Release of Carbon in Different Molecule Size Fractions from Decomposing Boreal Mor and Peat as Affected by Enchytraeid Worms

Terrestrial export of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to watercourses has increased in boreal zone. Effect of decomposing material and soil food webs on the release rate and quality of DOC are poorly known. We quantified carbon (C) release in CO₂, and DOC in different molecular weights from the most common organic soils in boreal zone; and explored the effect of soil type and enchytraeid worms on the release rates. Two types of mor and four types of peat were incubated in laboratory with and without enchytraeid worms for 154 days at +?15 °C. Carbon was mostly released as CO₂; DOC contributed to 2–9% of C release. The share of DOC was higher in peat than in mor. The release rate of CO₂ was three times higher in mor than in highly decomposed peat. Enchytraeids enhanced the release of CO₂ by 31–43% and of DOC by 46–77% in mor. High molecular weight fraction dominated the DOC release. Upscaling the laboratory results into catchment level allowed us to conclude that peatlands are the main source of DOC, low molecular weight DOC originates close to watercourse, and that enchytraeids substantially influence DOC leaching to watercourse and ultimately to aquatic CO₂ emissions.     

1960-2010年渭河流域旱涝时空分布特征

利用1960-2010年渭河流域12个气象站5-9月降水量资料,采用Z指数作为划分旱涝等级的标准,分析了渭河流域近50 a旱涝时空特征.结果表明,近50a来,流域范围内大旱大涝年份各出现过至少6次.大旱出现最多的站点为环县和平凉两站.大涝出现最多的站点为长武和西吉两站.发生大涝的站点基本位于渭河干流的中下游.受大涝(大旱)影响范围较广的年份主要发生在1965 1970年和1980 1985年(1970-1975年和1985-2000年),尤其是1964,1975,1983,1984和2003年(1972,1994,1995和1997年)受大涝(大旱)影响的站点数超过了50％.1960-2010年大旱站点比例有明显增加趋势,大涝站点比例有降低趋势.根据累积距平曲线可以看出,全流域在1960-1968年和1977-1985年年降水量高于均值,在1970-1974年和1992-2001年年降水量低于均值;对渭河流域区域Z指数进行经验正交函数分析,发现渭河流域旱涝主要受流域中心地带(洛川—长武宝鸡)的早涝气候控制.受地面高程差异影响,北偏西方向发生旱灾机会增大,而南偏东方向发生涝灾的概率增大.东西差异为东部洛川地区旱灾概率加大,流域西部来水概率增强等,表明渭河流域旱涝分布除受大尺度的气候系统影响和控制外,还受地面高程、局地地形等多种因子影响.     

Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Acid Forest Soils at Gådsjön (Sweden): Natural Variabilities and Effects of Increased Input of Nitrogen and of Reversal of Acidification

Effects of (1) the addition of 35 kg N ha^-1yr^-1(as NH₄NO₃) and (2) interception of throughfall and litterfall by means of a roof on concentrations, chemical characteristics and dynamics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in acid forest soils (podzols) were studied at Gårdsjön, Sweden. A non-manipulated catchment served as a reference. After 4 yr of treatment no significant effects of either manipulation were found on concentrations and characteristics of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON). The variability of these parameters within catchments appeared to be of the same order of magnitude as the variability between catchments. At all sites, DON contributed more than 70% of the total dissolved nitrogen. In general, the proportion of hydrophilic DOC increased with depth. In contrast, to other studies the C/N ratio of DOM at Gårdsjön did not show a clear pattern with depth. Other studies in SE U.S.A. have suggested that relatively low C/N ratios at depth are due to increased contribution of hydrophilic neutrals to DOC. However, this fraction appears to be small in temperate and boreal spruce forest soils, including Gårdsjön.     

