我国南方桉树(Eucalyptus)人工林区水库突发性泛黑形成机理初探

桉树(Eucalyptus)在我国南方大规模种植,最快两三年成材,经济价值高,但近来却被认为是"抽水机"、"绿色沙漠",甚至传言"有毒".特别是近年来桉树人工林区水库出现的"泛黑"现象——水体呈现黑褐色并伴有涩味,给种植地附近居民造成了很大的恐慌.并且其黑水形成机理、物质来源及触发条件等尚不清楚.基于此,本文选取我国南方桉树人工林区典型水库,开展了水体"泛黑"现象成因研究:于2015年8月2016年4月对广西南宁市那降水库、天雹水库、百合水库分别进行了4次水体垂直分层采样,测定其理化指标,并结合当地水库管理站提供的水文数据进行综合分析.结果表明,桉树人工林区水库泛黑与特定季节及特殊气候条件有关,水体温度分层结构失稳是黑水物质运移的主要动力因素;夏季水库水温分层结构稳定,限制了底层致黑物质向上迁移,溶解氧等水质指标分层明显,秋冬季节分层消失,水体发生垂直交换,给底层致黑物质提供了上翻的作用力,导致"泛黑"现象发生.硫化物、单宁酸、铁、锰等物质季节性及空间分异特征与水温季节性分层特性密切相关.桉树林区水库水体铁和锰浓度最高可达2.93和3.46 mg/L,桉树茎、叶在水体中浸出大量单宁酸,在硫化物、单宁酸、铁、锰同时存在的条件下,发生铁、锰与硫化物,硫化物与单宁酸,铁、锰与单宁酸等一系列反应,生成黑色络合物,导致水库泛黑.研究结果可为保障桉树人工林区饮用水源地安全提供指导,并为桉树人工林区水库黑水深入研究奠定基础,引领更多学者进行深入研究.     

我国南方地区桉树叶浸泡对水库沉积物致黑元素分布及迁移转化的影响

我国南方地区桉树种植区周边水库冬季水体泛黑现象频发,桉树砍伐残体(尤其是叶)浸出液中富含的溶解性有机碳(DOC)、单宁酸与铁、锰、硫化物等一系列反应是其主要致黑原因,然而目前致黑物质对水库泛黑的贡献程度和途径仍不清楚.为了模拟桉树叶浸泡对水库黑水形成的影响机制,研究选取夏季水体未泛黑期(水体热分层稳定)进行室内浸泡实验,测定每6 h上覆水体溶解氧(DO)、氧化还原电位(Eh)、透光度等理化指标,分析DGT有效态铁、锰、硫和DOC、单宁酸浓度分布规律及迁移转化特征,计算沉积物-水界面处Fe²⁺、Mn²⁺、S^2-表观扩散通量.结果表明:桉树叶浸泡明显消耗水体中的DO,且显著影响水体Eh与透光度.此外,透光度与DO浓度呈显著正相关(相关系数为0.618~0.978).桉树叶浸泡释放大量DOC和单宁酸,其中单宁酸浓度远超有氧马尾松组,其上覆水中浓度分别达到23.9、26.0和34.0 mg/L,说明桉树浸泡为黑水形成提供了重要的DOC和单宁酸来源.桉树叶浸泡后上覆水和表层沉积物中DGT有效态Fe浓度均明显增加,深层沉积物间隙水中DGT有效态Fe浓度明显下降,且其表观扩散通量均为正值,说明深层沉积物中Fe向沉积物-水界面迁移,为黑水形成提供了重要的Fe来源.研究结果可为解决我国南方地区桉树人工林区水库水体突发性泛黑问题提供科学依据.     

