Regional multi-compartment ecological risk assessment: Establishing cadmium pollution risk in the northern Bohai Rim,China

Ecological risk assessment (ERA) has been widely applied in characterizing the risk of chemicals to organisms and ecosystems. The paucity of toxicity data on local biota living in the different compartments of an ecosystem and the absence of a suitable methodology for multi-compartment spatial risk assessment at the regional scale has held back this field. The major objective of this study was to develop a methodology to quantify and distinguish the spatial distribution of risk to ecosystems at a regional scale. A framework for regional multi-compartment probabilistic ecological risk assessment (RMPERA) was constructed and corroborated using a bioassay of a local species. The risks from cadmium (Cd) pollution in river water, river sediment, coastal water, coastal surface sediment and soil in northern Bohai Rim were examined. The results indicated that the local organisms in soil, river, coastal water, and coastal sediment were affected by Cd. The greatest impacts from Cd were identified in the Tianjin and Huludao areas. The overall multi-compartment risk was 31.4% in the region. The methodology provides a new approach for regional multi-compartment ecological risk assessment.     

天沙河沉积物中重金属污染特征与生态风险评价

采集天沙河表层沉积物,检测其中Cr、Ni、Cu、Zn、Cd和Pb 6种重金属的含量,分别采用内梅罗指数法(NI)、地累积指数法、Hakanson生态风险指数法和淡水生态系统沉积物基准法(SQGs)对沉积物中重金属污染的特征和生态风险进行评价,并对几种评价方法进行比较。结果表明：鉴于各采样点重金属的污染特征,采用内梅罗指数法和Hakanson生态风险指数法所得结果一致,杜阮河段、白沙河段及天沙河上游污染较严重,天沙河中下游污染程度相对较低;就各重金属的污染特征而言,采用地累积指数法和Hakanson生态风险指数法所得结果基本一致,Cd和Cu污染较严重,其次是Zn、Ni、Pb、Cr;而采用SQGs法的风险评价与其它方法所得结果存在一定差异,其主要原因是SQGs法基于污染物的生物毒性效应,而其他方法多反映单一重金属污染效应或多种重金属综合污染效应     

基于GIS的太湖流域主要生态风险源危险度综合评价研究

以太湖流域主要生态风险源为评价对象，充分考虑多类型多等级风险源作用强度的差异性，构建了风险源危险度评价模型，并在此基础上依据风险源发生机率、强度及作用范围等建立了太湖流域洪涝、干旱、极端气象、土壤侵蚀及污染排放等主要生态风险源的危险度评价指标体系。在ArcGIS技术支持下，创建了太湖流域1 606个网格和24个县市的风险源危险度统计数据库，采用AHP权重法确定指标权重，运用叠加分析、空间分析等技术方法最终实现太湖流域单要素及综合生态风险源危险度的定量评价。结果表明流域内生态风险源的分布存在明显的空间分异规律。其中，高生态风险源危险区集中分布在环太湖北部一带，面积约占流域面积的1172%；较高危险区主要呈“西北 北 东北 东”半环状分布格局，所占面积约2452%，危险度较低的区域集中在流域西南部的苕溪流域一带，面积占1566%。此外，不同区域主导生态风险源组成亦不同，约599%的区域是以污染排放为主导生态风险源，主要分布在镇江 宜兴 长兴 安吉一线以东的地区；2545%的区域主导生态风险源为干旱，主要集中在镇江 宜兴 长兴 安吉一线以西；1244%的区域是以洪涝灾害为主导风险源，集中分布在湖州、宜兴等地；而以水土流失、极端气象灾害作为主导风险源地区相对较为分散，所占比例较小     

Using nematodes in soil ecotoxicology

Nematodes represent a very abundant group of soil organisms and non-parasitic species are important for soil quality and in the soil food web. In recent years, it has been shown that nematodes are appropriate bioindicators of soil condition and they are also suitable organisms for laboratory toxicity testing. The aims of this paper are to overview and critically assess methods and approaches for researching soil nematode ecotoxicology. In natural ecosystems, nematode abundance and community structure analyses were proved to be sensitive indicators of stress caused by soil pollutants and ecological disturbance. Community structure analyses may be approached from a functional or ecological point of view; species are divided into groups according to their feeding habits or alternatively the maturity index is calculated according to their ecological strategy. Many environmental factors have the potential to affect nematode community, which consequently results in high space and time variability. This variance is major handicap in field ecotoxicological studies because pollutant-nematode relationships are obscured. For prospective risk assessment of chemicals, several toxicity tests with nematodes were developed and are increasingly used. Sensitivity of these tests is comparable to tests with other soil species (e.g. enchytraeids, earthworms and springtails) while tests are less demanding to space and time. Most studies have focused on metal toxicity but organic compounds are almost overlooked. Endpoints used in tests were often mortality, reproduction or movement, but more sublethal endpoints such as feeding or biomarkers have been used recently too. Although there is an increasing amount of knowledge in soil nematode ecotoxicology, there is still a lot of various issues in this topic to research.     

