三亚造礁石珊瑚虫黄藻光合作用效率的日变化规律

对海南三亚鹿回头珊瑚礁礁坪上块状类型的粗糙菊花珊瑚 Goniastrea aspera、澄黄滨珊瑚Porites lutea 和枝状类型的指状蔷薇珊瑚Montipora digitata的虫黄藻光合作用的有效光量子产量Fv/Fm'(Fv为可变荧光值,Fm'为光适应后的最大荧光值)开展了连续 4d 的现场监测,旨在了解珊瑚共生虫黄藻光合作用效率的日变化规律.结果表明:1)3种造礁珊瑚虫黄藻的Fv/Fm'与太阳辐射、温度呈现良好的负相关性,即太阳辐射越强、温度越高珊瑚虫黄藻的Fv/Fm'就越低,其中Fv/Fm'与太阳辐射的相关性高于与温度的相关性.2)珊瑚虫黄藻能够利用日照光进行光合作用,但存在一定的阈值,当光合有效辐射强度PAR＜250μmo1·(m2·s)-1时,珊瑚虫黄藻的有效光量子产量 Fv/Fm'随着光强增强而增强,超过这一辐射强度时,珊瑚虫黄藻的 Fv/Fm'迅速降低.3)从珊瑚虫黄藻的有效光量子产量Fv/Fm'的日变化看,粗糙菊花珊瑚虫黄藻的日变化幅度最小,澄黄滨珊瑚和指状蔷薇珊瑚的变化幅度接近.     

海水升温对非虫黄藻共生型珊瑚Cladopsammia sp.的生理影响*

文章以非虫黄藻共生型珊瑚Cladopsammia sp.为研究对象, 将对照组的海水设置为26℃恒温, 试验组从26℃升温至33℃, 以此探究海水升温对Cladopsammia sp.代谢和钙化生理的影响。结果显示: 在高温胁迫下, 虽然Cladopsammia sp.钙化相关酶(Ca²⁺-ATP酶和Mg²⁺-ATP酶)的活性出现了负响应, 但是珊瑚的呼吸速率、生长速率、组织中总蛋白和粗脂肪都没有显著改变(p>0.05)。比较历史文献结果和本研究结果表明: Cladopsammia sp.可能由于体内没有虫黄藻共生, 表现出了比大部分虫黄藻共生珊瑚更高的温度耐受能力。     

在细胞水平上对高温珊瑚白化的初步研究

全球变暖背景下的异常高温能够导致珊瑚及其虫黄藻组成的共生体系崩溃,虫黄藻大量损失,出现珊瑚白化,并可能进一步导致珊瑚礁生态系统退化.文章通过对6种造礁石珊瑚的急性高温胁迫实验,分析不同种属的石珊瑚虫黄藻共生体系对高温的耐受性差异,为全球变暖背景下珊瑚群落演替趋势提供理论依据.结果显示:1)在急性高温胁迫下,石珊瑚耐受的差异性与其形态有关,枝状珊瑚耐受性最低,在高温胁迫下最先白化、死亡,而叶片状和块状珊瑚对高温的耐受性较强,这与野外珊瑚礁白化的现场观测结果一致.2)在高温胁迫下,不同种属珊瑚共生虫黄藻损失的方式不同:珊瑚持续排出虫黄藻,如鹿角杯形珊瑚 Pocillopora damicornis;珊瑚先排出一定的共生藻,之后珊瑚组织携带大量虫黄藻与珊瑚骨骼分离,如风信子鹿角珊瑚 Acropora hyacinthus 和松枝鹿角珊瑚 Acropora brueggemanni;先排出部分虫黄藻后,虫黄藻以有丝分裂增殖的方式迅速补充其数量,如十字牡丹珊瑚 Pavona decussata;虫黄藻细胞直接坏死而损失虫黄藻,如澄黄滨珊瑚 Porites lutea.研究强调,预测珊瑚对全球变化的响应问题时,应当同时考虑珊瑚宿主和共生藻的作用.     

