水中N-亚硝胺的富集及色谱分析测试技术

N-亚硝胺化合物是一类新发现的饮用水消毒副产物,因其具有强致癌性而成为研究热点.本文以水体中痕量N-亚硝胺为对象,综述了近年来的富集及色谱分析测试方法,比较了不同富集技术如液液萃取、固相萃取和固相微萃取技术的优缺点及应用现状.其中GC技术灵敏度高、适用水体范围广,其灵敏度完全满足常见8种N-亚硝胺的分析检测;该方法的缺点是不适于直接分析挥发度低、热不稳定的N-亚硝胺.LC技术可直接分析某些气相色谱难以分析的极性强、挥发度低、分子量大及热不稳定的N-亚硝胺如N-亚硝基二苯胺(NDPh A),缺点是对质谱仪的灵敏度要求较高,当采用低分辨率的串联质谱仪检测复杂水体中亚硝胺时易出现假阳性结果.通过阐述气相色谱(GC)及液相色谱(LC)技术在水体N-亚硝胺测试中的应用,为精确分析水中N-亚硝胺含量提供方法参照.     

饮用水中卤代硝基甲烷的分布特点、来源及毒性研究进展

卤代硝基甲烷（HNMs）是饮用水消毒过程中常见的一类含氮消毒副产物（N-DBPs）,相比已受监管的消毒副产物（DBPs）具有更强的细胞毒性和遗传毒性.本文简述了HNMs在水中分布特点和来源,并从致突变性、细胞毒性、遗传毒性、致癌性等方面总结了其毒性效应和毒性机制,以期引起广大人群对HNMs的关注,为饮用水安全保障和HNMs控制提供科学参考依据.     

饮用水中消毒副产物的消减措施

为了去除水中的病毒和细菌等有毒物质,在饮用水中添加氯是最常用的一种消毒方法.但是由于加入的氯会与水中的天然有机物(NOM)反应,产生包括三卤甲烷(THMs)和卤乙酸(HAAs)在内的各种氯化消毒副产物.这些消毒副产物的去除对饮用水的安全是一个值得关注的问题.     

新型含氮消毒副产物的生成机制及毒性研究进展

含氮消毒副产物(N-DBPs)具有很高的生物毒性和致癌性,近年来受到广泛关注。本文对目前N-DBPs的研究进展进行了概述,重点总结了典型N-DBPs包括卤乙腈(HANs)、卤代硝基甲烷(HNMs)、卤代乙酰胺(HAcAms)和亚硝胺(NAs)的生成机制;并归纳了N-DBPs的毒性效应和毒性机制。根据N-DBPs的生成途径,应该重点控制水中含胺类氮源前体物,并优化设计消毒剂种类和投加方式,在控制病原体的前提下,尽量削减高毒性N-DBPs的生成。本研究旨在为控制消毒副产物生成、提高饮用水水质提供理论参考。     

超高效液相色谱/质谱联用仪分析消毒副产物——卤乙酸

目前,大多数自来水的消毒主要是采用氯消毒法,该法便捷、经济,目的是控制水中致病菌,使其满足人类的健康要求,然而,氯消毒会产生副产物,如三卤甲烷(THMs)、卤乙酸(HAAs)等.这使得饮用水的致癌风险明显增加,研究表明:饮用氯消毒水使患膀胱癌、直肠癌和结肠癌的危险增加,早期消毒副产物的毒理学研究偏重于三卤甲烷类,最近对卤乙酸的致癌性研究逐渐增加,目前,消毒副产物问题是国际给水界的热点问题之一.     

二氧化氯与氯联合消毒对饮用水中消毒副产物的影响

为了研究二氧化氯与氯联合消毒工艺过程中消毒副产物的形成规律以及特点,探讨二氧化氯对氯化消毒副产物的控制效果,对我国北方某市使用同一水源的4家水厂消毒工艺进行全面的采样与检测,并对各项消毒副产物检测结果进行了全面的分析.结果表明,二氧化氯与氯联合消毒比单纯液氯消毒形成的三卤甲烷平均降低74.39%,卤乙酸平均降低40.6...     

