近140年来广西红树林演变及其对人类活动的响应:有机碳和孢粉联合示踪

Mangrove degradation must reduce carbon sequestration in recent years, thereby aggravating global warming.Thus, short-term impacts of human activity on mangrove ecosystems are cause for concern from local governments and scientists. Mangroves sediments can provide detailed records of mangrove species variation in the last one hundred years, based on detailed 210 Pb data. The study traced the history of mangrove development and its response to environmental change over the last 140 years in two mangrove swamps of Guangxi, Southwest China. Average sedimentation rates were calculated to be 0.48 cm/a and 0.56 cm/a in the Yingluo Bay and the Maowei Sea, respectively. Chemical indicators(δ13Corg and C:N) were utilized to trace the contribution of mangrove-derived organic matter(MOM) using a ternary mixing model. Simultaneous use of mangrove pollen can help to supplement some of these limitations in diagenetic/overlap of isotopic signatures. We found that vertical distribution of MOM was consistent with mangrove pollen, which could provide similar information for tracing mangrove ecosystems. Therefore, mangrove development was reconstructed and divided into three stages: flourishing, degradation and re-flourishing/re-degradation period. The significant degradation, found in the period of 1968–1998 and 1907–2007 in the Yingluo Bay and the Maowei Sea, respectively, corresponding to a rapid increase of reclamation area and seawall length, rather than climate change as recorded in the region.     

广西钦州湾晚全新世红树林演变及对海平面变化的响应

Mangroves, widely distributed along the coasts of tropical China, are influenced by Asia monsoon, relative sea level change and enhanced human activity. To predict the impacts of future climate change on mangrove ecosystems, it can be understood by reconstructing past mangrove dynamics using proxies preserved in coastal sediments. In this study, we quantitatively partitioned buried organic matter(OM) sources, collected from a vulnerable mangrove swamp in the Qinzhou Bay of northwestern South China Sea, using a ternary end-member mixing model of δ~(13)C and C:N values. Mangrove-derived OM(MOM) contribution was used as a tracer for mangrove development since 2.34 cal ka BP. This information, together with paleoclimate records(i.e.,speleothem δ~(18)O values, sea level change, grain size parameters) and human activity, was used to divide mangrove development into three stages during the late Holocene: relative flourish(2.34–1.13 cal ka BP), relative degradation(1.13–0.15 cal ka BP) and further degradation(0.15–0 cal ka BP). Before 1.13 cal ka BP, mangroves flourished with a high MOM contribution((88.9±10.6)%), corresponding to stable and high sea level under a warm and humid climate. After 1.13 cal ka BP, rapid fall in relative sea level coupled with the strengthening of the Asian winter monsoon, resulted in mangrove degradation and MOM reduction((62.4±18.9)%). Compared with air temperature and precipitation, the relative sea level fall was the main controlling factor in mangrove development before entering the Anthropocene(the time of the Industrial Revolution). After ～150 cal a BP, reclamation of mangrove swamps to shrimp ponds is the main factor causing mangrove degradation and MOM reduction.     

雷州半岛红树林边缘效应及其对海岸有机碳库的影响

作为滨海湿地与邻近海区之间物质循环、能量和物种流动及其相互作用的重要界面,红树林的边缘效应对研究海陆生态系统相互作用,滨海湿地生物地貌形成过程以及海岸带有机碳库分布格局等方面的具有重要意义。文章以雷州半岛东岸红树林4种典型地貌分布区为重点,通过调查红树林前缘光滩,林缘及林内植被及土壤理化特征的变化,探讨红树林边缘效应的表现及其对土壤有机碳库的影响。结果表明,不同地貌类型红树林边界区的群落结构及土壤理化因子分布特征有所不同。边界区群落特征表现为林缘的冠层低于林内,叶面积指数低于林内,物种丰富度林内高于林缘(除河口区外),且林缘的植被盖度受风浪影响显著,表现出河口区>内湾区>岛屿区>前沿浪击区。土壤理化性质边缘效应表现为林缘的pH值、粒度低于光滩,氧化还原电位、盐度高于光滩(除内湾区外),而林内的土壤理化性质波动较大,可能受林缘植被演替及地貌双重影响。不同地貌单元红树林边界区的土壤表层有机碳含量,有机碳密度均表现为林内>林缘>光滩。综合影响表层土壤有机碳的主要生物及非生物因子进行主成分分析和相关分析,结果显示土壤表层有机碳密度与环境第一主成分呈显著负相关,即受植被盖度,叶面积指数和土壤pH因子影响密切。红树林土壤有机碳沉积虽然受到不同水文地貌的影响,但总体而言,红树林初级生产输入和土壤酸性环境对红树林林下土壤有机碳库的富存贡献显著。     

