螺类牧食与沉积物类型对苦草生长的影响

在室外实验条件下,研究了螺类牧食与沉积物类型对苦草生长的影响。结果表明:椭圆萝卜螺的牧食对苦草生长有显著影响,牧食损害使苦草的相对生长率明显降低、块茎数量及重量下降。沉积物类型对苦草生长也有明显影响,苦草的相对生长率在营养盐相对丰富的湖泥处理组中要远高于岸泥处理组,而根须数与块茎重量在湖泥处理组中显著低于岸泥处理组。螺类牧食与沉积物类型对苦草的各项生长指标无明显交互作用。     

动静态水环境下不同种植方式对苦草生长的影响

设置扦插法、纱布包裹法、布袋覆土法3种种植方式,研究苦草（Vallisneria natans（Lour.）Hara）在静态水环境下和水体受到持续扰动的动态条件下不同种植方式对植株生长的影响。结果显示,不同种植方式下苦草的生长差异明显。在苦草形态特征方面,布袋覆土法种植方式下苦草的平均株高和叶宽明显高于扦插法和纱布包裹法,但是其分株数和平均根长小于扦插法和纱布包裹法;在苦草的生物量和地下与地上部分之比方面,布袋覆土法种植方式下苦草的地上、地下部分生物量和总生物量明显大于扦插法和纱布包裹法,但是其地下与地上部分生物量之比小于其他2种方法;在苦草叶片叶绿素a含量方面,布袋覆土法明显高于扦插法和纱布包裹法。动静态水环境只对苦草的分株数有显著差异,静态水环境下分株数大于动态水环境,对其他指标无显著影响。研究结果表明动、静态水环境和不同种植方式对苦草的生长具有显著的影响,布袋覆土法种植方式下单株苦草生长最好;静态水环境下生长的苦草株高、叶宽和生物量等指标均优于动态水环境。     

蓝藻胁迫条件下不同基质类型对苦草和伊乐藻生长的影响

为探讨蓝藻胁迫条件下沉水植物生长与基质营养含量的关系,研究了添加相同含量蓝藻后2 种不同基质(较贫瘠的黄色粘土和较肥沃的黑色淤泥)对苦草和伊乐藻2 种沉水植物生长的影响。结果表明:与伊乐藻相比,苦草的生物量在粘土条件下高于淤泥条件,而基质类型对伊乐藻生物量没有显著影响;苦草的最大叶片长度(用于表征株高)、无性系新株数目及其干物质重和伊乐藻的株高、分株数目和分枝干物质重也是在粘土条件下高于淤泥条件;苦草的最大根长在粘土条件下显著高于淤泥条件(p<0.05)。研究结果表明在蓝藻胁迫的条件下,高营养含量的基质不利于沉水植物的生长,并且对根生型沉水植物苦草的影响要大于假根沉水植物伊乐藻。     

东太湖四角菱（Trapa quadrispinosa）生长特性

通过室外受控实验,研究了在不同沉积物类型及不同水体营养水平条件下东太湖四角菱的生长特性.结果表明:沉积物类型对菱的各项生长指标均有显著影响.在营养相对丰富的湖泥中,菱的相对生长率、同化根与吸收根的生物量以及株高增长率分别为相对贫瘠的岸泥的4.3、2.4、7.3、2.5倍,菱盘直径增长率在湖泥中为16.5%,在岸泥中则为负增长(-13.2%).水体营养盐浓度升高在一定程度上也促进了菱的生长,而且营养盐浓度(尤其是磷)升高对菱生长的促进作用在岸泥中要比在湖泥中显著得多.探讨了沉积物类型与水体营养水平对菱生长的作用机理,并认为水体富营养化的加剧及湖泊沼泽化所造成的氮、磷等营养物质在沉积物中的大量积累是东太湖菱种群迅速扩张的重要原因之一.     

