珠三角河网浮游植物生物量的时空特征

珠三角河网水域是珠江之水流入南海的必经之地,对2012年该水域浮游植物生物量的时空特征及其影响因素进行系统阐析。调查期间共发现浮游植物7门,383种(包括变种、变型),其中硅藻和绿藻是最主要类群,其次是裸藻和蓝藻。颗粒直链藻原变种是调查水域的本底物种,也是最优势种;而变异直链藻和网球藻分别是枯水季节和丰水季节的指示物种。从季节变动看,浮游植物总生物量呈现枯水季节高、丰水季节低的特征,主要与径流导致的稀释作用和透明度升高引发的沉降损失有关。从空间分布看,总生物量呈现自西南向东北升高的趋势,主要与营养盐的空间分布格局有关,而且空间分布格局无季节差异。从不同类群的相对组成上看,硅藻占据绝对优势地位,绿藻和裸藻次之,这与20世纪80年度初的调查结果基本一致。硅藻在枯水季节占据绝对优势地位,而在丰水季节由于绿藻和裸藻优势的明显增大,导致硅藻的优势下降,这与流域中一些死水区域如水库、浅滩中的蓝绿藻和裸藻在丰水期涌入干流有关,PCA分析结果也证明了这一点。此外,不同站位在相对组成上的季节变动还受盐度的影响。综上,物理因子包括与径流相关的稀释作用和与透明度相关的沉降损失不仅影响总生物量的季节变动,也影响不同类群的相对组成;而化学因素如营养盐含量是决定总生物量空间分布的关键因素,与河口潮汐作用相关的盐度变化对类群相对组成的空间分布起到一定的影响作用。     

白洋淀硅藻分布及其与水环境的关系

记录了白洋淀不同水域发现的硅藻85个种、变种及未定种,隶属于22个科31个属,其中小环藻属(Cyclotella)、菱形藻属(Nitzschia)、美壁藻属(Caloneis)和舟形藻属(Navicula)等为优势类群。在白洋淀东北部景区水域,以梅尼小环藻(Cyclotellameneghiniana)为主;污染严重的入库河道水域,以半裸具席藻(Sellaphora seminulum)和蓝绿舟形藻(Navicula veneta)为代表;村落水域,以菱形藻属、舟形藻属硅藻为主;航道水域,以颗粒沟链藻(Aulacoseira granulata)为代表;荷塘以弯棒杆藻(Rhopalodia gibba)为代表;而鱼池以菱形藻属硅藻为主。典范对应分析(canonical correspondence analysis,CCA)显示水体总磷浓度(total phosphorus,TP)和pH是影响白洋淀硅藻种群分布的重要因素。利用欧洲硅藻数据库对白洋淀TP和pH做了定量重建,TP为0.13-0.25 mg/L,pH为6.92-7.23,此估测值极为接近实测值。     

珠三角河网裸藻的多样性特征

珠三角河网是珠江汇入南海的必经之地,2012年对该水域裸藻门及各属的多样性特征及影响因子进行系统阐析。调查期间共发现裸藻12属84种,其中裸藻属是最主要类群,其次为扁裸藻属和囊裸藻属。珠三角河网独特的地理位置和人类活动造成的水体富营养化是该水域裸藻物种多样性丰富的主要原因。季节特征显示,丰水期裸藻的种类丰富度和生物量均明显高于枯水期。除了洪水引发的裸藻物种的外源供给增大外,泄洪所带来的有机质的增加也是有利因素。此外,丰水期对应的高温也是有益条件。空间特征存在明显的季节差异,丰水期河网外侧站位的生物量和种类丰富度高于中部站位,主要原因是受径流影响较大;枯水季节除广州附近站位的值明显偏高外,其它站位间差异不大,营养盐的空间格局是主要决定因素。尽管裸藻主要依赖于沿江静水水体中的外源供给,分析表明,其在随水流下行的过程中存在增长过程。不同藻属相对组成的结果显示,扁裸藻属和囊裸藻属因属于生长缓慢的K-选择策略型,富集营养物质的能力不及裸藻属,仅在枯水期与裸藻属形成互补优势。裸藻门及主要属的生物量与种类丰富度呈线性正相关关系,偏重于多样性单峰模式的上升区。     

