海南高隆湾海草床修复成效及影响因素

为缓解海南岛东海岸海草床的持续退化,在高隆湾光滩区采用单株定距移植法移植泰来草(Thalassia hemprichii)及海菖蒲(Enhalus acoroides)进行海草床修复研究,修复面积约为1000 m2.结果表明,采用铁架加网的修复方式,泰来草1 a后平均成活率为56.39％,其成活率在移植7个月后下降比较...     

海南文昌沿岸海草床的现状及其退化因素分析

通过对比2012、2018、2020年海南文昌沿岸海草床的调查数据,对文昌海草床的现状、退化状况以及退化因素进行分析。结果表明,2020年文昌海域海草有2科6属6种,分别为泰来草（Thalassia hemprichii）、圆叶丝粉草（Cymodocea rotunda）、单脉二药草（Halodule uninervis）、海菖蒲（Enhalus acoroides）、卵叶喜盐草（Halophila ovalis）及针叶草（Syringodium isoetifolium）。文昌海草床的分布呈明显退化的趋势,海草床面积由2012年的31.8 km2减少到2018年的24.2 km2,2020年进一步降低至18.8 km2。分析数据显示, Cu、Cd、Cr等重金属离子与调查区海草床的盖度显著负相关,表明在低营养负载时文昌周边虾塘养殖废水排放带来的重金属污染也会导致文昌海草床的退化。     

海南岛海湾与潟湖中海草的分布差异及影响分析

本文根据2002年至2016年调查数据,研究海南岛海湾与潟湖中海草的分布及其影响因素。结果表明:海南岛沿岸调查到海草共6属10种,优势种为泰来草与海菖蒲,种类数量呈现东部多、北部与南部少的特点;海草分布面积约53.7906km2,呈现北部大于南部、海湾大于潟湖的特点;覆盖度存在由北向南递增趋势。海南岛沿岸海草垂直分布呈现由陆向海梯度分布规律。海草在海湾分布宽度大,主要集中于礁坪内侧,呈现斑块状分布为主,局部区域零星分布的特征;在潟湖分布宽度较小,主要集中于受人为活动干扰较少区域,呈现斑块状或片状分布的特征。潮流、水深、盐度、光照、底质类型与人类活动等对海南岛沿岸海草分布的影响较大,同时藻类、贝类与鱼类等生物对海草存在一定的空间竞争。     

海南岛东海岸海草床生态系统健康评价

根据2004~2009年海南岛东海岸长圮港、龙湾、高隆湾、黎安港、新村港等地海草分布区的水质、沉积物、生物质量、栖息地、生物5个指标调查数据,按照《近岸海洋生态健康评价指南》(HY/T087-2005)海草生态系统评价方法,对海南岛东海岸海草床生态系统健康指标进行评价。结果显示,海南岛东海岸海草床水环境与沉积环境均处于健康状态;龙湾海草床生物残毒评价为亚健康,其余站位均处于健康状态;黎安港与长圮港海草床栖息地评价处于不健康状态,其余站位均处于健康状态;黎安港海草床生物评价处于不健康状态,新村港海草床生物评价处于亚健康状态,其他地方栖息地与生物评价均处于健康状态。海草床生态系统健康评价显示,黎安港处于不健康状态,新村港与长圮港处于亚健康状态,龙湾与高隆湾处于健康状态。总体上看,海南岛东海岸分布于珊瑚沿岸海草床生态系统比较健康,分布泻湖沿岸海草床趁于亚健康向不健康方向转变。本文希望通过对海南岛东海岸海草床生态系统的健康评价研究,为海草床生态系统的保护与修复提供理论依据。     