三亚造礁石珊瑚虫黄藻光合作用效率的日周期及其调控因素

珊瑚与虫黄藻的共生是珊瑚礁生态系统最基本的生态特征,虫黄藻光合作用效率直接决定着珊瑚的健康状况。本研究对海南三亚鹿回头珊瑚礁礁坪上5种典型珊瑚(澄黄滨珊瑚Porites lutea、丛生盔形珊瑚Galaxea fascicularis、标准蜂巢珊瑚Favia speciosa、多弯角蜂巢珊瑚Goniastrea favulus和伞房鹿角珊瑚Acropora corymbosa)共生藻的实际光量子产量ΦPSⅡ进行了连续5日的现场监测,并同时监测了该海域的7种环境参数(温度、盐度、溶解氧、pH、海水中二氧化碳分压pCO2、辐射和潮位),旨在探索鹿回头海域珊瑚共生虫黄藻光合作用的日变化规律及其调控因素。结果表明,珊瑚共生虫黄藻光合作用效率和各环境参数都存在明显的日变化,但共生藻光合作用效率主要受光合有效辐射强度(photosynthetic active radiation,PAR)所调控,其次是温度和潮位变化。澄黄滨珊瑚的共生藻光合作用最易受到环境因素的影响。     

珊瑚脂质是其共生虫黄藻密度降低时的重要能量来源

近年来珊瑚白化现象日益严峻。白化意味着珊瑚共生虫黄藻密度的降低,然而目前关于珊瑚体内的脂质在虫黄藻密度降低时对维持能量供给稳定的意义尚不清楚。本研究以2020年3月和6月在西沙群岛采集的帛琉蜂巢珊瑚(Favia palauensis)和澄黄滨珊瑚(Porites lutea)样品为材料,通过生理参数(虫黄藻密度、脂质含量)与地球化学指标(虫黄藻的稳定氮同位素δ¹⁵N_z值)相结合的方法,探讨了珊瑚脂质对虫黄藻密度及其光合作用强度变化的响应。结果显示,夏季两种珊瑚的虫黄藻密度和δ¹⁵N_z值均显著下降,意味着夏季虫黄藻密度降低导致了其光合作用强度的降低。与此同时,两种珊瑚的脂质含量也显著下降,并且脂质含量与虫黄藻密度、δ¹⁵N_z值之间均呈正相关关系,这说明珊瑚脂质含量与虫黄藻光合作用强度的变化之间存在耦合关系。当光合作用强度降低时,珊瑚可以通过消耗其自身储存的脂质更好地维持能量供给的稳定,这对提高环境胁迫的适应能力以及抗白化能力具有重要意义。     

南沙珊瑚礁生态系的碳循环

99-4航次对南沙珊瑚礁区进行了考察，利用现场投放沉积物捕捉器采集沉降颗粒物样品，从生物与非生物体系两个侧面对南沙珊瑚礁生态系的碳循环作了深入的研究。结果表明，无机碳是珊瑚礁生态系中各种样品碳的主要存在形式，总碳的收支主要受到溶解平衡与钙化作用的控制。有机碳在珊瑚礁泻湖中具有很高的循环效率，泻湖中垂直转移的颗粒有机碳有93％以上在进入沉积物之前被释放，其中生物碎屑的颗粒有机碳释放率约为99％。珊瑚礁植物尤其是与珊瑚共生的虫黄藻等的光合作用以及珊瑚礁的拟流网模型、休渔模型分别代表了构成珊瑚礁有机碳循环的两个主要方面，即：高效循环和稳定补充。因而珊瑚礁保护应当重点保护珊瑚礁水环境和生物多样性资源。     

异养营养对丛生盔形珊瑚代谢及共生藻光合生理的影响

本文以三亚鹿回头近岸海域内的优势种造礁石珊瑚——丛生盔形珊瑚(Galaxea fascicularis)为研究对象,以丰年虾(Artemia salina)无节幼体为饵料,研究了异养营养对丛生盔形珊瑚光合作用与呼吸代谢的影响。结果表明:异养营养的输入能够增加丛生盔形珊瑚的共生虫黄藻密度以及色素含量,并能够显著提升其光合作用与呼吸速率,然而单个虫黄藻的光合速率降低,这与虫黄藻密度增加引起的遮蔽效应有关。从营养角度来看,异养营养的输入能够使丛生盔形珊瑚有机碳的净积累速率提升约44.5%。本研究结果显示异养营养的输入能够促进丛生盔形珊瑚的光合与呼吸代谢,且这种情况下丛生盔形珊瑚的营养模式更为健康。     