喀斯特水库水化学特征及对无机碳沉积通量的指示

为探究筑坝后不同水库物理、化学、生物过程对水化学和碳循环的影响,本研究对贵州三岔河流域的平寨水库、普定水库以及猫跳河流域的红枫湖水库进行研究,于2018年3月2019年1月分别在入库河流和库区采集了分层水样和沉降颗粒物,并探究水中主要离子及颗粒物通量的时空变化特征及其控制因素.结果表明,水体主要离子的主要来源受碳酸盐溶解影响,并且离子浓度受光合作用控制.红枫湖水库水体水化学类型为Ca-Mg-HCO₃-SO₄型,普定水库、平寨水库水化学类型均为Ca-HCO₃-SO₄.夏季藻类光合作用诱导碳酸盐沉淀导致水体表层Ca²⁺、HCO₃^-及溶解态Si浓度降低,其降低幅度分别为20.87%~44.25%、33.12%~51.18%、48.55%~96.34%.此外,藻类光合作用也影响C、N、Si等生源要素间的化学计量关系.Mg²⁺/Ca²⁺比值在水体垂向剖面上主要受碳酸钙沉淀的控制,而在不同水库之间则主要受流域岩性的控制.根据沉积物捕获器通量计算的平寨水库、普定水库、红枫湖水库夏季颗粒无机碳沉积通量分别为0.74、1.36、0.27 t/（km²·d）,而根据水体Ca²⁺浓度降低计算的通量分别为0.31~0.64、0.35~0.99、0.09~0.29 t/（km²·d）,根据水体HCO₃^-浓度降低计算的通量分别为0.30~0.65、0.29~1.26、0.12~0.33 t/（km²·d）.其红枫湖水库无机碳沉降通量的实测值与计算值接近,而平寨、普定水库实际沉降通量高于计算值,这可能是有外源输入导致.因此,利用水化学分层数据能对喀斯特水库中的无机碳沉降通量进行合理估算,并且能够得到较好的估算结果,从而指示碳循环的过程.     

三峡水库澎溪河消落区土-气界面CO2和CH4通量初探

水库近岸湿地(消落区)温室气体(CO₂、CH₄)产汇是水库温室气体效应问题的重要组成部分.本文以三峡水库支流澎溪河的白家溪、养鹿两处大面积消落区为研究对象,于2010年6 9月水库低水位运行期间,对近岸消落区土-气界面CO₂、CH₄通量进行监测.白家溪消落区土-气界面CO₂通量均值为12.38±2.42 mmol/(m²·h);CH₄通量均值为0.0112±0.0064 mmol/(m²·h).养鹿消落区CO₂、CH₄通量均值分别为10.54±5.17、0.14±0.16 mmol/(m²·h).总体上,6 9月土-气界面CO₂通量呈增加趋势,而CH₄通量水平呈现显著的递减趋势.消落区土地出露后植被恢复,在一定程度上促进了土壤有机质含量的增加,使得6 9月CO₂释放通量的总体趋势有所增加.消落区退耕后,其甲烷氧化菌的活性得到恢复,加之在土地出露曝晒过程中土壤透气性增强,使得消落区土壤对大气中CH₄吸收氧化潜势增强.尽管如此,仍需进一步的研究以明晰消落区土-气界面CO₂、CH₄产汇的主要影响因素.     