海南岛新村湾营养负荷对海菖蒲的影响研究

对海南岛新村湾海草床的优势种——海菖蒲(Enhalus acoroides)的茎枝特征、茎枝密度、生物量和不同组织营养素含量进行了研究,并探讨了海水和沉积物间隙水营养负荷对其的影响。结果表明,(1)海菖蒲的茎枝特征(叶长、宽和枝重)、茎枝密度和地上生物量存在显著的空间差异,这些因子与海水和沉积物间隙水DIN含量呈负相关;(2)海菖蒲TN、TP质量分数随着样区的变化而产生显著差异,海菖蒲TN质量分数与其所在样区海水和沉积物间隙水DIN浓度呈显著正相关;(3)随着水体N负荷的增加,海菖蒲叶单位面积附着藻类生物量显著增加。本次研究的结果表明,网箱养殖引起的营养负荷是导致海草衰亡的潜在原因之一,引起了新村湾网箱养殖区海草床的退化。     

中国海草资源分布现状、退化原因与保护对策

海草床是三大典型的近海海洋生态系统之一,具有极高的生态服务功能。然而,截至2015年我国近海海草资源分布现状尚不明晰,严重制约了我国海草床保护与修复工作的开展。2015～2021年,笔者通过实地调查,借助船只走航、声呐探测、遥感等技术手段,重点对我国近海海草资源的分布面积、种类及主要威胁进行了全面普查,并据此提出我国海草床管理与可持续利用对策。结果表明,我国近海海域海草床面积共为26 495.69hm²,可划分为:温带海域海草分布区和热带-亚热带海域海草分布区;我国现有海草4科9属16种。其中,温带海域海草床面积为17 095.01 hm2,主要分布在辽宁、河北、天津和山东沿海,分布有2科3属5种,以鳗草(Zosteramarina)和日本鳗草(Z.japonica)为优势种,其中唐山乐亭-曹妃甸海草床面积达9 025.56 hm2,是我国面积最大的海草床;热带-亚热带海域海草床面积为9 400.68 hm2,主要分布在福建、广东、广西和海南沿海,分布有4科8属12种,以泰来草(Thalassia hemprichii)、海菖蒲(Enhalus acoroides...     

海南黎安港海草床分布特征、健康状况及影响因素分析

通过对黎安港海草资源进行调查,并采用《近岸海洋生态健康评价指南》（HY∕T087-2005）对海草床生态系统健康进行评价。结果表明,黎安港海草种类主要有2科3亚科4属4种,分别为圆叶丝粉草、泰来草、海菖蒲及卵叶喜盐草;海菖蒲分布广泛,其次为圆叶丝粉草及泰来草,海草床分布面积约为0.93 km²,黎安南岸海草分布面积最大,西岸次之,东岸最小。海草平均覆盖度为37.80%。圆叶丝粉草平均密度872.00株/m²,平均生物量150.34 g/m²,泰来草平均密度405.00株/m²,平均生物量62.45 g/m²;海菖蒲平均密度251.00株/m²,平均生物量778.50 g/m²,卵叶喜盐草平均密度6 768.00株/m²,平均生物量70.63 g/m²,2015年黎安港海草床处于健康状态;2018年处于健康状态边缘;2016年、2017年及2019年均处于亚健康状态,主要体现在沉积物环境、栖息地健康以及生物指标存在亚健康,2015年至2019年期间,黎安港海草床的健康状况总体呈现为健康转为亚健康的趋势,主要影响因素有水体交换能力较差、水产养殖活动影响、沿岸围填海工程及其他人为活动影响等。     

无人机航测技术在海草床调查中的试点应用

通过无人机飞行参数、飞行高度、潮汐条件和调查范围等试验,采用无人机对东郊椰林近岸海域海草进行航拍,利用PIX4D软件处理得到了高分辨率海草分布影像图,利用ArcGIS软件对海草分布区进行了矢量化提取,选择有代表性的区块结合实地调查进行验证,得出了试验区的海草分布特征和海草种类。结果表明：海草分布在离岸300 m范围内的珊瑚礁砰上,呈斑块状、间隔式分布特征,在试验区中海草分布面积为2 449.6 m2,占比为24.5%。实地调查到海草种类有圆叶丝粉草（Cymodocea rotundata）、单脉二药草（Halodule uninervis）、海菖蒲（Enhalus acoroides）、泰来草（Thalassia hemprichii）和卵叶喜盐草（Halophila ovalis）等5种海草,泰来草为优势种,单脉二药草和卵叶喜盐草分布在潮间带有淤泥的低潮区;圆叶丝粉草分布在低潮带至潮下带的上部,海底堆积和冲刷区的交界处;泰来草在不同水深处均有分布,分布面积最大。     

