Seasonal Fluctuations in the Nutritional Value of Particulate Organic Matter in A Lagoon

Water samples were collected on a fortnightly basis in the lagoon of S. Gilla (Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea) in order to study seasonal nutritional fluctuations of particulate organic matter. the lagoon is characterized by high quantities of suspended matter throughout the year. Thermohaline conditions had no effect on particulate matter quantity and composition, but the quantity as well as quality of suspended particles was drastically affected by the wind, the major effecter of sediment resuspension. As a result of sediment resuspension, seston was always richer in inorganic fraction. However, throughout the year of investigation, most particulate organic carbon was quite appealing for filter feeding communities, although the best POM quality was available during phytoplankton blooming. the phytoplankton pool of suspended matter was just a small fraction of the bulk, accounting for only 13% on average of particulate organic carbon. in terms of energy available in the seston, the highest amount was stored in organic matter heterotrophic fraction, whilst the smallest was to be found in living phytoplankton.     

大气细颗粒物与糖尿病

随着我国社会经济和城市化的快速发展,大气颗粒物是影响我国城市空气质量的首要污染物,大气细颗粒物污染已严重威胁我国居民健康。本文简要综述了PM2.5诱导的氧化应激和炎症反应在糖尿病的发生和发展中的分子作用机制。     

大气颗粒物致机体损伤的OH自由基机制

流行病学研究表明可吸入大气颗粒物浓度上升与人群呼吸道和心血管疾病发病率上升密切相关.毒理学实验和人体暴露研究显示可吸入大气颗粒物可导致机体广泛的损伤,但其致毒机制尚未明确.大量体内和体外研究表明了活性氧在颗粒物致毒过程中的重要作用,其中OH自由基具有极高的反应活性,是可吸入颗粒物致毒的重要机制.在总结国内外相关研究基础上,综述了OH自由基可能造成的大分子损伤、大气可吸入颗粒物暴露引发机体产生OH自由基的分子机制以及生物体系中OH自由基的检测手段,并对该领域的研究方向进行了展望.     

大气颗粒物暴露与健康效应研究进展

大气颗粒物一直是影响我国大多数城市空气质量的首要污染物,且呈现出与欧美不同的煤烟、机动车尾气以及开放源复合型污染并存的高浓度污染态势,已有研究发现颗粒物的短期或长期暴露均会对人体产生不良的健康效应。本文从环境科学、暴露科学、环境流行病学和环境毒理学研究等方面系统综述了大气颗粒物健康效应研究的方法和进展,可为我国的大气颗粒物健康效应研究与大气颗粒物环境质量标准的修订提供方法学参考和经验借鉴。目前我国PM10污染尚未得到有效控制,细颗粒物(PM2.5)的污染也已引起关注,建议在不同区域开展空气污染健康效应的系统研究。     

大气颗粒物源解析土壤风沙尘成分谱研究进展

土壤风沙尘是颗粒物源解析的一类重要尘源,文章从概念、成分、粒径、采样、区域性特征、标识元素选择、成分谱比较、影响因素、数据库建设等几个方面介绍了土壤风沙尘的研究进展。     

气候变化与土壤有机质的关系(英文)

在最近的地质历史中,气候变化的速率是史无前例的,它对地球生物圈产生了巨大的影响。土壤有机质中的碳是地球碳库的重要组成部分,它参与全球碳循环。土壤有机质分解而产生的CO2和CH4是重要的温室气体。土壤有机质对气候模型的反应较敏感;其总量取决于生物量生产与分解的平衡状态,以及土壤储存有机质的能力。就全球规模来说,土壤有机质沿着降水增加和温度下降的梯度而增加。温度是支配凋落物分解速率的重要环境因素,它甚至能改变凋落物分解的动力学。     

