全氟化合物在阳离子表面活性剂改性碳纳米管上的吸附

采用两种阳离子表面活性剂,四丁基溴化铵(TBA)及聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)对碳纳米管进行改性,并研究了全氟辛酸(PFOA)、全氟辛烷磺酸盐(PFOS)、全氟己烷磺酸盐(PFHxS)在改性碳纳米管上的吸附行为.研究结果显示,除PFOS在TBA修饰的碳纳米管(TBA-MWCNTs)上的吸附等温线呈线性外,全氟化合物在原碳纳米管(Pri-MWCNTs)、TBA-MWCNTs及PEI修饰的碳纳米管(PEI-MWCNTs)上的吸附均为非线性.吸附等温线可以用Freundlich及Langmuir模型拟合.与Pri-MWCNTs相比,PEI-MWCNTs的零电荷点(pHzpc)增加了6.2个单位,全氟化合物的吸附系数Kd值增加2—3倍;而TBA-MWCNTs的pHzpc增加了1.0个单位,PFOS在高平衡浓度下的Kd值增加了两倍.随着溶液pH值的降低,全氟化合物在Pri-MWCNTs和PEI-MWCNTs上的吸附量有所增加,而在TBA-MWCNTs上的吸附受pH值的影响不大.这说明疏水作用及静电作用是全氟化合物在Pri-MWCNTs和PEI-MWCNTs上吸附的主要机制,而疏水作用则为TBA-MWCNTs上吸附的主要机制.与单溶质体系相比,PFOS与PFOA同时存在时二者在PEI-MWCNTs上吸附的Kd值均有所减小,且PFOA的减小程度大于PFOS.PFOS在TBA-MWCNTs上吸附的Kd值在高浓度下几乎不受PFOA的影响.     

全氟化工厂土芯中全氟化合物的分布规律

本文对全氟化合物(PFASs)生产工厂厂内及周边土芯样品中的PFASs进行了研究.PFASs浓度范围为1.19—1495 ng·g-1dw(干重),其中全氟辛基磺酸盐(PFOS)浓度在3个主要单体(全氟己基磺酸盐(PFHxS)、PFOS及全氟辛酸(PFOA))中处于最高水平.整体上,土芯中PFASs浓度由上到下呈下降趋势,其浓度与TOC呈正相关.在一个已经停产10年左右的生产企业周围土芯中仍然发现了较高浓度的PFASs,说明其在环境中存在着较强的持久性.     

芬顿试剂法制备磁性碳纳米管及其对亚甲基蓝的吸附性能

采用芬顿试剂法在碳纳米管纯化样品表面负载纳米磁性氧化铁颗粒,制备磁性碳纳米管杂化材料(MWCNTs/Fe2O3),该杂化材料具有较高的纳米氧化铁负载率(>50%)和优异的磁性能,制备过程中无需额外添加阳离子,不会对环境造成不利影响.将磁性碳纳米管杂化材料应用于染料废水处理中,结果发现MWCNTs/Fe2O3对亚甲基蓝染料吸附性能较好,吸附后用磁铁易于达到固液分离的效果.吸附性能研究表明,磁性碳纳米管对水溶液中亚甲基蓝的吸附在40 min内吸附容量迅速上升,其值达到最大平衡吸附容量的88%以上,60 min基本达到平衡,吸附过程符合准二级动力学模型(R2>0.999).磁性碳纳米管吸附亚甲基蓝的平衡吸附量qe与亚甲基蓝溶液的平衡浓度Ce的关系满足Langmuir(R2>0.999)、Freundlich(R2>0.97)以及Dubinin-Radushkevich(D-R)(R2>0.96)等温吸附模型.通过Langmuir模型计算可知磁性碳纳米管对亚甲基蓝的最大吸附容量为69.98 mg.g-1,吸附过程为有利吸附,由D-R模型计算结果可以推断MWCNTs/Fe2O3对水溶液中亚甲基蓝的吸附机制以化学吸附为主.     