虫黄藻的分类和遗传多样性研究进展

综述了虫黄藻的分类研究,其中与造礁石珊瑚共生的虫黄藻主要是共生藻属(Symbiodinium)的种类,重点概述了共生藻的分类和遗传多样性研究进展,特别综述了分子生物学技术在造礁石珊瑚共生藻的分类和遗传多样性方面的研究近况,并对未来共生藻的分类和遗传多样性研究作了展望.目前多采用分子生物学手段进行共生藻的分类和遗传多样性研究,PCR-RFLP是解决共生藻系群水平分类的有效分子标记,而DNA序列分析是目前进行共生藻分子进化和系统发育研究最有效的方法.目前应用于共生藻分子系统发生研究的DNA信息主要为核糖体RNA.对共生藻进行分类和遗传多样性研究,将有助于理解造礁石珊瑚共生藻共生系统对外界环境变化的生态响应机制.     

海洋中的热带雨林——珊瑚礁

在广袤的海洋中，大量各式各样的珊瑚礁使水下世界更加绚丽多彩。珊瑚按其形态特征可分为造礁珊瑚和非造礁珊瑚，珊瑚礁是由造礁珊瑚形成的。珊瑚虫属于无脊椎动物中的腔肠类，体型呈辐射对称，石灰质外骨骼或皮层中含有大量骨针。造礁珊瑚具有分泌碳酸钙形成外骨骼的功能，并且由于有单细胞的虫黄藻与之共生，钙化生长速度快，所以能造礁。     

珊瑚共生虫黄藻密度的季节变化及其与珊瑚白化的关系——以大亚湾石珊瑚为例

定量分析了2006年6月、2007年8月和2008年2月采自南海北部大亚湾海域的共8科、13属、23种170个石珊瑚样品的共生虫黄藻密度,探讨了石珊瑚共生虫黄藻密度的季节变化及其与珊瑚白化的关系.结果显示,所有珊瑚种属的共生虫黄藻密度都显示出明显的季节性波动,总体上夏季低、冬季高(约为夏季的2倍),是海表水温和太阳辐射协同作用的结果.夏季大规模的珊瑚白化(热白化)可能是珊瑚共生虫黄藻密度逐渐降低(排出)到一定阈值的外观表征,而非突发的生态现象;冬季珊瑚白化(冷白化)则可能是极端低温直接致珊瑚死亡,进而快速排出虫黄藻的突发现象;高共生虫黄藻密度对冬季低温乃至极端低温条件下的珊瑚生存起到一定的保护作用.     

Chemical composition and Pb(II) binding of dissolved organic matter in a hypersaline lake in China

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a vital role in promoting carbon and nutrient cycling. It is a food source for organisms and controls the migration and tra...     

Community Metabolism in Microbial Mats: The Occurrence of Biologically-mediated Iron and Manganese Reduction

