丹江口库区滩涂与入库支流植被与土壤种子库: 水传播潜力探讨

为了探索库区滩涂与入库支流土壤种子库与植被的关系, 以及物种通过水传播扩散的潜力, 对丹江口库区内4条支流及其入库滩涂的地表植被和土壤种子库进行了调查。结果显示, 支流地表植被和种子库的物种多样性高于库区滩涂, 汉江库区滩涂和支流的地表植被与种子库均有较高的物种相似性。DCA排序和TWINSPAN聚类可以明显地将支流的植被和种子库样方与滩涂的植被和种子库样方分到不同的样方组, 结合物种排序图可以清楚地发现, 流入汉江库区支流的植被和种子库的物种组成与滩涂的植被和种子库的物种组成有密切联系。汉江库区滩涂0-15 cm的土层内都有种子萌发, 而丹江库区种子库中只有狗牙根(Cynodon dactylon)一种植物, 且仅存在于0-5 cm土层。研究结果表明, 繁殖体通过支流向滩涂的水传播作用对植被建立有积极贡献。     

Recovery of photosynthesis after exposure of intertidal algae to osmotic and temperature stresses: comparative studies of species with differing distributional limits

Summary This study examines possible relationships between stress tolerance by marine algae and distributions of these species. The ability to recover photosynthetic activity following dehydration or temperature treatments was the assay used to evaluate stress tolerance, and Porphyra perforata, Rhodoglossum affine, Gelidium coulteri, and Smithora naiadum differed in thresholds of tolerance, even though plants were collected from low tidal sites.Limits of dehydration tolerance were well correlated with limits of tidal distribution for these species. Additionally, other high tidal species tolerated severe dehydration while subtidal and low tidal species were sensitive to dehydration. High tidal individuals of P. perforata were also more tolerant of dehydration than were low tidal thalli of P. perforata.Limits of high or low temperature tolerance were not well correlated with tidal elevation for any groups of algae studied. However, cold-tolerant species had more northerly extensions, and warm-tolerant species had more southerly distributions. Thus, differential tolerance to temperature extremes may be an important influence for latitudinal ranges of species.By comparing the experimentally determined thresholds of stress with distributions of species, we test the role of stress in influencing photosynthesis and ultimately distributions of marine algae.     

崇明东滩潮间带潮沟浮游动物的种类组成及多样性

为了揭示潮间带潮沟水域浮游动物的多样性, 作者于2008年4–12月在崇明东滩选取6条潮沟共18个站点进行4个季节的浮游动物采样调查。检获到浮游动物44种, 隶属于6个类群, 其中桡足类占绝对优势, 达总种类数的79.5%。分析了浮游动物的种类组成、优势种、群落结构及物种多样性等生态特征参数的季节变化。优势种有9种, 春季以细巧华哲水蚤(Sinocalanus tenellus)优势度最高, 夏季以火腿许水蚤(Schmackeria poplesia)优势度最高, 秋季以火腿许水蚤和中华华哲水蚤(Sinocalanus sinensis)优势度较高, 冬季则以四刺窄腹剑水蚤(Limnoithona etraspina)和中华华哲水蚤的优势度较高。多样性指数显示, Shannon-Wiener指数(H′)值以夏冬季较高, 物种丰富度指数(d)值以夏秋季较高, Pielou均匀度指数(J′)值以冬季最高。与崇明岛附近的长江口北港北支水域已有的研究结果相比, 种类组成差异较大, 仅有6个共有种。浮游动物的生态特征与潮汐关系密切, 涨潮时物种多样性略高于落潮时, 涨潮和落潮时优势种的种类及优势度也均呈现出一定差异。盐度、温度、径流及潮流等环境因素对潮沟浮游动物的时空分布产生了重要影响。     

