Leaf margins and temperature in the North American flora: Recalibrating the paleoclimatic thermometer

For almost a century, leaf margin analysis has been an important method of estimating Cenozoic paleotemperatures. However, the relation between the proportion of toothed versus entire leaves and temperature has so far been calibrated and characterized using relatively small numbers of opportunistically and irregularly collected floras.Here we present the results of the first systematic spatially-distributed analysis of the relation between leaf margins and temperature for North America.We used species range maps of native North American dicot trees to derive synthetic local floras for each 50 km grid cell in the USA and Canada, and compared the percentage of entire-margined species with the mean annual temperature in each cell. Leaf margin type for each species was assigned using illustrations from appropriate regional North America floras.This analysis confirms that high-rainfall areas of the eastern USA and Canada show a strong inverse relationship between toothed margin percentage and mean annual temperature in the range 0–25 °C. The values we estimate are roughly similar to those obtained from floras in east Asia and previous analyses in North America, but the detailed curve is more complex, showing a distinct change in slope above a mean annual temperature of 20 °C. Wetter climate areas of the coastal western USA do not show any significant correlation between leaf margin percentage and temperature. This may relate to the confounding effect of the diverse topography of the West Coast, or it may be caused by the depleted dicotyledonous tree flora of this area.Like previous studies, this paper demonstrates that there indeed is a strong relationship between leaf margin percentage and temperature on a regional scale in eastern North America. However the relationship does not have the same linear behavior as results obtained from previous analyses. We discuss the implications of the results obtained here for paleoclimatic reconstruction in the content of other leaf margin analyses based on North American sites.     

祁连山东段山地典型灌丛枯落物及土壤水源涵养功能研究

为探讨高寒地区灌丛枯落物层及土壤层的水源涵养功能,以祁连山东段6种典型灌丛的枯落物和土壤为研究对象,采用野外调查与室内浸泡相结合的方法,对枯落物及土壤水文特征进行了研究.结果表明:(1)6种灌丛枯落物的蓄积量范围为0.23～3.61 t·hm-2,大小排序为山生柳>硬叶柳>绣线菊>金露梅>头花杜鹃>千里香杜鹃.(2)枯...     

青海柴达木盆地林线附近祁连圆柏叶片功能性状的变化特征

林线作为高山系统中郁闭林与无林高山植被带间特殊的生态过渡带, 对全球气候变化极为敏感. 柴达木盆地林线附近的祁连圆柏作为青藏高原东北部高山生态系统中海拔分布最高的单一优势树种, 是研究林线植物响应气候变化的理想材料. 为明确祁连圆柏重要叶片功能性状对林线附近环境变化的响应模式, 分别测定了东、西两个坡向上林线附近(郁闭林、林线和树线)祁连圆柏的叶片干物质含量(LDMC)、单位面积的叶片重量(LMA)、叶片碳稳定同位素(δ¹³C)、叶片单位重量的碳氮含量(C_mass, N_mass)、碳氮比(C/N)、叶片自由水含量(FW)和叶片自由水与束缚水比(FW/BW). 结果显示:LMA、δ¹³C和C_mass在林线附近无显著变化, 但林线和树线的N_mass、FW及FW/BW显著高于郁闭林, 而LDMC和C/N则相反; 在不同坡向上, 西坡LMA显著高于东坡. 此外, FW与LDMC、N_mass显著正相关, 而FW与FW/BW、LMA与C_mass以及N_mass与C/N显著负相关. 以上结果表明, 祁连圆柏作为我国西北高山生态系统中耐旱、耐寒的树种在林线附近并未受到明显的水分胁迫, 其可能主要通过提高叶片自由水含量、光合能力、含氮渗透调节物含量等策略来适应林线附近的恶劣生境, 以保证自身的正常生长发育.     

