双酚E在分子识别作用下的光催化降解

研究了经分子识别后的双酚E在TiO2光催化体系中的光降解行为,结果表明:双酚E能与β-环糊精形成稳定的包结物,其包结常数为7.83×103 L·mol-1,经β-环糊精分子识别后双酚E的光催化降解效率可以提高26%,同时研究了双酚E光降解的动力学规律及pH值和β-环糊精浓度对双酚E光降解的影响.β-环糊精对双酚E光催化降解的促进作用源于β-环糊精促进双酚E在TiO2表面的吸附.     

部分水溶性偶氮染料的光催化降解研究

本研究以高压汞灯为光源,系统地研究了１６种偶氮染料在水溶液中的ＴｉＯ２光催化降解。结果表明,这些偶氮染料的光解为一级动力学反应,采用ＴｉＯ２光催化降解方法处理所研究的偶氮染料是可行的,并初步探讨了染料的结构与光解反应表观速率常数之间的关系。     

纳米TiO_2多孔微粒阳光催化降解活性艳蓝染料

首次利用高分子悬浮聚合与溶胶-凝胶法相结合的技术,成功地制备不同孔结构的TiO2多孔微粒,并对其光催化降解活性艳蓝KN-R的染料溶液pH、无机阴离子、光强、通空气等影响因素进行了系统研究。结果表明:强酸性条件有利于染料在催化剂表面的吸附,而强碱性条件有利于催化反应的进行;常见无机阴离子Cl-、SO42-,对染料降解有不同程度的抑制作用;染料降解效率随光强增加而提高;光降解动力学结果表明:TiO2多孔微粒对活性艳蓝KN-R染料的光催化降解反应符合一级反应动力学;降解时持续通空气有利于降解效率的提高。实验证明所制得的微粒具有良好的光催化降解效果和重复使用性能。     

纳米Ti02多孔微粒阳光催化降解活性艳蓝染料

首次利用高分子悬浮聚合与溶胶—凝胶法相结合的技术，成功地制备不同孔结构的TiO2多孔微粒，并对其光催化降解活性艳蓝KN—R的染料溶液PH、无机阴离子、光强、通空气等影响因素进行了系统研究。结果表明：强酸性条件有利于染料在催化剂表面的吸附，而强碱性条件有利于催化反应的进行；常见无机阴离子cl^-、so4^2-，对染料降解有不同程度的抑制作用；染料降解效率随光强增加而提高；光降解动力学结果表明：TiO2多孔微粒对活性艳蓝KN—R染料的光催化降解反应符合一级反应动力学；降解时持续通空气有利于降解效率的提高。实验证明所制得的微粒具有良好的光催化降解效果和重复使用性能。     

有机磷农药敏作用的初步研究

本文研究了有机磷农药甲基１６０５和毒死蜱对＾１Ｏ２探针性物质二乙基二硫醚，萜品烯及ＲＯＯ和ＲＯ探针性物质２，６－二叔丁基－４－甲基苯酚和１，２，３，４－四氢萘光降解的敏化作用。结果表明基态氧直接参与了ＤＥＳ和α－ｔｅｒｐ的光解；在甲基１６０５的作用下，１／Ｋｅｘｐｔｌ与「αｔｅｒｐ」的关系表明，α－ｔｅｒｐ的降解不为＾１Ｏ２历程。     

