我国一些站点降雨和森林穿冠水中铵态氮的同位素丰度

在我国7个站点采集了降雨和森林穿冠水样品,分析了铵态氮的同位素丰度.结果表明,各站点降雨中铵态氮δ15N的平均值为-8.67‰至-3.66‰,其中杭州近郊梅家坞降水样品中铵态氮δ15N平均值最低,贵州雷公山降雨样品中铵态氮δ15N平均值最高.城市穿冠水中铵态氮δ15N值要明显高于降雨,而郊区和背景地区穿冠水中铵态氮δ15N值略高于降雨,这可能是由于城市地区林冠层富集有更多的大气颗粒物并通过冲刷过程进入穿冠水所致,因为大气颗粒物中铵态氮通常富集15N.     

天然水体中铵态和硝态氮δ15N的测定

介绍了一种天然水体中铵态和硝态氮δ15N的测定方法,包括3个步骤:(1)离子交换法富集水中铵态和硝态氮;(2)蒸馏法进一步提纯铵态和硝态氮;(3)阳离子树脂萃取由转化和蒸馏得到的铵态氮,并将树脂干燥后送入元素分析仪串联质谱(EA-IRMS)测定δ15N.用这种方法处理NH4Cl和KNO3配制的人工模拟水样和野外采集的天然水样,发现δ15N-NH4+和δ15N-NO3-测定的准确性高、重复性好,人工模拟水样δ15N-NH4+的测定值和标准值相差0.560‰,δ15N-NO3-的测定值和标准值相差0.341‰,所有水样重复间的标准偏差在0.008‰—0.384‰之间.测定方法需要的水样体积较少,水样处理速度较快,离子交换后水样中的铵态和硝态氮可长期保存,适合野外天然水体δ15N测定.     

北京密云水库小流域地下水硝酸盐污染来源示踪

为确定北京密云水库小流域地下水中氮污染特征及来源,分别在雨季和旱季采集34个地下水样进行分析.结果表明,该流域地下水中NO-3-N污染严重,雨季和旱季NO-3-N的平均含量分别为15.86 mg·L-1和14.67 mg·L-1,均超过世界卫生组织饮用水标准(10 mg·L-1),污染主要分布于人口密集、农业活动频繁的中部地区.研究区域NH+4-N和NO-2-N的含量较低,其中,NO-2-N分布极不均匀.雨季和旱季δ15N的变化范围分别为5.00‰—20.16‰和-5.90‰—12.28‰,表明地下水硝酸盐的主要来源为人畜粪便和污水的排放,也可能为土壤有机氮和农业施肥的混合,表明旱季发生反硝化作用造成同位素的分馏.雨季,硝态氮与村镇面积呈正相关;氨氮与村镇及地表水面积呈显著正相关关系.旱季,硝态氮与村镇面积呈正相关,氨氮与草地面积呈正相关,亚硝态氮与地表水面积呈显著的正相关关系.     

莱州湾-龙口湾表层沉积物有机质特征及来源分析

通过对莱州湾-龙口湾表层沉积物样品中总有机碳(TOC)、总氮(TN)、有机碳与总氮的比值(C/N)、稳定碳氮同位素(δ13C、δ15N)生物地球化学指标的测定,分析了该区域沉积物中有机质的特征和来源.结果显示,莱州湾表层沉积物中TOC含量为0.47%±0.40%,龙口湾TOC含量为0.82%±0.37%,TN含量相差不大,因此龙口湾沉积物有机质相对含量高于莱州湾.港口的建设使龙口湾内水体流速减慢,加上龙口湾入海河流较少,使得龙口湾沉积物平均粒径(19.40μm)远低于莱州湾(43.89μm),比较容易吸附有机质.莱州湾沉积物中δ13C值为-24.96‰—21.46‰,平均值为-23.63‰;龙口湾表层沉积物中δ13C值为-23.02‰—22.39‰,平均值为-22.73‰.由此看来,莱州湾沉积物中有机质主要来源于陆生C3植物和藻类,而龙口湾有机质大部分来源于藻类,少数来自陆生C3植物.根据经典的二元模式计算,龙口湾陆源有机质的贡献比例范围为23.15%—33.67%,平均值为28.84%,莱州湾陆源贡献比例范围为7.65%—65.97%,平均值为43.75%.莱州湾沿岸有众多河流入海,尤其是含沙量最多的黄河,给湾内带来大量的陆上有机质,而龙口湾入海河流较少,沉积物中的陆上有机质较少.     

