Photosynthetic bark: Use of chlorophyll absorption continuum index to estimate Boswellia papyrifera bark chlorophyll content     

《International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation》2013

Quantification of chlorophyll content provides useful insight into the physiological performance of plants. Several leaf chlorophyll estimation techniques, using hyperspectral instruments, are available. However, to our knowledge, a non-destructive bark chlorophyll estimation technique is not available. We set out to assess Boswellia papyrifera tree bark chlorophyll content and to provide an appropriate bark chlorophyll estimation technique using hyperspectral remote sensing techniques. In contrast to the leaves, the bark of B. papyrifera has several outer layers masking the inner photosynthetic bark layer. Thus, our interest includes understanding how much light energy is transmitted to the photosynthetic inner bark and to what extent the inner photosynthetic bark chlorophyll activity could be remotely sensed during both the wet and the dry season. In this study, chlorophyll estimation using the chlorophyll absorption continuum index (CACI) yielded a higher R² (0.87) than others indices and methods, such as the use of single band, simple ratios, normalized differences, and conventional red edge position (REP) based estimation techniques. The chlorophyll absorption continuum index approach considers the increase or widening in area of the chlorophyll absorption region, attributed to high concentrations of chlorophyll causing spectral shifts in both the yellow and the red edge. During the wet season B. papyrifera trees contain more bark layers than during the dry season. Having less bark layers during the dry season (leaf off condition) is an advantage for the plants as then their inner photosynthetic bark is more exposed to light, enabling them to trap light energy. It is concluded that B. papyrifera bark chlorophyll content can be reliably estimated using the chlorophyll absorption continuum index analysis. Further research on the use of bark signatures is recommended, in order to discriminate the deciduous B. papyrifera from other species during the dry season.  相似文献   

An upwelling filament off southwest Iberia: Effect on the chlorophyll a and nutrient export     

Alexandra Cravo  Paulo Relvas  Sara Cardeira  Filomena Rita  Miguel Madureira  Ricardo Sánchez 《Continental Shelf Research》2010

The present paper describes the chemical and biological characteristics of an upwelling filament off southern Iberia in October 2004, based on a total of 42 CTD casts, along with ADCP velocity measurements distributed by an almost regular grid of 15 km mean spacing. Stations were sampled from the surface to a maximum depth of 400 dbar, for nutrients (nitrate, phosphate and silicate) and chlorophyll a determination. The effect of cross-shelf exchange of nutrients and chlorophyll a between the coastal and oceanic waters was also investigated. Data revealed that, during the cruise conducted under relaxed winds, a relatively small filament was formed down to 75 m. However, an amount of 180 t of chlorophyll a was estimated there accompanied by low nutrient concentrations. The observed water properties reveal that SW Iberia is similar to NW Iberia, showing the continuity of the Canary Upwelling System along the Iberian Peninsula, one of poorest upwelling systems of the oceanic eastern boundaries. Nevertheless, the amounts of chlorophyll and nutrients transported through the filament are significant, revealing that those play a key role in the seaward export of matter with an important impact on the regional oceanography of this region. Considering the periods of strong upwelling events and the extent of their duration along the year, the amounts of exported matter must be hugely increased and responsible for the high productivity of these waters.  相似文献   

Morpho‐Physiological Growth and Yield Responses of Two Contrasting Maize Cultivars to Cadmium Exposure          下载免费PDF全文

Shakeel Ahmad Anjum  Mohsin Tanveer  Saddam Hussain  Ehsan ullah  Longchang Wang  Imran Khan  Rana Abdul Samad  Shahbaz Atta Tung  Madiha Anam  Babar Shahzad 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2016,44(1):29-36

  相似文献   

中国南海西部浮游植物对中尺度涡的响应          下载免费PDF全文

钟超  肖武鹏  黄邦钦 《海洋科学进展》2013,31(2)

2011-09应用高效液相色谱分离技术并结合CHEMTAX软件研究了中国南海西部冷涡和暖涡区浮游植物的群落结构组成.结果表明,南海西部优势类群为定鞭金藻、聚球藻和原绿球藻.中尺度涡影响了总叶绿素a(Chl a)的垂直分布和浮游植物群落组成,暖涡使叶绿素最大层下移,但冷涡并未使叶绿素最大层上移;同时,暖涡区定鞭金藻贡献量减少,原绿球藻和聚球藻贡献量增加,而冷涡区硅藻贡献量增加,聚球藻贡献量减少.中尺度涡并未显著影响南海西部浮游植物优势类群的优势地位,但其对水柱积分生物量的影响不同,暖涡区总叶绿素a显著增加,而冷涡区总叶绿素a无显著变化.  相似文献   

Effects of the Herbicide Metazachlor on Phytoplankton and Periphyton Communities in Outdoor Mesocosms     

Udo Noack  Thomas Geffke  Ramani Balasubramanian  Jutta Papenbrock  Mike Braune  Dirk Scheerbaum 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2003,31(6):482-490

The effects of the chloroacetanilide herbicide metazachlor have been investigated in outdoor artificial mesocosms. Decreasing phytoplankton densities were caused by the application, however, the communities recovered after 30 to 35 days. Periphyton growth was found to be affected not only by the herbicide application but by the presence of species with different ability to grow on artificial substrates. Zooplankton diversity was small due to low density of ingestible algae species. Oxygen saturation was found to be correlated with the dosage levels of the herbicide in the second half of the study.  相似文献   

A Simple In Vivo Fluorescence Method for the Selective Detection and Quantification of Freshwater Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic Algae     

