Spatio-temporal divergence in the responses of Finland’s boreal forests to climate variables

Spring greening in boreal forest ecosystems has been widely linked to increasing temperature, but few studies have attempted to unravel the relative effects of climate variables such as maximum temperature (TMX), minimum temperature (TMN), mean temperature (TMP), precipitation (PRE) and radiation (RAD) on vegetation growth at different stages of growing season. However, clarifying these effects is fundamental to better understand the relationship between vegetation and climate change. This study investigated spatio-temporal divergence in the responses of Finland’s boreal forests to climate variables using the plant phenology index (PPI) calculated based on the latest Collection V006 MODIS BRDF-corrected surface reflectance products (MCD43C4) from 2002 to 2018, and identified the dominant climate variables controlling vegetation change during the growing season (May–September) on a monthly basis. Partial least squares (PLS) regression was used to quantify the response of PPI to climate variables and distinguish the separate impacts of different variables. The study results show the dominant effects of temperature on the PPI in May and June, with TMX, TMN and TMP being the most important explanatory variables for the variation of PPI depending on the location, respectively. Meanwhile, drought had an unexpectedly positive impact on vegetation in few areas. More than 50 % of the variation of PPI could be explained by climate variables for 68.5 % of the entire forest area in May and 87.7 % in June, respectively. During July to September, the PPI variance explained by climate and corresponding spatial extent rapidly decreased. Nevertheless, the RAD was found be the most important explanatory variable to July PPI in some areas. In contrast, the PPI in August and September was insensitive to climate in almost all of the regions studied. Our study gives useful insights on quantifying and identifying the relative importance of climate variables to boreal forest, which can be used to predict the possible response of forest under future warming.     

投喂海水小球藻和三角褐指藻对泥蚶成贝镉排出的影响

通过监测泥蚶不同组织器官镉含量的变化及构建相应泥蚶镉排出动力学模型,研究了投喂两种饵料微藻——海水小球藻(Chlorella salina)和三角褐指藻(Phaeodactylum tricornutum)对泥蚶(Tegillarca granosa)成贝镉排出的影响。结果表明:投喂饵料微藻对泥蚶外套膜、鳃、内脏团和肌肉的镉排出均有明显促进作用(P0.05),且投喂混合藻种的效果优于投喂单一藻种。经10d暂养净化后,泥蚶不同组织器官的镉排出率大小依次为内脏团鳃外套膜肌肉,其中投喂混合藻时可食用部分(即肌肉部分)的镉排出率和动力学模型拟合得到的排出速率均比不投喂饵料微藻的对照高出1倍左右[30.02%vs16.13%;0.036μg/(g·d)vs0.017μg/(g·d)];同时,通过上述动力学模型还可算得,投喂饵料微藻的泥蚶体内镉的生物半衰期可比对照组缩短14—22d,其食用部分预期达标时间可缩短12—13d。     

秦山核电站邻近海域网采浮游植物群落分布及其影响因素

秦山核电站位于杭州湾北岸湾顶,其邻近海域受到钱塘江淡水径流和江浙沿岸流的共同影响,水体环境复杂。本研究根据2012年5月(春季)、10月(秋季)秦山核电站邻近海域15个站位网采浮游植物群落调查及理化因子测定,研究了该海域浮游植物群落结构、分布及其影响因子。同时比对历史数据,分析该海域浮游植物群落对环境变化的响应。调查共鉴定检出浮游植物5门60属139种(春季5门36属70种、秋季5门51属115种),其中硅藻42属110种(占85.3%),甲藻8属12种(占9.3%),绿藻、蓝藻和裸藻偶有检出。春季浮游植物平均丰度(1 802.62×104个/m~3)高于秋季(877.15×104个/m~3),其中琼氏圆筛藻Coscinodiscus jonesianus和中肋骨条藻Skeletoema costatum为两季优势种。聚类分析和典范对应分析表明,两季浮游植物群落差异显著,氮磷比、溶解无机氮、溶解无机磷和盐度是影响调查海域浮游植物的主要环境因子。比对历史资料得到,30年来秦山核电站邻近海域浮游植物赤潮藻种的增加和群落结构及丰度的改变受到营养盐含量及结构变化、水温升高等因素共同作用。     

