盐碱池塘围隔生态系统的悬浮物结构及有机碳库储量

1 998年 4～ 7月对高青盐碱池塘单养鲢和罗非鱼围隔生态系统颗粒悬浮物构成和各有机碳库储量及动态进行了研究。结果表明 ,浮游生物的干重 (PZ)占总颗粒悬浮物干物质 (TS)的 4.2 6%～ 2 5 .97% ,平均 1 2 %。各围隔浮游植物干重(DWP)平均值变化范围为 0 .1 6～ 0 .70 mg/L,有鱼围隔均比无鱼围隔的大。浮游动物干重 (DWZ)平均值变化范围为0 .3 2～ 2 .81 mg/L,养鲢围隔中最小 ,小于无鱼对照围隔 ,养罗非鱼围隔明显高于养鲢围隔。颗粒悬浮物的灰分含量平均值为 42 .3 8%。溶解有机碳 (DOC)、颗粒有机碳 (POC)库储量平均值分别为 5 .40± 1 .61 mg C/L和 1 .96± 0 .96mg/L。各处理围隔间颗粒有机物的 C/N比的平均值比较接近 ,总平均值为 6.97± 0 .2 4。 TOC、DOC和 POC比例为 1∶ 0 .73∶0 .2 7。浮游生物碳和腐质颗粒碳占 POC的比例的平均值分别为 3 4.65 %和 65 .3 5 %。腐质颗粒碳、浮游动物碳与浮游植物碳的比例为 9.2 9∶ 3 .71∶ 1。浮游生物碳中浮游动物碳占 78.8% ,浮游植物碳占 2 1 .2 %。浮游动物碳比浮游植物碳高 ,这可能是内陆盐水的通性。盐碱池塘围隔生态系统颗粒有机碳 (POC,mg C/L)与浮游植物叶绿素 a(Chla,μg/L)和悬浮颗粒有机物 (SO,mg/L)之间存在显著的正相关关系 ,其回归方程分别为     

洞庭湖湿地土壤碳、氮、磷及其与土壤物理性状的关系

以洞庭湖3类典型湿地的8个土壤剖面为代表,研究了土壤碳、氮、磷,微生物量碳、氮、磷和土壤物理性状的分布特征.结果表明,土壤表层有机碳含量为19.63～50.20 g·kg^-1,微生物量碳为424.63～1 597.36 mg·kg^-1,微生物量碳占有机碳的比例为3.17%～4.82%;土壤表层全氮1.85～4.45 g·kg^-1,微生物量氮5.90～259.47 mg·kg^-1,微生物量氮占全氮的比例3.13%～6.42%;土壤表层微生物量磷含量顺序为:湖草洲滩地(200.99 mg·kg^-1)＞垦殖水田(163.27 mg·kg^-1)＞芦苇洲滩地(24.16 mg·kg^-1),微生物量磷占全磷的比例为1.09%～11.20%;土壤表层容重0.65～1.04 g·cm^-3;土壤表层粘粒(＜0.001mm)26.24%～39.48%.土壤表层有机碳、全氮、微生物量氮、微生物量磷的含量,湖草洲滩地＞垦殖水田＞芦苇洲滩地.土壤表层微生物量碳,垦殖水田和湖草洲滩地接近,而大于芦苇湿地;土壤表层容重,芦苇洲滩地＞垦殖水田＞湖草洲滩地;土壤表层＜0.01 mm、＜0.001 mm粘粒,湖草洲滩地、芦苇洲滩地＞垦殖水田.湿地土壤剖面中有机碳、微生物量碳、全氮、微生物量氮、微生物量磷、容重以及微生物量碳占有机碳的比例、微生物量氮占全氮的比例、微生物量磷占全磷的比例均随深度的增加而降低,至一定深度稳定,而土壤全磷在剖面上下的差异很小.湿地土壤微生物量碳、氮、磷之间呈极显著的正相关关系;土壤容重与有机碳、全氮、微生物量碳、氮、磷之间呈极显著指数负相关关系.湿地土壤＜0.001 mm粘粒与有机碳、全氮、微生物量碳、氮、磷含量呈极显著对数正相关关系.     