鄱阳湖沉积物与水界面氮的迁移特征及污染评价

通过现场采样及室内分析测试,在沉积物间隙水氮含量分析的基础上,探讨了鄱阳湖沉积物与水界面氮的迁移特征与扩散通量,并对鄱阳湖表层沉积物氮的污染状况进行了评价。结果表明,鄱阳湖表层沉积物间隙水中溶解性总氮的平均含量为1.32 mg·L~(-1),无机氮中以硝态氮含量最高,占总氮的45.4%以上。表层沉积物间隙水中氮的含量在空间分布上表现为北部站点(L6与L7)相对较高,且其浓度均高于上覆水中氮浓度,表明沉积物间隙水中氮有较强的释放趋势,其中溶解性总氮在间隙水与上覆水之间的扩散相对较强,其扩散通量略大于硝态氮,各站点平均扩散通量分别为0.91 mg·m~(-2)·d~(-1)和0.89mg·m~(-2)·d~(-1),且大部分站点沉积物表现为上覆水中氮的源。此外,鄱阳湖各站点总氮污染指数、有机指数、有机氮平均值分别为1.082%、0.161%、0.103%,总氮污染指数与有机指数为Ⅱ级标准,有机氮指数为Ⅲ级标准,但站点L2呈现出有机污染与有机氮污染,存在一定的安全风险,水体面临富营养化威胁。该研究可为鄱阳湖内源污染和富营养化防治提供一定的理论依据。     

滇东地区土壤剖面氮同位素垂直分异及空间分异特征

选取云南石林县不同土壤类型、不同石漠化等级以及不同人为干扰方式影响下的7处典型的土壤剖面为研究对象,研究了剖面中氮同位素垂直分异及空间分异特征.结果表明,土壤中p H值为3.68—6.07,全部土壤剖面呈酸性,总有机碳(TOC)为0.58—29.25 g·kg~(-1),碳氮比(C/N)为1.33—14.70,δ~(15)N介于1.44‰—14.86‰,在随深度的垂直分异中,受剖面中腐殖质层和硝化反硝化反应的影响,土壤中稳定氮同位素呈现一定的规律性变化.在各个剖面之间的空间分异中,两种不同土壤类型下δ~(15)N值的分散程度均存在轻度石漠化剖面中度石漠化剖面强度石漠化剖面的规律.同时在受人为影响较小的红壤剖面δ~(15)N值大致呈现强度石漠化剖面中度石漠化剖面轻度石漠化剖面的规律.采样区内无论是石灰岩土壤剖面还是红壤剖面δ~(15)N值与土壤理化性质均无显著相关关系.     

陡河水库鱼体汞的生物积累初探

为了解陡河燃煤电厂大气汞释放对毗邻的陡河水库水生生态系统中鱼体汞含量、生物积累和放大等的影响,本研究采集陡河水库野生鱼、虾和螺蛳,分别测定了鱼样等生物样品中的总汞和甲基汞,并对部分代表性样品测定稳定碳氮同位素比值。鱼汞分布特征和δ13C‰和δ15N‰同位素比值分布特征显示:鱼体(鲜样)中总汞和甲基汞平均含量分别为56.4±26.7和15.5±8.4 ng·g-1,总汞含量最高的是杂食性的白条鱼为133 ng·g-1。不同食性的鱼体δ13C和δ15N稳定同位素值变化范围分别为-28.1‰~-24.4‰和12.0‰~16.1‰,Log10[Hg]与δ15N的线性相关斜率值为负值。以上结果表明:陡河水库鱼体汞总体偏低,没有发现高生物积累和生物放大,其主要原因在于陡河水库水环境中汞含量较低,且陡河水库靠近市区,过度捕捞使可以捕获的鱼样种类和数量偏少,且鱼龄较低。     

