A Framework for Evaluating the Effects of Human Factors on Wildlife Habitat: the Case of Giant Pandas

Abstract: To address the complex interactions between humans and wildlife habitat, we developed a conceptual framework that links human factors with forested landscapes and wildlife habitat. All the components in the framework are integrated into systems models that analyze the effects of human factors and project how wildlife habitat would change under different policy scenarios. As a case study, we applied this framework to the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province (southwestern China), the largest home of the giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ). We collected ecological and socioeconomic data with a combination of various methods ( field observations, aerial photographs, government documents and statistics, interviews, and household surveys) and employed geographic information systems and systems modeling to analyze and integrate the data sources. Human population size has increased by 66% and the number of households in the reserve has increased by 115% since 1975, when the reserve was established. During the same period, the quality and quantity of the giant panda habitat dramatically decreased because of increasing human activities such as fuelwood collection. Systems modeling predicted that under the status quo, human population in the reserve would continue to grow and cause more destruction of the remaining panda habitat, whereas reducing human birth rates and increasing human emigration rates would lower human population size and alleviate human impacts on the panda habitat. Furthermore, our simulations and surveys suggested that policies encouraging the emigration of young people would be more effective and feasible than relocating older people in reducing human population size and conserving giant panda habitat in the reserve.     

错流膜生物反应器水力清洗特性研究

采用外压管式聚砜－聚丙烯腈共混超滤膜进行错流膜生物反应器水力清洗特性研究,结果表明,清洗时采用高膜面流速、低操作压力和限制透过液对流传递作用有利于错流膜生物反应器通量的恢复,这符合膜藏去除过程中的传质机理;适宜的膜面流速应稍大于临界流速ｖｋ＝１．９２ｍ／ｓ,清洗时间应控制在１０ｍｉｎ,适宜的清洗操作压力为０．０７ＭＰａ。     

冻融对土－水系统中亚硝酸盐积累的影响

利用不同类型土壤－水系统，加入一定量的ＫＮＯ＿３溶液，进行温度和冻融对脱氮化作用的影响以及亚硝酸盐积累规律的研究，培育实验结果表明，低温下，尤其是冻融条件下亚硝酸盐积累，是由于冻融加强有机质的分解及矿化作用所引起。将此结果用来解释克山病环境地球化学病因：急性克山病往往发生在冬春季节，这可能与冻融条件下水体中大量积累亚硝酸盐有关。     

蒸汽喷射离子发生器及其应用

介绍一种新型蒸汽喷射离子发生器，并将这种发生器作为预荷电器，在旋风除尘器上进行除尘增效改造应用的试验。结果表明粉尘的预荷电及静电凝并可以增加除尘效率。     

汽油储罐火灾爆炸事故定量安全评价方法简析

以某化工企业汽油储罐为例,针对储罐可能发生的火灾爆炸事故,采用道化学危险指数法和池火灾伤害数学模型分析两种评价方法进行定量评价,对两种评价方法的评价结果进行了对比、分析.     

土壤和沉积物的有机质组分对水中非离子有机物吸着的影响

在２５℃下，分别测定来自水各地的四种土壤和八种沉积物吸着水溶液中的１，２－二氯苯和四氯化碳的吸附等温线，所有的等温线呈线性，表明土壤和沉积物吸着水溶液中的非离子有机物的过程是分配机理，土壤或沉物的本身用有机碳标化的吸附系数（Ｋｏｃ）之间差异不大，而土壤的和沉积物之间的Ｋｏｃ则存在显著性差异，这是由于沉积物有机质成分的极性小于土壤有机质成分的极性造成的，沉积物质吸着上述两种有机物的Ｋｏｃ约是土壤的Ｋ     

综合地球物理方法在城市活断层探测中的应用综述——以哈尔滨城市活断层探测项目为例

综述从活动断裂的研究和进展出发,通过追溯国内外活动断裂研究发展历史,结合当前城市活动断裂研究的理论与方法,认为地球物理的综合物探手段在城市活断层探测工作中将会越来越重要。文中重点介绍了城市活断层探测工作中所采用的地球物理方法的类型,以及在区域探查与初步鉴定阶段、详细探测与精确定位阶段、孕震构造探测阶段可能涉及到的各种地球物理探测方法、适用范围及所能解决的主要问题等。文章结合哈尔滨城市活断层探测项目实例,表明在面对岩石和地层的众多物性差异和勘查结果的多解性时,地球物理的综合物探方法在提高资料的反演和解译准确度方面具有十分重要的意义。     

燃油锅炉燃烧过程SO2的生成与排放特征

燃料燃烧过程是大气污染物的重要来源之一，对人体健康、空气质量和气候变化产生非常重要的影响。以62台燃油锅炉（≤10.5 MW）的燃料特性分析数据和SO₂排放实测数据为基础，通过统计分析方法，研究了燃油燃烧过程中燃油硫含量S和过量空气系数α对硫的转化率、SO₂排放因子和排放浓度的影响，获得了基于燃料消耗量、燃料发热量的SO₂排放因子EF_C、EF_H以及SO₂标态折算浓度C′_SO2与硫含量S间的关联式。结果表明，在过量空气系数α＞1的燃油燃烧过程中，EF_C、EF_H、C′_SO2与燃油硫含量S呈现出显著的线性正相关性，而与过量空气系数α无关，其关系式分别为：EF_C=18.86602×S，EF_H=443.78751×S ，C′_SO2＝1 509.28337×S；硫转化率η和基于燃料硫含量的SO₂排放因子EF_S则与燃油硫含量S和过量空气系数α无关，其平均值分别为96.3％和1.93 kg/kg。     

Comparison of a diurnal vs steady-state ozone exposure profile on growth and yield of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) in open-top chambers in the Yangtze Delta, China

Most available exposure-response relationships for assessing crop loss due to elevated ozone (O₃) have been established using data from chamber and open-top chamber experiments, using a simulated constant O₃ concentration exposure (square wave), which is not consistent with the diurnal variation of O₃ concentration that occurs in nature. We investigated the response of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) to O₃ as affected by two exposure regimes: one with a diurnal variation (CF100D) and another with a constant concentration (CF100). Although the two exposure regimes have the same mean O₃ concentration and accumulated O₃ concentration above 40 ppb (AOT40), our results show that O₃ at CF100D reduced biomass and number of pods/plant more than O₃ at CF100. Both O₃ exposures resulted in larger seed weights/100 pods compared to CF. Numbers of seeds/100 pods were reduced by CF100, while numbers of seeds/100 pods in the CF100D chambers were comparable to those in CF. Our results suggest that chamber experiments that use a constant O₃ exposure may underestimate O₃ effects on biomass and yields.