Jakub Gregor  Blahoslav Mar&#x;lek 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2005,33(2):142-148

A method for the rapid detection of cyanobacteria (blue‐green algae) and their differentiation from eukaryotic algae in natural phytoplankton assemblages is presented. Fluorescence emission of photosynthetic pigments at 670 nm was measured using a microplate fluorescence reader when excited at two different wavelengths – 485 nm and 590 nm. The ratio of fluorescence excited at these wavelengths (590 nm/485 nm) was proportional to the ratio of cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae, which was determined by the in situ spectrofluorometer for the phytoplankton quantification. The fluorescence intensity was equal to the total chlorophyll‐a content. These two fluorescence values can provide the first warning on a development of potentially toxic cyanobacteria in water.  相似文献   

Estimate of the Eutrophication Process in the Gruža Reservoir (Serbia and Montenegro)     

Aleksandar Ostoji&#x;  Svetlana &#x;ur i&#x;  Ljiljana omi&#x;  Marina Topuzovi&#x; 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2005,33(6):605-613

The Gru?a Reservoir (located at 238…269 m a. s. l., volume 64.6 · 10⁶ m³, surface 934 ha, drainage area 318 km², max. depth 31 m, mean theoretical retention time 22 months) was investigated during the years 1996 to 2001. The obtained values of trophic state parameters (9…200 μg L^?1 total phosphorus, 3…99 μg L^?1 chlorophyll‐a, and 0.5…2 m transparency) indicate that water of the Gru?a Reservoir is eutrophic according to three types of classification: Carlson, OECD, and Jones and Lee. It was noticed that values of average biomass abundance are large in the Gru?a Reservoir, and they could indicate a richer trophic state. When these indices are cited in connection with parameters of the trophic state, it is apparent that the Gru?a Reservoir can be classified as a eutrophic water on the basis of total phosphorus content of chlorophyll‐a and hypertrophic water with respect to transparency.  相似文献   

Carbon and nitrogen fixation differ between successional stages of biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert   总被引：13，自引：2，他引：13  

D.C. Housman  H.H. Powers  A.D. Collins  J. Belnap 《Journal of Arid Environments》2006,66(4):620-634

Biological soil crusts (cyanobacteria, mosses and lichens collectively) perform essential ecosystem services, including carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fixation. Climate and land-use change are converting later successional soil crusts to early successional soil crusts with lower C and N fixation rates. To quantify the effect of such conversions on C and N dynamics in desert ecosystems we seasonally measured diurnal fixation rates in different biological soil crusts. We classified plots on the Colorado Plateau (Canyonlands) and Chihuahuan Desert (Jornada) as early (Microcoleus) or later successional (Nostoc/Scytonema or Placidium/Collema) and measured photosynthesis (P_n), nitrogenase activity (NA), and chlorophyll fluorescence (F_v/F_m) on metabolically active (moist) soil crusts. Later successional crusts typically had greater P_n, averaging 1.2–1.3-fold higher daily C fixation in Canyonlands and 2.4–2.8-fold higher in the Jornada. Later successional crusts also had greater NA, averaging 1.3–7.5-fold higher daily N fixation in Canyonlands and 1.3–25.0-fold higher in the Jornada. Mean daily F_v/F_m was also greater in later successional Canyonlands crusts during winter, and Jornada crusts during all seasons except summer. Together these findings indicate conversion of soil crusts back to early successional stages results in large reductions of C and N inputs into these ecosystems.  相似文献   

水稻叶片不同光谱形式反演叶绿素含量的对比分析研究   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

陈君颖  田庆久 《国土资源遥感》2007,18(1):44-48

通过对常优1号和武粳15两个品种水稻叶片的反射率R、lg(1/R)、反射率一阶微分（FD）和反射率归一化（BN）等光谱形式的测量和计算，分析了叶片光谱不同变化形式与叶绿素含量的相关关系，建立了统计方程，并进行了比较与评价，同时，对反演方程的最佳波段选择进行了探讨。结果表明，叶绿素含量与反射率一阶微分光谱方程的相关性最强，而采用lg(1/R)的光谱形式能够提高遥感反演叶绿素含量的效果。经验证，两个水稻品种叶绿素含量的模拟值与实测值的复相关系数R2分别达到0.641和0. 818。  相似文献   

Shifts in the Processes of Oxygen and Nutrient Balances in the River Elbe since the Transformation of the Economic Structure     

H. Guhr  B. Karrasch  D. Spott 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2000,28(3):155-161

The reduction of pollution in the river Elbe since 1990 has resulted in changes in the processes taking place in the river. The heterotrophic degradation which dominated until 1990 was accompanied by a lack of oxygen, floating masses of sewage fungi, and sludge formation in the areas of still water. Since the early 1990s, autotrophic processes have come to dominate, with an increase in pH fluctuations and the oxygen production potential, but evidently not the chlorophyll level during the growing season. The degradable organic pollution of the Elbe is determined by algae production. The high levels of ammonium previously encountered in the Elbe were attributable to not only dischargers but also in particular the lack of oxygen in the water. Via heterotrophic nitrate assimilation, nitrate served as an oxygen reserve, resulting in high levels of nitrite. At present, when the oxygen contents are sufficient, the concentration reductions of nitrate and nitrite along the reach of the Elbe are approximately parallel, which in view of the lack of ammonium indicates the denitrification of microzones low in oxygen. The relative proportion of structurally bound substance turnover will become increasingly important for the Elbeπs material budget.  相似文献