不同培肥茶园土壤微生物量碳氮及相关参数的变化与敏感性分析

通过闽东地区茶园培肥长期定位试验,研究了不同培肥模式下土壤微生物量碳、氮,微生物量碳占溶解有机碳的比值和微生物熵的动态变化及其与其他土壤参数、茶叶理化性状的相关性。试验设6个处理:全量化肥(C),半量化肥+半量有机肥((CO)1/2),全量有机肥(O),全量化肥+豆科绿肥(CL),半量化肥+半量有机肥+豆科绿肥((CO)1/2L)和不施肥(CK)。研究结果显示:(CO)1/2L、CL和O等处理下土壤微生物量碳含量分别比CK增加了1.87、1.26、1.49倍,微生物量氮增加了2.18、1.32、1.70倍,而处理C的土壤微生物量碳、氮分别减少了0.46、0.59倍;微生物量碳占溶解有机碳的比值大小顺序为O>(CO)1/2L>CL>(CO)1/2>CK>C。可见,该区处理O和(CO)1/2L的培肥效果较佳。相关分析发现,微生物量碳及其占溶解有机碳的比值分别和土壤脲酶、有机质、全氮、全磷、水解氮、有效磷、速效钾、含水量、阳离子交换量等均呈显著正相关(P<0.05),表明它们与土壤肥力关系密切,可作为评价茶园土肥力变化的敏感指标。     

不同食性甲虫的含能值、含水量及其变动规律研究

以干旱地区的肉食性步甲科(Carabidae)和植食性拟步甲科(Tenebrionidae)昆虫成体为材料,测定鞘翅目甲虫的含能值和含水量,分析其含能值和含水量的相互关系及其变动规律.结果表明,肉食性步甲科昆虫的含能值(22.64 J/mg无灰干重)显著高于植食性拟步甲科昆虫(20.55 J/mg无灰干重)(P<0.05),相反,前者的含水量(54.96%)却显著地低于后者(63.28%)(P<0.05).步甲科和拟步甲科昆虫的含能值都与其含水量成显著负相关(r=-0.5962,P<0.05).步甲科和拟步甲科昆虫的含能值或含水量具有明显的季节变动规律,两科的变动规律基本相同,其中,含能值在秋季最高(22.80 J/mg无灰干重),春季最低(20.42 J/mg无灰干重),含水量则相反,秋季最低(54.93%),春季最高(61.88%)(P<0.05).步甲科和拟步甲科昆虫的头、胸、腹和附肢不同体区的含能值具有显著差异(P<0.05),其中,腹部的含能值最高(22.65 J/mg无灰干重),其次为胸部(21.33 J/mg无灰干重),头部和附肢的含能值最低(20.89 J/mg无灰干重和20.60 J/mg无灰干重).不同体区的含能值也具有同样的季节变动,即含能值在秋季最高(22.30 J/mg无灰干重),春季最低(19.46 J/mg无灰干重)(P<0.05).步甲科和拟步甲科昆虫的个体含能值与其头、胸、腹和附肢各体区的含能值成正相关,相关系数分别为0.718、0.846、0.897和0.604(P<0.05);其中个体含能值与腹部或胸部体区含能值的相关系数显著地高于它们与头部和附肢含能值的相关系数(P<0.05);这些结果说明,脂质在甲虫腹部和胸部的积聚是引起甲虫个体含能值提高的主要原因.本文对不同食性甲虫含能值产生差异的原因,甲虫含能值和含水量变动的影响因素也进行了分析;并结合最佳摄食理论,就甲虫作为猎物,其含能值和含水量的这些变动规律对食虫动物食物选择所可能产生的影响也进行了探讨,就今后进一步检验食虫动物摄食对策所应开展的猎物喂养食虫动物的实验提出建议.     

