宁夏沙坡头地区藻类及其分布

通过野外采样,室内培养、观察、鉴定,研究了沙坡头地区藻类多样性和分布特点,并为当地藻类资源利用提出建议。研究发现沙坡头地区藻类植物共计40种(包括1变型),其中蓝藻17种,绿藻10种,硅藻9种,裸藻4种,全为普生种,陆地生境中种类最丰富。亚气及陆地生境中蓝藻在种类数(除灌溉林地结皮)、生物量方面占主导地位;贫瘠水体生境中硅藻占主要地位,营养较丰富水体中绿藻处于优势地位。另外,陆生生境中多以具鞘微鞘藻Microcoleus vaginatus为优势种,小席藻Phormidium tenue为主要种。     

西藏工布自然保护区藻类植物区系及分布特点

基于对西藏工布自然保护区藻类植物的调查采集,共鉴定出189种(含变种),隶属5门,28科,50属。其中以硅藻门(Bacillariophyta)种类最多,有9科,18属,109种;绿藻门(Chlorophyta)为亚优势门类,有9科,20属,50种;蓝藻门(Cyanophyta)次之,为8科,10属,28种;红藻门(Rhodophyta)和金藻门(Chrysophyta)最少,各为1科,1属,1种。主要群落类型有7种,即颤藻群落、胶须藻群落、念珠藻群落、水树藻群落、桥弯藻群落、丝藻群落和双星藻-转板藻-水绵群落。指示藻类分析显示,目前该地区水体状况良好,基本未受到严重污染,大部分水体为β-中污带,其余部分为寡污带。该地区藻类植物的分布特点表现为高原冷水山溪急流种类典型、高山源头性种类明显但耐污种类较少。对该地区水体和藻类植物多样性保护提出了建议。     

抚仙湖浮游植物群落结构、分布及其影响因子

云南抚仙湖是我国典型的高原深水湖泊,为揭示该湖浮游植物群落特征及其对生态系统变化的响应,2005年6～7月对浮游植物及环境因子进行了调查.调查期间共采集浮游植物80种,隶属于7门32科56属,以绿藻、蓝藻和硅藻为主,种类数绿藻(46.0%)＞蓝藻门(25.0%)＞硅藻门(15.0%),密度绿藻(61.6%)＞硅藻(16.1%)＞蓝藻(9.1%).群落平均密度为87.58 ×104 ind./L, 转板藻(Mougeotia sp.)占绝对优势,其相对密度为35.9%.在水平分布上,浮游植物平均密度北区大于南区(P＜0.05),沿岸区大于湖心区(P＜0.01).在垂直分布上,浮游植物分层明显,主要分布在0～30 m水层,不同水层绿藻均占绝对优势.环境分析表明:抚仙湖浮游植物密度水平分布主要受营养盐的影响,而垂直分布主要受物理因子的影响.不同时期的调查结果比较表明,抚仙湖浮游植物种类数和密度呈增长趋势,与水体营养水平升高有关.20世纪90年代中期以来,大型丝状藻类转板藻发展成为绝对优势种,与其较强的竞争优势及太湖新银鱼摄食引发的下行效应有关.     

太平湖水库的浮游藻类与营养型评价

研究了太平湖水库的浮游藻类与营养类型。共发现藻类175种。绿藻门的种类最多(87种),占种类总数的50％。硅藻和蓝藻次之(分别为34和33种),各占19.4％和18.8％。其它5门藻合计21种,仅占种类总数的11.8％。根据营养型分析结果,太平湖目前水质优良,属中营养型水体;但是藻类的优势种类和总氮含量两项指标已达富营养水平,而且微囊藻(Microcystis)水体较多出现,表明该水体已有向富营养化发展的趋势。含磷量较低(总磷0.012mg/L)是浮游藻类进一步大量繁殖的限制因子。为防止水质恶化,除了应控制含氮化合物的污染外,限制磷的输入尤为重要。     