重金属离子存在下黏土矿物表面蒽的光化学降解性能

探讨了蒽在Cu、Pb、Zn、Cd、Ni等重金属离子饱和的黏土矿物表面的光降解行为,研究了重金属离子种类,黏土矿物种类、p H、自由基捕获剂和氧气对黏土表面蒽降解速率的影响.研究表明,不同种类金属离子饱和的蒙脱石表面蒽的降解速率Cu2+Pb2+Zn2+Cd3+Ni2+Na+,其中Cu-蒙脱石表面蒽的光降解速率达78.8%;黏土矿物CEC值越高,可交换的铜离子含量越大,对蒽的光降解速率的促进作用越明显;Cu-蒙脱石表面蒽的光降解速率随p H值增大而逐渐减小,p H≥8.71时,蒽的降解率为0,其变化规律与Cu2+随p H值的存在形态的变化趋势相吻合.此外,蒽在Cu-蒙脱石表面的光降解速率随加入的对苯醌增多而减小,对苯醌含量达2.0 mg·g-1时蒽的降解率为0,无氧条件下蒽的降解率为0,推测该反应体系中有氧化活性自由基(O-2·)的产生,可能为光催化氧化降解起始因素之一.     

二氧化钛催化下的氯化二苯并—对—二恶英光解反应

本文利用中压汞灯作光源，研究了氯化二苯并－对－二恶英（ＣＤＤａ，包括ＣＤＤ，ＤＣＤＤ〈ＰｅＣＤＤ和ＯＣＤＤ）在二氧化钛催化下的光解反应，并讨论了二氧化钛浓度、ＰＨ值、反应温度以及取代氯原子数目等对反应速率的影响，结果表明，二氧化钛能有效地催化ＣＤＤａ的光降解，在室温下，４ｈ内ＤＣＤＤ，ＰｅＣＤＤ，ＯＣＤＤ分解降解了８７．２％，８４．６％，９１．２％，反应温度和二氧化钛浓度是控制该反应的主要因素。     

长江水体分散颗粒物对对乙酰氨基酚光降解的影响

研究了药物对乙酰氨基酚在长江水体颗粒物表面的吸附及颗粒分散体系中的光降解规律,探讨了体系pH、颗粒物浓度及加入柠檬酸、草酸、腐殖酸对对乙酰氨基酚光降解的影响.结果表明,对乙酰氨基酚在颗粒物表面的吸附符合Langmuir型吸附等温式,分散颗粒物可以促进对乙酰氨基酚的光降解,光降解符合一级反应动力学规律;pH=9时光降解速率最快;加入草酸、柠檬酸可以加快对乙酰氨基酚的光降解,而腐殖酸则抑制其光降解.     

“光催化铁循环”作用对自组装TiO_2-FeOOH复合膜活性的影响

通过分子自组装法,制备了改性钠基蒙脱石基负载不同层序TiO_2-Fe OOH纳米复合膜,以甲砜霉素溶液为目标污染物,研究自然光下复合膜的光催化活性.采用透射电镜(TEM)、紫外—可见光吸收光谱(UV-Vis)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)对实验样品进行表征.结果表明,由锐钛矿和针铁矿纳米晶构成的复合膜将材料光谱响应范围扩展至可见光区.铁在外层时,复合膜具有更高的光降解效率.在光降解甲砜霉素过程中,以菲啰嗪作为分子探针,测定溶液中Fe~(2+)的相对含量;用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)测定固体表面铁和其他元素的化学态及其相应含量的变化.研究铁的反应动力学发现,与其他光催化剂不同,含铁催化剂在光催化过程中于固液界面上发生了一种"光催化铁循环"作用.即单层膜和复合膜,在固液界面上都存在由光催化引发的,铁的多重氧化还原反应协同作用循环驱动的动态过程,且铁循环反应加速了目标污染物的光催化降解.分析光催化反应前后Ti 2p、O 1s XPS谱图,发现反应后复合膜的表面未产生低价态钛离子,仅含高活性Ti~(4+),表明"光催化铁循环"作用有利于维持催化剂的光催化活性.这为今后设计高效光催化剂提供了新的思路.     