杭州西湖北里湖荷叶枯落物分解及其对水环境的影响

湖泊水生植物枯落物的分解过程影响着枯落物的淤积以及营养元素向水体和底泥的释放,进而影响湖泊水环境。用分解袋法研究了杭州西湖北里湖荷叶枯落物的分解速率和营养动态。荷叶枯落物的分解速率表现快慢交替的阶段性特点,分解速率常数峰值出现在6月,其余时段呈现波动状态。枯落物氮、磷含量变化趋势基本一致,呈现下降-逐渐上升-渐趋稳定的变化特点。氮、磷积累指数(NAI)呈现释放-积累-释放,整体以释放为主的变化特征。在此基础上推算了北里湖荷叶枯落物一个分解周期残留量的变化及氮、磷释放情况,探讨枯落物分解对水环境的影响。荷叶枯落物入湖量以立枯体总量的20%估算,残留量从11月至翌年1月急剧增加,在1月底达到峰值,随后持续下降,至10月底尚残留1.675 t干重,合30.45 kg/m²干重(按荷塘面积计算),与残留量峰值相比减少了74.39%。枯落物分解导致的氮、磷释放在11月至翌年1月持续增高,2、3月份释放量趋于下降,4、5月份出现净积累,6-10月保持净释放。整个分解周期氮、磷总释放分别为92.247 kg和6.421 kg,相当于北里湖水中氮、磷含量分别增加0.143 mg/L和0.010 mg/L。由于挺水植物生长过程吸收的主要是沉积物中的氮、磷营养盐,因此,荷花的生长和枯落分解过程具有促进氮、磷从沉积物迁移到水体,增加水中氮、磷含量的作用。     

刺参养殖池塘颗粒悬浮物结构及其沉积作用

对不投饵刺参养殖池塘的颗粒悬浮物结构及其沉积量和沉积速度进行了研究.结果表明:(1)各池塘总颗粒悬浮物重量(TS)为(73.1±20.5)mg/L,变动于46.0～132.0mg/L之间;颗粒无机物(IS)含量为(50.6±12.6)mg/L,变动于28.5～76.5mg/L之间,占总颗粒悬浮物的69.13%;浮游生物干重(PZ)为(0.675±0.706)mg/L,变动于0.064～2.814mg/L之间,其中浮游植物干重(DWP)为(0.541±0.622)mg/L,变动于0.062～2.582mg/L之间,浮游动物干重(DWZ) 为(0.135±0.200)mg/L,变动于0.002～1.160mg/L之间;颗粒腐质为(21.91±19.59)mg/L,变动于4.18～83.86mg/L之间,占总颗粒悬浮物的比例为29.95%.(2)总颗粒物沉积量为(19.44±16.34)g·m-2·d-1,变动于6.33～91.98g·m-2·d-1之间,沉降速度为(0.30±0.30)m·d-1,变动于0.08～1.63m·d-1之间,新生态颗粒有机物沉积量为(5.09±7.30)g·m-2·d-1,变化于0.14～31.27g·m-2·d-1之间,总颗粒物沉积量和新生态颗粒物沉积量均是底层高于表层.     

鄂西北丹江口库区大气氮沉降

利用雨量器在鄂西北丹江口库区连续3a采集降雨样品,研究了大气氮沉降的变化动态。结果表明:2009—2011年月均总氮(TN)浓度为3.70—10.36 mg/L,与当月降雨量呈极显著线性负相关(R=-0.592**,n=32),季均TN浓度为冬季(8.21 mg/L)春季(3.94 mg/L)秋季(3.23 mg/L)夏季(2.70 mg/L),年均TN浓度为3.70 mg/L。大气氮素年均干湿总沉降量为26.53 kg/hm2,其中干沉降为7.80 kg/hm2,占总沉降量的29.4%;湿沉降为18.73 kg/hm2,占总沉降量的70.6%。干沉降中铵态氮(NH+4-N)、硝态氮(NO-3-N)、可溶性有机氮(DON)和颗粒态氮(PN)分别占TN的22.1%、16.8%、37.2%和23.9%,湿沉降中它们分别为TN的36.6%、34.4%、12.9%和16.1%。     

施肥措施对不同母质发育的稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的影响

以湖南省稻田土壤肥力监测点为基础,研究了稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的特性.结果表明,不同施肥措施对不同地域和母质发育的稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的影响程度不同.经过18年的不同施肥处理,不同母质发育的稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮的变化趋势基本一致,变化顺序为湖积物发育的水稻土>河流冲积物和第四纪红土发育的水稻土>石灰岩发育的水稻土>板页岩发育的水稻土.土壤微生物量碳为259.5～864.4 mg·kg^-1,土壤微生物量氮为8.7～70.7 mg·kg^-1.施肥可以明显提高稻田生态系统土壤微生物量碳、氮含量;有机肥是改善土壤微生物量碳、氮的主要基础物质,但以有机无机配合施用效果最好.与对照相比,施化肥和有机无机配施处理土壤微生物量碳、氮最大增量分别为407.6和59.2 mg·kg^-1,最大增长率分别为102.8%和514.8%.     