VOCs、细菌及颗粒物混合暴露致小鼠学习记忆障碍机制研究

室内空气污染的现状是多种污染源共存,挥发性有机物(volatile organic compounds, VOCs)、细菌及颗粒物等是典型室内空气污染物。神经行为学毒性是室内空气污染引起的敏感毒性作用之一。为了探讨VOCs、细菌及颗粒物混合暴露对小鼠学习记忆能力的影响及机制,选用雄性昆明小鼠70只,随机分为对照(G1)和2～7(G2～G7)号染毒组。采用水迷宫和抓力仪测定小鼠的学习记忆潜伏期和抓力,染毒结束后测定全脑中活性氧(ROS)、丙二醛(MDA),神经递质谷氨酸(Glu)、乙酰胆碱(Ach)含量以及胆碱能系统的乙酰胆碱转移酶(ChAT)和乙酰胆碱酯酶(TChE)活力,同时分析脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)、胶质细胞神经营养因子(GDNF)及神经生长因子(NGF)的水平。结果显示,第6天,G5、G6及G7小鼠的抓力、逃避潜伏期及在原平台所在象限的探索时间较对照组存在显著差异,并且伴有ROS、MDA含量的显著升高,Glu含量的显著升高,Ach含量、ChAT及TChE活力的显著降低,以及神经营养因子的显著下调(P<0.05或P<0.01)。研究结果表明,VOCs、颗粒物及细菌混合暴露能够导致小鼠学习记忆障碍,混合暴露引起的氧化损伤诱导的神经兴奋或抑制性毒性作用,以及神经营养因子沿轴突逆向传递降低或中断两方面作用导致神经递质产生和释放异常,进而引起学习记忆能力降低。     

天津地区沙尘天气与沙尘污染程度特征分析

针对天津地区沙尘天气过程环境空气中颗粒物的污染时空分布特征进行了系统分析。在分析我国沙尘发生频源区域分布、输送途径基础上,分析了天津地区特殊的地理位置及地处沙尘暴多发区下游,空气中颗粒物的污染特征,概述了沙尘天气对空气质量影响程度的年、季、月及日污染时空变化分布特征。建立了沙尘天气颗粒物与有效水平能见度乘幂指数相关方程,为沙尘污染程度的诊断提供了依据。     

大气颗粒物中微生物分析方法及分布特征的研究进展

大气颗粒物(particulate matter, PM)可能携带病原微生物,会对人体健康产生影响,因此,对大气颗粒物中微生物的采集和分析已成为当今的研究热点。本文对大气颗粒物中微生物的采集方法和分析方法(培养法、菌群多样性组成谱测序和宏基因组学技术)的研究进展进行简要概括,着重介绍不同条件下(区域、时间、粒径、天气条件和气象因素)大气颗粒物中微生物的分布状况差异,并对引起相关差异的原因进行了探讨,旨在为深入认识大气颗粒物中微生物的分布特征提供参考。     

城市空气颗粒物开放源理论与治理技术研究进展

城市空气颗粒物开放源已成为大气颗粒物的主要来源之一，它对改善我国城市空气环境质量具有重要意义。开放源是一种复合源类，具有源强不确定和排放不连续等特点。其所排放的主要污染物是扬尘。但目前只有少数的开放源类起尘量可以进行估算。国内外一般对城市空气颗粒物开放源的防治对策有生态环境综合整治或生态修复治理、湿法防尘、将堆放物用覆盖物覆盖或封闭储存等。     

Enrichments of Trace Metals in Particulate Matter From the Southern East China Sea, North of Taiwan

This study investigates the distributions and enrichments of trace metals in suspended and sinking particulate matter from southern East China Sea (ECS) north of Taiwan during the period April 1992 to April 1993. According to these results, concentration of suspended particulate matter in the inner shelf of southern China Sea, the upwellinginfluenced shelf break, and in Kuroshio water are 1.30 (surface)-4.2 (bottom) mg1^-1, ca. 0.4 mg1^-1 and 0.1-0.2 mg1^-1, respectively, reflecting various influences of terrestrial inputs. A benthic nepheloid layer (BNL), apparently owing to resuspension of local and/or remote bottom sediments, formed over the shelf region. Temporal variations in trace metal contents and enrichments in suspended matter from the shelf region reflect the variation of metal inputs from Chinese rivers, particularly from the Changjiang runoff. the enriched metals are more likely to be derived from anthropogenic input, rather than from biological accumulation. in addition, a decrease in metal contents and an increase in salinity confirm the transport of suspended particulate metals from the East China Sea shelf to the open ocean. the feature of metal plume in the intermediate layer (550-800m) of Kuroshio water also verifies this occurrence. Moreover, the sinking particles collected from a sediment trap on the upper slope are relatively enriched in lithogenic matter and trace metals, suggesting the deposit of anthropogenic metals in the slope area.     

