加速溶剂萃取(ASE)-固相萃取(SPE)-高效液相色谱法(HPLC)测定土壤中青霉素钠

建立了一种加速溶剂萃取(ASE)-固相萃取(SPE)-高效液相色谱(HPLC)测定土壤中青霉素钠的简单、快速的方法.样品以超纯水为提取溶剂,50℃提取温度为ASE提取条件参数;HLB型固相萃取柱富集净化:6.0mL 5%甲醇淋洗、4.0mL乙腈-甲醇(1∶1)洗脱;高效液相色谱-紫外检测器(HPLC-PDA)测定,检测波长λ=191.1nm,柱温30℃,流动相为乙腈-0.1%甲酸/水(1∶1),采用等梯度洗脱程序,取得较好的检测分离效果.对0.5、2.0、8.0mg·kg-1等3个不同添加浓度水平的青霉素钠平均加标回收率范围为73.1%—89.7%,回收率相对标准偏差RSD范围为1.1%—2.9%(n=5),检出限可达235.0μg·L-1.结果表明,该方法操作简单,快速,准确度和精密度均符合质量控制要求,能够满足环境土壤样本中痕量青霉素钠检测分析的要求.     

固相萃取-高效液相色谱法检测土壤中新型烟碱类杀虫剂哌虫啶

应用Sampli Q SPE-C18固相萃取小柱净化处理,利用高效液相色谱-紫外检测器(HPLC-UV)检测,建立了土壤样品中新型烟碱类杀虫剂哌虫啶的残留测定方法.优化了哌虫啶的分析条件,以选用乙腈/水比例为40∶60(V/V)作为流动相,流速为1.0 m L·min-1,采用HPLC-UV在359 nm处检测,哌虫啶的两个峰保留时间分别为4.251 min和6.526 min.在0.5×10-9—2.5×10-7g范围内,哌虫啶的进样量与色谱峰面积呈良好线性关系,相关系数为0.9993,哌虫啶的最小检出量为2.5×10-10g.土壤样品用色谱纯乙腈提取,由SPE-C18固相萃取小柱净化后.哌虫啶在土壤中的平均添加回收率为81.73%—89.05%,变异系数为3.59%—5.25%,哌虫啶最低检测浓度为2.5×10-3mg·kg-1.该分析方法灵敏、准确、操作简便,节约溶剂,对环境污染小,适合土壤中低浓度哌虫啶的残留检测     

自动索氏抽提-凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)-气相色谱/质谱法测定沉积物中多环芳烃和有机氯农药

采用自动索氏抽提-凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)-气相色谱/质谱技术,建立了沉积物中多环芳烃和有机氯农药的检测方法.通过对自动索氏抽提提取条件、凝胶渗透色谱净化条件进行优化.以丙酮∶正己烷(V∶V=1∶1)作为提取溶剂,提取温度160℃,用乙酸乙酯∶环己烷(V∶V=1∶1)定容至40 mL,转移上GPC.GPC在线浓缩系统真空腔真空度为180 mbar/190 mbar,以乙酸乙酯∶环己烷(V∶V=1∶1)为流动相,流速为5 mL·min-1,并采用气相色谱-质谱法定性和定量分析.在优化条件下,16种多环芳烃和19种有机氯农药在10—1000μg·L-1范围内具有良好的线性关系(R20.99),检出限(S/N=3)为0.008—0.353μg·kg-1.加标水平为10、50、100μg·kg-1时,平均加标回收率分别为77.6%—106.1%、79.9%—108.7%和80.6%—107.8%,相对标准偏差(RSDs,n=5)均小于10%.     

基质固相分散-加压溶剂萃取法测定土壤中多环芳烃

建立基质固相分散(MSPD)辅助加压溶剂萃取(PLE)-高效液相色谱法测定土壤中16种多环芳烃的方法.土壤样品与弗罗里硅土混匀后装入萃取池,在15 MPa、120℃萃取条件下,丙酮∶二氯甲烷(1∶1,V∶V)作为萃取溶剂,静态提取5min,应用高效液相色谱法荧光检测-二极管阵列检测串联,采用外标法对其进行定量分析.结果表明:16种多环芳烃线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.9994,利用荧光检测器与二极管阵列检测器的方法检出限分别为0.04—0.8μg·L-1、0.6—20μg·L-1,在低、中、高3个水平下的加标回收率在78.4%—105.8%范围内,测定结果的相对标准偏差为1.2%—4.1%(n=5).     