废水中十六烷基三甲基溴化铵的光降解动力学研究

季铵盐类阳离子表面活性剂污染会对水生环境产生不利影响,研究了在紫外灯下以Fe3+为单一催化剂降解水体中阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)的降解动力学规律.实验通过测定光降解过程中CTAB质量浓度的变化,研究了Fe3+质量浓度、溶液pH对CTAB降解的影响.初步测定了降解产物,探讨了降解机理.结果表明,CTAB光降解反应符合一级反应动力学规律,在溶液pH值为2.00～3.00时,一级动力学反应常数k受pH值、Fe3+质量浓度等影响,在0.032～0.180min-1之间变化,降解产物主要有HCOOH、CO2、NO-2等,当CTAB初始质量浓度为40 mg·L-1时TOC去除率在3 h达到32%.研究表明UV/Fe3+法可快速有效去除废水中季铵盐类表面活性剂污染物.     

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     

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.     

A palaeo-hydrogeological model for arsenic contamination in southern and south-east Asia

An argument is presented in which areas of natural arsenic contamination of modern groundwaters throughout Asia have a common origin. Arsenic originally accumulated in oceanic ferro-manganoan sediments of the eastern Palaeo-Tethys. This was further concentrated through oceanic crustal extinction in what later became the south-east Chinese accreted mineralised terrain. Proto-Himalayan uplift of this area created the palaeo-drainage systems of the Ganges – Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Mekong, and Red Rivers, with consequent headwater erosion of arsenic-rich sediments. Their downstream deposition as immature and easily redistributed Neogene sandstones, silts, and iron-rich clays has created secondary and tertiary reservoirs of adsorbed and authigenic arsenic, from which the current arsenic-rich groundwaters have evolved. Considering river basins within the above palaeo-hydrogeological framework provides a basis for assessing the risk of arsenic in groundwater basins of south and south-eastern Asia.     

Sequestration of cucurbitacin analogs by New and Old World chrysomelid leaf beetles in the tribe Luperini

Summary Two South American polyphagous leaf beetles,Diabrotica speciosa andCerotoma arcuata, selectively accumulated the bitter tasting compound 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin D in their body after ingesting root tissues of cucurbit plants. Similarly, three Asian Cucurbitaceae-feeding specialists in the genusAulacophora were found to sequester the same compound. Cucurbitacin analogs were shown to deter feeding by a bird predator, indicating an allomonal role for these compounds in cucurbitacin-associated chrysomelid leaf beetles both of New and Old Worlds. The strong affinity to cucurbitacins, selective sequestration of the analogs and consequent protection from predators suggested an ecological adaptation mechanism developed in common among these two geographically isolated subtribes in the Luperini.     

Effects of Controlled Fire and Livestock Grazing on Bird Communities in East African Savannas

Abstract: In East Africa fire and grazing by wild and domestic ungulates maintain savannas, and pastoralists historically set fires and herded livestock through the use of temporary corrals called bomas. In recent decades traditional pastoral practices have declined, and this may be affecting biodiversity. We investigated the effects of prescribed fires and bomas on savanna bird communities in East Africa during the first and second dry seasons of the year (respectively before and after the rains that mark the onset of breeding for most birds). We compared abundance, richness, and community composition on 9‐ha burned plots, recently abandoned bomas, and control plots in the undisturbed matrix habitat over a 3‐year period. Generally, recently burned areas and abandoned bomas attracted greater densities of birds and had different community assemblages than the surrounding matrix. The effects of disturbances were influenced by interactions between primary productivity, represented by the normalized difference vegetation index, and time. Bird densities were highest and a greater proportion of species was observed on burned plots in the months following the fires. Drought conditions equalized bird densities across treatments within 1 year, and individuals from a greater proportion of species were more commonly observed on abandoned bomas. Yearly fluctuations in abundance were less pronounced on bomas than on burns, which indicate that although fire may benefit birds in the short term, bomas may have a more‐lasting positive effect and provide resources during droughts. Several Palearctic migrants were attracted to burned plots regardless of rainfall, which indicates continued fire suppression may threaten their already‐declining populations. Most notably, the paucity of birds observed on the controls suggests that the current structure of the matrix developed as a result of fire suppression. Traditional pastoralism appears critical to the maintenance of avian diversity in these savannas.     