围垦对长江口南岸底栖动物群落结构及多样性的影响

通过对长江口南岸围垦潮滩和自然潮滩大型底栖无脊椎动物进行取样调查,研究了围垦潮滩的底栖动物群落结构及其多样性特性,分析了围垦对潮滩底栖动物群落结构及多样性的影响,研究发现,（1）围垦氏栖动物群落种类减少,种类组成发生变化;总趋势是,围垦以后,甲壳动物种类明显减少,由7种减少到1种;随着围垦时间延长,多毛类种类减少,由4种减少到3种,直到最后消失,而软体动物和昆虫幼虫种类所占比例则明显增加,分别从占总种数的29．41％,5．89％增加到50．00％和25．00％;（2）围垦1a且仍受潮水影响的潮滩,底栖动物种类丰度虽有降低,但其密度和生物量却明显增加,分别从132．10个/m^2,35.31g/m^2（湿重）增加到218．32个／m/ 2和79．66g/m^2（湿重）,围垦2a且潮水不能进入的潮滩,底栖动物生物量大大降低,降到3．02g/m^2（湿重）;（3）围垦时间短且仍受潮水影响的潮滩与未围垦的自然潮滩相比,其底栖动物多样性降低不明显,围垦时间长且潮水不能进入的潮滩,底栖动物多样性明显降低,反映了围垦导致潮滩湿地生境退化;（4）围垦对底栖动物群落结构及多样性的影响,是通过改变潮滩湿地生境中的多种环境因子造成的,如潮滩高保,水,动力,沉积物特性,植被演替等,是各种因子综合作用的结果。     

长江口横沙东滩围垦潮滩内外大型底栖动物功能群研究

2011年4月(春季)、7月(夏季)、10月(秋季)和12月(冬季),在横沙东滩的围垦潮滩和自然潮滩进行底栖动物的采样调查,进行功能群划分及数量特征分析。在围垦潮滩和自然潮滩分别采集到底栖动物19种和22种。依据食性将其划分为浮游生物食者、植食者、肉食者、杂食者和碎屑食者5种功能群,围垦潮滩各功能群物种数分别为4,5,4,3,3;自然潮滩分别为6,3,5,6,2。围垦潮滩丰度由高到低依次为植食者>浮游生物食者>肉食者>杂食者>碎屑食者;自然潮滩为浮游生物食者>杂食者>肉食者>碎屑食者>植食者。围垦潮滩季节间仅有浮游生物食者和植食者的物种数存在显著性差异,潮位间仅有植食者的丰度存在显著性差异;自然潮滩季节间仅有浮游生物食者的丰度存在显著性差异,潮位间仅有植食者的物种数和丰度无显著性差异。围垦潮滩主导功能群在各潮位均为浮游生物食者和植食者;自然潮滩主导功能群由高潮带到低潮带变化为浮游生物食者→浮游生物食者和杂食者→杂食者。围垦潮滩浮游生物食者和植食者的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Margalef丰富度指数、Pielou均匀度指数较高,而杂食者相对较低;自然潮滩杂食者和肉食者的3种多样性指数较高,而植食者相对较低。以上结果表明：围垦潮滩和自然潮滩底栖动物功能群的组成存在一定的差别;各潮位底栖动物功能群组成的不同与生境密切相关;围垦导致底栖动物群落以及功能群发生变化。     

长江下游近口段近岸鱼类群落多样性及潮汐强度的影响

为了解长江下游近口段近岸鱼类群落多样性及其潮汐的影响,于2016—2017年在靖江样点、2017—2018年在常熟样点分别进行连续4个季度的鱼类调查,同步收集潮汐强度数据。结果表明:靖江样点共监测到鱼类61种,隶属于9目18科47属,鲢(Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)、刀鲚(Coilia nasus)、贝氏?(Hemiculter bleekeri)、草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)、鳙(Aristichthys nobilis)为主要优势种;常熟样点共监测到鱼类41种,隶属于8目14科34属,鲢、中国花鲈(Lateolabrax maculatus)、鳙、鳊(Parabramis pekinensis)和鲫(Carassius auratus)为主要优势种;靖江样点Margalef指数、Shannon指数和Simpson指数均大于常熟样点,Pielou指数则小于常熟样点; SIMPER分析表明,靖江和常熟样点周年群落组成平均相似度分别为64.5%和64.7%,样点间平均相异度为61.1%;不同季节各潮汐周期内鱼类群落多样性相关分析结果...     

