Evidence for contact sex recognition pheromone of the Asian longhorned beetle,<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Anoplophora glabripennis</Emphasis> (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Field observations of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) mating behavior in China suggested that a female-produced contact pheromone was almost certainly involved in sex recognition. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of A. glabripennis adults' whole body cuticular extracts indicates that a series of long-chain hydrocarbons comprise the cuticular waxes of both sexes. Although for the most part the GC profiles are similar for the two sexes, five monounsaturated compounds were consistently more abundant in samples from females than in those from males. These compounds were identified as (Z)-9-tricosene, (Z)-9-pentacosene, (Z)-7-pentacosene, (Z)-9-heptacosene, and (Z)-7-heptacosene in the approximate ratio of 1:2:2:8:1, respectively. Antennal and palpi contact to a polypropylene micro-centrifuge tube coated with a synthetic mixture of the five compounds stimulated copulatory behavior in males.Electronic Supplementary Material  Supplementary material is available for this article if you access the article at . A link in the frame on the left on that page takes you directly to the supplementary material.     

Size effect of Pt nanoparticles in acid-assisted soot oxidation in the presence of NO

Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts with mean Pt particle size ranged from 2.7 to 7.1 nm were synthesized by chemical reduction method, and the sulfated counterparts were prepared by impregnation of sulfuric acid. The turnover frequency of platinum for soot oxidation under loose contact conditions in a feed flow containing NO and O₂ are positively correlated with the size of platinum. The sulfated Pt/Al₂O₃ exhibits higher catalytic activity for soot oxidation in the presence of NO despite their reduced ability for NO₂ production. Such a contradiction is more significant for those catalysts with smaller platinum particles. Herein, the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), inductive coupled plasma (ICP) emission spectrometry, CO chemisorption, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), NH₃ temperature-programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD), NO temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO) and NO_x temperature-programmed desorption (TPD). Possible effect of Pt particle size for the catalytic oxidation of soot in the presence of NO was presented based primarily on the promoted NO₂ transfer efficiency onto the soot pushed by the acidic catalysts.     

Optimizing the crystallinity and acidity of H-SAPO-34 by fluoride for synthesizing Cu/SAPO-34 NH3-SCR catalyst

A series of H-SAPO-34 zeolites were synthesized by a hydrothermal method in fluoride media. The as-synthesized H-SAPO-34 zeolites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), N₂ physisorption, temperature-programmed desorption of NH₃ (NH₃-TPD) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. The results showed that a certain concentration of F⁻ anions promoted the nucleation and crystallization of H-SAPO-34. The H-SAPO-34 synthesized in the fluoride media showed high crystallinity, uniform particle size distribution, large specific surface area and pore volume, and enhanced acidity. Therefore, Cu/SAPO-34 based on the fluoride-assisted zeolite showed a broadened temperature window for the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH₃ (NH₃-SCR) reaction due to the enhanced acidity of the zeolite and the improved dispersion of copper species.     

磷石膏改善苏打碱土理化性质效果分析

分析了磷石膏对苏打碱土团聚体稳定性、饱和导水率和盐分淋洗效果的影响.结果表明:水稳定大团聚体质量分数和饱和导水率均随磷石膏施用量的逐渐增加而不断提高,磷石膏施用量达到100%GR时,水稳性大团聚体质量分数从对照的0.03%增加到33.31%,饱和导水率从对照的0.13 mm·d~(-1)提高到3.14 mm·d~(-1);出流液电导率和pH均随磷石膏施用量的增加而降低,磷石膏施用量达到100%GR时,出流液电导率和pH分别从对照的8.85 mS·cm~(-1)和10.26降低到3.46mS·cm~(-1)和9.83.因此,磷石膏对苏打碱土理化性质的改良效果十分显著.     