硅酸盐矿物麦饭石对沉水植物生理生态的影响

沉水植物的稳定生长是重建健康湖泊生态系统重要环节, 底质条件是沉水植物生长的关键因素。研究通过观测沉水植物生理生态的变化来探讨麦饭石对其影响及作用机理。研究结果表明, 与湖泥组相比, 麦饭石可明显促进沉水植物苦草生长, 覆盖1 cm厚度麦饭石的苦草植株高度、单株生物量优于湖泥组(P<0.05); 改性麦饭石组的苦草株高、单株生物量高于麦饭石原石组(P<0.05)。麦饭石组中两种植物苦草和轮叶黑藻的光合色素、根系活力、丙二醛、过氧化物酶活等指标在一定程度上均优于湖泥组。检测发现麦饭石中含有丰富的植物生长所需的常量和微量元素, 可以明显促进沉水植物生长。可见麦饭石有益于沉水植物生长, 可进一步作为底质改良材料应用于湖泊生态修复工程。     

高浓度CO2下苦草的生长和生理生化反应

对沉水植物苦草 (VallisneriaspiraslisL .)在高浓度CO2 (10 0 0 μmol/mol)和对照浓度CO2 (35 0 μmol/mol)下的生长特征和生理生化指标进行了比较研究。在实验的早期阶段 ,从冬芽出苗的苦草幼株在高浓度CO2 下生长明显加快 ,但由于后期生长逐渐放慢 ,其最终总生物量比对照组仅高出 11.6 %。尽管高浓度CO2 也促进了根的生物量的累积 ,但是由于苦草叶片生物量占总株生物量比例大 ,高浓度CO2 下苦草生物量的增加主要反映为叶片生物量的增加。在实验后期阶段 ,高浓度CO2 促进了苦草冬芽的形成。实验过程中 ,苦草的根叶生物量比 (RLR)在高浓度和对照浓度CO2 下均有所降低 ,二者之间无明显统计学差异。高浓度CO2 下苦草叶片中叶绿素含量和可溶性蛋白质含量降低 ,而可溶性总糖含量明显增加。     

水位和氮浓度对三江藨草幼苗生长和生物量分配的影响

以莫莫格国家级自然保护区常见植物三江藨草(Scirpus nipponicus)为研究对象,设置低(5 cm)、中(35 cm)、高(65 cm) 3个水位和低(4 mmol·L-1)、中(8 mmol·L-1)、高(12mmol·L-1) 3个氮浓度交互的室内控制实验,探究不同水位和氮浓度对湿地植物三江藨草幼苗生长及生物量分配的影响。结果表明:水位对三江藨草幼苗生长、生物量及其分配均产生显著影响(P<0.05),随着水位的升高,三江藨草株高增加,分株数、球茎数及根生物量降低,根茎、球茎、地下、地上和总生物量均呈先增加后降低的趋势;植株地上生物量分配增加,地下(包括根和球茎)生物量分配降低;氮浓度仅对植株株高、球茎数以及地下与地上部分的生物量分配有显著影响(P<0.05),对分株数及生物量的累积均无显著影响(P>0.05);综合三江藨草幼苗的生长特征和生物量累积,认为其生长的最适宜水位为35 cm;且低水位有利于植株对氮的吸收,高水位和高氮浓度限制植株的生长。     

Clonal performance of Scirpus yagara in multiple levels of substrate heterogeneity and submergence

