藓纲植物化学成分及其生物活性研究进展

藓纲植物是天然活性产物的重要来源,在自然界分布广泛;但是对藓纲植物的化学成分及其生理活性的研究较少,国内基本属于空白。本文对近年来该领域内的研究成果进行了综述,旨在引起化学家、植物学家及其他相关科学家对此门类研究的兴趣和重视,共同开发这一重要资源。     

切尔诺贝利核事故以来隔离区动物生态的研究概况

综述了切尔诺贝利核事故以来乌克兰Schmalhausen动物研究所(SIZ)对核工厂周围隔离区(exclusionzone ,EZ)的野生动物所进行的长达20年的放射生态学调查研究。基于乌克兰以往鸟类迁移的观察资料,评估了137Cs和 90Sr在隔离区候鸟体内的含量。而且还选择一些动物物种作为环境状况的标准指示生物,目的是为了阐明1 37Cs在隔离区脊椎动物体内的污染情况;整个第聂伯河流域、基辅行政区和隔离区软体动物贝壳内 90Sr的β活性。结果表明不同物种相对放射性核累积、迁移和累积因素呈有规律的季节性和长期性变化趋势,这些参数的运用可以大大地减少数据的波动和复杂性。直接辐射毁坏森林后,营养链的崩溃和病死树昆虫害虫的爆发导致了其次级生态变化。99 %的隔离区并不直接受辐射的影响,人员撤离、农业和森林管理停止以及大规模排除污染是这些区域生态变化的主要因素。在初始变化之后,由于自然资源、捕食者和偷猎者等的限制,隔离区的动物密度和分布达到一个稳定的极限值。数年前成功地在隔离区引入了一群蒙古野马,该群体保持了稳定增长。重新评估了以前划定的若干自然保护位点目前的保护状况,并提出了建议扩大这些自然保护区的范围等保护措施。     

暖地大叶藓化学成分的研究

从真藓科大叶藓属植物暖地大叶藓Rhodobryum giganteum(schwaegr.)Par.的乙醇提取物中分离得到9个化合物,通过波谱分析鉴定其分别为麦角甾-7,22-双烯-3β,5α,6β-三醇(1),乌苏酸(2),琥珀酸(3),尿嘧啶(4),棕榈酸(5),槲皮素(6),碳二十九烷(7),β-谷甾醇(8),胡萝卜苷(9).化合物1～9均为首次从该植物中分离得到.     

Diversity and abundance of vascular epiphytes: a comparison of secondary vegetation and primary montane rain forest in the Venezuelan Andes

Species diversity of vascular epiphyte plant communities was studied in La Carbonera, a montane rain forest dominated by Podocarpaceae in the Venezuelan Andes. We compared the epiphyte communities of the primary, disturbed, and secondary forest areas of La Carbonera in order to augment the scarce knowledge on the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on these important elements of tropical vegetation. Diversity of vascular epiphytes (191 species in the whole forest area) was low in the disturbed and secondary areas (81 spp.) compared to adjacent primary forest (178 spp.). Four types of disturbed forest and secondary vegetation supported different numbers of epiphyte species, showing a decline with increasing degrees of disturbance (65 spp. along a road transect, 42 spp. on relict trees in disturbed forest, 13 spp. in a tree plantation and 7 spp. in a former clearing, both secondary vegetation units). Epiphytic species composition in primary and disturbed or secondary forest areas differed markedly: disturbed habitats harboured fewer fern and orchid species but more bromeliad species than the primary forest. Probably the families occurring only in primary forest sites of our study may be useful as bioindicators to determine the degree of disturbance in other habitats of mountain rain forests as well. Epiphyte abundance was also lower in disturbed habitats: a remnant emergent tree supported only about half as many epiphyte individuals as a member of the same species of similar size in the primary forest. The decrease in species numbers and abundance as well as the differences in species composition are mainly due to the less diverse phorophyte structure and less differentiated microclimate in the disturbed and secondary vegetation compared to the primary forest.     

Effects of seven pure flavonoids from mosses on germination and growth of Tortula muralis HEDW (Bryophyta) and Raphanus sativus L (Magnoliophyta)

Dried mosses (five moss species) were progressively extracted and subjected to a four-step Craig distribution. Seven pure flavonoids were isolated and identified. The flavonoids were the flavones apigenin, apigenin-7-O-triglycoside, lucenin-2, luteolin-7-O-neohesperidoside, saponarine and vitexin; and the biflavonoid bartramiaflavone and they were submitted to biological tests. The tests were performed in vitro on spore germination and protonemal growth of the moss Tortula muralis and on seed germination and root growth of Raphanus sativus. Flavonoids caused a decrease in the percentage of spore germination, protonemal development and root growth. In addition they caused morphological alterations, such as forked tips, swollen apices, rounded cells and early formation of brood cells in the protonemata. Data were discussed in relation to the presence of allelochemicals in mosses.     