山东省周村水库季节演替中沉积物上覆水溶解性有机物的紫外-可见与三维荧光光学特征

运用三维荧光光谱（EEMs）技术结合平行因子分析法（PARAFAC）以及紫外-可见光谱技术（UV-vis）,对周村水库季节演替过程中沉积物上覆水溶解性有机物（DOM）的紫外-可见以及三维荧光光谱特征进行分析.结果表明：周村水库上覆水的总氮、溶解性总氮、总有机碳和溶解性有机碳的季节性差异显著,并且冬季总氮浓度最高、夏秋季总有机碳浓度较高;夏秋季上覆水DOM的吸收系数a₂₅₄和a₃₅₅均高于冬春季,与有机物的分布相一致;4个季节上覆水DOM的E3/E4均大于3.5,说明DOM以富里酸为主,E2/E3（富里酸占DOM的比例）在夏秋季低于冬春季,而且各季节S_R均大于1,表明DOM主要为生物源;三维荧光通过PARAFAC解析出3种组分：类腐殖质（C1）、可见区富里酸（C2）和类蛋白（C3）;对3个组分进行相关性分析,结果显示C1、C2、C3之间具有显著的相关性;DOM的总荧光强度以及各组分的荧光强度均呈现出夏秋季高、冬春季低的特征,且各季节间差异显著;周村水库4个季节的DOM生物源指数（BIX）在0.8~1.0之间,表明水库DOM具有较强的自生源特征,与腐殖程度指标（HIX）的结果相吻合;主成分分析显示周村水库上覆水DOM的光谱特征差异明显,夏秋季的DOM光谱特征相近、冬春季的水体DOM特征相似;并且组分C1、C2、C3与DOM特征参数（a₂₅₄、SUVA₂₈₀、HIX、FI、BIX）以及溶解性有机碳呈显著相关.各荧光组分与水质参数（溶解性总氮和溶解性有机碳）的多元线性回归呈现很好的拟合,通过建立回归方程可以为以后研究周村水库水体四季的DOM光谱特征,分析水库水体的有机物污染特征,并为水库水质管理提供技术支持.     

城市湖泊不同水生植被区水体温室气体溶存浓度及其影响因素

为了解城市湖泊不同水生植被区水体温室气体的溶存浓度及其影响因素,于2015年4-11月按每月2次的频率采用顶空平衡法对聊城市铃铛湖典型植被区——菹草区、莲藕区和睡莲区表层水中CO₂、CH₄和N₂O的溶存浓度进行监测,计算水中温室气体的饱和度和排放通量,并测定水温（T）、pH、溶解氧（DO）、叶绿素a及营养盐浓度等理化指标,以探究水体环境因子对温室气体溶存浓度的影响.结果表明,铃铛湖各植被区水体温室气体均处于过饱和状态,是大气温室气体的"源";莲藕区CH₄浓度、饱和度和排放通量均显著高于菹草区,而各植被区N₂O和CO₂均无显著性差异;不同植被区湖水中DO、总氮（TN）、总磷（TP）和硝态氮（NO₃^--N）浓度具有显著差异,其中DO、TN和NO₃^--N浓度均表现为菹草区最高,莲藕区最低,而TP浓度则正好相反;各植被区温室气体浓度和水环境参数间的相关分析和多元回归分析的结果表明,水生植物可通过影响水体的理化性质对温室气体的产生和排放产生显著差异影响,在菹草区亚硝态氮（NO₂^--N）、NO₃^--N、T和DO是控制水体温室气体浓度的主要因子;睡莲区为TP和pH;莲藕区则为pH、NO₂^--N和DO.     

秋季连续打捞蓝藻对水-气界面温室气体通量的影响

在巢湖西北半湖近岸带设置大型围隔研究秋季连续打捞蓝藻对湖泊温室气体通量的影响,应用YL-1000型大型仿生式水面蓝藻清除设备进行原位打捞蓝藻,通过便携式温室气体分析仪-静态箱法对大型围隔内水-气界面CH₄、CO₂通量特征及其影响因素进行观测.结果表明：对比未打捞区,蓝藻连续打捞下打捞区水体中叶绿素a（Chl.a）、悬浮物（SS）浓度不断下降,两者削减率分别为72%、85%,Chl.a、SS浓度分别下降到29.6±2.5 μg/L、12.5±1.2 mg/L,打捞对围隔内颗粒态物质去除效果十分明显;打捞过程中水体溶解性有机物（DOM）中微生物代谢类腐殖质（C1）、类蛋白（C3）显著下降趋势,打捞区C1、C3组分（0.18±0.02、0.06±0.01 RU）强度明显低于未打捞区（0.26±0.05、0.12±0.03 RU）,打捞能有效控制藻源性溶解性有机质释放.同时,打捞区水-气界面CH₄通量呈显著下降趋势,未打捞区CH₄通量平均值（17.473±1.514 nmol/（m²·s））为打捞区（7.004±4.163 nmol/（m²·s））近2倍,CH₄通量与Chl.a、C1、C3组分均呈显著正相关,水体中藻源性溶解态有机质对CH₄通量具有促进作用;打捞区CO₂释放通量呈显著上升趋势,打捞区CO₂吸收通量（-0.200±0.069 μmol/（m²·s））明显低于未打捞区（-0.344±0.017 μmol/（m²·s））,CO₂通量与Chl.a、温度均呈显著负相关.秋季打捞对CH₄、CO₂综合日平均通量减排量值为0.275±0.076 mol/（m²·d）（以CO₂当量计）.研究结果揭示了巢湖秋季连续打捞蓝藻过程对水-气界面温室气体具有显著减排作用,且能在一定程度上减缓蓝藻水华与湖泊富营养化、气候变暖之间的恶性循环,为湖泊碳循环和蓝藻水华灾害防控提供科学数据支撑和理论参考.     