三峡库区不同植物篱生态效益评价

植物篱是一项具有改良土壤、保持水土、增加土壤肥力和控制面源污染等生态效益的复合农林技术。遵循层次分析法原理，从改良土壤、保持水土、增加土壤肥力和控制面源污染等方面建立了长江三峡库区坡耕地植物篱系统生态效益评价指标体系，应用熵值法与专家评分法计算评价指标权重，并结合层次分析法对不同类型和不同种类植物篱的土壤改良效益、水土保持效益、土壤养分增加效益和面源污染控制效益及综合生态效益进行了分析评价。结果表明：不同类型植物篱综合生态效益以灌木类植物篱最大，草本类植物篱综合生态效益最小，并且灌木类植物篱的土壤改良效益、水土保持效益、增加土壤养分效益和控制面源污染效益均最大；不同种类的植物篱中，黄荆+臭椿植物篱的综合生态效益最大，而毛豆类植物篱具有较高的增加土壤养分的生态效益，紫背天葵+旱菜植物篱控制面源污染的生态效益最大     

江阴市典型河流沉积物重金属污染和风险评价

在摸清河流表层沉积物重金属(Cu、Zn、Pb、Cr、As)含量的基础上,利用综合污染指数和地累积指数评价其污染状况,计算潜在生态风险和人体健康风险。结果表明,江阴市河流沉积物已经受到重金属污染企业和城市径流双重影响,Cu、Zn、Pb峰值在汛期,As、Cr峰值在非汛期;污染负荷指数和地累积指数评价结果显示非汛期污染略轻,地累积指数法引入背景波动参数而使其评价结果较乐观。重金属潜在生态风险都为轻微风险级别;致癌风险处于10~(-3)数量级,非致癌风险数量级为10~(-7),致癌风险为人体健康风险主要承担者。潜在生态风险汛期高,人体健康风险非汛期高,这可能是重金属元素对致癌风险以及生态风险的贡献不同所致。     

城郊农田土壤Pb、Cd的空间变异与评价研究

为了研究城郊区域农田土壤重金属的空间分布特征与质量状况，采用ArcGIS缓冲分析和地统计分析模型分析了长沙城郊农田土壤Pb、Cd的空间变异规律；运用单因子评价法对土壤Pb、Cd的质量状况进行了现状评价；采用Hakanson法对农田土壤Pb、Cd进行了潜在生态风险评价。结果表明，土壤Pb、Cd含量大部分处于Ⅰ级水平（背景状况），但两种元素均存在不同程度的累积，尤其是Cd的累积程度更为突出。土壤Pb、Cd的平均含量在20km以内、20～40、40～60 km的缓冲区由近至远均呈下降趋势，表明城市人类活动在一定空间尺度内对城郊区农田土壤Pb、Cd含量有较大影响；通过半变异函数分析，土壤Pb、Cd在较大范围内存在空间相关性，Pb和Cd的空间变异均是由结构性因素和随机性因素共同作用引起的。Pb、Cd的单项累积指数和潜在生态危害系数均呈现出近郊>远郊>中郊的趋势，各区域土壤Cd的潜在生态危害趋势较土壤Pb更明显，城市近郊南北方向区域及远郊局部工矿聚集区是农田土壤Pb、Cd的累积程度和污染风险较高的区域     

Evaluation of heavy metal acute toxicity and bioaccumulation in soil ciliated protozoa

Laboratory toxicity tests, using ciliated protozoa, are scarce and they have been carried out usually with freshwater species. In this study, we have analysed the acute cytotoxicity of Cd, Zn and Cu in five different strains of very common soil ciliate species (Colpoda steinii, Colpoda inflata and Cyrtolophosis elongata), which were isolated from very different soil samples (polluted or not with heavy metals). Soil ciliates are quite resistant to heavy metals pollution with regard to ciliates from other habitats. The toxicity sequence was Cd>Cu>Zn. Results from Cd+Zn mixtures indicated that Cd cytotoxicity decreases in the presence of low or moderate Zn concentrations. A broad heavy metal resistance level diversity exists among isolates of colpodid ciliates and it is seen to be a genetic feature rather than a habitat dependence. Bioaccumulation is seen to be the main mechanism involved in the metal resistance, except for Cu. For the first time in ciliates, a fluorescent method has been applied to detect Zn intracellular deposits. This methodology might be an useful tool for monitoring heavy metal pollution in soils.     

