植物生态学报 ›› 2012, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 763-773.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1258.2012.00763

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

三江平原恢复湿地土壤种子库特征及其与植被的关系

王国栋1,2, 吕宪国1, 姜明1,*(), 王铭1,2, 赵魁义1, 娄彦景1   

  1. 1中国科学院东北地理与农业生态研究所湿地生态与环境重点实验室, 长春 130012
    2中国科学院研究生院, 北京 100049
  • 收稿日期:2012-01-09 接受日期:2012-04-25 出版日期:2012-01-09 发布日期:2012-08-21
  • 通讯作者: 姜明
  • 作者简介:* (E-mail: jiangm@neigae.ac.cn)

Characteristics of the soil seed banks and relationships with the vegetation in restored wetlands in Sanjiang Plain, northeast of China

WANG Guo-Dong1,2, LÜ Xian-Guo1, JIANG Ming1,*(), WANG Ming1,2, ZHAO Kui-Yi1, LOU Yan-Jing1   

  1. 1Research Center for Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, China
    2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2012-01-09 Accepted:2012-04-25 Online:2012-01-09 Published:2012-08-21
  • Contact: JIANG Ming

摘要:

通过幼苗萌发法和样方调查相结合的方法对三江平原不同演替恢复阶段的种子库特征及其与植被的关系进行了研究。将开垦湿地、不同演替恢复阶段湿地以及天然湿地不同土壤层次(0-5、5-10 cm和根茎)的种子库在两种水分条件下(湿润、淹水10 cm)进行萌发处理。结果表明: 随着演替恢复阶段的进行, 种子库的结构和规模逐渐扩大, 地表群落表现出由旱生物种占优势的群落逐渐演变成以小叶章(Calamagrostis angustifolia)占优势的湿生群落的演替趋势。恢复7年湿地、恢复14年湿地、天然湿地土壤种子库萌发物种数分别为24种、29种、39种, 植被物种数为21种、25种、14种。湿地类型、水分条件和土壤层次均显著影响种子库萌发的物种数及幼苗数(p < 0.01)。种子库具有明显的分层现象, 天然湿地0-5 cm土层种子库种子萌发密度是5-10 cm土层的4倍左右, 而恢复湿地仅1.3倍左右, 且土层间萌发物种相似性系数较低。湿润条件下的萌发物种数显著高于淹水条件, 且两种水分条件下萌发物种的生活型不同。由于恢复时间较短, 不同演替恢复阶段的种子库与植被相似性维持在30%以下。湿地中根茎分蘖出大量的湿地物种, 对于小叶章等优势物种的繁殖具有重要作用。研究表明, 在开垦湿地退耕后的次生演替阶段, 种子库能够保持大量的湿地物种, 通过对湿地种子库与植被的关系研究, 能够为三江平原湿地群落演替与湿地恢复提供策略指导。

关键词: 不同演替恢复阶段, 三江平原湿地, 土壤种子库, 植被

Abstract:

Aims Seed banks are an important source of regenerative material in wetlands. Our objective was to study characteristics of the soil seed banks and relationships with the vegetation in different restoration successional stages.
Methods We collected soil seed banks from different depths (0-5 cm, 5-10 cm and rhizomes) from farmed wetland, restored wetland in different successional stages and natural wetland and germinated them under two water regimes (flooded and non-flooded) in a greenhouse. We used quadrats to survey vegetation structure in natural wetland and restored wetlands of different successional stages.
Important findings With increased the restoration time, seed bank composition and size increased, and the vegetation community showed succession from a xerophyte-dominated community to a wetland community dominated by Calamagrostis angustifolia. Number of species germinated from the seed banks was 24, 29 and 39, while 21, 25 and 14 species were recorded in the vegetation of in 7-year restored wetland, 14-year restored wetland and natural wetland, respectively. Wetland type, water regime, depth of burial significantly influenced both the species richness and seedling emergence (p < 0.01). Seed density varied with depth so that seed density was higher in 0-5 cm than in 5-10 cm. The seed density in 0-5 cm was four times as that in 5-10 cm in natural wetland while it was just 1.3 times in restored wetland. The similarity between layers was low. More species germinated under non-flooded condition than flooded and the life forms differed. Because the restoration time was short, the similarity between seed bank and vegetation in different restoration successional stages was always <30%. Many wetland species germinated from rhizome fragments, especially C. angustifolia and other wetland species. Our research suggests that the seed bank could retain and restore several wetland species in different restoration successional stages, which can be valuable for vegetation succession and wetland restoration.

Key words: different restoration succession stages, Sanjiang Plain wetland, soil seed bank, vegetation