东江流域土壤、植被和悬浮物的碳、氮同位素组成

碳、氮同位素值对监测流域植被组成、环境变迁是一种非常有效的指标,为中短时间尺度环境变化研究提供了一条新的途径。以亚热带山区的东江流域为例,以流域内的植被、土壤及水体悬浮物为研究对象,应用其有机质同位素组成（δ13C、δ15N）,揭示流域植被的成分和环境变化的信息。研究发现：东江流域土壤碳同位素、C/N比值差值不大;植被的氮同位素差值明显,C/N比值差异较大。对东江流域悬浮物δ13C值近20年的监测表明：其值在早期逐年升高,近10年来转趋稳定并呈明显下降趋势,变化范围在-17.8‰～-26.1‰之间,反映了该流域植被破坏和恢复的过程以及土壤侵蚀状况的变化趋势。     

沉水植物对水-沉积物界面各形态氮含量的影响

在室内模拟条件下研究沉水植物对水-沉积物界面的上覆水、不同层次的间隙水和沉积物中不同形态氮含量的影响.结果表明:总体上,上覆水和间隙水中不同形态氮含量的顺序为有机氮＞氨氮＞硝态氮;沉积物中可交换态无机氮以氨氮为主,沉水植物的存在并没有改变这一格局.不同处理不同层次的间隙水中,各形态氮含量均为下层＞中层＞上层,但沉积物中氨氮和硝态氮含量变化规律不明显.水-沉积物界面氨氮和硝态氮含量呈现明显季节性变化.总之,水-沉积物界面氨氮是沉积物向上覆水扩散的主要氮组分,沉水植物降低了氨氮和硝态氮的扩散通量.     

凉水和宝天曼地区乔木叶片氮素再吸收过程中δ15N的变化

植物自然丰度的稳定性N同位素(δ15N)在植物N吸收和N转运过程中会发生变化,但植物叶片在凋落之前的N素的再吸收如何影响δ15N变化还不清楚.本研究以凉水地区的14个常见树种和宝天曼地区的16个常见树种为研究对象,测定各树种新鲜叶和凋落叶及其对应土壤中的C、N质量分数和δ15N值.结果表明,凉水树种新鲜叶N质量分数和δ15N值显著高于宝天曼树种,这与凉水土壤的N质量分数和δ15N值都高于宝天曼土壤相对应.此外,凉水树种叶片N吸收率(47%)与宝天曼树种(40%)无显著差异.宝天曼树种凋落叶中的δ15N显著高于新鲜叶中的δ15N值,即叶片N再吸收过程中存在N同位素的分馏效应,而凉水树种凋落叶与新鲜叶中的δ15N无显著性差异.本研究首次报道在植物叶片N再吸收过程中存在显著的同位素分馏效应,而且分馏效应的程度与N再吸收率显著负相关.此外,植物叶片N再吸收过程中是否存在同位素分馏效应可能取决于叶片的N再吸收率;乔木新鲜叶片N质量分数和δ15N值在地区间的差异可能取决于土壤N质量分数和δ15N值的地区差异;叶片N再吸收率可能与N在叶片中的存在形态有关,而与土壤N质量分数不相关.     

森林土壤固碳机理研究进展

全球碳平衡中,土壤有机碳储量为2000 Pg,植被碳储量500 Pg,大气碳储量785 Pg,土壤中有机碳变化是影响大气温室气体含量的重要因素。中国人工林总量世界第一,可以通过造林树种的选择,增加森林土壤的碳汇功能,它主要通过4种机理来实现,包括稳定性有机-矿物复合体的形成、持久性封存的深层碳的增加、耐分解有机物成份的积累、以及土壤团聚体结构中碳的物理性保护。中国近年来对木材的需求上升,导致大量短轮伐期人工林的种植,采伐、火烧炼山、施肥与整地等营林措施对土壤碳汇功能形成重大影响。因而,通过加强对中国人工林土壤固碳机理的研究,通过人为措施实现具有较强固碳能力的森林类型,从而提高人工森林生态系统的固碳能力,它对中国减排增汇战略具有重要意义,而加强对不同营林措施对碳汇功能影响的研究是中国当前面临的重大课题。     

