Chemical Elements and their Source Apportionment of PM10 in Beijing Urban Atmosphere |
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Authors: | Lu Senlin Shao Longyi Wu Minghong Jiao Zheng Chen Xiaohui |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Environmental Science & Engineering and International Environmental Research Center (IERC), GIST, Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea;(2) Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea;(3) Department of Resource Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea;(4) Research and Development Center, Halla Engineering and Construction Corp., Seoul, South Korea |
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Abstract: | Ecological health in a temperate stream impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) was evaluated by using a multimetric approach
of the Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) based on natural fish assemblage. Recently, this approach has been widely used
in many developed countries as a tool for ecological risk assessments of water environments. We used 10 metric systems, instead
of 12 metrics suggested by Barbour, M. T., Gerritsen, J., Snyder, B. D., & Stribling, J. B. (1999). Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers: Periphyton, benthic Macroinvertebrates and Fish, 2nd edn. EPA 841-B-99-002. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, for a development of the
regional IBI model, and used trophic guilds, habitat guilds, and richness variables for the calculation of IBI values. In
the model, the attributes of four of 11 metrics were modified for the regional application. IBI values in the stream averaged
20.6 (n = 5), indicating a “poor condition” in terms of ecological health according to the modified criteria of U.S. EPA (1993).
Fish Field and Laboratory Methods for Evaluating the Biological Integrity of Surface Waters. EPA 600-R-92-111. Environmental Monitoring systems Laboratory – Cincinnati office of Modeling, Monitoring systems, and quality
assurance Office of Research Development, U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268. In particular, mean IBI values in the impacted
areas of sites 2 and 3 were 13, and this health condition was categorized as “very poor condition.” IBI values in the impacted
sites were significantly lower than the values found in the control. Also, we found that fishes in site sites 2 and 3 were
not present during the study, and morphological deformity of Rhynchocypris oxycephalus was observed in site 4, influenced directly by sites 2 and 3, indicating a chemical impact in the sites. From the results
of experiments in which AMD was treated with marine shells at stagnant condition, pH increased up to 6.0 from 3.1, and Fe
and Al were removed up to 99% within 6 h. In the reactor experiment considering field application, pH of effluent maintained
around 7.0. In addition, concentrations of Fe, Al, and heavy metals decreased remarkably in the effluents, and bottom-opened
screen between neutralizer basins showed high effectiveness in the treatment of AMD. |
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Keywords: | Acid mine drainage Bioassessment Ecosystem health Neutralizer Stream restoration |
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