离子色谱法测定饮用水中亚氯酸盐、氯酸盐、溴酸盐、二氯乙酸及三氯乙酸

消毒副产物(Disinfection by-products,DBPs)是指用消毒剂对饮用水消毒时,消毒剂与水中含有的天然有机物反应生成的化合物.随着水处理技术的发展,对水处理中产生的各类消毒副产物的研究也日益关注.氯气、漂白粉和臭氧在消毒过程会产生少量对人体健康不利的副产物,如亚氯酸盐、溴酸盐和氯酸盐等.其中溴酸盐是饮用水中臭氧消毒的副产物,已被世界卫生组织和美国EPA列为潜在的致癌物,甚至在含量低至1μg.L-1也有致癌的作用.美国环境保护署(USEPA)和世界卫生组织(WHO)在最新的饮用水法规中规定饮用水中溴酸盐的含量不得超过10μg.L-1.我国最新的饮用水规范中也建议生活饮用水中溴酸盐的最高含量不允许超过10μg.L-1.卤代乙酸(haloacetic acids,HAAs)是饮用水加氯消毒时氯与水中存在的天然有机物反应生成的一类消毒副产物,通     

饮用水氯化消毒新副产物2,2,4-三氯-5-甲氧基-环戊-4-烯-1,3-二酮(TCMCD)的测定

自上个世纪70年代发现饮用水消毒副产物(Disinfection byproducts,DBPs)三卤甲烷(THMs)以来,已有近600种DB-Ps被发现和鉴定.最新的研究发现,一些新检出的DBPs如二甲基亚硝胺、卤代硝基甲烷较常规的DBPs三卤甲烷、卤代酸等具有更大的细胞毒性及基因毒性,开展对未知DBPs的研究对于保障人类的饮水安全有着重大的意义.     

生活饮用水中消毒副产物卤乙酸的UHPLC-MS/MS分析

采用Agilent UHPLC1290-6460QQQ建立了自来水中消毒副产物9种卤乙酸的高效快速分析方法.本方法采用Zobax Plus Eclipse C8和甲醇-水流动相体系在4 min实现一氯乙酸（MCAA）、二氯乙酸（DCAA）、三氯乙酸（TCAA）、一溴乙酸（MBAA）、二溴乙酸（DBAA）、三溴乙酸（TBAA）、一氯一溴乙酸（BCAA）、一氯二溴乙酸（CDBAA）和一溴二氯乙酸（BDCAA）的分析;在1—100μg.L-1浓度范围内,9种卤乙酸的相关系数（R2）均大于0.99;50μg.L-1浓度下,连续进样6针,RSD在1.98%—4.04%范围内.其中二氯乙酸和三氯乙酸在1μg.L-1浓度下,信噪比（S/N）分别为：315和50.本方法完全满足生活饮用水卫生标准要求,可以作为消毒副产物卤乙酸类物质的监测方法.     

饮用水中高分子量消毒副产物的检测识别方法

消毒是饮用水处理过程中的重要步骤,但普遍采用的氯系消毒剂在杀灭细菌病毒的同时,能产生大量具有“三致”效应的卤代消毒副产物（DBPs）,严重威胁了饮用水的化学安全.研究人员已在饮用水中陆续检测并识别出700多种DBPs,但这些已知DBPs均为分子量小于800 Da的低分子量DBPs,目前对高分子量DBPs的认识还较为有限.本研究建立了基于基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱（MALDI-TOF MS）的高分子量DBPs检测方法,发现在基质为2,5-二羟基苯甲酸,阳离子化试剂为三氟乙酸钠,使用三明治法点靶,反射-正离子模式,90%激光强度时,信噪比和信号重现性达到最优,信噪比之和达到了136.2,变异系数（CV）则为4.77%.利用上述方法,在模拟饮用水中检测到5种新的高分子量DBPs.在此基础上,通过同位素模式分析、TOF/TOF串联质谱和数据库验证,建立了针对未知高分子量DBPs的分子式/结构式识别方法,确定新的高分子量DBPs为寡糖羧酸类物质.     