杭州湾南岸大桥建设区域潮间带大型底栖动物功能群及营养等级的季节动态

2006年5月至2007年1月在杭州湾南岸跨海大桥附近潮滩共采集到32种大型底栖动物,根据其食性类型划分为5种功能群。用功能群方法对这些物种生境变化的关系进行了分析,结果表明:大型底栖动物各多样性指数在潮带间差异显著,季节间则只有Margalef种类丰度(S)和Shannon-Wiener指数(H′)存在显著性差异;各功能群密度在季节间均不存在显著性差异,而在潮带间除了浮游生物食者外,其它类群均存在显著性差异;肉食者的种类数在潮带间不存在显著性差异,而在季节间存在显著性差异,其它功能群刚好相反。滩涂大型底栖动物群落主要包括4个营养级别,各营养级的构成密度在季节间差异不显著,在潮带间则差异显著;各营养级种类数是处于第四级的肉食者季节间差异显著,潮带间变化不显著,处于第二、三营养等级的功能群则正好相反。底栖动物功能群多样性综合反映了杭州湾南岸大桥建设区域潮间带大型底栖动物群落变化情况。     

An examination of species dispersion patterns along the intertidal gradient on Macquarie Island (sub-Antarctica) using a restricted occupancy model

It has been widely held that intertidal zonation boundaries and the tidal emersion levels are causally related: the critical tidal level hypothesis. In order to evaluate this hypothesis, the dispersion patterns of species boundaries on the intertidal rocky shores of Macquarie Island (sub-Antarctica) were examined using a restricted occupancy model to test the null hypothesis that the observed species were randomly dispersed along the tidal emersion gradient. Subsequently this investigation demonstrated that the intertidal species boundaries on Macquarie Island shores were randomly dispersed with respect to the tidal emersion gradient. Hence no prima facie evidence was found to support the critical tidal level hypothesis. This suggests that tidal emersion is not a significant factor structuring intertidal communities on Macquarie Island.     

黄河三角洲潮沟形态特征对湿地植物群落演替的影响

通过野外调查明确黄河三角洲潮上带、潮间带、潮下带内潮沟的形态特征及植物群落演替特征, 并在此基础上探讨潮沟对植物群落的影响。结果表明: 1)潮沟共包括4级, 沿海到内陆方向, 呈现出潮沟分叉增加、级别增多、曲率变大的发育趋势。潮上带和潮下带均出现较大的宽深比, 潮间带的潮沟密度和分汊率较大; 2)共统计到植物10科15属15种, 大部分为草本植物。植物演替的方向为碱蓬-柽柳-芦苇和香蒲, 物种生态位宽度最大值随着演替的进行, 由碱蓬变为柽柳再到芦苇和香蒲; 3)潮沟曲率、潮沟密度和潮沟宽度与群落演替方向呈正相关, 而潮沟分汊率和潮沟深度与群落演替方向呈负相关。植物群落演替对潮沟分汊率的变化的反应最敏感, 潮沟密度次之。     

Trophic functional groups and trophic levels of the macrobenthic community at the eastern tidal flat of Lingkun Island, China

A total of 33 taxa, including 21 families, 8 classes and 7 phyla, were found at the eastern tidal flat of Lingkun Island, Wenzhou Bay. Most of them were mollusks, crustaceans and polychaetes. The species numbers found at 3 tidal flats (high, middle and low) were 25, 30 and 14, respectively. It was shown that the high tidal flat had the highest value of diversity indices, followed by middle and low tidal flats. The species belonged to 5 different trophic functional groups: Phytophagous, Camivorous, Omnivorous, Planktophagous and Detritivorous in qualitative samplings. Then 3, 8, 5, 3 and 2 species belonged to Planktophagous, Phytophagous, Camivorous, Omnivorous and Detritivorous groups, respectively, in quantitative samplings. The density and species number of each functional group did not display seasonal variation by the two-way ANOVA method. Regardless of seasonal variation, density of the Phytophagous group and Camivorous group had distinct difference among different zones of tidal flats, and the species number of the Phytophagous group and Omnivorous group had obvious difference among different zones of tidal flats. Results show that there was variation of functional groups among habitats. Change in components of the macrobenthic community reflected different food sources in different zones of tidal flats.     