福建敖江口表层沉积硅藻空间分布特征

为探讨福建敖江口表层沉积硅藻空间分布特征,2019年7月对敖江口进行表层沉积硅藻的采样调查,并研究了硅藻与环境因子的关系。结果表明,从13个站点共检出硅藻114种,隶属于39属。硅藻丰度具有从河口向外海先减少后增加的变化特征。聚类分析表明,主要硅藻属种可划分为淡水种组合带和半咸水-咸水种组合带。典型对应分析（CCA）表明,表层海水温度和盐度是影响硅藻分布的主要环境变量。河口区盐度相对较低,主要分布淡水种双面曲壳藻、优美曲壳藻和颗粒沟链藻;外海区北部盐度相对较高,主要分布咸水种流水双菱藻;外海区南部盐度相对较低,主要分布淡水种优美曲壳藻和颗粒沟链藻;滩涂的沉积物较粗,主要分布优美曲壳藻。此外,河口区和外海区南部可能存在一定的水体污染。     

飞来峡水库蓄水初期浮游植物组成与数量的变化

于2000~2002年的丰水期和枯水期对飞来峡水新建后库的营养状态和浮游植物进行监测。结果表明,水库中氮盐的浓度无显著变化,总磷浓度下降显著。浮游植物优势种类和丰度有较大差异。2000年浮游植物种类为29种,2001和2002年增加到99种;其中以绿藻和硅藻增加的种类数最多,分别增加34和27种。浮游植物丰度为13.4×104~41.6×104cells.L-1,2000年最高,2001年最低。2000年丰水期优势种较为单一,主要以假鱼腥藻(Pseudoanbeanaspp.)为主,枯水期主要是硅藻中的颗粒直链藻(Melosira granulata)丰度较高;2001和2002年丰水期蓝藻、绿藻和硅藻共同占优势,浮游植物无绝对的优势种,蓝藻的相对丰度较高的为假鱼腥藻、蓝纤维藻(Dactylococcopsis acicularis)和粘球藻(Gloeocapsa magma),绿藻的优势种为衣藻(Chlamydomonassp.)和美丽胶网藻(Dictyospharium pul-chellum);硅藻的优势种为梅尼小环藻(Cyclotella menighiniana)和针杆藻(Synedraspp.),枯水期主要是硅藻占优势,优势种为颗粒直链藻、变异直链藻(Melosira varians)等。     

洞庭湖区平水期浮游生物群落结构特征及富营养化现状

为了解洞庭湖区浮游生物群落结构特征及其富营养化现状,于2017年8月对洞庭湖区"三口"、"四水"等来水入湖断面、湖区及出口断面等24个采样点的水质状况和浮游生物群落结构现状进行调查。结果表明:浮游植物共检出6门53属75种,平均藻细胞密度为458.3×104个·L-1,生物量变化范围为0.06~3.64 mg·L-1,平均值为0.92 mg·L-1;洞庭湖以蓝藻、硅藻占优,属于蓝藻-硅藻型湖泊;"三口水系"优势种有颗粒直链藻(Aulacoseira granulata)、科曼小环藻(Cyclotella comensis),"四水水系"优势种有颗粒直链藻、铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa),湖区中优势种有颗粒直链藻、铜绿微囊藻、微小平裂藻(Merismopedia tenuissima)、小席藻(Phormidium tenue);浮游动物共检出4门20属,浮游动物密度变化范围5.0~3.4×103个·L-1,"三口水系"优势属为砂壳虫(Difflugia),"四水水系"优势属为砂壳虫、铃壳虫(Tintinnidium),湖区中优势属为砂壳虫、多肢轮虫(Polyarthra)。用综合营养状态指数、浮游生物Shannon多样性指数和Margalef种类丰富度指数分别评价水体的富营养化程度,均表明洞庭湖水体呈富营养化状态。与太湖、巢湖等淡水湖泊相比,洞庭湖藻细胞密度较小,富营养化程度较浅,但从洞庭湖富营养化的历史变化趋势可以看出,洞庭湖水质状况不容乐观,对洞庭湖生态的治理和修复迫在眉睫。     

汤溪水库的富营养化现状研究

为了解汤溪水库的富营养化现状,于2000年丰水期和枯水期对该水库的水质和浮游生物分布进行了调查。结果表明,汤溪水库综合营养状态指数(TLI)在30～50之间,属中营养水平。浮游植物丰度为0.81×10⁶～6.57×10⁶cells·L^-1,丰水期高于枯水期。浮游植物以蓝藻、绿藻和硅藻为主,其优势种主要为水华微囊藻(Microcystis flos-aquae)、颗粒直链藻(Melosira granulata)、极小直链藻(Melosira minmum)和衣藻(Chlamydomonas sp.)等富营养化指示种。浮游动物丰度为43.25～812.2ind.·L^-1,其优势种也多为富营养化指示种,如:螺形龟甲轮虫(Keratella cochlearis)、角突臂尾轮虫(Brachionus angularis)、前节晶囊轮虫(Asplanchna priodonta)和广布中剑水蚤(Mesocyclops leuckarti)。与1984年相比,该水库由硅藻型变为蓝藻型,其营养水平与浮游植物丰度都显著增加。在2000年一次微囊藻水华发生时,水体表层浮游植物丰度高达11.97×10⁶cells·L^-1。     

