Distribution of radionuclides among the main components of Lake Chervyanoe in the Eastern Ural Radioactive Trace

Radioecological conditions have been estimated in Lake Chervyanoe located on the central axis of the Eastern Ural Radioactive Trace (EURT) about 100–110 km northeast of the Mayak Production Association. Data on the ⁹⁰Sr and ¹³⁷Cs contents in the main components of the lake, the distribution of these radionuclides over the profile of bottom sediments, and their amounts in the lake are presented. The experimental data have been used to construct mathematical models for estimating changes in the radionuclide concentrations and amounts in the water and bottom sediments of the lake over a long period after the nuclear accident, as well as the tritium content of the lake water in different periods of time.     

Radionuclides in the Ecosystem of Lake Tygish in the Zone of the Eastern Ural Radioactive Trace

The radioecological situation in Lake Tygish is described. The lake is situated on the central axis of the Eastern Ural Radioactive Trace (EURT), which was formed after the nuclear accident in the Southern Urals in 1957. The distributions of ⁹⁰Sr and ¹³⁷Cs among the main components of the water body and the results of the measurement of tritium concentration in the water are presented. Mathematical models are described that have made it possible to estimate changes in the concentrations of radionuclides and their amounts accumulated in the water and bottom sediments of the lake during the long period after the accident and to predict the development of the radioecological situation in the lake until 2057. Based on the mathematical models, more accurate data on the initial ecological situation in the lake in the year of the accident have been obtained.     

On seasonal variations of radiocesium speciation in the surface sediments of Lake Juodis, Lithuania

Data on radiocesium speciation measured seasonally in black silt surface sediments in the shallow terrace and in the deepest southern part of Lake Juodis (Lithuania) in 2004-2005 are presented. It is shown that seasonal variations of radiocesium exchangeable fractions in the sediments in the shallow terrace are mainly related to its redistribution due to the vital cycle of green algae covering bottom surfaces - processes of their growth and decomposition. A seasonal course of those fractions in surface sediments of the deepest bottom areas of the lake follows a distinct pattern and is annually recycling. It is maximum in winter and declines due to stagnant bottom water zone disruption in summer. It is shown that surface sediments in the deepest bottom areas of the lake are not a radiocesium source during the formation of the anaerobic zone in bottom water in winter, and act in that case as its acceptor. The radiocesium remobilization to the bottom water is seasonal and site-specific. It is suggested to be due to three main processes: its diffusion from deeper and more active sediments, its redistribution during decomposition of organics freshly accumulated in surface sediments and a radiocesium flux induced by the mechanism of the seasonal anaerobic zone formation in near-bottom water.     

太湖生态修复治理工程

太湖是我国第三大淡水湖泊,也是流域的重要水体。近年来,随着人口的增长,经济高速发展,人为社会经济活动影响,水资源系统受到很大冲击,水质变劣,湖体富营养过程加剧,生态环境受到明显损害,制约了流域社会经济的可持续发展。要实现流域水资源的可持续利用,必须加快水污染综合治理。除陆域实施严格的达标治理、河网水质调控、农业面源及生活污水治理外,太湖湖体生态修复和富营养化治理已为当务之急。目前应尽早实施：①太湖重污染区底泥的生态疏浚,减少底泥释放二次污染。②利用浮床陆生植物治理太湖典型富营养化水域,利用生物吸收、降解,继而富集营养盐,净化水质。③建立环湖湿地保护带。④恢复和重建湖滨带水生植被,实现长效生态管理和调控。⑤生态渔业工程,有效控制过度养殖,恢复湖泊生态良性循环。⑥藻类采集和资源化再利用。⑦强化流域管理。     

Composition, structure, and formation factors of bottom invertebrate communities in lakes of the southern Ob-Irtysh interfluve

The composition and structure of bottom invertebrate communities have been studied in 37 lakes of the southern Ob-Irtysh interfluve in 2008–2011. The aquatic fauna of these communities includes 146 species of eight classes. The influence of the main abiotic ecological factors (hydrophysical and hydro-chemical parameters of water, bottom substrate type) on the composition and fauna of bottom communities have been estimated. It is shown that hydrochemical factors determining the total salt content of the water, substrate type, and water transparency have the strongest effect on the level of bottom invertebrate community development.     

