2,4,4'-三溴联苯醚的光降解研究

以固相微萃取(SPME)结合气相色谱(GC)、气相色谱-质谱联用(GC/MS)技术作为分析检测手段,研究光源、有机溶剂、无机盐与腐殖酸对BDE-28光降解的影响,实验结果表明,光源是影响其降解的主要因素,其次,丙酮、铜离子和腐殖酸对其降解的影响较显著.光源对BDE-28光降解速率的影响为300 W汞灯500 W金卤灯100 W汞灯500 W氙灯;有机溶剂对BDE-28降解速率的影响为甲醇/水(1∶1)甲醇己烷甲苯乙腈丙酮;无机离子的影响各有差别:K+、Na+、SO2-4、NO-3、Cl-对BDE-28降解影响不明显,而Fe3+、NH+4促进BDE-28的降解,Fe2+、Cu2+、Br-抑制BDE-28的降解;腐殖酸抑制BDE-28的降解.     

Ethics in the Societal Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms: A (Re)Quest for Sense and Sensibility

Via a historical reconstruction, this paper primarily demonstrates how the societal debate on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) gradually extended in terms of actors involved and concerns reflected. It is argued that the implementation of recombinant DNA technology out of the laboratory and into civil society entailed a “complex of concerns.” In this complex, distinctions between environmental, agricultural, socio-economic, and ethical issues proved to be blurred. This fueled the confusion between the wider debate on genetic modification and the risk assessment of transgenic crops in the European Union. In this paper, the lasting skeptical and/or ambivalent attitude of Europeans towards agro-food biotechnology is interpreted as signaling an ongoing social request – and even a quest – for an evaluation of biotechnology with Sense and Sensibility. In this (re)quest, a broader-than-scientific dimension is sought for that allows addressing the GMO debate in a more “sensible” way, whilst making “sense” of the different stances taken in it. Here, the restyling of the European regulatory frame on transgenic agro-food products and of science communication models are discussed and taken to be indicative of the (re)quest to move from a merely scientific evaluation and risk-based policy towards a socially more robust evaluation that takes the “non-scientific” concerns at stake in the GMO debate seriously.     

人工湿地中一株高效低温菌的分离鉴定与去除特性研究

为了寻找在低温条件下能够净化城市污水的微生物,取南四湖人工湿地的底泥,对其中的微生物进行驯化后,从中分离出在低温条件下生长速率及代谢速率都较高的6株菌.根据这6株菌对模拟废水的去除效果从中筛选出去除效率最高的菌株E,其对模拟废水中COD、总磷、氨氮的去除率分别为62.92％、56.42％、50.63％.经形态特征、生理生化特性及16S rDNA序列分析鉴定,该菌株为黄假单胞菌(Pseudomonas flava),命名为Pseudomonas tiava WD-3.研究表明,菌株E最适温度、pH和盐度分别为16℃、6.0 ～8.0、1％,最佳碳源和氮源分别为蔗糖、蛋白胨.在最适生长条件下的去除试验表明,菌株E对模拟污水COD、总磷、氨氮的去除效果有明显的提高,分别是最初试验值的1.20、1.25、1.02倍,且去除性能稳定.因此,该菌株在湿地对城市污水的生物治理中具有良好的应用前景和很大的发展空间.     

Acquisition of fission–fusion social organization in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) community released into the wild

The social aspects of primate reintroduction are of primary importance to the success of release programs and need to be assessed through the study of changes in social behavior over time. This study reports on the development of social structure and organization in a community of 37 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) released into the wild in the Conkouati Douli National Park, Republic of Congo. Analyses of post-release monitoring data collected over 10 years on association patterns between individuals show that during the years following individual releases, chimpanzees exhibited changing social structure and organization until they stabilized in one community living in a fission–fusion system. Social organization development was directly affected by several factors including community size and experience in the wild, while social structure was affected by individual characteristics: gender, pre-release history, and release history. Similarities between social structure and organization observed in the released community and wild chimpanzee communities demonstrate that the release program is a success from a social point of view.     

