红海榄红树林的蒸腾作用与生态因子的关系

在海南东寨港应用气孔计对红海榄红树群落的蒸腾速率、气孔导度和几个生态因子日变化同步进行测定。在12月19日晴天条件下,冠层叶的蒸腾作用上午10—11时达到最高值4.27—4.34μg·cm~(-2)s(-1),午间蒸腾速率下降。群落总蒸腾速率与光合有效辐射、叶内外水汽压差、气温、相对湿度、叶温和风速等因子的复相关达到极显著;对蒸腾速率影响显著的生态因子是光合有效辐射,相对湿度和叶内外水汽压差。红海榄群落日平均蒸腾速率为2502gH_2O·m~(-2)d~(-1),其中冠层叶的蒸腾占总量的63％。     

英罗港红树植物群落不同演替阶段植物元素分布及其与土壤肥力的关系

 根据广西英罗港红树植物群落的演替过程, 研究了5个主要演替阶段红树植物群落优势种地上部分的7种元素 （N、P、K、Ca、Mg、Na、Cl）含量、群落元素积累量及其与土壤肥力的关系。结果表明：1）红树植物不同器官元素含量大小为：N、P、K均为花果＞叶＞枝＞皮＞干,Ca为皮＞枝、叶＞花果＞干,Mg为花果＞叶＞皮＞枝＞干, Na、Cl为叶、花果＞皮＞枝＞干;2）同一器官中各元素含量均以Cl、Na最多, 其次是N、Ca、K, 然后是Mg, 最少是P;3）随着进展演替, 红树植物群落优势种的N、P、K含量呈明显减少     

红树内生细菌CⅢ-1菌株鉴定及其胞外抗菌蛋白性质研究

用对峙生长法从422株红树内生细菌中筛选到1株对青枯雷尔氏菌(Ralstonia solanacearum)、金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)、溶藻弧菌(Vibrio alginolyticus)、辣椒疫霉菌(Phytophthora capsici)、香蕉枯萎病菌(Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense)等动植物病原细菌和真菌均具有较强的拮抗作用的海洋细菌CⅢ-1菌株, 经形态和生理生化特性及16S rRNA序列分析, 鉴定该菌株为解淀粉芽孢杆菌(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens)。用33%硫酸铵从菌株的培养滤液中盐析获得对供试病原菌均具有较强拮抗作用的抗菌活性蛋白, 性质测定发现, 该抗菌活性蛋白对热不稳定, 60?C和100?C下处理10 min, 其抗菌活性分别下降了62.5%和完全丧失, 在pH 5.0?10.0范围内均具有抑菌作用, 以pH 7.0时抗菌活性最强。     

红树林溶磷菌的初步鉴定、溶磷能力测定及其优化培养

对分离来自华南红树林的溶磷菌进行16S rDNA或ITS等基因水平上的初步鉴定, 测定其溶解无机磷的能力, 并对溶磷菌的生长培养基条件进行优化。结果表明, 溶磷真菌的溶磷效果明显强于溶磷细菌, 且溶磷真菌的溶解无机磷能力与培养液的pH呈极显著负相关, 而溶磷细菌的溶磷能力与pH没显著相关关系。单因素实验表明, 对供试菌株生长的合适碳源为麦芽糖, 氮源为尿素。通过正交实验得到的优化培养基为麦芽糖5 g/L、尿素0.05 g/L、NaCl 5 g/L、pH 5, 在30°C下培养48 h菌落总数可达6.06×     

Phenology of recruitment and infection patterns of Ascocotyle pachycystis, a digenean parasite in the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus

In northwest Florida, Cyprinodon variegatus are parasitized by Ascocotyle pachycystis, a digenean parasite that forms metacercarial cysts in the lumen of the bulbus arteriosus. Field experiments revealed that fish accumulated parasites at an uneven rate within the highly seasonal trematode recruitment period. Older (= larger) fish had higher rates of parasite recruitment and higher parasite prevalences and densities (numbers of metacercariae per individual fish) than did younger (= smaller) fish. Nearly all adults were parasitized (prevalence range 70-100%), and parasite densities ranged from zero to 6800 per fish. Parasite distributions were clumped (= aggregated) in fish of all age classes but were less heterogeneous in early juveniles and adults than they were in late juveniles. Parasites affected the population dynamics of sheepshead minnows by causing reduced winter survivorship, as evidenced by an increase in the average size of fish and a decrease in the average infection intensity over the winter. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Genetic perturbation of AMP biosynthesis extends lifespan and restores metabolic health in a naturally short-lived vertebrate