氮源和真菌诱导子对铁皮石斛原球茎悬浮培养的影响

利用正交实验设计研究不同种类和浓度的氮源对铁皮石斛原球茎生长的影响,利用完全随机实验设计研究不同真菌诱导子对铁皮石斛原球茎生长和多糖积累的影响.结果表明硝态氮促进铁皮石斛原球茎鲜重和干重的增加( P ＜0.05);铵态氮促进铁皮石斛原球茎鲜重增加( P ＜0.05).无论鲜重还是干重,硝态氮和铵态氮的影响均不存在互作,最佳组合为:67-V培养液 100 mg/L (NH4)2SO4 800 mg/L KNO3 30 g/L蔗糖 200 g/L马铃薯提取汁.F检验的结果表明,14种真菌诱导子对铁皮石斛原球茎生物量的增加(鲜重与干重)均无显著性影响( P ＞0.05).但与对照铁皮石斛原球茎的多糖含量相比,真菌诱导子g6、g14、g5、g4处理可使其多糖含量分别提高14%、9%、6%、4%.本研究获得了有利于铁皮石斛原球茎生长的硝态氮和铵态氮的最佳搭配方案以及有利于铁皮石斛原球茎积累多糖的四种真菌诱导子,表明通过液体悬浮培养生产铁皮石斛原球茎及其多糖成分具有较好的开发应用前景.     

林窗尺度对侧柏人工林土壤微生物生物量碳氮的短期影响

为了明晰林窗尺度对侧柏人工林土壤微生物生物量碳氮的短期影响,以徐州市50年生侧柏人工林为研究对象,探讨了开设林窗2a后3种林窗尺度(半径分别为4m,S林窗;8m,M林窗;12m,L林窗)和位置(林窗内、林缘和林窗外部)对土壤微生物生物量碳氮(MBC,Microbial Biomass Carbon;MBN,Microbial Biomass Nitrogen)的影响。结果表明:(1)与对照样地相比,L林窗显著提高了春季(207.1mg/kg)和夏季(169.5mg/kg)林窗外部的土壤MBN含量;M林窗显著提高了春季林窗内部(2959.3mg/kg)和林缘(3008.8mg/kg)位置土壤MBC含量和林缘位置(207.7mg/kg)土壤MBN含量,且显著提高了夏季林窗内部(144.4mg/kg)土壤MBN含量;S林窗显著降低了春季林窗外部和林缘位置土壤MBC(分别为2159.2mg/kg和1955.1mg/kg)和MBN(分别为153.1mg/kg和131.3mg/kg)含量。(2)土壤MBC含量与土壤全碳和土壤可溶性有机碳(DOC)含量呈极显著(P0.01)正相关,与土壤温度呈极显著负相关(在3—27℃之间);土壤MBN含量与土壤含水量和DOC含量呈极显著正相关,与土壤全碳呈显著正相关;土壤MBC和MBN含量与凋落物量没有显著相关关系。本研究中,相对于S和L林窗,M林窗对土壤微生物生物量的提高作用较为明显,可促进侧柏人工林土壤碳氮循环过程,在徐州侧柏人工林中开设M林窗有利于提高土壤肥力和林木生长。     

Light, nutrients and primary productivity in Lake Biwa: An evaluation of the current ecosystem situation

Simple correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed to examine the relationship between primary productivity and environmental factors in the north basin of Lake Biwa. The primary production rates used in the analyses were estimated monthly or bimonthly during the growing season (April–November) in 1992, 1996 and 1997 with the ¹³C method. Elemental (C, N and P) contents of seston were used to assess nutrient conditions. Analyses revealed that 86% of variance in depth-integrated primary production rates (areal PP) can be explained by changes in light intensity, and sestonic C, N and P concentrations. Water temperature had no effect on areal PP. To assess relative effects of light and nutrients on PP, the P:B ratio was estimated by normalizing PP with sestonic C. The areal P:B ratio correlated most significantly with the sestonic N:P ratio, followed by light intensity. When regression analyses were made at each depth, however, the P:B ratio correlated significantly only with the sestonic N:P ratio at 0 and 1 m depths, while light intensity was also incorporated into the regressions at deeper than 2.5 m. In these regressions, the P:B ratio was negatively correlated with sestonic N:P ratio but positively with light intensity. The results suggest that the primary production rate in this lake was mainly limited by P relative to N supply rates, but was not free from light limitation in a large part of the epilimnion. In Lake Biwa, the vertical water mixing regime as well as the nutrient supply seem to be important in determining the growth and composition of primary producers, since the surface mixing layer extends into 10–15 m depths during most of the growing season.     