SPE-RRLC-MS/MS测定河水和沉积物中14种典型抗生素

针对磺胺类、喹诺酮类、四环素类、大环内酯类共14种典型抗生素,建立了水和沉积物中固相萃取-高分离快速液相色谱-串联质谱(SPE-RRLC-MS/MS)前处理方法和仪器检测方法.14种抗生素在5—100μg·L~(-1)范围内线性良好,相关系数r≥0.990.优化后的前处理方法采用乙腈/0.1 mol·L~(-1) EDTA-Mcllvaine(1∶1,V/V)作为沉积物样品中目标抗生素的提取剂,甲醇/丙酮(85∶15,V/V)作为固相萃取柱的洗脱液.表层水中14种抗生素的加标回收率为56%—117%,相对标准偏差(n=3)为0.10%—12%;沉积物中14种抗生素的加标回收率为57%—127%,相对标准偏差(n=3)为0.10%—25%.表层水和沉积物中抗生素的方法检出限分别为0.18—5.88 ng·L~(-1)和0.25—2.94 ng·g~(-1).该方法用于检测合肥市南淝河表层水和沉积物中的抗生素,5种抗生素被检出,浓度范围分别为32—308 ng·L~(-1)和2.70—329 ng·g~(-1).     

高效液相色谱法测定水体中的阿特拉津

为建立检测水体中阿特拉津的高效液相色谱法,以ODSC18(250mm×4.6mm×5μm)柱为色谱柱,以甲醇∶水=5∶1为流动相,流速0.6mL·min-1,采用紫外检测器,用外标法测定水体中阿特拉津含量。结果表明,方法线性范围为0.052~13.0mg·L-1,线性相关系数r=0.9998;对浓度低于线性的样品,取100mL样品提取后测定,方法的检出限为0.0002mg·L-1,对含1.95μg·L-1、32.5μg·L-1、72.8μg·L-1阿特拉津水质样品进行测定,其相对标准偏差为1.61%-6.85%,加标回收率为84.6%~96.9%。采用净化方法时的加标回率为74.9%~92.9%。对阿特拉津含量在线性范围内的水样可直接过0.45μm膜后测定,加标回收率为97.0%~99.6%。该方法适用于水体中痕量和常量阿特拉津的测定。     

快速溶剂(ASE)提取、凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)联合固相萃取(SPE)净化,高效液相色谱法测定土壤中的多环芳烃

建立了采用快速溶剂提取(ASE),固相萃取(SPE)与凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)协同净化方法,使用高效液相色谱-紫外-荧光检测器(HPLC-UV-FLD)串联检测土壤中多环芳烃类化合物多残留的检测方法.通过对加速溶剂提取仪提取条件,凝胶渗透色谱和固相萃取净化条件的优化,确定土壤中多环芳烃类化合物多残留的前处理方法:提取溶剂...     

水中痕量亚当氏剂和二苯胺的固相微萃取方法研究

研究了固相微萃取(SPME)-高效液相色谱(HPLC)测定水样中痕量亚当氏剂和二苯胺的分析方法.对SPME的条件如萃取纤维、萃取时间、萃取温度、离子强度、解吸方式、解吸溶剂、解吸时间进行了优化,并用于地下水等实际水样的分析.SPME优化的条件为:选用60μmPDMS/DVB萃取纤维在室温25℃下直接萃取60min,磁力搅拌速度为1100r.min-1,然后萃取纤维在解吸室内静态解吸9min后进行HPLC分析.液相色谱分离条件为ZORBAXSBC18柱(4.6mmi.d.×250mm,5.0μm),流动相为甲醇-水(70:30,V/V),流速为1.0ml.min-1,二极管阵列检测器波长为280nm.方法线性范围为0.005mg.l-1—0.5mg.l-1(R>0.99),两种物质的检出限(S/N=3)分别为0.003mg.l-1和0.002mg.l-1.加标回收率分别在89.6%—100.4%和97.5%—100.1%(n=5)之间,相对平均标准偏差(RSD)分别在4.5%—6.2%和3.8%—6.7%之间.该方法快速、简便,无需使用有机溶剂,适于水样中痕量物质的分析.     

