简介:TheGurbantunggutDesertisthelargeststableandsemi-stablesanddesertinChina,yetfewdataexistonvegetationpatternandspecies-environmentrelationshipsforthesediversedesertlandscapes.Thesanddunesofthesurveyareaaremainlyofthelongitudinalformfromnorthtosouth,butcheckerboard-shapedandhoneycomb-shapedformsarealsopresent,withtheheightof10-50m.Wemeasuredvegetationandsoildataonnorth-southtransectsandcomparedthemwithvegetationandsoildataoneast-westtransects.Analysisrevealedthatthevaryingtrendandstrengthofthespeciesdiversity,dominanceandcoveroftheplantcommunitiesinthelongitudinalandtransversedirectionsacrossthelandscapearesignificantlydifferent.TheresultsofCCAordinationshowthatthemicro-habitatsofsoilorganicmatter(OM),soilsalts(TS),sortingindex(σ),topsoilwater-content(SM)andpHrelatetothedifferencesinvegetationobservedasdifferencesinspeciesassemblagefromsalt-intolerantephemerals,micro-subshrubsandsubshrubstosalt-tolerantshrubsandmicro-arbors.Theterrain(alt.)andsoiltexture(thecontentsofMzandφ1)affectthespatialdifferentiationofmanyspecies.However,thisspatialdifferentiationisnotsomarkedontransectsrunninglongitudinallywiththelandscape,inthesamedirectionasthedunes.Thespeciesofthedesertvegetationhaveformedthreeassemblagesundertheactionofhabitatgradients,relatingtothreesectionsrunningtransverselyacrossthelandscape,atrightanglestothedirectionofthedunecrests.Inthemid-eastsectionofthestudyareathetopographyishigher,withsand-landsordune-slopeswithcoarseparticles.HerethedominantvegetationcomprisesshrubsandsubshrubsofSeriphidiumsantoliumandEphedradistachya,withlargenumbersofephemeralandephemeroidplantsofSeneciosubdentatus,andCarexphysodesinspringandsummer.Onthesoilofthedune-slopesinthemidwestofthestudyarea,withcoarseparticlesandabundantTK,theplantassemblageofHaloxylonpersicu
简介:2010年4月-2011年1月期间,在高潮位和中潮位下,分别对杭州湾南岸滩涂排水区和非排水区的5个断面进行桡足类丰度和生物量进行调查。结果表明,共发现15种河口桡足类,包括剑水蚤3种、哲水蚤5种和猛水蚤7种;第一优势种为汤匙华哲水蚤(Sinocalanusdorrii),第二优势种为四刺窄腹剑水蚤(Limnoithonatetraspina);研究区河口桡足类的平均丰度为15.3ind./L,平均生物量为0.214mg/L,主要分布在排水区的S3和S2采样断面。在春季采样日,滩涂水中的NO2—N和PO4—P营养盐通过浮游植物生物量影响桡足类群落,浮游植物生物量是河口桡足类丰度发展的决策因子和桡足类生物量波动的限制因子;在夏季采样日,水中的高浓度NH4—N通过NO2—N含量损害桡足类,成为桡足类丰度变化的限制因子;温排水通过减少海水溶解氧含量间接影响桡足类生长,成为桡足类生物量变化的限制因子;在秋季采样日,水中的SiO3—Si含量是桡足类丰度和生物量的决策因子。