沿海森林和宏观无脊椎动物支持温带和热带流域的多种生态系统过程
Rebecca Oester1,2,3, Paula M de Omena4, Larissa Corteletti da Costa4
1Institute of Microbiology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Via Flora Ruchat Roncati 15, CH-6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland.
概括
沿海森林和宏观无脊椎动物通过支持多种生态过程,增强了山头河流中的生态系统多功能性. 这些驱动因素对于维护整个地区的淡水破坏性食物网至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 淡水生物学 淡水生物学
背景情况:
- 生态系统过程往往超越了物理界限,将水生和陆生环境联系起来.
- 生物驱动因素在支持多种水陆生态系统过程中的作用尚不清楚.
- 头水流是跨生态系统相互作用的关键接口.
研究的目的:
- 研究沿海森林,宏观无脊椎动物和叶子垃圾组成对生态系统多功能性的影响.
- 评估这些因素对水生真菌生物质,损失和分解速度的相对重要性.
- 了解温带和热带头水流中的跨区域影响.
主要方法:
- 使用叶子垃圾袋将陆地叶子垃圾引入森林和非森林的头水流中.
- 操纵的宏无脊椎动物访问和叶子垃圾混合物组成.
- 测量了水生真菌生物质积累,损失和当地叶子垃圾分解率.
主要成果:
- 生态系统的多功能性与两个地区的宏观无脊椎动物和河岸森林的存在有关.
- 当宏观无脊椎动物能够接触到所有类型的叶子垃圾时,叶子垃圾的气损失和分解率显著增加.
- 分解速率与其他测量的生态系统过程具有正相关性.
结论:
- 沿海森林和宏观无脊椎动物破坏性动物在支持淡水破坏性食物网过程中发挥着一致的跨区域作用.
- 宏观无脊椎动物是源头河流中生态系统多功能性的关键驱动力.
- 整体的观点,包括跨生态系统的相互作用,对于理解山头河流生态至关重要.
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