植物体内水杨酸分析方法的探讨及其应用(Investigation and Application of Analysis Methods of Salicylic Acid in Plant Tissue)

准确测定植物中水杨酸的含量是深入研究其重要作用和抗病机理的必要前提.采用高效液相色谱(HPLC)对植物中内源水杨酸进行了分析,比较了紫外检测器和荧光检测器不同的检测结果,发现荧光监测器灵敏度更高,是紫外检测器的15倍.论文同时比较了使水杨酸与其他组分很好分离的液相色谱条件,结果表明,pH5.5的乙酸钠:甲醇(9:1,V/V)的流动相效果最好.用该方法测得的精密度的相对标准偏差为1.73%,重现性和稳定性均较好(稳定性的相对标准偏差为4.6%).论文以模式植物拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)的野生型和水杨酸突变体两种类型为供试材料,对其体内水杨酸进行了提取测定,检测结果发现野生型体内的水杨酸的含量大约是水杨酸突变体的9倍,与文献报道吻合.     

快速溶剂提取-高效液相色谱-二极管紫外阵列/荧光串联法同时测定土壤中18种多环芳烃

建立了快速溶剂(ASE)提取,高效液相色谱-二极管紫外阵列/荧光串联法测定土壤中18种多环芳烃.通过选择净化小柱和仪器条件的优化,实现了18种多环芳烃组分的完全分离及高灵敏度检测,该方法二极管紫外阵列(PDA)检测器和荧光(RF)检测器检出限分别为0.04—0.6μg·kg-1和0.002—0.07μg·kg-1;4种浓度水平(PDA检测器:0.5μg、2μg;RF检测器:0.02μg、0.05μg)土样加标回收率稳定在82.8%—122%之间,RSD为1%—5%之间.     

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     

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.     

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.     

Effects of Coffee Management on Deforestation Rates and Forest Integrity

Knowledge about how forest margins are utilized can be crucial for a general understanding of changes in forest cover, forest structure, and biodiversity across landscapes. We studied forest‐agriculture transitions in southwestern Ethiopia and hypothesized that the presence of coffee (Coffea arabica)decreases deforestation rates because of coffee's importance to local economies and its widespread occurrence in forests and forest margins. Using satellite images and elevation data, we compared changes in forest cover over 37 years (1973–2010) across elevations in 2 forest‐agriculture mosaic landscapes (1100 km² around Bonga and 3000 km² in Goma‐Gera). In the field in the Bonga area, we determined coffee cover and forest structure in 40 forest margins that differed in time since deforestation. Both the absolute and relative deforestation rates were lower at coffee‐growing elevations compared with at higher elevations (?10/20% vs. ?40/50% comparing relative rates at 1800 m asl and 2300–2500 m asl, respectively). Within the coffee‐growing elevation, the proportion of sites with high coffee cover (>20%) was significantly higher in stable margins (42% of sites that had been in the same location for the entire period) than in recently changed margins (0% of sites where expansion of annual crops had changed the margin). Disturbance level and forest structure did not differ between sites with 30% or 3% coffee. However, a growing body of literature on gradients of coffee management in Ethiopia reports coffee's negative effects on abundances of forest‐specialist species. Even if the presence of coffee slows down the conversion of forest to annual‐crop agriculture, there is a risk that an intensification of coffee management will still threaten forest biodiversity, including the genetic diversity of wild coffee. Conservation policy for Ethiopian forests thus needs to develop strategies that acknowledge that forests without coffee production may have higher deforestation risks than forests with coffee production and that forests with coffee production often have lower biodiversity value. Efectos de la Administración Cafetalera sobre las Tasas de Deforestación y la Integridad de los Bosques     

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.     