低盐潟湖秋冬交替期浮游植物群落变化与环境因子的关系

潟湖生态系统在水产养殖、旅游休闲等生态服务功能中发挥着重要作用。于2016—2018年10—12月对杭州湾北部人工潟湖的浮游植物群落以及营养盐水平进行监测,探究人工潟湖内浮游植物群落结构的变化趋势和主导这些变化的主要营养盐种类。结果表明:潟湖内浮游植物组成主要为硅藻、绿藻和蓝藻门,优势属众多,其中硅藻门的梅尼小环藻(Cyclotella meneghiniana)和变异直链藻(Melosira varians)是最常见的优势种;在调查期间Shannon指数、Margalef指数和多样性阈值等多样性指数逐年递增,水体为中度富营养化状态,水域生物多样性增加,水质维持在一二类水,水环境改善且生态风险较低;冗余分析表明,该水域秋冬交替期对浮游植物群落结构造成影响的主要环境因子为硅酸盐、水温、无机磷、氮磷比和盐度,控制该水域中无机磷的输入是防范有害藻华暴发的重要策略。     

鹤地水库浮游植物群落的结构与动态

鹤地水库位于雷州半岛北部(21°42'～22°22'N,109°54'～110°25'E),是一座中营养化的大型水库.为了研究其浮游植物群落的结构与变化特点,在水库设置5个采样点,并于2003年2、7、9、12月对其采样.鹤地水库浮游植物生物量变化为O.156～2.548 mg L~(-1),主要由蓝藻和硅藻组成.5个采样点的浮游植物生物量具有明显的季节变化,且变化趋势相同,即丰水期的生物量高于枯水期,主要是由于丰水期水温较高以及入库河水带入的营养盐.5个采样点的浮游植物生物量从主要入库河流至大坝区呈下降趋势,与磷浓度的降低直接相关.浮游植物优势种主要以热带代表性种类为主,且有明显的季节变化,枯水期主要为硅藻的根管藻(Rhizosolenia sp.)、小环藻(Cyclotella sp.)、颗粒直链藻(Melosira granulata)以及模糊直链藻(Melosira ambigua)等.丰水期为蓝藻的拟柱孢藻(Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii)、湖泊假鱼腥藻(Pseudanabaena limnetica)等,浮游植物优势种类的变化主要受磷浓度的影响.浮游植物前8个优势种的生物量占浮游植物群落生物量的850%～92%,显著低于温带地区浮游植物群落结构稳定的湖泊.     

上海公园水体夏季浮游植物群落与环境因子的关系

为了解公园水体浮游植物群落状况,分析浮游植物物种分布和环境因子之间的关系,揭示浮游植物物种对生态环境的需求,于2008年7月和9月对上海市11个公园水体浮游植物群落进行了调查,对获得的浮游植物数据和环境因子数据进行典范相关分析(CCA),并绘制了物种与环境因子关系的二维排序图。结果表明：调查期间共鉴定出浮游植物384种,隶属于8门,浮游植物密度范围为2.01×10⁵～57.60×10⁵ cells·L^-1;群落组成以蓝藻、裸藻、硅藻和绿藻为主,主要优势种有细微颤藻、无常蓝纤维藻、尾裸藻、颗粒直链藻、梅尼小环藻、普通小球藻、四尾栅藻等;7月影响浮游植物分布的主要环境因子依次为铵态氮、溶解氧、水温和总磷,而9月的pH值、水温、溶解氧、透明度和总氮含量对浮游植物的分布产生影响较大;其中,透明度和浮游动物量是影响隐藻、甲藻和硅藻藻类生物量的主要环境因子,而蓝藻、裸藻、绿藻主要受水体氮磷营养盐浓度和溶解氧的影响。     

