Carbon loss by water erosion in drylands: implications from a study of vegetation change in the south‐west USA          下载免费PDF全文

R. E. Brazier  L. Turnbull  J. Wainwright  R. Bol 《水文研究》2014,28(4):2212-2222

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important component of the global carbon cycle yet is rarely quantified adequately in terms of its spatial variability resulting from losses of SOC due to erosion by water. Furthermore, in drylands, little is known about the effect of widespread vegetation change on changes in SOC stores and the potential for water erosion to redistribute SOC around the landscape especially during high‐magnitude run‐off events (flash floods). This study assesses the change in SOC stores across a shrub‐encroachment gradient in the Chihuahuan Desert of the south‐west USA. A robust estimate of SOC storage in surface soils is presented, indicating that more SOC is stored beneath vegetation than in bare soil areas. In addition, the change in SOC storage over a shrub‐encroachment gradient is shown to be nonlinear and highly variable within each vegetation type. Over the gradient of vegetation change, the heterogeneity of SOC increases, and newer carbon from C₃ plants becomes dominant. This increase in the heterogeneity of SOC is related to an increase in water erosion and SOC loss from inter‐shrub areas, which is self‐reinforcing. Shrub‐dominated drylands lose more than three times as much SOC as their grass counterparts. The implications of this study are twofold: (1) quantifying the effects of vegetation change on carbon loss via water erosion and the highly variable effects of land degradation on soil carbon stocks is critical. (2) If landscape‐scale understanding of carbon loss by water erosion in drylands is required, studies must characterize the heterogeneity of ecosystem structure and its effects on ecosystem function across ecotones subject to vegetation change. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Changes in phytoplankton diversity and community composition along the salinity gradient of the Schelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Koenraad Muylaert  Koen Sabbe  Wim Vyverman 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2009

Phytoplankton diversity and community composition were studied along the Schelde river–estuary–coastal zone continuum during the summer of 2003. DCA analysis indicated a gradual compositional turnover of the phytoplankton community within the estuary. GAM modelling of species response curves along the estuarine gradient was used to identify taxa that had their population maximum in the river, the coastal zone or within the estuary. Taxa that had their population maximum within the estuary did not form a homogenous community but comprised species with different salinity optima and rather restricted salinity tolerances. The observed changes in community composition along the estuarine transition zone correspond more closely to an ecocline than to an ecotone model. Despite the fact that few taxa had their population maximum at or near the salinity gradient, alpha diversity did not display a minimum around the salinity gradient. This lack of a diversity minimum within the estuary was ascribed to an important contribution of taxa of riverine or coastal origin to alpha diversity within the estuary contributed. On average 55% of the alpha diversity in the estuarine samples was due to riverine or coastal taxa. Beta diversity displayed a clear maximum around the salinity gradient. For planktonic organisms which are subject to mass effects, beta diversity is probably a better indicator for the impact of the salinity gradient on diversity in estuaries than alpha diversity.  相似文献   

绿洲-荒漠过渡带典型防护林体系环境效益及其生态功能   总被引：5，自引：2，他引：3       下载免费PDF全文

周洪华  李卫红  冷超  曹志超  王俊  王怀军 《干旱区地理》2012,35(1):82-90

 在塔里木河下游绿洲-荒漠过渡带,选取乔灌草结构（胡杨-柽柳-花花柴群落）、乔灌结构（胡杨-柽柳群落）和单一乔木结构（胡杨群落）三种典型防护林为研究对象,采用野外监测和室内分析相结合的方法,探讨了不同类型防护林对空气温湿度、土壤理化特性及防护效应等的作用,并分析了产生差异的原因及生态功能。结果表明：(1）干旱区绿洲-荒漠过渡带不同结构组成的防护林均可提高群落内温湿度的稳定性,改善土壤理化性质,其中乔灌草结构防护林较其它群落更有利于增加0~50 cm土壤有机质、[WTBX]全N、全P[WTBZ]和20~100 cm土壤全[WTBX]K[WTBZ]的积累;能更有效地增加0~30 cm土壤水分、抑制0~100 cm土壤盐分、稳定0~50 cm土壤温度;(2）单一胡杨林群落的有效防护高度为2~3 m,横向有效防护距离为40 m;胡杨-柽柳群落的有效防护高度为2～4 m,横向有效防护距离为60 m;胡杨-柽柳-花花柴群落的有效防护高度分别为小于1 m和2~4 m,高度超过1 m以上的横向有效防护距离为60 m,在1 m以下其横向有效防护距离可达100 m;(3)群落结构、植物密度和覆盖度是影响防护林环境特征和生态功能的主要原因。  相似文献   