Cost‐effective conservation of an endangered frog under uncertainty

How should managers choose among conservation options when resources are scarce and there is uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of actions? Well‐developed tools exist for prioritizing areas for one‐time and binary actions (e.g., protect vs. not protect), but methods for prioritizing incremental or ongoing actions (such as habitat creation and maintenance) remain uncommon. We devised an approach that combines metapopulation viability and cost‐effectiveness analyses to select among alternative conservation actions while accounting for uncertainty. In our study, cost‐effectiveness is the ratio between the benefit of an action and its economic cost, where benefit is the change in metapopulation viability. We applied the approach to the case of the endangered growling grass frog (Litoria raniformis), which is threatened by urban development. We extended a Bayesian model to predict metapopulation viability under 9 urbanization and management scenarios and incorporated the full probability distribution of possible outcomes for each scenario into the cost‐effectiveness analysis. This allowed us to discern between cost‐effective alternatives that were robust to uncertainty and those with a relatively high risk of failure. We found a relatively high risk of extinction following urbanization if the only action was reservation of core habitat; habitat creation actions performed better than enhancement actions; and cost‐effectiveness ranking changed depending on the consideration of uncertainty. Our results suggest that creation and maintenance of wetlands dedicated to L. raniformis is the only cost‐effective action likely to result in a sufficiently low risk of extinction. To our knowledge we are the first study to use Bayesian metapopulation viability analysis to explicitly incorporate parametric and demographic uncertainty into a cost‐effective evaluation of conservation actions. The approach offers guidance to decision makers aiming to achieve cost‐effective conservation under uncertainty.     

Parasitic wasps orient to green leaf volatiles

Summary Undamaged plants emit low levels of green leaf volatiles (GLVs), while caterpillar-damaged and artificially damaged plants emit relatively higher levels of certain GLVs. Female braconid parasitoids,Microplitis croceipes, oriented to both damaged plants and to individual GLVs in no-choice tests in a wind tunnel, but seldom oriented to undamaged plants. Female ichneumonid parasitoids,Netelia heroica, also oriented to individual GLVs in a wind tunnel. Males of both wasp species failed to orient to the GLVs. These data show that leaf-feeding caterpillars can cause the release of GLVs, and that parasitic wasps can respond to these odors by flying upwind (chemoanemotactic response), which brings the wasps to their caterpillar hosts. This supports the hypothesis that plants communicate with members of the third trophic level,i.e., plants under herbivore attack emit chemical signals that guide natural enemies of herbivores to sites of plant damage. In this interaction, the GLVs serve as tritrophic plant-to-parasitoid synomones. That parasitoids from two different wasp families oriented to GLVs suggests that the response may be widespread among the Hymenoptera.Mention of a commercial or proprietary product does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture     

What Every Conservation Biologist Should Know about Economic Theory

Abstract: The last century has seen the ascendance of a core economic model, which we will refer to as Walrasian economics. This model is driven by the psychological assumptions that humans act only in a self‐referential and narrowly rational way and that production can be described as a self‐contained circular flow between firms and households. These assumptions have critical implications for the way economics is used to inform conservation biology. Yet the Walrasian model is inconsistent with a large body of empirical evidence about actual human behavior, and it violates a number of basic physical laws. Research in behavioral science and neuroscience shows that humans are uniquely social animals and not self‐centered rational economic beings. Economic production is subject to physical laws including the laws of thermodynamics and mass balance. In addition, some contemporary economic theory, spurred by exciting new research in human behavior and a wealth of data about the negative global impact of the human economy on natural systems, is moving toward a world view that places consumption and production squarely in its behavioral and biophysical context. We argue that abandoning the straightjacket of the Walrasian core is essential to further progress in understanding the complex, coupled interactions between the human economy and the natural world. We call for a new framework for economic theory and policy that is consistent with observed human behavior, recognizes the complex and frequently irreversible interaction between human and natural systems, and directly confronts the cumulative negative effects of the human economy on the Earth's life support systems. Biophysical economics and ecological economics are two emerging economic frameworks in this movement.