占整个生态系统碳储量的2.38%;林地土壤层(0—60cm)碳储量相当可观,为121.62 t/hm2,占系统碳储量的76.05%。马尾松林年净生产力为4.88 t.hm-.2a-1,有机碳年净固定量为2.50 t.hm-.2a-1,折合成CO2的量为9.16 t.hm-.2a-1。     

The legacy of harvest and fire on ecosystem carbon storage in a north temperate forest

Forest harvesting and wildfire were widespread in the upper Great Lakes region of North America during the early 20th century. We examined how long this legacy of disturbance constrains forest carbon (C) storage rates by quantifying C pools and fluxes after harvest and fire in a mixed deciduous forest chronosequence in northern lower Michigan, USA. Study plots ranged in age from 6 to 68 years and were created following experimental clear‐cut harvesting and fire disturbance. Annual C storage was estimated biometrically from measurements of wood, leaf, fine root, and woody debris mass, mass losses to herbivory, soil C content, and soil respiration. Maximum annual C storage in stands that were disturbed by harvest and fire twice was 26% less than a reference stand receiving the same disturbance only once. The mechanism for this reduction in annual C storage was a long‐lasting decrease in site quality that endured over the 62‐year timeframe examined. However, during regrowth the harvested and burned forest rapidly became a net C sink, storing 0.53 Mg C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ after 6 years. Maximum net ecosystem production (1.35 Mg C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) and annual C increment (0.95 Mg C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) were recorded in the 24‐ and 50‐year‐old stands, respectively. Net primary production averaged 5.19 Mg C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ in experimental stands, increasing by < 10% from 6 to 50 years. Soil heterotrophic respiration was more variable across stand ages, ranging from 3.85 Mg C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ in the 6‐year‐old stand to 4.56 Mg C ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ in the 68‐year‐old stand. These results suggest that harvesting and fire disturbances broadly distributed across the region decades ago caused changes in site quality and successional status that continue to limit forest C storage rates.     

二氧化碳储存通量对森林生态系统碳收支的影响

涡度相关系统观测高度以下的CO₂储存通量对准确评价森林生态系统与大气间净CO₂交换量（NEE）有着重要的影响.本研究以长白山阔叶红松林为研究对象,利用2003年的涡度相关观测数据以及CO₂浓度廓线数据,分析了CO₂储存通量的变化规律及其对碳收支过程的影响.结果表明：涡度相关观测高度以下的CO₂储存通量具有典型的日变化特征,其最大变化量出现在大气稳定与不稳定层结转换期.利用涡度相关系统观测的单点CO₂浓度变化方法与利用CO₂浓度廓线方法计算的CO₂储存通量差异不显著.忽略CO₂储存通量,在半小时尺度上会造成对夜间和白天的NEE分别低估25%和19%,在日和年尺度上,会对NEE低估10%和25%;忽略CO₂储存通量,会低估Michaelis-Menten光响应方程及Lloyd-Taylor呼吸方程的参数,并且对表观初始量子效率α和参考呼吸R_ref的低估最大;忽略CO₂储存通量,在半小时、日及年尺度上,均会对总光合作用（GPP）和生态系统呼吸（R_e）低估约20%.     

大兴安岭5种典型林型森林生物碳储量

森林生态系统是陆地生态系统的重要碳库,森林生态系统的生物碳储量作为森林生态系统碳库的重要组成部分,对全球碳循环与碳平衡产生重要作用。以大兴安岭5种典型林型为研究对象,结合森林资源清查资料,采用地理信息技术(GIS),将5种林型分龄组分别对乔木层、林下的灌木层、草本层和凋落物层各组分的单位面积生物量、含碳率和生物碳储量进行测定和计量估算,并从林分水平上,采用分龄组的方法,计量估算了生物碳储量。结果表明:大兴安岭5种典型林型不同龄组的生物碳储量分别为:兴安落叶松幼龄林、中龄林、近熟林和成熟林的生物碳储量分别为15.20、50.96、95.80t/hm2和109.33t/hm2;白桦幼龄林、中龄林、近熟林和成熟林的生物碳储量分别为15.36、30.67、41.62t/hm2和64.35t/hm2;樟子松幼龄林、中龄林、近熟林和成熟林的生物碳储量分别为29.89、59.92、90.01t/hm2和117.08t/hm2;蒙古栎幼龄林、中龄林、近熟林和成熟林的生物碳储量分别为11.17、11.90、34.94t/hm2和59.49t/hm2;山杨幼龄林、中龄林、近熟林和成熟林的生物碳储量分别为21.81、28.58、42.84t/hm2和64.39t/hm2。研究发现:5种典型林型不同龄组的森林生物碳储量均随着林龄(幼龄林、中龄林、近熟林和成熟林)的增长而增加,但不同林型的碳汇功能存在差异,同一种林型在不同林龄的生物碳储量增幅差异亦较大。尤其是大兴安岭目前林分质量比较差,幼龄林和中龄林所占的比重较大,若能对现有林分加以更好地抚育和管理,该区森林植被仍具有较大的碳汇潜力,碳汇功能将进一步增强,大兴安岭在国家的生态功能区建设中将发挥更重要的碳汇功能,对此提出了森林生态系统碳增汇管理策略与管理路径。研究结果为正确认识森林生物碳储量对区域碳平衡及生态环境的影响具有重要意义,以及在未来营林、造林活动中充分发挥人工林碳汇效应提供参考依据。     