基于TAVI的山区毛竹林LAI反演分析

本文采用地形调节植被指数（TAVI）,以RapidEye高分辨率多光谱遥感影像为数据源,对福建省永安市毛竹林山区进行了叶面积指数（LAI）地面实测、遥感建模及反演分析。通过TAVI与归一化植被指数（NDVI）、比值植被指数（RVI）的对比研究,结果表明：（1）毛竹林实测LAI与TAVI、NDVI和RVI线性回归的决定系数（R²）分别为0.6085、0.3156和0.4092,最佳非线性回归的R²分别提高到0.6624、0.5280和0.6497。LAI与NDVI或RVI非线性（U曲线）模型可以很好地解释LAI-VI的散点分布规律,但难以解决LAI-VI间因地形影响导致的“同物异谱”和“异物同谱”问题,因此,在山区大面积推广应用需慎重。（2）通过实测LAI的验证表明,LAI-TAVI回归模型可有效避免因地形影响导致的“同物异谱”和“异物同谱”问题。TAVI具有良好的削减地形影响作用,可用于山区植被LAI的遥感反演。     

青海柴达木地区野生胡杨叶的形态解剖学研究

采用常规石蜡切片法,对青海柴达木地区野生胡杨叶的形态和解剖结构进行了观察和分析,探讨野生胡杨在解剖学方面适应干旱的机理。结果表明,该地区的野生胡杨叶具有明显的旱生结构特点。具体表现为:叶片厚,不等面叶;上下均由两层细胞构成复表皮,具有较厚的表皮细胞外壁与角质层;气孔下陷;具有不整齐的维管束鞘细胞,主脉韧皮纤维发达,含较多的粘液细胞;栅栏组织发达,细胞小,排列紧密;叶肉细胞含有两种结晶体——棱晶和簇晶。     

基于物理模型训练神经网络的作物叶面积指数遥感反演研究

叶面积指数(LAI)是估算作物生长的关键参数。基于物理模型的LAI反演,被认为是当前最为可靠的方法,但其反演复杂。本文提出了将物理模型和神经网络相结合,从地表反射率反演叶面积指数的算法,利用MOD IS地表反射率和4-scale模型反演作物LAI。(1)利用4-scale模型模拟不同LAI与地表反射率的关系,生成训练数据;(2)利用模型模拟的LAI训练神经网络;(3)以MOD IS地表反射率输入训练后的神经网络,反演LAI。估算的LAI与其他LAI产品进行了比较,结果表明,估算的作物LAI和MOD IS及CYCLOPES LAI产品空间和时间分布一致,均方根误差分别为0.4994和0.6558。以2004年衡水的作物LAI地面观测数据进行了直接验证,估算的LAI与研究区地表植被分布一致,但是,三种卫星LAI产品都小于地表测量,故需针对华北平原浓密作物设计模型参数化方案。     

不同环境中树叶的磁学性质及其对大气环境污染的指示

为了研究树叶的磁学性质对大气环境污染的指示作用,对安徽省凤阳县城、水泥厂和石英砂厂生长的杨树叶及在凤阳县城生长的银杏树、梧桐树等树叶的磁学参数进行测量。结果显示树叶样品中主要磁性矿物都是磁铁矿,粒径较大;但不同环境生长的杨树叶中磁性矿物含量存在差异,由高到低依次排列为水泥厂、凤阳县城、石英砂厂,指示水泥厂大气环境污染较凤阳县城和石英砂厂严重。进一步分析还发现在凤阳县城采集的杨树、银杏树、梧桐树等树叶样品中磁性矿物含量各不相同,其中银杏树叶中磁性矿物含量高于杨树和梧桐树树叶。利用树叶磁学参数能监测大气环境污染,但不同树种树叶的磁学参数对大气环境污染的指示作用存在差异。     

科尔沁沙地沙丘生境单元凋落物运移特征

通过测定科尔沁沙地沙丘生境单元凋落物的运移量,分析了沙丘类型和生境变化对凋落物运移的影响,并探讨了是否可以通过凋落物运移量的变化来判断营养物质的迁移。结果表明:科尔沁沙地沙丘凋落物的运移过程主要发生在非生长季,呈明显的单峰型季节波动。凋落物运移量在不同沙丘的丘间地、迎风坡、丘顶和背风坡均表现出明显的空间差异性,丘顶的凋落物运移量最大,迎风坡次之,丘间地和背风坡相对较小。凋落物运移量有随距地表高度增加而下降的趋势,距地表高度为0~25 cm时,凋落物运移量最大,显著高于25~50、50~75、75~100 cm 3个高度区间。凋落物运移量与风速在流动沙丘、半固定沙丘和固定沙丘均呈显著的二次曲线正相关,显示风速是影响凋落物运移量动态变化的重要因素。     

