Kelp as a Bioindicator: Does it Matter Which Part of 5 M Long Plant is Used for Metal Analysis?

Kelp may be useful as a bioindicator because they are primary producers that are eaten by higher trophic level organisms, including people and livestock. Often when kelp or other algae species are used as bioindicators, the whole organism is homogenized. However, some kelp can be over 25 m long from their holdfast to the tip of the blade, making it important to understand how contaminant levels vary throughout the plant. We compared the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury and selenium in five different parts of the kelp Alaria nana to examine the variability of metal distribution. To be useful as a bioindicator, it is critical to know whether levels are constant throughout the kelp, or which part is the highest accumulator. Kelp were collected on Adak Island in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska from the Adak Harbor and Clam Cove, which opens onto the Bering Sea. In addition to determining if the levels differ in different parts of the kelp, we wanted to determine whether there were locational or size-related differences. Regression models indicated that between 14% and 43% of the variation in the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, manganese, mercury, and selenium was explained by total length, part of the plant, and location (but not for lead). The main contributors to variability were length (for arsenic and selenium), location (mercury), and part of the plant (for arsenic, cadmium, chromium and manganese). The higher levels of selenium occurred at Clam Cove, while mercury was higher at the harbor. Where there was a significant difference among parts, the holdfast had the highest levels, although the differences were not great. These data indicate that consistency should be applied in selecting the part of kelp (and the length) to be used as a bioindicator. While any part of Alaria could be collected for some metals, for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and manganese a conversion should be made among parts. In the Aleutians the holdfast can be perennial while the blade, whipped to pieces by winter wave action, is regrown each year. Thus the holdfast may be used for longer-term exposure for arsenic, cadmium, chromium and manganese, while the blade can be used for short-term exposure for all metals. Cadmium, lead and selenium were at levels that suggest that predators, including people, may be at risk from consuming Alaria. More attention should be devoted to heavy metal levels in kelp and other algae from Adak, particularly where they may play a role in a subsistence diets.     

基于遥感方法的巢湖水华月平均强度评价方法研究

以巢湖2009—2017年,每年4—10月(共63个月)的地面和遥感监测结果的日平均值作为基础数据,分别对地面和遥感监测指标求月平均值,根据各指标间的相关性,最终确定巢湖水华月平均强度评价的指标为藻密度、月累计水华面积、平均水华面积和大面积次数,对这4个指标分别采用分级赋分的方法进行评分,总评分等于4个指标评分之和,依据总评分的结果,将巢湖水华强度由弱至强分为5个等级。依据该评价方法,巢湖水华强度从4月—9月,基本由弱至强呈上升趋势,中间偶有波动,在9月前后达到峰值,水华强度一般为较强至强。     

藻类对生物发光法检测水体中细菌总数的影响

以上海市区的丽娃河、苏州河以及银锄湖三种水体为研究对象,研究藻类干扰对生物发光法检测水体中细菌总数的影响。分别测定了三种水体中的藻类数量,并对其中的藻类鉴定到了种的水平。对采自三种水体的水样分别采用2μm混合纤维素酯微孔滤膜过滤。结果表明,过滤是提高生物发光法测定水体中细菌总数灵敏度的一种必要而有效的手段。     

A simple Lagrangian model to simulate temporal variability of algae in the Elbe River

We present a five-year (1997–2001) numerical simulation of daily mean chlorophyll a concentrations at station Geesthacht Weir on the lower Elbe River (Germany) using an extremely simple Lagrangian model driven by (a) water discharge, global radiation, water temperature, and (b) silica observations at station Schmilka in the upper reach of the Elbe River. Notwithstanding the lack of many mechanistic details, the model is able to reproduce observed chlorophyll a variability surprisingly well, including a number of sharp valleys and ascents/descents in the observed time series. The model's success is based on the assumption of three key effects: prevailing light conditions, sporadic limitation of algal growth due to lack of silica and algae loss rates that increase above an empirically specified temperature threshold of 20 °C. Trimmed-down model versions are studied to analyse the model's success in terms of these mechanisms.In each of the five years the model consistently fails, however, to properly simulate characteristic steep increases of chlorophyll a concentrations after pronounced spring minima. Curing this model deficiency by global model re-calibration was found to be impossible. However, suspension of silica consumption by algae for up to 10 days in spring is shown to serve as a successful placeholder for processes that are disregarded in the model but apparently play an important role in the distinctly marked period of model failure. For the remainder of the year the very simple model was found to be adequate.     