南亚热带河流型水库浮游植物群落的季节变化：以广东飞来峡水库为例

于2003年4-12月调查了广东省飞来峡水库的水文、营养盐分布状况和浮游植物种类与数量,分析了浮游植物群落的种类及数量组成与动态特征,探讨了其动态变化的驱动因子。结果表明,飞来峡水库是一个典型的河流型大型水库,水力滞留时间短,年均值低于15 d;降雨量主要集中于夏季,最短水力滞留时间只有8 d。水温全年没有分层现象。丰水期营养盐和叶绿素a高于枯水期。浮游植物生物量低,细胞密度在21.7×103-808×103 cells L-1之间变化,没有超过106 cells L-1,叶绿素a的平均浓度为2μg L-1。浮游植物种类较多,4次采样共检到140种。种类组成上有较大变化,4月份有83种,以硅藻为主;7月和9月超过90种,以绿藻为主;12月有51种,蓝藻、绿藻和硅藻种类数量相当。优势种类的构成上与温带水库不同,硅藻仅在低水温时期为优势类群,而在丰水期则以蓝藻、绿藻和硅藻共同占优势。硅藻的主要优势种是变异直链藻(Melosira varians)、梅尼小环藻(Cyclotella menighiniana)和针杆藻(Synedra spp.)。绿藻种类组成季节变化较大,没有明显的优势种类。丰度相对较高的有美丽胶网藻(Dictyosphaerium pulchellum)、集星藻(Actinastrum hantzschii)和空球藻(Eudorina elegans)等。蓝藻的优势种以粘球藻(Gloeocapsa sp.)、优美平列藻(Merismopedia elegans)和伪鱼腥藻(Pseudoanabaena sp.)为主。与绿藻不同的是蓝藻的优势种在全年均可出现。隐藻只在水力滞留时间较长、温度较低的12月份占优势,主要优势种为啮蚀隐藻(Cryptomonas erosa)、尖尾蓝隐藻(Chroomonas acuta)。     

北京怀沙河、怀九河自然保护区藻类组成及时空分布动态研究

于2004年3月至2005年3月,首次对北京怀沙河、怀九河自然保护区的藻类植物进行实地调查研究,通过对区内10个采样点360余份水生藻类植物标本鉴定、统计,分析了该区藻类植物的区系组成、藻类时空分布特点.研究表明,该区共分布有藻类植物9门105属226种,其中以硅藻、蓝藻、绿藻3门为主,并有少量裸藻、甲藻、黄藻、红藻、金藻等分布;藻类植物由于受水体化学物质组成和物理性质的影响,各采样点及不同月份的种类组成和数量均有差异.怀九河源头的物种丰度和硅藻多度均最大,洞台、黄坎丝状蓝藻占优势,怀柔水库绿藻占优势;在时间分布上,7月物种丰度和藻类多度最大.通过对区内藻类分布规律及大量污染指示藻类的分析表明,该保护区的水体已经受到了一定程度的污染.     

新疆的微藻及其群落结构

为了解新疆的微藻资源及其群落特征,研究于2013年5月和2014年6月对新疆包括荒漠、草甸、农田、滩涂等土壤生境和湖泊、水库、河流、池塘、沟渠等水体生境中的微藻进行了采样调查,共采集到标本329个,其中水样256个,土样73个。经室内鉴定发现,陆生藻有77种,优势种呈蓝藻-绿藻型,主要是席藻属(Phormidium)的种类、具鞘微鞘藻(Microcoleus vaginatus)、土生绿球藻(Chlorococcum humicola);水生藻有272种,优势种呈绿藻-硅藻-蓝藻型,主要集中在颤藻属(Oscillatoria)、席藻属(Phormidium)、栅藻属(Scenedesmus)、单针藻属(Monoraphidium)和舟形藻属(Navicula)。整体而言,北部中温带干旱区的微藻较南部暖温带极端干旱区更丰富,而且主要集中在中温带干旱区的滩涂、湖泊和河流生境。依多维尺度分析发现,土壤生境下同一气候区的滩涂和草甸的微藻群落结构较为相似,荒漠和农田生境的群落结构无气候区域差异。在水生生境下,暖温带极端干旱区河流中的群落结构与其他4种水境中差别较大;中温带干旱区的湖泊和河流相似,其他生境中的差别都较大,这说明气候带和生境类型都对微藻群落有影响。       

甘肃省苏干湖浮游植物多样性研究

于2006年春季(5月)、夏季(8月)和秋季(10月)对大、小苏干湖水体进行采样分析,以研究特殊地理位置和气候条件下苏干湖中浮游植物的物种组成和季节变化特征.结果表明,(1)大苏干湖中共有浮游藻类61种(含变种),其中:硅藻18属,37种;蓝藻11属,15种;绿藻7属,8种;而甲藻仅1属,1种.(2)小苏干湖水体中共发现浮游藻类68种(含变种),其中:硅藻16属,42种;蓝藻9属,13种;绿藻6属,11种;裸藻及甲藻仅各1属,1种.(3)硅藻在苏干湖水体中始终占据着绝对优势;夏季小苏干湖中蓝、绿藻开始复苏并大量繁殖.各季节两湖中都存在特定的优势属,在春、夏、秋三季,大苏干湖中优势属分别为桥穹藻属、小环藻属、粘杆藻属;而小苏干湖中分别为针杆藻属、菱形藻属、脆杆藻属.纤细舟形藻,长圆舟形藻,湖沼色球藻等为常年优势种,且这种优势物种和季节变化主要是由湖泊中盐度和气温等因素决定的.     