Enrichments of Trace Metals in Particulate Matter From the Southern East China Sea,North of Taiwan

Abstract

This study investigates the distributions and enrichments of trace metals in suspended and sinking particulate matter from southern East China Sea (ECS) north of Taiwan during the period April 1992 to April 1993. According to these results, concentration of suspended particulate matter in the inner shelf of southern China Sea, the upwellinginfluenced shelf break, and in Kuroshio water are 1.30 (surface)–4.2 (bottom) mg1^?1, ca. 0.4 mg1^?1 and 0.1–0.2 mg1^?1, respectively, reflecting various influences of terrestrial inputs. A benthic nepheloid layer (BNL), apparently owing to resuspension of local and/or remote bottom sediments, formed over the shelf region. Temporal variations in trace metal contents and enrichments in suspended matter from the shelf region reflect the variation of metal inputs from Chinese rivers, particularly from the Changjiang runoff. the enriched metals are more likely to be derived from anthropogenic input, rather than from biological accumulation. in addition, a decrease in metal contents and an increase in salinity confirm the transport of suspended particulate metals from the East China Sea shelf to the open ocean. the feature of metal plume in the intermediate layer (550–800m) of Kuroshio water also verifies this occurrence. Moreover, the sinking particles collected from a sediment trap on the upper slope are relatively enriched in lithogenic matter and trace metals, suggesting the deposit of anthropogenic metals in the slope area.     

水溶性有机质对土壤硝化作用过程的影响

以江苏省宿迁市潮土为供试土壤,设置DOC220、DOC440和DOC880 3个添加水溶性有机质(DOM)处理,分别含有机碳(DOC)220、440和880 mg.L-1。试验结果表明,DOM对硝化过程有一定的抑制作用,在培养第16天时,未添加DOM的对照中NH4 -N几乎100%已经转化为NO3--N,而添加DOM的3个处理硝化率分别比对照降低7.83%、13.60%和19.12%;与对照相比,添加DOM的处理中NH4 -N含量降低缓慢,但培养过程中亚硝酸盐的积累显著增加,对照在第12天时NO2--N达到最大积累量67.83 mg.L-1,而DOC220、DOC440和DOC880处理土壤中NO2--N积累量分别在第12、14和16天达到最大值,与对照相比积累量分别增加21.17%、33.91%和59.90%。此外,DOM的添加也降低了NO3--N的生成速率,到第16天时,对照已经达到最大积累量143.61 mg.L-1NO3--N,但此时DOC220、DOC440和DOC880处理中NO3--N含量比对照分别低41.97、78.09和91.30 mg.L-1。为排除因添加DOM带来外源氮所引起的影响,同时进行了相同初始氮量下添加DOM与单施(NH4)2SO4对硝化作用影响的比较试验,结果同样表现出亚硝酸盐积累量的增加和NO3--N生成速率的降低,表明DOM中所含的有机碳及小分子化合物影响了硝化作用。高有机质环境下存在潜在的亚硝酸盐积累风险,对土壤和水体生态系统健康可能有一定影响。     

Sedimentary Pigments and Organic Matter in Relation to Benthic Fauna in the Tan-Shui Estuary,Taiwan

The benthic ecological structure of the Tan-Shui estuary, Taiwan is changed due to long term effects of dumping of urban wastewater and of engineering actions. to monitor these changes, we sampled and analyzed benthos and sediment from 12 stations on the estuary.

The composition of the dominant species of benthos varied seasonally, with molluscan and crustacean species having greater numbers and higher frequencies of occurrence than other species. the dominant taxa during winter were Nassarius sp. and Maldanidae at two stations. Analysis using Simpson's index and Shannon's index showed the benthic community varied more in coastal areas than in offshore areas.

