滨海盐沼水文特征对盐地碱蓬定植过程的影响
作者简介:王青(1989- ),女,安徽铜陵人,博士,主要从事湿地生态过程与环境响应研究。E-mail: wqing59@126.com
收稿日期: 2019-04-07
要求修回日期: 2019-07-10
网络出版日期: 2019-12-28
基金资助
国家重点研发计划(2017YFC0404505)
国家自然科学基金项目(51639001,51721093)
Effect of hydrological characteristics on the recruitment of Suaeda salsa in coastal salt marshes
Received date: 2019-04-07
Request revised date: 2019-07-10
Online published: 2019-12-28
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为了揭示盐沼水文特征对植物定植的影响,选择黄河三角洲滨海盐沼无植被、具有一定水文梯度的区域,通过定点监测和野外控制实验展开研究。结果表明:(1)潮沟作为盐沼潮水的主要源汇通道,高程和水文特征在垂直潮沟方向上发生显著变化;在时间上,盐沼表面潮汐过程存在干湿季特点;在空间上,淹水频率和淹水时长随高程增加而降低。(2)土壤水盐特征与水文特征相关性不高,但趋势显著:盐度随着距潮沟距离的增加呈上升趋势,含水率则相反。(3)盐地碱蓬(Suaeda salsa)种子捕捉量、萌发率和幼苗存活率随距潮沟距离增加而下降,远离潮沟区域由于种子到达概率较低、萌发和生长条件较差,降低了植物成功定植的概率。
王青 , 骆梦 , 邱冬冬 , 谢湉 , 施伟 , 崔保山 . 滨海盐沼水文特征对盐地碱蓬定植过程的影响[J]. 自然资源学报, 2019 , 34(12) : 2569 -2579 . DOI: 10.31497/zrzyxb.20191207
Salt marshes are increasingly valued for their function of coastal protection. Affected by periodic tidal events, salt marshes are highly dynamic ecosystems, especially for the hydrological characteristics. The dynamic hydrological characteristics have significantly affected the recruitment of plant, resulting in a profound influence on the distribution of salt marsh plants. To reveal the effect of hydrological characteristics on plant recruitment in salt marshes, this study conducted a field experiment on a bare patch of Yellow River Delta coastal salt marshes. A typical tidal inundation gradient was set, by choosing six transects from a main tidal creek to high areas on a bare patch in mid to high salt marshes. And the measurement of hydrological and soil characteristics, seed emergence and seedling survival experiments were conducted on the tidal gradient. Our results showed that: (1) Elevation, tidal hydrodynamics, and the inundation gradient had significant effects along the gradient from the creek to the salt marsh: The elevation of sampling points increased with the distance from the creek; on the temporal scale, there were wet and dry periods of hydrological process, the inundation frequency, water table and cumulative inundation period were lower during November to April, and they started to increase since May; on the spatial scale, the inundation frequency and cumulative inundation period decreased with the increase of elevation, and became stable after the average high water level; the relationship between the maximum water depth and elevation was revealed as a quadratic curve, and the maximum water depth reached the highest values in the elevation of 0.9 to 1.1 m. (2) Soil salinity and moisture content were not correlated with the hydrological gradient, but their changing trends were significant: with the increase of the distance to the tidal creek, soil salinity was increasing, while soil moisture content was decreasing. (3) The captured Suaeda salsa seeds (by seed traps), seed emergence rate and survival rate decreased with the increase of the distance to the tidal creek, which revealed that the recruitment of Suaeda salsa was significantly affected by hydrological characteristics. At the dry end of hydrological gradient (the higher area), the lower inundation frequency went against the dispersal of Suaeda salsa seeds, seeds emergence and seedling growth, which reduced the recruitment success of Suaeda salsa.
Fig. 1 Location of the study area and design of sampling points图1 研究区位置和样点样线布设 |
Fig. 2 Variation trends of elevation and hydrological characteristics of sampling points on temporal scale图2 研究区样点高程和水文特征在时间尺度上的变化趋势 |
Fig. 3 Variation trends of monthly hydrological characteristics on the gradient of elevation图3 研究区样点月尺度水文特征在高程梯度上的变化趋势 |
Table 1 Correlation of soil salinity, moisture content and elevation, hydrological gradient表1 土壤盐度和含水率与高程和水文梯度的相关性 |
高程 | 距离 | 频率 | 水深 | 淹水时长 | |
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土壤盐度 | 0.239 | 0.36* | -0.337* | 0.126 | -0.316* |
土壤含水率 | -0.532** | -0.668** | 0.554** | 0.077 | 0.471** |
注:**、*分别表示相关性在0.01、0.05水平上显著(双侧)。 |
Fig. 4 Trends of soil salinity and moisture content on the sampling lines图4 土壤盐度和含水率在垂直潮沟样线上的变化趋势 |
Fig. 5 Effect of hydrological characteristics on the recruitment of Suaeda salsa图5 水文特征对盐地碱蓬定植过程的影响 |
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