太湖生态修复治理工程

太湖是我国第三大淡水湖泊 ,也是流域的重要水体。近年来 ,随着人口的增长 ,经济高速发展 ,人为社会经济活动影响 ,水资源系统受到很大冲击 ,水质变劣 ,湖体营养过程加剧 ,生态环境受到明显损害 ,制约了流域社会经济的可持续发展。要实现流域水资源的可持续利用 ,必须加快水污染综合治理。除陆域实施严格的达标治理、河网水质调控 ,农业面源及生活污水治理外 ,太湖湖体生态修复和富营养化治理已为当务之急。目前应尽早实施 :①太湖重污染区底泥的生态疏浚 ,减少底泥释放二次污染。②利用浮床陆生植物治理太湖典型富营养化水域 ,利用生物吸收、降解 ,继而富集营养盐 ,净化水质。③建立环湖湿地保护带。④恢复和重建湖滨带水生植被 ,实现长效生态管理和调控。⑤生态渔业工程 ,有效控制过度养殖 ,恢复湖泊生态良性循环。⑥藻类采集和资源化再利用。⑦强化流域     

三峡工程对长江中游地下水动态和土壤潜育的影响

通过对长江中游四湖地区地下水动态观测数据分析得出，长江对沿岸平原地下水影响程度随距离增大而逐渐减弱。用遥感技术和实地调查，确定了潜育化、沼泽化土壤在四湖和沿庭湖地区分布以及潜在威胁面积。并依此分析了三峡工程对土壤潜育化沼泽化的影响。在大量调查和田间试验的基础上，提出了适用于当地的潜育化沼泽化土壤改良利用途径。     

河流底泥冲刷悬浮对水质影响途径的实验研究

进入天然水体的大部分污染物会在河流，湖泊底部形成富含各种污染物的沉积物层，在一定的水流流速及紊动作用下发生底泥冲刷及再悬浮。大量的污染物被重新释放出来造成河湖水体的二次污染，这种情况是外源污染得到治理后影响水质的主要因素。建立这种影响条件下的水质模型需要对沉积物的污染释放机理有充分的认识。采用富含污染物的天然河湖底泥，通过衡温静态培养等手段，在不同的水力条件。瞬彰服，连续悬浮和静止状态下，研究了污染物的释放，并对实验结果进行了分析。确定了底泥冲刷悬浮影响水质的主要途径，即在底泥间隙水污染物浓度接近平衡时，其与上层大水体的混合作用是影响水质的主要作用，其次是下部底泥的静态释放，而悬浮颗粒的污染物扩散释放作用则较小，这为底泥冲刷悬浮影响下的水质模型的建立提供了理论依据。     

鄱阳湖水体垂向分层状况调查研究

湖泊水体混合或分层对环境和生态具有显著指示意义,能够提高对未来湖泊水环境状况的评价与管理。针对洪泛鄱阳湖水位季节性变化显著等特点,基于剖面温度和稳定氢氧同位素的调查分析来探明多因素影响下鄱阳湖水体垂向分层或混合状况。结果发现:鄱阳湖枯水期和洪水期水体垂向温差大多处于0~1.0℃,大部分水域温差小于0.5℃,但偶见洪水期部分水域会达到1.5℃的较大温差。总体表明,在季节变化尺度上,鄱阳湖具有较为稳定的等温层,没有明显温度分层特征。同位素分析结果得出,枯水期和洪水期的氢氧稳定同位素值在深度剖面上呈均一分布,表明鄱阳湖水体混合状况较好或完全混合。虽然湖区气象条件和水文条件均是影响鄱阳湖水体分层或混合的重要因素,但鄱阳湖入流和出流等水文条件是影响鄱阳湖水体垂向混合的主要因素。鄱阳湖水体混合同时对湖泊水环境因子的垂向分布特征可能产生重要的影响或控制作用。首次基于大量野外监测有针对性地开展鄱阳湖水体分层研究,结果有助于对湖泊水流结构的深入认识,可为湖区水体污染物的输移模拟与作用机制阐释等方面提供科学参考。     

