River drying lowers the diversity and alters the composition of an assemblage of desert riparian arthropods

Summary 1. Many studies have shown negative effects of river drying on in‐stream animals. However, the influence of river drying on riparian animals remains poorly studied. We examined ground‐dwelling riparian arthropod assemblages along a drying section of the semi‐arid San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona, U.S.A. 2. We found strong differences in assemblage composition, taxon diversity and the abundance of key taxa between dry and flowing sites, with higher diversity and abundance of most taxa at flowing sites. 3. Changes in assemblage composition, taxon diversity and abundance of representative taxa were associated with a combined measure of water availability that included distance to water and type of water. Other environmental variables showed a weaker association with changes in these arthropod assemblages. 4. Thus, we found evidence that desert riparian arthropods are sensitive to river drying and to reduction in water resources. Increases in drying along this river may reduce the diversity and the abundance of many groups of ground‐dwelling arthropods, leading to marked shifts in community composition.     

三峡水库消落带植物叶片光合与营养性状特征

自2007年三峡大坝试运行以来,其独特的人工水位调度节律给当地的水库消落带生态系统带来了巨大的负面影响。植物功能性状可以反映某一特殊生境植物的生理生态过程特殊性,是指示生态系统结构与功能的有效指标。因此,在三峡水库消落带形成2a后,于2009年调查了消落带的42种适生植物以及对照带33种植物的6个叶片功能性状:最大净光合速率(Amax)、叶片气孔导度(Gs)、比叶重(LMA)、叶片全氮含量(Nmass)、全磷含量(Pmass)和全钾含量(Kmass)。运用标准化主轴回归分析对消落带植物叶片各功能性状之间关系进行分析,并对照全球尺度叶片功能性状数据库,旨在说明反季节淹水对消落带植物叶片功能性状之间关系与全球尺度对比发生了哪些变化。同时,运用成对方差t检验的分析方法,对比了在消落带和对照带都存在的33个种的叶片光合与营养性状之间的差异,以阐明消落带植物对消落带特殊生境的生理响应。结果表明:(1)消落带植物叶片各性状关系呈现出与全球尺度基本一致的格局,表现出植物叶性状之间关系的趋同性;(2)消落带植物Amass、Nmass、Pmass和Kmass显著高于全球尺度,而LMA则显著低于全球尺度。处于驯化阶段的消落带植物各叶片性状处在全球叶片经济型谱"低投入-快速回收"的一端。(3)消落带植物叶片Amass与对照带相比,有显著提高。表明三峡水库消落带植物叶片光合能力得到显著提高,这可能是其适应消落带特殊生境的关键生理生态对策之一。     

空间显式模型模拟河流岸边带植被在水库运行作用下的演替

岸边带是水-陆之间的过渡和缓冲地带,是河流生态系统的重要组成部分.岸边带对拦截径流中的固体颗粒、吸收营养盐、减少入河污染负荷有重要作用.受河流水位季节性波动的影响,岸边带生态系统的变化非常剧烈,而当水库等水工建筑的运行剧烈改变河流的水文情势时,水库下游的岸边带生态系统将受到长期的累积性影响.因此,研究复式河道岸边带植被动态对于受损河流生态修复以及河流开发运行的生态环境影响规避具有重要意义.通过原位样方观测和室内水槽模拟试验,开发了岸边带植被演替模型,该模型耦合了全局基于连续性模式的水动力模块和局部基于元胞自动机模式的植被演替模块,并以漓江中游的一段复式河道为例,通过模拟水库运行前后长序列的水文情势变化和3种岸边带植物(刺果酸模、水蓼和益母草)的生长演替,分析了为满足旅游航道需求上游水库补水运行对下游岸边带植被的影响.     