灵昆岛东滩潮间带大型底栖动物功能群及营养等级构成

2003年11月至2004年8月,在温州湾的灵昆岛东滩针对大型底栖动物群落进行了取样调查,利用调查数据进行功能群和营养等级构成研究。共得到大型底栖动物33种,隶属7门8纲21科,主要为软体动物、节肢动物甲壳类和环节动物多毛类。其中,高潮带25种,中潮带30种,低潮带14种。Margalef物种丰富度指数和Shannon—Weiner多样性指数均表现为：高潮带〉中潮带〉低潮带;Pielou均匀度指数和Simpson优势度指数表现为：高潮带〈中潮带〈低潮带。定性取样得到的浮游生物食者4种,植食者12种,肉食者8种,杂食者7种,碎屑食者2种,定量取样得到的分别为：3,8,5,3种和2种。定量取样获得数据中各个功能群种类数和密度季节间差异均不显著,不考虑季节变化因素肉食者和植食者密度在潮带间存在差异,杂食者和植食者种类数在潮带间存在差异,其他功能群密度和种类数数据在潮带间的差异不显著。研究显示了功能群的生境梯度变化,高潮带主导的功能群为肉食者,植食者和浮游生物食者;中潮带主导的功能群为肉食者和浮游生物食者;低潮带主导的功能群为肉食者,这些变化反映了不同潮带营养等级构成和食物来源的差异,由于生境中能提供的植物沿着高潮带,中潮带和低潮带方向递减,至低潮带未发现植食者;且由于中潮带的生境最为复杂,其功能群的构成也最为复杂;3个潮带的碎屑食者数量比较稳定。大型底栖动物群落与其食物来源一起共有4个营养等级,其中大型底栖动物占据了第2、3、4级,第1级主要碎屑、浮游生物和植物,第2级包括了碎屑食者、浮游生物食者和植食者,第3级主要是杂食者,第4级是肉食者,各个营养级、食物来源之间构成一张复杂的食物网。     

Ecological responses to tidal restorations of two northern New England salt marshes

Efforts are underway to restore tidal flow in New England salt marshes that were negatively impacted by tidal restrictions. We evaluated a planned tidal restoration at Mill Brook Marsh (New Hampshire) and at Drakes Island Marsh (Maine) where partial tidal restoration inadvertently occurred. Salt marsh functions were evaluated in both marshes to determine the impacts from tidal restriction and the responses following restoration. Physical and biological indicators of salt marsh functions (tidal range, surface elevations, soil water levels and salinities, plant cover, and fish use) were measured and compared to those from nonimpounded reference sites. Common impacts from tidal restrictions at both sites were: loss of tidal flooding, declines in surface elevation, reduced soil salinity, replacement of salt marsh vegetation by fresh and brackish plants, and loss of fish use of the marsh.Water levels, soil salinities and fish use increased immediately following tidal restoration. Salt-intolerant vegetation was killed within months. After two years, mildly salt-tolerant vegetation had been largely replaced in Mill Brook Marsh by several species characteristic of both high and low salt marshes. Eight years after the unplanned, partial tidal restoration at Drakes Island Marsh, the vegetation was dominated bySpartina alterniflora, a characteristic species of low marsh habitat.Hydrologic restoration that allowed for unrestricted saltwater exchange at Mill Brook restored salt marsh functions relatively quickly in comparison to the partial tidal restoration at Drakes Island, where full tidal exchange was not achieved. The irregular tidal regime at Drakes Island resulted in vegetation cover and patterns dissimilar to those of the high marsh used as a reference. The proper hydrologic regime (flooding height, duration and frequency) is essential to promote the rapid recovery of salt marsh functions. We predict that functional recovery will be relatively quick at Mill Brook, but believe that the habitat at Drakes Island will not become equivalent to that of the reference marsh unless the hydrology is further modified.Corresponding Editor: R.E. Turner Manuseript     

