高寒湿地生态系统土壤有机物质补给及地-气CO2交换特征

海北高寒湿地植物地上、地下生物现存量较高,2004年海北高寒湿地植物净初级生产力为1799.7 gC·m^-2.由于家畜对湿地植物采食量低,每年将有大量的枯黄植物残留于地表,表现出地上、地下生物量以及苔鲜均成为土壤有机物质的补给源.由于区域温度低,积水严重,对植物残体分解缓慢,导致湿地土壤有机质含量很高,形成了厚达2 m左右的泥炭层.观测结果表明,海北高寒湿地净生态系统CO₂交换量具有明显的季节变化,年内4月和10月存在两个CO₂释放高峰期,夏季的7~8月为一个强吸收期,全年来看为一个巨大的碳源.2004年净生态系统年碳交换量为76.7 gC·m^-2.计算结果表明,植被的呼吸消耗量每年为1199.8 gC·m^-2,其植物总固碳量为2999.5 gC·m^-2,而土壤呼吸为1876.4 gC·m^-2.     

高寒草甸植被生产量年际变化及水分利用率状况

分析了海北地区高寒草甸植被2001-2011年11 a耗水量、 生物现存量、 净初级生产量、 水分利用率及其相关性, 结果表明: 植物生长期5-9月耗水量416.30 mm, 植被地上净初级生产量(ANPP)、 地下净初级生产量(BNPP)以及总的净初级生产量(NPP=ANPP+BNPP)分别为393.07 g·m^-2、 945.26 g·m^-2、 1 338.33 g·m^-2, BNPP与ANPP之比为2.404. 8月底植被现存生物量达3 422.92 g·m^-2, 其中地上和地下现存量分别为411.07 g·m^-2、 3 011.85 g·m^-2, BNPP与ANPP之比高达7.327, 说明植被现存量巨大, 归还土壤碳能力强. NPP与5-9月植被耗水量相关性很差, 但与5-9月平均气温具有显著的正相关关系, 表明高寒草甸地区水分条件可满足植物生长的基本需求, 而同期温度是影响NPP提高的重要因素. 11 a来BNPP、 ANPP和NPP平均水分利用率分别为0.958 g·m^-2·mm^-1、 2.326 g·m^-2·mm^-1和3.284 g·m^-2·mm^-1, 表明高寒草甸植被净初级生产具有较高的水分利用率.     

祁连山海北高寒湿地气候变化及植被演替分析

分析了近40a海北高寒湿地区域气候变化特征,以及近期湿地退化和植被演替的情况.结果表明:祁连山海北地区自1957年以来年平均气温以0.157℃·10a^-1的倾向率升高,年降水量约以1859mm·10a^-1的倾向率递减,年平均地温比同期气温的增加更为迅速,表现出海北地区气候及土壤性状均向干暖化趋势发展,特别是土壤干暖化程度尤为明显.由于人类活动加剧影响,超载过牧,原生植被遭受破坏,草场退化严重,地表潜在蒸散力加大.深层的多年冻土退化,冻胀草丘坍塌,导致湿地植被发生变化,使沼泽化草甸向典型草甸演替.不同年度调查结果表明,高寒湿地植被在气候干暖化趋势的加剧影响下,植物群落组成发生变异,物种多样性、生态优势度均比湿地原生植被的物种有增多的趋势.原生适应寒冷、潮湿生境的藏嵩草为主的草甸植被类型逐渐退化,有些物种甚至消失,而被那些寒冷湿中生为主的典型草甸类型所替代.组成植物群落的湿中生种类减少,中生种类(如线叶嵩草)大量增加,群落盖度相对降低,群落生产量大幅度下降.     