Geomorphic predictors of riparian vegetation in small mountain watersheds

Aims Hydrogeomorphic processes operating at watershed, process zone and site scales influence the distribution of riparian vegetation. However, most studies examining the relationships between hydrogeomorphic processes and riparian vegetation are conducted at site scales. We quantified the relative importance of watershed, process zone and site geomorphic characteristics for predicting riparian plant community types and plant species abundances in four small mountain watersheds in central Nevada, USA.Methods We mapped riparian vegetation types and identified process zones (based on dominant geomorphic process and valley fill material) within the watersheds. We sampled sites in each combination of vegetation type and process zone (n = 184 sites) and collected data on watershed scale factors, valley and stream geomorphic characteristics and on plant cover of each geomorphic surface. Plant community types were defined by cluster and indicator species analyses of plant cover data, and related to geomorphic variables using ordination analysis (nonmetric multidimensional scaling). Linear mixed effects models were used to predict abundances of indicator species.Important findings Variables describing position in the watershed (elevation, contributing area) that are related to gradients of temperature, moisture and stream discharge were of primary importance in predicting plant community types. Variables describing local geomorphic setting (valley width, stream gradient, channel sediments, geomorphic surface height) were of secondary importance, but accurately described the geomorphic setting of indicator species. The process zone classification did not include position in the watershed or channel characteristics and only predicted plant community types with unique geomorphic settings. In small mountain watersheds, predicting riparian vegetation distribution requires explicit consideration of scale and geomorphic context within and among watersheds in addition to site variables.     

Effects of increased flooding on riparian vegetation: Field experiments simulating climate change along five European lowland streams

In many parts of the world, the magnitude and frequency of cold‐season precipitation are expected to increase in the near future. This will result in an increased magnitude and duration of winter and spring flooding by rain‐fed streams and rivers. Such climate‐driven increases in flooding are likely to affect riparian plant communities, but future vegetation changes are hard to predict due to current lack of data. To fill this knowledge gap, we experimentally modified the hydrology of five streams across three countries in north‐western Europe during late winter/early spring over a period of 3 years. We assessed the responses in riparian plant species richness, biomass, plant‐available nitrogen and phosphorus and seed deposition to increased flooding depth (+18 cm on average at the lowest positions along the riparian gradient) and prolonged flooding duration (6 weeks on average). After 3 years of increased flooding, there was an overall decline in riparian species richness, while riparian plant biomass increased. Extractable soil nitrogen and phosphorus also increased and are likely to have contributed to the increased biomass. Increased flooding resulted in the arrival of more seeds of additional species to the riparian zone, thereby potentially facilitating the shifts in riparian plant species composition we observed. The results of our concerted experimental effort demonstrate that changes in stream riparian plant communities can occur rapidly following increased winter flooding, leading to strong reductions in plant species diversity.     

Development, maintenance and role of riparian vegetation in the river landscape

1. Riparian structure and function were considered from a longitudinal perspective in order to identify multiscale couplings with adjacent ecosystems and to identify research needs. 2. We characterized functional zones (with respect to vegetation development in association with various biogeochemical processes) within geomorphological settings using a delineation based upon erosional, transitional and depositional properties. 3. Vegetation dynamics within the riparian corridor are clearly influenced substantially by hydrological disturbance regimes. In turn, we suggest that vegetation productivity and diversity may widely influence riverine biogeochemical processes, especially as related to the consequences of changing redox conditions occurring from upstream to downstream. 4. However, surface and groundwater linkages are the predominant controls of landscape connectivity within riparian systems. 5. The importance of riparian zones as sources and sinks of matter and energy was examined in context of structural and functional attributes, such as sequestering or cycling of nutrients in sediments, retention of water in vegetation, and retention, diffusion or dispersal of biota. 6. The consequences of interactions between different communities (e.g. animals and plants, micro-organisms and plants) on biogeochemical processes are notably in need of research, especially with respect to control of landscape features. Multiscale approaches, coupling regional and local factors in all three spatial dimensions, are needed in order to understand more synthetically and to model biogeochemical and community processes within the river-riparian-upland landscape of catchments.     