PHYLOGENY OF AULACOSEIRA (BACILLARIOPHYTA) BASED ON MOLECULES AND MORPHOLOGY1

The phylogeny of 67 populations representing 45 species of Aulacoseira Thwaites was estimated by maximum parsimony methods using a combination of nucleotide sequence data and qualitative and quantitative morphological characteristics of the silica cell wall gathered primarily from original observation by LM and SEM. A new type of character using continuous quantitative variables that describe the ontogenetic‐allometric trajectories of cell wall characteristics over the life cycle (size range) of diatoms is introduced. In addition to the 45 Aulacoseira species, the phylogeny also incorporated one Miosira Krammer, Lange‐Bertalot, and Schiller species and two outgroup species (Melosira varians Agardh and Stephanopyxis nipponica Gran & Yendo). Fifteen species, represented by 24 populations, also contained molecular data from the nuclear genome (18S rDNA), and 11 of these species (18 populations) contained data from the chloroplast genome (rbcL) as well, which were sequenced or downloaded from GenBank. The phylogeny of Aulacoseira is composed of five major clades: 1) an A. crenulata (Ehrenburg) Thwaites and A. italica (Ehrenburg) Simonsen clade, which is the most basal; 2) an A. granulata (Ehrenburg) Simonsen complex clade; 3) an A. ambigua (Grunow) Simonsen clade; 4) an A. subarctica (O. Müller) Haworth and A. distans (Ehrenburg) Simonsen clade; and 5) an A. islandica (O. Müller) Simonsen clade that also contained endemic species from Lake Baikal, Siberia and many extinct Aulacoseira taxa. Monophyly of Aulacoseira can only be achieved if Miosira is no longer given separate generic status.     

Analysis of the change in dominant phytoplankton species in unstratified Lake Oshima-Ohnuma estimated by a bottle incubation experiment

The densities and growth rates of dominant phytoplankton in Lake Oshima-Ohnuma were determined during May to July 1996 to clarify the mechanism of change from spring-dominant to summer-dominant phytoplankton species, examining the influence of zooplankton grazing and nutrient limitation. The dominant phytoplankton in April and May were Asterionella gracillima and Nitzschia spp. Their growth rates were low in May and their densities fell thereafter. The bottle experiment suggests that the main reason for decreases in dominant species has been nutrient deficiency, and zooplankton (sized from 30 to 160 μm) have supported the growth of A. gracillima to recycle nutrients in May. The maximum growth rate was shown by Melosira (Aulacoseira) ambigua living at 2 m in May and June. Although the growth rate of the summer-dominant species Melosira (Aulacoseira) granulata was not as high as that of M. ambigua in May and June, the ambient density increased from late June. Survival in the lower zone of the unstratified euphotic layer might have contributed to the abundance of M. granulata, since the growth rate of this species was not so low as that of M. ambigua at 6 m in June and July. The bottle experiment suggests that the growth of M. granulata was also nutrient limited in June and July and that zooplankton grazing was partially responsible for repressing the biomass of M. granulata before it began growing rapidly in late June. Received: January 31, 2000 / Accepted: September 6, 2000     

Morphology of Aulacoseira filaments as indicator of the aquatic environment in a large subtropical river: The Pearl River,China

To identify new indicators of aquatic environmental parameters, both qualitative (the percentages of curved filaments and filaments with ending separation spines) and quantitative morphological parameters (filament and cell size) of a dominant chain colony-forming planktonic diatom (Aulacoseira granulata) were determined in the large, subtropical Pearl River, China. The qualitative parameters mainly exhibited a spatial pattern. The percentage of curved filaments was a good bioindicator of spatial patterns because it varied along the nutrient gradient. Furthermore, the percentage of filaments with ending separation spines was a good bioindicator of seasonal variation. Although the quantitative parameters exhibited a clear temporal pattern, no single parameter could be used as a bioindicator of either spatial or temporal patterns. The link between qualitative and quantitative parameters reflected the internal adaptation mechanism of filamentous diatoms to the external environment. The methods of the present study can also be applied to ecological indicators in other aquatic ecosystems dominated by chain colony-forming diatoms.     

Ecology and morphological variability of Aulacoseira granulata (Bacillariophyceae) in Spanish reservoirs

The ecology of Aulacoseira (formerly Melosira) granulata andits different forms in     

Size variations of planktonic Aulacoseira Thwaites (Diatomae) in water and in sediment from Finnish lakes of varying trophic state

We measured siliceous frustules of diatoms belonging to the genus Aulacoseira Thwaites in phytoplankton samples of 33 lakes in Finland, and found some significant relationships between the frustule dimensions and the concentrations of total phosphorous, phosphate phosphorus, total nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen in lake water. The size alterations appeared to be species specific and the studied taxa showed different patterns of morphometic change along the nutrient gradients. Some taxa were clearly smaller in eutrophic and mesotrophic lakes. We also observed size reductions of diatoms in the upper parts of sediment cores from two lakes which have apparently become more nutrient rich during recent decades.      