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Development process of tidal-flat type mangrove habitats and their zonation in the Pacific Ocean

Using the sites of Pagbilao, the Philippines and Pohnpei Island, the Federated States of Micronesia, zonation and development process of mangrove habitats on tidal flats situated in the geomorphic environment excluding estuary, delta, and lagoon or backmarsh behind barrier or beach ridge were discussed from the viewpoint of geomorphology.Zonations of the mangrove forests were observed from seaward to landward in both areas. Most of the zones correspond with the variations of the ground level or deposit. Mangrove peat which has a thickness of about 2 meters was deposited in the main part of the mangrove habitats in both areas. On the other hand, some large Sonneratia alba were observed in the Rhizophora apiculata habitat on Pohnpei Island. The authors presumed that some of the large S. alba have survived by regeneration from fallen stems since the mangrove forest developed on the present site.The maximum depth of the mangrove peat layer reaches 1.7 meter below the present sea level in Pagbilao and over 2.5 meters at Pohnpei Island. The bottom of the mangrove peat was dated at about 2,000 y.B.P. in both areas by the radiocarbon method. The mangrove peat depositional areas have not been moved during the last 2,000 years. Therefore, the mangrove forests seem to have grown in the present sites since 2,000 y.B.P. and accumulated peat in connection with the subsequent sea-level rise. xx]Nomenclature: Scientific names for mangroves follow Tomlinson (1986). xx]Papers presented at the Vth INTECOL Congress at Yokohama 1990.     

秋茄落叶分解中营养元素释放的季节动态

研究了福建九龙江口林地红树植物秋茄落叶分解过程中K、Ca、Mg和P营养元素释放速率的季节动态。结果表明,腐解中叶片元素组成因不同营养元素损失率而变化较大。元素的损失总是快于干重损失,且损失速率为K>Mg>Ca和K>P。冬季P的损失快于Mg和Ca(P>Mg>Ca),夏季则相反(Mg>Ca>P),其余两季节差别不大。4个季节分解56天后,K、Ca、Mg、P分别损失达初始量的72—97％,51—88％,60—90％和64—79％。     

Dispersal,establishment and survival of Ceriops tagal propagules in a north Australian mangrove forest

Studies of the ecology of mangroves show that a wide variety of factors, including salinity, desiccation, disturbance, competition and predation, may affect the distribution and abundance of species. Field studies were done to examine the relative importance of several of these factors in the establishment and early survival of Ceriops tagal, a species common in mid-to high-shore regions of mangrove forests in northern Australia. The fate of marked and tethered propagules was followed to estimate the range of dispersal and the intensity of predation. Propagules were artificially planted under different thicknesses of shade cloth (none, 30%, 80%) and in different habitats (clearing, forest, clearing-forest fringe) to examine the effects of light and soil conditions on survival and growth. Results suggested that dispersal was very limited: only 9% of marked propagules were ever found more than 3 m from the parent tree. Losses to predators were great, with 83% of tethered propagules being damaged or consumed within 3 months. On average, 56% of planted propagules survived for at least 6 weeks and 76% of these initiated growth. Survival in clearings was lower than in other habitats, with 29% fewer surviving six weeks and 48% fewer surviving 15 months. The growth of seedlings was correlated with soil temperature, but the effects of treatments were complex. Overall, results indicated that poor dispersal and establishment were the main factors likely to limit the colonisation and population growth of this species. Received: 12 September 1995/Accepted: 14 June 1996     

The vegetation of the Farasān Islands,Red Sea,Saudi Arabia

Abstract. Classification of the vegetation of the Farasān Islands using TWINSPAN technique resulted in the recognition of seven community types associated with seven different habitat types: silty runnels, palm orchards, rocky plains, rocky plateau crevices, coastal sand dunes, sand plains, and mangroves. These communities were dominated or co-dominated by 13 perennial species; 87 associate species were recorded in the study area with chamaephytes dominating the life-form spectrum. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) indicated that organic carbon, soil moisture, silt, electrical conductivity and calcium carbonate were the major edaphic gradients controlling the distribution of the plant communities on the Farasān Islands. Higher species richness was recorded in the plant communities inhabiting the palm orchards, the crevices of the rocky plateau, silty runnels, rocky plains and rocky plateau, while those of the mangrove and sand formations (dunes and plains) showed a lower species richness. Soil texture and organic matter are the main factors promoting species diversity in the more diversified habitats, while high salinity and calcium carbonate are the main factors associated with lower species diversity in the less diversified habitats of the study area.