Bioavailability of DOC in leachates, soil matrix solutions and soil water extracts from beech forest floors

The biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in different fractions from the forest floor was studied. Soil leachate (SL, the soil solution in macropores which is freely drained from forest floor after rainfall), the soil matrix solution (SMS, the soil solution in meso-/micropores of the soil matrix), and soil water extracts (SWE) from two different beech forest floors were compared. Zero-tension and tension lysimeters were used to collect SL and SMS, respectively. Loss of DOC (during 21 days) and respiration of CO₂-C (during 7 days) were used as conventional measures of the availability of DOC. Bacterial production, measured using the leucine incorporation technique, and bacterial growth efficiency were also estimated. All methods were used to study differences in biodegradability between plots with and without ground flora (Deschampsia flexuosa or Anemone nemorosa) and different type of forest floor (with an organic (O) horizon or a mull (A) horizon). There were no differences in bioavailability of DOC from soil solutions extracted from plots with and without ground flora. The bioavailability of DOC in the different collected soil solutions varied, however. DOC in SWE was the most available, with a mean of 39% of DOC-loss in 21 days, and 18% of DOC being respired in 7 days. DOC in soil matrix solution was the least available of the soil solutions (7% respired), significantly less than DOC in soil leachate (11% respired). The methods measuring biodegradation of DOC, DOC-loss and CO₂-C respiration gave similar results and were comparable to bacterial production and bacterial growth efficiency, with the exception of SWE from the O-horizon at the D. flexuosa site, which had low bacterial production and bacterial growth efficiency, indicating a limitation of the bacterial growth. This study is one of the first to use bacterial production and bacterial growth efficiency for measuring bioavailability in terrestrial environments, giving an extra dimension for the process of biodegradation of DOC.     

农业用水及其生态社会效应的研究

研究建立了农业用水水资源城市人口非线性动力学模型,并探讨了农业用水的生态效应和有关稳定性问题。研究结果表明水资源城市人口 农业用水三者之间关系是非常复杂的非线性关系,盲目、超规模的农业用水将使城市城镇化抑或城镇农村化;稳定的城市人口与农作物生物总量成线性关系,低灌溉效率下农业用水的增加非但不能使农业增产,还将导致农作物生物总量的减少和城市规模的减小;为达到增加农业用水时既可使农业增产,又支持城市扩大的目的,惟一途径是提高农业灌溉效率     

基于植被降水利用效率的荒漠化遥感评价方法

 在考虑荒漠化评价的空间尺度和基准以及潜在评价指标的尺度特征的基础上,以国内外对土地荒漠化过程中植被降水利用效率(RUE)变化的研究为依据,提出一种以植被的降水利用效率为主要评价指标、适合于荒漠化遥感监测应用的荒漠化评价方法。该方法可很大程度上克服以植被指标为主的评价方法受降水波动影响大的缺点。这种方法重视不同荒漠化类型的共性特征,适合在多种类型荒漠化遥感评价中应用。     

采用碳水足迹评价中国与哈萨克斯坦大豆机械化生产模式

农业生产已进入机械化生产时代,定量评价作物机械化生产的环境影响、水资源消耗、生产效率等已成为迫切需要解决的问题.该研究以中国黑龙江垦区和哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图州的大豆机械化生产模式为例,从碳足迹、水足迹和产量3个方面对大豆的机械化进行分析与评价生产模式.研究结果表明:中国黑龙江垦区下属嫩江农场大豆机械化生产的碳足迹、水足迹...     

肉鸡生产系统的DYNAMO模型建立

根据系统动力学的理论,借助PD plus软件,在对肉鸡生产系统的分析基础上,对肉鸡生产的微机化研究作了初步探讨。重点是肉鸡生产系统辨识和系统反馈结构流图的绘制,因为建立模型的立足点在于肉鸡生产规模的变化是一个动态非平衡过程,这个过程是由其内在的反馈结构所决定。最后,从模型的内、外部作了可信度检验。     

Surface cast production by the earthworm Aporrectodea nocturna in a pre-alpine meadow in Switzerland

