红树植物木榄种群高度结构的分形特征

 采用计测等值线分形维数的方法,探讨山口国家级红树林自然保护区内的木榄(Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)种群高度结构的特征。结果表明,木榄种群的高度结构具有分形的特征,其计盒维数介于1.61～1.90之间,信息维数介于1.63～1.84之间,分形维数的高低主要与幼树个体的数量、个体的集聚程度和高度层次结构的复杂程度等密切相关。计盒维数定量描述种群占据垂直空间的能力和程度,而信息维数揭示种群高度层次细节的尺度变化强度和个体高度分布的非均匀性程度。分析表明,等值线法能够有效地表征木榄种群高度结构的分     

Environmental Effects of Canopy Gap Formation in High-Rainfall Mangrove Forests1

This study investigated the importance of gap formation in mangrove swamps on the island of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, in order to understand better both natural processes of forest development and the effects of harvesting trees for firewood in these wetlands. Measurements were concentrated in seven plots located near four rivers: three in fringe zones and four in basin zones. Each plot was a cluster of five points and covered an area of ca 1.3 ha. From every point in each of the seven plots, the nearest canopy gap ≥10 m² was located; 25 of the 35 gaps were formed by harvesting. Porewater salinity was significantly higher under the canopy in fringe mangrove forests than in basin mangrove forests. Although gaps were small (mean gap size = 158 m²; median gap size = 92 m²), soil temperatures were significantly higher in gaps of both zones. Soil redox potential was significantly lower and porewater salinity significantly higher in the gaps than under the canopy in the basin zone only. Higher porewater salinity may be attributed to high evaporation rates from the soil and high transpiration rates from trees surrounding gaps. There were significantly more seedlings in gaps than under the canopy only in the fringe zones. Although gap formation alters the soil environment of Kosraean mangrove swamps, high freshwater input may buffer these effects in basin mangrove swamps by reducing porewater salinity. Current harvesting rates do not appear to be changing canopy species composition, but large gaps, especially in mangrove forests in more arid areas, may lead to major changes.     

Surculiseries rugispora gen. et sp. nov., a new endophytic mitosporic fungus from leaves ofBruguiera gymnorrhiza

Surculiseries rugispora gen. et sp. nov. is described as an endophytic fungus from leaves ofBruguiera gymnorrhiza in mangrove forests in the Iriomote Is., Okinawa, Japan. This fungus develops peculiar conditiongenous cells that resemble octopus legs with obvious sucker-like scars, and produces lentiform conidia with lines on surface. Sequence analysis of 18S rDNA places this new fungus in the family Xylariaceae and shows its close affinity to the genusAscotricha (anamorph:Dicyma).