Physicochemical analysis showed that most of the Tan-Shui estuary consisted of sandy sediment. the variations in concentrations of organic carbon and total nitrogen at each station were small. Although the concentrations of chlorophyll-a and carotenoid at all stations were generally low, the two stations had the highest concentrations, and we concluded that the concentration of pigments in these sediments was related to the abundance of benthos. the community structure of the benthos reflected the characteristics of the sediments, and benthic species exhibited selection of and adaptation to specific sedimentary environments.     

Sedimentary Pigments and Organic Matter in Relation to Benthic Fauna in the Tan-Shui Estuary, Taiwan

The benthic ecological structure of the Tan-Shui estuary, Taiwan is changed due to long term effects of dumping of urban wastewater and of engineering actions. to monitor these changes, we sampled and analyzed benthos and sediment from 12 stations on the estuary.

The composition of the dominant species of benthos varied seasonally, with molluscan and crustacean species having greater numbers and higher frequencies of occurrence than other species. the dominant taxa during winter were Nassarius sp. and Maldanidae at two stations. Analysis using Simpson's index and Shannon's index showed the benthic community varied more in coastal areas than in offshore areas.

Physicochemical analysis showed that most of the Tan-Shui estuary consisted of sandy sediment. the variations in concentrations of organic carbon and total nitrogen at each station were small. Although the concentrations of chlorophyll-a and carotenoid at all stations were generally low, the two stations had the highest concentrations, and we concluded that the concentration of pigments in these sediments was related to the abundance of benthos. the community structure of the benthos reflected the characteristics of the sediments, and benthic species exhibited selection of and adaptation to specific sedimentary environments.     

水体中悬浮颗粒物对十溴二苯醚的吸附/解吸特性研究

采用室内试验法,以沉积颗粒物和浮游植物颗粒(铜绿微囊藻和普通小球藻)作为水体中悬浮颗粒物(SPM),研究了SPM对十溴二苯醚(BDE-209)的吸附/解吸特性.结果表明,沉积颗粒物和浮游植物颗粒对BDE-209的吸附分别在1.5h和0.5h内达到最大,在3h内可以充分达到平衡;沉积颗粒物和浮游植物颗粒对BDE-209的吸附能力存在差异,这与颗粒物中有机质的浓度和类型有关;在实验浓度范围内,BDE-209在SPM上的吸附可用Freundlich等温吸附方程较好地拟合;解吸过程表现出一定的迟滞性,且沉积颗粒物比浮游植物颗粒物具有更明显的迟滞性;pH中性、温度20～30℃的水体有利于SPM对BDE-209的吸附.     

壳聚糖复合吸附剂去除水源水中天然有机物的试验

以壳聚糖为基质,制备出壳聚糖-活性炭复合吸附剂。并研究了其对水源水中天然有机物的吸附性能,以及吸附操作条件的影响。结果表明,壳聚糖复合吸附剂结合了二者的优势,对天然有机物具有较好的吸附效果,pH是影响吸附的主要因素。     

城市空气悬浮颗粒物时空变化规律及影响因素研究进展

对城市空气颗粒物的季节、日动态变化和空间分布规律作了综述,并探讨了人为活动、气象和特殊天气因素等对城市空气颗粒物水平的影响,最后提出目前关于城市空气悬浮颗粒物的研究中存在的问题及今后研究的发展方向。     

土壤有机质和侵蚀对土壤松紧度的影响

本文对土壤的松紧度进行了定量调查和分析,应用回归分析方法研究了土壤有机质含量与土壤松紧度的关系,讨论了土壤侵蚀和人畜践踏对土壤松紧度的影响。     

Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Dissolved and Colloidal Organic Matter

An overview of the methods used for the isolation and characterization of organic matter in natural waters is presented. Commonly used techniques for the concentration and isolation of organic matter from water, such as preparative chromatography, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis, and the methods used to analyze the organic matter obtained by these methods are reviewed. the development of methods to obtain organic matter that is associated with fractions of the dissolved organic carbon other than humic substances, such as organic bases, hydrophilic organic acids and colloidal organic matter are discussed. Methods specifically used to study dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorous are also discussed.