Habitat use,ranging behaviour,and food habits of the proboscis monkey,Nasalis larvatus (van Wurmb), in Sarawak

Studies on the ecology of the proboscis monkey were conducted in seven areas of Sarawak during 1980–1981. Groups were found in a variety of riparian and coastal habitats but where high forests occurred they appeared to be preferred over other adjacent types. Undisturbed tidal forests were widely used but were preferred only where high forest was lacking or limited in extent. Clear-felled tidal forests and areas around human settlements were completely avoided, although some use was made of selectively felled tidal forests, remnant tidal forests adjacent to agricultural land, and selectively logged high forest. Monkeys slept primarily and perhaps exclusively along river edges where these were available, moving inland up to 750m during the day and returning to the riverside in late afternoon. Groups often split up into distinct subunits during daily movements. Feeding occurred throughout the day and in all habitats occupied. Proboscis monkeys were observed feeding on at least 90 plant species, including leaves or shoots of 75 species, fruits of 15 species, seeds of 10 species, and flowers of 4 species. Certain tidal forest species (Sonneratia alba, Avicennia alba, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Rhizophora spp.) appeared to be the single most important food plants, although where high forests were available more feeding time was spent in these types than in tidal forests or other habitats.     

Ecological responses to tidal restorations of two northern New England salt marshes

Efforts are underway to restore tidal flow in New England salt marshes that were negatively impacted by tidal restrictions. We evaluated a planned tidal restoration at Mill Brook Marsh (New Hampshire) and at Drakes Island Marsh (Maine) where partial tidal restoration inadvertently occurred. Salt marsh functions were evaluated in both marshes to determine the impacts from tidal restriction and the responses following restoration. Physical and biological indicators of salt marsh functions (tidal range, surface elevations, soil water levels and salinities, plant cover, and fish use) were measured and compared to those from nonimpounded reference sites. Common impacts from tidal restrictions at both sites were: loss of tidal flooding, declines in surface elevation, reduced soil salinity, replacement of salt marsh vegetation by fresh and brackish plants, and loss of fish use of the marsh. Water levels, soil salinities and fish use increased immediately following tidal restoration. Salt-intolerant vegetation was killed within months. After two years, mildly salt-tolerant vegetation had been largely replaced in Mill Brook Marsh by several species characteristic of both high and low salt marshes. Eight years after the unplanned, partial tidal restoration at Drakes Island Marsh, the vegetation was dominated bySpartina alterniflora, a characteristic species of low marsh habitat. Hydrologic restoration that allowed for unrestricted saltwater exchange at Mill Brook restored salt marsh functions relatively quickly in comparison to the partial tidal restoration at Drakes Island, where full tidal exchange was not achieved. The irregular tidal regime at Drakes Island resulted in vegetation cover and patterns dissimilar to those of the high marsh used as a reference. The proper hydrologic regime (flooding height, duration and frequency) is essential to promote the rapid recovery of salt marsh functions. We predict that functional recovery will be relatively quick at Mill Brook, but believe that the habitat at Drakes Island will not become equivalent to that of the reference marsh unless the hydrology is further modified.     

胶州湾西北部潮滩湿地大型底栖动物功能群

2009年2、5、8和11月进行了7个断面35个站位的大型底栖动物调查,选取高潮区(A)、中潮区(B、C、D)和低潮区(E)研究了胶州湾西北部潮滩湿地大型底栖动物功能群组成及其时空变化.调查共发现大型底栖动物71种,主要种类为软体动物(31种)、环节动物(20种)和节肢动物(14种).潮区A、B、C、D、E物种数分别为26、33、35、38、31.依据食性将主要底栖动物划分为肉食者、浮游生物食者、碎屑食者和杂食者4个功能群.各功能群物种数占总物种数的百分比由高到低依次是肉食者、浮游生物食者、碎屑食者和杂食者.各功能群中肉食者的多样性指数最高,杂食者最低.各功能群的丰度、均匀度指数、多样性指数一般都是中潮区较高,高潮区和低潮区较低.大型底栖动物功能群的分布随潮区环境的改变而变化,是对生境状况的综合反映.     