长三角典型城郊流域溶解性有机质的分子特征:以浙江樟溪为例

溶解性有机质(DOM)在流域水环境中广泛存在,参与各种生物地球化学循环过程。快速的城镇化过程和人类活动显著改变了流域水体DOM含量和特性,从分子层面上解析DOM在流域尺度上的时空分异特征对流域水质管控具有重要的理论和应用价值。以长三角地区樟溪流域为研究对象,依据土地利用和人类活动强度布设采样点,于2022年7月采集水样。结果表明,樟溪流域水体溶解性有机物主要的分子式元素组成为CHO、CHON、CHOS,其中木质素/富羧酸脂环分子类有机物相对占比最高。在子流域空间分布上,人类活动强的子流域CHON、CHONS类型化合物含量更高。选取采样点距城镇距离、距源头距离以及土地利用类型所占采样点缓冲区的比例来表征人类活动的影响。结果表明,流域内DOM杂原子受人类活动强度影响,距源头的距离与水体DOM分子中氮原子的强度加权平均值(N_wa)和CHON化合物百分呈显著正相关,与碳、氢原子和荷质比的强度加权平均值(C_wa、H_wa、m/z_wa)呈显著负相关。CHON分子的相对丰度与林地面积比例呈显著负相关,与农业用地比例呈显著正相关。比较具有典型土地利用类型的水体DOM:典型农田、城镇土地利用类型DOM含有更多独特的CHON分子式,农田DOM在木质素/富羧酸脂环分子区域出现CHON分子式的富集,城镇DOM在脂肪类和木质素/富羧酸脂环分子区域均出现了CHON分子式富集。研究表明在城郊流域中,人类活动显著改变了水体DOM的分子特征,增加了分子多样性,促进了特定分子式的富集。     

峡谷分层型水源水库表层沉积物溶解性有机物光谱特征

结合三维荧光光谱技术（EEMs）与紫外吸收光谱（UV-vis）,并利用平行因子分析（PARAFAC）的方法,对金盆水库表层沉积物中溶解性有机质（DOM）光谱的空间分布特征及来源进行分析,并探讨沉积物DOM的荧光组分与可溶性有机氮（SON）、可溶性无机氮（SIN）之间的相关性.结果表明,金盆水库表层沉积物DOM由3类荧光组分组成,分别是类富里酸C1（235 nm,315 nm/430 nm）、类色氨酸C2（220 nm,275 nm/330 nm）和类胡敏酸C3（265 nm/520 nm）,各组分荧光强度占总荧光强度百分比的平均值分别为43.15%、31.54%和25.31%.表层沉积物DOM浓度在空间上呈现从上游到主库区先减少后增加的趋势.光谱斜率S_275-295、S_350-400和光谱斜率比S_R反映出各采样点陆源与内源占比的差异性.荧光指数、自生源指标和腐殖化指标都表明金盆水库沉积物DOM的来源具有内源与陆源双重特征.相关性分析表明,表层沉积物DOM各组分与SON和SIN均呈显著正相关,说明DOM与氮元素的迁移转化密切相关.     

