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Scott N. Hamlin 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》1989,25(2):255-262
ABSTRACT: Water samples for dissolved mercury require special treatment because of the high chemical mobility and volatility of this element. Widespread use of mercury and its compounds has provided many avenues for contamination of water. Two laboratory tests were done to determine the relative permeabilities of glass and plastic sample bottles to mercury vapor. Plastic containers were confirmed to be quite permeable to airborne mercury, glass containers were virtually impermeable. Methods of preservation include the use of various combinations of acids, oxidants, and complexing agents. The combination of nitric acid and potassium dichromate successfully preserved mercury in a large variety of concentrations and dissolved forms. Because this acid-oxidant preservative acts as a sink for airborne mercury and plastic containers are permeable to mercury vapor, glass bottles are preferred for sample collection. To maintain a healthy work environment and minimize the potential for contamination of water samples, mercury and its compounds are isolated from the atmosphere while in storage. Concurrently, a program to monitor environmental levels of mercury vapor in areas of potential contamination is needed to define the extent of mercury contamination and to assess the effectiveness of mercury clean-up procedures. 相似文献
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David Cawthon Dyron Hamlin Auburn Steward Cory Davis Finis Cavender Phillip Goad 《毒物与环境化学》2013,95(4):597-604
Ammonia is one of the most widely produced and utilized chemicals in the U.S., and while numerous lab studies have been undertaken, there is no consensus on the odor threshold. In contrast to controlled lab conditions used to determine odor thresholds, the field conditions following unintentional chemical releases are uncontrolled and highly variable due to many factors. A critical component in managing the response to these chemical spills involves understanding how lab data could be applied to uncontrolled field conditions in and around the affected community. It was postulated that analysis of field data collected following accidental releases of ammonia might augment and verify data collected in lab experiments. The widespread transport and use of ammonia has resulted in a number of unintentional releases of ammonia into the environment as a result of train derailments, tanker spills, and plant accidents. In the field studies reported here, air monitoring data were collected following a variety of accidental ammonia releases. Of 6539 readings between 0 and 1 ppm, odor was detected only in 208 samples (3.2%). Of 65 readings between 1.1 and 1.5 ppm, odor was detected in 51 samples (78.5%). These data are consistent with an ammonia odor threshold within a concentration range of 1.1–1.5 ppm. This level is consistent with the recently published odor threshold data for ammonia, but is significantly lower than frequently cited historical data. Furthermore, a review of the ammonia literature demonstrates that the ammonia odor threshold is significantly lower than levels that produce eye, nose, or throat irritation. 相似文献
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Spatial and temporal variability modify density dependence in populations of large herbivores 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
A central challenge in ecology is to understand the interplay of internal and external controls on the growth of populations. We examined the effects of temporal variation in weather and spatial variation in vegetation on the strength of density dependence in populations of large herbivores. We fit three subsets of the model ln(Nt) = a + (1 + b) x ln(N(t-1)) + c x ln(N(t-2)) to five time series of estimates (Nt) of abundance of ungulates in the Rocky Mountains, USA. The strength of density dependence was estimated by the magnitude of the coefficient b. We regressed the estimates of b on indices of temporal heterogeneity in weather and spatial heterogeneity in resources. The 95% posterior intervals of the slopes of these regressions showed that temporal heterogeneity strengthened density-dependent feedbacks to population growth, whereas spatial heterogeneity weakened them. This finding offers the first empirical evidence that density dependence responds in different ways to spatial heterogeneity and temporal heterogeneity. 相似文献
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