离子型表面活性剂对菲在碳纳米管上吸附的影响

采用批量实验法,研究了菲在碳纳米管上的吸附以及阴/阳离子表面活性剂,十二烷基苯磺酸钠（SDBS）和十二烷基三甲基氯化铵（DDTMA）对菲吸附的影响.菲在单壁碳纳米管和多壁碳纳米管上吸附符合Freundlich等温线,n值分别为0.24和0.37,呈高度非线性;lgKF值分别为7.34和6.41,比一般土壤有机质吸附能力高出2个数量级以上,并且单壁碳纳米管对菲的吸附能力强于多壁碳纳米管.总体上,SDBS和DDTMA对菲在碳纳米管上的吸附均表现为抑制作用,抑制程度随表面活性剂浓度增加而增加,随菲浓度增加而减弱.但是当DDTMA浓度较大时（1000 mg.L-1）,对于菲在吸附能力较低的多壁碳纳米管上的吸附的抑制程度降低;特别是当菲浓度较大时,对菲的吸附反而有促进作用.这是因为DDTMA在碳纳米管表面形成的类（混合）胶束结构对菲的吸附促进作用部分抵偿（或超过）了其占据多壁碳纳米管表面的吸附抑制作用.     

不同纳米材料作用下菲对鲫鱼的毒性效应

研究了纳米材料(多壁碳纳米管和纳米氧化锌)泄漏进入水环境后吸附多环芳烃(菲)对水生生态系统可能造成的影响及其影响机制,以便能及早采取相应的风险管理措施.实验结果表明,多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)显著降低了菲(Phe)在鲫鱼肌肉和肝脏中的富集,但增加了其在鱼脑中的富集量;C-Phe组菲在眼部、胚胎和生殖腺中含量均高于ZnO-Phe组.MWCNTs、nZnO与菲均诱导鲫鱼脑部和肝脏组织中自由基的生成.     

全氟辛烷磺酸盐(PFOS)对其它有机污染物在沉积物上吸附的影响

采用平衡振荡实验方法,研究了不同浓度的全氟辛烷磺酸盐(PFOS)对两种有机污染物(硝基苯和菲)在沉积物上吸附的影响.结果表明,单组分PFOS在沉积物上是非线性吸附;与其它有机污染物共存时,随着PFOS浓度的升高,硝基苯的吸附量先减少后增加,而菲的吸附量则先增加后减少.PFOS对其它有机污染物吸附的影响规律与有机污染物的...     

油茶籽壳炭微球及其改性物对水中全氟辛烷磺酸盐(PFOS)的吸附

基于废弃油茶籽壳制备了4种炭材料,并应用于对水中全氟辛烷磺酸盐(PFOS)的吸附性能研究.以油茶籽壳生物质为碳源,首先通过水热碳化法制备了胶质炭微球并进一步对炭微球分别进行了退火、KOH浸渍扩孔和KOH研磨扩孔改性,然后将所制备的4种炭材料应用于水中PFOS的吸附去除,并对其吸附机理进行了探讨.吸附动力学结果表明,4种炭材料对PFOS吸附均符合拟二级动力学模型(R2≥0.994),吸附平衡时间分别为2 h、1 h、6 h和2 h.溶液p H值对KOH研磨炭材料的吸附性能影响较小,而对其它3种材料影响较大,4种炭材料对PFOS吸附的最佳p H值分别为2—3、3、2、2—10.4种炭材料对PFOS的吸附均符合Langmuir吸附模型(R2≥0.988),最大吸附量分别为14.4、17.8、223.7、3658.9 mg·g-1.4种炭材料对PFOS的吸附均倾向于单分子层的化学吸附过程,材料的比表面积为影响吸附量的最主要因素,其对PFOS的吸附主要依赖静电作用和疏水作用.     

加速溶剂萃取-固相萃取净化-超高效液相色谱串联质谱法测定土壤中11种全氟化合物

采用超高效液相色谱-串联质谱联用法（UPLC-ESI-MS/MS）,建立了分析土壤中11种全氟化合物（PFCs）的方法.以甲醇作为萃取剂,样品经加速溶剂萃取仪（ASE）萃取,固相萃取净化后,使用UPLC-ESI-MS/MS联用仪分析样品中11种PFCs.在6 min内就可快速稳定地将所选取的11种全氟化合物分离,且最低检测浓度为0.518—3.520 pg.g-1之间,这些化合物在土壤中的平均添加回收率在71.2%—119.2%之间.应用此方法测得宜兴市水稻土样品中所选取的PFCs含量为0.006—0.780 ng.g-1之间.     