农田排水对沼泽湿地毛果苔草的影响及效应

随着三江平原沼泽湿地的垦殖,农田排水不断进入沼泽湿地,对湿地生态系统造成不同程度的影响。当一定氮、磷浓度的农田排水进入毛果苔草沼泽湿地后,水中TN、NH₄+-N、TP和PO₄3--P的含量均明显升高,8~9月份TN和NH₄+-N含量分别为自然沼泽湿地水体的1.51~2.10倍和1.53~3.02倍;TP和PO₄3--P含量分别为1.30~4.08倍和4.33~11.33倍。接受农田排水的毛果苔草根、茎叶生物量明显增高,相应的植物不同部分TN、TP含量也明显增高,其毛果苔草根部TN、TP含量与水中TN、TP含量的相关关系比自然湿地毛果苔草的这一相关关系更强,表明农田排水可促进毛果苔草的生长和对氮、磷的吸收。由于农田排水中磷的含量相对较高,造成湿地水系统N/P失衡,对湿地毛果苔草生态系统的稳定性和生物生产力形成潜在的威胁,因此应控制农田排水直接排入沼泽湿地。     

季节性放牧对黄河源区高寒草甸植被耗水量及水分利用效率的影响

研究季节性放牧对植被耗水量、水分利用效率的影响,是探索如何提高高寒草甸水源涵养能力的重要内容之一。以青藏高原三江源高寒草甸季节性放牧样地与自然放牧样地为研究对象,分析了季节性放牧和自然放牧条件下高寒草甸植被耗水量、水分盈亏量、水分利用效率（WUE）的动态变化及其与环境因素的关系。结果表明：在植被生长季（5-9月）,季节性放牧样地和自然放牧样地植被耗水量在5月开始增加, 7月达最高,分别为160.94 mm和145.96 mm,季节性放牧样地植被总耗水量（395.52 mm）比自然放牧样地（348.14 mm）高13.61%。生长季平均来看,季节性放牧样地和自然放牧样地5-9月水分正盈余,分别为13.58 mm和70.96 mm,但在植物生长旺季（8月）略有亏缺。季节性放牧样地和自然放牧样地植被耗水量均与降水量呈弱的正相关关系。季节性放牧样地植被地上净初级生产量（ANPP）、地下净初级生产量（BNPP）和总的净初级生产量（NPP）比自然放牧样地分别高32.54 g·m^-2、5.96 g·m^-2、38.50 g·m^-2,季节性放牧样地ANPP的水分利用效率（WUE）比自然放牧样地高53.85%,而BNPP、NPP的WUE比自然放牧样地分别低13.06%和9.97%。这表明,季节性放牧可提高植被生产量和耗水量,但对高寒草甸WUE的影响因放牧方式不同导致地上、地下生物量分配格局不同而有所差异。     

青藏高原多年冻土区典型高寒草地生物量对气候变化的响应

多年冻土区冻土生态系统对气候变化极其敏感,利用在长江黄河源区实测的高寒草甸和高寒草原植被生物量数据以及青藏高原降水、气温以及地温等的空间分布规律,建立了长江黄河源区高寒草甸与高寒草原等主要高寒生态系统地上与地下现存生物量对气候要素变化的多元回归模型.预测分析表明:如果未来10 a气温增加0.44℃·(10a)^-1,在降水量不变的情况下,高寒草甸和高寒草原地上生物量分别递减2.7%和2.4%,如果同时降水量小幅度增加8 mm·(10a)^-1,则地上生物量可基本保持现状水平略有减少;在气温增加2.2℃·(10a)^-1,在降水量不变的情况下,高寒草甸和高寒草原地上生物量年分别平均减少达6.8%和4.6%,如果同期降水量增加12 mm·(10a)^-1,高寒草甸地上生物量可基本维持现状水平略有增加,而高寒草原地上生物量则递增5.2%.高寒草原植被地上生物量对气候增暖的响应幅度显著小于高寒草甸,而对降水增加的响应程度大于高寒草甸.明确高寒草地植被生物量随气候变化的演变趋势,对于青藏高原生态环境保护和研究气候变化对青藏高原生态系统碳循环和河源区水循环的影响具有重要意义.     