Seasonal Changes in the Quantity and Nitrogen Content of Coarse Detritus in a Southern Ontario Stream

Seasonal changes in standing crop of coarse, benthic detritus at five locations across a second-order stream were studied between May 1971 and May 1972. Standing crop near the banks varied seasonally with highest quantities in the autumn and winter, whereas near midstream seasonal changes in standing crop were negligible. Mean annual standing crop was 747 g/m² (ash-free dry weight) near the banks and 225 g/m² (AFDW) at midstream. Deposition experiments showed that standing crops of detritus came to equilibrium in 2–3 days at midstream and in about one week near the banks. Nitrogen content of coarse detritus, which ranged between 0.65 and 3.51% (AFDW), did not vary seasonally but was significantly greater near the banks than at midstream.     

CARBON,NITROGEN, AND PHOSPHORUS AND THE EUTROPHICATION OF FRESHWATER LAKES1

The question of nutrients responsible for eutrophication of freshwater lakes is reviewed, and recent additions to the literature on nutrient limitation are discussed. The paper by Lange is criticized on several grounds, including the facts that utilization of HCO₃^? by phytoplankton and the invasion of lake waters by atmospheric CO₂ are ignored as sources of photosynthetic carbon. The phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations used in Lange's experiments are far higher than values published by others for Lakes Erie and Ontario. Preliminary results of fertilizing a small oligotrophic lake with nitrogen and phosphorus are described. The standing crop of phytoplankton increased by 30–50 ×, while the P:N:C ratio in seston did not change from ratios found in unfertilized lakes. Other experiments done in water columns isolated with polyethylene film showed that addition of carbon did not increase the phytoplankton standing crop. Since the fertilized lake was initially lower in total CO₂ than any other recorded in the literature, it is concluded that carbon is unlikely to limit the standing crop of phytoplankton in almost any situation. Measurements of invasion of atmospheric gases to the fertilized lake by the Rn²²² technique were compared with phytoplankton production measurements, revealing that atmospheric invasion of CO₂ is sufficient to support the high phytoplankton standing crop in the epilimnion of the lake. Possible errors in interpretation of culture and bottle-bioassay experiments with respect to eutrophication are discussed.     

Effects of preservation on dry- and ash-free dry weight biomass of some common aquatic macro-invertebrates

The effect of preservation methods on dry weight (DW) and ash-free dry weight (AFDW) of Radix peregra (Gastropoda), Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda), Erpobdella octoculata (Hirudinea) and Glyptotendipes sp. (Chironomidae) was studied. Ethanol, formaldehyde, and Bouin were used as preservative. In case of preservation of macro-invertebrates in ethanol substancial changes in DW and AFDW biomass were observed. In the four different taxa the loss in DW varied between 7.2–21.9% after a 3 month preservation period in 70% ethanol. A comparatively small range in AFDW loss (16.2–19.7%) was found. Changes in DW and AFDW biomass during preservation were significantly affected by the duration of the preservation, by temperature, light conditions and the volume of the preservative. The changes in AFDW were also significantly affected by the concentration of the preservatives. Preservation in 10% formaldehyde did not cause significant changes in DW and AFDW biomass.Contribution nr. 42 of the nymphalid project.     

Chlorophyll content of seston in a regulated Rocky Mountain river,Idaho, USA

The chlorophyll content of seston at four sites in a regulated mid-order Rocky Mountain river, Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho, USA, was examined. Spectrometry was used to determine the amount of chlorophyll a, b, c and in seston and potential organic matter sources including macrophytes, algae, plankton, and terrestial plant litter. The amount of chlorophyll in seston varied among size fractions, sites, and seasons. Coarse seston (6–1 mm) contained the most chlorophyll a (2.3 mg g^–1 ashfree dry mass [AFDM]) followed by ultra fine seston (53–0.3 µm; 1.9 mg g^–1 AFDM), very coarse seston (> 6 mm, 1.8 mg g^–1 AFDM), very fine seston (250–53 µm; 1.3 mg g^–1 AFDM), and fine seston (1–0.25 mm; 0.7 mg g^–1 AFDM). Chlorophyll content of coarse seston was similar at all sites reflecting a common source, aquatic macrophyte debris. Chlorophyll content of coarse and fine seston were highest in fall reflecting the importance of phenology of aquatic plants on sestonic pigment levels. Very fine seston from below a reservoir contained more chlorophyll than seston from downstream and tributary sites suggesting a reservoir source. Terrestial plant litter was chlorophyll depleted compared to autochthonous materials and seston. Most seston was autochthonously-derived from a variety of macrophyte, algal, and planktonic sources. The chlorophyll content of Henry's Fork seston was higher than that reported for similar rivers. Island Park Dam moderates river temperature and flow, enhances autotrophy, and accounts for the consistently high sestonic chlorophyll levels.     