The influence of China-Europe Railway Express on the production system of enterprises: A case study of TCL Poland Plant

The implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative and the increasing frequency of the China-Europe Railway Express(CER Express)have brought new improvement to the production system of enterprises along the Belt and Road regions.On the basis of summa-rizing the evolution of production system of enterprises,this paper takes TCL Poland Plant as an example to conduct an in-depth study on the characteristics of the plant's current produc-tion system and its differences from the original production system,and analyzes the impact of the CER Express on its current production system.Some conclusions can be drawn as follows.(1)CER Express had a great impact on the production system of TCL Poland Plant,which is mainly manifested in the following aspects.First,the transport of raw materials by CER Express improves the time efficiency and shortens the whole supply chain.Second,CER Express acts as a"moving inventory",which realizes the flexibility of raw material in-ventory and"zero inventory"effect based on the punctual transport.Third,the time and in-ventory effects brought by CER Express speed up the response to European market.The comprehensive benefits brought by CER Express lead to a more punctual and lean produc-tion system,meet the diversified needs of consumers on account of product quality and di-versification,and improve ability to expand European market.(2)On the basis of abandoning the original"Rigid Mass Production"system,we argue that TCL Poland Plant formed a unique production system—"Global Fluid Just-in-Time"which absorbed the essence of Toyota Pro-duction System based on the punctual transnational transportation of CER Express.(3)The differences between the current and the original production systems of TCL Poland Plant are mainly focused on the following aspects:the difference of transport and storage mode of raw materials,and the changes of production line,production mode and quality inspection or-ganization,etc.     

Influence of livestock soil eutrophication on floral composition in the Pyrenees mountains

Livestock behaviour in the Pyrenees includes free grazing and a long resting period that provokes the accumulation of dung and urine in some places,so-called camping areas. The aims of this study were （i） to analyze any change in floral composition,and in nutritional and chemical contents of plants in a livestock camping area; and （ii） to relate the floral composition with soil chemical properties. In a linear transect,five sampling zones were established,from the centre of the camping area to the surrounding Nardus stricta-dominant pasture. The above ground plant biomass and the topsoil were sampled in each zone with 6 replicates per zone. Plant species were classified and weighed to calculate above ground biomass,nutritional and chemical contents,and Shannon diversity and evenness indices. Additionally,soils were sampled in two periods,at the beginning and at the end of grazing period. Soil available nutrients （nitrate,ammonium,phosphorus,potassium,calcium and magnesium）,total nitrogen,organic carbon and pH were measured.
Plant chemical contents （protein,lignin and others） were significantly related to the proportions of grasses,legumes and other plants; so,the protein content is positively correlated with legumes plant biomass while lignin content is negatively correlated with grasses. Both plant and soil nutrients increased linearly towards the centre of the camping area. However,the relationship among plant species richness,diversity and evenness relative to its position along the studied transect was bell-shaped. From the outskirts to the centre of the camping area,plants with low nutrient demand were progressively replaced by those with medium and high nutrients demand and by pioneers.
Nardus stricta-dominant pasture has low plant diversity and plant nutrient content as well as a poor soil nutrient availability. The presence of the camping area introduced patches with more soil nutrients and new species in the large spatial scale. However at a small spatial scale,the strong soil nutrien     

