麻痹性贝毒的表面等离子体共振快速检测方法研究

采用表面等离子体共振(SPR)技术研究了赤潮毒素麻痹性贝毒(PSP)的快速检测方法,分别采取固定化PSP抗体分子和PSP分子的方法,进行直接和间接检测溶液中PSP的含量,检测下限分别为70.2μg.L-1(~235 nmol.L-1)和0.5μg.L-1(~1.67 nmol.L-1),相对标准偏差(RSD)为4.2%~7.7%,回收率为101%~105%。检测方法的选择性好,样品、标准物和抗体的用量少,检测成本低,单个样品的测试时间不到10 min,能够满足赤潮毒素的快速检测需求。     

三峡库区大宁河2010年春季水华特征

以大宁河春季水华期间调查数据为基础,运用数理统计分析手段,通过描述大宁河春季水华期藻类及主要理化因子分布特征,揭示出影响藻类生长的主要因子。结果表明:大宁河春季水华期水华河段水体氮、磷含量较高,总氮浓度为1.2～4.11mg/L,平均值为1.748mg/L,总磷浓度为0.027～0.615mg/L,氮磷比均值为17.5。春季水华藻类适宜的光照强度为1400～3800lx,水温为13.0～14.0℃时叶绿素a含量有最大增长,平均水温为13.4℃,藻密度与总氮、总磷、水温、DO、pH、浊度、高锰酸盐指数呈显著正相关关系,与透明度呈负相关关系。回水河段流速小于0.05m/s,流速是藻类生长最主要的限制因子。大宁河回水河段春季水华藻类分布较广,主要有甲藻门、绿藻门、硅藻门、隐藻门、蓝藻门、裸藻门和黄藻门7门28属,其中甲藻门分布最广,其次是绿藻门。春季水华优势种主要有甲藻门的拟多甲藻,绿藻门的衣藻、小球藻,硅藻门的直链藻,蓝藻门的色球藻等。     

Current Status of Mathematical Models for Population Dynamics of Prymnesium parvum in a Texas Reservoir1

Grover, James P., Jason W. Baker, Daniel L. Roelke, and Bryan W. Brooks, 2010. Current Status of Mathematical Models for Population Dynamics of Prymnesium parvum in a Texas Reservoir. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 46(1):92-107. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00393.x Abstract: Blooms of the harmful alga Prymnesium parvum have apparently increased in frequency in inland waters of the United States, especially in western Texas. A suite of mathematical models was developed based on a chemostat (or continuously stirred tank reactor) framework, and calibrated with data from Lake Granbury, Texas. Inputs included data on flows, salinity, irradiance, temperature, zooplankton grazing, and nutrients. Parameterization incorporated recent laboratory studies relating the specific growth rate of P. parvum to such factors. Models differed in the number of algal populations competing with P. parvum, and whether competition occurred only by consumption of shared nutrients, or additionally through production of an allelopathic chemical by one of the populations, parameterized as cyanobacteria. Uncalibrated models did not reproduce the observed seasonal dynamics of P. parvum in Lake Granbury, which displayed a maximum population in late February during a prolonged bloom in cooler weather, and reduced abundance in summer. Sensitivity analyses suggested two modifications leading to predictions that better resembled observations. The first modification greatly reduces the optimal temperature for growth of P. parvum, an approach that disagrees with laboratory experiments indicating a strong potential for growth at temperatures above 20°C. The second modification increases the growth rate of P. parvum at all temperatures, in models including cyanobacterial allelopathy. Despite these adjustments, calibrated models did not faithfully simulate all features of the seasonal dynamics of P. parvum.     

Production of bio-oil from algal biomass and its upgradation to biodiesel using CaO-based heterogeneous catalysts

The present article deals with the production of bio-oil from algal biomass as well as the preparation and characterization of noble CaO-based heterogeneous catalyst for upgradation of bio-oil to biodiesel. The bio-oil has been extracted from algal biomass using hexane as solvent in soxhlet apparatus and upgraded to biodiesel by transesterification using noble CaO-based heterogeneous catalysts. Catalyst with TiO₂:CaO molar ratio of 0.25 and calcination temperature of 700°C has been found to be most suitable among all the catalysts developed. Characterization of the catalysts has been done by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). The input--output model has been developed to correlate experimental and predicted value of biodiesel yield. Optimization of process parameters has been done using response surface methodology. Various properties and elemental composition of algal bio-oil and biodiesel have been determined and compared with biodiesel.     

Mobility of Different Phosphorus Pools in the Sediment of Lake Dianchi during Cyanobacterial Blooms

By the method of P fractionation, we examined sedimentary P fractions in Lake Dianchi before and during cyanobacterial blooms, namely in April 2004 and August 2004, respectively. In this study, the whole lake is divided into four areas to discuss P fractions in sediment and the relationship between them and water quality or the nutrient status. The results show that where the water body was much more eutrophic (higher levels of total phosphorus, total nitrogen, chlorophyll and trophic status index) in Lake Dianchi, there can be more potentially available phosphorus (BD–P and NaOH–P) and less no available phosphorus (HCl–P and residual P) in the corresponding sediments. Statistical analysis and statistical plots are used to compare the distribution of every P fraction during cyanobacterial blooms with that before cyanobacterial blooms, and the results indicate that the different P fractions had the different mobility. HCl–P and residual P were relatively stable, while NaOH–P, BD–P and NH4Cl–P were more mobile. BD–P can intensively be released from sediment to water and consequently promote cyanobacterial blooms, and at the same time the NaOH–P concentration increased in sediment, which can result from that BD–P released can be partly immobilized to NaOH–P. During cyanobacterial blooms BD–P can be as a source, but NaOH–P as a sink. Besides, total phosphorus in sediment had no significant differences between two samplings.