Nematode species at risk--a metric to assess pollution in soft sediments of freshwaters

Soft sediments are often highly polluted as many of the toxic chemicals introduced into surface waters bind to settling particles. The resulting accumulation of pollutants in the sediments poses a risk for benthic communities. However, pollution induced changes in benthic communities have been difficult to determine when using macro-invertebrates as bioindicators, as these organisms are often absent in soft sediment. The present study therefore examined the ability of meiofaunal organisms, specifically, nematodes, to assess the ecological status of soft sediments. Over a 9-year period, nematode communities present in sediments collected from large rivers and lake Constance in Germany were studied. These sediments showed a large range of physico-chemical properties and anthropogenic contamination. After the degree of metal and organic contamination was translated into ecotoxicologically more relevant toxic units (TUs), multivariate methods were used to classify nematode taxa in species at risk (NemaSPEAR) or not at risk (NemaSPE(not)AR). This approach clearly distinguished the influence of sediment texture from that of the toxic potential of the samples and thus allowed classification of the nematode species according to their sensitivity to or tolerance of toxic stress. Two indices, expressing the proportion of species at risk within a sample (NemaSPEAR[%](metal), NemaSPEAR[%](organic)), were calculated from independent data sets obtained in field and experimental studies and showed good correlations with the toxic potential (field data) or chemical concentrations (microcosm data). NemaSPEAR[%] indices for metal and organic pollution were therefore judged to be suitable for assessing the impact of chemical contamination of freshwater soft sediments.     

丹江口库区水土保持的生态服务功能价值估算研究

在特定尺度和区域范围内，运用环境经济学理论和方法，定量评估了规划实施的丹江口库区水土保持近期项目的生态服务功能价值。结果表明：水土保持生态建设近期项目全部发挥效用后，全年生态服务价值总量为3274亿元，其中，保持和涵养水源价值为448亿元，水污染防治价值791亿元，保持和改良土壤1027亿元，固碳供氧价值314亿元，净化空气价值352亿元，维持生物多样性价值341亿元。在各项价值中，保持与改良土壤、水污染防治价值最为突出，是水土保持生态价值的主要体现。从机会成本角度分析，水土保持生态建设项目实施的年成本为239亿元，生态服务功能价值为成本的1369倍，建设项目预期生态经济效益非常显著。研究结果可为远期规划项目生态效益定量评价提供借鉴，为水源区生态补偿机制的建立提供理论依据。     

三峡库区土壤重金属污染评价及其来源

三峡库区由于特殊的地理位置及生态脆弱性，其重金属污染状况备受关注。以三峡库区重庆段为研究区域，利用多目标调查数据，在分析土壤中As、Cd、Cr、Cu、Ni、Hg、Pb和Zn等8种重金属积累特征的基础上，运用多元统计分析、污染指数法、潜在生态风险评估法以及层次分析法与加权平均评价模型法等方法进行了重金属来源分析和污染评价。研究结果表明: 三峡库区重庆段表层土壤中8种重金属的平均含量顺序为：Cr（8145 mg·kg-1）>Zn（716 mg·kg-1）>Ni（3154 mg·kg-1）>Pb（2527 mg·kg-1）>Cu（2353 mg·kg-1）>As（739 mg·kg-1）>Cd（021 mg·kg-1）>Hg（006 mg·kg-1）；多元统计分析表明Cd和Cr含量主要受到人为活动的影响，Ni、Zn和Cu含量则主要受到区域地质背景的影响，Hg、Pb和As则受到两者的共同影响。各综合评价方法结果趋于一致，均表明大部分样品（>849%）的重金属污染水平属于清洁或轻度污染水平，只有少数样品（<151%）达到中度或重度污染水平，这些样品主要采集于巫山、涪陵、忠县境内。综合分析，认为忠县和涪陵境内土壤出现中度或重度重金属污染主要受其工业生产的影响，巫山境内则主要受到其成土母质的影响。研究结果可为三峡库区土地可持续利用和生态发展提供基础数据与理论依据     