荆三棱在多等级基质异质性与水淹处理下的克隆表现 环境异质性可以影响克隆水生植物的表现。鲜有研究者关注两个层次的环境异质性并将其融入 对克隆植物生态学的研究中。本研究的目的是: (1)检验不同基质异质性与水淹处理是否对植物表现产生相 似效应，(2)探索克隆植物的觅食行为。本研究将荆三棱(Scirpus yagara)置于不同基质异质性与水淹处理之中。基质处理包括1个均质性基质处理(湖泥与沙等体积混合)与3个异质性基质处理(湖泥斑块与沙斑块交错构建的两斑块、四斑块与八斑块基质)。水淹处理包括：0、10和30 cm。本实验测量了克隆分株数、克隆代数、叶数、球茎数、克隆分株高度、茎长、根状茎长、克隆半径、间隔子长、间隔子厚度、总生物量、球茎生物量与单个球茎生物量等性状数据。研究结果表明，水位上升导致克隆分株数、克隆代数、叶数和球茎数显著减少，同时基质异质性造成间隔子长度与间隔子厚度的显著变化。水位与基质异质性两因子对克隆分株数、叶数和间隔子长度产生了显著的交互效应。在两斑块基质与四斑块基质中，荆三棱对湖泥斑块表现出显著的觅食行为，更多的构件被放置于湖泥斑块中。尤其在两斑块基质中，所有的构件被放置于湖泥斑块中。在八斑块基质中，荆三棱表现出双向觅食，这导致构件在不同斑块中的均匀放置。研究结果表明，荆三棱的觅食行为与斑块大小具有相关性。     

不同基质对四种沉水植物生长的影响

通过模拟试验,研究了太湖五里湖主要3种基质类型(沙石、生土、湖泥)对4种沉水植物(苦草、马来眼子菜、金鱼藻、轮叶黑藻)生长的影响. 结果表明,生长于沙石、生土、湖泥上的苦草和马来眼子菜平均生物量分别为72.37、126.25、134.10 g和40.0、72.10、90.70 g,而金鱼藻和轮叶黑藻平均生物量分别为0.27、6.58、73.64 g和0.17、3.26、84.42 g,说明湖泥较适合这四种沉水植物生长. 苦草和马来眼子菜对相对贫瘠的生土有较强的适应性,而金鱼藻和轮叶黑藻不适宜在生土中生长. 生长在沙石上的4种沉水植物的生物量和株高最低,其中金鱼藻和轮叶黑藻于试验期间死亡.苦草的根系活力(TTC)低于马来眼子菜,生长在沙石、生土、湖泥中苦草的根系活力分别为0、(0.16±0.05) mg·g^-1·h^-1和(0.36±0.33) mg·g^-1·h^-1,而马来眼子菜则分别为(2.68±0.34) mg·g^-1·h^-1、(2.30±0.77) mg·g^-1·h^-1、(5.24±0.67) mg·g^-1·h^-1. 叶绿素、质膜透性和丙二醛(MDA)的测定结果进一步证明了以上结论.此外,苦草、马来眼子菜和轮叶黑藻对基质有较强的沁氧能力,其大小顺序为苦草＞马来眼子菜＞轮叶黑藻.     

两种践踏胁迫下克隆整合对入侵植物空心莲子草生长的影响

研究了两种践踏胁迫下克隆整合对入侵植物空心莲子草生长的影响.结果表明:(1)切断分株间的匍匐茎连接,会降低先端分株的生物量、分株数、总匍匐茎长度和总叶片数,但会显著增强基端分株的生物量.(2)对先端分株的践踏胁迫会显著降低先端分株叶片的叶绿素相对含量,对基端分株的践踏胁迫会显著降低基端分株的生物量和总匍匐茎长度.(3)对于基端分株的分株数、总匍匐茎长度和总叶片数来说,当进行基端分株践踏胁迫时,匍匐茎连接对其影响不大,而当进行先端分株践踏胁迫时,则明显对其不利.(4)对于整个克隆片段,践踏胁迫的差异和匍匐茎是否切断对其生长没有显著影响.     

The potential for and constraints on the evolution of compensatory ability in Asclepias syriaca