The influence of organic acidity on the acid-base chemistry of surface waters in Maine,USA

Results from surveys of low-ANC lakes (high elevation, and seepage lakes), and of surface waters in dystrophic, acidic bogs, indicate that acidic precipitation and organic acidity are each generally necessary, but not solely sufficient, for chronically acidic status in Maine lakes. Acidic, low DOC (ANC < 0; DOC < 5 mg L^-1) lakes of all hydrologic types are acidic due largely to acidic deposition; high DOC (DOC > 30 mg L^-1) acidic seepage lakes are acidic due largely to organic acidity, and high DOC drainage lakes are acidic due to a combination of both factors. No low DOC drainage lakes are known with pH less than about 5.0, suggesting that organic acidity is necessary to depress lake pH values to below 5 in Maine at current deposition loadings,The dominant anion of low DOC, acidic waters is sulfate. Acidic waters with intermediate concentrations of DOC (5 to 30 mg L^-1), may be dominated by S04 and/or organic acidity. Seepage-input lakes were the only group to include both organically-dominated (37% of the acidic lakes) and S0₄-dominated members (63% of the acidic lakes). High DOC systems are typically low pH bogs, and are all organic acid-dominated.     

Climate change affects soil labile organic carbon fractions in a Tibetan alpine meadow

Purpose

Changes in bioactive soil C pools and their temperature sensitivities will dominate the fate of soil organic C in a warmer future, which is not well understood in highland ecosystems. This study was conducted in order to evaluate climate change, especially cooling effects, on soil labile organic C (LOC) pools in a Tibetan alpine meadow.

Materials and methods

A short-term reciprocal translocation experiment was implemented to stimulate climate warming (downward translocation) and cooling (upward translocation) using an elevation gradient on the Tibetan Plateau. Variations in soil microbial biomass C (MBC), dissolved organic C (DOC) and LOC were analyzed.

Results and discussion

Over the range of soil temperature from 0.02 to 5.5 °C, warming averagely increased soil MBC, DOC and LOC by 15.3, 17.0 and 3.7 % while cooling decreased them by 11.0, 11.9 and 3.2 %, respectively. Moreover, warming generally increased the proportion of DOC in LOC but cooling had an opposite effect, while the response of the MBC proportion to DOC and LOC varied depending on vegetation type. Soil MBC, DOC and LOC pools were positively related to soil temperature and showed a hump-shaped relationship with soil moisture with a threshold of about 30–35 %. Although soil DOC was more sensitive to warming (5.1 % °C^?1) than to cooling (3.0 % °C^?1), soil LOC showed a symmetrical response due to regulation by soil moisture.

Conclusions

Our results indicated that climate change would not only change the size of soil LOC pools but also their quality. Therefore, cooling effects and regulation of soil moisture should be considered to evaluate the fate of soil organic C in Tibetan alpine meadows in a warmer future.

     

Riverine transport of atmospheric carbon: Sources,global typology and budget

Atmospheric C (TAC) is continuously transported by rivers at the continents’ surface as soil dissolved and particulate organic C (DOC, POC) and dissolved inorganic C (DIC) used in rock weathering reactions. Global typology of the C export rates (g.m^?2.yr^?1) for 14 river classes from tundra rivers to monsoon rivers is used to calculate global TAC flux to oceans estimated to 542 Tg.yr^?1, of which 37 % is as DOC, 18 % as soil POC and 45 % as DIC. TAC originates mostly from humid tropics (46 %) and temperate forest and grassland (31 %), compared to boreal forest (14 %), savannah and sub-arid regions (5 %), and tundra (4 %). Rivers also carry to oceans 80 Tg. yr^?1 of POC and 137 TG.yr^?1 of DIC originating from rock erosion. Permanent TAC storage on land is estimated to 52 Tg.yr^?1 in lakes and 17 Tg.yr^?1 in internal regions of the continents.     

Solar UV-B influences microfaunal community composition in a Tierra del Fuego peatland