南极企鹅和贼鸥骨骼中的稀土研究

利用电感偶合等离子体质谱仪(ICP-MS)分析了南极长城站区和中山站区企鹅和贼鸥骨骼中稀土元素,两种海鸟骨骼中稀土总量∑REE介于0.8-3.5μg/g,并具有明显富集轻稀土的特征。企鹅和贼鸥骨骼中稀土元素总量存在显著的种间和地区差异,长城站的∑REE为:金图企鹅>贼鸥>帽带企鹅,而中山站的情况是:金图企鹅>贼鸥>阿德利企鹅,且长城站海鸟骨骼稀土含量明显高于中山站的同种个体。两种海鸟不同部位骨骼稀土含量也具有显著差异,腿骨明显高于翅骨,约为翅骨的2倍。南极海鸟骨骼稀土配分模式相对富集LREE,呈现负斜率变化,HREE则呈现平坦型;企鹅和贼鸥骨骼具有不同的稀土配分模式,对海水没有明显的继承性,是食物链和海鸟生理机制的综合反映,以及受陆源环境的影响。     

植被微气象的数值模拟

综合考虑梯度输送和阵性穿透作用，并对植被上方的过渡层作适当处理，提出了植被微气象的一阶闭合模型。它对温、湿、风等物理量垂直分布的模拟精度良好。引用系统优化理论和方法，对模型中参数作多维非线性搜索，结果客观可靠。由于植物本身的调节适应能力和反馈作用，大气与植被间的动量与水热交换机制和过程不尽相同。在动量输送过程中，梯度产生项和阵性穿透皆不可忽视，尤其在群体下部，更为重要；而在热量和水分输送过程中，阵性穿透作用在低矮密集植被中的贡献甚微，梯度产生项起主导作用。     

Large-Eddy Simulation of Coherent Turbulence Structures Associated with Scalar Ramps Over Plant Canopies

Large-eddy simulations were performed of a neutrally-stratified turbulent flow within and above an ideal, horizontally- and vertically-homogeneous plant canopy. Three simulations were performed for shear-driven flows in small and large computational domains, and a pressure-driven flow in a small domain, to enable the nature of canopy turbulence unaffected by external conditions to be captured. The simulations reproduced quite realistic canopy turbulence characteristics, including typical ramp structures appearing in time traces of the scalar concentration near the canopy top. Then, the spatial structure of the organised turbulence that caused the scalar ramps was examined using conditional sampling of three-dimensional instantaneous fields, triggered by the occurrence of ramp structures. A wavelet transform was used for the detection of ramp structures in the time traces. The ensemble-averaged results illustrate that the scalar ramps are associated with the microfrontal structure in the scalar, the ejection-sweep structure in the streamwise and vertical velocities, a laterally divergent flow just around the ramp-detection point, and a positive, vertically-coherent pressure perturbation. These vertical structures were consistent with previous measurements made in fields or wind tunnels. However, the most striking feature is that the horizontal slice of the same structure revealed a streamwise-elongated region of high-speed streamwise velocity impacting on another elongated region of low-speed velocity. These elongated structures resemble the so-called streak structures that are commonly observed in near-wall shear layers. Since elongated structures of essentially similar spatial scales were observed in all of the runs, these streak structures appear to be inherent in near-canopy turbulence. Presumably, strong wind shear formed just above the canopy is involved in their formation. By synthesis of the ensemble-averaged and instantaneous results, the following processes were inferred for the development of scalar microfronts and their associated flow structures: (1) a distinct scalar microfront develops where a coherent downdraft associated with a high-speed streak penetrates into the region of a low-speed streak; (2) a stagnation in flow between two streaks of different velocities builds up a vertically-coherent high-pressure region there; (3) the pressure gradients around the high-pressure region work to reduce the longitudinal variations in streamwise velocity and to enhance the laterally-divergent flow and lifted updrafts downstream of the microfront; (4) as the coherent mother downdraft impinges on the canopy, canopy-scale eddies are formed near the canopy top in a similar manner as observed in conventional mixing-layer turbulence.     

植物化感作用在血吸虫病防治中的应用

对抑螺植物的化感物质、化感作用、抑螺植物的标准进行了系统的阐述,对植物化感作用在血吸虫病防治中的研究情况进行了简要介绍,并重点对抑螺植物化感作用在血吸虫病防治上的应用技术进行了研讨,研究结果对植物化感作用在血吸虫病防治中的应用将具有积极的指导和推动作用。