Reconstruction of late glacial and Holocene climate evolution in southern China from geolipids and pollen in the Dingnan peat sequence

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长白山主要生态系统苔藓植物的多样性研究

长白山地区共有苔藓植物65科179属437种，32个变种和亚种。其中，石生和岩面薄土生种类(saxicolous bryophyte)最丰富，其次为腐木生种类(saprophytic bryophyte)和树生种类(epiphytic bryophyte)，再次为土生种类(soil and humus bryophyte)。沼泽地、水体等生境中的种类(peat, marsh and water bryophyte) 相对较少。地面生苔藓植物的物种丰富度以暗针叶林(dark conifer forest)最高，而多样性以落叶松－沼泽地(Larix olgensis－bogs)和暗针叶林为最高；腐木生苔藓植物的物种丰富度和多样性均以暗针叶林为最高，树附生苔藓植物的物种丰富度和多样性以暗针叶林以及红松阔叶混交林(Pinus koraiensis broad_leaved mixed forest) 与暗针叶林间的过渡林为最高。定性分析表明，海拔高度、林冠层郁闭度和林内湿度、土壤酸度、含水量、林下倒木的丰富程度等可能是影响本地区苔藓植物多样性的重要环境因子。

Controls on suppression of methane flux from a peat bog subjected to simulated acid rain sulfate deposition

The effect of acid rain SO42− deposition on peatland CH4 emissions was examined by manipulating SO42− inputs to a pristine raised peat bog in northern Scotland. Weekly pulses of dissolved Na2SO4 were applied to the bog over two years in doses of 25, 50, and 100 kg S ha−1 yr−1, reflecting the range of pollutant S deposition loads experienced in acid rain-impacted regions of the world. CH4 fluxes were measured at regular intervals using a static chamber/gas chromatographic flame ionization detector method. Total emissions of CH4 were reduced by between 21 and 42% relative to controls, although no significant differences were observed between treatments. Estimated total annual fluxes during the second year of the experiment were 16.6 g m−2 from the controls and (in order of increasing SO42− dose size) 10.7, 13.2, and 9.8 g m−2 from the three SO42− treatments, respectively. The relative extent of CH4 flux suppression varied with changes in both peat temperature and peat water table with the largest suppression during cool periods and episodes of falling water table. Our findings suggest that low doses of SO42− at deposition rates commonly experienced in areas impacted by acid rain, may significantly affect CH4 emissions from wetlands in affected areas. We propose that SO42− from acid rain can stimulate sulfate-reducing bacteria into a population capable of outcompeting methanogens for substrates. We further propose that this microbially mediated interaction may have a significant current and future effect on the contribution of northern peatlands to the global methane budget.