Phytoplankton composition,dominance and abundance as indicators of environmental compartmentalization in Jurumirim Reservoir (Paranapanema River), São Paulo,Brazil

Patterns in the spatial and temporal composition, dominance and abundance of the phytoplankton community of the Jurumirim Reservoir (Brazil) were studied during one year at ten different sampling stations. The main phytoplankton associations were characterized by diatoms and blue-green algae, in distinctive patterns of dominance. The main species were Microcystis aeruginosa Küetz, Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst, A. spiroides Kleb., A. solitaria Kleb., Aulacoseira cf. italica Grunow and A. granulata (Ehr.) Simon. A high growth of Aulacoseira was observed in the upstream zones of the reservoir in spring, at the beginning of the seasonal rainy period. This growth was a response to increased flow rates and input of fresh nutrients by the main feeder rivers. A high concentration of blue-green algae, especially Anabaena circinalis and A. spiroides, was observed in winter (dry season) in the lacustrine part of the reservoir, towards the dam. These algae benefitted from the longer water retention times and greater internal circulation of nutrients in the absence of a thermocline at this time of the year. Among the Cyanophyceae, there was an alternation between M. aeruginosa, more abundant in summer, and Anabaena, dominant in autumn and winter. A conspicuous growth of Anabaena occurred in a diverticle of the reservoir, sheltered from the main advective processes that predominate in the central channel. Higher phytoplankton diversity was associated with the contact zone between riverine and lacustrine systems.     

Oldest known non-marine diatoms (Aulacoseira) from the uppermost Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean beds and Lameta Formation of India

Non-marine diatoms occur in the Deccan Intertrappean beds (Upper Cretaceous) of Mohgaon-Kalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh and Pisdura, Lameta Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Maharashtra, India. This represents the oldest record of non-marine diatoms yet reported and the oldest from the Indian subcontinent. The diatoms were recovered from thin sections of chert and dinosaur coprolites by random fracturing. Solitary forms are the most common but colonial filaments up to five cells were also observed. Based on the morphological characters, the diatoms are identified as Aulacoseira Thwaites. The Lower Cretaceous marine diatom genus Archepyrgus Gersonde and Harwood also resembles Aulacoseira in general morphological characters and it seems that Aulacoseira evolved from Archepyrgus and migrated to the non-marine realm.     

DIATOMS LIVING INSIDE THE THALLUS OF THE GREEN ALGAL LICHEN COENOGONIUM LINKII IN NEOTROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FORESTS1

Coenogonium linkii Ehrenb. is a very common filamentous lichen, growing on stems, hanging roots, and lianas in the understory of neotropical lowland rain forests. We investigated several thalli of this species from locations in Panama and French Guiana. All thalli were inhabited by various species of terrestrial diatoms, which were found between the thallus filaments on extracellular material of the mycobiont. We identified 18 species of diatoms belonging to nine genera: Diadesmis, Eunotia, Hantzschia, Luticola, Melosira, Nitzschia, Orthoseira, Pinnularia, and Stauroneis. The potential benefits both diatoms and lichens could derive from symbiosis in relation to water, irradiance, and nitrogen availability are discussed.     

Centric diatoms (Centrophyceae,Bacillariophyta) in watercourses and bodies of water in southeast of West Siberian Plain and Polar Ural

The study of phytoplankton from rivers and lakes in the southeastern part of the West Siberian Plain and the eastern macrosclope of the Polar Ural by scanning electron microscopy has revealed 25 taxa of Bacillariophyta from the class Centrophyceae (seven Aulacoseira, one Cyclostephanos, four Cyclotella, two Discostella, one Melosira, one Puncticulata, seven Stephanodiscus, and two Thalassiosira), including new species for the flora of the investigated bodies of water. The revision of the species composition of Centrophyceae in bodies of water and watercourses in the southeast part of the West Siberian Plain has allowed more exact identifying the taxonomic spectrum of this class. At present, the list includes 55 species, varieties and forms. During first studies conducted in rivers and lakes of the Lyapin River basin (Polar Ural) 16 species of centric diatoms that belong to the genera Aulacoseira, Cyclostephanos, Cyclotella, Discostella, Puncticulata, and Stephanodiscus have been recorded.