Investigations on the Joint Occurrence of Anabaena spiroides Klebahn and Hyphomycetes in Various Types of Water Bodies

The authors investigated the influence of the cyanobacterium Anabaena spiroides on the occurrence of aquatic Hyphomycetes in the water of five water bodies of different trophy. The presence of cyanobacteria in the water of all five waters reduced the number of fungi species from 29 to 10. Such species as Angulospora aquatica and Mirandina corticola were found both in control samples and with cyanobacterium from all five waters examined.     

城市湿地水生植物在水污染治理中的净化机理研究进展

综述了当前国内外对湿地水生植物在水污染治理中净化机理,包括水生植物对氮、磷、重金属、有机污染物和其它有毒有害物质的去除机制。     

Distribution and seasonal fluctuations in the aquatic biodiversity of the southern Altiplano

We compared the distribution and seasonal fluctuations in the aquatic biota in relation to chemical and physical water variables in the Altiplano watersheds of the Ascotán, Carcote and Huasco salars; Chungará and Cotacotani lakes; Isluga and Lauca Rivers and the Parinacota wetland. We sampled during the austral autumn–winter of 2006 and in the spring–summer of 2006–2007, using three sampling stations for each system. We used canonical correspondence analysis to establish relations between frequency of taxa and environmental variables.We demonstrate that the structure and composition of the aquatic biota in humid areas of the Altiplano is determined by physical and chemical variables of the water. The most relevant one is total nitrogen, which is also the limiting nutrient for phytoplankton production in tropical systems.Benthos and zooplankton showed significant associations with the set of environmental variables (Monte Carlo test, p<0.05); however, the association was not significant for phytoplankton. Lake Chungará showed the greatest variation in composition and abundance of zooplankton between autumn-winter and spring-summer, while in the Huasco salar the physical and chemical characteristics were related to the composition and abundance of the benthonic fauna. Thus, changes in the water volume of these systems would have repercussions in chemical and physical variables, altering the species assemblage and possibly the efficiency and stability of ecosystem functions.     

Application of NMR-based techniques in aquatic toxicology: brief examples

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) has been employed over many years for the elucidation of chemical structures. However, in more recent years it has been used to characterize sublethal actions of pollutants in aquatic organisms. For instance, in vivo NMR involves live, intact organisms or cell cultures and the application of chemical stressors to reveal toxic mechanisms in real time. Alternatively, NMR-based metabolomics involves rapid cessation of metabolic activity following chemical exposure (via liquid N(2)) to provide an assessment of metabolic actions via more traditional NMR analysis. Two examples are briefly presented to exemplify the power of NMR for assessing toxic actions in marine and freshwater organisms.     

长江下游湖泊水生植物现状及与水环境因子的关系

研究水生植物分布与环境因子的关系可为富营养化湖泊的生态修复提供重要科学依据.通过对长江下游10个不同营养水平湖泊的水生植物群落组成和环境状况进行野外调查,研究了长江下游湖泊主要水生植物分布状况及水环境因子对水生植物分布的影响.调查发现长江下游10个代表性湖泊主要水生植物共计6科7属11种,主要生活型为沉水植物.水生植物群落组成与环境因子的冗余分析结果显示,总氮、pH值和水深是显著影响这些不同营养水平湖泊水生植物分布的主导因子.     

论水生野生动物的主动保护与被动保护

三十多年来,人们对水生野生动物保护中的保护地建设、迁地保护、人工保种、人工驯养、人工繁育、人工养殖、增殖放流、生态修复等保护方式一直存在着激烈的争论.这反映了人们对水生野生动物保护目标、保护方式认识不一致甚至对立的问题,而其根本在于缺乏一个能够适应水生野生动物保护需求和特征的理论话语体系.本文基于对水生野生动物保护目标认知和设置的差异,基于对水生野生动物保护中人工干预方式的差异,尝试以“物种保护与生态保护”、“主动保护与被动保护”两个维度为框架建立水生野生动物保护的理论话语体系,然后着重分析水生野生动物物种保护中的主动保护与被动保护的状况与成效,指出部分水生野生动物保护地由于其整体生态格局已被改变或依然处于恶化的趋势中,并且无法避免人类活动的干扰和影响,导致了相应水生野生动物的就地保护效果不理想,而获得足够主动保护努力介入的物种在获得人工保种、人工繁育、人工养殖之后,其物种灭绝的风险已基本解除,甚至部分已野外绝迹物种还存在野外种群重建的机会.而后,以长江三种鲟鱼的保护和效果为例,对比展示了主动保护对于水生野生动物保护的必要性.建议就水生野生动物保护而言,在不遗余力抓保护地建设等被动保护的同时,更要积极地推动人工繁育、人工养殖等主动保护来对物种兜底.     