科尔沁沙地植物功能性状的尺度变异及关联

调查了科尔沁沙地流动沙丘、半固定沙丘和固定沙丘18个样地的物种组成,测定了28种植物的叶面积(LA)、比叶面积(SLA)和叶干物质含量(LDMC)等3个植物功能性状,并用性状梯度分析法对3个功能性状在群落水平上的变化进行了分解,研究了沙丘固定过程中的植物功能性状的尺度变异及其与生境变化的关系。结果表明:(1)随着沙丘的固定,群落平均LA逐渐增大,群落平均SLA及LDMC在半固定沙丘上最小;(2)群落平均SLA的生态位宽度随着沙丘固定程度依次减小,流动、半固定沙丘植物群落的适应能力较固定沙丘更强;(3)沙丘固定过程中物种性状值的变化与群落内共生植物种性状间变异的关联相比于群落间性状的变异更密切。沙丘固定导致了物种LA与LDMC较强的正相关关系,两性状在群落间的依赖性比群落内的强。物种在群落内和群落间采取不同的策略来适应沙丘固定过程生境的变化。     

Long-term marine litter monitoring in the remote Great Australian Bight, South Australia

The Anxious Bay beach litter clearance is the longest running annual survey of ocean-based litter in Australia. It's remoteness from centres of human population and location (with respect to prevailing winds and currents) make it an ideal place for monitoring ocean or ship-based litter in Australia's southern oceans and particularly, the Great Australian Bight. Over the 1991-1999 period, a large but gradual decline in the amount of beach washed litter was recorded (with minor peaks recorded during the 1992 and 1994 surveys). Beach washed litter decreased by approximately 86%, from 344 kg recorded in 1991 (13.2 kg/km) to 49 kg in 1999 (i.e. 1.9 kg/km), reaching a maximum of 390 kg in 1992 (or 15 kg/km of beach). However, a sharp increase in litter was recorded in 2000 (i.e. 252 kg or 9.7 kg/km). This increase in litter yield in 2000 is probably due to stronger than average onshore surface flow (or Ekman Transport) in the western Eyre Peninsula and Bight region. Prior to the survey in 2000, the results appeared to indicate that ocean litter on Anxious Bay beach was beginning to level out at around 50-70 kg/year (i.e. 2-3 kg/km). As the beach surveys involve the assumption that the beach is completely cleared of litter, this may represent a baseline level for ocean-based litter in the region. The yields and type of litter collected from the annual survey indicates that the majority of litter washed ashore originates from commercial fishing activities within the Great Australian Bight. Most of the fishing-related litter was directly sourced to the Southern Rock Lobster Fishery (i.e. bait buckets, baskets, pots), the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery (i.e. codends, trawl nets) and the Southern Shark Fishery (i.e. monofilament gillnets and longlines). Between 1994 and 1999, large reductions were observed in the amount of bait straps (77% reduction), lobster bait baskets/buckets (86% reduction), nets/ropes (62% reduction) and floats/buoys (83% reduction). Significantly, fishing-related litter in the Bight has reduced at a slower rate than domestic litter. While the level of glass and soft plastics on the beach have both reduced by almost 93% (i.e. 103-7 kg and 119-8 kg, respectively), the level of hard plastics, has diminished at a slower rate, with reductions of only 75% (i.e. 122-30 kg). Some fisheries (i.e. rock lobster, Southern Shark Fishery) have shown marked reductions in fishing-related litter. This is probably due, to some extent, to significant reductions in fishing effort in the region, although this requires further investigation. The information from the Anxious Bay beach litter survey is crucial in monitoring trends in ocean litter in Australia's southern oceans and compliance with international litter regulations. While fishing-related litter remains the major source of ship-based or ocean litter in Australia's southern oceans, the continued reduction in ship-based litter since 1991 supports increasing compliance to MARPOL (Annex V) by commercial fisheries and shipping in the Great Australian Bight. While Australia participates in marine debris monitoring programs in the Antarctic (under CCAMLR), there is currently no national program or management framework to assess, manage and monitor ocean-based litter along Australia's coasts, and monitor compliance with MARPOL. Apart from the commitments under CCAMLR for Antarctic (and sub-Antarctic) marine environments, there are no other regional programs, guidelines or monitoring protocols or to assess and manage ocean litter in the Southern Ocean.