三峡库区消落带草本植物根际细菌群落季节变化特征及功能预测

为了研究三峡库区消落带人工修复植被下不同季节根际细菌群落特征,选取位于三峡库区核心地带的忠县石宝镇汝溪河流域消落带生态修复示范基地内两种适生草本狗牙根(Cynodon dactylon)、牛鞭草(Hemarthria altissima)根际土壤进行16S rDNA高通量测序。研究结果显示:在消落带退水后的春季、夏季、秋季3个季节共检测到细菌60门、151纲、403属,主要优势门为变形菌门、酸杆菌门、拟杆菌门;放线菌门和芽单胞菌门的相对丰度在季节水平上存在差异,夏季芽单胞菌门丰度较高,秋季放线菌门相对丰度显著减少。适生草本的根际土壤细菌α多样性表现出一定的季节变化规律,即秋季>夏季>春季;通过冗余分析发现,影响细菌群落结构的环境因子主要有土壤全磷(TP)、速效钾(AK)、含水量(SWC)、有机质(OM)。基于未观测状态重建的群落系统发育研究(PICRUSt2)功能预测共发现6个一级功能层和45个二级功能层;代谢功能在一级功能层中占比最高,其有利于提高消落带适生草本植物抑制病原菌的能力,促进植物的生长;一级功能层中有两个功能基因表现出季节差异,二级功能层中有14个子功能的相对丰度在不同季节存在显著差异。由此可见,根际细菌群落对狗牙根、牛鞭草两种草本植物能够广泛分布且适生于三峡库区消落带的土壤环境起到了重要的促进作用。     

Importance of landscape context for post‐restoration recovery of riparian vegetation

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三峡库区消落带植物群落及其功能性状对水淹强度的响应

植物功能性状能表征其对资源的利用能力和对外界环境的响应,而水淹强度的不同使得三峡库区消落带不同高程的生境存在较大差异,因此开展不同水淹梯度下消落带植物群落生态策略及功能性状差异的研究,对全面理解植物对消落带不同生境的适应机理具有重要意义。研究选取受三峡水库水位变化影响的澎溪河流域,沿高程梯度对不同水淹强度下的植物群落及其功能性状指标进行分析。结果表明:(1)消落带植物群落处于演替的初级阶段,不同水淹梯度下的植物群落存在显著分化;(2)环境胁迫是决定消落带植物生态策略的主要因素,总体呈现较为集中的耐压策略,随着高程升高有逐渐向杂草策略转移的趋势;(3)随着高程升高,植物的高度、主茎干物质量、比根长及叶组织密度都有增大的趋势,比叶面积则相反。(4)各功能性状之间存在显著相关性,并通过形成不同的性状组合以适应不同强度水淹干扰的生境。消落带下部更倾向于投资于叶片使植物在出露期能快速获取资源和完成生活史,而消落带上部则更倾向于投资防御组织及根系以抵御干旱,研究结果可为消落带生物多样性保护及其生态系统修复提供理论依据。     

Landscape scale effects of disturbance on riparian vegetation

1. Differing responses in riparian species richness and composition to disturbance have been reported as a possible explanation for the differences along and between rivers. This paper explores the role of physical disturbance in shaping landscape‐scale patterns of species distribution in riparian vegetation along a free‐flowing river in northern Sweden. 2. To test whether sensitivity to disturbance varies across large landscapes, we experimentally disturbed riparian vegetation along an entire, free‐flowing river by scouring the soil and the vegetation turf, cutting vegetation, applying waterborne plant litter, and after a period of recovery we measured vegetation responses. The experiment was repeated for two consecutive years. 3. We found no significant effect of disturbance on species composition, but all three forms of disturbance significantly reduced species richness. There was no downstream variation in community responses to disturbance but morphological groups of species responded differently to different kinds of disturbance. Graminoids were most resistant, suppressed only by litter burial. All forms of disturbance except cutting reduced the density of herbaceous species, and species density of trees + shrubs and dwarf shrubs was negatively affected by both scouring and cutting. We also evaluated the effects of disturbance in relation to varying levels of species richness. In nearly all cases, responses were significantly negatively correlated with control plot species richness, and relative responses indicated that species‐rich plots were less resistant to scouring and cutting. 4. Our results suggest that although all disturbance treatments had an effect on species richness, variation in sensitivity to disturbance is not the most important factor shaping landscape‐scale patterns of riparian plant species richness along rivers.     