孢粉稳定碳同位素研究进展

由于植物的光合作用途径不同,C3和C4植物的δ13C值有明显不同的分布范围,这可以用来研究环境的变化。花粉的碳同位素分析结果显示其δ13C值与植物的δ13C值变化规律一致,也能很好地反映植物的光合作用途径,进而间接反映其所处的气候环境条件。相比于植物体,化石花粉颗粒组成成分较单一,而其生成时间短,因而其碳同位素或许能较好地反映植物开花期时的环境条件,如雨水、大气CO2等的性质,为更精确的环境重建提供可能。初步的研究结果也显示花粉的δ13C值与开花期的温度存在线性关系。高精度结果的取得依赖于实验技术和仪器设备的改进,研究表明传统孢粉的醋酸酐处理过程中存在碳同位素污染,采用浓H2SO4浸泡可达到相同的去除纤维素的目的而避免污染。另外,通过对质谱仪的改进——装配旋转镍丝等进样系统(SWiM-IRMS),使实验所需的测试量大大减少,对单粒花粉进行测定也已经成为可能,但实验的精度还待进一步提高。     

青海湖沉积物有机碳含量与同位素和粒度特征及其古气候意义

对青海湖沉积物中粒度参数、总有机碳（TOC）含量及其δ^13C值的形成条件与环境气候的关系进行了研究。结果表明：在暖湿时期，沉积物中有机碳含量（TOC）较高，有机质的δ^13C值较高，沉积物的平均粒径较细；反之，在冷干时期，沉积物中有机碳含量（TOC）较低，有机质的δ^13C值较低，沉积物的平均粒径较粗。反映出沉积物中TOC含量、有机质δ^13C值及粒度特征与气温具有良好的相关性。结合^14C测年，分析了湖区古气候演化序列，表明自8500aBP以来湖区气候经历了4个演化阶段：即暖湿－凉干－温湿－冷干的变化过程。     

青海湖沉积物有机碳及其同位素的气候环境信息

通过对青海湖沉积物有机碳及其同位素的分析，结合碳酸盐含量的变化特征，探讨了青海湖沉积物有机碳及其同位素组成的环境意义，并且据此分析了青海湖地区近700a来的气候环境演变。青海湖沉积物的有机碳含量及其同位素较好地记录了温度的变化，在有机碳含量高，有机碳同位素低时，气温较高，反之则相反，小冰期的3次冷期以及20世纪以来的升温在该岩心中得以清晰地反映。     

曼谷湾顶红树林区近百年来有机碳埋藏记录及影响因素

通过对曼谷湾顶红树林区柱状沉积物D1的总有机碳(Total Organic Carbon, TOC)、总氮(Total Nitrogen, TN)、稳定碳同位素(δ¹³C)及粒度等指标的分析,在210Pb建立的年代地层框架的基础上,重建了该地区近百年来有机碳的埋藏记录,并对其影响因素进行了探讨。结果表明,TOC含量和δ¹³C值变化范围分别为1.35%～2.26%,-24.18‰～-22.67‰,均自下而上表现为先增加后减少的趋势。研究区为河口型红树林,相比海洋型红树林,其沉积物中有机碳来源受红树林影响较小,这是由于受周期性涨落潮和河口径流的冲刷,较轻的红树林碳屑极易被分解或被带至外海,难以在沉积物中存储。综合研究区的环境因素,选择陆源、海源和人为源作为三端元,计算得出柱状沉积物中有机碳以人为源和海源为主,陆源贡献相对较低。1939年以来,人为源有机碳贡献不断增大;1980—2008年间,因入海河流上游修建大坝,导致入海物质通量减少,加之该时期区域气候模式发生变化,降雨量相对减少,陆源有机碳贡献相对降低。因围海造田、围海养殖等人类活动增强,人为...     