An approach to the recent environmental history of Pilica Piaski spring (southern Poland) using diatoms

Diatom floras from springs have received little attention until recently, despite the fact that springs provide specific conditions that cannot be found in any other aquatic system, and remain of great importance in terms of general environmental changes. Due to pollution of the Kraków-Częstochowska upland aquifers, the chemical composition of spring waters in the area is anthropogenically modified, and far from the natural state. In order to generate a baseline diatom flora for springs, a paleolimnological study was applied as one of the best recognized and applied methods used to track long-term environmental changes worldwide. Little is known, however, about the direction and nature of such changes in aquatic environments fed by springs. The present article focuses on shifts in diatom assemblages preserved in sediments collected from a small pond, situated close to several spring outlets. They were interpreted as a record of environmental changes that had taken place during the last century. For most of the history of the pond—as recorded in this 84 cm long core—the diatom assemblage was dominated by small Fragilaria spp. The major shifts in species composition began in a core depth of 65 cm with a decline in Fragilaria construens var. venter (Ehrenberg) Grunow and Fragilaria pinnata Ehrenberg complexes, and a concurrent increase in Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki. The second change was recorded at the depth of 45 cm with a sharp decline of A. minutissimum, which again was replaced by the small Fragilaria spp. In recent years, further changes in the diatom assemblage occurred, with a notable increase in Cyclotella delicatula Hustedt. The assemblage shifts recorded at this site appear to be consistent with environmental changes triggered by land use (e.g. agriculture intensity) and/or possible changes in spring water discharge. Guest editors: K. Buczkó, J. Korponai, J. Padisák & S. W. Starratt Palaeolimnological Proxies as Tools of Environmental Reconstruction in Fresh Water     

Restoration of the Upper Main and Rodach rivers - The success and its measurement

Large-scale restoration of streams and rivers is a mandatory prerequisite for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) to reach good ecological status of water bodies. This contribution analyzes the success of the largest river restoration in Germany at the Upper Main. Sections with a length of more than 18 km were restored between 1990 and 2008, including re-connection of former oxbow-lakes, multiple-channelling, and establishment of wide riparian buffer zones.Measuring the success of restoration by means of a multimetric assessment system, we found a clear success of restoration indicated by the status of hydromorphology and by the biological parameters, including macroinvertebrates, fishes, and macrophytes. Unlike non-restored reaches, the restored reaches attained a good ecological status. As such, the restoration of the Upper Main is shown to be a pilot project for the implementation of the WFD on a large scale.     

五种藓类植物的孢子萌发与原丝体发育

本文对中华缩叶藓(Ptychomitrium sinense)、狭叶缩叶藓(P.linearifolium)、威氏缩叶藓(P.wilsonii)、葫芦藓(Funaria hygrometrica)和立碗藓(Physcomitrium sphaericum)5种国产藓类植物的孢子萌发和原丝体发育进行研究,结果表明不同藓类孢子萌发和原丝体发育类型不同,孢子萌发和原丝体发育方式与藓类植物的生态环境有关.     

安徽与邻近省藓类植物区系数量统计比较

区系中的物种丰富度是衡量该区域中植物群落的环境条件、群落结构以及群落发育程度等的重要指标,利用丰富度指数公式,通过对安徽省与其相邻的六个省的藓类植物进行比较,可以看出安徽省藓类植物的物种多样性位居第三,是较为丰富的地区之一;在七省中安徽藓类植物属的系数最低,说明安徽藓类植物区系的丰富度和生境条件的复杂程度是较高的;比较七省的藓类植物丰富度指数与自然地理条件的关系,可认为纬度、降水量、温度以及丘陵山地占该地区总面积的百分比等地理条件综合作用影响藓类植物分布的丰富程度。     

黄山藓类植物区系

对黄山进行了多次实地调查、考察和标本采集,经分类鉴定,收集整理有关黄山藓类的研究资料,目前黄山藓类植物有46科、135属、401种（包括7亚种和22变种）,与20世纪50年代陈邦杰等以及后来对黄山的调查研究结果相比,藓类植物增加了4科、28属、184种;科内种数（≥15种）优势科有10个,属内种数（≥6种）的优势属有18个。黄山藓类植物地理成分类型复杂,东亚成分（包括中国特有）占37.82%,温带成分占35.13%,热带、亚热带成分占26.75%,表现出明显的由亚热带向温带过渡的特性。     

The value of open power line habitat in conservation of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) associated with mires

The draining of mires for silvicultural purposes has caused one of the most dramatic changes in the landscape during the last century in Finland. To study the effects of mire drainage, carabid beetle assemblages were sampled using pitfall trapping in three different mire habitat types. Carabids were sampled from mires in their natural state, drained mires and drained mires with an open power line to see whether the cleared power line can serve as an alternative habitat for mire dependent carabids. The draining of mires greatly increases the species richness of the carabid assemblages. Yet, the conservation value of the environment has dropped following the draining, since only common and abundant forest carabids have benefited from human impact. The role of the open power line as an alternative habitat for mire specialists remains questionable. A few carabid species have, however, benefited from the open habitat of the power line. The vegetation structure had a significant effect in determining the compositions of the carabid assemblages on the studied habitat types. It seems that mire dwelling carabids cannot survive on the drained mires, unless at least some characteristics, other than the mere openness of the cleared power lines, of natural mires remain.     

上海市地面藓类植物的分布格局分析

在上海市选取20个公园和2个化工厂设立22个样点,对地面藓类植物进行野外样方调查、标本鉴定和数据统计．基于75种记录的藓类植物及其盖度数据,应用双向指示种分析法(TWINSPAN)和除趋势对应分析(DCA)分析其分布格局．结果表明,上海市地面藓类植物可聚类为3个样点组,样点组1为市中心2个公园和2个化工厂,共有藓类23种,总盖度最小(21．29％);样点组2为部分市中心公园和外围公园,共有藓类44种,总盖度37．94％;样点组3主要为外围公园和市郊公园,共有藓类49种,总盖度为49．66％．结果反映了藓类植物分布与不同生境,环境污染及人为干扰有一定相关性．