Application of taxonomic distinctness indices of littoral macroinvertebrate communities for assessing long-term variation in ecological quality status of intertidal ecosystems, northern China

It has been increasingly recognized that taxonomic diversity indices have a number of desirable properties as an indicator for assessing ecological quality status, in particular their less sensitivity to natural habitat type and sampling effort but more to environmental stress and anthropogenic impact, and a statistical framework for the assessment of the significance of departure from expectation. Taxonomic patterns of macroinvertebrate fauna for assessing ecological quality status were studied based on six datasets collected from intertidal zones of the Yellow Sea, near Qingdao, northern China, during the period of 1989?C1998. The invertebrate communities were sampled yearly at five stations with different bottom types during summer season (June). A total of 141 macroinvertebrate taxa were identified belonging 119 genera, 81 families, 34 orders, 19 classes, and 10 phyla. Multivariate analyses demonstrated that the taxonomic patterns of invertebrate fauna represented a significant variation in long-term temporal scale during the study period. The average taxonomic distinctness indices (??⁺) decreased to a significantly low level, while the variation in taxonomic distinctness measures (??⁺) increased to a significantly high level compared with the expected values from 1989 to 1998. The pairwise indices of ??⁺ and (??⁺) showed a decreasing and increasing trend of departure from the expected taxonomic breadth in response to the environmental stress and anthropogenic impact, respectively. These results imply that the ecological quality status has been significantly deteriorated due to the increasing environmental stress and anthropogenic impact in intertidal zones of the Yellow Sea, northern China, and that the taxonomic distinctness indices of macroinvertebrate fauna are a robust indicator for evaluating ecological quality status.     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定土壤中重金属有效态浓度

采用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP/MS)法,结合内标技术,高效、快速地测定了土壤中Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd、Ni、Cr、Hg、As和Se 9种元素的有效态浓度.Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd、Ni、Cr、Hg的有效态采用0.1 mol/L NaNO3浸提,所得浸提液上机前预先稀释10倍;As和Se的有效态采用稀HCl浸提.结果表明,在测定所有空白、标准溶液及样品时均在线加入500 靏/L 45Sc/72Ge/209Bi内标溶液,有效地克服了基体效应、接口效应和仪器波动所产生的影响;0.15%(质量分数)NaCl\|1.0%(体积分数)HCl作为Hg标准溶液固定液,可保证1 靏/L Hg标准溶液7 d有效期;9种元素有效态的仪器检出限均在靏/L级以下,方法检出限<0.030 mg/kg,平均加标回收率为81%～121%,相对标准偏差为0.02%～1.21%.     

PX装置重芳烃管线冻凝原因分析与对策

分析了中国石化洛阳分公司二甲苯精馏装置重芳烃管线冻凝的原因,提出了预防管线冻凝的改进措施,并对回收均四甲苯提出建议.     

An approach to determining functional parameters of microperiphyton fauna in colonization surveys for marine bioassessment based on rarefaction curves

The functional parameters, i.e., the estimated equilibrium species number (S _eq ), the colonization rate constant, and the time taken to reach 90 % of S _eq (T ₉₀ ), of microperiphyton fauna have been widely used to determine the water quality status in aquatic ecosystems. The objective of this investigation was to develop a protocol for determining functional parameters of microperiphyton fauna in colonization surveys for marine bioassessment based on rarefaction and regression analyses. The temporal dynamics in species richness of microperiphyton fauna during the colonization period was analyzed based on a dataset of periphytic ciliates in Chinese coastal waters of the Yellow Sea. The results showed that (1) based on observed species richness and estimated maximum species numbers, a total of 16 glass slides were required in order to achieve coefficients of variation of <5 % in the functional parameters; (2) the rarefied average species richness and functional parameters showed weak sensitivity to sampling effort; (3) the temporal variations in average species richness were well-fitted to the MacArthur-Wilson model; and (4) the sampling effort of ~8 glass slides was sufficient to achieve coefficients of variation of <5 % in equilibrium average species number (AvS _eq ), colonization rate (AvG), and the time to reach 90 % of AvS _eq (AvT ₉₀ ) based on the average species richness. The findings suggest that the AvS _eq , AvG, and AvT ₉₀ values based on rarefied average species richness of microperiphyton might be used as reliable ecological indicators for the bioassessment of marine water quality in coastal habitats.