在岩石的潮间社区中对生产的摄食控制
1Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA.
概括
减少低潮区的牧草者导致初级产量增加,主要由一年生鱼主导. 当消费者被操纵时,生物多样性并没有显著提高生产.
科学领域:
- 海洋生态海洋生态学
- 藻类生态学 藻类生态学
- 社区生态学社区生态学
背景情况:
- 初级生产对海洋生态系统至关重要.
- 消费者与资源的互动塑造了社区结构.
- 讨论生物多样性在生态系统功能中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查消费者操纵对低潮区初级生产的影响.
- 为了确定物种丰富度和年产量之间的关系.
- 评估草食对海藻社区动态的影响.
主要方法:
- 实地实验操纵低潮区的牧场群体.
- 在七年内监测初级生产和物种组成.
- 在操纵和控制场地比较生产率.
主要成果:
- 初级产量随着放牧压力而显著变化,达到高达86公斤湿质/m2/年.
- 减少的草食导致了一年一度的海藻Alaria marginata占主导地位.
- 增加的物种丰富性并没有产生显著的额外生产.
结论:
- 在这个系统中,消费者的压力,而不是物种丰富,是初级生产的关键驱动力.
- 一种竞争优越的物种可以在消除其自然敌人时占据主导地位.
- 来自消费者较少的系统的生物多样性生态理论可能不适用于海洋环境.
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