多年冻土区高寒草甸根系分布与活动层温度变化特征的关系

多年冻土区植物根系的地下分布格局是其适应高寒、反复冻融作用等特殊环境条件的重要体现.针对目前青藏高原高寒植物根系研究不足的现状,对青藏铁路沿线高寒草甸植物群落根系的分布特征及多年冻土活动层地温变化等进行调查观测.研究高寒植物群落根系在活动层土壤中的垂直分布特征,重点探讨多年冻土活动层温度变化对于高寒植物根系分布和格局的影响,揭示植物根系对冻土环境变化的响应特征及其对逆境条件的适应策略.研究结果表明:活动层季节性冻融对于高寒植物和地下根系分布格局具有深刻的影响,多年冻土表层最先具备适宜根系生长的温度和水分条件,导致高寒草甸根系分布浅层化,生物量大量累积在土壤表层,并随深度增加而减少.高寒草甸地下平均总根量为3.38 kg·m^-2,0~10 cm土层根量密度平均为21.41 kg·m^-3,约占地下根系总量的63.4%.高寒草甸植物群落具极高的根茎比,活动层长期的低温环境增加了根系的干物质总量和高寒植物总的生物产量.活动层0℃以上积温是根系分布的主要影响因子.     

青藏高原北部高海拔地区嵩草草甸植物多样性分析

基于75个样条的野外调查资料, 分析了青藏高原北部高海拔地区嵩草草甸的植物多样性. 研究表明: α多样性指数从高山嵩草(Kobresia pygmaea)草甸、藏嵩草(K. tibetica)草甸到矮嵩草(K. humilis)草甸依次降低, 而β多样性指数从高山嵩草草甸、矮嵩草草甸到藏嵩草草甸依次降低, 同时, βws多样性指数趋于稳定的样方面积为8～16 m2时. 公路两侧迹地上次生恢复群落的α多样性均小于各自原生群落的α多样性, 而恢复群落的β指数均大于原生群落的β指数. 在冻土持续退化过程中, 高寒草甸的α多样性指数和β多样性指数表现为先增加后降低的趋势.     

青藏高原多年冻土区不同草地类型生态系统呼吸季节差异性

研究多年冻土区不同草地类型及季节生态系统呼吸,对理解青藏高原碳源汇关系及其对气候变化响应具有重要意义。在青藏高原风火山选取高寒草甸和沼泽草甸对生长季和非生长季生态系统呼吸进行观测。结果表明：生态系统呼吸呈明显的日变化和季节变化,高寒草甸日变异系数（0.30~0.92）高于沼泽草甸（0.12~0.29）,高寒草甸非生长季生态系统呼吸白天/晚上比高于生长季,而沼泽草甸季节变化较小;季节变化与5 cm地温变化一致。高寒草甸和沼泽草甸非生长季生态系统呼吸平均速率分别为0.31和0.36 μmol·m^-2·s^-1,生长季分别为1.99和2.85 μmol·m^-2·s^-1。沼泽草甸生态系统呼吸年排放总量为1 419.01 gCO₂·m^-2,显著高于高寒草甸（1 042.99 gCO₂·m^-2）,其中非生长季高27%,生长季高39%。高寒草甸和沼泽草甸非生长季生态系统呼吸总量分别为268.13和340.40 gCO₂·m^-2,分别占全年的25.71%和23.99%。两种草地类型生态系统呼吸与气温、5 cm和20 cm地温均显著相关,可解释37%~73%的季节变异,除生长季沼泽草甸外,生态系统呼吸与5 cm地温相关性最高。非生长季5 cm地温对应Q₁₀为4.34~5.02,高于生长季（2.35~2.75）,且沼泽草甸高于高寒草甸。生长季生态系统呼吸与土壤水分无显著关系,而非生长季生态系统呼吸受土壤水分显著影响（R²：0.21~0.40）,随土壤水分增加而增加。     

高寒湿地太阳辐射和地表反射率变化的统计学特征

依据祁连山海北高寒湿地植物生长期观测的太阳总辐射(E_g)和反射辐射(Er)资料,分析了高寒湿地E_g和地表反射率(A)的日及季节变化特征.结果表明:祁连山海北高寒湿地,有较强的E_g,但A较低.年内1-12月E_g的平均日总量达17.3 MJ·m^-2,其中植物生长期的5-9月平均日总量为20.0MJ·m^-2,表现出4-7月高,冷季低的变化特征.A的日、季节变化均表现“U”型变化过程.2004年1-12月A的年平均值为0.32,植物生长季的5-9月平均值为0.18,植物非生长季的10月-翌年4月平均值为0.43.其中1月最高(0.70),7月最低(0.16).     