碳纳米管吸附能力的神经网络理论模型

为了研究碳纳米管吸附环境有机污染物的平衡常数与分子结构之间的定量结构-性质相关关系,基于分子结构及邻接矩阵,计算了59种芳香化合物的分子连接性指数、分子形状指数和电性拓扑状态指数,建立了这59种有机污染物分子在碳纳米管上的吸附能力与~0χ、~3χ、~4χ、~4χ_(pc)、K_2、K_4、I_7、I_9、I_(16)共9种指数的定量结构-性质相关性(QSPR)模型.将上述9种结构参数作为BP神经网络方法的输入神经元,采用9∶3∶1的神经网络结构,获得了令人较为满意的QSPR预测模型,模型的总相关系数R分别为0.976和0.979,利用模型计算得到的吸附能力预测值与实验值(lg K∞、lg KSA,∞)的平均误差分别为0.15和0.14,两者吻合度较好.结果表明芳烃化合物在碳纳米管上的吸附能力与9种结构参数之间有良好的非线性关系,研究对评价芳烃化合物在生态环境中的危险性具有现实意义.     

全氟烷基磺酸盐(PFOS)、全氟己烷磺酸盐(PFHS)和全氟丁烷磺酸盐(PFBS)对非洲爪蟾胚胎的发育毒性

全氟烷基磺酸盐(PFASs)在工业生产和生活中广泛应用,某些PFASs已成为环境中普遍的污染物。鉴于对动物和人类的潜在毒性,全氟辛烷磺酸盐(PFOS)已被禁用,由一些半衰期相对较短的短链PFASs(如全氟丁烷磺酸盐,PFBS)替代。虽然四碳的PFBS和六碳的全氟己烷磺酸盐(PFHS)已经广泛使用,但目前对其毒性及其机制的了解很少。通过检测发育毒性和致畸性的非洲爪蟾胚胎致畸试验(FETAX),得到PFOS、PFHS和PFBS半致死浓度(LC50),半致畸浓度(EC50)和最小抑制生长浓度(MCIG),比较研究了3种化合物的发育毒性。结果发现,PFOS的LC50、EC50和MCIG分别为51.46、108.20和35mg·L-1。PFHS和PFBS的LC50大于100mg·L-1,对胚胎形态和生长没有明显影响。PFASs暴露引起非洲爪蟾胚胎运动行为异常。FETAX结果表明,PFOS急性发育毒性明显大于PFHS和PFBS。     

Representation of the world's biophysical conditions by the global protected area network

Protected areas (PAs) are often implemented without consideration of already existing PAs, which is likely to cause an overrepresentation of certain biophysical conditions. We assessed the representativeness of the current PA network with regard to the world's biophysical conditions to highlight which conditions are underprotected and where these conditions are located. We overlaid terrestrial and marine PAs with information on biophysical conditions (e.g., temperature, precipitation, and elevation) and then quantified the percentage of area covered by the PA network. For 1 variable at a time in the terrestrial realm, high temperature, low precipitation, and medium and very high elevation were underrepresented. For the marine realm, low and medium sea surface temperature (SST), medium and high sea surface salinity (SSS), and the deep sea were underrepresented. Overall, protection was evenly distributed for elevation across the terrestrial realm and SST across the marine realm. For 2 variables at a time, cold and very dry terrestrial environments had mostly low protection, which was also the case for low SST and low and medium SSS across most depths for marine environments. Low protection occurred mostly in the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula for the terrestrial realm and along the Tropic of Capricorn and toward the poles for the marine realm. Although biodiversity measures are of prime importance for the design of PA networks, highlighting biophysical gaps in current PAs adds a frequently overlooked perspective. These gaps may weaken the potential of PAs to conserve biodiversity. Thus, our results may provide useful insights for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to establish a more comprehensive global PA network.     

