暖温带两种针叶林生态系统中茎流和穿透雨的养分特征研究

通过对暖温带地区两种典型人工针叶林生态系统内树干茎流和穿透雨的收集,对其中Ｎ、Ｐ、Ｋ、Ｃａ、Ｍｇ、Ｓ和Ａｌ等７种元素进行了测定。研究发现这些养分元素在树干茎流和穿透雨中的含量在年内有明显的时间动态变化,这些变化主要受元素在水分中的含量和它们在植物生命活动中的活跃程度等影响,甚至在不同的针叶林生态系统之间都有一定的差异,其中表现为明显的是Ｎ、Ｋ和Ｓ。     

珊瑚礁白化研究进展

珊瑚礁白化是由于珊瑚失去体内共生的虫黄藻和（或）共生的虫黄藻失去体内色素而导致五彩缤纷的珊瑚礁变白的生态现象。近年来,频繁发生的珊瑚礁白化导致了珊瑚礁生态系统严重退化,并已经影响到全球珊瑚礁生态系统的平衡,受到了人们的高度重视。研究认为：（1）大范围珊瑚礁白化主要是全球环境变化引起的,尤其是全球变暖和紫外辐射增强;（2）导致珊瑚礁白化的机制主要在于细胞机制和光抑制机制;（3）珊瑚礁白化后的恢复与白化程度有关,大范围白化的珊瑚礁完全恢复需要几年到几十年;（4）珊瑚礁白化的后果在于降低珊瑚繁殖能力、减缓珊瑚礁生长、改变礁栖生物的群落结构,导致大面积珊瑚死亡和改变珊瑚礁生态类型,如变为海藻型等;（5）与珊瑚共生的D系群虫黄藻更适应高温环境,珊瑚礁有可能通过D系群逐渐取代C系群的方式适应全球环境变化。     

黄土高原地区生态系统碳储量空间分布及其影响因素

准确估算生态系统碳储量,探明其空间分布及其影响因素对区域生态管理具有重要意义,但黄土高原地区碳储量现状、空间格局及其驱动因素尚不清楚。选择黄土高原地区森林（包括乔木林和灌木林）,草地和农田生态系统为对象,基于大量实测样点通过克里金插值和地统计方法,评估了三种生态系统地上生物量碳密度、地下生物量碳密度和0-100 cm土壤有机碳密度空间分布,并通过路径分析探讨了各碳库的主要影响因素。结果表明：黄土高原地区约占全国总面积的6.7%,其生态系统总碳储量约为2.29 Pg,仅占我国生态系统碳储量的2.3%。生态系统各碳库中,地上生物量碳储量、地下生物量碳储量、土壤有机碳储量分别为0.44、0.32和1.52 Pg;森林、草地、农田（仅指土壤）生态系统碳储量分别为0.98、1.09和0.21 Pg。气候（年均温度、年均降水）、海拔、坡度、土壤质地（砂粒、粉粒、粘粒含量）、植被覆盖状况（用NDVI表示）等因子可解释地上生物量碳密度、地下生物量碳密度、农田土壤有机碳密度空间变异的12%、8%和32%,其中,年均降水、海拔、粘粒含量是黄土高原地区生态系统碳储量空间格局的主要影响因素。本研究表明,由于黄土高原地区独特的气候、地形和土壤条件,其生态系统虽然具有较大的碳储量,但是低于我国生态系统碳储量的平均水平。     

Disturbances catalyze the adaptation of forest ecosystems to changing climate conditions