科尔沁沙地生态环境特征分析   总被引：15，自引：4，他引：11  

常学礼  崔步礼  陈雅琳  薛莲荣 《干旱区地理》2005,28(3):336-341

科尔沁沙地典型地区生态环境特征的分析表明,40年来科尔沁沙地的年均气温呈逐渐增加的趋势,与全球气温升高变化一致。年降水量的变化呈波动式增加,特别是从20世纪70年代中期到90年代中期年降水量的波动幅度增大。气候类型年际间呈半干旱、半湿润和湿润交替出现,其中半干旱气候出现频率为47．5％,半湿润气候为45％,湿润气候为7．5％。沙尘暴的发生日数从1961年以来呈下降趋势,到1984年以后低于平均水平。科尔沁沙地的土壤和植被的异质性决定了该区域的农牧交错特征,特定的风沙环境促进了农牧交错特征的变化。  相似文献   

农牧交错区土地利用动态与生态效应变化--以榆阳区为例   总被引：10，自引：1，他引：9  

莫宏  任志远  谢红 《干旱区地理》2005,28(3):352-356

以榆阳区1988-2003年土地数据为依据,在分析研究区土地利用的数量和结构变化特点的基础上,运用国内外学者在生态价值估算的方法与模式,结合该区的具体情况对估算方法进行修正,然后对研究区研究时段内各年度的生态系统服务功能经济价值进行了估算,并以1988年为基准测算了土地利用类型的数量和结构变化所引起的生态系统服务功能经济价值变化情况,分析了其变化的时段特点及变化原因,定量地揭示了在生态脆弱区环境与经济发展的关系。研究表明：1988-2003年,榆阳区土地利用变化所产生的环境响应总体米说是积极的,生态系统服务功能经济价值年度总量在波动中提高;营造防护林、退耕还林及农用地内部结构调整政策的实施实现了经济和环境双赢的预期效果。  相似文献   

Feedback-Driven Response to Multidecadal Climatic Variability at an Alpine Treeline   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

《自然地理学》2013,34(6):520-535

The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) has significant climatological and ecological effects in northwestern North America. Its possible effects and their modification by feedbacks are examined in the forest-tundra ecotone in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Tree ring samples were collected to estimate establishment dates in 10 quadrats. Age-diameter regressions were used to estimate the ages of uncored trees. The temporal pattern of establishment and survival was compared to the pattern of the PDO. A wave of establishment began in the mid-1940s, rose to a peak rate in the mid-1970s, and dropped precipitously beginning ca. 1980 to near zero for the 1990s. The period of establishment primarily coincided with the negative phase of the PDO, but the establishment and survival pattern is not correlated with the PDO index. The pattern indicates a period during which establishment was possible and was augmented by positive feedback from surviving trees. Snow may be the most important factor in the feedback, but studies indicate that its effects vary locally. Spatially differentiated analyses of decadal or longer periodicity may elucidate responses to climatic variation.  相似文献   

CLM4.5在西北农牧交错带盐池站的模拟性能评估     

朱昱作  张兰慧  谈幸燕  祝毅  韩智博  贺缠生 《干旱气象》2019,37(3):430-438

农牧交错带具有草地、裸地、农田大面积相互镶嵌的独特下垫面,其地表水热过程变化复杂,亟需深入研究。利用宁夏盐池站2017年实际观测资料,对陆面过程模式CLM4.5的模拟性能进行检验。结果表明,在复杂下垫面下,CLM4.5仍能较好地模拟出草地的地面反射辐射、地面长波辐射和净辐射以及0~10 cm土壤含水量和温度的变化特征,但模拟值与观测值还存在一定偏差。CLM4.5能模拟出辐射通量的日变化特征,除5月外,地面反射辐射模拟值与观测值之间的偏差较小。地面长波辐射模拟值白天偏高,净辐射观测值与模拟值的相关系数为0.99,均方根误差为22.50 W·m^-2。土壤含水量观测值与模拟值的相关系数达0.83,但模拟值偏低,且模式对降雨后土壤含水量变化过程的模拟性能有待提高。土壤温度模拟值的日变化特征较为明显,观测值与模拟值的相关系数为0.98,均方根误差为2.82℃。  相似文献   