Quantitative composition of the defensive secretion ofBledius species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) is adapted to naturally occurring predators

Summary The adaptation of defensive secretions to their target organisms was examined for the abdominal gland secretions ofBledius furcatus, B. spectabilis andB. arenarius. Therefore the target organisms of the secretion of theseBledius species (i.e. their predators) had to be identified. At the collection sites examined these were the earwigLabidura riparia, the antCataglyphis bicolor, the flyLispe candicans, different carabids of the generaPogonus, Dichirotrichus, Dyschirius, Bembidion andCalathus and the wading birdsHaematopus ostralegus andCalidris alba. The secretion of the abdominal glands contains the toxin ptoluquinone dissolved in either-dodecalactone and 1-undecene (B. furcatus andB. spectabilis) or in octanoic acid and octyloctanoate (B. arenarius). The ratio of these solvents is species-specific. Application experiments using some of the natural insect predators (L. riparia, C. bicolor, Pogonus, Di. gustavii, Dyschirius) revealed that these solvent ratios provided a more effective deterrent than other possible ratios. Thus by combining the solvents in certain ratios, the capability of cuticular penetration and therefore the effectiveness of the defensive secretions are adapted to their natural targets.     

Democracy versus development: New urban debates

The politics of development includes subtexts of choice, as underpinned by community consensus (or lack of it), against the larger backdrop of a liberal democracy, with its intricate power structures that influence the choice of concepts and often lead to complicity rather than consent. A dilemma exists between the understanding of field-level practitioners and that of academics, whose understandings of progress differ. Progress can (and often does) imply long-term change across generations whereas development is often more a matter of crisis management and delivering tangible results to end-users. This makes it a bone of contention across political systems, irrespective of local or global dynamics. Development can emerge as a tool to be wielded for power and further political mileage at the expense of progress. Progress cannot be studied as a counterpoint to development as the sense of history is often missing in development interventions. Development tends to be piecemeal as its very logic often stems from the rationale of power. This is not to suggest, however, that development is only about politics; it is definitely more than the politics of everyday life and involves all of civil society that requires its critical and immediate attention. In this sense, it has become a priority for politicians with an underlying agenda designed to out-manouevre dissent and all statements of protest.     

Achieving Open Access to Conservation Science

Conservation science is a crisis discipline in which the results of scientific enquiry must be made available quickly to those implementing management. We assessed the extent to which scientific research published since the year 2000 in 20 conservation science journals is publicly available. Of the 19,207 papers published, 1,667 (8.68%) are freely downloadable from an official repository. Moreover, only 938 papers (4.88%) meet the standard definition of open access in which material can be freely reused providing attribution to the authors is given. This compares poorly with a comparable set of 20 evolutionary biology journals, where 31.93% of papers are freely downloadable and 7.49% are open access. Seventeen of the 20 conservation journals offer an open access option, but fewer than 5% of the papers are available through open access. The cost of accessing the full body of conservation science runs into tens of thousands of dollars per year for institutional subscribers, and many conservation practitioners cannot access pay‐per‐view science through their workplace. However, important initiatives such as Research4Life are making science available to organizations in developing countries. We urge authors of conservation science to pay for open access on a per‐article basis or to choose publication in open access journals, taking care to ensure the license allows reuse for any purpose providing attribution is given. Currently, it would cost $51 million to make all conservation science published since 2000 freely available by paying the open access fees currently levied to authors. Publishers of conservation journals might consider more cost effective models for open access and conservation‐oriented organizations running journals could consider a broader range of options for open access to nonmembers such as sponsorship of open access via membership fees. Obtención de Acceso Abierto a la Ciencia de la Conservación     