To investigate the potential for and constraints on the evolution of compensatory ability, we performed a greenhouse experiment using Asclepias syriaca in which foliar damage and soil nutrient concentration were manipulated. Under low nutrient conditions, significant genetic variation was detected for allocation patterns and for compensatory ability. Furthermore, resource allocation to storage was positively, genetically correlated both with compensatory ability and biomass when damaged, the last two being positively, genetically correlated with each other. Thus, in the low nutrient environment, compensatory ability via resource allocation to storage provided greater biomass when damaged. A negative genetic correlation between compensatory ability and plant biomass when undamaged suggests that this mechanism entailed an allocation cost, which would constrain the evolution of greater compensatory ability when nutrients are limited. Under high nutrient conditions, neither compensatory ability nor allocation patterns predicted biomass when damaged, even though genetic variation in compensatory ability existed. Instead, plant biomass when undamaged predicted biomass when damaged. The differences in outcomes between the two nutrient treatments highlight the importance of considering the possible range of environmental conditions that a genotype may experience. Furthermore, traits that conferred compensatory ability did not necessarily contribute to biomass when damaged, demonstrating that it is critical to examine both compensatory ability and biomass when damaged to determine whether selection by herbivores can favor the evolution of increased compensation. Received: 2 April 1999 / Accepted: 21 September 1999     

Cotton compensatory growth after loss of reproductive organs as affected by availability of resources and duration of recovery period

Damaged cotton plants in which reproductive organs were manually removed to simulate shedding induced by Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera) were compared with undamaged controls grown under contrasting availability of resources. Plant growth and partitioning were analysed and fruit mass was taken as a measure of compensation. Under high availability of resources (low plant density, high fertility) damaged plants had a large potential compensatory capacity due to increased vegetative growth that enhanced their ability to assimilate carbon and nitrogen with respect to undamaged controls. These plants shifted from vegetative to reproductive growth when they were allowed to set fruit in the recovery period. Actual compensation was complete, however, only when the duration and conditions of the recovery period were favourable. Under multiple stresses (high plant density, low fertility, low temperature), damage triggered a marked increase in the allocation of biomass to roots which was not reversed when plants were allowed to set fruit. The apparent shift in the allocation pattern of damaged plants under stress-which matches well the survival strategy described for many perennials-probably restricted compensatory fruit growth.     

Differential effects of water depth and sediment type on clonal growth of the submersed macrophyte <Emphasis Type="Italic">Vallisneria natans</Emphasis>

The response of clonal growth and ramet morphology to water depth (from 60 to 260 cm) and sediment type (sand versus organic clay) was investigated for the stoloniferous submersed macrophyte Vallisneria natans in an outdoor pond experiment. Results showed that water depth significantly affected clonal growth of V. natans in terms of clone weight, number of ramets, number of generations, clonal radius and stolon length. V. natans showed an optimal clonal growth at water depths of 110–160 cm, but at greater depths clonal growth was severely retarded. A high allometric effect was exhibited in ramet morphology. Along the sequentially produced ramet generations, ramet weight and plant height decreased while stolon length and the root:leaf weight ratio increased. When using ramet generations as covariate, sediment type rather than water depth more strongly affected the ramet characteristics. For plants grown in clay, ramet weight, ramet height and stolon length were greater, and plants exhibited lower root:leaf weight ratio. These data suggest that water depth and sediment type have differential effects on clonal growth of V. natans: Water depth appears primarily to affect numerical increase in ramets and spatial spread, whereas sediment type mainly affects biomass accumulation and biomass allocation. Handling editor: S. M. Thomaz     

刈割、施肥和浇水对矮嵩草补偿生长的影响

通过对青海海北高寒矮嵩草(Kobresia humilis)草甸进行为期3年的野外控制试验, 研究了刈割(留茬1 cm、3 cm及不刈割)、施肥(2.5 g·m^-2尿素+ 0.6 g·m^-2磷酸二胺、不施肥)和浇水(20.1 kg·m^-2、不浇水)处理对矮嵩草补偿生长(包括分株密度、株高和分株地上生物量)的影响, 及其比叶面积、叶片净光合速率和相对增长率的变化, 探讨矮嵩草补偿生长的机制。研究结果表明: 刈割后, 矮嵩草的补偿生长高度和比叶面积显著降低; 分株密度有增加的趋势, 但会随刈割强度的增加而下降; 株高和生物量的相对增长率随刈割强度的增加而呈上升趋势; 补偿地上生物量在重度刈割处理下最高。施肥能显著增加矮嵩草的补偿高度、分株密度、补偿地上生物量、株高相对增长率、生物量相对增长率、比叶面积和净光合速率; 与不浇水处理相比, 浇水处理对重度刈割处理下的分株地上生物量、密度相对增长率、比叶面积和净光合速率无影响, 而显著降低了中度刈割处理下的补偿高度和株高相对增长率, 提高了不刈割处理下的分株密度和重度刈割处理下的生物量相对增长率。刈割、施肥和浇水处理的交互作用也显示出刈割与施肥对矮嵩草补偿生长具有拮抗效应, 而刈割与浇水具有协同效应。上述结果说明, 矮嵩草在刈割后可通过增加分株密度和相对增长率等途径来提高补偿能力, 弥补在生长高度上出现的低补偿, 而施肥可显著抵消刈割的不利影响, 提高矮嵩草的补偿能力。     