海南新村湾海草促生菌株分离及多样性

海草植株共附生大量具有合成植物激素、促进植物营养物质吸收和拮抗病原菌作用的促生菌,对海草的健康生长具有重要作用.本研究利用固氮、溶磷培养基从海南省新村湾泰来草( Thalassia hemperichii)和海菖蒲( Enhalus acoroides)植株中获得细菌131株,分布于36属61种,其中芽孢杆菌属( Ba...     

威海荣成桑沟湾海域海草床分布现状及其生态特征

海草床是生物圈最高产的生态系统之一,在氮捕获、碳封存、水质净化及维持生物多样性等方面发挥关键作用。2016年8月通过对威海荣成桑沟湾海域的现场调查,发现分布总面积约为471.72 ha的海草床,种类为鳗草（Zostera marina）、红纤维虾形草（Phyllospadix iwatensis）、日本鳗草（Zostera japonica）和丛生鳗草（Zostera caespitosa）,分布面积分别为395.33 ha、37.28 ha、32.74 ha和6.37 ha。鳗草分布范围较广,平均茎枝密度817.0±27.6 shoots/m²,平均生物量646.6±41.8 g DW/m²;红纤维虾形草主要分布于桑沟湾北部养殖池和南部楮岛海域,平均茎枝密度2 649.0±29.8 shoots/m²,平均生物量2 381.3±27.3 g DW/m²;日本鳗草主要分布于桑沟湾西部八亩地海域,平均茎枝密度506.0±26.2 shoots/m²,平均生物量118.3±12.5 g DW/m²;丛生鳗草主要分布于桑沟湾南部楮岛海域,其平均密度为513.0±17.9 shoots/m²,平均生物量为479.1±28.1 g DW/m²。结合历史资料,发现桑沟湾海域海草床严重退化,分析了海草床的退化原因并提出了相应的建议和对策,以期为海草资源及滨海生境修复提供参考。     

Composition,export and faunal utilization of drift vegetation in the salt river submarine canyon

Submarine canyons may be particularly important in the transport process of drift seagrasses and seaweeds from highly productive shallow lagoon areas to deeper water. We studied the composition, export, and faunal utilization of shallow, nearshore benthic vegetation as it was transported to offshore areas via the Salt River submarine canyon on the island of St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The study was conducted using a saturation diving system (NULS-1: Hydrolab) during two missions in April and August, 1980. Using bottom drifters deployed in Salt River Bay and the submarine canyon, we recorded net benthic current flow up to 2 cm s^?1 moving out of the lagoon and down the canyon to deeper water. Using bottom nets set up at the canyon head and at the 29 m isobar, and from transect surveys and drift clump samples, we determined drift plant export rates and drift clump biomass and species composition. The dominant drift plants were Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme and algae in the genera Dictyota, Dictyopterus, and Diloplus. During the second mission, the seagrass Halophila decipiens became more abundant, both in the drift and in large patches along the canyon floor. In both missions, more drift was collected in the nets during high wind conditions than during calmer days. Calculated turnover times ranged from 0·01 to 4·4 days for algae in the order Dictyotales and 4·4 to 18 days for Thalassia blades. Total exported biomass of drift vegetation varied between 1·4 to 65·1 kg wet wt day^?1. Samples of drift vegetation contained mostly juvenile forms of both invertebrates and fishes, but in relatively low numbers. Faunal numbers were most strongly related to rate of drift movement.     