Community metabolism and nutrient, iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) cycling were examined in two intertidal, marine, microbial mat communities during short (4–5 days) incubations in closed, flow-through microcosms. Sediment microcosms were incubated under either light (light–dark cycles) or dark (continuous darkness) conditions to assess the effect(s) of photosynthetic oxygen production and microalgal activity on nutrient, Fe and Mn cycling. The effects of chemical redox reactions between reduced sulphur (S), Fe and Mn cycling were examined by blocking sulphate reduction, and reduced S production, with 25 mM molybdate while incubating under dark conditions.In light-incubated microcosms, negligible fluxes of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and trace metals were observed. A substantial sediment–water flux of reduced Fe (Fe²⁺) and Mn (Mn²⁺) was observed in microcosms incubated under continuous darkness; highest fluxes were observed in molybdate-amended microcosms. At both sites, biologically-mediated redox reactions accounted for a substantial (>50%) portion of the Fe²⁺and Mn²⁺flux. Both microbial mat communities exhibited similar rates of gross photosynthetic oxygen (O₂) production, but dramatically different rates of net benthic O₂flux. Distinct patterns of net O₂production and trace metal cycling arose from differences in either trace metal oxide availability or reactivity (mineralogy), organic carbon mineralization rates, or sediment characteristics (porosity). Variations in the microbial community responsible for trace metal cycling could have also contributed to the pattern. The present data illustrate that chemically-mediated redox reactions between metal oxides and reduced S complicate interpretation of Fe and Mn fluxes, underscoring the need to separate chemical and biological reactions when attempting to determine the role of biological trace metal reduction in organic carbon oxidation.     

Sensitivity analysis of nitrogen and carbon cycling in marine sediments

Biogeochemical cycles in coastal sediments encompass numerous interconnected processes and are sensitive to a high number of external forces. Usually a small subset of these factors is considered when developing state-of-the-art models of marine nutrient cycling. This study therefore aims to assess the degree of complexity required in the model to represent the dependency of major biogeochemical fluxes on both intrinsic as well as external factors. For this, a sensitivity analysis (SA) of the generic Integrated Sediment Model (ISM) was performed comparing two different model setups: 1) a back barrier tidal flat in the German Wadden Sea and; 2) a deep sea site in the Argentine Basin. Both setups were first calibrated to fit pore water profiles of SO₄²⁺, NH₄⁺ and CH₄. We then employed a new type of SA that evaluates parameter impact rather than targeting variable change.General structural stability of the model is demonstrated by similar sensitivity patterns of both setups regarding carbon and nitrogen cycling. Mean temperature, organic carbon bio-availability, bacterial adaptation and sediment texture emerge as the most influential parameters of ubiquitous importance. It appears that in coastal settings, transport and sediment mixing and the composition of suspended particles in the bottom water are especially important. The nitrogen cycle displays a high responsiveness to internal feedback mechanisms as well as interdependencies to carbon and metal cycling, which is statistically reflected by sensitivities to 79% of all parameters. In contrast, the carbon cycle appears to be mainly controlled by organic matter decay. The SA also pointed to unexpected responses of the sediment system, which are analyzed by further scenario calculations. These, for example, reveal a nonlinear response of nitrification, denitrification and benthic fluxes of NH₄ and NO₃ to changing bioturbation and bioirrigation due to the interactions of different metabolic pathways.     

The ebb and flood of Silica: Quantifying dissolved and biogenic silica fluxes from a temperate salt marsh

Salt marshes are widely studied due to the broad range of ecosystem services they provide including serving as crucial wildlife habitat and as hotspots for biogeochemical cycling. Nutrients such as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and carbon (C) are well studied in these systems. However, salt marshes may also be important environments for the cycling of another key nutrient, silica (Si). Found at the land–sea interface, these systems are silica replete with large stocks in plant biomass, sediments, and porewater, and therefore, have the potential to play a substantial role in the transformation and export of silica to coastal waters. In an effort to better understand this role, we measured the fluxes of dissolved (DSi) and biogenic (BSi) silica into and out of two tidal creeks in a temperate, North American (Rowley, Massachusetts, USA) salt marsh. One of the creeks has been fertilized from May to September for six years allowing us to examine the impacts of nutrient addition on silica dynamics within the marsh. High-resolution sampling in July 2010 showed no significant differences in Si concentrations between the fertilized and reference creeks with dissolved silica ranging from 0.5 to 108 μM and biogenic from 2.0 to 56 μM. Net fluxes indicated that the marsh is a point source of dissolved silica to the estuary in the summer with a net flux of approximately 169 mol h⁻¹, demonstrating that this system exports DSi on the same magnitude as some nearby, mid-sized rivers. If these findings hold true for all salt marshes, then these already valuable regions are contributing yet another ecosystem service that has been previously overlooked; by exporting DSi to coastal receiving waters, salt marshes are actively providing this important nutrient for coastal primary productivity.     