1984—2015年太湖地区大气能见度变化遥感监测与评价

研究收集整理了1984—2015年太湖区域342幅Landsat系列卫星遥感影像，利用ENVI软件FLAASH模块计算获取了区域大气能见度均值，通过太湖周边苏州、无锡、常州3市地面自动站能见度监测值加以验证，并在此基础上对1984—2015年该地区大气能见度遥感监测结果进行了分析与评价。研究结果表明：太湖地区在20世纪80年代能见度水平相对较好，20世纪90年代后逐渐下滑，总体呈下降趋势。2015年遥感反演能见度均值为14.80 km，与1984年的21.46 km相比下降了31.05%，下降速率约为0.21 km/a。     

异化的碳

气候变化作为全球关注的热点,已涵盖政治、经济、外交和科技进步等诸多层面。文章通过对由于气候变化而异化的“碳”进行了分析,认为“碳”已成为不依人的主观意志而独立存在物质,并可能引发新一轮的科技进步。     

煤炭型城市河流沉积物重金属地球化学基线厘定及应用[KH*9]——以安徽宿州市为例

煤炭型城市是重金属富集的重要区域,国内外学者对其河流沉积物重金属地球化学基线研究较少。本研究在煤炭型城市宿州市沱河和环城河沉积物39个采样点重金属含量测试的基础上,运用相对累积频率法对Fe、Ti、V、Cr、Cu、Zn、As及Pb8种重金属地球化学基线进行厘定,并以地球化学基线值为评价标准,通过沉积物富集系数法和内罗梅指数法进行污染程度分析。结果表明:Fe、Ti、V、Cr、Cu、Zn、As和Pb的地球化学基线值分别为2.37%、0.29%、61.7mg/kg、43.0mg/kg、33.9mg/kg、62.1mg/kg、13.0mg/kg和25.3mg/kg,其中Fe、Ti、V、Cr和Pb低于安徽省土壤背景值,而Cu、Zn和As高于安徽省土壤背景值;宿州煤炭产业及其相关产业的发展导致该区域河流沉积物重金属富集程度较高,其中市中心环城河流沉积物重金属污染程度高于沱河;与背景值相比,地球化学基线的探索能够反映水体沉积物重金属元素在水-沉积物界面的反应及迁移特性,其在污染程度分析和人为影响识别的应用更具有现实意义,。     

规范排污权交易促进可持续发展

阐述了排污交易产生的背景，排污权与排污许可的概念，排污交易政策在美国的发展，并以闵行区10多年来的工业废水排污交易为例，说明了排污交易的巨大环境经济效益，提出了有关规范排污权交易，促进可持续发展的建议。     

太湖蓝藻的时空变化规律及治理方法

利用2009─2012年丰水期和平水期的生物调查获取的环境和生物数据,研究太湖蓝藻的时空分布规律,分析蓝藻分布与其他物理、化学和生物因子（如温度、酸碱性、有机物和营养盐含量、浮游植物与浮游动物密度等）的相关关系。结果表明：太湖水质基本上超出V类地表水指标,主要的超标因子是总氮。总氮在丰水期和平水期的质量浓度分别为3.05 mg·L-1和1.65 mg·L-1,总氮在丰水期质量浓度降低的主要原因可能是丰水期蓝藻迅速生长,吸收了大量的营养盐。蓝藻仍是太湖浮游植物的优势种。2009─2012年太湖蓝藻的密度随年份无明显变化,但随季节和区域存在显著差异：丰水期蓝藻密度均值为4.87×10^7cell·L-1,明显高于平水期蓝藻密度（1.51×10^6 cell·L-1）;太湖东部采样点蓝藻密度明显低于其他湖区。影响蓝藻的非生物因素包括温度、酸碱度和营养盐,高温、偏碱性和高营养盐含量都会增加蓝藻的密度。蓝藻与其他浮游植物和大型水生植物之间存在竞争关系,蓝藻密度增加促进了枝角类的生长。推荐利用机械打捞和大型水生植物修复方法,因为这2种方法可在降低蓝藻密度的同时去除水体中的有机物和营养盐,可以从根本上降低太湖蓝藻水华的风险。增加其他藻类和枝角类控制蓝藻水华方法可行性较差：1）蓝藻暴发时期其它藻类对能量和营养的竞争能力弱于蓝藻,难以抑制蓝藻的生长;2）在太湖中增加枝角类可能降低现有蓝藻的密度,但建立完整的食物链体系降低富营养化程度,防范生物调控中可能存在的生态风险（如其他藻类水华等）较困难。