Caloric Value and Total Standing Crop Energy ofLarix olgensisHenry Gmelinii

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
崔玉涛 CUI Yutao ◽  
张启昌 ZHANG Qichang ◽  
谢振财 XIE Zhencai ◽  
杨军元 YANG Junyuan ◽  
轩志龙 XUAN Zhilong
Author(s):  
Peter A. Henderson

Methods to assess the size of a population and the interactions between populations in terms of biomass (weight of living material) or energy content are described. Biomass can be expressed as wet weight, dry weight (DW), shell-free dry weight (SFDW), ash-free dry weight, or as the amount of organic carbon present. The energy content of a material may be determined directly by oxidation, either by potassium dichromate in sulphuric acid, or by burning in oxygen and determining the amount of heat liberated. The latter method—bomb calorimetry—is most convenient and is widely used in ecology, but it involves drying the material, and volatile substances can be lost. Methods to estimate standing-crop, energy density, feeding and assimilation, and production are reviewed. Energy budgets can usefully be summarized and compared if the efficiencies of various processes are calculated. Dynamic energy budget models are introduced.


Author(s):  
T. G. F. KITTEL ◽  
W. J. PARTON ◽  
D. S. SCHIMEL

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 980-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Anders Esseen

The seasonal and annual variation in the litter fall of epiphytic lichens and tree litter was studied over a period of 2 to 3 years at two forested hills in the eastern part of central Sweden. Litter fall was measured using traps and for one species, Usnea longissima, by collecting specimens present on the ground. Total litter fall amounted to 2.5 and 2.8 tons ha−1 year−1 of which lichens constituted 4.6 and 5.7% at the two sites. Lichen litter fall was highest during the period from late autumn to the beginning of summer. Both the lichens and the tree litter showed significant between-year differences. Usnea longissima had an annual turnover of 7.0 and 10.0% of the standing crop at the two sites. The thallus length distribution of U. longissima was positively skewed. It is concluded that dispersal of thallus fragments by wind evidently plays an important role for many of the filamentous lichens studied. It is suggested that U. longissima disperses over a much shorter distance than Alectoria sarmentosa and Bryoria spp. within a forest stand.


2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Haberl ◽  
Karl-Heinz Erb ◽  
Fridolin Krausmann ◽  
Wolfgang Loibl ◽  
Niels Schulz ◽  
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Ecology ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 484-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Polisini ◽  
Claude E. Boyd

1953 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 224-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Rawson

Plankton sampling has been a part of the program in a number of investigations of lakes in western Canada during the past 20 years. The techniques chosen for this work are discussed and criticized. The resulting data on average standing crop of net plankton are summarized and considered in relation to the kinds of lakes represented. The standing crop in 20 lakes shows an inverse relation to mean depth which is interpreted as indicating that, in most of these lakes, the trophic condition is greatly influenced by morphometry. Deviations from this relation appear to be explained by the secondary effects of climate and edaphic situation.The difference in quantity between the standing crops of net plankton in oligotrophic and eutrophic lakes is not large, and, of course, these lake types intergrade. This lack of sharp differentiation is further obscured by rapid and extensive seasonal fluctuation in amounts of plankton and by the difficulties inherent in present methods of sampling. These circumstances render measurements of standing crop difficult and of only moderate utility in suggesting the trophic type or the possible productivity of a lake.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 1968-1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Roland ◽  
L. Michael Coon

Recovery of intertidal Porphyra beds following hand harvest was studied near the northwest tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Twenty-six percent of the standing crop of Porphyra perforata J. Ag. was removed in a large plot in June 1981; no negative effect on standing crop was apparent in May 1982 as compared with the adjacent control area. There was no negative impact on percent cover of Porphyra (mostly P. perforata) within 1 year after hand harvest of seven, approximately 1-m2 plots, as compared with respective controls. Annual fluctuation in cover, biomass, and relative mix of Porphyra species was large. Porphyra cover in a small plot harvested in early June 1981 increased to 86% of the June value by mid-July 1981, indicating substantial growth of the remaining thallus fragments and small, whole plants within one season. It was concluded that sustained yield of Porphyra beds can be assured if harvest is restricted to gathering by hand.


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