苏南地区连续霾及重度霾的边界层气候特征

利用无锡国家基本观测站1981~2011年地面观测资料及南京、上海和杭州3个探空站的温度廓线资料，对苏南地区连续霾和重度霾的地面形势和边界层气候特征进行了分析。结果表明：苏南地区霾日地面形势主要为均压区型、高压底部或入海高压后部型、冷锋前部型、低压倒槽型和鞍型场；根据地面形势场的变化，连续9 d以上霾分4种类型，这4种类型具有不同的边界层结构变化：Ⅰ型苏南地区受两次大陆高压系统的南压（冷空气的过境），随后分别处于均压区中，该类型逆温层底较低，中层出现逆湿区；Ⅱ型苏南地区受大陆高压底部影响，随着冷空气的南下消退，大陆高压东移入海，苏南处于均压区中，该类型主要以等温层的形势出现，高湿区主要在底层；Ⅲ型随着长江中上游低压倒槽的发展，大陆高压入海后，苏南地区处于低压倒槽顶部，随着冷空气的南下，苏南地区先后受到均压区、高压底部影响，该类型总体逆温强度较弱，逆温层厚度较薄，低层高湿区贯穿于整个连续霾日过程；Ⅳ型主要受西太平洋暖高压、东北冷涡以及西伯利亚冷空气的共同作用，苏南地区随后处于冷锋前部，待冷空气过境后苏南又位于均压区中，该类型逆温强度较强，逆温层顶有逆湿区，逆温层高度越低，地面能见度越低，逆温层强度越强，地面能见度越低；重度霾出现的地面形势主要为均压区、冷锋前部和低压倒槽，重度霾大部分过程逆温层底在近地面，由于本地污染源的排放和外地污染源的侵入，加上逆温或等温层的存在，不利于污染物的扩散，以及底层大湿区，颗粒物的吸湿增长膨大，从而降低地面能见度，形成重度霾     

鄱阳湖区地下水位动态及其与湖水侧向水力联系分析

基于野外定点监测数据,运用统计学方法解析鄱阳湖区地下水位年内分布特征和动态变化,辨析湖水和典型区地下水之间的侧向水力联系与程度。统计结果表明,不同洲滩地下水埋深变化范围约–8.1~–0.1 m,洲滩地下水和湖水在6~9月份保持完全水力连通。湖水位和洲滩地下水位动态变化呈现高度一致性,表明了洲滩地下水和湖水具有密切的侧向水力联系。湖岸带不同典型区的地下水埋深变化范围介于–10~–2.2 m。湖岸带地下水位与湖水位并不具有日时间尺度变化上的高度一致性,但两者却很好呈现了月尺度上的较好一致性,表明了湖岸带地下水与湖水之间具有一定的相互关系和水力联系。小波分析得出,湖水位和洲滩、湖岸带不同典型区的地下水位均在60 d尺度的周期上存在着极大可能的显著相关,总体上两者呈正相关关系变化,表明湖水和洲滩地下水具有密切的水力联系,但与湖岸带地下水的侧向水力联系可能体现在个别典型时段。为今后鄱阳湖地下水方面的相关研究奠定基础,也为鄱阳湖湿地生态环境保护、水资源评价等方面提供科学依据和参考。     

Quantitative assessment of the long term behaviour of 90Sr in Lake Uruskul,Southern Urals,Russia

The present paper is aimed at assessing the long term behaviour of 90Sr migration from water to bottom sediments of Lake Uruskul, Southern Urals, Russia. The lake was contaminated following the nuclear accident at the Mayak nuclear complex in 1957 (the Kyshtym accident). Some transfer parameters relevant to the behaviour of 90Sr in the water-sediment system were evaluated: a) the radionuclide migration velocity from the water column to the bottom sediment, b) the radionuclide migration rate from bottom sediment to water, and c) the radionuclide migration rate from bottom sediment to deep sediment. The estimated values of the above parameters were 6.4 x 10(-1) m s(-1), 5.7 x 10(-10) s(-1) and 5.2 x 10(-10) s(-1), respectively. These values were compared with data obtained for some Italian lakes contaminated by 90Sr after the nuclear weapons tests fallout. The relatively low radionuclide migration from water to sediment of these lakes is reflected by the values of the ratio migration velocity/migration rate from sediment to water (4 m and 12 m) that are significantly lower than the corresponding value in the Russian lake (112 m). The peculiar hydrochemical conditions of Lake Uruskul (high pH, high mineralisation, etc.) are considered to be responsible for the high radionuclide migration from water to sediment.     

基于贝叶斯公式的湖泊富营养化随机评价方法及其验证

为了准确评价湖泊所处的营养状态,进而为湖泊富营养化的防治提供科学依据,提出了基于贝叶斯公式的湖泊富营养化随机评价方法。该法通过计算单个水质指标属于某个评价级别的概率,由最大似然分类原则确定单个水质指标的评价级别,并采用加权平均法推求湖泊富营养化多个水质指标的综合评价级别,具有方法简单、计算工作量小的特点。经全国30个湖泊实测水质资料的验证,随机评价方法与模糊评价方法和灰色评价方法相比较,有29个湖泊评价结果的差异小于等于一个级别,其比例为96.6％,说明这三种富营养化评价方法的计算精度相当。根据各项评价指标与叶绿素的相关系数,计算各项水质指标在富营养化评价中所占权重的方法,适用于浮游植物型湖泊,如果采取等权重方法,则适用于任何类型的湖泊。确定湖泊富营养化评价的水质指标个数和种类的选择具有不确定性,确定湖泊富营养化的评价级别和各个级别对应的水质标准浓度也具有不确定性,因此湖泊富营养化的评价方法具有不确定性。应采用多种途径对湖泊富营养化的评价方法进行研究,并取长补短,使评价结果更趋合理。     