Evaluating losses in ecosystem services in nature reserves in Sichuan,China

Nature reserves have developed rapidly over the decades in China and play a significant role in the function of ecosystem services. The function of ecosystem services in nature reserves, however, has tended to decline in recent years due to natural hazards and human activities. Based on land use, the variation of ecosystem services value (ESV) during 2000–2010 in national nature reserves in Sichuan was evaluated. We analyzed the comprehensive effects of natural disasters and human activities on the decline of ESVs. Total ESV in the national nature reserves in Sichuan was approximately 2741.35 million US$ in 2000, 2616.81 million US$ in 2005, and 2499.06 million US$ in 2010, representing a decrease of 242.29 million US$, or 8.84%, in the decade. Forestland, grassland, wetland, and water bodies played vital roles in the function of ecosystem services, with an aggregated ESV of 99% of the total. The largest proportion of the total ESV was the protection of biodiversity at 48.6%. ESV of all land use types and single ecosystem services continued to decline during 2000–2010. A mechanism of adaptable risk prevention should be established, and unreasonable human activities should be avoided to protect ecosystems and to improve the functions of ecosystem services.     

中国水稻土碳循环研究进展

文章首先分析了水稻土在碳循环研究中的地位和重要性，进而对我目水稻土碳循环的研究现状作了较为详尽的阐述，对其主要研究结论进行了深入的剖析。中国大而积的水稻土自1980年以来显示出有机碳库增加现象，说明水稻田对大气CO2可能产生汇效应。水耕熟化过程足有机碳的积累过程，水稻土的碳密度是早作土碳密度的2-3倍。水稻土的同碳能力与土壤的微团聚体的粒径有关。但对于水稻土中有机碳的分布和结合状态与农业管理措施、水稻土质量变化、农业生态环境变化的关系仍不清楚。因而建议就这一问题从土壤物理学、化学和生物学的相互作朋与土壤微团聚体中矿物质、有机质和微生物的相互结合关系的层面上进行多学科研究。同时提出了今后我困水稻土碳循环的重点研究方向和领域，即从整体和系统的角度来研究碳循环和平衡，从不同的时空区域来研究碳循环的过程和强度。     

Is the antipredatory response in behaviour reflected in stress measured in faecal corticosteroids in a small rodent?

Predation risk has been shown to alter various behaviours in prey. Risk alters activity, habitat use and foraging, and weight decrease might be a consequence of that. In mammals, studies on physiological measures affected by risk of predation, other than weight, are rare. We studied in two separate laboratory experiments foraging, hoarding behaviour and expression of stress measured non-invasively from the faeces in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus), a common boreal rodent. Voles were exposed to predation risk using odours of the least weasels (Mustela nivalis nivalis). Distilled water served as control. In the first experiment, we found that foraging effort, measured as sunflower seeds taken from seed trays filled with sand, was significantly lower in trays scented with weasel odour. Both immediate consumption of seeds and hoarding were affected negatively by the weasel odour. Females hoarded significantly more than males in autumn. In the second experiment, the negative effect of weasel odour on foraging was consistent over a 3-day experiment, but the strongest effect was observed in the first night. Foraging increased over the time of the experiment, which might reflect either energetic compensation during a longer period of risk, predicted in the predation risk allocation hypothesis, or habituation to the odour-simulated risk. Despite decreased foraging under predation risk, stress measured as corticosteroid metabolite concentration in vole faeces was not affected by the weasel odour treatment. In conclusion, we were able to verify predation-risk-mediated changes in the foraging effort of bank voles but no physiological stress response was measured non-invasively, probably due to great individual variation in secretion of stress hormones.     