Linking major nutrients (C,H, N,and P) to trace metals (Fe,Mn, and Cu) in lake seston in southern Brazil

We investigated the relationships between major nutrients (C, H, N, and P) and trace metals (Cu, Fe, and Mn) in seston samples from ten lake/lagoon systems in southern Brazil. The systems were characterized by a diverse set of limnological features, including surface areas from 10⁻¹ to 10² km², water color, a _CDOM(440), from 1.4 to 12.9 m⁻¹, and electrical conductivity from 50 to 100 000 μS cm⁻¹. Seston concentrations also varied a great deal, 32-fold. The elemental (C: N, C: P, and N: P) and C: Chl-a ratios in the seston samples indicated, however, common features; i.e., most of the lakes were N-and/or P-limited, and the seston organic fraction was composed of nonvascular plants (e.g., phytoplankton). Our intersystem comparison revealed that the relative content of organic matter in seston and seston concentrations in lake water tended to correlate positively and negatively, respectively, with trace metal concentrations across the seston samples. Possible influences of elemental and C: Chl-a ratios on the association of metals with seston matrices, although theoretically important, were only partially evidenced here; positive correlations were found between C: N and also Org-H: N ratios with trace metal concentrations. We speculate that such results could be circumstantial, as the nature of the seston matrices appeared to be very similar among them. This hypothesis should thus be the theme of further research. In short, our findings suggest that C: N and Org-H: N ratios as well as the relative content of major nutrients in seston and seston concentrations can be importantly related to trace metal concentrations in seston samples. In discussing the results, however, we consider that metal-seston relationships depend on a variety of physical, chemical, and biological factors and/or variables other than those measured in this study, which could also contribute for defining and explaining variations in metal-seston concentrations in lake ecosystems.     

Variation in the C:P ratio of suspended and settling seston and its significance for P uptake calculations

SUMMARY. 1. In 1981–84 limnocorral (LC) experiments were performed in Lake Lucerne. Switzerland, to manipulate the planktonic community by varying P fertilization and by removing large zooplankton (with a 95 μm screen).
2. The C:P ratios in both suspended and entrapped seston exceeded the 'ideal' C:P ratio of 106 proposed by Redfield, Ketchum & Richards (1963) when P was limiting algal growth.
3. P fertilization could decrease the sestonic C:P ratio to 106 only when P did not limit algal growth; P additions far exceeding the P loading of eutrophic lakes were necessary to obtain this situation.
4. Changes in epilimnetic C:P ratios were usually related to short- term changes in primary production, caused by variable in situ light conditions and turbulence, and subsequent variation in POC concentrations.
5. Entrapped seston in the 95 μm-filtered LCs showed C:P ratios slightly higher than those of suspended seston, indicating fast P release and slower C mineralization in the epilimnetic nutrient cycle.
6. Removing large crustacean zooplankton enhanced epilimnetic P mineralization, and C:P ratios of entrapped seston in the 95 μm-filtered LCs were increased.
7 Detritus formed a relatively high proportion of the seston and amounted to more than two-thirds of the measured POC concentration.
8. Calculations of algal P uptake using information on sestonic C:P ratios and ¹⁴C uptake rates are questionable, as long as detritus cannot be separated from algae and net carbon uptake cannot be accurately measured.     