环境因子影响下疏勒河上游高寒草甸物种丰富度与生物量间的关系

生物多样性与生产力的关系是生态学领域争论不休的重要科学问题。调查了青藏高原疏勒河上游高寒草甸典型植物群落物种丰富度、生物量及环境因子,分析了不同植物群落物种丰富度与生物量的关系及其差异性,并探讨了影响两者间关系的关键环境因子。结果表明：1）以莎草科或毛茛科物种为主要建群种的植物群落物种丰富度与生物量不存在显著的相关性（P>0.05）,如高山嵩草+苔草群落、线叶嵩草+黑褐苔草群落、唐松草+矮火绒群落、草苔草+昆仑蒿群落;而以禾本科为建群种的植物群落（紫花针茅+紫菀群落、紫花针茅+沙生风毛菊群落）两者间存着显著正相关性（P<0.05）.2）CCA排序中,环境因子对植物群落分布格局的累计解释量为83.4%,这说明环境异质性是影响植物群落空间格局的主要原因,其中冻土上限埋深是影响植物群落特征及分布的关键环境因子。冻土上限埋深小于-4m时,丰富度与生物量间存在着显著的正相关;冻土上限埋深大于-4m时,两者间无显著相关性。这有助于深刻认识生物多样性与高寒草甸生态系统功能的关系。     

Variations in soil properties and their effect on subsurface biomass distribution in four alpine meadows of the hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau of China

To understand and predict the role of soils in changes in alpine meadow ecosystems during climate warming, soil monoliths, extending from the surface to the deepest roots, were collected from Carex moorcroftii, Kobresia humilis, mixed grass, and Kobresia pygmaea alpine meadows in the hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau, China. The monoliths were used to measure the distribution with depth of biomass, soil grain size, soil nutrient levels, and soil moisture. With the exception of the K. pygmaea meadow, the percentages of gravel and coarse sand in the soils were high, ranging from 37.7 to 57.8% for gravel, and from 18.7 to 27.9% for coarse sand. The texture was finest in the upper 10 cm soil layer, and generally became coarser with increasing depth. Soil nutrients were concentrated in the top 15 cm soil layer, especially in the top 10 cm. Soil water content was low, ranging from 3 to 28.4%. Most of the subsurface biomass was in the top 10 cm, with concentrations of 79.8% in the K. humilis meadow, 77.6% in the mixed grass meadow, and 62.3% in the C. moorcroftii meadow. Owing to deeper root penetration, the concentration of subsurface biomass in the upper 10 cm of K. pygmaea soil was only 41.7%. The subsurface biomass content decreased exponentially with depth; this is attributed to the increase in grain size and decrease in soil nutrient levels with depth. Soil water is not a primary factor influencing the vertical and spatial distribution of subsurface biomass in the study area. The lack of fine material and of soil nutrients resulted in low surficial and subsurface biomass everywhere.     

Below- and Aboveground Biomass of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Spartina alterniflora</Emphasis>: Response to Nutrient Addition in a Louisiana Salt Marsh

The responses of Spartina alterniflora above- and belowground biomass to various combinations of N, P, and Fe were documented in a 1-year field experiment in a Louisiana salt marsh. Five levels of N additions to 0.25 m² plots resulted in 18% to 138% more live aboveground biomass compared to the control plots and higher stem densities, but had no effect on the amount of live belowground biomass (roots and rhizomes; R&R). There was no change in the aboveground biomass when P or Fe was added as part of a factorial experiment of +P, +N, and +Fe additions, but there was a 40% to 60% decrease in the live belowground biomass, which reduced the average R&R:S ratio by 50%. The addition of various combinations of nutrients had a significant affect on the belowground biomass indicating that the addition of P, not N, eased the need for root foraging activity. The end-of-the-growing-season N:P molar ratios in the live above- and belowground tissues of the control plot was 16.4 and 32.7, respectively. The relative size of the belowground standing stocks of N and P was higher than in the aboveground live tissues, but shifted downwards to about half that in fertilized plots. We conclude that the aboveground biomass was directly related to N availability, but not P, and that the accumulation of belowground biomass was not limited by N. We suggest that the reduction in belowground biomass with increased P availability, and the lower absolute and relative belowground standing stocks of P as plant tissue N:P ratios increased, is related to competition with soil microbes for P. One implication for wetland management and restoration is that eutrophication may be detrimental to long-term salt marsh maintenance and development, especially in organic-rich wetland soils.     