湖泊沉积物中有机碳稳定同位素测定及其古气候环境意义

１９９１年５月，利用澳大利亚转动式采样器在江苏固城湖获得总长６．２ｍ的完整柱状岩芯，以５ｃｍ间隔采样，对样品中有机质的稳定碳同位素研究表明。     

湛江红树林湿地沉积物有机碳分布特征及影响因素

红树林生态系统位于海洋与陆地的交界处,具有重要的生态服务功能。红树林湿地是重要的碳库,对全球碳平衡有重要影响。然而,由于受到人口增长、社会经济发展和城市化进程加快等人类活动和全球气候变化的影响,红树林正在加速消失。文章以广东湛江市国家级红树林自然保护区为研究区,通过分析红树林沉积物中的有机碳含量及分布特征,讨论人类活动(如,人工养殖)在湿地碳循环中的影响。本研究在研究区内获取15个样品,利用重铬酸钾氧化—还原容量法测定了沉积物中有机碳含量。结果表明:研究区内沉积物有机碳(TOC)含量介于0.68%～2.50%,同时TOC含量与研究区内人工养殖场排污口的距离有密切关系:离排污口越近,TOC值越低;离排污口越远,TOC值越高。此外,研究区内红树林TOC含量与其他红树林湿地TOC含量相比明显偏低,可能与养殖排污抑制红树林的生长和繁殖,从而使其TOC含量明显减少有关。     

2010—2018碳收支的变化分析年海南东寨港红树林湿

红树林生态系统在全球气候变化和碳循环过程中发挥着很重要的作用,准确评估红树林湿地的碳收支,对于保护和恢复海洋蓝色碳汇以及全球气候治理工作具有重要的意义。本研究以海南东寨港国家级自然保护区的红树林湿地为研究对 象,采用 《对 2006 IPCC 国家温室气体清单指南的 2013 增补：湿地》 （简称 《湿地指南》） 中的计算方法,利用野外现场调查数据及已有的研究成果作为参数,评估和量化海南东寨港红树林湿地在 2010—2018 年期间的碳收支情况。研究表明：（1） 2010 年红树林面积为 1 627.21 hm2,全部为成熟红树林,碳储量为 5.85*105t C;2018 年红树林面积为 1 665.42 hm2,其中 1 625.84 hm2为成熟红树林,碳储量为 6.71*105t C,39.58 hm2为过渡期红树林,碳储量为 4.36*103t C,总碳储量为6.75*105t C。 （2） 2010—2018 年期间红树林碳储量增加了 9.0*104t C。另外,有 1.37 hm2的红树林湿地退化为水域,释放了81.36 t 的碳储量。因此,2010—2018 年期间东寨港红树林湿地碳收支为+8.99*104t C,整体上表现为净碳汇生态系统。本研究结果可为气候变化背景下海南红树林湿地的保护与恢复、风险评估以及气候治理提供科学参考。     

Solutions to blue carbon emissions: Shrimp cultivation,mangrove deforestation and climate change in coastal Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, export-oriented shrimp farming is one of the most important sectors of the national economy. However, shrimp farming in coastal Bangladesh has devastating effects on mangrove forests. Mangroves are the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics, and blue carbon (i.e., carbon in coastal and marine ecosystems) emissions from mangrove deforestation due to shrimp cultivation are accumulating. These anthropogenic carbon emissions are the dominant cause of climate change, which in turn affect shrimp cultivation. Some adaptation strategies including Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA), mangrove restoration, and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) could help to reduce blue carbon emissions. Translocation of shrimp culture from mangroves to open-water IMTA and restoration of habitats could reduce blue carbon emissions, which in turn would increase blue carbon sequestration. Mangrove restoration by the REDD+ program also has the potential to conserve mangroves for resilience to climate change. However, institutional support is needed to implement the proposed adaptation strategies.     

Mangrove forests: Resilience,protection from tsunamis,and responses to global climate change

