Sustainable innovation in wastewater management: lessons for nutrient recovery and reuse

Urine diversion (UD) has great potential to contribute to sustainably managing wastewater by separating urine at the source and recovering nutrients for reuse in agriculture. While factors enabling the UD technology in Sweden are thought to involve policies supporting nutrient recovery/reuse, on closer inspection, the variable success of UD systems has revealed that critical factors for success also relate to human-centred issues of social organisation, participation and incorporation of social knowledges of a variety of stakeholders into the decision-making process in which new technologies are trialled and adopted. Through the analytical lens of strategic niche management, we consider how early experimentation in UD has involved user participation and whether internal processes of learning, networking and visioning have been consciously considered and to what effect. As niche experiments are enabled/disabled not only by informal institutions such as values and social norms but also formal regulatory institutions, we have concurrently analysed the broader environment in which policies and institutions influence, to varying degrees, the uptake of UD.     

生态位理论研究论述

生态位研究一直是国内外研究的热点,本文简单的阐述了生态位理论的发展情况,以及目前在生态位理论的相关应用方面所存在的一些问题,旨在为生态位研究提供一些理论依据.     

Porphyrobacter sp.D22F的降解特性及其在石油降解菌群中的生态位

为揭示多环芳烃(Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,PAHs)降解微生物资源的多样性和石油降解菌群的优势菌,研究了从南海沉积物中分离得到的一株PAHs降解菌D22F的降解特性及其在石油降解菌群D22-1中的生态位.对菌株D22F进行16S rRNA基因同源性分析及透射电镜观察以初步确定其种属,通过培养法、气相色谱质谱联用(GC-MS)测定其多环芳烃降解范围和降解率,通过简并引物PCR扩增其PAHs双加氧酶大亚基基因片段并进行系统发育分析,采用变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)监测石油降解菌群中的优势菌.结果表明,与菌株D22F的16S rRNA基因相似度最高的模式株为产卟啉杆菌属Porphyrobacter tepidarius DSM 10594T(AF465839;98.55%).该菌株能降解萘、甲基萘、苊、硫芴、菲、蒽等;对初始浓度为0.2 g/L菲10 d后的降解率可达90%以上.从其基因组DNA中克隆到的PAHs起始双加氧酶大亚基基因phnAc与Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM 12444中的质粒pNL1(CP000676)上的bphA1f基因相似度最高,达到99.41%.DGGE谱图显示,菌株D22F是石油降解菌群中的3种优势菌之一,在传代菌群中可稳定存在.Porphyrobacter sp.D22F为产卟啉杆菌属(Porphyrobacter)中首株以低分子量PAHs为唯一碳源和能源的菌株,是石油降解菌群的优势菌.     

改进生态位理论用于水生态安全优先调控

引进模糊数学隶属度的概念,改进了传统的生态位理论,以漳卫南运河流域上、中、下游的3个典型城市(县)(潞城市、新乡县与德州市)为例,计算其在12个资源轴不同梯度上的隶属度、生态位宽度与生态位重叠,并基于此分析了水生态安全的优先调控区与优先调控指标. 结果表明:①潞城市、新乡县、德州市的平均生态位宽度分别为1.332、1.441、1.289,说明新乡县在12个资源轴上均具有较强的适应能力,而德州市的适应能力最弱;潞城市、新乡县、德州市的平均生态位重叠分别为2.097、2.285、2.318,说明德州市与其他2个典型城市(县)在资源利用上具有相似性,尤其是德州市与新乡县在资源利用上具有较高的相似性,可能存在潜在竞争. ②3个典型城市(县)均对森林覆盖率、万元GDP用水量、水资源开发利用率的改变具有较强的适应性;3个典型城市(县)在人均水资源量资源轴上的生态位重叠最大,并集中于一个较窄的梯度区间内,可能会引发潜在竞争. ③德州市是漳卫南运河流域未来水生态安全保障的优先区和水生态安全改善的优先调控区,而人均水资源量、人均GDP、产水模数、城市环境用水所占比例等4个指标均可作为未来水生态安全改善的调控指标,其中人均水资源量是优先调控指标.      