乌江流域大气降雨中不同形态汞的时空分布

2006年1～12月测定了乌江流域5个水库库区大气降雨中不同形态汞的浓度.结果表明,总汞、溶解态汞、颗粒态汞、活性汞、甲基汞的浓度范围分别为7.49～149.13ng·L-1、1.23～10.02ng·L-1、5.76～141.92ng·L-1、0.56～2.94ng·L-1、0.082～0.821ng·L-1.降雨中颗粒态汞为主要形态,约占总汞比例的67.6%～96.1% (平均87%),活性汞、甲基汞占总汞的比例分别为5.1%和0.68%.除活性汞外,其它形态汞的浓度存在明显的季节变化趋势,冬春季的浓度明显高于夏秋季,而不同形态汞的空间分布特征不明显.降雨中汞的浓度主要受降雨量及燃煤等人为活动的影响.     

Removal of sorbed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soil, sludge and sediment samples using the Fenton's reagent process

The use of the Fenton's reagent process has been investigated for the remediation of environmental matrices contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Laboratory experiments were first conducted in aqueous solutions, to study the kinetics of oxidation and adsorption of PAHs. Benzo[a]pyrene was more rapidly degraded than adsorbed, while only partial oxidation of fluoranthene occurred. In the case of benzo[b]fluoranthene, its adsorption prevented its oxidation. Besides competition effects between PAHs were found, with slower oxidation of mixtures as compared to single PAH solutions. Apparition of some by-products was observed, and a di-hydroxylated derivative of benzo[a]pyrene could be identified under our conditions. Consequently, application to solid environmental matrices (soil, sludge and sediment samples) was performed using large amounts of reagents. The efficiency of the Fenton treatment was dependent on the matrix characteristics (such as its organic carbon content) and the PAH availability (correlated to the date and level of contamination). However, no pH adjustment was required, as well as no iron addition due to the presence of iron oxides in the solid matrices, suggesting the potential application of Fenton-like treatment for the remediation of PAH-contaminated environmental solids.     

Chemically mediated burrow recognition in the Mexican tarantula <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brachypelma vagans</Emphasis> female

Chemically mediated communication is common in spiders but has been poorly studied in burrowing tarantulas. This study aimed to determine whether chemical cues influence the behaviour of females of Brachypelma vagans, a Mexican species of tarantula, during encounters with previously inhabited burrows or with extracts from the silk of conspecific females. In laboratory choice tests, female tarantulas entered a burrow that had previously been inhabited by a conspecific female significantly more frequently than a burrow that had never been inhabited. The identity of the previous inhabitant also affected the number of spiders that chose to enter a burrow. Spiders were quicker to choose and enter a burrow previously inhabited by themselves than a burrow previously inhabited by a conspecific or a burrow that had not been previously inhabited. Hexane, methanol and dichloromethane extracts of conspecific silk elicited different responses from female tarantulas when extracts were placed on filter paper disks at one end of an experimental arena with a control filter paper disk, on to which the corresponding solvent alone had been pipetted, placed on the other end of the arena. Spiders showed the strongest responses to hexane extracts of silk, with a significant preference to move towards the hexane extract and a significantly greater period of time spent in proximity to the hexane extract compared to the control disk. Overall and in contrast to expectations, tarantulas were most strongly attracted to the cues left by other conspecific females. As encounters between B. vagans females usually lead to aggression and mortality of one of the participants, we conclude that chemical cues are not signals that are deliberately released by burrow-inhabiting females but may inadvertently escape and cannot be easily suppressed.     

H2O2氧化铜绿微囊藻致嗅物质及灭藻效应研究

分别以不同浓度梯度的H_2O_2为氧化剂,研究其对铜绿微囊藻致嗅物质β-环柠檬醛的去除效果和藻细胞的灭活程度.结果表明,当藻细胞密度为1.01×10~6cells·m L~(-1)时,H_2O_2对胞外β-环柠檬醛的氧化较为迅速,反应1 min内即可去除75%以上,而对胞内β-环柠檬醛的降解比较缓慢,只有在投加4或5 mg·L~(-1)时才能取得显著效果;其降解的二级动力学速率常数为57.12 L·mol~(-1)·s~(-1);H_2O_2的氧化能力相对较弱,不足以导致藻细胞剧烈破碎,但也因此而减少了藻毒素的释放;并且H_2O_2可使溶解性有机物各个组分的荧光强度明显降低,荧光峰中心位置也发生了一定的偏移;因细胞壁和细胞膜受到损害,浓度为4 mg·L~(-1)以上的H_2O_2能够充分灭活藻细胞.