湖、库水体CH4冒泡排放研究进展

冒泡排放是湖、库水体CH₄排放的主要方式之一,其排放通量和占CH₄总排放量比例均具有极其显著的时空差异性,是当前水体CH₄排放估算不确定性的主要来源之一。然而,目前关于湖、库水体CH₄冒泡排放通量监测、时空分布规律、过程机制和模型模拟的系统梳理鲜有报道。本研究对比了目前水体CH₄冒泡的监测方法技术的适用性及优缺点,分析总结湖、库水体CH₄冒泡排放及通量的时空分布特征,梳理CH₄气泡在沉积物-水体中的产生-成长-迁移-释放的过程、影响因素及模型,并提出了水体CH₄冒泡过程模型框架。最后,本研究提出未来研究应基于湖、库水体分类、设备开发和改进来构建适应性的湖、库水体CH₄冒泡排放监测标准体系,开发基于过程的CH₄冒泡机理模型,为认识变化环境下湖、库水体CH₄冒泡过程和准确估算CH₄排放量提供支撑。     

Forest operations,tree species composition and decline in rainfall explain runoff changes in the Nacimiento experimental catchments,south central Chile

Few long-term studies have explored how intensively managed short rotation forest plantations interact with climate variability. We examine how prolonged severe drought and forest operations affect runoff in 11 experimental catchments on private corporate forest land near Nacimiento in south central Chile over the period 2008–2019. The catchments (7.7–414 ha) contain forest plantations of exotic fast-growing species (Pinus radiata, Eucalyptus spp.) at various stages of growth in a Mediterranean climate (mean long-term annual rainfall = 1381 mm). Since 2010, a drought, unprecedented in recent history, has reduced rainfall at Nacimiento by 20%, relative to the long-term mean. Pre-drought runoff ratios were <0.2 under 8-year-old Eucalyptus; >0.4 under 21-year-old Radiata pine and >0.8 where herbicide treatments had controlled vegetation for 2 years in 38% of the catchment area. Early in the study period, clearcutting of Radiata pine (85%–95% of catchment area) increased streamflow by 150 mm as compared with the year before harvest, while clearcutting and partial cuts of Eucalyptus did not increase streamflow. During 2008–2019, the combination of emerging drought and forestry treatments (replanting with Eucalyptus after clearcutting of Radiata pine and Eucalyptus) reduced streamflow by 400–500 mm, and regeneration of previously herbicide-treated vegetation combined with growth of Eucalyptus plantations reduced streamflow by 1125 mm (87% of mean annual precipitation 2010–2019). These results from one of the most comprehensive forest catchment studies in the world on private industrial forest land indicate that multiple decades of forest management have reduced deep soil moisture reservoirs. This effect has been exacerbated by drought and conversion from Radiata pine to Eucalyptus, apparently largely eliminating subsurface supply to streamflow. The findings reveal tradeoffs between wood production and water supply, provide lessons for adapting forest management to the projected future drier climate in Chile, and underscore the need for continued experimental work in managed forest plantations.     

Inter‐annual variability in the effects of riparian woodland on micro‐climate,energy exchanges and water temperature of an upland Scottish stream