“湛茂阳”区域滨海旅游多维生态位及竞合发展策略研究

构建湛江、茂名、阳江3市和谐的滨海旅游竞合关系是粤西滨海旅游协同一体化高质量发展的重要内涵与实现途径。基于2012—2017年“湛茂阳”区域滨海旅游相关统计数据,构建了滨海旅游生态位测评指标体系,运用旅游生态位理论模型综合测评了“湛茂阳”区域滨海旅游生态位宽度、扩充度和重叠度,深入分析了“湛茂阳”区域滨海旅游产业综合竞争力、竞争态势与竞争程度。结果发现:①“湛茂阳”区域滨海旅游生态位宽度呈现“水平低、均衡化”的结构特征,3市滨海旅游产业综合竞争力与影响力弱,旅游综合竞争力从大到小的排序依次为湛江、茂名、阳江。②“湛茂阳”3市滨海旅游综合生态位扩充态势不明显,扩充度水平整体呈现均质化特征,局部存在一定程度的分异。③“湛茂阳”区域滨海旅游生态位重叠度高,旅游竞争激烈,旅游协同合作发展水平与效应较低。最后,从区域滨海旅游生态位的协同、错位、扩充3个视角科学提出了“湛茂阳”区域滨海旅游竞合发展策略。     

生态修复后九曲湾水库浮游动物优势种演替及生态位特征分析

探究生态修复后九曲湾水库浮游动物优势种生态位特征及主要影响因素,为九曲湾水库及相关饮用水源地水库生态系统的保护、修复提供理论和技术支撑。于生态修复前2014年4月(平稳期)、2014年7月(爆发期),2015—2016年生态修复后12月(枯水期)、4月(平水期)、7月(丰水期)进行数据采集,采用优势度、Levins生态位宽度、Petrailis生态位重叠指数等方法,对九曲湾水库浮游动物优势种演替、生态位特征及主要影响因素进行分析。结果表明,九曲湾水库生态修复前共鉴定浮游动物30种,其中轮虫类26种,桡足类4种,枝角类未检出;生态修复后共鉴定浮游动物50种,其中轮虫类30种,枝角类13种,桡足类7种。生态修复前,平稳期到爆发期优势种的更替率为75%,爆发期到生态修复后枯水期优势种的更替率为80%。生态修复后,枯水期到平水期优势种的更替率为66.6%,平水期到丰水期季节更替率为57.14%,共同优势种为裂足臂尾轮虫(Brachionus diversicornis)、汤匙华哲水蚤(Sinocalanus dorrii)。九曲湾水库浮游动物优势种生态位宽度在0.250—0.931之间,生态修复前和生态修复后广生态位种类占全部优势种的75%、58.33%、70%、33%、0。优势种生态位重叠指数在0—0.998之间,生态位重叠程度差异较大,平稳期、爆发期、枯水期、平水期、丰水期生态位重叠指数大于0.6的分别占53.57%、50%、73.33%、66.67%、66.67%。生态修复前影响浮游动物优势种生态位分化的主要因素是水温(WT)、溶解氧(DO),生态修复后影响浮游动物优势种生态位分化的主要因素是总磷(TP)、叶绿素(Chl.a)。研究表明,生态修复前蓝藻水华发生期影响浮游动物生态位分化的环境因子为物理因子,生态修复后影响浮游动物生态位分化的环境因子为营养盐。     