灵昆岛潮间带大型底栖动物群落结构与生态位分析

2003年11月至2004年8月,在温州湾的灵昆岛东滩进行了大型底栖动物采样调查。共发现大型底栖动物33种,隶属7门8纲21科。主要为软体动物、节肢动物和环节动物多毛类,其中高潮带25种,中潮带30种,低潮带14种。通过对不同季节不同潮带的大型底栖动物密度数据进行成对t检验分析,结果认为各潮带的大型底栖动物密度分布有明显差异,而大型底栖动物密度的季节变化不明显。对定量取样中获得的21个物种以Shannon-W iener指数为基础进行了生态位宽度测定,以P ianka重叠指数为基础进行了生态位重叠值分析,结果表明日本沙蚕(N ereis jap on ica)、纽虫和线虫的生态位较宽,均为2.80以上,它们之间的生态重叠值也较高,均为0.90以上。以密度数据四次开方为基础,利用欧氏距离进行群落物种的系统聚类分析,结果表明21个物种可以分为三大类,即潮间带广布种、中高潮带常见种、狭布种和偶见种,通过非度量多维标度排序分析也支持以上结果。3类物种的生态位重叠值均有不同的表现,与物种的分布与数量相关。研究表明,物种生态宽度、物种之间的生态位重叠值与物种的分布与数量密切相关,反映了大型底栖动物群落中各物种对生境资源的利用能力的强弱。     

Foliar nutrient dynamics in tidal and non-tidal freshwater forested wetlands

Foliar nutrient dynamics were studied at 8 forest stands (three non-tidal and five tidal) along the lower 30 km of the Apalachicola River system in Florida, USA, during 2008. At each site, we sampled canopy foliage and litterfall from three to four trees representative of the dominant overstory species. Foliage and litterfall were analyzed for a variety of elements including N and P and these data were used to examine differences in element concentrations, nutrient ratios (C:P, C:N, and N:P), nutrient use efficiency, and nutrient proficiency. Measurements of tree diameter at basal height (DBH) at each plot were used with species allometric equations to estimate forest litterfall dry weight and N and P flux in non-tidal and tidal wetlands. Both non-tidal and tidal wetlands showed evidence of P limitation based on N:P ratios, but absolute levels of P were determined to be extremely low in tidal wetlands based on higher nutrient use efficiencies (measures of both P resorption efficiency and proficiency). Differences in P concentrations and fluxes between tidal and non-tidal wetlands are probably related to longer inundation and hydrologic export observed in tidal wetlands. Using estimations of annual litterfall dry weight and nutrient concentrations, N and P flux in non-tidal swamps were 2-4 times greater than in tidal wetlands. This study demonstrates the change in nutrient dynamics as wetlands shift from tidal to non-tidal conditions.     

A refutation of critical tidal levels as determinants of the structure of intertidal communities on British shores

Early hypotheses to account for the pattern of zonation and vertical distribution of species on rocky shores in Britain invoked the concept of critical tidal levels. These levels were at heights on the shore where the upper or lower boundaries of distribution of a number of species coincided. Critical levels were correlated with heights on the shore where there were changes in the rate of change, with height, of the annual proportion of the time spent emersed. This was calculated from predicted tide tables. One implications of this was that different assemblages of intertidal species were present between particular levels on the shore. Futhermore, this hypothesis depended on patterns of vertical distribution of several species being identically controlled by physical factors associated with the rise and fall of the tide. This conflicts with more recent hypotheses, based upon experimental evidence, which include the effects of biological interactions among species on their patterns of distribution.The methods of calculation of the annual emersion curve were approximate, with a high degree of extrapolation. The hypothesis that critical levels exist has not been quantitatively tested.New, more accurate calculations of the emersion curve, from predicted tidal heights, indicate a smooth, monotonic curve against height on the shore. This eliminates the possibility of correlation between the coincident boundaries of distribution of a group of species and a height at which the curve changes in slope.The upper and lower boundaries of species were recorded in transects on five shores in different parts of Britain. If critical level exist, the upper or lower boundaries of a set of species must depart from random dispersion up and down the shore, to be clumped or aggregated at the critical levels. A test for non-random dispersion of the boundaries indicated no significant departure from random on any of the shores sampled.There is thus no evidence that critical tidal levels exist, because there is no evidence that the upper, or lower, boundaries of vertical distribution of intertidal species are in any way aggregated. There is no possibility of correlation between changes of slope of the emersion curve at particular heights on the shore and the patterns of distribution of intertidal species on British shores. The hypothesis of critical tidal levels must be abandoned and the rôle of the effects of tidal rise and fall on the vertical distribution of intertidal species must be re-examined in any new hypotheses to account for observed patterns of zonation.     

