Rheum palaestinum (desert rhubarb), a self-irrigating desert plant

The rare plant Rheum palaestinum (Polygonaceae) is a perennial hemicryptophyte that grows during the rainy winter in desert mountainous areas in Israel and Jordan that receive an average annual rainfall of ca. 75 mm. It produces between one and four large round leaves that are tightly attached to the ground and form large rosettes of up to 1 m². These leaves differ markedly from the typical small leaves of most desert plants. Moreover, they have a unique 3D morphology resembling a scaled-down mountainous area with well-developed steep drainage systems, raising the question which selective agents were involved in their evolution. We propose that the large leaves collect rainwater that then infiltrates the soil surrounding the root. We measured the seasonal course of leaf growth, examined the area of wet soil surrounding the root after actual and simulated rain, and modeled the water harvesting capacity using the plant leaf area and the weekly precipitation. We show that even in the slightest rains, water flows above the veins to the leaf’s base where it irrigates the vertical root. A typical plant harvests more than 4,100 cm³ of water per year, and enjoys a water regime of about 427 mm/year, equivalent to the water supply in a Mediterranean climate. This is the first example of self-irrigation by large leaves in a desert plant, creating a leaf-made mini oasis. All authors contributed equally to this paper.     

剪切应力对好氧颗粒污泥形态结构和微生物活性的影响机制研究

对不同剪切应力(0.189、0.267、0.327和0.377 N/m2)下4个序批式反应器(SBR)中好氧颗粒污泥的形态结构、比耗氧速率(SOUR)以及胞外聚合物进行了对比分析.结果表明,好氧颗粒污泥具有稳定的基本形态特征,其微生物主要由杆菌、球菌和丝状菌组成;其中杆菌能承受高剪切作用.是剪切应力为0.377 N/m2时的优势菌群.4个反应器中污泥粒径分布范围分别为0.2-0.5、0.5-1.5、0.5-1.5和0.3-0.5 mm;SOUR分别为34.54、40.08、46.26和46.42 mg/(g·h),胞外多聚糖分别为59.71、66-81、80.88和109.99 mg/g,胞外蛋白质分别为9.29、9.80、12.35和17.02 mg/g.好氧颗粒污泥比耗氧速率SOUR和胞外聚合物与剪切应力有很好的正相关性.确定了好氧颗粒污泥微生物活性与剪切应力的响应关系.     

4种水生植物根际磷素耗竭效应的比较

利用短期盆栽试验和抖根法研究了喜旱莲子草(Alternanthera philoxeroides)、香蒲(Typha latifolia)、慈姑(Sagittaria sagittifolia)和芦苇(Phragmites communis)4种水牛植物的根际磷素耗竭效应,分析了植物根冠比、根系形态、磷素吸收有效性和磷素利用有妓性等差异,探讨了植物根际磷素耗竭效应的吸收利用调控机制.结果表明,与非根际土壤(有效磷含量为167.53ìg穏-1)相比,喜旱莲子草、香蒲、慈姑和芦苇根际土壤的有效磷含量分别减少至80.17、124.37、155.38和161.75ìg穏-1,水溶性磷含量分别减少了81%、42%、18%和16%.喜旱莲子草根系较小,但磷素吸收有效性高(1.32 mg·m-1),其磷素利用有效件不高(0.34 g·mg-1);香蒲的磷素吸收有效性虽然比喜旱莲子草低许多(0.52 mg·m-1),但其有强大的根系,且磷素利用有效性高(0.64 g·mg-1)、根冠比大(0.35).喜旱莲子草和香蒲耗竭根际磷素的能力高于慈姑和芦苇.     

假稻对铬的富集作用及其耐受能力研究

假稻属的李氏禾（Leersia hexandra）是中国境内发现的铬超富集植物。研究以其同属植物假稻（Leersiajapon ica）为材料,测定了假稻对铬（Cr^3＋）的富集能力及其在模拟铬污染的实验条件下的光合、生理和根系形态学指标。结果发现：（1）在0～40 mg·L^-1的Cr^3＋浓度范围内,假稻根茎和叶中铬的含量随铬质量浓度的提高而升高,在培养液中铬浓度为40 mg·L^-1时,根茎中铬含量高达2 292.00 mgLkg^-1,其生物富集系数为57.30;（2）浓度为10～40 mg·L^-1的Cr^3＋处理对假稻的叶绿素a和b含量、胞间CO2浓度（Ci）和气孔限制（LS）和净光合速率无明显影响;（3）叶片中脯氨酸含量变化趋势呈单峰型,在20 mg·L^-1的Cr^3＋时假稻叶片脯氨酸含量达到最高;（4）随着Cr^3＋浓度的升高,假稻根系的根尖数表现出升高的趋势,而根表面积（相对于对照组）也表现出增加的趋势。以上结果表明,假稻的根茎对Cr^3＋有很强的富集能力,且对Cr^3＋有较强的耐受性,这种耐受性有其光合生理和根系形态学上的基础,说明假稻在净化铬（Cr^3＋）污染的水体环境上很有应用前景。     

Effect of lead on survival, locomotion and sperm morphology of Asian earthworm, Pheretima guillelmi

To provide basic toxicity data for formulating risk characterization benchmarks, the effects of lead on survival, locomotion, and sperm morphology were investigated in the Asian earthworm Pheretima guillelmi. The LC50 of P. guillelmi for 7 and 14 d were 4285±339 mg/kg and 3207±248 mg/kg, which shows P. guillelmi can tolerate a higher concentration of lead nitrate. The average weight of the surviving earthworms decreased at concentration of 2800 mg Pb/kg soil, and the locomotor ability of earthworms exposed ...     

