Sediment burial stimulates the growth and propagule production of Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

Spartina alterniflora Loisel., an extensively invasive species on the Chinese coast, is a focus of increasing management concern due to its high expansion rate in estuaries and tidal zone, and the significant damage it causes to native ecosystems. In order to understand the processes and mechanisms of invasion of S. alterniflora in China, the impact of three sediment types (sand, sand–loam mixture and loam) and five buried patterns (unburied, 50% burial of initial plant height, 75% burial of initial plant height, complete burial and repeated burial) on the growth of seedlings or ramets was investigated. Results showed that each of the three factors (sediment types, burial pattern and plant materials) and interactions between/among them, significantly affected height and clonal growth, and biomass accumulation and allocation. Plant height, total biomass and number of new vegetative propagules significantly increased with progressive burial treatments. However, the complete burial treatment resulted in the death of all plant materials, and the maximum values of three parameters were found in the 50% burial or repeated burial treatments. Plant responses were determined by the instantaneous thickness of sediment of each time burial rather than by the total quantity of repeated burial. The growth of S. alterniflora was not shown to be dependent on specific types of sediment in sedimentation environment. In contrast to the unburied control, the proportion of primary tillers produced directly from initial individuals and the ratio between the aboveground and belowground biomass were greater under burial treatments. Seedlings produced more new vegetative propagules than vegetative offspring in all experimental treatments, and the former were apt to produce ramets from rhizomes rather than primary tillers. It is concluded that under various sedimentation environments, the clonal spread efficiency of seedlings was higher than that of vegetative offspring, and there is a positive feedback relationship between sedimentation and the growth of S. alterniflora. Thus, moderate sedimentation may stimulate the invasion of exotic species, S. alterniflora in coastal China.     

植草沟滞蓄城市道路雨水的试验及模拟

为定量分析植草沟的水文性能,优化其设计参数取值,通过植草沟滞蓄城市道路雨水的试验设施开展模拟径流试验,验证了SWMM （storm water management model）模型模拟植草沟滞蓄效果的可行性,通过模型情景分析提出了设施的优化设计参数,评估了设施对提高道路排水标准和长期径流削减的影响。研究结果表明:SWMM模型对模拟植草沟水文性能具有较好的精度,对较小的降雨重现期和边坡比,较大的滞蓄深度、植被覆盖率和面积负荷比,植草沟的滞蓄能力更强,建议其设计降雨重现期不超过10年,滞蓄深度为10 cm以上,边坡比至少为3,植被覆盖率为0.5以上,面积负荷比为5%以上。模拟北京某城市道路采用植草沟设施后,可将3年、5年、10年的排水标准分别提高到15年、20年、30年,在长达64年的运行中,植草沟几乎可消纳自身及汇水区域内所有径流,可为道路植草沟的设计和应用提供参考。     

基于数学模型的陕西黑河水源区植被过滤带效果评估

为探讨运用数学模型进行植被过滤带效果评估的方法,以陕西黑河水源区为例,通过植被过滤带水文及泥沙输移模型,分析了植被过滤带的带宽及坡度对入流泥沙净化效果的影响,确定适宜的植被过滤带设置方法,并采用污染负荷~泥沙关系法对植被过滤带的流域非点源污染负荷削减效果进行估算。结果表明:草地植被过滤带带宽以3~5 m为宜,且应设置于坡度小于60°的河岸岸坡;在黑河水源区内的可设带区域全部设置植被过滤带后,将削减泥沙负荷的21.7%,TP负荷的12.4%和TN负荷的14.3%,植被过滤带能够在黑河水源区的水质保护中起到重要作用。     

Climatic and Topographical Factors Affecting the Vegetative Carbon Stock of Rangelands in Arid and Semiarid Regions of China

Rangeland systems play an important role in ecological stabilization and the terrestrial carbon cycle in arid and semiarid regions. However, little is known about the vegetative carbon dynamics and climatic and topographical factors that affect vegetative carbon stock in these rangelands. Our goal was to assess vegetative carbon stock by examining meteorological data in conjunction with NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) time series datasets from 2001-2012. An improved CASA (Carnegie Ames Stanford Approach) model was then applied to simulate the spatiotemporal dynamic variation of vegetative carbon stock, and analyze its response to climatic and topographical factors. We estimated the vegetative carbon stock of rangeland in Gansu province, China to be 4.4× 10¹⁴ gC, increasing linearly at an annual rate of 9.8×10¹¹ gC. The mean vegetative carbon density of the whole rangeland was 136.5 gC m^-2. Vegetative carbon density and total carbon varied temporally and spatially and were highly associated with temperature, precipitation and solar radiation. Vegetative carbon density reached the maximal value on elevation at 2500-3500 m, a slope of >30°and easterly aspect. The effect of precipitation, temperature and solar radiation on the vegetative carbon density of five rangeland types (desert and salinized meadow, steppe, alpine meadow, shrub and tussock, and marginal grassland in the forest) depends on the acquired quantity of water and heat for rangeland plants at all spatial scales. The results of this study provide new evidence for explaining spatiotemporal heterogeneity in vegetative carbon dynamics and responses to global change for rangeland vegetative carbon stock, and offer a theoretical and practical basis for grassland agriculture management in arid and semiarid regions.     