滴水湖沉积物中重金属污染特征与评价

分析滴水湖及其周边沉积物中Hg、As、Cu、Cd、Pb、Zn和Cr等7种重金属含量特征，并用地累积指数法、潜在生态风险指数法和主成分分析法对沉积物中的重金属污染状况进行了评价和分析。结果表明，滴水湖沉积物中As和Pb低于上海市潮滩背景值，Hg、Cd、Zn和Cr均高于潮滩背景值，50%样点的Cu高于潮滩背景值；地累积指数法评价结果表明滴水湖沉积物中Cr的平均污染水平为偏中污染，Hg、Cd和Zn为轻度污染，As、Cu和Pb为清洁水平；潜在生态风险指数法评价结果表明滴水湖沉积物重金属为中等生态风险，Hg和Cd是潜在生态风险的主要贡献元素；主成分分析结果表明，滴水湖沉积物中Hg、Cu、Cd、Pb、Zn和Cr主要来自于人为源，As主要来自底质滩涂     

黄浦江表层沉积物中重金属污染的潜在生态风险评价

采用潜在生态风险指数法对黄浦江表层沉积物中重金属污染的潜在生态风险进行了评价。评价结果表明,黄浦江表层沉积物中重金属的潜在生态风险水平较低,其中杨浦大桥和南市水厂断面达到中等生态风险,其它断面均为轻微生态风险;重金属的潜在生态风险依次为Cd>Hg>Cu>As>Pb>Cr>Zn,除Cd达到中等生态风险外,其余元素均为轻微生态风险。沉积物中重金属的污染水平从上游到下游呈上升趋势,工业排放是水环境中重金属的主要来源,苏州河对黄浦江下游重金属存在一定的输入贡献。相关性分析表明,黄浦江表层沉积物中大多数重金属元素呈现相近的来源特征,有机质是影响沉积物中重金属分布的重要因素。     

江苏省化工园区污水处理厂污泥重金属污染及生态风险评价

污水处理厂的排放污泥是诸多污染物的最终环境归宿之一,其环境影响值得重视。在江苏省全境调查了49家化工园区集中式污水处理厂,对其外排污泥及其浸出液中的5种重金属(砷、镉、铬、汞和铅)含量进行了测定,采用Hakanson潜在生态危害指数法评价了污泥中重金属生态风险。结果表明:49家化工园区污泥浸出液中5种重金属均不超标,但污泥中的砷、铬、汞含量超标,超标率分别为24.5%、6.1%和4.1%,最大超标倍数分别为131、2.12和0.41。污泥中砷含量显著高于我国城市污泥,潜在生态风险程度呈现汞砷铬。从地域分布来看,苏北地区化工园区污泥重金属风险更大。     

农业污染治理及保障机制研究

本文简述了农业产生的污染类型,讨论了农村空气、地表水和土壤的污染情况,分析了主要农村环境问题,并提出因地制宜,加快推进农村环境连片综合整治,建立循环型农业技术支撑体系,推行生态补偿机制等措施,进一步完善了农业污染治理和保障机制。     

基于ISODATA法的三峡库区生态区划

在可持续发展思想的指导下,以生态学理论为基本依据,探讨了生态区划的原则、指标和方法。采用ISODATA法结合SPSS100中的层次聚类分析软件包,选择生态环境指标、社会发展指标和经济发展指标等20个定性、定量指标,利用数量化评分标准将三峡库区划分为4个生态类型区,并对各生态类型区的主要特征进行分析,应用ArcGIS绘制出三峡库区生态区划图,结果表明第I区生态类型较好。研究指出三峡地区生活在生态安全质量较高的人口约有28万多人,只占库区总人口的17%;此外通过对各区生态经济特征的综合评价结果,可以看出各区主要以山地、丘陵地为主,而且水土流失面积占60%左右,三峡库区生态安全形势十分严峻。旨在为生态分区评价以及三峡库区生态安全建设提供参考,提出加强山地丘陵的综合治理、控制水土流失及降低污染是优化三峡库区生态状况的关键。     

Ecological Functions and Their Values in Chinese Cropland Ecosystem

Cropland ecosystem not only provides people with grains, vegetables, fibers, etc., but also plays an important role in air regulation, soil and water conservation, environmental decontamination, etc. Furthermore, cropland ecosystem has negative effects on our environment, such as soil and water pollution, because of the use of fertilizers and pesticides. So far, there are a few research findings about Chinese farmland's ecological functions, but only a part of ecological functions is discussed in this article. At present, an integrated research is needed in order to get a comprehensive understanding of cropland ecosystem. This article gives a primary result of ecological functions and their monetary values in Chinese cropland ecosystem. The results showed that the total monetary value of ecological functions provided by Chinese cropland ecosystem was 1912.18 billion yuan RMB in 2003 (present price in 2003); the positive value was 2233.41 billion yuan RMB and negative was −321.23 yuan billion RMB. The value per hectare was 18960.60 yuan RMB/hm², of which the value of crop products was 14788.70 yan RMB/hm² and others were 4171.90 yuan RMB/hm². The ecological functions in the farmland vary with regions. The values ranged from 8.68 to 505.08 billion yuan RMB, and HHHR and MLRYR were higher than those of the other ecological zones. The values per hectare ranged from 515.90 to 3498.43 yuan RMB/hm², and SC and MLRYR were higher.     