新疆策勒沙漠-荒漠-绿洲典型下垫面小气候空间变化分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

毛东雷  蔡富艳  雷加强  杨雪峰  杨余辉  薛杰 《地理科学》2017,37(4):630-640

利用从2010年8月1日至2011年6月30日新疆策勒绿洲-荒漠过渡带及绿洲内部4个观测点的风速、大气相对湿度（RH）、温度、太阳辐射能、光合有效辐射（PAR）同步观测资料,分析了小气候差异并初步探讨产生差异的原因。结果表明：不同空间的下垫面性质对小气候影响明显不同。在8月,半固定沙地、固定沙地和绿洲内部与流沙地前沿相比,日平均风速在2 m高处分别依次降低了42.69%、50.71%和94.32%,日平均风速在10 m高处分别依次降低了7.94%、13.66%和59.59%,这表明植被覆盖度越大,防风阻沙效果越好。夏季植被能够降温增湿,冬季12月份,绿洲内部在0.5 m高处日平均温度依次高于流沙地、半固定沙地、固定沙地1.47℃、1.20℃、2.74℃。4个下垫面的PAR与太阳辐射能变化趋势基本一致,绿洲内部的PAR值相对最小,太阳辐射能在6月达到最高值。夏季晴天在20:00~09:00左右近地表层会出现逆温现象。冬季晴天白天午后易出现大于起沙风的阵风,从流沙前沿到绿洲内部气温逐渐升高,大气相对湿度先逐渐降低后增大。  相似文献   

若尔盖盆地河流古洪水沉积及其对黄河水系演变问题的启示   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

黄春长 《地理学报》2021,76(3):612-625

青藏高原东部若尔盖盆地古湖泊消亡、黄河贯穿盆地、黄河源区现代水系格局形成,是黄河发育演变史上的重要事件,也是青藏高原东部水文环境变化的转折点。关于其发生年代问题,目前尚无确切结论。本文根据野外考察所获资料和实验室测试分析数据,结合历年来前人多方面研究的结果,针对若尔盖盆地古湖泊消亡与黄河贯穿盆地的年代问题,进行比较全面的分析论述与展望。其中在玛曲—欧拉秀玛河段的最新研究,发现由古洪水沉积物记录的黄河特大洪水事件,发生在OSL年龄(13590±1200)~(12980±1090) a期间,其洪水主要来自于若尔盖盆地上游广泛分布的高山冰川的冰雪融水。这证明在末次冰消期Bolling-Allerod全球性相对温暖阶段,黄河就已经贯通若尔盖盆地,流经玛曲—欧拉秀玛断陷谷地,并且发生了若干次特大洪水事件。可见从河流古洪水沉积学、年代学与水文学新途径的研究,将会为解决黄河贯通若尔盖盆地的年代问题提供直接的证据。  相似文献   

绿洲边缘人工固沙植被自组织过程   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

赵文智  郑颖  张格非 《中国沙漠》2018,38(1):1-7

在对植被自组织过程研究进展评述的基础上,研究了河西走廊荒漠绿洲边缘人工固沙植被格局40年来自组织及种群自疏过程,发现在干旱区,特别是降水量200mm以下的荒漠区,绿洲边缘雨养或者降水和地下水共同维系的沙丘人工植被也会发生自组织过程,原来基本均匀栽植的植被出现斑块化,最大斑块面积、斑块密度、斑块聚集度在20~30a出现,但种群自疏过程并未遵循随植被发育年龄变化的规律,而与生境与绿洲的距离及生境地下水埋深显著相关。未来应加强在气候变化和人类干扰条件下植被格局发生突变的阈值范围的研究,也应加强干旱区人工植被自组织过程及其变化等的研究。  相似文献