蓄水对三峡库区重庆段长江干流浮游植物群落结构的影响

为了分析三峡库区长江干流重庆段因蓄水产生的三类不同水体(自然河流型、过渡型、类湖泊型)对浮游植物的影响,分别于不同季节和蓄水期对水体浮游植物进行了群落调查,结果显示各群落指标仍呈现亚热带河流型水库的季节变化趋势:春季绿藻、隐藻占优势,夏季蓝藻所占比例增加,冬季硅藻占绝对优势,但不同类型水体对季节的响应程度不同:(1)2010年3月春季调查期间绿藻的优势种的优势度以及所占比例均呈现随水体类型改变逐渐增加趋势,并在类湖泊型水体中达到最大(优势度0.62、所占比例达67.8%),而夏秋季(9月蓄水前)蓝藻的优势种数、优势度、藻密度以及所占比例也存在同样的变化,2009年9月蓝藻所占比例由河流型水体的8.5%增加到类湖泊型水体的52.6%,到2010年9月类湖泊型水体蓝藻比例甚至达到63.8%。冬季蓄水期间(2010年1月),硅藻占绝对优势,但绿藻在类湖泊型水体中的比例要大于其他两类型水体。(2)Shannon-Wiener指数平均值为2.43,总体呈现出河流型水体>过渡型水体>类湖泊型水体,类湖泊型水体多样性指数夏秋季>冬季>春季,而自然河流型和过渡型水体冬季多样性指数低于其他季节。     

额尔古纳河流域秋季浮游植物群落结构特征

2008年8-9月对额尔古纳河流域5个重要水体呼伦湖、乌兰泡、二卡湿地、伊敏河和哈乌尔河进行浮游植物调查,结果显示：1）共鉴定浮游植物8门82属177种（含变种）,以绿藻和硅藻种类最多,绿藻有36属77种,占43.5%,硅藻21属54种,占30.5%;其次是蓝藻,13属26种,占14.7%;裸藻4属11种,占6.2%;其他藻类仅占5.1%;2）在呼伦湖共有64属121种,乌兰泡47属88种,二卡湿地62属116种,伊敏河41属59种,哈乌尔河32属54种;优势度分析显示：呼伦湖与乌兰泡优势种为蓝藻和绿藻,二卡湿地为硅藻与隐藻,伊敏河与哈乌尔河为硅藻;蓝藻个体密度在乌兰泡与呼伦湖最大,分别为5.17?106 ind./L和4.01?106 ind./L,而硅藻密度则在二卡湿地、伊敏河与哈乌尔河占优势,分别为1.40?106 ind./L、1.84?105 ind./L与4.89?105 ind./L;此外,聚类分析显示5个水体的浮游植物群落按结构特征可分为两大类;3）与历史记录相比,呼伦湖的优势种转变为细胞较小的坚实微囊藻(M. firma)与不定微囊藻(M. incerta),这种小型化的趋势表明呼伦湖水体富营养化程度加剧;4）综合多种指标对水质状况进行评估：呼伦湖、乌兰泡为中-富营养水体,二卡湿地为中营养水体,伊敏河与哈乌尔河属于贫-中营养水体。     

A preliminary checklist of the phytoplankton of New Calabar River,Lower Niger Delta

As part of the general study of the hydrobiology of the southeastern Nigerian deltaic waters, phytoplankton samples were collected (Jan.–August, 1981, to Dec., 1984 irregularly). Sixty-seven species were identified, thirty-nine of which were diatoms. The diatoms constituted the dominant taxa especially in the brackish zone while desmids, green algae and blue-green algal species occurred more commonly in the freshwater usptream zone.     

