Nitrogen fixation in mixed <Emphasis Type="Italic">Hylocomium splendens</Emphasis> moss communities

The pleurocarpus feather moss, Hylocomium splendens, is one of two co-dominant moss species in boreal forest ecosystems and one of the most common mosses on earth, yet little is known regarding its capacity to host cyanobacterial associates and thus contribute total ecosystem N. In these studies, we evaluated the N-fixation potential of the H. splendens–cyanobacteria association and contrasted the N-fixation activity with that of the putative N-fixing moss–cyanobacteria association of Pleurozium schreberi. Studies were conducted to: quantify N-fixation in H. splendens and P. schreberi in sites ranging from southern to northern Fennoscandia; assess N and P availability as drivers of N-fixation rates; contrast season-long N-fixation rates for both mosses; and characterize the cyanobacteria that colonize shoots of H. splendens. Nitrogen-fixation rates were generally low at southern latitudes and higher at northern latitudes (64–69°N) potentially related to anthropogenic N deposition across this gradient. Nitrogen fixation in H. splendens appeared to be less sensitive to N deposition than P. schreberi. The season-long assessment of N-fixation rates at a mixed feather moss site in northern Sweden showed that H. splendens fixed a substantial quantity of N, but about 50% less total N compared to the contribution from P. schreberi. In total, both species provided 1.6 kg fixed N ha⁻¹ year⁻¹. Interestingly, H. splendens demonstrated somewhat higher N-fixation rates at high fertility sites compared to P. schreberi. Nostoc spp. and Stigonema spp. were the primary cyanobacteria found to colonize H. splendens and P. schreberi. These results suggest that H. splendens with associated Nostoc or Stigonema communities contributes a significant quantity of N to boreal forest ecosystems, but the contribution is subordinate to that of P. schreberi at northern latitudes. Epiphytic cyanobacteria are likely a key factor determining the co-dominant presence of these two feather mosses across the boreal biome.     

不同生境下莼菜群落的物种多样性

采用Braun Blanquet多盖度等级法研究了苏州东山镇和杭州转塘镇莼菜群落的物种多样性.结果表明：两地半自然莼菜群落的种类组成均较为简单,其物种多样性指数均较低;随着从池塘中央向岸边生境过渡,莼菜群落的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Simpson优势度指数和群落均匀度指数均有显著提高;经聚类分析,同一生境类型中的样地较为相似,且池塘中央的样地比岸边的样地更为相似;线性回归和聚类分析发现,与转塘镇相比,东山镇两类生境莼菜群落间的差异性更大.     

莼菜冬芽越冬生理研究

按季节测定了莼菜生长周期中可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖、脯氨酸以及水分的含量 ,测定结果表明冬芽越冬阶段其体内可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖以及水分的含量较高 ,而脯氨酸却是一年中的最低。这说明冬芽越冬期间其抗寒性的维持可能与体内高浓度的可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖以及水分有关 ,而与脯氨酸无直接的关系。     

莼菜根不同发育区细胞中高尔基体的发育与结构变化

在莼菜根分生区细胞中,部分粗糙内质网片断转化成单个潴泡,游离于细胞基质中的单个潴泡相互叠加后形成具6—8个潴泡组成的高尔基体。高尔基体在伸长区进入分泌高峰期,由于其成熟面的潴泡溢出大量分泌泡后消失或潴泡游离出去,使高尔基体潴泡数目减少,部分高尔基体形成面有内质网溢出的小泡互相融合后形成新的潴泡补充,另一些高尔基体由于得不到潴泡补充而逐渐消失;这可能是成熟区细胞内高尔基体数目减少的重要原因之一。     

The effects of wood decay type on the growth of bryophyte gametophytes

Deadwood is an important habitat for bryophytes in boreal and subalpine forests. The type of decay in wood (white, brown, and soft rot) caused by fungal colonizers has been revealed to affect bryophyte communities. However, little is known about the effects of decay type on the growth of bryophytes. We tested the effect of wood decay type on gametophyte growth for two common bryophyte species, Scapania bolanderi Austin and Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt., which dominate the logs in subalpine coniferous forest on Mt. Ontake, in central Honshu, Japan. We used pot culture experiments in an open-sky nursery field. After eight months of cultivation, the growth of S. bolanderi was larger on brown rot wood than white rot wood, but the growth of P. schreberi was not. Mixed cultures of the two species also showed greater growth on brown rot wood. However, growth of S. bolanderi was significantly smaller than P. schreberi in mixed culture. These results suggest that brown rot wood enhances growth of S. bolanderi, but growth may be reduced under competition from P. schreberi. The results are in agreement with the field observation that brown rot wood has a positive association with S. bolanderi coverage on deadwood.     

Trophic cascades in the bryosphere: the impact of global change factors on top‐down control of cyanobacterial N2‐fixation

Trophic cascades in which predators regulate densities of organisms at lower trophic levels are important drivers of population dynamics, but effects of trophic cascades on ecosystem‐level fluxes and processes, and the conditions under which top‐down control is important, remain unresolved. We manipulated the structure of a food web in boreal feather mosses and found that moss‐inhabiting microfauna exerted top‐down control of N₂‐fixation by moss‐associated cyanobacteria. However, the presence of higher trophic levels alleviated this top‐down control, likely through feeding on bacterivorous microfauna. These effects of food‐web structure on cyanobacterial N₂‐fixation were dependent on global change factors and strongly suppressed under N fertilisation. Our findings illustrate how food web interactions and trophic cascades can regulate N cycling in boreal ecosystems, where carbon uptake is generally strongly N‐limited, and shifting trophic control of N cycling under global change is therefore likely to impact ecosystem functioning.     

Hg2+污染对莼菜冬芽幼叶细胞超微结构伤害的研究

报道了Ｈｇ＾２＋污染对莼菜冬芽幼叶毒害引起的叶片受害症状和叶肉细胞的超微结构变化。冬芽在Ｈｇ＾２＋浓度５ｍｇ／Ｌ处理１５ｄ时,叶片开始褪绿,腺毛收缩扭曲,粘液减少,细胞中高尔基体消失,核糖体减少,线粒体出现解体。在相同处理时间中,随着Ｈｇ＾２＋浓度增加,细胞出现质膜收缩,胞间连丝断裂,核仁裂解成多个小核仁,叶绿体膨胀,类囊体解体。在Ｈｇ＾２＋浓度１５ｍｇ／Ｌ时,细胞核解体,细胞死亡。经观察,Ｈｇ＾     

Funaria Rhizoids infected with Pleotrachelus wildermani

Abstract

The recolonisation of bryophytes on soil during 3½ years following fire in a mixed forest in south-west Tasmania is characterised by the presence of Marchantia berteroana, Funaria hygrometrica, Ceratodon purpureus and Polytrichum juniperinum, while limited cover is provided by Campy lop us introjlexus, Tortella calycina and Bryum sauteri. It has been verified that the protonemal growth of the early colonising mosses is more rapid than non-colonising specles. The preference for spores of Funaria hygrometrica, Ceratodon purpureus and Marchantia berteroana to germinate on burnt soil is confirmed. However, it has been shown that burnt substrates do not inhibit the germination of non-colonising species. Therefore, the rapid development of protonemata and gametophytes in the colonising species may be a critical factor for their success.