海草凋落叶的溶解有机物的释放及其生物地球化学意义

Dissolved organic matter(DOM) represents a significant source of nutrients that supports the microbial-based food web in seagrass ecosystems. However, there is little information on how the various fractions of DOM from seagrass leaves contributed to the coastal biogeochemical cycles. To address this gap, we carried out a 30-day laboratory chamber experiment on tropical seagrasses Thalassia hemprichii and Enhalus acoroides. After 30 days of incubation, on average 22% carbon(C), 70% nitrogen(N) and 38% phosphorus(P) of these two species of seagrass leaf litter was released. The average leached dissolved organic carbon(DOC), dissolved organic nitrogen(DON) and dissolved organic phosphorus(DOP) of these two species of seagrass leaf litter accounted for 55%, 95% and 65% of the total C, N and P lost, respectively. In the absence of microbes, about 75% of the total amount of DOC, monosaccharides(MCHO), DON and DOP were quickly released via leaching from both seagrass species in the first 9 days. Subsequently, little DOM was released during the remainder of the experiment. The leaching rates of DOC, DON and DOP were approximately 110, 40 and 0.70 μmol/(g·d). Leaching rates of DOM were attributed to the nonstructural carbohydrates and other labile organic matter within the seagrass leaf. Thalassia hemprichii leached more DOC, DOP and MCHO than E. acoroides. In contrast, E. acoroides leached higher concentrations of DON than T. hemprichii, with the overall leachate also having a higher DON: DOP ratio. These results indicate that there is an overall higher amount of DOM leachate from T. hemprichii than that of E. acoroides that is available to the seagrass ecosystem. According to the logarithmic model for DOM release and the in situ leaf litter production(the Xincun Bay, South China Sea), the seagrass leaf litter of these two seagrass species could release approximately 4×10~3 mol/d DOC, 1.4×10~3 mol/d DON and 25 mol/d DOP into the seawater. In addition to providing readily available nutrients for the microbial food web, the remaining particulate organic matter(POM)from the litter would also enter microbial remineralization processes. What is not remineralized from either DOM or POM fractions has potential to contribute to the permanent carbon stocks.     

Acetylene reducing activity at a tropical seagrass bed in Papua New Guinea

Acetylene reduction activity at a tropical seagrass bed in Papua New Guinea was studied. Blades of every species of seagrass studied (Enhalus acoroides, Thalassia hemprichii, Halodule uninervis, Syringodium isoetifolium) at the bed showed active acetylene reduction in the rage of 0.025–0.050 mol cm^–2d^–1. It is suggested that epiphytic blue-green algae would be responsible for active acetylene reduction. Acetylene reducing activity was observed also at rhizosphere of seagrasses, microbial communities on the detritus and periphyton on snail shells. It is estimated that total nitrogen fixed at the seagrass bed will be equivalent to 6.7% of that required for the growth of seagrasses.     

Use of different intertidal habitats by faunal communities in a temperate coastal lagoon

The faunal communities of four intertidal habitats namely sand, mud, seagrass (Zostera noltii) and seagrass patches (mixSM) of a temperate coastal lagoon, Ria Formosa (southern Portugal), were sampled. A total of 47 species were taken in 428 bottomless drop sampler samples, with the highest number of species and the more commonly occurring species belonging to the Mollusca phylum. The dominance of these gastropod species underlines the importance of the grazing food chain in these habitats. Bittium reticulatum was the most abundant species, being especially abundant in the seagrass habitat. The most frequent and highest biomass species in the community was Carcinus maenas, a predator that makes use of the available resources and that is adapted to the highly variable intertidal environment. Pomatoschistus microps was the most abundant fish species, with highest densities in the mud habitat, which demonstrates an ability to occupy a low depth area. The seagrass habitat had the highest diversity, abundance and biomass, followed by the mixSM habitat and was different from all the others. Assemblages were highly influenced by the presence of vegetation, providing forage and refuge from predation. A well defined summer group was identified in all habitats. These results highlight the importance of seagrass beds and the idea that their decrease implies the decrease of lagoon production through the impoverishment of the trophic structure of the lagoon.     