The peatlands of Tierra del Fuego are subject to increased solar ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) due to the influence of the Antarctic ‘ozone hole’. Research into the effects of climate change and ozone depletion on peatlands has predominantly focused on the higher plant community and neglected other organisms. In the second 3-year portion of a 6-year experiment, we intensified our investigations of the response of the peatland surface microfaunal community to current and attenuated solar UV-B, and assessed possible links to changes in the microenvironment. Near-ambient UV-B and reduced UV-B treatments were realised by stretching plastic film filters that differentially attenuate UV-B over peatland sample plots. We extracted the microfauna and analysed the dissolved nutrients held within Sphagnum capitula removed from the top 1-cm of the peatland. In line with previous findings in this system, testate amoebae were more abundant under near-ambient UV-B than under reduced UV-B. Populations of the most common genus, Assulina, and other less prominent amoebae species of Heleopera and Euglypha, were consistently increased under near-ambient UV-B. Overall diversity of testate amoebae was also higher under near-ambient UV-B than under reduced UV-B, whereas rotifers, nematodes and mites were less abundant under near-ambient UV-B. Concentrations of DOC and P were generally higher under near-ambient UV-B than under reduced UV-B. These changes, combined with the changes previously reported in the plant and fungal communities, have the potential to influence peatland C storage, and surface nutrient availability. The peatland microfaunal community under near-ambient solar UV-B may be regulated by the plant community through the leaching of nutrients from leaf cells, and changes in Sphagnum morphology that affect the capitulum microenvironment.     

Interannual variation in net ecosystem productivity of Canadian forests as affected by regional weather patterns – A Fluxnet-Canada synthesis

Large-scale weather events such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and droughts are known to cause substantial interannual variation in the net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of tropical, temperate and boreal forests. Hypotheses for the impacts on NEP of changes in air temperature (T_a) and precipitation associated with these events were tested at diurnal, seasonal and annual time scales using the terrestrial ecosystem model ecosys with measurements of CO₂ and energy exchange from 1998 to 2006 at eddy covariance (EC) flux towers along a transcontinental transect of forest stands in the Fluxnet-Canada Research Network (FCRN).¹ These tests were supported at seasonal time scales by remotely-sensed vegetation indices, and at decadal time scales by wood growth increments from tree-ring and inventory studies. Collectively, results from this testing indicate that large-scale weather events during the study period caused spatially coherent changes in NEP, although these changes may vary with climate zone, species and topography. High T_a episodes, such as occurred with greater frequency during ENSO/PDO events, adversely affected diurnal CO₂ exchange of temperate and boreal conifers, but had little effect on that of a boreal deciduous forest. These contrasting responses of CO₂ exchange to T_a were attributed in the model to greater xylem resistance to water uptake in coniferous vs. deciduous trees. Sustained warming such as occurred during ENSO/PDO events extended the period of net C uptake and thus raised annual NEP at boreal coniferous and deciduous sites, but did not do so at a temperate coniferous site where annual NEP was reduced. However the rise in NEP of boreal conifers with warming was partially offset by the adverse effects of high T_a on diurnal CO₂ exchange, so that the rise in NEP with warming remained smaller than that at a boreal deciduous site. A 3-year drought during the study period adversely affected annual NEP of well-drained boreal deciduous forests but did not affect that of poorly-drained boreal conifers. This lack of effect was attributed in the model to low coniferous evapotranspiration rates and to subsurface water recharge. Drought effects on NEP were therefore largely determined by topography. These contrasting responses of different forest stands to warming and drought indicate divergent changes in forest growth with interannual changes in weather. Such divergent changes are consistent with the complex changes in forest NDVI and net C uptake observed over time in several large-scale remote-sensing studies.     

Resistance of microbial and soil properties to warming treatment seven years after boreal fire

Boreal forests store a large fraction of global terrestrial carbon and are susceptible to environmental change, particularly rising temperatures and increased fire frequency. These changes have the potential to drive positive feedbacks between climate warming and the boreal carbon cycle. Because few studies have examined the warming response of boreal ecosystems recovering from fire, we established a greenhouse warming experiment near Delta Junction, Alaska, seven years after a 1999 wildfire. We hypothesized that experimental warming would increase soil CO₂ efflux, stimulate nutrient mineralization, and alter the composition and function of soil fungal communities. Although our treatment resulted in 1.20 °C soil warming, we found little support for our hypothesis. Only the activities of cellulose- and chitin-degrading enzymes increased significantly by 15% and 35%, respectively, and there were no changes in soil fungal communities. Warming resulted in drier soils, but the corresponding change in soil water potential was probably not sufficient to limit microbial activity. Rather, the warming response of this soil may be constrained by depletion of labile carbon substrates resulting from combustion and elevated soil temperatures in the years after the 1999 fire. We conclude that positive feedbacks between warming and the microbial release of soil carbon are weak in boreal ecosystems lacking permafrost. Since permafrost-free soils underlie 45-60% of the boreal zone, our results should be useful for modeling the warming response during recovery from fire in a large fraction of the boreal forest.     