A framework to measure the wildness of managed large vertebrate populations

As landscapes continue to fall under human influence through habitat loss and fragmentation, fencing is increasingly being used to mitigate anthropogenic threats and enhance the commercial value of wildlife. Subsequent intensification of management potentially erodes wildness by disembodying populations from landscape-level processes, thereby disconnecting species from natural selection. Tools are needed to measure the degree to which populations of large vertebrate species in formally protected and privately owned wildlife areas are self-sustaining and free to adapt. We devised a framework to measure such wildness based on 6 attributes relating to the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of vertebrates (space, disease and parasite resistance, exposure to predation, exposure to limitations and fluctuations of food and water supply, and reproduction). For each attribute, we set empirical, species-specific thresholds between 5 wildness states based on quantifiable management interventions. We analysed data from 205 private wildlife properties with management objectives spanning ecotourism to consumptive utilization to test the framework on 6 herbivore species representing a range of conservation statuses and commercial values. Wildness scores among species differed significantly, and the proportion of populations identified as wild ranged from 12% to 84%, which indicates the tool detected site-scale differences both among populations of different species and populations of the same species under different management regimes. By quantifying wildness, this framework provides practitioners with standardized measurement units that link biodiversity with the sustainable use of wildlife. Applications include informing species management plans at local scales; standardizing the inclusion of managed populations in red-list assessments; and providing a platform for certification and regulation of wildlife-based economies. Applying this framework may help embed wildness as a normative value in policy and mitigate the shifting baseline of what it means to truly conserve a species.     

Sexual Predators,Energy Development,and Conservation in Greater Yellowstone

Abstract: In the United States, as elsewhere, a growing debate pits national energy policy and homeland security against biological conservation. In rural communities the extraction of fossil fuels is often encouraged because of the employment opportunities it offers, although the concomitant itinerant workforce is often associated with increased wildlife poaching. We explored possible positive and negative factors associated with energy extraction in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), an area known for its national parks, intact biological diversity, and some of the New World's longest terrestrial migrations. Specifically, we asked whether counties with different economies—recreation (ski), agrarian (ranching or farming), and energy extractive (petroleum)—differed in healthcare (gauged by the abundance of hospital beds) and in the frequency of sexual predators. The absolute and relative frequency of registered sex offenders grew approximately two to three times faster in areas reliant on energy extraction. Healthcare among counties did not differ. The strong conflation of community dishevel, as reflected by in‐migrant sexual predators, and ecological decay in Greater Yellowstone is consistent with patterns seen in similar systems from Ecuador to northern Canada, where social and environmental disarray exist around energy boomtowns. In our case, that groups (albeit with different aims) mobilized campaigns to help maintain the quality of rural livelihoods by protecting open space is a positive sign that conservation can matter, especially in the face of rampant and poorly executed energy extraction projects. Our findings further suggest that the public and industry need stronger regulatory action to instill greater vigilance when and where social factors and land conversion impact biological systems.     

Comparison of the insecticidal effects of water extracted and intact aromatic plants onAcanthoscelides obtectus,a bruchid beetle pest of kidney beans

Summary Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) is one of the most damaging pests of kidney beans,Phaseolus vulgaris L. worldwide. However, aromatic plants from the families Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae and Poaceae can protect kidney beans by direct or delayed insecticidal effect, through increased adult mortality and inhibition of beetle reproduction (both oviposition and adult emergence). The efficiency of hydrodistillated and intact plants fromThymus vulgaris andT. serpyllum, Mentha piperata, Rosmarinus officinalis, Satureia hortensis, Eucalyptus globulus, Laurus nobilis, Origanum vulgare, andCymbopogon nardus was compared. For both extracts,Origanum vulgare had the best effect. The insecticidal effect was induced by more than the essential oils because no significant difference was noticed between distilled and intact plants extract. Inhibition of reproduction was particularly important. These results suggest that lipidic as well as non lipidic, allelochemicals, such as phenolics, or non-protein amino-acids, or flavonoids may be involved in the toxicity of aromatic plants to this beetle.     

Rapid,recurring, structured survey versus bioblitz for generating biodiversity data and analysis with a multispecies abundance model