Ecosystem development in different types of littoral enclosures

Macrophyte growth was studied in two enclosure types (gauze and polythene) in a homogeneousPotamogeton pectinatus bed in Lake Veluwe (The Netherlands). The gauze was expected to allow for sufficient exchange with the lake to maintain similar seston densities, the polythene was expected to exclude fish activity and most water exchange. Polythene enclosures held higher totalP. pectinatus biomass (ash-free dry weight, AFDW) than the lake, gauze enclosures were intermediate. The enclosures had a higher abundance of other macrophyte species (Chara sp.,Potamogeton pusillus) than the lake. Seston ash content was not but seston AFDW, periphyton ash content and AFDW were lower in polythene than in gauze enclosures. The difference in plant biomass between gauze and polythene may be attributed to a difference in periphyton density and in seston AFDW due to zooplankton grazing (Rotatoria andDaphnia densities were higher in polythene enclosures). Since seston and periphyton AFDW and ash content were similar in lake and gauze enclosures, the intermediate macrophyte biomass in the gauze enclosures may be explained by reduced wave action and mechanical stress. Alternatively, phytoplankton inhibition by allelopathic excretions from the macrophytes may have caused the high macrophyte biomass in the polythene, and an absence of sediment-disturbing fish the intermediate biomass in the gauze enclosures. Creation of sheltered areas may favour macrophyte growth through both mechanisms and we conclude that this can be an important tool in littoral biomanipulation.     

PRODUCTIVITY OF PODOSTEMUM CERATOPHYLLUM IN THE NEW RIVER,VIRGINIA

Productivity of Podostemum ceratophyllum, the dominant aquatic macrophyte in the New River, was measured at four sites representing soft- and hardwater reaches of the river. Available dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) was 4–5 times greater in the hardwater reach. The difference in available DIC was reflected in standing crop and productivity of P. ceratophyllum. Maximum standing crops of P. ceratophyllum at the two hardwater sites (Sites 1 and 2) were 244.8 ± 30.7 g ash-free dry wt (AFDW) m^−-2 and 193.8 ± 18.7 g AFDW m^−-2 compared to 128.5 ± 14.9 g AFDW m^−-2 and 101.3 ± 6.9 g AFDW m^−-2 for the softwater sites (Sites 3 and 4). Productivity, based on differences in standing crops, was: Site 1, 1.08 ± 0.12 g C m^−-2 d^−-1; Site 2, 0.86 ± 0.08 g Cm^−-2d^−-1; Site 3,0.58 ± 0.06 g C m^−-2 d^−-1; Site 4,0.45 ± 0.03 g C m^−-2 d^−-1. Corresponding values for productivity as ¹⁴C uptake were: 2.77 ± 0.44 g C m^−-2 d^−-1; 2.10 ± 0.45 g C m^−-2 d^−-1; 0.34 ± 0.04 g C m^−-2 d^−-1; 0.28 ± 0.03 g C m^−-2 d^−-1. Productivity/biomass (P/B) based on ¹⁴C uptake and standing crop revealed that P. ceratophyllum productivity was inhibited at the softwater sites perhaps due to carbon limitation. Because of its abundance and its high productivity, P. ceratophyllum is hypothesized to contribute significantly to the New River organic matter budget.     

Influence of biochemical,mineral and morphological features of natural food on tropical cladocerans

Five laboratory experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of supplements of fatty acids and a green alga on the individual growth and reproduction of three species of tropical cladocerans Ceriodaphnia richardi, Daphnia ambigua, and D. gessneri feeding on natural seston from the Brazilian Lake Monte Alegre. Cohorts of newborns from cultivated females were submitted to one of the following treatments: (1) Natural seston, (2) Natural seston + microcapsules of EPA and DHA or linoleic and linolenic fatty acids, (3) Natural seston + oil-free microcapsules, and (4) Natural seston + green alga Scenedesmus spinosus (1 mg C l⁻¹). Particulate organic carbon, algal carbon, C:P ratios of seston and green alga, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) content of seston and cladocerans, as well as phytoplankton composition, size, and shape were measured. The addition of fatty acids to seston did not significantly enhance growth and reproduction of the cladocerans, suggesting that sestonic PUFA content is sufficient for promoting cladoceran development, even in the cool–dry season when the fatty acids used in the experiments were 5–10 times lower in the seston than in the warm–wet season. Despite high C:P molar ratios in most experiments, there was only one indication of growth limitation by P. Reproduction was more affected than individual growth on some occasions by food quantity (energy) caused apparently by algal size, morphology, and digestion resistance. Energy availability, which is affected by algae morphological characteristics, seems to prevail over PUFA and P in controlling growth and reproduction of cladocerans in tropical Lake Monte Alegre.