Counteractive biomass allocation responses to drought and damage in the perennial herb Convolvulus demissus

Herbivory and water shortage are key ecological factors affecting plant performance. While plant compensatory responses to herbivory include reallocation of biomass from below‐ground to above‐ground structures, plant responses to reduced soil moisture involve increased biomass allocation to roots and a reduction in the number and size of leaves. In a greenhouse study we evaluated the effects of experimental drought and leaf damage on biomass allocation in Convolvulus demissus (Convolvulaceae), a perennial herb distributed in central Chile, where it experiences summer drought typical of Mediterranean ecosystems and defoliation by leaf beetles and livestock. The number of leaves and internode length were unaffected by the experimental treatments. The rest of plant traits showed interaction of effects. We detected that drought counteracted some plant responses to damage. Thus, only in the control watering environment was it observed that damaged plants produced more stems, even after correcting for main stem length (index of architecture). In the cases of shoot : root ratio, relative shoot biomass and relative root biomass we found that the damage treatment counteracted plant responses to drought. Thus, while undamaged plants under water shortage showed a significant increase in root relative biomass and a significant reduction in both shoot : root ratio and relative shoot biomass, none of these responses to drought was observed in damaged plants. Total plant biomass increased in response to simulated herbivory, apparently due to greater shoot size, and in response to drought, presumably due to greater root size. However, damaged plants under experimental drought had the same total biomass as control plants. Overall, our results showed counteractive biomass allocation responses to drought and damage in C. demissus. Further research must address the fitness consequences under field conditions of the patterns found. This would be of particular importance because both current and expected climatic trends for central Chile indicate increased aridity.     

Effect of water availability on tolerance of leaf damage in tall morning glory,Ipomoea purpurea

Resource availability may limit plant tolerance of herbivory. To predict the effect of differential resource availability on plant tolerance, the limiting resource model (LRM) considers which resource limits plant fitness and which resource is mostly affected by herbivore damage. We tested the effect of experimental drought on tolerance of leaf damage in Ipomoea purpurea, which is naturally exposed to both leaf damage and summer drought. To seek mechanistic explanations, we also measured several morphological, allocation and gas exchange traits. In this case, LRM predicts that tolerance would be the same in both water treatments. Plants were assigned to a combination of two water treatments (control and low water) and two damage treatments (50% defoliation and undamaged). Plants showed tolerance of leaf damage, i.e., a similar number of fruits were produced by damaged and undamaged plants, only in control water. Whereas experimental drought affected all plant traits, leaf damage caused plants to show a greater leaf trichome density and reduced shoot biomass, but only in low water. It is suggested that the reduced fitness (number of fruits) of damaged plants in low water was mediated by the differential reduction of shoot biomass, because the number of fruits per shoot biomass was similar in damaged and undamaged plants. Alternative but less likely explanations include the opposing direction of functional responses to drought and defoliation, and resource costs of the damage-induced leaf trichome density. Our results somewhat challenge the LRM predictions, but further research including field experiments is needed to validate some of the preliminary conclusions drawn.     