The role of dissolved organic carbon in the chemistry and bioavailability of mercury in remote Adirondack lakes

A number of recent studies have documented elevated concentrations of mercury (Hg) in fish caught in remote lakes and a pattern of increased concentrations of Hg in fish tissue with decreasing water column pH. Because of the potential linkage between fish Hg and surface water acidification, factors regulating water column concentrations and bioavailability of Hg were investigated in Adirondack lakes through a field study and application of the Mercury Cycling Model (MCM). Concentrations of total Hg and total MeHg were highly variable, with concentrations of total MeHg about 10% of total Hg in lakes which did not show anoxic conditions. In lakes exhibiting anoxic conditions in the hypolimnion during summer stratification, concentrations of total MeHg were elevated. Concentrations of total Hg and total MeHg increased with decreasing pH in remote Adirondack lakes. However, more importantly, concentrations of total Hg and total MeHg increased with increasing concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and percent near-shore wetlands in the drainage basin. Mercury concentrations in muscle tissue of yellow perch from Adirondack lakes were elevated above the U.S. FDA action level (1 μg/g Hg) in 7% of the fish sampled or in one or more individual fish from 9 of the 16 lakes sampled. Fish Hg concentrations generally increased with increasing fish length, weight and age. Patterns of increasing Hg concentration with age likely reflect shifts in prey of yellow perch and the bioconcentration of Hg along the food chain. For age 3 to 5 perch, concentrations of Hg increased with increasing concentrations of DOC and percent near-shore wetlands in the drainage basin. However, for a lake with very high DOC concentrations, fish concentrations of Hg declined. Calculations with the MCM also show that concentrations of Hg species increase with increasing DOC due to complexation reactions. Increases in DOC result in increasing concentrations of Hg in biota but decreases in the bioconcentration factor of Hg in fish tissue. This research suggests that DOC is important in the transport of Hg to lake systems. High concentrations of DOC may complex MeHg, diminishing its bioavailability. At high concentrations of monomeric Al, the complexation of MeHg with DOC apparently decreases, enhancing the bioavailability of MeHg.     

Net ecosystem productivity of boreal aspen forests under drought and climate change: Mathematical modelling with Ecosys

The net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of boreal aspen is strongly affected by comparative rates of annual potential evapotranspiration (E_a) and precipitation (P_a). Changes in E_a versus P_a during future climate change will likely determine changes in aspen NEP and consequently the magnitude of the carbon sink/source of a significant part of the boreal forest. We hypothesize that the effects of E_a versus P_a on aspen NEP can be modelled with a soil–root–canopy hydraulic resistance scheme coupled to a canopy energy balance closure scheme that determines canopy water status and thereby CO₂ uptake. As part of the ecosystem model ecosys, these schemes were used to model diurnal declines in CO₂ and latent heat (LE) exchange during a 3-year drought (2001–2003) at the Fluxnet-Canada Research Network (FCRN) southern old aspen site (SOA). These declines were consistent with those measured by eddy covariance (EC) at SOA, except that ecosystem CO₂ effluxes modelled during most nights were larger that those measured by EC or gap-filled from other EC measurements. Soil CO₂ effluxes in the model were close to, but sometimes smaller than, those measured by automated surface chambers at SOA. Diurnal declines in CO₂ exchange during the drought caused declines in annual NEP in the model, and in gap-filled EC measurements (model versus EC in g C m⁻²: 275 versus 367 ± 110 in 2001, 82 versus 144 ± 43 in 2002 and 23 versus 104 ± 31 in 2003). Lower modelled NEP was attributed to the larger modelled CO₂ effluxes. Ecosys was then used to predict changes in aspen net biome productivity (NBP = NEP − C lost from disturbance) caused by 6-year versus 3-year recurring droughts during 100-year fire cycles under current climate versus climate change projected under the IPCC SRES A1B scenario. Although NBP was adversely affected during recurring 6-year droughts under current climate, it recovered quickly during non-drought years so that long-term NBP was maintained at 4 g C m⁻² year⁻¹. NBP rose by 10, 108 and 126 g C m⁻² year⁻¹ during the first, second and third centuries under climate change with recurring 3-year droughts, indicating a gradual rise in sink activity by boreal aspen. However recurring 6-year droughts during climate change caused recurring negative NBP (C losses), gradually depleting aspen C reserves and eventually causing dieback of the aspen overstory during the third century of climate change. This dieback was followed by a large decline in NBP.We conclude that NBP of boreal aspen will rise gradually under current projections of climate change, except under prolonged (e.g. 6 years) recurring droughts, which would eventually cause aspen to die back and substantial amounts of C to be lost.     