The influence of riparian woodland on stream temperature, micro‐climate and energy exchange was investigated over seven calendar years. Continuous data were collected from two reaches of the Girnock Burn (a tributary of the Aberdeenshire Dee, Scotland) with contrasting land use characteristics: (1) semi‐natural riparian forest and (2) open moorland. In the moorland reach, wind speed and energy fluxes (especially net radiation, latent heat and sensible heat) varied considerably between years because of variable riparian micro‐climate coupled strongly to prevailing meteorological conditions. In the forested reach, riparian vegetation sheltered the stream from meteorological conditions that produced a moderated micro‐climate and thus energy exchange conditions, which were relatively stable between years. Net energy gains (losses) in spring and summer (autumn and winter) were typically greater in the moorland than the forest. However, when particularly high latent heat loss or low net radiation gain occurred in the moorland, net energy gain (loss) was less than that in the forest during the spring and summer (autumn and winter) months. Spring and summer water temperature was typically cooler in the forest and characterised by less inter‐annual variability due to reduced, more inter‐annually stable energy gain in the forested reach. The effect of riparian vegetation on autumn and winter water temperature dynamics was less clear because of the confounding effects of reach‐scale inflows of thermally stable groundwater in the moorland reach, which strongly influenced the local heat budget. These findings provide new insights as to the hydrometeorological conditions under which semi‐natural riparian forest may be effective in mitigating river thermal variability, notably peaks, under present and future climates. © 2014 The Authors. Hydrological Processes published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

Streamflow response to native forest restoration in former Eucalyptus plantations in south central Chile

Global increases in intensive forestry have raised concerns about forest plantation effects on water, but few studies have tested the effects of plantation forest removal and native forest restoration on catchment hydrology. We describe results of a 14-year paired watershed experiment on ecological restoration in south central Chile which documents streamflow response to the early stages of native forest restoration, after clearcutting of plantations of exotic fast-growing Eucalyptus, planting of native trees, and fostering natural regeneration of native temperate rainforest species. Precipitation, streamflow, and vegetation were measured starting in 2006 in four small (3 to 5 ha) catchments with Eucalyptus globulus plantations and native riparian buffers in the Valdivian Coastal Reserve. Mean annual precipitation is 2500 mm, of which 11% occurs in summer. Streamflow increased, and increases persisted, throughout the first 9 years of vigorous native forest regeneration (2011 to 2019). Annual streamflow increased by 40% to >100% in most years and >150% in fall and summer of some years. Streamflow was 50% to 100% lower than before treatment in two dry summers. Base flow increased by 28% to 87% during the restoration period compared to pre-treatment, and remained elevated in later years despite low summer precipitation. Overall, these findings indicate that removal of Eucalyptus plantations immediately increased streamflow, and native forest restoration gradually restored deep soil moisture reservoirs that sustain base flow during dry periods, increasing water ecosystem services. To our knowledge this is the first study to assess catchment streamflow response to native forest restoration in former forest plantations. Therefore, the results of this study are relevant to global efforts to restore native forest ecosystems on land currently intensively managed with fast-growing forest plantations and may inform policy and decision-making in areas experiencing a drying trend associated with climate change.     

高原富营养化湖泊杞麓湖微囊藻毒素分布特征、相关因子及其健康风险分析

杞麓湖作为典型的富营养化高原湖泊,其藻华暴发引发的微囊藻毒素(microcystins, MCs)污染问题会危害水生态安全并造成人体健康风险。为了评估杞麓湖流域MCs的秋冬季节污染现状以及健康风险情况,对湖内和7条主要入湖河流入湖口的表层水进行采样检测,分析MCs主要异构体的时空分布特征,研究MCs与水质和浮游植物等环境因子的关系,并通过人体非致癌健康风险评价MCs的风险等级。结果发现,MCs浓度自秋季到冬季呈下降趋势,秋季湖内胞内MCs(IMCs)占比超过99%,冬季IMCs与胞外MCs(EMCs)浓度接近。MC-RR和MC-LR是主要的MCs异构体类型,其中MC-RR在秋季浓度占比高于MC-LR和MC-YR,而冬季MC-LR最高。MCs与微囊藻密度等生物因子呈极显著正相关关系,与TN、TP和NH₃-N营养盐呈显著负相关关系。杞麓湖EMCs污染的风险指数范围为0.004~0.110,处于极低或低风险,冬季风险略高于秋季,因南岸入湖EMCs污染以及湖内IMCs释放带来的风险需要进一步关注。     