The compensatory responses of an understory herb to experimental damage are habitat-dependent

Canopy gap formation strongly influences the diversity and dynamics of both tropical and temperate forests. It is often viewed as inherently beneficial for understory plants, primarily because growth and flowering are enhanced when light is no longer a limiting resource. It can also be detrimental, however, because plants can be damaged by falling crowns or branches. To elucidate the responses of the Amazonian understory herb Heliconia acuminata to damage sustained during gap formation, we transplanted both experimentally damaged and control plants to canopy gaps and the forest understory. We then measured their patterns of growth and biomass allocation 10 mo later. Despite losing approximately 50% of their leaf area, all damaged plants survived the duration of our experiment. Furthermore, damaged plants transplanted to gaps had relative growth rates that far exceeded those of undamaged plants in both gaps and the forest understory. There were also significant interactions between damage and destination habitat type on root to shoot ratios and leaf-area ratios. Our results suggest the ability of herbaceous plants to recover from damage, as well as patterns of post-damage biomass allocation, may be habitat-dependent in ways that have previously remained unexplored.     

Influence of sediment fertility on morphological variability of Vallisneria spiralis L.

One homogeneous and three heterogeneous nutrient enrichment treatments were imposed to investigate the growth responses of Vallisneria spiralis L. Morphological features of V. spiralis differed significantly between different nutrient patches. Roots elongated in nutrient-poor patches, and the specific root length (SRL) also increased significantly. Stolon length, diameter and leaf length and width increased significantly in nutrient-rich patches. Total plant biomass of V. spiralis grown in the homogeneous and three heterogeneous treatments on average were 2.9, 3.0, 3.9 and 2.3 fold higher than that grown in the control treatment. Number of ramets per clone was significantly higher in the heterogeneous treatments than in the homogeneous treatment. In three varying heterogeneous treatments, ramet biomass in nutrient-rich patches was 2.7, 4.3 and 3.0 fold higher than in nutrient-poor patches; however, ramet number was not affected by sediment nutrients, resulting in bigger ramets in nutrient-rich patches. The biomass allocation established adaptive plasticity to heterogeneous environments. The maximum value of biomass allocation to underground parts reached 16% in nutrient-rich patches, whereas the minimum value of underground parts reached 20% in nutrient-poor patches. Results demonstrate that clonal V. spiralis can maintain itself preferentially in favourable nutrient-rich sediments, whereas nutrient-poor conditions could be escaped by plastic biomass allocation.     

Resource allocation in the submerged plant Vallisneria natans related to sediment type, rather than water-column nutrients

1. Phenotypic plasticity in resource allocation by Vallisneria natans was investigated in a greenhouse experiment, using three types of sediment [sandy loam, clay, and a 50 : 50 (by volume) mixture of the two sediments] and two levels of water‐column nutrient. The clay was collected from a highly eutrophic lake in Jiangsu Province, China, and the N and P concentrations applied in nutrient media were at the upper limits observed in most lakes of China. 2. Growth and biomass allocation were significantly affected by sediment type, rather than water‐column nutrients. Plant growth in clay and the mixture were similar, and 2.4–3.4 times higher than that in sandy loam. Compared with the plants grown in clay or the mixed sediments, the plants grown in sandy loam allocated relatively more biomass to root (11–17% versus 7–8% of total biomass), and relatively less to leaf (76–82% versus 86–87% of total biomass). Plastic variations in root area were induced by sediment type alone (P < 0.05), whereas the impacts of sediment type and water‐column nutrients on leaf area were insignificant (P > 0.05). 3. Plant N and P concentrations were significantly affected by both sediment type and water‐column nutrients. Increased nutrient availability in the water column enhanced plant N concentration by 3.5–20.2%, and plant P concentration by 19.1–25.8%. 4. Biomass accumulation and plant nutrient concentration in plants grown in different sediment types and water‐column nutrients indicate that sediment type had more significant impacts on growth and N and P concentrations of V. natans than did water‐column nutrients. Changes in phenotype are a functional response to nutrient availability in sediment, rather than to water‐column nutrients.