典型红树林生态系统藻类多样性及其在生态过程中的作用

藻类是红树林生态系统重要的生物类群, 根据生态习性可分为浮游植物、底栖微藻和大型藻类三个生态类群, 它们在红树林生态系统生物多样性、初级生产、元素循环等方面起着重要作用。但在红树林生态系统中, 关注重点多集中在红树植物和动物, 对其中的藻类重视不够, 且多数研究集中在近20年以及亚洲的红树林区。事实上, 红树林生态系统藻类非常丰富, 其多样性研究有助于深入揭示红树林生态系统的结构与功能。本文介绍了红树林生态系统藻类的组成类群及其重要性, 重点对红树林区浮游植物、底栖硅藻和大型海藻的种类组成、地理分布及其与初级生产力、水质污染、元素循环、碳库形成等生态过程中的作用的研究动态和进展等进行了总结。根据已有研究, 红树林区浮游植物和底栖硅藻的种类数一般为几十到上百种, 其中硅藻在种类和数量上都占绝对优势, 它们是重要的初级生产者、饵料生物和水质污染指示生物; 红树林区底栖大型藻类主要由红藻、绿藻、褐藻、蓝藻组成, 绿藻的种类较多, 红藻在数量上占优势; 藻类是红树林湿地碳库的重要贡献者, 在红树林湿地生态系统碳汇和碳循环中起重要作用。红树林生态系统是个高度动态和异质的系统, 今后应加强红树林藻类多样性的长周期、大尺度变化及不同生境藻类的综合研究, 关注大陆径流和潮汐对藻类多样性和蓝碳的影响, 借助沉积物藻类记录, 探明红树林区藻类的长周期变化, 反演气候变化和人类活动对红树林生态系统的影响过程和机制。     

Photosynthetic eukaryotes unite: endosymbiosis connects the dots

The photosynthetic organelle of algae and plants (the plastid) traces its origin to a primary endosymbiotic event in which a previously non-photosynthetic protist engulfed and enslaved a cyanobacterium. This eukaryote then gave rise to the red, green and glaucophyte algae. However, many algal lineages, such as the chlorophyll c-containing chromists, have a more complicated evolutionary history involving a secondary endosymbiotic event, in which a protist engulfed an existing eukaryotic alga (in this case, a red alga). Chromists such as diatoms and kelps then rose to great importance in aquatic habitats. Another algal group, the dinoflagellates, has undergone tertiary (engulfment of a secondary plastid) and even quaternary endosymbioses. In this review, we examine algal diversity and show endosymbiosis to be a major force in algal evolution. This area of research has advanced rapidly and long-standing issues such as the chromalveolate hypothesis and the extent of endosymbiotic gene transfer have recently been clarified.     

Grazing on filamentous algae by herbivorous zooplankton

SUMMARY. 1. Feeding experiments were conducted to examine filtering rates and selectivity of a variety of zooplankton taxa (including cladocerans, copepods and a rotifer) for filamentous diatoms, green and blue-green algae.
2. Most herbivores were capable of consuming some filamentous algae at rates similar to or higher than those on unicellular algae. Only feeding of Diaphanosoma brachyurum Liéven and Moina micrura Kurz seemed to be primarily limited by the filamentous morphology.
3. Filtering rates and selectivities of most herbivores were much higher for the diatom Melosira granulata angustissima Müller than for similarly sized blue-green algal filaments, indicating that chemical factors strongly influence consumption of filamentous algae.
4. The toxic blue-green algal filament Anabaena flos-aquae De Brébisson NRC 44–1 had a much strong inhibitory effect on zooplankton feeding than other filaments. The only herbivores that were not inhibited by this strain have been shown to be resistant to blue-green algal toxins, or strongly avoided consuming the blue-green alga. These results indicate that the inhibitory effect of filamentous algae is due more to toxic or noxious chemicals than to the filamentous morphology.
5. Selectivities of zooplankton for filamentous algae were largely independent of herbivore body size. The small-bodied cladoceran Bosmina longirostris Müller had the highest selectivities for filamentous algae.     