NiO纳米颗粒对小球藻(Chlorella sp.)细胞胁迫性的研究

从小球藻生长及细胞微观结构方面对比研究了纳米NiO与Ni2+对小球藻(Chlorella sp.)的胁迫性.结果表明概率单位法计算得纳米NiO对小球藻96 h EC50为31.4 mg/L,而Ni2+对小球藻96h EC50为1.73 mg/L,利用扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜研究了受纳米NiO和Ni2+胁迫前后小球藻细胞微观结构变化,结果表明,受Ni2+胁迫的小球藻多数出现细胞缩小、变形、细胞器损坏、空泡等细胞凋亡现象,而受纳米NiO胁迫的细胞则部分表现细胞凋亡现象,表明Ni2+对小球藻的毒性远大于纳米NiO.     

土壤容重改变对锌/镉超累积植物遏兰菜根系特征及吸镉的影响

为了探讨土壤容重的变化对锌/镉超累积植物遏兰菜(Thlaspi caerulescens)根系形态特征及吸收土壤中镉、锌的影响,采用土壤盆栽方法,研究了土壤结构改良剂(EB.a)对镉污染土壤(2.12 mg.kg-1)的容重和遏兰菜提取镉/锌效率的影响.EB.a用量分别为0、0.1%和2%,植物种植100 d后收获.结果表明,EB.a可有效地降低土壤容重,2%EB.a处理土壤容重从1.27g.cm-3降至1.09 g.cm-3;土壤容重的降低,促进了遏兰菜根系和地上部的生长;植物的总根长、根毛长、根冠比均显著提高(p0.05).随着植物根长的增加,遏兰菜地上部提取镉/锌总量均显著提高(p0.05).与对照相比,2%EB.a处理致使遏兰菜总根长增加了2.6倍,植物地上部镉浓度和提取总量分别提高了20%和30%,镉提取效率由15%提高至19%;但遏兰菜的地上部锌浓度和提取总量并没有显著变化.研究结果证实了改善土壤结构可以促进遏兰菜根系的生长从而提高植物对镉的提取效率.     

Effect of mass fraction of long flame coal on swelling pressure and microstructures of cokes

Long flame coal are abundant and widely distributed in China, but the resource utilization is quite low, the production efficiency is not high. Stamp-charging coke making technology can bend some long flame coal, which can reduce production cost and expand the coking coal resources. The long flame coal of different mass fraction is added into prime coking coal including fat coal from Longhu, 1/3 coking coal from Xinjian and coking coal from Didao in experiment. The swelling pressure is tested on-line detection using pressure sensor in coke making process, and the pores are observed by scanning electron microscopy. The results show that, the swelling pressure first increase and then decrease with the temperature increased and the maximum swelling pressure reduces gradually with mass fraction of the Long flame coal from Shenmu increased in coke making process. The SEM images of resultant coke display that the coke get more and more loose and the amount of pores is increased with mass fraction of the long flame coal from Shenmu increased. The amount pores and the pore diameter both is minimum for coking coal from Didao as prime coking coal under the same fraction of long flame coal.     

Porous FeOx/BiVO4-δS0.08：Highly efficient photocatalysts for the degradation of Methylene Blue under visible-light illumination

Porous S-doped bismuth vanadate with an olive-like morphology and its supported iron oxide （y wt.% FeOx/BiVO4-δS0.08, y = 0.06, 0.76, and 1.40） photocatalysts were fabricated using the dodecylamine-assisted alcohol-hydrothermal and incipient wetness impregnation methods, respectively. It is shown that the y wt.% FeOx/BiVO4-δS0.08 photocatalysts contained a monoclinic scheetlite BiVO4 phase with a porous olive-like morphology, a surface area of 8.8-9.2 m^2/g, and a bandgap energy of 2.38-2.42 eV. There was co-presence of surface Bi^5＋, Bi^3＋, V^5＋, V^3＋, Fe^3＋, and Fe^2＋ species in y wt.% FeOx/BiVO4-δS0.08. The 1.40 wt.% FeOx/BiVO4-δS0.08 sample performed the best for Methylene Blue degradation under visible-light illumination. The photocatalytic mechanism was also discussed. We believe that the sulfur and FeOx co-doping, higher oxygen adspecies concentration, and lower baudgap energy were responsible for the excellent visible-light-driven catalytic activity of 1.40 wt.% FeOx/BiVO4-δS0.08.     

混凝过程中絮体形貌的PIV成像观测与表征

采用粒子成像速度场仪(PIV)对Taylor-Couette反应器内的混凝过程中絮体的微观形貌进行了观测与表征.结果表明,内筒转速在20～60r/min范围内,生成的絮体颗粒较大,粒径分布均匀,絮凝沉淀效果最好.由于内筒旋转速度的变化直接导致混凝流场形态的变化,所以混凝过程中流场形态的变化对絮体生长过程有重要影响,进而直接影响到混凝效果.混凝过程中流场的周期性变化、涡间存在液体传递的波状涡结构有利于絮体颗粒的结合生长,并导致较高的絮凝沉淀去除率.这也说明PIV技术能够在测量流场的同时较好地反映混凝过程中微絮体的形貌变化特征,从而实现对絮凝过程的原位观测与表征.