Assessing biological and chemical signatures related to nutrient removal by floating islands in stormwater mesocosms

Aquatic floating plants on BioHaven mats were tested for their potential use as a Best Management Practice to be incorporated within existing stormwater detention ponds. Plants were analyzed for their capability to remove nutrient-pollution in parallel with the study of ecological dynamics. Experiments were carried out in cylindrical mesocosms of 5 m diameter and 1.2 m height, above-ground pools with a water volume of 14 m³. The design parameters tested were for 5% and 10% vegetated floating island coverage of the mesocosm, both with and without shoreline plants called littoral zone. This littoral shelf was 0.5 m thick, graded at a downward slope of 1:5 toward the center using loamy soil with low organic matter content, excavated from below turf grass. Endemic plant species were chosen for the experimental location in central Florida based on a wetland identification manual by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to ensure the study was not compromised by unique climate requirements of the plants. Nutrient and aquatic chemical conditions such as pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, turbidity, and chlorophyll a were monitored to understand their relationships to the general wetland ecosystem. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis identified the microbial activity near the rhizospheric zone. Logistical placement considerations were made using spatial sampling across the horizontal plane of the mesocosms, beneath and around the root zone, to determine if nutrients tend to aggregate around the floating island. This study concluded that the application of floating islands as a stormwater technology can remove nutrients through plant uptake and biological activity. The most cost-effective size in the outdoor mesocosms was 5% surface area coverage of the mat.     

高州水库水质与浮游生物动态分析

为评价分析流域治理对水质的影响，于2000年丰水期和枯水期调查了高州水库（石骨库区）营养状态及浮游生物分布，并与历史资料进行比较分析。从2000年的数据来看，水库营养水平属于寡中营养型；丰水期的营养水平，浮游植物丰度及Chl a含量均高于枯水期，丰水期以蓝藻，绿藻和硅藻为主要优势种，而枯水期主要为蓝藻，浮游动物丰度枯水期远高于丰水期，以桡足类的广布中剑水蚤（Mesocyclops leuckarti)，无节幼体，桡足幼体以及枝角类的角突网纹Sao(Ceriodaphnia cornuta)和长额象鼻Sao(Bosmina logirostris)为主，与1988年的数据相比，总磷含量大幅度下降（0.021-0.006mgL^-1)，尽管总氮含量呈上升趋势（0.405-0.820mgL^-1)，但总的营养水平有所下降，浮游生物种类与丰度发生了较大变化。浮游植物种类组成由蓝藻占绝对优势演变为以蓝藻，绿藻和硅藻为主要优势种，浮游动物则由桡足类和枝角类取代原生动物和轮虫，成为主要的优势种群。浮游植物和浮游动物丰度均大幅度下降，说明经过近十年的流域治理，水库水质得到一定的改善。图3表4参19     

Contemporary changes in open water surface area of Lake Inle, Myanmar

From 1935 to 2000, the net open water area of Inle Lake in Central Shan State, Myanmar decreased from 69.10 to 46.69 km², a loss of 32.4% during this 65-year period. Local beliefs are that losses in lake area have been even greater within the last 100–200 years. Various activities, including timber removal, shifting agriculture in the uplands by various ethnic groups, and unsustainable cultivation practices on the low- and mid-level hillslopes around the lake, have been blamed for both historical and ongoing sedimentation. We take issue with attributing loss of lake area to these activities, and propose instead that ongoing “in-lake” and “near-lake” agricultural practices are the main sources of contemporary sediment and loss of open water area. About 93% (i.e., 20.84 km²) of the recent loss in open water area of the lake is due to the development of floating garden agriculture, largely along the west side of the lake. Direct environmental impacts associated with this practice and with other agriculture activities within the wetlands and margins of the lake include sedimentation, eutrophication, and pollution. Whilst the sustainability of hillslope agriculture and past forestry practices can indeed be questioned, a more urgent need is to address these "in-lake" and "near-lake" practices.     

基于机器学习遥感算法的大型漂浮藻面积提取方法研究

采用基于机器学习的多层感知机算法,利用GOCI(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager)传感器获取的瑞利校正反射率数据,对东中国海大型漂浮藻进行遥感自动识别,采用线性混合像元分解来计算大型漂浮藻的覆盖面积,并利用膨胀和侵蚀法进行大型漂浮藻的分布面积计算。利用L8/OLI(Landsat 8/Operational Land Imager)高空间分辨率资料进行验证,结果表明,基于机器学习遥感算法针对GOCI提取的大型漂浮藻覆盖面积,与L8/OLI结果十分接近,R2达到0. 959,平均绝对误差和平均相对误差分别为39. 32 km2和18. 15%。     

采煤塌陷塘浮游生物对矿区生态变化的响应

通过分析淮南矿区生态环境对塌陷塘水体的影响及不同时序采煤塌陷塘浮游生物的种类变化,探讨了塌陷塘水域浮游生物对矿区生态变化的响应;从中发现塌陷初期硅藻-裸藻占优势,到中期随着营养水平的增加,绿藻-蓝藻成为水体主要藻类,经过很长时间的高营养化水平后,塌陷塘周边环境逐渐稳定,影响因素也趋于单一化,硅藻-裸藻再次成为水体的优势藻类.浮游动物种类则呈现明显下降趋势,且优势种也发生变化.这说明塌陷塘的浮游生物演替不同于一般的水库和湖泊.     

人工浮岛技术应用前景

人工浮岛技术是近年来发展迅速的一种生态污水处理技术,在国内外有许多报道。本文概括了人工浮岛技术的最新国内外研究进展,对人工浮岛技术存在的问题进行了分析,并对人工浮岛技术的应用前景进行了展望。     

浮头式换热器的腐蚀及对策

针对浮头式换热器的腐蚀现象,分析了造成腐蚀的多种原因,指出冷凝水的氧腐蚀应是主要因素。并给出了控制和解决氧腐蚀的几种方法。     

Metals in Zooplankton from the Baltic Sea, 1980-84

Between 1980 and 1984, plankton was collected for metal analysis during four expeditions in the Baltic Sea. for comparison, samples from adjacent areas of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean were also taken. the mixed net-plankton samples were analyzed by AAS for metals (Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu. Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn). the results are discussed with regard to spatial and temporal trends and for comparison with data from other authors. Correlations among the contents of the different metals and between the metal contents and 'external factors' including salinity, season, percentage of co-collected phytoplankton, and concentration of dissolved and particulate metals in the water are considered.

There is a tendency for higher metal contents in plankton from the brackish Baltic Sea (Al, Mn and Hg), while other metals (e.g. Cd) show higher levels in samples taken from the marine environment. Except for mercury, no clear correlations could be found between the metal content in plankton and the dissolved concentration of the same metal in the ambient water. Otherwise, the contents of aluminium, iron, manganese and zinc in the suspended particulate matter and in the plankton seem to be partly related to each other.