低溶解氧对苦草生长的影响

针对太湖梅梁湾生态净化示范区内重建的沉水植物存在的腐烂死亡问题及伴随的底层水体溶解氧偏低现象，在室外模拟生态系统内进行了低氧对沉水植物（苦草）生长的影响试验。结果表明：无论沉积物类型如何，一个月的低氧处理（溶解氧平均值为1.6 mg/L）对苦草株重、株高、分蘖数及叶片数等指标的影响均不明显，对块茎的影响则较显著，表现为块茎数量与重量显著下降。对岸边沉积物处理组而言，低氧对苦草根系的影响显著，表现为根须变细且数量增加，根系活力明显下降，中心沉积物处理组则不显著。同时，低氧处理使岸边沉积物处理组的沉积物氧化还原电位显著下降、水体营养盐浓度上升，尤其是磷酸盐浓度显著增加，中心沉积物处理组的环境理化因子变幅则相对较小。分析认为，低氧对苦草生长的影响虽不明显，但对其种群扩张有潜在的不利作用；梅梁湾生态净化示范区内沉水植物的腐烂死亡，低氧的作用是次要或间接的。     

Modelling the long-term behaviour of radiocaesium and radiostrontium in two Italian lakes

The present paper describes the application of a state-of-the-art model to two lakes in central Italy (Trasimeno and Monterosi) for the assessment of migration parameters of (137)Cs and (90)Sr (migration velocity to sediment, transfer rates from sediment to water and to bottom sediment). Applications of a compartment model and a model based on the diffusion equation to predict the behaviour of pollutants in water and through bottom sediment are presented and discussed. The application of the diffusion equation shows some difficulties of a general nature and typical of such a modelling approach. Moreover, there is no evidence of significant improvements of the model performances when the diffusion equation is applied. Very low levels of sedimentation rate of suspended matter in Lake Monterosi were evaluated by the quantitative assessment of radiocaesium migrating to bottom sediment. This suggests that, in this lake, the removal of radionuclide from the water column is mainly due to the turbulent mixing of bottom sediment causing radionuclide burial.     

三峡水库蓄水后的浮游植物特征变化及影响因素

根据2003年10月和2004年4月的水生生物调查，对三峡库区二期蓄水后的浮游植物组成与分布变化进行研究，探讨水力学与营养盐条件变化对库区浮游植物结构与数量的影响。结果表明，库区浮游植物以硅藻类为优势种，2003年10月数量介于2.02×104~31.6×104个/L之间，与未蓄水前相比无明显变化，2004年4月浮游植物种类与数量发生较大变化，部分断面浮游植物数量显著增加，总体介于3.18×104~16 288×104个/L之间。通过对浮游植物与水力学条件、营养盐水平的关系分析，发现蓄水前后水动力学条件的变化与所形成的空间差异是造成浮游植物变化的关键因素，而偏高的营养盐水平则为浮游植物的生长创造了有利条件。为此，根据流速差异将库区水体划分为河流型水体、过渡型水体、湖泊型水体三种类型，对比分析表明过渡型水体和湖泊型水体的浮游植物数量在二期蓄水后增加较多，它们是三峡库区富营养化暴发的敏感区域。     

Disequilibrium between uranium and its progeny in the Lake Issyk-Kul system (Kyrgyzstan) under a combined effect of natural and manmade processes