This review assesses the degree of resilience of mangrove forests to large, infrequent disturbance (tsunamis) and their role in coastal protection, and to chronic disturbance events (climate change) and the future of mangroves in the face of global change. From a geological perspective, mangroves come and go at considerable speed with the current distribution of forests a legacy of the Holocene, having undergone almost chronic disturbance as a result of fluctuations in sea-level. Mangroves have demonstrated considerable resilience over timescales commensurate with shoreline evolution. This notion is supported by evidence that soil accretion rates in mangrove forests are currently keeping pace with mean sea-level rise. Further support for their resilience comes from patterns of recovery from natural disturbances (storms, hurricanes) which coupled with key life history traits, suggest pioneer-phase characteristics. Stand composition and forest structure are the result of a complex interplay of physiological tolerances and competitive interactions leading to a mosaic of interrupted or arrested succession sequences, in response to physical/chemical gradients and landform changes. The extent to which some or all of these factors come into play depends on the frequency, intensity, size, and duration of the disturbance. Mangroves may in certain circumstances offer limited protection from tsunamis; some models using realistic forest variables suggest significant reduction in tsunami wave flow pressure for forests at least 100 m in width. The magnitude of energy absorption strongly depends on tree density, stem and root diameter, shore slope, bathymetry, spectral characteristics of incident waves, and tidal stage upon entering the forest. The ultimate disturbance, climate change, may lead to a maximum global loss of 10–15% of mangrove forest, but must be considered of secondary importance compared with current average annual rates of 1–2% deforestation. A large reservoir of below-ground nutrients, rapid rates of nutrient flux and microbial decomposition, complex and highly efficient biotic controls, self-design and redundancy of keystone species, and numerous feedbacks, all contribute to mangrove resilience to various types of disturbance.     

全球气候变化对红树林生态系统的影响、挑战与机遇

红树林是以红树植物为主体的常绿灌木或乔木组成的潮滩湿地木本植物群落, 具有“四高”特性(高生产力、高归还率、高分解率和高抗逆性)的典型海洋生态系统; 目前, 全球约有红树林1700万公顷, 主要分布在南北半球25℃等温线内。红树林生态系统的净初级生产力高达2000gC·m^-2·a^-1, 具有高强度的物质循环、能量流动以及丰富的生物多样性, 对热带、亚热带海洋生态系统的维持与发展起到关键作用, 并在全球变化过程中扮演着十分重要的角色。近30年来, 全球气候变化已引起了国内外学者的极大关注。红树林生态系统位于热带、亚热带海岸潮间带, 是一个脆弱的、敏感的生态系统, 也是首先受全球气候变化影响的典型海洋生态系统之一。作为全球海岸带地区应对全球气候变化最为重要的生态屏障之一, 气候变化将严重影响着全球红树林的生存和分布方式。本文将从全球变暖、海平面上升、大气中CO₂浓度的增加和极端天气4个主要方面, 揭示全球气候变化对红树林生态系统的影响与变化特征, 阐述红树林对全球变暖、海平面上升、大气中CO₂浓度增加和极端天气响应与适应的生态学机制, 并简要概述了红树林在减缓全球气候变化危害中的重要作用。全球气候变化也将为红树林的研究、保护和发展带来机遇与挑战。     

Tracing carbon transfer and assimilation by invertebrates and fish across a tropical mangrove ecosystem using stable isotopes

Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems that exhibit a diverse range of habitats, including tidal creeks and flats, forest gaps and interior forest with varying understory light intensity, tidal dynamics, geomorphological settings, and overall biological production. Within mangrove ecosystems, invertebrates and fish feed on heterogeneous food sources, the occurrence of which is unevenly distributed across the system. This provides a basis for testing models of carbon transfer across mangrove ecosystems. We hypothesized that the carbon transfer and assimilation by fish and invertebrates will vary across the different mangrove habitats and that such variations can be predicted by their stable isotope compositions. We analysed δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N signatures of consumers and their potential organic carbon sources across a tropical mangrove ecosystem in Vietnam. The δ¹³C values of crabs and snails significantly decreased from the tidal flat to interior forest, indicating that variations in carbon transfer and assimilation occurred at small scales <30 m. Reduced variation in δ¹³C of suspension‐feeding bivalves suggested that tidal water was a vector for large‐scale transport of carbon across the mangrove ecosystem. An analysis of co‐variance using habitat as a fixed factor and feeding habit and movement capacity of consumers as co‐variates indicated that habitat and feeding types were major features that affected the δ¹³C values of invertebrates and fish. The findings demonstrate that carbon transfer and assimilation across mangrove ecosystems occur as a diverse combination of small (<30 m) and large (>30 m) scale processes.     

