Distribution of amphipods Ischyrocerus on the red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus: Possible interactions with the host in the Barents Sea

The determination of costs and benefits experienced by crustaceans as a result of occupation by their symbionts has received increased attention from marine ecologists. However, the interactions between some important species and their associates remain unclear. We examined the distribution of amphipods in the genus Ischyrocerus on the red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus, a commercially important species, in two areas of the Barents Sea. Ischyrocerus commensalis was found on 30.5% of crabs in Dalnezelenetskaya Bay (DZB) with the mean number per crab being 55.1, in Dolgaya Bay (DLB) these rates were 28.6% with 19.3 specimens per crab. Sympatric species Ischyrocerus anguipes was found on 13.5% of crabs in DZB with a mean of 7.3 individuals per host, in DLB it had much lower occurrence (1.3% and 1.5 specimens per host). There were no significant differences between proportions of male and female crabs infested by amphipods in both areas examined. Prevalence of amphipods was similar among years examined except for I. commensalis on small crabs (carapace length CL <90 mm) and I. anguipes on large crabs (CL >90 mm) in DZB. We found that I. commensalis and I. anguipes are not egg predators of P. camtschaticus in the Barents Sea, at least in summer. High numbers of I. commensalis occur in crab gills, and both mean intensity of the amphipods and their empty tubes increased with crab size. In the gills, I. commensalis predominated in the section nearest the mouth parts. Possible negative impacts for the hosts due to gills infestation are discussed. In contrast, I. anguipes were predominately found on the carapace and limbs of crabs and appears to be a less specific symbiont of P. camtschaticus. Both amphipod species seem to be commensals, however possible negative impacts for the host could not be excluded.     

黑河中游不同土地覆被类型土壤呼吸及对水热因子的响应

以黑河中游6种典型土地覆被类型（百年灌溉农田、新垦灌溉农田、人工杨树林、人工樟子松林、人工梭梭灌木林和天然荒漠草地）为研究对象,对土壤呼吸及其对土壤含水量和土壤温度的响应进行测定。结果表明：灌溉农田的土壤呼吸速率显著大于人工樟子松林地和杨树林地,人工林地显著大于荒漠草地和梭梭灌木林地。6种土地覆被类型土壤呼吸速率与土壤温度显著正相关性,Q₁₀值1.14~1.31,表明该地区土壤呼吸速率对土壤温度的敏感性低于世界平均水平;土壤呼吸速率与土壤含水量呈显著的指数关系。这表明6种土地覆被类型的土壤呼吸特征存在显著差异,且不同土地覆被类型的土壤呼吸特征与水热因子关系密切,以人类活动为主导的土地覆被变化深刻影响着荒漠绿洲生态系统水土气生的相互作用。     

江西大岗山杉木人工林生态系统土壤呼吸研究

以江西大岗山杉木人工林为研究对象,采用LI-6400便携式光合测定系统及土壤呼吸叶室6400-09,在2005年4—10月和2006年4—10月,连续测定了2个生长季的土壤CO2释放速率,并对土壤呼吸规律进行了分析研究。结果表明,土壤呼吸的日动态和季节动态都呈单峰型;土壤呼吸速率与地表空气温度和0～10 cm土壤温度的指数回归关系良好,但单独用土壤含水率的变化解释土壤呼吸速率变异是不合适的。选择0～10 cm土壤温度和0～10 cm土壤含水率解释土壤呼吸速率的变异,双因子模型比单因子模型好。根据土壤呼吸速率与0～10 cm土壤温度的指数模型,结合试验地2006年1—12月的气象资料,计算出大岗山杉木人工林土壤呼吸年释放碳量为9.80 t.hm-2。     

干旱区荒漠灌木林地土壤呼吸及其影响因素分析

沿三工河流域山前丘陵、冲-洪积平原绿洲及北部荒漠的过渡区测定了灌(丛)木林地土壤呼吸及土壤理化性质,对干旱区灌(丛)木林地土壤呼吸与土壤因子及环境因子之间的相关性作了初步分析并得出二者沿流域的变化规律:(1)大气CO2浓度呈降低趋势,但不明显,土壤呼吸与大气相对湿度的变化趋势一致,沿流域降低,二者相关系数为0.97。在干旱区水分对土壤呼吸具有一定的影响;(2)相关性分析表明土壤碳酸钙与土壤呼吸间存在显著相关性,相关系数为0.93。有关干旱区土壤碳酸钙对土壤呼吸的作用机理有待于进一步深入研究。本文分析结果有助于人们更好的了解有关干旱区灌(丛)木林地的土壤呼吸,作为干旱区灌(丛)木林地土壤碳素研究的参考依据。     