The Kadji-Sai abandoned field of U-bearing brown coal on the southern coast of Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan) poses a threat of radioactive pollution to the world's fifth deepest and second largest pristine highland lake. The valleys of ephemeral streams in the lake catchment are filled with coarse-grained sand and clay, with a background U--Ra activity of 35--55 Bqkg(-1). High activity areas vs. this background come from three sources: (1) scarce outcrops of uraniferous brown coal and mining wastes containing fragments of this coal with (238)U/(226)Ra ratios of 0.8 due to uranium losses through weathering; (2) manmade anomalies caused by a radioactive waste dump, where U was extracted from the ash of coal burnt at a coal-fired power plant. As a result, the (238)U/(226)Ra ratios become 0.15--0.25; (3) six catch pools terraced below the mine, where U activity decreases downslope, and (238)U/(226)Ra ratios reach 150--200. Uranium lost in the extraction process may have been retained on the terraces. The distribution pattern of radionuclides in the bottom sediments of the lake is controlled by water depth and offshore distance. The upper section of homogeneous limy--argillic deposits in the lake center remains undisturbed by currents, as indicated by regular sub-exponential distribution of atmospheric (137)Cs and (210)Pb(atm). Sedimentation rate in the lake center for the past century, found from (210)Pb, was 0.32 mmyr(-1). (238)U/(226)Ra in deep-water sediments was about 3. The activity of uranium adsorbed by sediments from the lake water was estimated by subtraction of the Ra-equilibrium component from the total U activity. Thus, the flux of dissolved U to the bottom sediments was as 2.07 x 10(-7)gcm(-2)yr(-1). The upper section of near-shore deposits was disturbed by currents, with (137)Cs and (210)Pb(atm) more or less uniformly distributed in this layer. Peaks of (226)Ra and (210)Pb occur at different depths from 5 to 20 cm below the sediment surface, with (238)U/(226)Ra ratios 0.28--0.44. The presence of mullite in these sediments indicated that radioactive ash penetrated into the lake in the past. At present, (226)Ra in the ash is buried under a non-radioactive cap.     

基于实测数据与遥感影像的鄱阳湖水体光学分类

鄱阳湖是我国最大的淡水湖泊,受季风气候影响其水体空间动态变化大,且广阔的水域内部差异也较大,因此湖泊水体光学分类对反演湖泊水质参数及监测湖泊水质有着重要意义。以鄱阳湖为研究区,根据实测的反射光谱数据形态特征将鄱阳湖的水体分为4类:特别浑浊、中等浑浊、轻度浑浊和清水区,并分别对每一类结果进行分析。考虑到实测光谱数据局限于湖区某些离散点的情况,不足以观测整个鄱阳湖区域内所有不同水体类型的空间分布和动态变化,从而将该方法利用于遥感影像以便观测整个湖区水体类型。在Landsat OLI遥感影像上任意选取采样点,根据其波谱形态建立基于斜率的分类算法,并应用决策树模型把鄱阳湖水体分为5类:特别浑浊、中等浑浊、轻度浑浊、清水区和特别清澈,影像的分类结果图与实地考察的情况相一致。把模型应用于其他时期的遥感影像进行鄱阳湖水体分类,对比影像的分类结果图表明:2002、2005和2009年鄱阳湖区分别出现3种、4种和4种不同的水体类型,且水体浑浊范围呈现出动态变化。研究表明水体光学类型分类可以更好的监测湖泊水质的时空变异性。     

截污工程完成后武汉东湖自然净化速率探讨

根据几十年来武汉东湖水质监测资料和数据 ,在东湖截污工程完成后 ,没有新的污染物进入水体的前提下 ,对东湖水体通过自然净化恢复到健康状态所需要的时间进行了详细的数学推导和科学论证。结果表明 ,在不考虑地泥营养物质的情况下 ,东湖水体通过工业、农业、生活用水以及收获鱼类和高等植物造成的营养物的输出 ,只需要 3a左右的时间就能恢复。然而如果考虑地泥的影响 ,几十年沉积在地泥的营养物质持续向水体中释放 ,然后再通过用水及生物输出 ,东湖水质需要35a以上才能得到恢复。可见 ,截污后东湖在相当长的时间内还将处于富营养化状态 ,地泥是造成东湖长期富营养化的关键。解决东湖污染问题的关键是清除地泥 ,因此得出结论 :挖底泥后引入长江水源来加速东湖水体改善的最佳途径     

基于IHA/RVA法的近年来鄱阳湖生态水位变异研究

湖泊水位是影响其生态功能正常发挥的重要因素，开展湖泊水位变异特征研究是正确认识湖泊水资源系统变化的前提。基于鄱阳湖区5个水文站1960~2014年的日水位监测数据，研究分析了近年来鄱阳湖水位年际变化的异常特征，并借鉴IHA/RVA法，定量揭示了2000~2014年鄱阳湖生态水位变异程度及其空间差异。结果表明：鄱阳湖水位近年来下降明显，湖口、星子和都昌站年平均水位自2009年以来呈现高度一致的变化特征，水位差几乎消失；2000~2014年鄱阳湖生态水位发生中度改变，整体改变度为38.86%；各水文站改变程度由高到低依次为都昌站、星子站、湖口站、康山站和棠荫站；主要水位指标体系中6和11月平均水位、最小3日和30日平均水位、年最高水位出现时间、年高水位频率和年水位减少率等指标变异程度均达到50%以上。近年来鄱阳湖水位异常及其空间差异与人为采砂导致的湖盆地形变化密切相关，这种水位变异已对湖泊湿地生态系统产生了众多不利影响。