Hunting Increases Dispersal Limitation in the Tree Carapa procera, a Nontimber Forest Product

Abstract:  The sustainability of seed extraction from natural populations has been questioned recently. Increased recruitment failure under intense seed harvesting suggests that seed extraction intensifies source limitation. Nevertheless, areas where more seeds are collected tend to also have more intense hunting of seed-dispersing animals. We studied whether such hunting, by limiting disperser activity, could cause quantitative dispersal limitation, especially for large crops and for crops in years of high seed abundance. In each of four Carapa procera (Meliaceae) populations in French Guiana and Surinam, two with hunting and two without, we compared seed fate for individual trees varying in crop size in years of high and low population-level seed abundance. Carapa seeds are a nontimber forest product and depend on dispersal by scatter-hoarding rodents for survival and seedling establishment. Hunting negatively affected the proportion of seeds dispersed and caused greater numbers of seeds to germinate or be infested by moths below parent trees, where they would likely die. Hunting of seed-dispersing animals disproportionally affected large seed crops, but we found no additional effect of population-level seed abundance on dispersal rates. Consistently lower rates of seed dispersal, especially for large seed crops, may translate to lower levels of seedling recruitment under hunting. Our results therefore suggest that the subsistence hunting that usually accompanies seed collection is at the cost of seed dispersal and may contribute to recruitment failure of these nontimber forest products. Seed extraction from natural populations may affect seedling recruitment less if accompanied by measures adequately incorporating and protecting seed dispersers.     

Fractionation of Cu, Pb and Zn in certified reference soils SRM 2710 and SRM 2711 using the optimized BCR sequential extraction procedure

Sequential extraction of metals from solid media is a common analytical tool used in environmental and exploration geochemistry. A number of procedures exist, but without harmonization and standardization, meaningful comparisons are tenuous without baseline data. A newly developed, standardized sequential extraction procedure (optimized BCR) was applied to two contaminated certified reference soils from Montana, US (SRM 2710 and SRM 2711) for Cu, Pb and Zn. Four operationally defined fractions were isolated, acid extractable, reducible, oxidizable, and residual (by aqua regia). Fraction-specific concentrations, percentages and recoveries for Cu, Pb and Zn were used to explore differences between the optimized BCR procedure and three other sequential extraction schemes with published data for SRM 2710 and 2711 (i.e. Tessier scheme, Geological Survey of Canada scheme and the original BCR scheme). Results indicate significant differences between the four schemes, even for schemes that are closely associated (i.e. the original and optimized BCR schemes). Order-of-magnitude fraction-specific concentration differences were observed, especially for Pb in the reducible fraction. Differences between schemes are worrisome because trends varied between metals, between fractions and between reference soils. These data reinforce the need for increased adoption of standardized sequential extraction procedures and further examination of different solid media.     

石油亚砜萃取巯基醋酸的研究

对石油亚砜(PSO)萃取巯基醋酸的条件和影响进行了实验研究,确定了石油亚砜通过氢键和巯基醋酸形成的萃合物的组成.为从废水中回收巯基醋酸以及石油硫醚的综合利用提供了依据.     

农村生活污水处理实用技术新进展

对高效藻类塘、一体化氧化沟、蚯蚓生态滤池和土壤毛细管渗滤净化系统四种实用工艺的特点和效果进行了介绍和分析，以供决策者参考。     

溶剂萃取--蒸汽蒸馏法处理含油污泥

为了实现含油污泥的资源化和无害化，对含油污泥进行了室温下的三氯甲烷溶剂萃取，然后在温度３２０～４８０℃、压力０．２ＭＰａ下进行水蒸汽蒸馏０～９０ｍｉｎ的掊油实验，结果表明含油污泥中加入３倍的萃取溶剂进行萃取，再按１ｇ油泥加０．５ｍＬ的水在４００℃下蒸馏，４５ｍｉｎ效果较好，脱油率达８０％～９５％。     

MAE/GC-MS测定底泥中PCBs的研究

采用微波辅助萃取、气相色谱柱分离、质谱检测器检测底泥中PCBs的含量.通过实验对微波辅助参数优化,研究表明优化后的微波辅助萃取法不仅能够取得与索氏萃取法相当的效果,而且它还具有溶剂用量少、提取时间短等优点,是提取底泥中PCBs较好的方法.     

Solid phase extraction of methomyl and thiodicarb from environmental water with an activated carbon cartridge and their determination by HPLC

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催化裂化废水连续萃取脱酚研究

选用焦化粗柴油为萃取剂，在转盘萃取搭连续试验装置中，对催化裂化含酚废水进行脱酚预处理。结果表明，用焦化粗柴油做萃取剂，进水ｐＨ值为８０～９０不加调节；油水比（体积比）１７∶１～２１∶１；转盘转数１１００ｒ／ｍｉｎ，酚萃取脱除率达到８５％以上。萃取后的粗柴油依据现有工艺而进行加氢精制，不需进行再生等后处理。整个萃取工艺简单易行，能满足预处理的要求     

煤飞灰中铬铁元素的形态分析研究

用连续提取法将煤飞灰中的铬、铁元素依结合态区分为水溶态,交换态,表面氧化物和碳酸结合态,铁锰氧化物结合态,金属有机物和硫化物结合态,磁性四氧化三铁结合态和硅铝酸盐矿物态,用原子吸收法及X-衍射分析进行测定。并对煤飞灰化学形态分布进行了讨论。     

溶济萃取法处理含硫酸及硫酸盐的废水

采用溶剂萃取法处理含硫酸及硫酸盐的工业废水，主产优质农用硫酸钾，副产氯化铵和氮钾复合肥，整个工艺过程基本无三废排放，实现了对该废水的综合有效治理。