A stochastic model for daily subsurface CO2 concentration and related soil respiration

Near-surface soil CO₂ gas-phase concentration (C) and concomitant incident rainfall (P_i) and through-fall (P_t) depths were collected at different locations in a temperate pine forest every 30 min during the 2005 and 2006 growing seasons (and then averaged to the daily timescale). At the daily scale, C temporal variations were well described by a sequence of monotonically decreasing functions interrupted by large positive jumps induced by rainfall events. A stochastic model was developed to link rainfall statistics responsible for these jumps to near-surface C dynamics. The model accounted for the effect of daily rainfall variability, both in terms of timing and amount of water, and permitted an analytical derivation of the C probability density function (pdf) using the parameters of the rainfall pdf. Given the observed positive correlation between daily C and soil CO₂ fluxes to the atmosphere (F_s), the effects of various rainfall regimes on the statistics of F_s can be deduced from the behavior of C under different climatic conditions. The predictions from this analytical model are consistent with flux measurements reported in manipulative experiments that varied rainfall amount and frequency.     

犬齿牙鲆幼鱼呼吸耗氧率的研究

对犬齿牙鲆幼鱼在不同环境条件下的呼吸频率、耗氧率以及窒息浮头现象进行了观测研究。结果表明:犬齿牙鲆在适宜温度范围,呼吸频率随温度的升高而加快,在适宜生长温度范围,其呼吸频率为60～100次/min。耗氧量与鱼体重正相关,二者之间的相关关系符合M=1.8469W0.8317(r=0.9116)模式。其耗氧率随温度和盐度的增加而增加,在水温20℃左右,体重108g的犬齿牙鲆24h平均耗氧率为1.6676μg/(min·g),明显低于褐牙鲆(体重69.3～151.4g)耗氧率2.68μg/(min·g)和大菱鲆(17℃体重70～110g)耗氧率3.4667μg/(min·g)的水平。其耗氧率白天为1.824μg/(min·g),夜间为1.511μg/(min·g),白天耗氧率是夜间的1 21倍,昼夜差异明显。犬齿牙鲆20℃半数死亡窒息点耗氧率为0 747mg/L,全部死亡窒息点耗氧率为0 569mg/L。     

Spatial-temporal variation in soil respiration and its controlling factors in three steppes of Stipa L. in Inner Mongolia, China

Grassland is the largest terrestrial ecosystem in China. It is of great significance to measure accurately the soil respiration of different grassland types for the contribution evaluation of the Chinese terrestrial ecosystem’s carbon emission to the atmospheric CO2 concentration. A three-year (2005-2007) field experiment was carried out on three steppes of Stipa L. in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, China, using a static opaque chamber technique. The seasonal and interannual variations of soil respiration rates were analyzed, and the annual total soil respiration of the three steppes was estimated. The numerical models between soil respiration and water-heat factors were established respectively. Similar seasonal dynamic and high annual and interannual variations of soil respiration were found in all of the three steppes. In the growing season, the fluctuation of soil respiration was particularly evident. The coefficients of variation (CVs) for soil respiration in different growing seasons ranged from 54% to 93%, and the annual CVs were all above 115%. The interannual CV of soil respiration progressively decreased in the order of Stipa grandis (S. grandis) steppe Stipa baicalensis (S. baicalensis) steppe Stipa krylovii (S. krylovii) steppe. The annual total soil respiration for the S. baicalensis steppe was 223.62?299.24 gC m-2 a-1, 150.62-226.99 gC m-2 a-1 for the S. grandis steppe, and 111.31–131.55 gC m-2 a-1 for the S. krylovii steppe, which were consistent with the precipitation gradient. The variation in the best fitting temperature factor explained the 63.5%, 73.0%, and 73.2% change in soil respiration in the three steppes at an annual time scale, and the corresponding Q10 values were 2.16, 2.98, and 2.40, respectively. Moreover, the Q10 values that were calculated by soil temperature at different depths all expressed a 10 cm 5 cm surface in the three sampling sites. In the growing season, the soil respiration rates were related mostly to the surface soil moisture, and the 95.2%, 97.4%, and 93.2% variations in soil respiration in the three steppes were explained by the change in soil moisture at a depth of 0-10 cm, respectively.     