短期增温及减少降雨对杉木人工林土壤DOM的数量及其光谱学特征的影响

本文选取我国中亚热带杉木人工林土壤进行短期增温以及减少50%降雨试验,利用光谱技术研究增温及减少降雨对土壤可溶性有机质(DOM)数量和结构的影响。试验设对照(CT)、增温(W,土壤温度增高5℃)、减少降雨(P,自然降雨量减少50%)、增温与减少降雨交互作用(WP)4种处理。结果表明:1)增温增加了土壤可溶性有机碳(DOC)数量,使DOM的芳香性指数和腐殖化指数减小,结构变得简单易于分解;0~10 cm土层的土壤DOM含有较多的烷烃,酯类物质较少;10~20 cm土层的DOM则含有较多的碳水化合物。2)减少降雨使土壤水分相对减少,土壤DOC的数量降低。0~10 cm土层土壤DOM的芳香性指数和腐殖化程度降低,DOM含有大量的烷烃;而10~20 cm土层土壤DOM的芳香性指数和腐殖化指数升高,碳水化合物少。减少降雨处理使土壤可溶性有机氮(DON)数量增加。3)增温和减少降雨的交互作用增加了DOC和DON的数量,降低了DOM的芳香化程度和腐殖化程度;使0~10 cm土层的DOM含有较多的碳水化合物,而10~20 cm土层的DOM碳水化合物较少。4)对于0~10 cm土壤,增温对土壤DOM的数量及结构的作用最强;随着土壤深度增加到10~20 cm,减少降雨的作用逐渐明显,其对DOM结构的影响也达到显著水平。温度及降水对DOM的数量及化学结构的变化具有重要意义,该研究结果可以为阐释全球气候变化背景下土壤DOM的动态周转及预测未来森林土壤碳氮的变化趋势提供科学依据。     

Indirect effects of experimental warming on dissolved organic carbon content in subsurface peat

Purpose

The peatland carbon store is threatened by climate change and is expected to provide positive feedback on air temperature. Most studies indicate that enhanced temperature and microbial activities result in a rise of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) as a consequence of higher peat decomposition. Few of them, however, have investigated the impact of in situ experimental warming on DOC response.

Material and methods

We studied the response of DOC, dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), phenol oxidase, and fluorescein diacetate activities (FDA) to a 3-year in situ experimental warming using open-top chambers (OTCs) in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland.

Results and discussion

No significant warming of soil was recorded, implying that the simultaneous decrease in DOC and DON and the rise in FDA at the depths of 25 and 40 cm were not caused by the direct effect of OTCs on water temperature, but might instead have been mediated by plant root exudates. The water chemistry suggests that DOC production was compensated by in situ mineralization. We hypothesize that an increased hydrolysis of organic matter (OM) was counterbalanced by the mineralization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and that microorganisms preferentially used labile compounds originating from increased root exudates.

Conclusions

This trade-off between production of DOC through hydrolysis and consumption in the process of mineralization shows (1) the limitation of using only DOC as an indicator of the sensitivity of peat decomposition to climate warming and (2) the need to improve our understanding of the indirect impact of root exudates.     