Rapid,recurring, structured survey versus bioblitz for generating biodiversity data and analysis with a multispecies abundance model

A bioblitz inexpensively and quickly generates biodiversity data, but bioblitzes are often conducted with haphazard, unreplicated sampling. Results tend to be taxonomically, geographically, or temporally biased, lack metadata, and consist of lists of observed taxa that do not enable further analyses or correction for imperfect detection. A rapid, recurring, structured survey (RRSS) uses a structured sampling design and temporal and spatial replication to survey randomly selected sites on a conservation property. We participated in a loosely structured bioblitz and a subsequent RRSS at Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve in Springville (St. Clair County), Alabama (USA) to compare observed richness derived from the 2 survey approaches. The RRSS data structure enabled us to fit models that accounted for imperfect detection to estimate abundances, occupancy probabilities, and habitat associations. The loosely structured bioblitz data could not be used in such models. We present a new integrated multispecies abundance model that we applied to avian RRSS data. Our model extension enables estimation for the community, employs data augmentation to estimate the number of undetected species, and incorporates covariates. The RRSS generated a more comprehensive and less biased list of observed taxonomic richness than the loosely structured bioblitz (e.g., 73 vs. 45 bird species and 104 vs. 63 insect families from the RRSS vs. loosely structured bioblitz, respectively). Models fit to the RRSS data identified seasonal patterns in avian community composition and allowed for estimation of habitat–occupancy relationships for insect taxa. The RRSS protocol has potential for broad transferability as a standardized, quick, and inexpensive way to inventory biodiversity and estimate ecological parameters while providing an outreach opportunity.     

Compliance with and ecosystem function of biodiversity offsets in North American and European freshwaters

Land-use change via human development is a major driver of biodiversity loss. To reduce these impacts, billions of dollars are spent on biodiversity offsets. However, studies evaluating offset project effectiveness that examine components such as the overall compliance and function of projects remain rare. We reviewed 577 offsetting projects in freshwater ecosystems that included the metrics project size, type of aquatic system (e.g., wetland and creek), offsetting measure (e.g., enhancement, restoration, and creation), and an assessment of the projects’ compliance and functional success. Project information was obtained from scientific and government databases and gray literature. Despite considerable investment in offsetting projects, crucial problems persisted. Although compliance and function were related to each other, a high level of compliance did not guarantee a high degree of function. However, large projects relative to area had better function than small projects. Function improved when projects targeted productivity or specific ecosystem features and when multiple complementary management targets were in place. Restorative measures were more likely to achieve targets than creating entirely new ecosystems. Altogether the relationships we found highlight specific ecological processes that may help improve offsetting outcomes.     

Representation of the world's biophysical conditions by the global protected area network

Protected areas (PAs) are often implemented without consideration of already existing PAs, which is likely to cause an overrepresentation of certain biophysical conditions. We assessed the representativeness of the current PA network with regard to the world's biophysical conditions to highlight which conditions are underprotected and where these conditions are located. We overlaid terrestrial and marine PAs with information on biophysical conditions (e.g., temperature, precipitation, and elevation) and then quantified the percentage of area covered by the PA network. For 1 variable at a time in the terrestrial realm, high temperature, low precipitation, and medium and very high elevation were underrepresented. For the marine realm, low and medium sea surface temperature (SST), medium and high sea surface salinity (SSS), and the deep sea were underrepresented. Overall, protection was evenly distributed for elevation across the terrestrial realm and SST across the marine realm. For 2 variables at a time, cold and very dry terrestrial environments had mostly low protection, which was also the case for low SST and low and medium SSS across most depths for marine environments. Low protection occurred mostly in the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula for the terrestrial realm and along the Tropic of Capricorn and toward the poles for the marine realm. Although biodiversity measures are of prime importance for the design of PA networks, highlighting biophysical gaps in current PAs adds a frequently overlooked perspective. These gaps may weaken the potential of PAs to conserve biodiversity. Thus, our results may provide useful insights for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to establish a more comprehensive global PA network.     

Quantitative composition of the defensive secretion ofBledius species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) is adapted to naturally occurring predators

Summary The adaptation of defensive secretions to their target organisms was examined for the abdominal gland secretions ofBledius furcatus, B. spectabilis andB. arenarius. Therefore the target organisms of the secretion of theseBledius species (i.e. their predators) had to be identified. At the collection sites examined these were the earwigLabidura riparia, the antCataglyphis bicolor, the flyLispe candicans, different carabids of the generaPogonus, Dichirotrichus, Dyschirius, Bembidion andCalathus and the wading birdsHaematopus ostralegus andCalidris alba. The secretion of the abdominal glands contains the toxin ptoluquinone dissolved in either-dodecalactone and 1-undecene (B. furcatus andB. spectabilis) or in octanoic acid and octyloctanoate (B. arenarius). The ratio of these solvents is species-specific. Application experiments using some of the natural insect predators (L. riparia, C. bicolor, Pogonus, Di. gustavii, Dyschirius) revealed that these solvent ratios provided a more effective deterrent than other possible ratios. Thus by combining the solvents in certain ratios, the capability of cuticular penetration and therefore the effectiveness of the defensive secretions are adapted to their natural targets.     