涠洲岛珊瑚礁近千年的发育过程及其对气候变化的响应*

高纬度珊瑚栖息地能否成为气候变暖背景下热带珊瑚物种的“避难所”仍不明确, 南海北部的相关研究更是稀少。本文以取自涠洲岛的2根珊瑚礁沉积岩心为研究对象, 通过U-Th定年、沉积组分分析以及珊瑚种属鉴定等方法, 探讨近千年以来珊瑚礁的发育过程及其对气候变化的响应。研究结果发现, Core1(石螺口)岩心沉积的3个快速堆积阶段分别与罗马暖期、中世纪暖期和现代暖期大致对应; 而2个缓慢堆积阶段则分别与黑暗时代冷期和小冰期大致对应, 证实了温暖的气候对珊瑚礁发育有促进作用, 而寒冷的气候则不利于珊瑚礁的发育; 此外, 现代强烈的人为干扰可能也导致了涠洲岛珊瑚礁的迅速退化。Core2(南湾)中陆源沉积含量高, 珊瑚年龄主要集中在800AD—950AD和现代这两个时间段内, 其原因可能与环境变化、风暴作用及湾内现代珊瑚分布特征有关。通过对比这两个站位的珊瑚礁沉积特征, 本文进一步提出“完全避难所”和“非完全避难所”的概念, 揭示涠洲岛珊瑚可能同时具有低纬度热带珊瑚礁和高纬度珊瑚群落这两种发育特征和趋势。     

台湾东部黑潮区海源碳的沉积物记录与近千年来生产力与气候变化的反演

本文基于对台湾以东黑潮主流区沉积物的粒度和定年,通过解析沉积物总有机碳及其同位素组成获取海源碳变化特征,首次报道了该海区近千年来的初级生产力与气候变化反演结果。研究显示,台湾以东黑潮主流区近千年来的平均沉积速率为34.44 cm/ka,沉积环境较为稳定。另外,台湾以东黑潮主流区沉积物中的总有机碳和总氮含量主要受台湾东部河流输入、海洋初级生产力的沉降过程、成岩作用和粒度效应影响。对沉积物海源碳的定量估算表明,近千年来台湾以东黑潮主流区沉积物中40.02%~73.88%的有机质为海源输入,陆源输送次之。同时,近千年来台湾以东黑潮主流区沉积物记录较好地反映了中世纪暖期、小冰期和现代暖期3个气候变化阶段。1150-1420年期间,沉积物中总有机碳、总氮和海源碳含量缓慢升高,较高的表层海水温度有利于海洋初级生产力水平的升高。1500-1840年期间,较低的表层海水温度和亚洲大陆风尘输送水平使得海洋初级生产力较低,同时台湾地区小冰期较高的降水量有利于台湾东部河流向海输送,增强的水动力条件可能会加强海底沉积物的东移,从而导致该区域沉积物中总有机碳含量的增加。进入现代暖期以来研究区的海水温度逐渐增暖,而东亚季风强度和降水量却表现出波动的年际变化特征,并体现在研究区1930-1950年和1970年期间沉积物的中值粒径、总有机碳和总氮含量的快速波动。     

黄河三角洲造陆速率对夏季风强度变化和人类活动的响应

以夏季风强度指数和年均气温作为反映气候变化的指数,以人类净引水量和流域水土保持面积作为反映人类活动变化的指标,并以黄河流域为例,研究了三角洲造陆对气候变化和人类活动的响应.研究表明,夏季风强度指数的变化可分为三个阶段:(1)在1951~1963年夏季风强度指数呈持续增强的变化趋势;(2)在1963~1965年夏季风强度指数呈突变式减弱;(3)在1966~2000年夏季风强度指数保持在较低的水平上,且呈缓慢减弱的趋势.年降水量变化与夏季风强度指数有同步关系.从1950到1970年的年均温度在波动中略呈降低趋势,然而从1970年开始年均温度在波动中具有持续上升的趋势.气候变化会导致入海泥沙通量的变化,并可能进一步导致三角洲造陆速率的变化.黄河三角洲造陆速率、入海泥沙通量在1952~1964年均呈增大的趋势,1964年后则呈减小的趋势,在总体上与夏季风强度指数的变化趋势相同.除了气候变化以外,流域水土保持和引水对三角洲造陆也有影响.多元回归分析表明,三角洲造陆速率随夏季风强度指数的减弱而减小,随年气温的升高而减小,随梯田林草面积的增加而减小,随年净引水量的增加而减小,同时还表明,夏季风强度指数、年均气温、水土保持措施面积和人类净引水量对三角洲造陆速率变化的贡献率分别为34.94%,3.80%,53.82%和7.44%.表示气候变化的两个变量的贡献率之和为38.7%,说明气候变化对黄河三角洲造陆过程的影响是不容忽视的.