Effects of irradiance on benthic and water column processes in a Gulf of Mexico estuary: Pensacola Bay, Florida, USA

We examined the effect of light on water column and benthic fluxes in the Pensacola Bay estuary, a river-dominated system in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Measurements were made during the summers of 2003 and 2004 on 16 dates distributed along depth and salinity gradients. Dissolved oxygen fluxes were measured on replicate sediment and water column samples exposed to a gradient of photosynthetically active radiation. Sediment inorganic nutrient (NH₄⁺, NO₃⁻, PO₄³⁻) fluxes were measured. The response of dissolved oxygen fluxes to variation in light was fit to a photosynthesis–irradiance model and the parameter estimates were used to calculate daily integrated production in the water column and the benthos. The results suggest that shoal environments supported substantial benthic productivity, averaging 13.6 ± 4.7 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹, whereas channel environments supported low benthic productivity, averaging 0.5 ± 0.3 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹ (±SE). Estimates of baywide microphytobenthic productivity ranged from 8.1 to 16.5 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹, comprising about 16–32% of total system productivity. Benthic and water column dark respiration averaged 15.2 ± 3.2 and 33.6 ± 3.7 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹, respectively Inorganic nutrient fluxes were generally low compared to relevant estuarine literature values, and responded minimally to light exposure. Across all stations, nutrient fluxes from sediments to the water column averaged 1.11 ± 0.98 mmol m⁻² d⁻¹ for NH₄⁺, 0.58 ± 1.08 mmol m⁻² d⁻¹ for NO₃⁻, 0.01 ± 0.09 mmol m⁻² d⁻¹ for PO₄³⁻. The results of this study illustrate how light reaching the sediments is an important modulator of benthic nutrient and oxygen dynamics in shallow estuarine systems.     

Influence of river discharge on plankton metabolic rates in the tropical monsoon driven Godavari estuary,India

To examine the influence of river discharge on plankton metabolic balance in a monsoon driven tropical estuary, daily variations in physico-chemical and nutrients characteristics were studied over a period of 15 months (September 2007 to November 2008) at a fixed location (Yanam) in the Godavari estuary, India. River discharge was at its peak during July to September with a sharp decrease in the middle of December and complete cessation thereafter. Significant amount of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN, of 22–26 μmol l⁻¹) and dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP, of 3–4 μmol l⁻¹) along with suspended materials (0.2–0.5 g l⁻¹) were found at the study region during the peak discharge period. A net heterotrophy with low gross primary production (GPP) occurred during the peak discharge period. The Chlorophyll a (Chl a) varied between 4 and 18 mg m⁻³ that reached maximum levels when river discharge and suspended loads decreased by >75% compared to that during peak period. High productivity was sustained for about one and half months during October to November when net community production (NCP) turned from net heterotrophy to autotrophy in the photic zone. Rapid decrease in nutrients (DIN and DIP by ∼15 and 1.4 μmol l⁻¹, respectively) was observed during the peak Chl a period of two weeks. Chl a in the post monsoon (October–November) was negatively related to river discharge. Another peak in Chl a in January to February was associated with higher nutrient concentrations and high DIN:DIP ratios suggest possible external supply of nitrogen into the system. The mean photic zone productivity to respiration ratio (P:R) was 2.38 ± 0.24 for the entire study period (September 2007–November 2008). Nevertheless, the ratio of GPP to the entire water column respiration was only 0.14 ± 0.02 revealing that primary production was not enough to support water column heterotrophic activity. The excess carbon demand by the heterotrophs could be met from the allochthonous inputs of mainly terrestrial origin. Assuming that the entire phytoplankton produced organic material was utilized, the additional terrestrial organic carbon supported the total bacterial activity (97–99%) during peak discharge period and 40–75% during dry period. Therefore, large amount of terrestrial organic carbon is getting decomposed in the Godavari estuarine system.