食物网依赖绿色和棕色能源途径的变化,跨越生态系统梯度
James W Sturges1, W Ryan James1,2, Ryan J Rezek3
1Department of Earth and Environment, Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America.
PloS one
|February 4, 2026
概括
佛罗里达埃弗格莱德斯的水生食物网主要使用来自藻类的绿色能量,但有些依赖棕色的碎片. 空间和季节性能源通路的使用在河流排水之间有所不同,影响了生态系统的动态.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 水生生态系统 水生生态系统
- 食物网的动态 食物网的动态
背景情况:
- 水生食物网利用"绿色" (藻类/浮游生物) 和"棕色" (碎片/陆地植物) 的能量通路.
- 了解能源流动对于生态系统的结构和功能至关重要.
- 有限的研究量化了跨相互连接的息地季节性能量路径贡献.
研究的目的:
- 量化季节性能源途径对埃弗格莱德斯食物网消费者的贡献.
- 调查不同息地能源道使用的空间和时间变化.
- 评估水文季节对食物网能量动态的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了三同位素贝叶斯混合模型.
- 分析了佛罗里达州沿海埃弗格莱德斯两条河流排水的9个水生食物网.
- 在不同的水文季节,在淡水沼泽,红树林和海草息地采集样本.
主要成果:
- 在18个季节性食物网中,绿色能源路径占据了12个; 6个更多地依赖棕色能源.
- 观察到对比的空间趋势:鱼河沼泽下游呈现绿色至棕色,泰勒沼泽下游呈现棕至绿色.
- 主导能量通道的季节性切换是不常见的 (9个食物网中的2个).
结论:
- 埃弗格莱德斯的食物网表现出复杂的空间和季节性能量路径动态.
- 水文季节性可以破坏能量通道使用中的空间梯度.
- 需要进一步的研究来预测生态系统对环境变化的反应.
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