三峡水库消落区植被在差异性水淹环境中的分布格局

人工水库修建引发的差异性水文节律是决定消落区植被群落格局的主要因素,高强度水淹环境中水淹胁迫是影响植被的重要因子而低强度水淹环境中物种竞争是影响植被的重要因子。为了探究差异性水淹环境中三峡水库消落区植物的水淹耐受能力及光资源竞争能力(植物株高)对植被群落分布格局的影响,对三峡水库典型消落区不同水淹强度下生长的植被进行了研究,结果表明:(1)典型消落区调查共发现有植物41种,其中高耐淹低竞争能力型植物4种,其生物量在所有物种生物量中的占比达70.99%,低耐淹高竞争能力型植物23种,其生物量占比为28.02%,低耐淹低竞争能力型植物14种,生物量占比不足1%,消落区内无高耐淹高竞争能力型植物物种分布;(2)高耐淹低竞争能力型植物在水淹强度大的消落区区域占优,低耐淹高竞争能力型植物在植物物种竞争压力大的消落区区域占据主导,低耐淹低竞争能力型植物在消落区中仅有零星分布;(3)消落区植被生物量格局随着高程增加呈现出先增加后减少的趋势。研究差异性水淹环境对三峡水库消落区植被分布的影响,可以为深入理解消落区植被分布格局的形成机制和大型水库消落区植被恢复与重建提供理论依据。     

丹江口水库水滨带植物群落空间分布及环境解释

探讨了环境因素对丹江口水库(南水北调中线水源地)水滨带植物群落空间分布的影响。通过对水滨带植物群落和环境因素的实地调查,用双向指示种分析(TWINSPAN)对201个水滨带植物群落进行分类;结合地形、土壤和水文因素用除趋势典范对应分析法(DCCA)分析环境因素对水滨带植物群落的影响;并对环境因素的解释能力进行定量分离。结果表明:(1)水滨带植物群落包括7种类型,分别是萹蓄群落、苘麻群落、细叶水芹+狗牙根群落、狗牙根群落、响叶杨-狗牙根群落、杜梨-白刺花-狗牙根群落和侧柏-牡荆-三穗苔草群落;(2)海拔和水淹影响对水滨带植物群落空间分布具有主导作用。海拔升高,水淹影响减弱,植物群落呈现由草本植物群落向木本植物群落变化的格局;(3)土壤因素的解释能力大于地形因素,水文因素的解释能力最小。各类环境因素之间存在交互作用,地形、水文和土壤因素三者间的交互作用最大,地形和土壤因素之间的交互作用最小。环境因素共解释水滨带植物群落空间分布的21.99%,未解释部分为78.01%。结果证明环境对植被的解释能力是由植被的复杂程度决定的,植被越复杂,环境的解释能力越低。     

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在三峡库区消落带植被重建区域,选取两种人工草本植被—牛鞭草与狗牙根(处理组),并以裸地土壤为对照,研究植被修复与重建对土壤细菌群落多样性的影响。采用分子生物学T-RFLP技术,分别于2012年7月(T1)、2013年7月(T2)及2014年7月(T3)进行原位取样,对消落带人工植被牛鞭草、狗牙根及裸地土壤细菌群落多样性进行了研究。结果表明:(1)除HhaⅠ酶切结果中,物种因素对消落带土壤细菌Shannon-Wiener指数(H)、时间因素对土壤细菌Simpson指数(D)无显著影响外,采用两种酶切之后(HhaⅠ酶、MspⅠ),物种、时间、以及两者的交互作用均对三峡库区消落带土壤细菌群落多样性指数产生显著影响;(2)HhaⅠ酶切后人工植被土壤丰度与裸地相比显著升高,此外,两种酶切结果均表明,人工植被土壤细菌群落多样性指数与裸地相比更加稳定。(3)植被类型、取样时间不同,土壤中的优势片段种类与丰度均不相同;(4)CCA分析结果表明三峡库区消落带土壤细菌群落多样性与化学性质关系密切。研究表明牛鞭草与狗牙根栽植后土壤细菌群落多样性指数的更加稳定,三峡库区进行植被恢复与重建值得肯定。     

三峡水库156 m蓄水后消落带新生湿地植物群落

三峡水库156 m蓄水后,已形成大面积消落带湿地.2008年7-9月对地处三峡水库腹地的开县澎溪河左岸一级支流白夹溪消落带新生湿地植物进行了调查.结果表明:该区域共有高等湿地植物33种,优势种有双穗雀稗、宽叶香蒲、萤蔺、藨草、长鬃蓼.新生湿地植物群落划分为8个群丛.沿河流侧向空间梯度,湿地植物群落的带状分布明显,分为河漫滩1年生草本植物带、苍耳带、双穗雀稗带3个植物带.从河岸到海拔156 m处,植物地上生物量呈现出先增加后减少再增加的趋势.消落带区域在水位下降后,土壤含水率的增加为湿地植物生长提供了良好生境.双穗雀稗成为156 m蓄水后白夹溪河岸二级阶地地势低洼处的优势植物;苍耳在河岸一级阶地和二级阶地之间的坡地上广泛分布.三峡水库蓄水后消落带土壤含水率的变化、微地貌格局对消落带新生湿地群落空间格局具有明显影响.