The rates of anthropogenic climate change substantially exceed those at which forest ecosystems – dominated by immobile, long‐lived organisms – are able to adapt. The resulting maladaptation of forests has potentially detrimental effects on ecosystem functioning. Furthermore, as many forest‐dwelling species are highly dependent on the prevailing tree species, a delayed response of the latter to a changing climate can contribute to an extinction debt and mask climate‐induced biodiversity loss. However, climate change will likely also intensify forest disturbances. Here, we tested the hypothesis that disturbances foster the reorganization of ecosystems and catalyze the adaptation of forest composition to climate change. Our specific objectives were (i) to quantify the rate of autonomous forest adaptation to climate change, (ii) examine the role of disturbance in the adaptation process, and (iii) investigate spatial differences in climate‐induced species turnover in an unmanaged mountain forest landscape (Kalkalpen National Park, Austria). Simulations with a process‐based forest landscape model were performed for 36 unique combinations of climate and disturbance scenarios over 1000 years. We found that climate change strongly favored European beech and oak species (currently prevailing in mid‐ to low‐elevation areas), with novel species associations emerging on the landscape. Yet, it took between 357 and 706 years before the landscape attained a dynamic equilibrium with the climate system. Disturbances generally catalyzed adaptation and decreased the time needed to attain equilibrium by up to 211 years. However, while increasing disturbance frequency and severity accelerated adaptation, increasing disturbance size had the opposite effect. Spatial analyses suggest that particularly the lowest and highest elevation areas will be hotspots of future species change. We conclude that the growing maladaptation of forests to climate and the long lead times of autonomous adaptation need to be considered more explicitly in the ongoing efforts to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services provisioning.     

Fatty acid composition of the amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus: feeding strategies and trophic links

Fatty acid (FA) compositions were determined for the invader amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus collected from July to September 2002, in an overheated, high-conductivity dammed reservoir in north-eastern France. Predominant fatty acids were the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA): eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), linoleic acid (LA), arachidonic acid (ARA), linolenic acid (LNA) together with the monounsaturated fatty acid 18:1omega9 and the saturated fatty acid 16:0. FA markers indicated that available food was constituted of incompletely degraded phytodetritus and terrestrial inputs, as well as animal remains. PUFA contents depended on the diet and the capacity of animals to desaturate and elongate LNA and LA in long chain PUFA as EPA and ARA respectively. Based on their FA compositions, we showed that gammarids represent naturally-occurring freshwater sources of essential PUFA, and could play a fundamental role in pelagic-benthic coupling and energy recycling in the ecosystem. The complexity of the feeding strategies of D. villosus--detritivorous, omnivorous, carnivorous--makes this species efficient at exploiting different components of the available food and may be a key factor in its high invasive success.     

应用聚类分析研究十字珊瑚亚科的分类并探讨其起源与演化

提要具分裂繁殖的十字珊瑚类在我国扬子区兰多维列统（Llandovery）分布广泛,属种繁多,有重要的地层意义．但长期以来关于该类群的分类位置及各属的定义和范围各家意见不一。文章应用Q型聚类分析研究十字珊瑚类的分类．提出十字珊瑚亚科可分为7属．即：Stauria Milne-Edwards et Haime, Cystostauria He et Li, Ceriaster Lindstrom. Eostauria He et Li. Paraceriaster Y. X. He. Parastauria He et Li. Massparaseriaster nora. provis. 对7个属分别给予简要定义。文中对十字珊瑚亚科的起源、演化及扩散进行探讨．并分析各属可能的演化亲缘关系。资料表明．最原始最早期的Eostauria属很可能起源于澳大利亚的新南威尔士晚奥陶世的Palaeophyllum的某一种群．后在早兰多维列世晚期扩散到扬子区．在中兰多维列世的爱隆期（Aeronian）迅速繁衍,产生许多新属种,因而扬子区在兰多维列世是十字珊瑚类的演化中心。除少数类群,如：Eostauria,Ceriaster．Stauria在晚兰多维列世或文洛克世（Wenlock）早期分别迁移到中亚地区和欧洲,多数类群在扬子区晚兰多维列世的早、中期因不适应环境巨变而快速衰亡。     

Bioerosion caused by foraging of the tropical chiton Acanthopleura gemmata at One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef

The bioerosive potential of the intertidal chiton Acanthopleura gemmata on One Tree Reef was determined by quantification of CaCO₃ in daily faecal pellet production of individuals transplanted into mesocosms after nocturnal-feeding forays. Mean bioerosive potential was estimated at 0.16 kg CaCO₃ chiton⁻¹ yr⁻¹. Bioerosion rates were estimated for populations on two distinct chiton habitats, reef margin (0.013 kg CaCO₃ m⁻² yr⁻¹) and beachrock platform (0.25 kg CaCO₃ m⁻² yr⁻¹). Chiton density on the platform was orders of magnitude greater than on the reef margin. The surface-lowering rate (0.16 mm m⁻² yr) due to bioerosion by the beachrock population is a substantial contribution to the total surface-lowering rate of 2 mm m⁻² yr⁻¹ previously reported for One Tree Reef across all erosive agents. At high densities, the contribution of A. gemmata to coral reef bioerosion budgets may be comparable to other important bioeroders such as echinoids and fish.     

城市林地与非林地大气SO２季节动态变化

SO2作为主要的大气污染物之一,对人体与环境具有严重危害,导致酸雨后危害更大,尤其是长江以南省区污染严重。对长沙和株洲市区内2种类型区域———城市林地与城市非林地空气SO2浓度通过近1a(2004-01~2005-01)的同时进行对比定位观测,用甲醛吸收副玫瑰苯胺分光光度法分析,结果表明:从两市2种类型采样地空气SO2浓度水平总体与分别来看,SO2浓度年内变化均具有明显季节性波动特征(p=0·001),冬季最高,秋季最低;除冬季二者SO2浓度较为接近外,其他各季株洲非林地观测区SO2浓度均高于同季节长沙非林地观测区SO2浓度。空气SO2浓度季节性变化与当地的地理环境、气候条件、采暖期与工业生产布局等因素有较大的关系。其中,燃煤、降水、风速风向和气温是影响空气SO2浓度变化主要的污染源与气候条件因素。空气SO2浓度水平还与所在地有无林木覆盖关系密切。无林地空气SO2浓度年均值(0·18±0·08)mg/m3,有林地空气SO2浓度年均值(0·09±0·07)mg/m3,二者间存在极其显著差异(p=0·001)。林木生理活性季节性变化对植物调节空气SO2浓度季节变化的能力有一定的影响。按林地SO2浓度减缓效应大小排序,依次是夏季(55·4%)>冬季(54·1%)>秋季(49·3%)>春季(29·6%)。城市森林作为一种有效的生物措施在控制和治理城市大气SO2污染实践中具有重要作用,不失为一种经济可行、高效的环境保护措施,应着力提高城市森林覆盖率。     

Attachment structures in Rhizotrochus (Scleractinia): macro‐ to microscopic traits and their evolutionary significance

Marine sessile benthic organisms living on hard substrates have evolved a variety of attachment strategies. Rhizotrochus (Scleractinia, Flabellidae) is a representative azooxanthellate solitary scleractinian coral with a wide geographical distribution and unique attachment structures; it firmly attaches to hard substrates using numerous tube‐like rootlets, which are extended from a corallum wall, whereas most sessile corals are attached by stereome‐reinforced structures at their corallite bases. Detailed morphological and constructional traits of the rootlets themselves, along with their evolutionary significance, have not yet been fully resolved. Growth and developmental processes of spines in Truncatoflabellum and rootlets in Rhizotrochus suggest that these structures are homologous, as they both develop from the growth edges of walls and are formed by transformation of wall structures and their skeletal microstructures possess similar characteristics, such as patterns of rapid accretion and thickening deposits. Taking molecular phylogeny and fossil records of flabellids into consideration, Rhizotrochus evolved from a common free‐living ancestor and invaded hard‐substrate habitats by exploiting rootlets of spines origin, which were adaptive for soft‐substrate environments.