北方石质山区坡面土壤厚度分布特征——以北京市密云县为例

土壤厚度是土壤退化及土地生产力水平评价的一个重要指标。本研究应用插钎法,调查了北京市密云县山区50个基本抽样单元的坡面土壤厚度。对样点数据进行了统计分析,结果表明:平均土壤厚度为15cm。小于10cm的土壤占37%,小于20cm的土壤占76%,小于30cm的占90%。空间上土壤较厚的区域主要集中在西北和东北部植被覆盖较好的地区。对影响土壤厚度的因子进行分析发现:土壤厚度与海拔无明显相关性,而坡向对土壤厚度的影响较为明显,阴坡土壤厚度明显大于阳坡。土壤厚度与植被覆盖度和坡度明显相关,与植被覆盖度的相关系数为0.84,与坡度的相关系数为-0.40,二者都通过了显著水平为0.01的显著性检验。     

农业生态系统中人类行为对植被多样性的影响:以中国封丘县为例(英文)

本文研究了社会经济因素对当地植被多样性的作用,并利用数学模型分析了中国封丘县农田景观中植被多样性的主要干扰因素。发现在小尺度上,植被多样性与景观组成和机构紧密相关这一观点没有证据支持。相比较而言,植被多样性受人为干扰的影响较大,而且与作物种类和经济来源紧密相关。这主要是因为中国农区经济行为拥有特殊格局,包括联产承包责任制以及农民外出务工流。提出了在政策环境的变化下如何维持当地植被多样性的现状。     

Sediment deposition and overland flow hydraulics in simulated vegetative filter strips under varying vegetation covers

Vegetative filter strips (VFSs) can effectively trap sediment in overland flow, but little information is available on its performance in controlling high‐concentration sediment and the runoff hydraulics in VFS. Flume experiments were conducted to investigate the sediment deposition, hydraulics of overland flow and their relationships in simulating VFS under a great range of sediment concentrations with four levels of vegetation cover (bare slope and 4%, 11% and 17%) and two flow rates (15 and 30 L min^?1). Sediment concentrations varied from 30 to 400 kg m^?3 and slope gradient was 9°. Both the deposited sediment load and deposition efficiency in VFS increased as the vegetation cover increased. Sediment concentration had a positive effect on the deposited load but no effect on deposition efficiency. A lower flow rate corresponded to greater deposition efficiency but had little effect on deposited load. Flow velocities decreased as vegetation cover increased. Sediment concentration had a negative effect on the mean velocity but no effect on surface velocity. Hydraulic resistance increased as the vegetation cover and sediment concentration increased. Sediment deposition efficiency had a much more pronounced relationship with overland flow hydraulics compared with deposited load, especially with the mean flow velocity, and there was a power relationship between them. Flow regime also affected the sediment deposition efficiency, and the efficiency was much higher under subcritical than supercritical flow. The results will be useful for the design of VFS and the control of sediment flowing into rivers in areas with serious soil erosion. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

坛紫菜叶状体营养细胞与生殖细胞叶绿素荧光特性比较

利用叶绿素荧光技术对坛紫菜(Porphyra haitanensis)叶状体营养细胞和生殖细胞的光能利用特性进行了比较。结果表明:坛紫菜叶状体营养细胞和雌性生殖细胞的实际量子效率(ΔF/Fm′)差异不明显,但显著高于雄性生殖细胞;快速光曲线测定表明雌、雄藻体营养细胞的最大相对电子传递速率(rETRmax)相近,但显著高于雄性生殖细胞;不同生殖细胞半饱和光强(Ik)无显著差异;在生长光强下,营养细胞和雌性生殖细胞rETR、光化学猝灭(qP)和非光化学猝灭(NPQ)差异不明显,而雄性生殖细胞rETR、qP等荧光参数均显著低于营养细胞和雌性生殖细胞。本文表明坛紫菜叶状体营养细胞和雌性生殖细胞具有较高的光能利用能力,能够将吸收的光能多数用于电子传递,而雄性生殖细胞对光能的利用能力较低。     

NOAA-AVHRR卫星资料处理业务系统及其在生态环境监测中的应用

简要介绍了浙江省气象科学研究所自行设计和研制的NOAA-AVHRR卫星资料处理业务系统的设计思想、总体结构及主要技术特点，重点介绍了系统软件中三维立体图像显示技术及其在植被生态环境监测中的应用。     

高等海洋植物海神草营养器官的组织学特点

采用常规石蜡切片法,对海神草(Cymodocea rotundata)营养器官的组织学进行研究。结果表明:海神草的根、茎、叶均具有发达的通气组织,根由表皮、皮层和维管柱三部分组成,内皮层中有凯氏带且六面加厚结构。茎由表皮、基本组织和维管组织三部分组成,维管组织有1束中央维管束和数束外环维管束,维管束为有限外韧维管束,有气隙分布。叶由表皮、叶肉和叶脉三部分组成,上下表皮均由单层细胞构成,排列规则无胞间隙,其外壁覆盖一层连续的角质层,无气孔但分布有类泡状细胞,表皮细胞中富含叶绿体,是光合作用的主要部位。本文还讨论了海神草营养器官与海洋沉水生活相适应的结构特征。