UV-B辐射增强对土壤有机碳稳定性的影响

以母质相同、有机碳含量不同的2个水稻土为研究材料,通过室内模拟光照,探讨紫外辐射(UV-B,280~315nm)对土壤总碳(TC)、可溶性有机碳(DOC)和复合酚(AEP)含量的影响以及土层厚度不同(0.95,1.89,2.84mm)对UV-B辐射的响应特征。结果表明:与黑暗处理相比,培养96h后,无论是在有机碳含量低的土壤(A土)还是在有机碳含量高的土壤(B土)中,UV-B辐射均显著降低了土壤TC的含量,却增加了土壤DOC的含量,在试验结束时,土壤A和B的TC含量分别降低了3.11%和6.18%,而土壤DOC含量分别增加了16.05%和9.89%。在UV-B辐射96h后,与1.89,2.84mm土层相比,土层厚度为0.95mm时土壤TC、DOC和AEP含量变化幅度最大,A和B两个土壤中TC含量分别降低了19.11%和14.35%,DOC和AEP含量分别增加了18.66%和18.92%与23.52%和22.70%,而UV-B辐射对厚度为1.89mm和2.84mm的土层TC、DOC和AEP含量并无显著影响。研究结果表明UV-B辐射对土壤碳库稳定性有一定的影响,在农业生产中为了保护碳库稳定性,应该尽量减少地表裸露。     

Effects of grazing and experimental warming on DOC concentrations in the soil solution on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Little information is available about the effects of global warming and land management on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration in soil solution in the field. Here, for the first time, we used a free-air temperature enhancement (FATE) system in a controlled warming-grazing experiment in 2006 and 2007 to test the hypothesis that grazing modifies the response of soil solution DOC concentration to experimental warming. Warming with no-grazing (WNG) significantly increased the average soil solution DOC concentration to 40 cm soil depth by 14.1 and 17.2% compared with no-warming with no-grazing (NWNG) in 2006 and 2007 respectively based on 1.3-1.4 °C soil temperature increase. However, the lack of significant differences among warming with grazing (WG), no-warming with grazing (NWG) and NWNG indicate that moderate grazing modified the effect of warming on DOC concentration in the soil solution. The effect of grazing on DOC concentration in the soil solution varied with sampling date and soil depth. Generally, the direct contribution of soil temperature and soil moisture to variation of DOC concentration in the soil solution was small. Positive correlations were observed between soil solution DOC concentration in the surface soil and standing death quality and belowground biomass. The Lignin:N ratio in the standing death and belowground biomass at 10 cm soil depth explained 60% of the variation of mean DOC concentration at 10 cm soil depth. Soil moisture and belowground biomass explained 79% of the variation of the mean soil solution DOC concentration to 40 cm soil depth in 2007.     

气候变暖对新疆核桃种植气候适宜性的影响

基于新疆102个气象台站1961-2015年逐日平均气温、最低气温、最高气温资料,采用线性趋势分析、累积距平、t检验以及ArcGIS的空间插值技术,对影响新疆核桃种植的关键气候因子（≥10℃积温、最低气温≤-25℃日数、最高气温≥40℃日数、终霜冻日早于≥10℃初日天数）的时空变化特征进行分析的基础上,结合核桃种植气候适宜性区划指标,研究了气候变化对新疆核桃种植气候适宜性及其分布的影响。结果表明：新疆≥10℃积温的空间分布总体呈现“南疆多,北疆少;平原和盆地多,山区少”的格局,最低气温≤-25℃日数有“南疆少,北疆多;平原和盆地少,山区多”的特点,夏季最高气温≥40℃日数为“东部多,西部少;平原和盆地多,山区少”的特点;终霜冻日早于≥10℃初日的天数呈现“西部多,东部少;山区多,平原和盆地少”的格局。在上述气候要素空间分异的综合作用下,新疆核桃种植的气候适宜区主要在塔里木盆地西部平原;次适宜区在塔里木盆地大部和吐哈盆地南部;北疆大部,阿尔泰山、天山和昆仑山区以及吐哈盆地、塔里木盆地东部为核桃不适宜种植区。在气候变暖背景下,近55a新疆≥10℃积温、最高气温≥40℃日数和终霜冻日早于≥10℃初日的天数分别以64.7℃·d·10a-1、0.48d·10a-1、0.120d·10a-1的倾向率呈显著（P＜0.05）增多趋势,冬季日最低气温≤-25℃日数以-0.980d·10a-1的倾向率呈极显著（P＜0.001）减少趋势。上述各要素分别于1986年和1997年发生了突变,受其影响,1997年后较其之前,新疆核桃种植的气候适宜区和次适宜区明显扩大,而不适宜区明显减小,气候变暖对新疆核桃种植总体趋于有利。     