林火干扰对广东木荷林生态系统碳库的影响

森林碳库在调节CO₂浓度及减缓温室效应中发挥重要作用。选择广东木荷林为研究对象,通过相邻样地法,进行植被生物量、凋落物生物量和土壤样品的采样与分析,研究不同林火干扰强度对生态系统各碳库(植被、凋落物和土壤有机碳)及生态系统碳库产生的变化规律和空间分布格局及其影响因素。结果表明:(1)植被碳密度随着林火干扰强度增强而减少,但不同组分的植被碳密度表现不同,乔木碳密度在不同林火干扰强度下变化与植被碳密度变化一致,而草本碳密度则呈现相反的变化趋势。相同林火干扰强度下,植被各组分碳密度均以乔木层降低幅度最大。林火干扰均显著降低了凋落物碳密度(P<0.05),并随林火干扰强度的增加其降低幅度增大,但不同林火干扰强度对凋落物碳密度的影响有所差异。林火干扰降低了土壤有机碳密度,且降低幅度随土层深度增加而逐渐变小。(2)林火干扰有效改变了生态系统碳库的空间分布格局。对照样地木荷林土壤有机碳库占比为61.59%,重度林火干扰后,土壤有机碳库占比为70.96%呈上升趋势,占生态系统碳库的优势地位,而植被和凋落物碳库占比呈下降趋势,处于生态系统碳库的次要地位。(3)双因素方差分析表明,林火干扰强度和土层深度及其交互作用均对土壤有机碳密度有显著影响。林火干扰强度解释了土壤有机碳密度变异的8.78%,土层深度解释了土壤有机碳密度变异的70.29%,林火干扰强度和土层深度之间的交互作用解释了土壤有机碳密度变异的8.16%。研究发现:林火干扰降低了生态系统碳库,且随林火干扰强度增加,生态系统碳库减少幅度增大。轻度林火干扰对森林生态系统碳库的影响差异不显著,而中度和重度林火干扰对森林生态系统碳库的影响差异显著。研究结果对深化亚热带森林固碳效应的影响机制提供理论支撑。     

退耕还林地桦木林生态系统碳素密度、贮量与空间分布

对退耕还林5年生的桦木林生物量、碳素密度、碳贮量及其空间分布进行测定。结果表明,桦木各器官的碳素密度在0.4519~0.5137gC.g-1,排列顺序为枝>干>叶>根颈>粗根>中根>细根;死地被物层的碳素含量为0.3953gC.g-1,土壤平均碳素密度为0.0150gC.g-1,随土层深度的增加,各层次土壤碳素密度呈逐渐减少的趋势;桦木林生态系统总的碳贮量为127.9298tC.hm-2,其中乔木层为21.9282tC.hm-2,占整个生态系统的17.14%,死地被物为0.3401tC.hm-2,占0.27%,林地土壤(0~60cm)为105.6615tC.hm-2,占82.59%;桦木各器官的碳贮量与其生物量成正比例的关系,树干的生物量最大,其碳贮量也最大,占乔木层碳贮量的57.33%;5年生桦木林年净生产力为8.9912t.hm-2.a-1,有机碳年固定量为4.4537tC.hm-2.a-1。较之退耕前,桦木林生态系统碳贮量增加15.4797t.hm-2。     

Current stocks and rate of sequestration of forest carbon in Gansu Province,China

Aims
Carbon sequestration is the basic function and most primary service of forest ecosystems, and plays a vital role in mitigating the global climate change. However, carbon storage and allocation in forest ecosystems have been less studied at regional scales than at forest stand levels, and the results are subject to uncertainty due to inconsistent methodologies. In this study we aim to obtain relatively accurate estimates of forest carbon stocks and sequestration rate at a provincial scale (regional) based on plot surveys of plants and soils.
Methods
In consideration of the areas and distributions of major forest types, 212 sampling plots, covering different age classes and origins (natural forests vs. planted forests), were surveyed in Gansu Province in northern China. Field investigations were conducted for vegetation layers (trees, shrubs, herbs and litter), soil profiles, and sampling of both plant materials and soils for laboratory analyses. Regional carbon stocks were calculated by up-scaling the carbon densities of all forest types with their corresponding areas. Carbon sequestration rate was estimated by referencing the reports of national forest inventory data for different periods.
Important findings Forest carbon stocks at the provincial scale were estimated at 612.43 Tg C, including 179.04 Tg C in biomass and 433.39 Tg C in soil organic materials. Specifically, natural forests stored 501.42 Tg C, approximately 4.52 times than that of the plantations. Biomass carbon density in both natural forests and plantations showed an increasing trend with stand age classes, and was greater in natural forests than in plantations within the same age classes. Soil carbon density also increased with stand age classes in natural forests, but the highest value occurred at the pre-mature stage in plantations. The weighted average of regional biomass carbon density was at 72.43 Mg C·hm^-2, with the average value of 90.52 Mg C·hm^-2 in natural forests and 33.79 Mg C·hm^-2 in plantations, respectively. In 1996, vegetation stored 132.47 Tg C in natural forests and 12.81 Tg C in plantations, respectively, and the values increased to 152.41 and 26.63 Tg C in 2011, with the mean carbon sequestration rates of 1.33 and 0.92 Tg C·a^-1. Given that young and middle-aged forests account for a large proportion (62.28%) of the total forest areas, the region is expected to have substantial potential of carbon sequestration.