Globalization of the Cashmere Market and the Decline of Large Mammals in Central Asia

As drivers of terrestrial ecosystems, humans have replaced large carnivores in most areas, and human influence not only exerts striking ecological pressures on biodiversity at local scales but also has indirect effects in distant corners of the world. We suggest that the multibillion dollar cashmere industry creates economic motivations that link western fashion preferences for cashmere to land use in Central Asia. This penchant for stylish clothing, in turn, encourages herders to increase livestock production which affects persistence of over 6 endangered large mammals in these remote, arid ecosystems. We hypothesized that global trade in cashmere has strong negative effects on native large mammals of deserts and grassland where cashmere‐producing goats are raised. We used time series data, ecological snapshots of the biomass of native and domestic ungulates, and ecologically and behaviorally based fieldwork to test our hypothesis. In Mongolia increases in domestic goat production were associated with a 3‐fold increase in local profits for herders coexisting with endangered saiga (Saiga tatarica).That increasing domestic grazing pressure carries fitness consequences was inferred on the basis of an approximately 4‐fold difference in juvenile recruitment among blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur)in trans‐Himalayan India. Across 7 study areas in Mongolia, India, and China's Tibetan Plateau, native ungulate biomass is now <5% that of domestic species. Such trends suggest ecosystem degradation and decreased capacity for the persistence of native species, including at least 8 Asian endemic species: saiga, chiru (Pantholops hodgsoni), Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), snow leopard(Panthera uncia), khulan(Equus hemionus), kiang (E. kiang), takhi (E. przewalski), and wild yak (Bos mutus). Our results suggest striking yet indirect and unintended actions that link trophic‐level effects to markets induced by the trade for cashmere. Globalización del Mercado de Cachemira y la Declinación de Mamíferos Mayores en Asia Central     

The lichen-rich coastal heath vegetation on the isle of Anholt, Denmark — conservation and management

The high conservational value of the lichen-rich vegetation and landscape of the marine foreland Ørkenen on the isle of Anholt is treated from a Danish as well as a European perspective. The sensitivity of the lichen-rich vegetation to physical disturbance is emphasized. The impact of invasive species such asPinus mugo as well as the effect of atmospheric deposition of nutrients on the heaths at Anholt is described. Considerations related to the development of a management plan for Ørkenen are presented.     

Behavior and ecology of Old World Luperini beetles of the genusAulacophora (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Summary The attraction of Old World leaf beetles in the genusAulacophora to kairomones and parakairomones which are effective lures for New WorldDiabrotica andAcalymma were investigated. Beetles captured on sticky traps baited with single and multicomponent lures were no different from the control traps for two species ofAulacophora. Yellow colored traps and squash blossoms are attractive toAulacophora beetles which detect sub-microgram quantities of cucurbitacins on silica gel. Leaf feeding behavior and flight activity data are correlated with varietal preference of threeAulacophora species. The common response byDiabrotica andAulacophora to cucurbitacins reinforces the two groups' coevolutionary association with the Cucurbitaceae. The apparent lack of a common response toCucurbita blossom volatiles suggests recent evolutionary pathways are substantially different for these two groups of beetles.     

Use of stochastic patch occupancy models in the California red-legged frog for Bayesian inference regarding past events and future persistence

Assessing causes of population decline is critically important to management of threatened species. Stochastic patch occupancy models (SPOMs) are popular tools for examining spatial and temporal dynamics of populations when presence–absence data in multiple habitat patches are available. We developed a Bayesian Markov chain method that extends existing SPOMs by focusing on past environmental changes that may have altered occupancy patterns prior to the beginning of data collection. Using occupancy data from 3 creeks, we applied the method to assess 2 hypothesized causes of population decline—in situ die-off and residual impact of past source population loss—in the California red-legged frog. Despite having no data for the 20–30 years between the hypothetical event leading to population decline and the first data collected, we were able to discriminate among hypotheses, finding evidence that in situ die-off increased in 2 of the creeks. Although the creeks had comparable numbers of occupied segments, owing to different extinction–colonization dynamics, our model predicted an 8-fold difference in persistence probabilities of their populations to 2030. Adding a source population led to a greater predicted persistence probability than did decreasing the in situ die-off, emphasizing that reversing the deleterious impacts of a disturbance may not be the most efficient management strategy. We expect our method will be useful for studying dynamics and evaluating management strategies of many species.