鱼类在海洋碳循环中的作用及研究展望

碳中和是应对气候变化的必由之路,海洋负排放是实现碳中和的重要途经。海洋作为地球最大碳库,研究发现越来越多的海洋和海岸带生物参与碳循环,并对海洋碳汇产生重要贡献。鱼类作为海洋生态系统中最重要组成部分之一,其在海洋碳循环中的作用还没有引起足够的重视。最新研究表明海洋鱼类在无机碳循环中发挥了重要作用,深化对鱼类参与碳循环过程的认识、量化其固碳潜力将有助于丰富海洋碳循环研究。本文首先系统梳理了鱼类参与碳循环的过程和机制等研究进展。鱼类通过产生碳酸盐粪便、水平和垂直迁移运输、生物扰动、生物碳和“尸体”碳以及食物网消耗与传输等方式参与海洋碳循环。鱼类参与碳循环的证据和参与海洋碳循环的重要性逐渐凸显。其次,本文提出目前鱼类参与碳循环研究存在的问题与挑战,包括渔业捕捞源汇之争、水产养殖业的机遇和挑战以及准确量化鱼源碳酸盐的困难,仍有待理论和方法学的深化研究和技术的革新去解决。最后本文提出鱼类参与碳循环的研究展望,及其在全球气候变化背景下的潜在机遇,同时结合当前渔业碳汇的发展进程以及行业需求,提出渔业减排固碳发展路径建议。本文旨在提升鱼类在海洋碳循环贡献和服务生态系统的潜力的认识,为海洋碳汇和渔业碳汇研究提供新的视角。     

A spatially resolved model of seasonal variations in phytoplankton and clam (Tapes philippinarum) biomass in Barbamarco Lagoon,Italy

Barbamarco Lagoon (area = 7 km²) is in the Po River Delta, adjoining the Northern Adriatic Sea, and supports a commercially valuable clam (Tapes philippinarum) fishery. This study investigated interactions of the lagoon with adjacent coastal waters and inland riverine inputs by modelling both the lagoon and the Northern Adriatic Sea, using a coupled three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic-ecological model (ELCOM-CAEDYM) adapted to include the clam population. The clam model accounted for carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) biomass in the benthos through parameterisations for filtration, excretion, egestion, respiration, mortality, and harvesting. Multiple clam size classes were included in a new population dynamics sub-model. Output from the coupled model was validated against hydrodynamic and water quality data from intensive field sampling and routine monitoring. Time scales of tidal flushing, primary production and clam grazing were investigated with the model to demonstrate that food supply to clam populations is dominated by phytoplankton inputs from the Northern Adriatic Sea. Effects of clam cultivation on nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton biomass in Barbamarco Lagoon were primarily localised, with strong tidal flushing minimising impacts of clam filtration on lagoon-wide nutrient concentrations at current clam stocking levels. Clam populations were found to alter the cycling of nutrients in the system, causing the lagoon to become a net sink for particulate organic matter and to export dissolved organic matter to the adjacent sea via tidal flushing. Ecosystem health and sensitivity of nutrient cycles to clam cultivation are important considerations for the long term sustainable management and potential expansion of the fishery.     

海藻营养代谢研究进展——海藻营养代谢的调节

介绍影响海藻 (尤其是大型海藻 )主要营养盐 ( N,P,C)吸收的环境因子 (如光照、温度及水流 )对营养盐主动吸收过程中的能量提供 ,酶含量和活性的影响以及水流对藻体周围营养盐离子进入细胞的调节 ;化学因素 (营养盐离子或分子的浓度、形式、海水介质的 p H)对海藻选择吸收不同形式营养盐离子及其相互作用的调节过程 ;生物因素 (藻体形态、组织的类型及海藻的年龄和营养史 )通过细胞内不同水平营养库的积累和相互转变而对海藻营养吸收和同化的调节 ;N代谢与 C代谢的生化偶连关系。     

胶州湾水体和表层沉积物营养环境现状及影响因素

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