Characteristics of softwater streams in Rhode Island II. Composition and seasonal dynamics of macroalgal communities

Forty stream segments in Rhode Island, U.S.A., were examined seasonally from June 1979 to March 1982. Thirty-nine species of macroalgae were collected, respresenting 25 genera. The composition of the lotic flora was 54% green algae, 31% red algae, 5% blue-green algae, 5% xanthophytes, 3% chrysophytes and 3% diatoms. The majority of these taxa (85%) were filamentous. From a biweekly examination of five stream segments, macroalgal communities could be grouped according to light regime. Species in unshaded streams exhibited little seasonality, whereas in streams shaded by one or more layers of riparian canopy, maxima in species numbers and abundance occurred during colder seasons. The most widespread and abundant species were the blue-green alga Phormidium retzii, the green alga Draparnaldia acuta, and the diatom Eunotia pectinalis. P. retzii and E. pectinalis were aseasonal annuals, while D. acuta was primarily a winter-spring form. It appears that pH is a major factor affecting broad geographic distribution patterns of stream macroalgae, whereas the light regime established by overhanging canopy is an important factor which influences localized abundance and seasonality of lotic macroalgal communities. Niche pre-emption appears to be a common mode of resource space division among stream macroalgae in Rhode Island. E. pectinalis is the strongly developed dominant in this drainage system.     

Climate-induced shifts in an experimental phytoplankton community: a mechanistic approach

Climate change is likely to have far-reaching effects on biotic interactions in aquatic ecosystems. We investigated the effect of different spring warming scenarios on the succession of three algal groups (cyanobacteria, diatoms and green algae) in 10-l microcosms. We fitted these microcosm data to a simple mechanistic model to estimate the effect of different climate warming scenarios on the population dynamics of these algal functional groups. Experimental and model results indicate that the different algal functional groups respond differently to climate warming under phosphorus-limited conditions. Whereas the successional sequence, from diatoms to green algae to cyanobacteria, was not affected by the different climate warming scenarios, cyanobacteria showed a stronger response to the different climate warming scenarios than diatoms or green algae. Both the growth rates and peak abundances of cyanobacteria were significantly higher in the average and warm spring scenarios than in the cold spring scenario. Our findings illustrate that integration of models and microcosm experiments are a useful approach in predicting the impacts of rising temperatures on the dynamics of phytoplankton communities.     

Some algae from the Red Sea Hills in north-eastern Sudan

The algae contained in some plankton samples from several localities on four wadi in N.E. Sudan were examined. The observed algae amount to 260 taxa, of which the diatoms, representing 50% of the algal flora, are the most numerous. Other large groups are the blue-green algae (17%) and the green algae (24%) among which the desmids (6%) are rather unimportant.     

Seasonal succession of the phytoplankton in the upper Mississippi River

Species composition and seasonal succession of the phytoplankton were investigated on the upper Mississippi River at Prairie Island, Minnesota, U.S.A. Both the numbers and volume of individual species were enumerated based on cell counts with an inverted microscope. A succession similar to algal succession in the local lakes occurred. The diatoms were dominant during the spring and fall and blue-green algae were dominant during the summer. The algal concentrations have increased up to 40 fold the concentrations of the 1920's, since the installation of locks and dams. The maximum freshweight standing crop was 4 mg · l^–1 in 1928 (Reinhard 1931), 13 mg · l^–1 in 1975 a wet year, and 47 mg · l^–1 in 1976, a relatively dry year with minimal current discharge. The diatoms varied from 36–99%, the blue-green algae from 0–44% and the cryptómonads from 0–50% of the total standing crop. The green algae were always present but never above 21% of the biomass. The dominant diatoms in recent years were centric -Stephanodiscus andCyclotella spp. (maximum 50,000 ml^–1). The dominant blue-green algae wereAphanizomenon flos-aquae (L.) Ralfsex Born.et Flahault andOscillatoria agardhii Gomont (maximum 800 ml^–1). These algal species are also present in local lakes. Shannon diversity values indicated greatest diversity of algae during the summer months.     

Regulation of blue-green algal buoyancy and bloom formation by light,inorganic nitrogen,C02, and trophic level interactions

In highly eutrophic ponds, buoyancy of the gas-vacuolate blue-green alga Anabaenopsis Elenkinii (Miller) was regulated by complex interactions between chemical and physical parameters, as well as by biological interactions between various trophic levels. Algal buoyancy and surface bloom formation were enhanced markedly by decreased light intensity, and to a lesser extent by decreased CO₂ availability and increased availability of inorganic nitrogen. In the absence of dense populations of large-bodied Cladocera, early season blooms of diatoms and green algae reduced light availability in the ponds thus creating conditions favorable for increased buoyancy and bloom formation by A. Elenkinii. The appearance of blue-green algal blooms could be prevented by a reduced density of planktivorous fish, which allowed development of dense cladoceran populations. The cladocerans limited the growth of precursory blooms of diatoms and green algae, and given the resulting clear-water conditions, buoyancy of A. Elenkinii was reduced, and blue-green algal blooms never appeared.