引水工程絮凝剂余铝对杭州西湖水体、底泥铝盐分布的影响

通过对杭州西湖综合保护工程钱塘江引水范围内多个湖区水体和底泥中铝盐含量的调查分析,研究了工程絮凝剂余铝对西湖水体、底泥铝盐及沉水植物附着物的影响.结果表明:(1)引水工程输入的絮凝剂残余铝盐导致各湖区入水口水中铝离子含量普遍高于湖心,高出7.86%~288.55%不等,但底泥中Al_2O_3含量在整个湖区分布较为均匀;(2)约0.04~0.20 m/s流速下,沉水植物很容易成为残余铝盐絮凝物的附着受体;(3)秋、冬季水体中铝离子浓度较高,对西湖水生生物存在更大的生物潜在危害,有必要重视秋、冬季的沉水植物恢复工作.引水工程对西湖水体的影响是长久且难以预见的,在引水的同时应尽量减少其负面影响,可减少絮凝剂的使用或选择环保型絮凝剂,并选择合适的水生植物.     

太湖流域上游平原河网区水质空间差异与季节变化特征

在太湖流域上游的宜溧—洮滆水系主要河道设置67个监测点,分别于2014年1月(冬季)、4月(春季)、8月(夏季)、11月(秋季)进行水质监测,采用多元统计方法分析了水质的空间差异性和季节性变化,并利用水质标识指数法对水环境质量进行评价.结果表明,宜溧—洮滆水系污染程度较严重,总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)和高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)浓度年均值分别为4.93、0.26和7.63 mg/L;单因素多元方差分析和聚类分析显示污染物浓度具有显著时空差异性,时间上冬、春季污染程度较高而夏、秋季较低,空间上无锡和常州氮、磷污染较为严重,宜兴和溧阳市有机污染程度较高;水质标识评价结果显示流域内水质基本为IV类或V类,其中TN、TP及CODMn是关键污染指标.     

Characteristics of Seismicity in the Areas of Large Water Reservoirs and Waterfalls: The Role of Effects from Additional Load and Permanent Vibration

The characteristics of seismicity in the near vicinity of five large water reservoirs and three large waterfalls from different regions of the Earth are considered. It is found that in some cases induced seismicity manifests itself during the filling of reservoirs at quite large depths: in the lower crust and even in the upper mantle. There is negative correlation between the maximum magnitudes Мmax of the earthquakes recorded near water reservoirs and waterfalls and the water discharge in these objects (V _p ). The largest values of М_max are characteristic of earthquakes that occurred near Sarez Lake (Tajikistan) and the Koyna Reservoir (India), which have the lowest V _p ; in contrast, the smallest magnitudes are reported for earthquakes in the areas of the Khone Falls (Laos) and Niagara Falls (United States, Canada), where there are no large artificial water reservoirs, but huge water discharge takes place. The available data indicate that permanent vibration caused by falling water reduces the level of seismicity.     

The reproductive phenology of Isoetes lacustris L.: Results of field studies in Scandinavian lakes

The phenologic change of the leaf rosette structure of Isoetes lacustris L. was studied in 26 lakes of temperate, boreal, or subarctic Scandinavia between 59° and 70° n.l. The investigations were carried out during six defined seasons: late winter, spring, early summer, late summer, autumn, and early winter. From 640 plants, gained with the aid of SCUBA, six leaf types were distinguished: immature megasporophylls, mature megasporophylls, immature microsporophylls, mature microsporophylls, and sporophylls that had released their spores and leaves with undeveloped sporangia. Mean numbers per rosette of each leaf type were established in each study lake and study season, resulting in a common pattern embracing all lakes studied.

Megasporophylls are developed throughout the year, whenever the water temperature is about 10 °C. Their share was always more than 30%, excepting winter. Microsporophylls are produced preferentially in spring/early summer when the days are longest; they amount to more than 50% of the rosette leaves during this period, but only to some 10% in the remaining seasons. The spores mature and are released between late summer and early winter. It is concluded that not all spores mature in the year of their birth, and those that do not mature are released in the early summer of the following year, as well as the old empty leaves become detached.