Effect of copper and cadmium on carbon assimilation and uptake of metals by algae

Two species of blue green algae Spirulina platensis and Anacystis nidulans grown in artificial aqueous media were treated with Cu and Cd in concentrations of 0.01, 0.1, 1.0 and 10 ppm to study carbon assimilation and Chlorophyll (Chl) A content. The species were treated with concentrations of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 and 10.0 ppm to study the uptake of metals with exposure time. Carbon assimilation and Chl A content showed responses proportional to the concentration in the general form y = K + n ln C, where C is the concentration of metal in ppm, while in case of uptake the relation was y = KC”; (where C is the molar concentration x 10^‐6 of the metal). The n values in case of uptake was found to be < 1 indicating a non‐Langmuir type of sorption. The concentration factors of metals decreased with metal concentration in the medium.     

酸化水体中的藻类研究

为研究酸沉降对水生生态系统的影响,1991年至1992年间,对地处我国重酸雨区域的重庆市郊6个水体中的藻类进行了比较研究,结果表明,绿藻门的种类最多,占种类总数的50％以上,其次是蓝藻或硅藻。藻类的细胞密度、生物量和叶绿素ａ,在酸化水体中（pH值<5.0）分别为23.3～49.9万个/L,0.59～1.05mg/L和0.65～3.01mg/m3;在轻度酸化水体（6.0＞pH值＞5.0）分别为433.9～680.0万个/L,6.6～21.75mg/L和14.66～25.19mg/m3。三项指标均随水体酸度的增加而减少。酸化水体中的藻类生长潜力（AGP）很弱,低pH值和可给态磷的不足是造成AGP低的主要限制因素。     

环境因子对水华暴发的影响研究

水华是当水体藻类开始大量生长和繁殖并且聚集,最终达到一定浓度的现象。综述国内大型浅水湖泊及水库中影响水华暴发的环境因素的研究现状,分析水体营养条件以及适宜的气象、水文、生物条件等有利于藻类生长或聚集的环境影响因子,同时简介中国水华污染现状。对水华暴发研究领域的未来发展具有一定参考价值。     

铜、镍、铅、锌4种重金属对水田土壤藻类的综合效应

为确定污水、污泥的农田施用标准,使用正交试验表L₉（3⁴）研究了4种重金属铜、镍、铅和锌在低、中、高3种浓度下对土壤藻类的数量和种类的影响。混合重金属使土壤藻类的种群结构发生改变,使蓝藻数量减少,硅藻数量或减少或增加,视条件而定,裸藻成为优势种。在土壤－藻类体系中重金属临界值铜为50mg/kg,镍为50mg/kg,铅为150mg/kg,锌为300mg/kg。     

阳离子化壳聚糖改性黏土絮凝去除藻华

壳聚糖改性黏土可以用于治理藻华,但未经改性的壳聚糖具有电荷密度小、溶解度小、pH适用范围较窄以及分子质量较小等缺点,影响了壳聚糖改性黏土除藻的性能。为了优化壳聚糖的絮凝除藻性能,以二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵为阳离子醚化剂,在微波条件下对壳聚糖进行改性合成阳离子型壳聚糖,并研究了阳离子壳聚糖溶解度随pH的变化,以及用它改性后的黏土颗粒的表面电位的变化,并对阳离子壳聚糖改性黏土和壳聚糖改性黏土的絮凝除藻性能进行比较。结果表明,阳离子壳聚糖在酸性和碱性条件下都具有很好的溶解性,经其改性后的黏土颗粒的等电点（pH 10.8）显著高于壳聚糖改性黏土的等电点（pH 9.5）。在絮凝实验中,阳离子壳聚糖改性黏土的最大除藻率达到99%,藻絮体粒径为978 μm,即使在pH为10时,仍有87%的去除率。结果表明,阳离子壳聚糖改性黏土的除藻性能明显优于未改性的壳聚糖改性黏土。