Field and laboratory experiments were carried out to describe the effects of Aporrectodea nocturna on soil characteristics in a pre-alpine meadow and to support the development of a model of cast production. In the prealpine meadow, increased cast production, first observed about 20 years ago around a newly planted hedge, was recorded to a distance of maximal 170 m from the hedge. Numbers of A. nocturna between 130 and 165 m from the hedge decreased from 164 to 16 individuals m^-2. In the same area cast production steadily decreased from about 1.5 kg m^-2 week^-1 to nil, the plant community structure changed and the microbial biomass decreased, but the root biomass and the moisture content did not change. Laboratory experiments demonstrated that high cast production was not a specific feature of the A. nocturna population nor of the soil in the meadow. Diapause of A. nocturna was terminated in the laboratory during September. A model of cast production potential by the earthworm A. nocturna was established using laboratory determinations of the relationships with body weight, temperature, and water potential. The model was shown to predict cast production in the field given the assumption that the water potential was 0 MPa. According to the model, 81% of surface cast production was by juveniles, and 19% by adults of A. nocturna.     

内蒙古阿尔巴斯型绒山羊光控增绒效果分析

光控增绒即利用增绒专用棚圈控制光照强弱与时间长短,刺激产绒动物松果体增加褪黑激素的分泌,进而使绒山羊在非产绒季节产绒的技术。本试验通过对内蒙古阿尔巴斯型绒山羊进行光控增绒处理,研究非产绒季节光控增绒技术对绒山羊产绒性能的影响。将66只2周岁母羊随机分为控制光照增绒试验组和自然光照放牧对照组,每组33只,每月按时称量体重并采集绒毛混合样,分析试验期间绒伸直长度、细度、产绒量等产绒性状及体重的变化。试验结果表明,经光控增绒之后对照组和试验组羊绒平均细度无明显差异（P>0.05）;试验期间对照组山羊羊绒伸直长度为3.20 cm,试验组为7.85 cm,两组间差异显著（P<0.05）;试验组山羊平均产绒量比对照组高56.5%~68.2%,差异极显著（P<0.01）;光控增绒前后,两组绒山羊体重差异均不显著（P>0.05）。综合试验结果,非生绒期通过光控增绒可促进羊绒生长,显著提高了个体产绒量;绒纤维长度增加,但绒细度没有明显变化。     

中国种业机械化现状调研与发展分析

种业机械化是种业现代化的重要基础和前提,是涵盖品种选育、品种试验、制种生产、种子加工等多环节的系统工程。为了系统梳理中国种业机械化发展成果与存在问题,有效推进种业机械化发展、促进种业现代化建设,该文从田间试验机械化、制种生产机械化、种子加工机械化等方面阐述了国内种业机械化现状调研情况和国际种业机械化发展经验,分析了中国种业机械化存在的主要问题:种业装备企业普遍规模小、装备差、科研投入少,整体水平与国外存在较大差距,装备功能有待扩展、结构设计有待优化、现代化控制水平有待提高等;提出了种业机械化研究重点:1)主要农作物品种试验机械化关键装备研究;2)主要农作物制种生产机械化关键装备研究;3)主要农作物种子低损高效精细加工技术集成研究。指出了"规模化、标准化、集约化、机械化"种子生产是现代种业持续、健康发展的重要保障和基本发展方向。     

Fish assemblage production estimates in Appalachian streams across a latitudinal and temperature gradient

Production of biomass is central to the ecology and sustainability of fish assemblages. The goal of this study was to empirically estimate and compare fish assemblage production, production‐to‐biomass (P/B) ratios and species composition for 25 second‐ to third‐order streams spanning the Appalachian Mountains (from Vermont to North Carolina) that vary in their temperature regimes. Fish assemblage production estimates ranged from 0.15 to 6.79 g m^?2 year^?1, and P/B ratios ranged from 0.20 to 1.07. There were no significant differences in mean assemblage production across northern cold‐water, southern cold‐water and southern cool‐water streams (p = .35). Two warm‐water streams, not included in these comparisons, had the highest mean production and biomass values. Mean assemblage P/B was significantly higher in northern cold‐water streams relative to southern cold‐water and cool‐water streams (p = .01). Species evenness in production declined with stream temperature and differed significantly across the lower latitude cold‐water, cool‐water and warm‐water streams and the higher latitude (i.e. more northern) cold‐water streams. Our fish assemblage production estimates and P/B ratios were both lower and higher compared to previously published estimates for similar stream habitats. This study provides empirical fish assemblage production estimates to inform future research on southern Appalachian streams and on the potential impacts of varying temperature regimes on cold‐water, cool‐water and warm‐water fish production in the coming decades as climate change continues to threaten fish assemblages.