岷江上游山区聚落生态位地理特征与驱动因子间关系研究

山区聚落生态位反映聚落在山地垂直方向上所处的空间位置及人类生活所能利用的资源空间,是当地居民长期适应山地自然环境的结果。基于岷江上游各民族山区聚落生态位和气象、社会、地形驱动因子的空间分布,借助冗余分析,构建山区聚落生态位地理特征与驱动因子间的多水平贝叶斯模型,定量刻画聚落生态位的民族属性对山区聚落生态位地理特征与驱动因子间关系的影响。结果表明:(1)影响研究区域内1 667个与各民族聚落生态位地理特征的驱动因子有显著差异,海拔和坡度对前者影响较大,海拔、坡度、干季和湿季湿度、距河流距离对后者影响较大,且海拔对两者的影响程度都最大,海拔和坡度地形驱动因子与干、湿季湿度和距河流距离间的相关性较弱。(2)干、湿季湿度气象驱动因子对藏-羌聚落生态位地理特征影响较大,距河流距离和距县城距离社会驱动因子、海拔和坡度地形驱动因子对藏族聚落生态位地理特征影响较大,这与藏族聚落生态位的分布面积和个数有关。(3)民族类型对聚落生态位地理特征指标与气象因子干季湿度间关系的影响最大,对聚落生态位地理特征指标与地形因子坡度间关系的影响最小。岷江上游山区聚落生态位地理特征与驱动因子间关系的研究,为量化山区聚落生态位与山地环境的关系提供了有效的数据支撑。     

Biogeography of diseases: a framework for analysis

A growing body of literature offers a framework for understanding geographic and ecological distributions of species; a few applications of this framework have treated disease transmission systems and their geography. The general framework focuses on interactions among abiotic requirements, biotic constraints, and dispersal abilities of species as determinants of distributional areas. Disease transmission systems have key differences from other sorts of biological phenomena: Interactions among species are particularly important, interactions may be stable or unstable, abiotic conditions may be relatively less important in shaping disease distributions, and dispersal abilities may be quite variable. The ways in which these differences may influence disease transmission geography are complex; I illustrate their effects by means of worked examples regarding West Nile Virus, plague, filoviruses, and yellow fever.     

从生态位到可持续发展位:概念的演进

生态位概念是生态学的一大基石，它主要有基础生态位、实际生态位和多维生态位三个基本概念。而由生态位概念发展来的生态位理论则是生态学的支柱。由于生态位概念揭示的是生态个体、种群和物种生存与竞争的普遍规律。因此。20世纪80年代以来。它开始被引入社会科学研究的领域。成为研究人类社会巨系统中的一个分析工具。由此也有了从生态位到发展位。再到可持续发展位的演进。由生态位概念发展而来的基于可持续发展理论的可持续发展位概念，是我们研究全球可持续发展体系的一个重要视角。由于构成可持续发展位的可持续发展因子的集合不同，形成了不同的“可持续发展位。概念，主要有可持续发展基本位，可持续发展理想位，可持续发展优势位和可持续发展关键位，它们共同成为“可持续发展位”的不同一性。     

Genetic Structure of Herpetofauna on Halmahera Island,Indonesia: Implications for Aketajawe‐Lolobata National Park

Abstract: Genetic variation within species—a priority for biodiversity conservation—is influenced by natural selection, demography, and stochastic events such as genetic drift. We evaluated the role of these factors in 14 codistributed species of reptiles and amphibians on the Indonesian island of Halmahera by testing whether their molecular variation was correlated with geographic distance, ecology, riverine barriers, or Halmahera's paleoisland precursors. We found support for isolation by distance effects in four species. Two of these four were also significantly affected either by rivers or by ecology. A fifth species was significantly affected by ecology and a sixth was significantly affected by Halmahera's paleoislands. [Correction added after publication 9 December 2009: the previous sentence was edited for clarity.] These findings—the most comprehensive survey of multispecies genetic variation on Halmahera to date—bode well for the efficacy of the recently established Aketajawe‐Lolobata National Park in conserving a substantial component of vertebrate genetic variation on this island. Future success of conservation efforts will depend crucially, of course, on funding for and enforcement of conservation management of this park.