生物扰动在水层-底栖界面耦合中的作用

综合评述了生物扰动在水层-底栖界面耦合中的作用研究进展和热点问题,并进行了展望。国际上十分重视水层-底栖界面耦合过程的研究并已有一定基础,生物扰动作为海洋生态学的重要内容之一早在20世纪50—60年代就已开展了工作,但直到10余年前才真正开始定量研究,进入了实验模拟、现场观测与建立模型相结合的新阶段。国内的生物扰动研究尚处于起步阶段,加上技术方法落后,一直未能取得突破性进展。目前国内外关于水层-底栖界面生物扰动效应研究基本上都在海洋中开展,尤其在河口、近岸和浅海水域进行,湖泊和河流研究明显薄弱。作为水生态动力学的重要分支和前沿领域,生物扰动研究具有广阔前景。急需针对我国水域特点,引进先进的现场观测和室内测试手段,进一步揭示水层-底栖界面耦合过程中的生物扰动机制,更精准和更详细地掌握水域中各种物质的生物地球化学循环的全过程,为控制水体内源污染释放、富营养化治理和生态建模等提供科学依据。     

Lead in a residential environment in Jamaica

The background levels of lead in Jamaica in soils and sediments, estimated at 37 mg kg^–1, are relatively high compared with world averages. Several areas have values in excess of this due to mineralisation and pollution. One such is the residential Hope Flats/Kintyre area in which levels of lead up to 2.5% are found in the soils and up to 8 g kg^–1 in the water of the nearby Hope River. The blood lead levels of a sample of children were in the range 5.7–57 g dl^–1. The high lead levels suggest a potential health risk, particularly for the children. This can be minimised by programmes which include community education, case management and abatement to reduce the lead exposure.     

硝基芳香化合物的植物作用研究进展

硝基芳香化合物是环境中难以降解的污染物之一。因其用途广泛,大量残留于土壤,水体和大气中,造成的环境污染日趋严重。多种植物对该类污染物具有吸收、富集和代谢降解作用,利用植物对其环境污染进行治理是一种有效的方法。文章在总结国内外有关硝基芳香化合物的植物作用研究基础上,重点阐述了植物对硝基芳香化合物的吸收、转运和代谢过程,分析了吸收、代谢机理以及影响吸收的因素;硝基芳香化合物的理化特性、浓度和植物自身特性及其它外界条件都会影响植物对该类化合物的吸收,植物可以通过体内降解、体外联合代谢、根部释放酶催化的机制实现该类化合物的降解。目前,硝基芳香化合物进入植物细胞膜的机理认知不足,模拟模型缺乏有力数据验证;代谢机制中参与反应的酶、化合物等体系和反应产物环境特性仍不明确,植物修复可行性缺乏有力证据。未来将在模型预测构建、降解机理和修复工程的实际应用方面作进一步探究,以形成系统的认知,为硝基芳香化合物污染土壤和农产品的生态风险评价以及植物修复提供理论依据。     

中国公众参与环境管理的研究

回顾了中国公众参与环境管理的发展历程,分析了公众参与环境管理存在的问题。针对公众参与环境保护管理的有效性的影响因子,例如主观因素、传统背景、时效因素及执行技巧等进行一系列的探讨,并根据公众参与计划的设计构思、公众参与计划的关键两方面的讨论,提出增加公众参与环境保护管理有效性的一些建议。     

Employment of passive sampling in monitoring indoor air quality in selected residences in a Tri-city area in Poland

Time-weighted average concentrations of selected volatile compounds were measured in chosen residences in a Tri-City area of Poland by means of passive sampling. The results were compared to those obtained by dynamic technique – sorption tubes filled with Tenax TA sorbent. Results obtained by employing the two techniques were similar. Total volatile organic compound (TVOC) parameters were also determined. An attempt was also made to evaluate the influence of outdoor air pollutants on indoor air quality.     

Challenges in characterization of nanoplastics in the environment

Plastic pollution has been a legacy environment problems and more recently, the plastic particles, especially those ultrafine or small plastics particles, are widely recognized with increasing environmental and ecological impacts. Among small plastics, microplastics are intensively studied, whereas the physicochemical properties, environmental abundance, chemical states, bioavailability and toxicity toward organisms of nanoplastics are inadequately investigated. There are substantial difficulties in separation, visualization and chemical identification of nanoplastics due to their small sizes, relatively low concentrations and interferences from co-existing substances (e.g., dyes or natural organic matters). Moreover, detection of polymers at nanoscale is largely hampered by the detection limit or sensitivity for existing spectral techniques such as Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) or Raman Spectroscopy. This article critically examined the current state of art techniques that are exclusively reported for nanoplastic characterization in environmental samples. Based on their operation principles, potential applications and limitations of these analytical techniques are carefully analyzed.