Soil-dwelling Collembola in coniferous forests along the gradient of pollution with emissions from the Middle Ural Copper Smelter

The results of three-year studies on Collembola communities in spruce-fir forests along the gradient of pollution with emissions from the Middle Ural Copper Smelter (Revda, Sverdlovsk oblast) are presented. They show that the species and ecological structure of these communities change abruptly in the impact zone (1 km from the source of emissions), compared to the background zone (30 km from the source), which involves a decrease in the abundance and diversity of Collembola. Their total abundance and species richness in the zone of intermediate disturbance (7 and 4 km) are considerably higher than in the background zone, and the species structure of communities is characterized by superdominance. Four species groups differing in sensitivity to pollution are distinguished. Preference for zones with different pollution levels in closely related species is regarded as a case of ecological vicariation.     

“5.12”汶川地震极重灾区灾后 十年生态恢复状况评估

汶川地震发生10年后，通过对极重灾区生态系统类型解译和地面植被样方调查， GPP、LAI反演，以及对土壤有机质、全氮、全磷、全钾和速效氮、速效磷、速效钾含量的测定与分析，综合评估了极重灾区植被和土壤恢复情况。结果表明：区域生态系统总体趋于稳定向好的恢复态势。2017年的裸露地表面积虽高于震前（2007年），但相对于震后（2008年后）已有所减少。从生态系统质量上来看：GPP、LAI均值在2014年以后呈持续缓慢上升状态，反映了区域生态系统总体良好的恢复力。但是部分在地震中损坏的森林生态系统，仍未恢复到原来状态。成都平原区域部分农田转变为城镇建设用地。至2017年，地震破坏迹地植物种类明显增加。但仍以蔷薇科、菊科和禾本科等先锋物种为主，与2009年的调查结果相似。地震破坏迹地的群落结构已得到了较好的恢复。垂直分层方面，除干旱河谷区域群落结构仅草本或灌草结合1个层次外，其余区域的群落结构已经形成乔木-灌木-草本3个层次；土壤肥力状况总体上对照点优于受损点，受损点土壤肥力状况仍呈恶化状态。地震造成的土壤裸露，加速了矿化过程，短期内受损点速效营养元素含量的增加，长期来看将导致营养元素的流失，土壤肥力下降。在加强地质灾害监管，预防次生灾害的基础上，龙门山前华西雨屏一带，自然植被应坚持自然恢复为主。干旱河谷区域可以按照“因地制宜，适地适树”原则，采取适当人工恢复措施，同时注意改善土壤养分条件，促进植被恢复；城镇建设过程中应加强国土空间管控，保护基本农田。同时，应加强对生态保护红线，以及包括基本农田在内的各级各类保护地的监管。     

Analysis of the soil water balance for large-scale reforestation with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Eucommia ulmoides</Emphasis> in the hilly red soil region of southern China

Returning farmland to forests is important for the protection of ecological values. Eucommia ulmoides is considered to be a suitable species for reforestation in the hilly red soil region of southern China. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the water supply and demand of an E. ulmoides plantation to provide insights into the feasibility of large-scale planting for ecological restoration and forest management activities in the hilly red soil region of southern China. With the measured precipitation, surface runoff and interflow and actual evapotranspiration (ET_c) estimated by the modified P–M model, soil water storage (SWS) was estimated based on the water balance equation. Monthly variations of SWS were then compared with in situ measured SWS. The results showed that the estimated mean monthly water losses (the sum of the surface runoff, interflow and ET_c) were 139.8 mm in a wet year and 120.0 mm in a dry year, while the measured mean monthly water input values (net precipitation) were 131.2 mm in a wet year and 70.8 mm in a dry year. Net soil water storage (ΔSWS) was negative in each month of the growing season in a dry year, but the soil water deficit was replenished during the following season. The model performance showed that the modified P–M model can be adapted to estimate the soil water storage in other forest catchments where no adequate in situ data are available. As a result of estimating the water balance and observing soil water storage in two different hydrological years, E. ulmoides is recommended as a suitable forest rehabilitation species in the study area, and a suitable plant region has been defined by the GIS technique based on the water balance model.