Effects of Long Piers on Birds in Tidal Wetlands

ABSTRACT As human development continues in coastal areas, shoreline properties adjacent to expansive tidal marsh habitat are increasingly used for access to coastal waterways via long piers (>30 m) over marsh habitat. These tidal wetlands provide breeding and foraging habitat for many marsh birds, which may be affected by the human disturbance associated with long piers. Our objectives were to determine the effect of long piers over vegetated tidal marshes on the relative abundance and species richness of marsh birds. We completed combined passive and callback surveys in tidal marsh habitat at 22 sites with long piers and 24 sites without long piers, May-July 2005–2006 in Worcester County, Maryland, USA. Pier sites had lower relative abundance and species richness of obligate marsh birds than nonpier sites. Pier sites had a greater relative abundance of gulls, terns, herons, and egrets than nonpier sites. Pier sites had fewer species of herons and egrets than at nonpier sites. The presence of long piers had no affect on facultative marsh birds. Long pier density was negatively related to obligate marsh bird relative abundance and species richness, and facultative marsh bird species richness, whereas it was positively related to the relative abundance and species richness of gulls and terns. Herons and egrets relative abundance and species richness were not related to long pier density. Obligate marsh birds were negatively affected by long piers, whereas herons, egrets, gulls, and terns appeared to benefit from perching opportunities. Based on the negative effects of long piers on obligate marsh birds, management should focus on reducing the presence and density of long piers in tidal marshes by requiring the removal of existing long piers, or reducing or eliminating permits for construction of new long piers.     

广西西端海岸四种红树植物天然种群生境高程

在广西防城港市东湾渔洲坪、石角、交东3个样地平行海面方向共设置18条剖面对4种红树植物白骨壤(Avicenniamarina)、桐花树(Aegiceras corniculatum)、秋茄(Kandelia obovata)、木榄(Bruguiera gymnorhiza)在沿海滩涂生长带高程测量和群落调查。调查结果表明:由于人类活动造成东湾渔洲坪和交东两个样地的坡度变化较大,分别从-0.37变化为-0.05和-0.72变化为-0.10,而地处北仑河口保护区内的石角样地受到保护,没有人为因素的影响,坡度从-0.23变化为-0.10变化不大。石角和交东两个样地中的桐花树集中出现在高程15至40 cm和33至36 cm范围内;秋茄集中出现在高程43至60 cm和37至51cm范围内;木榄集中出现在高程94至106 cm和111至119 cm范围内。所有样地中的白骨壤在高程60至80 cm范围内,树高最高达到220 cm,且分布密集;桐花树在高程20至40 cm范围内,树高最高达到200 cm,且分布密集;秋茄在高程40至80 cm范围内,树高最高达到200 cm,且分布密集;木榄在高程60至100 cm范围内,且分布密集,树高最高达280 cm。通过对各样地剖面上红树植物种类出现频度的分析和林木高度的测量,4种红树植物天然林临界滩涂高程分别为:桐花树为-7 cm;秋茄为+33 cm;白骨壤为+23和+26 cm;木榄为+44 cm。对应的浸淹时间分别为8.5、7.0、7.0、6.0h。在石角和交东分别有30.0%和56.7%的桐花树分布于平均海平面以下,秋茄也能分布在此高程下,平均株高也达1.75 m。根据现场实际调查结果,桐花树、秋茄可以大量生存在平均海平面以下的滩涂上。