A bioblitz inexpensively and quickly generates biodiversity data, but bioblitzes are often conducted with haphazard, unreplicated sampling. Results tend to be taxonomically, geographically, or temporally biased, lack metadata, and consist of lists of observed taxa that do not enable further analyses or correction for imperfect detection. A rapid, recurring, structured survey (RRSS) uses a structured sampling design and temporal and spatial replication to survey randomly selected sites on a conservation property. We participated in a loosely structured bioblitz and a subsequent RRSS at Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve in Springville (St. Clair County), Alabama (USA) to compare observed richness derived from the 2 survey approaches. The RRSS data structure enabled us to fit models that accounted for imperfect detection to estimate abundances, occupancy probabilities, and habitat associations. The loosely structured bioblitz data could not be used in such models. We present a new integrated multispecies abundance model that we applied to avian RRSS data. Our model extension enables estimation for the community, employs data augmentation to estimate the number of undetected species, and incorporates covariates. The RRSS generated a more comprehensive and less biased list of observed taxonomic richness than the loosely structured bioblitz (e.g., 73 vs. 45 bird species and 104 vs. 63 insect families from the RRSS vs. loosely structured bioblitz, respectively). Models fit to the RRSS data identified seasonal patterns in avian community composition and allowed for estimation of habitat–occupancy relationships for insect taxa. The RRSS protocol has potential for broad transferability as a standardized, quick, and inexpensive way to inventory biodiversity and estimate ecological parameters while providing an outreach opportunity.     

Compliance with and ecosystem function of biodiversity offsets in North American and European freshwaters

Land-use change via human development is a major driver of biodiversity loss. To reduce these impacts, billions of dollars are spent on biodiversity offsets. However, studies evaluating offset project effectiveness that examine components such as the overall compliance and function of projects remain rare. We reviewed 577 offsetting projects in freshwater ecosystems that included the metrics project size, type of aquatic system (e.g., wetland and creek), offsetting measure (e.g., enhancement, restoration, and creation), and an assessment of the projects’ compliance and functional success. Project information was obtained from scientific and government databases and gray literature. Despite considerable investment in offsetting projects, crucial problems persisted. Although compliance and function were related to each other, a high level of compliance did not guarantee a high degree of function. However, large projects relative to area had better function than small projects. Function improved when projects targeted productivity or specific ecosystem features and when multiple complementary management targets were in place. Restorative measures were more likely to achieve targets than creating entirely new ecosystems. Altogether the relationships we found highlight specific ecological processes that may help improve offsetting outcomes.     

Some polyphagous Homoptera gain protection from their natural enemies by feeding on the toxic plantsSpartium junceum andErythrina corallodendrum (Leguminosae)

Summary Interactions were studied among alkaloid-containing legumes (Erythrina corallodendrum andSpartium junceum) and non-toxic plants (Citrus sinensis, Cucurbita moschata andEuphorbia tirucalli), several polyphagous homopterans,Aphis craccivora (Aphididae),Icerya purchasi, I. aegyptiaca (Margarodidae),Lepidosaphes ulmi (Diaspididae) andPlanococcus citri (Pseudococcidae), and some major natural enemies of these homopterans. Significant reductions in survival due to negative effects of alkaloid containing as compared with non-alkaloidal plants were recorded for the predatorsRodolia cardinalis andChilocorus bipustulatus, but not forCryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae),Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) andSympherobius sanctus (Neuroptera: Sympherobiidae). The development time of the larvae or pupae ofR. cardinalis, C. carnea andS. sanctus was longer on the toxic plants than on the non-toxic ones. The percentage of parasitism ofA. craccivora collected from the non-alkaloidal plantsVicia palaestina andMelilotus albus was much higher than that onS. junceum. The parasitoid complexes ofA. craccivora differed between both plant groups. The nutritive value of honeydew ofI. purchasi andA. craccivora, as expressed by the life span ofEncyrtus infelix (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) adults, was also investigated. Life spans were significantly longer when the wasps fed on honeydew produced on non-alkaloidal plants (C. sinensis andPittosporum tobira) than on alkaloid containing plants whenI. purchasi — but notA. craccivora — was the producer. It is suggested that the chemical defense ofE. corallodendrum andS. junceum is exploited by polyphagous phytophages to reduce predation. In nature, population growth and density of four of the investigated homopterans are conspicuously high when they developed on the alkaloid containing plant species, and very low on non-alkaloid plants. The efficiency of their natural enemies may be reduced by sequestration of alkaloids (or other toxic plant compounds) or their transfer into excreted honeydew. Therefore it is assumed that a generalist phytophagous homopteran may be protected from its natural enemies, although at different rates of efficiency, if it can safely sequester the host allelochemical when it develops on toxic species within its host range.