基于水体透明度反演的太湖水生植被遥感信息提取

在使用多光谱遥感图像提取太湖水生植被分布时,由于水体中悬浮物和藻类等物质的影响,容易产生"异物同谱"现象,大面积水体被误分为沉水植被.本文首先通过TM图像反演太湖水体的透明度,基于RVI和NDVI植被指数,分别建立两类决策树,即透明度辅助的分类决策树和无透明度参与的分类决策树,将太湖分为水体、以浮叶植被为主导的水生植被和以沉水植被为主导的水生植被等三种类型.透明度辅助下的 NDVl 分类决策树方法,较好地消除分类过程中的"异物同谱"现象,是进行太湖水生植被分类的一种最好方法选择,把这种方法应用于2002年7月15日的Landsat ETM卫星遥感影像,结果表明太湖中以沉水植被为主导的水生植被约407.6km2,以浮叶植被为主导的水生植被约82.2km2.     

Using two-dimensional hydrodynamic models at scales of ecological importance

Modeling of flow features that are important in assessing stream habitat conditions has been a long-standing interest of stream biologists. Recently, they have begun examining the usefulness of two-dimensional (2-D) hydrodynamic models in attaining this objective. Current modeling practices consider relatively long channel sections with their bathymetry represented in terms of large, macro-scale, topographic features. Meso-scale topographic features, such as boulders, root-wads and other obstructions are typically not considered in the modeling process. Instead, the overall effects of these flow obstructions are captured through increased values in the channel roughness parameters. Such an approach to 2-D modeling allows one to accurately predict average depth and velocity values; however, it is not capable of providing any information about the flow patterns in the vicinity of these obstructions. Biologists though have known that such meso-scale features and the complex velocity patterns generated by their presence, play an important role in the ecology of streams, and thus cannot be ignored. It is therefore evident that there is a need to develop better tools, capable of modeling flow characteristics at scales of ecological importance. The purpose of this study is to expand the utility of 2-D hydraulic models to capture these flow features that are critical for characterizing stream habitat conditions.

There exists a paucity of research addressing what types of topographic features should be included in 2-D model studies and to what extent a boulder or series of exposed boulders can influence predicted flow conditions and traditional useable habitat computations. Moreover, little research has been performed to evaluate the impact mesh refinement has on model results in natural streams. Numerical simulations, based on a natural river channel containing several large boulders, indicate that explicitly modeling local obstructions/boulders can significantly impact predicted flow parameters. The presence of these obstructions create velocity gradients, velocity shelters, transverse flows and other ecologically important flow features that are not reproduced when their geometry is not incorporated into the hydraulic model. Sensitivity analyses show that reducing element sizes in the vicinity of obstructions and banks is crucial in modeling the spatial flow patterns created by meso-scale topographic features. This information, combined with similar data obtained in future studies, can provide guidelines for the placement of fishrocks and other structures often used in stream restoration projects as well as determining what types of meso-scale topographic features might need to be incorporated into habitat suitability studies. Such information may also ultimately allow new spatial habitat metrics to be developed.     

利用耐盐沉水植物控制滨海再生水景观河道的富营养化研究

研究了由广盐性沉水植物川蔓藻(Ruppia maritima)构建的沉水植被系统对滨海再生水景观河道的富营养化控制。实验室静态试验与工程现场中试研究结果表明:由单一广盐性沉水植物川蔓藻构建的沉水植被系统对含盐量7000~13000mg/L的再生水中的氮和磷都有较高的去除率,当河道川蔓藻的生物量达4627gFw/m2时,再生水体中总氮和总磷的去除率分别达到74.6%和85.4%。出水氮磷浓度达到了《城市污水再生利用景观环境用水质》(GB/T18921-2002)的标准。泰达再生水河道中川蔓藻的生物量与河道水体中的叶绿素a存在显著的线性负相关。因此,在景观河道之前先构建一个川蔓藻沉水植被系统,对于利用再生水恢复与重建滨海湿地,并控制水体富营养化有重要作用。     

人工湿地脱氮除磷的效果与机理研究进展

人工湿地作为一种低耗高效的污水处理系统正在被广泛应用于各种类型的污水处理,不仅对有机污染物有较强的降解能力,而且对传统的二级处理难以去除的氮磷也有较好的去除效果。人工湿地污水处理系统是一个复合生态工程系统,其对污染的去除机理是一个错综复杂的过程,基质、水生植物和微生物共同发挥着重要作用。综述了人工湿地脱氮除磷的效果与机理,讨论了基质、水生植物、微生物及其他外界因素对系统处理效果的影响及氮磷去除的预测模型,提出了当前人工湿地研究中存在的问题和提高人工湿地脱氮除磷能力的对策。