牧压梯度下海北高寒草甸土壤速效氮变化特征及其影响因素分析

在青海海北高寒矮嵩草草甸设置封育禁牧(CK)、轻牧(LG)、中牧(MG)和重牧(HG)放牧梯度试验样地, 进行了土壤速效氮变化特征及影响因素的分析. 结果表明: 植物生长期的5-9月, 土壤NH₄⁺-N、NO₃^--N和速效氮(NH₄⁺-N和NO₃^--N之和)含量季节变化明显, 基本表现为植物生长初期高, 末期低. CK、LG、MG和HG条件下, 5-9月0~40 cm土壤NH₄⁺-N平均含量分别为17.62 mg·kg^-1、17.84 mg·kg^-1、18.63 mg·kg^-1和16.67 mg·kg^-1, NO₃^--N平均含量为8.91 mg·kg^-1、8.23 mg·kg^-1、7.99 mg·kg^-1和7.94 mg·kg^-1, 速效氮平均含量为26.53 mg·kg^-1、26.07 mg·kg^-1、26.62 mg·kg^-1和24.61 mg·kg^-1, 基本表现出随放牧强度增大而降低. 土壤速效氮月际变化与地上绿体生物量具有一定的负相关关系, 表明地上生物量越大, 消耗土壤速效氮越趋明显; 与枯落物有一定的正相关关系, 与地下生物量关系不甚明显, 与湿沉降呈现负的相关性. 土壤NH₄⁺-N含量与土壤有机碳有负相关关系, 而NO₃^--N含量与有机碳相关性差, 表明土壤有机碳越高, 土壤NH₄⁺-N消耗越明显.     

Below- and Aboveground Spartina alterniflora Production in a Louisiana Salt Marsh

The monthly variations of below- and aboveground biomass of Spartina alterniflora were documented for a south Louisiana salt marsh from March 2004 to March 2005, and in March 2006 and 2007. The annual production rate above- and belowground was 1821 and 11,676 g m^?2, respectively (Smalley method), and the annual production rate per biomass belowground was 10.7 g dry weight^?1, which are highs along the latitudinal distributions of the plant’s range. The average root + rhizome/shoot ratio (R&R/S) was 2.6:1, which is lower than the R&R/S ratios of 4 to 5.1 reported for Spartina sp. marshes in the northeastern US. The belowground biomass increased from July to September and fluctuated between October and November, after which it declined until February when the growing season began. The belowground biomass was dominated by rhizomes, which declined precipitously in spring and then rose to a seasonal high in the month before declining again as the late summer rise in inflorescence began. Over half of the root biomass in a 30-cm soil profile was in the upper 10 cm, and in the 10- to 20-cm profile for rhizomes. The maximum March biomass above- and belowground was four to five times that of the minimum biomass over the four sampling years. The net standing stock (NSS) of N and P in live biomass aboveground compared to that in the belowground biomass was about 1.7 times higher and equal, respectively, but the NSS of N and P for the live + dead biomass was about six times higher belowground. The average nitrogen/phosphorous molar ratios of 16:1 aboveground is in agreement with the often tested N limitation of biomass accumulation aboveground, whereas the 37:1 belowground ratio suggests that there is an influence of P on R&R foraging for P belowground. Some implications for management and restoration are, in part, that salt marshes should be evaluated and examined using information on the plant’s physiology and production both below- and aboveground.     

The Functions and Values of Fringing Salt Marshes in Northern New England,USA

We compared the functions and values of fringing salt marshes to those of meadow marshes along the southern Maine/New Hampshire coast. Differences included soil organic matter content, plant species richness, and percent cover of high and low-marsh species. More sediment was trapped per unit area in fringing marshes than in meadow marshes, but this difference was not significant. Similarities included aboveground and belowground peak season biomass and the ability to dampen wave energy. Both marsh types reduced the height of waves coming onto the marsh surface by 63% only 7 m into the marsh. Fringing marshes are diverse in terms of their physical characteristics (width, length, slope, elevation, soils). Despite their small size, they are valuable components of estuaries, performing many ecological functions to the same degree as nearby meadow marshes. More effort should be made to include them in regional efforts to conserve and restore coastal habitats.