Democracy versus development: New urban debates

The politics of development includes subtexts of choice, as underpinned by community consensus (or lack of it), against the larger backdrop of a liberal democracy, with its intricate power structures that influence the choice of concepts and often lead to complicity rather than consent. A dilemma exists between the understanding of field-level practitioners and that of academics, whose understandings of progress differ. Progress can (and often does) imply long-term change across generations whereas development is often more a matter of crisis management and delivering tangible results to end-users. This makes it a bone of contention across political systems, irrespective of local or global dynamics. Development can emerge as a tool to be wielded for power and further political mileage at the expense of progress. Progress cannot be studied as a counterpoint to development as the sense of history is often missing in development interventions. Development tends to be piecemeal as its very logic often stems from the rationale of power. This is not to suggest, however, that development is only about politics; it is definitely more than the politics of everyday life and involves all of civil society that requires its critical and immediate attention. In this sense, it has become a priority for politicians with an underlying agenda designed to out-manouevre dissent and all statements of protest.     

A palaeo-hydrogeological model for arsenic contamination in southern and south-east Asia

An argument is presented in which areas of natural arsenic contamination of modern groundwaters throughout Asia have a common origin. Arsenic originally accumulated in oceanic ferro-manganoan sediments of the eastern Palaeo-Tethys. This was further concentrated through oceanic crustal extinction in what later became the south-east Chinese accreted mineralised terrain. Proto-Himalayan uplift of this area created the palaeo-drainage systems of the Ganges – Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Mekong, and Red Rivers, with consequent headwater erosion of arsenic-rich sediments. Their downstream deposition as immature and easily redistributed Neogene sandstones, silts, and iron-rich clays has created secondary and tertiary reservoirs of adsorbed and authigenic arsenic, from which the current arsenic-rich groundwaters have evolved. Considering river basins within the above palaeo-hydrogeological framework provides a basis for assessing the risk of arsenic in groundwater basins of south and south-eastern Asia.     

A framework to measure the wildness of managed large vertebrate populations

As landscapes continue to fall under human influence through habitat loss and fragmentation, fencing is increasingly being used to mitigate anthropogenic threats and enhance the commercial value of wildlife. Subsequent intensification of management potentially erodes wildness by disembodying populations from landscape-level processes, thereby disconnecting species from natural selection. Tools are needed to measure the degree to which populations of large vertebrate species in formally protected and privately owned wildlife areas are self-sustaining and free to adapt. We devised a framework to measure such wildness based on 6 attributes relating to the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of vertebrates (space, disease and parasite resistance, exposure to predation, exposure to limitations and fluctuations of food and water supply, and reproduction). For each attribute, we set empirical, species-specific thresholds between 5 wildness states based on quantifiable management interventions. We analysed data from 205 private wildlife properties with management objectives spanning ecotourism to consumptive utilization to test the framework on 6 herbivore species representing a range of conservation statuses and commercial values. Wildness scores among species differed significantly, and the proportion of populations identified as wild ranged from 12% to 84%, which indicates the tool detected site-scale differences both among populations of different species and populations of the same species under different management regimes. By quantifying wildness, this framework provides practitioners with standardized measurement units that link biodiversity with the sustainable use of wildlife. Applications include informing species management plans at local scales; standardizing the inclusion of managed populations in red-list assessments; and providing a platform for certification and regulation of wildlife-based economies. Applying this framework may help embed wildness as a normative value in policy and mitigate the shifting baseline of what it means to truly conserve a species.     