Molluscan assemblages of seagrass-covered and bare intertidal flats on the Banc d'Arguin,Mauritania, in relation to characteristics of sediment and organic matter

The Banc d'Arguin, a non-estuarine area of shallows and intertidal flats off the tropical Saharan coast of Mauritania, is characterised by extensive intertidal and subtidal seagrass beds. We examined the characteristics of intertidal seagrass (Zostera noltii) meadows and bare areas in terms of the presence and abundance of molluscs (gastropods and bivalves). To explain observed differences between molluscan assemblages in seagrass and bare patches, some aspects of the feeding habitat (top-5 mm of the sediment) and of food (organic materials) of molluscs were examined. The novelty of this study is that phytopigments were measured and identified to assess source and level of decay (freshness) of organic material in the sediment and to study their importance as an explanatory variable for the distribution of molluscs. Over an area of 36 km² of intertidal flats, at 12 sites, paired comparisons were made between seagrass-covered and nearby bare patches. Within seagrass meadows, dry mass of living seagrass was large and amounted to 180 ±10 g AFDM m^− 2 (range 75–240). Containing twice the amount of silt per unit dry sediment mass, seagrass sediments were muddier than bare areas; the relative amount of organic material was also larger. The total number of species of bivalves and gastropods amounted to 27, 14 of which were found only in seagrass areas, 4 only in bare and 9 in both types of habitat. Among the three numerically most abundant species, the bivalves Anadara senilis, Dosinia hepatica and Loripes lacteus, the first was numerically most abundant in bare and the other two in seagrass-covered areas. Bare intertidal areas had greater mean total biomass of molluscs (80.5 g AFDM m^− 2) than seagrass meadows (30.0 g AFDM m^− 2). In both habitats, the bulk of the biomass was made up by A. senilis. Excluding this species, bare mudflats contained on average only 3.1 g AFDM m^− 2 and seagrass meadows 6.9 g AFDM m^− 2. As compared to previous surveys in 1980–1986, the biomass of A. senilis had increased almost 10-fold and D. hepatica, previously found in very small numbers, had become the most numerous species. However, the total biomass excluding that of A. senilis was similar. Concentrations of phytopigments were similar to those observed at temperate mudflats, indicating that the Banc d'Arguin might not be as oligotrophic as previously thought. Per unit of dry sediment mass, smaller amounts of phytopigments were found in bare than in seagrass areas. Per unit of dry organic material, bare sediments contained most (fresh) phytopigments. This suggests that in seagrass-covered meadows the organic material is more degraded than in bare sediments. Overall, the composition of phytopigments, quite surprisingly, indicated a benthic-diatom-dominated trophic system. Multivariate statistics revealed that patterns of zoobenthic assemblages were correlated with patterns of a combination of four environmental parameters: grain size of the sediment, amount of fresh phytopigments and amounts of leaves and roots of seagrass.     

Photosynthetic performance,epiphyte biomass and nutrient content of two seagrass species in two areas with different level of nutrients along the Dar es Salaam coast

Heavy nutrient loads in coastal waters often lead to excessive growth of microalgal and macroalgal epiphytes on seagrass leaves, with varying effects on the underlying seagrasses. This study evaluates the photosynthetic performance, epiphytic biomass and tissue nutrient content of two tropical seagrasses, Cymodocea serrulata and Thalassia hemprichii, in two intertidal areas along the Dar es Salaam coast in the Indian Ocean, a nutrient-rich region at Ocean Road (near the city centre), and a nutrient-poor region at Mjimwema (south of the city centre). Epiphyte biomass was significantly higher at the nutrient-rich site, and epiphytes were associated with reduced photosynthetic performance in both seagrass species at both sites. Likewise, nitrogen and phosphorus tissue content was higher in both species at the nutrient-rich site than at the nutrient-poor site. Epiphytic species composition on the seagrass leaves varied between seagrass species and between sites. Cymodocea serrulata had a higher number of epiphytic species at Mjimwema than at Ocean Road, whereas Thalassia hemprichii had more epiphytic species at Ocean Road than at Mjimwema. Seagrass photosynthetic performance, epiphytic biomass and nutrient content of the seagrasses were shown to be affected by nutrient concentration in the water column. Thus, for the future monitoring of the seagrass meadow, we recommend the use of combined measures such as seagrass performance, epiphytic biomass, nutrient contents and nutrient concentration levels in the water column.