Aims With the global atmospheric nitrogen(N)deposition increasing,the effect of N deposition on terrestrial plant diversity has been widely studied.Some studies have reviewed the effects of N deposition on plant speci...Aims With the global atmospheric nitrogen(N)deposition increasing,the effect of N deposition on terrestrial plant diversity has been widely studied.Some studies have reviewed the effects of N deposition on plant species diversity;however,all studies addressed the effects of N deposition on plant community focused on species richness in specific ecosystem.There is a need for a systematic meta-analysis covering multiple dimensions of plant diversity in multiple climate zones and ecosystems types.Our goal was to quantify changes in species richness,evenness and uncertainty in plant communities in response to N addition across different environmental and experimental contexts.Methods We performed a meta-analysis of 623 experimental records published in English and Chinese journals to evaluate the response of terrestrial plant diversity to the experimental N addition in China.Three metrics were used to quantify the change in plant diversity:species richness(SR),evenness(Pielou index)uncertainty(Shannon index).Important Findings Results showed that(i)N addition negatively affected SR in temperate,Plateau zones and subtropical zone,but had no significant effect on Shannon index in subtropical zones;(ii)N addition decreased SR,Shannon index and Pielou index in grassland,and the negative effect of N addition on SR was stronger in forest than in grassland;(iii)N addition negatively affected plant diversity(SR,Shannon index and Pielou index)in the long term,whereas it did not affect plant diversity in the short term.Furthermore,the increase in N addition levels strengthened the negative effect of N deposition on plant diversity with long experiment duration;and(iv)the negative effect of ammonium nitrate(NH_(4)NO_(3))addition on SR was stronger than that of urea(CO(NH_(2))_(2))addition,but the negative effect of NH_(4)NO_(3) addition on Pielou index was weaker than that of CO(NH2)2 addition.Our results indicated that the effects of N addition on plant diversity varied depending on climate zones,ecosystem types,N addition lev展开更多
With the rapid development of economy and increase of population in the drainage areas, the nutrient loading has increased dramatically in the Changjiang estuary and adjacent coastal waters. To properly assess the imp...With the rapid development of economy and increase of population in the drainage areas, the nutrient loading has increased dramatically in the Changjiang estuary and adjacent coastal waters. To properly assess the impact of nutrient enrichment on phytoplankton community, seasonal microcosm experiments were conducted during August 2010-July 2011 in the coastal waters of Zhejiang Province. The results of the present study indicated that the chl a concentration, cell abundance, diversity indices, species composition and community succession of the phytoplankton varied significantly with different N/P ratios and seasons. Higher growth was observed in the 64：1 （spring）, 32：1 （summer）, 16：1 （autumn） and 128：1,256：1 （winter） treatments, respectively. The values of Shannon-Wiener index （H） and Pielou evenness index （J） were lower in the 8：1 and 16：1 treatments in autumn test, while H value was higher in the 128：1 and 8：1 treatments in winter test. A definite community succession order from diatoms to dinoflagel lares was observed in the autumn and winter tests, while the diatoms dominated the community throughout the culture in the spring and summer tests.展开更多
基金This study was funded by National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFC0507203)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41471049)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LQ18C030001).
文摘Aims With the global atmospheric nitrogen(N)deposition increasing,the effect of N deposition on terrestrial plant diversity has been widely studied.Some studies have reviewed the effects of N deposition on plant species diversity;however,all studies addressed the effects of N deposition on plant community focused on species richness in specific ecosystem.There is a need for a systematic meta-analysis covering multiple dimensions of plant diversity in multiple climate zones and ecosystems types.Our goal was to quantify changes in species richness,evenness and uncertainty in plant communities in response to N addition across different environmental and experimental contexts.Methods We performed a meta-analysis of 623 experimental records published in English and Chinese journals to evaluate the response of terrestrial plant diversity to the experimental N addition in China.Three metrics were used to quantify the change in plant diversity:species richness(SR),evenness(Pielou index)uncertainty(Shannon index).Important Findings Results showed that(i)N addition negatively affected SR in temperate,Plateau zones and subtropical zone,but had no significant effect on Shannon index in subtropical zones;(ii)N addition decreased SR,Shannon index and Pielou index in grassland,and the negative effect of N addition on SR was stronger in forest than in grassland;(iii)N addition negatively affected plant diversity(SR,Shannon index and Pielou index)in the long term,whereas it did not affect plant diversity in the short term.Furthermore,the increase in N addition levels strengthened the negative effect of N deposition on plant diversity with long experiment duration;and(iv)the negative effect of ammonium nitrate(NH_(4)NO_(3))addition on SR was stronger than that of urea(CO(NH_(2))_(2))addition,but the negative effect of NH_(4)NO_(3) addition on Pielou index was weaker than that of CO(NH2)2 addition.Our results indicated that the effects of N addition on plant diversity varied depending on climate zones,ecosystem types,N addition lev
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of P.R.China under grant contracts (No.2010CB428903)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41306112)+3 种基金the National Marine Public Welfare Research Project of China (Nos.201305043,200805069)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Nos.LY13D060004,Y5110131)the Marine Science Foundation of State Oceanic Administration for Youth (Nos.2013140,2013144)the Basic Scientific Research Fund of SIO,China (Nos.JG1311,JG1221)
文摘With the rapid development of economy and increase of population in the drainage areas, the nutrient loading has increased dramatically in the Changjiang estuary and adjacent coastal waters. To properly assess the impact of nutrient enrichment on phytoplankton community, seasonal microcosm experiments were conducted during August 2010-July 2011 in the coastal waters of Zhejiang Province. The results of the present study indicated that the chl a concentration, cell abundance, diversity indices, species composition and community succession of the phytoplankton varied significantly with different N/P ratios and seasons. Higher growth was observed in the 64：1 （spring）, 32：1 （summer）, 16：1 （autumn） and 128：1,256：1 （winter） treatments, respectively. The values of Shannon-Wiener index （H） and Pielou evenness index （J） were lower in the 8：1 and 16：1 treatments in autumn test, while H value was higher in the 128：1 and 8：1 treatments in winter test. A definite community succession order from diatoms to dinoflagel lares was observed in the autumn and winter tests, while the diatoms dominated the community throughout the culture in the spring and summer tests.