Cost‐effective conservation of an endangered frog under uncertainty

How should managers choose among conservation options when resources are scarce and there is uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of actions? Well‐developed tools exist for prioritizing areas for one‐time and binary actions (e.g., protect vs. not protect), but methods for prioritizing incremental or ongoing actions (such as habitat creation and maintenance) remain uncommon. We devised an approach that combines metapopulation viability and cost‐effectiveness analyses to select among alternative conservation actions while accounting for uncertainty. In our study, cost‐effectiveness is the ratio between the benefit of an action and its economic cost, where benefit is the change in metapopulation viability. We applied the approach to the case of the endangered growling grass frog (Litoria raniformis), which is threatened by urban development. We extended a Bayesian model to predict metapopulation viability under 9 urbanization and management scenarios and incorporated the full probability distribution of possible outcomes for each scenario into the cost‐effectiveness analysis. This allowed us to discern between cost‐effective alternatives that were robust to uncertainty and those with a relatively high risk of failure. We found a relatively high risk of extinction following urbanization if the only action was reservation of core habitat; habitat creation actions performed better than enhancement actions; and cost‐effectiveness ranking changed depending on the consideration of uncertainty. Our results suggest that creation and maintenance of wetlands dedicated to L. raniformis is the only cost‐effective action likely to result in a sufficiently low risk of extinction. To our knowledge we are the first study to use Bayesian metapopulation viability analysis to explicitly incorporate parametric and demographic uncertainty into a cost‐effective evaluation of conservation actions. The approach offers guidance to decision makers aiming to achieve cost‐effective conservation under uncertainty.     

Threats to intact tropical peatlands and opportunities for their conservation

Large, intact areas of tropical peatland are highly threatened at a global scale by the expansion of commercial agriculture and other forms of economic development. Conserving peatlands on a landscape scale, with their hydrology intact, is of international conservation importance to preserve their distinctive biodiversity and ecosystem services and maintain their resilience to future environmental change. We explored threats to and opportunities for conserving remaining intact tropical peatlands; thus, we excluded peatlands of Indonesia and Malaysia, where extensive deforestation, drainage, and conversion to plantations means conservation in this region can protect only small fragments of the original ecosystem. We focused on a case study, the Pastaza‐Marañón Foreland Basin (PMFB) in Peru, which is among the largest known intact tropical peatland landscapes in the world and is representative of peatland vulnerability. Maintenance of the hydrological conditions critical for carbon storage and ecosystem function of peatlands is, in the PMFB, primarily threatened by expansion of commercial agriculture linked to new transport infrastructure that is facilitating access to remote areas. There remain opportunities in the PMFB and elsewhere to develop alternative, more sustainable land‐use practices. Although some of the peatlands in the PMFB fall within existing legally protected areas, this protection does not include the most carbon‐dense (domed pole forest) areas. New carbon‐based conservation instruments (e.g., REDD+, Green Climate Fund), developing markets for sustainable peatland products, transferring land title to local communities, and expanding protected areas offer pathways to increased protection for intact tropical peatlands in Amazonia and elsewhere, such as those in New Guinea and Central Africa which remain, for the moment, broadly beyond the frontier of commercial development.     

Sexual Predators,Energy Development,and Conservation in Greater Yellowstone

Abstract: In the United States, as elsewhere, a growing debate pits national energy policy and homeland security against biological conservation. In rural communities the extraction of fossil fuels is often encouraged because of the employment opportunities it offers, although the concomitant itinerant workforce is often associated with increased wildlife poaching. We explored possible positive and negative factors associated with energy extraction in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), an area known for its national parks, intact biological diversity, and some of the New World's longest terrestrial migrations. Specifically, we asked whether counties with different economies—recreation (ski), agrarian (ranching or farming), and energy extractive (petroleum)—differed in healthcare (gauged by the abundance of hospital beds) and in the frequency of sexual predators. The absolute and relative frequency of registered sex offenders grew approximately two to three times faster in areas reliant on energy extraction. Healthcare among counties did not differ. The strong conflation of community dishevel, as reflected by in‐migrant sexual predators, and ecological decay in Greater Yellowstone is consistent with patterns seen in similar systems from Ecuador to northern Canada, where social and environmental disarray exist around energy boomtowns. In our case, that groups (albeit with different aims) mobilized campaigns to help maintain the quality of rural livelihoods by protecting open space is a positive sign that conservation can matter, especially in the face of rampant and poorly executed energy extraction projects. Our findings further suggest that the public and industry need stronger regulatory action to instill greater vigilance when and where social factors and land conversion impact biological systems.