Interaction of acid rain and global changes: Effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

Both acid deposition and changes in the global atmosphere and climate affect terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In the atmosphere sulphate aerosols tend to increase haze, altering the global radiation balance. Increased nitrogen deposition to N-limited systems such as boreal forests results in increased growth and increased sequestration of atmospheric CO₂, slowing the increase in CO₂ levels in the atmosphere. Future reduction in S and N emissions may result in a trade-off -- better with respect to some effects of acid deposition and greenhouse warming, but worse with respect to others. Global warming may cause the incidence and severity of drought to increase. Mineralisation of N and oxidation of organic S compounds release pulses of SO₄, acid and Al to surface waters. Effects in lakes may include reduced deep water refugia for cold stenotherms, lower nutrient concentrations, and greater penetration of harmful UV radiation. Longer water renewal times cause declines in SO₄ and NO₃, due to increased in situ removal, but increases in base cations. The net result is increased internal alkalinity production. In areas characterised by cold winters, global warming may result in a major shift in hydrologic cycle, with snowmelt episodes occurring during the winter rather than the typical pattern of accumulation in the winter and melting in the spring. Increased storm frequency predicted for the future will cause increased frequency and severity of sea salt episodes in coastal regions. Predicting the interactions of regional and global environmental factors in the coming decades poses new challenges to scientists, managers and policy-makers.     

The aspen parkland in western Canada: A dry-climate analogue for the future boreal forest?

Predicted future changes in regional climate under a doubling of atmospheric CO₂ concentrations were applied to the 1951–80 normals of 254 climate stations to examine future impacts on the boreal forest of western Canada. Previous analyses have indicated that in this region, the southern boreal forest is presently restricted to areas where annual precipitation (P) exceeds potential evapotranspiration (PET). The present analysis suggests that a predicted 11% increase in P would be insufficient to offset the increases in PET resulting from a predicted warming of 4–5°C. As a result, half of the western Canadian boreal forest could be exposed to a drier climate similar to the present aspen parkland zone (P < PET), where conifers are generally absent and aspen is restricted to patches of stunted trees interspersed with grassland. Future changes could result in permanent losses of forest cover following disturbance and an increase in the proportion of exposed edge habitat in remaining stands, where environmental conditions might induce additional stresses on tree growth. Thus if the predicted warming and drying occurs, productivity of aspen and other commercial species in the southern boreal forest would be greatly reduced.     

Effects of acidity and doc on phytoplankton community structure and production in three acid lakes (Nova Scotia)

Phytoplankton community structure varied between the three lakes and between years within lakes. The Beaverskin Lake phytoplankton community was dominated by cyanophytes and chlorophytes in the summer and chrysophytes in the winter. Kejimkujik Lake was dominated by bacillariophytes in the summer of 1979 but no single group dominated in 1980 or 1981. Pebbleloggitch Lake phytoplankton consisted mainly of chlorophytes in 1979 but low biomass and no dominant groups characterized this lake during the growing season of 1980. Daily integral planktonic primary production measured simultaneously in the three lakes showed that in both years annual planktonic primary production was highest in the clear water lake, Beaverskin Lake, which also had lower dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration compared to the two dystrophic lakes. In the clear water lake annual production was similar between years but in the two colored lakes annual production was 40% higher in the second year. The observed increases in annual production between years in the colored lakes were largely due to changes in euphotic depth resulting from variations in hydrology and DOC export from the lake catchments. Lower discharges in the colored lakes in 1980 were accompanied by significantly lower in lake DOC concentrations, water color, light extinction coefficients and increased euphotic depth. Similar changes in discharge accompanied by lower DOC concentration in the clear water lake did not produce significant changes in water color, light extinction coefficient nor annual production between years. Rates of primary production at light optimum (P-max) were consistently higher in the most colored, acidic lake indicating that relatively high rates of autotrophic production will occur under acidic conditions if nutrient supply is maintained.