Abstract：

After flooding to 156 m height, a wide area of wetlands emerged in the water-level fluctuation zone of Three Gorges Reservoir. From July to September 2008, an investigation was made on the plant communities beside Baijia stream, the first order tributary of Pengxi River in Kaixian County of Chongqing. There were 33 species of wetland vascular plants, among which, Paspalum paspaloides, Typha latifolia, Scirpus juncoides, S. triqueter, Polygonum longisetum were the dominant. The plant communities in study area were divided into eight associations. An obvious zonal distribution was observed at the lateral side of Baijia stream from riparian to 156 m altitude. There were three plant zones, i. e. , floodplain annual herb zone, X. sibiricum zone, and P. paspaloides zone. With increasing elevation, the aboveground biomass showed a single-peak pattern. During the period with lower water level, the increase of soil water content acceler-ated the growth of wetland plants. P. paspaloides was most dominant in the low-lying area of sec-ond terraces of Baijia stream, and X. sibiricum widely distributed on the sloping field between the first and second terraces of the stream. The variations of soil water content and micro-geomorphic pattern significantly affected the distribution of plant communities in water-level fluctuation zone.     

三峡库区典型次级河流河岸植被分布格局——以重庆东河为例

采用双向指示种分析法(TWINSPAN)和去趋势典范对应分析法(DCCA),以三峡库区典型次级河流澎溪河上游东河为研究对象,从植物种、植物群落与环境因子之间的相互关系,研究山地河流河岸植被的空间分布规律。结果表明:河岸植物群落包括4个森林类型、11个灌丛和灌草丛类型。海拔和人为干扰对河岸带植物群落空间分布具有主导作用。河岸植物群落具有明显的沿海拔梯度变化的垂直梯度格局;沿河流纵向和侧向梯度变化,河岸植物群落具有典型的"斑块状、片段化"分布格局;从流域整体看,河岸植物群落具有典型的次生性特征。     

Stream salinization is associated with reduced taxonomic,but not functional diversity in a riparian plant community

Abstract Dryland salinity presents an overwhelming threat to terrestrial and aquatic habitats in Australia, and yet there remains very little empirical evidence of the impacts of secondary salinization on the biodiversity of riparian communities. Here we describe the response of a riparian plant community to stream and soil salinization, 25 years after the experimental clearing of a catchment in south‐western Australia. Riparian plant species diversity was inversely related to soil salinity, and plant species composition was significantly altered by increased soil salinity. Despite the evidence for an impact of salinization on the taxonomic diversity and composition of the riparian plant community, there was little evidence for any effect of salinization on functional group diversity, or on ecological functioning, as measured by the percentage of above‐ground plant cover.     

Effects of stream flooding on the distribution and diversity of groundwater‐dependent vegetation in riparian areas

1. Effects of the frequency and duration of flooding on the structural and functional characteristics of riparian vegetation were studied at four sites (n = 80, 50 × 50 cm, plots) along medium‐sized naturally meandering lowland streams. Special focus was on rich fens, which – due to their high species richness – are of high priority in nature conservation. 2. Reed beds, rich fens and meadows were all regularly flooded during the 20‐year study period, with a higher frequency in reed bed areas than in rich fen and meadow areas. In rich fens, species richness was higher in low frequency flooded areas (≤3 year^?1) than in areas with a high frequency of flooding (>3 year^?1) or no flooding, whereas species richness in reed beds and meadows was unaffected by flood frequency. 3. The percentage of stress‐tolerant species was higher in low intensity flooded rich fen areas than in high intensity and non‐flooded areas, indicating that the higher species richness in low frequency flooded rich fens was caused by competitive release. We found no indication that increased productivity was associated with high flooding frequencies. 4. We conclude that the restoration of morphological features in stream channels to increase the flooding regime can be beneficial for protected vegetation within riparian areas, but also that groundwater discharge thresholds and critical levels for protected vegetation should be identified and considered when introducing stream ecosystem restoration plans.