B-62交联F-46/EDA梳型树脂的合成及吸附性能

以酚醛环氧树脂 (F 46)、乙二胺 (EDA)、甘油环氧树脂 (B 62 )为原料合成一种新型树脂 ,研究其对Cu2 ,Ni2 ,Zn2 和Co2 的吸附性能 .结果表明 ,该树脂对Cu2 具有很好的吸附性能 ,吸附量可达 1 2 9mmol·g- 1 ;对Ni2 有一定的吸附性能 ,吸附量为0 2 3mmol·g- 1 ;而对Zn2 和Co2 不吸附 .该树脂可在Cu2 ,Zn2 和Co2 等离子共存下选择吸附Cu2 .液膜扩散是吸附的主控步骤 ,可用Boyd膜扩散方程来描述     

锰氧化物-阳离子交换树脂复合材料的制备及其对水中重金属的吸附性能

采用原位沉淀-空气氧化法将锰氧化物负载于大孔强酸性阳离子交换树脂D001上,制备出一种新型锰氧化物-阳离子交换树脂复合材料Mn-D001,并对该材料吸附水中Pb2+、Cd2+、Cu2+的性能进行了深入研究.TEM、XRD以及XPS的分析结果表明,负载的锰氧化物以MnO2的形态存在.基于单一金属离子静态吸附的一元体系实验表明,Mn-D001比D001对Pb2+、Cd2+、Cu2+具有更高的吸附选择性,在高浓度竞争离子Ca2+、Mg2+、Na+共存的情况下,仍能保持较高的重金属去除率;Mn-D001对Pb2+、Cd2+、Cu2+的吸附行为符合准一级动力学模型(R2>0.99)和Langmuir吸附等温线模型(R2>0.99).在温度为303 K时,Mn-D001对3种重金属的饱和吸附容量可分别达到476.19 mg.g-1、243.90 mg.g-1及196.08 mg.g-1,优于原有树脂D001.基于复合重金属离子竞争吸附的二元、三元体系的实验表明,Mn-D001对3种重金属的吸附能力顺序为Pb2+>Cu2+>Cd2+,吸附能力由原有树脂D001以及负载的锰氧化物的性质共同决定.     

模板法合成介孔硅酸钙及其对重金属离子的吸附性能

以硝酸钙和硅酸钠为原料,采用模板法制备了介孔硅酸钙.探讨了不同模板剂(十二烷基磺酸钠、十六烷基三甲溴化铵、P123和十六烷基三甲溴化铵-四甲基氢氧化胺)对介孔硅酸钙孔径和表面形貌的影响,通过X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、BET表面分析和红外光谱(FT-IR)等对其结构进行了表征,考察其对含Pb~(2+)和Cu~(2+)模拟废水的吸附性能和解吸再生性能,并与活性炭的吸附性能进行比较.结果表明,采用十六烷基三甲溴化铵模板剂为模板合成的硅酸钙具有介孔结构,为狭缝孔,孔径主要介于4—50 nm之间,比表面积达158.13 m~2·g~(-1);在298 K下,对Pb~(2+)和Cu~(2+)的吸附容量分别为1.833 mmol·g-1和6.557 mmol·g-1,远比在相同吸附条件下活性炭的吸附容量高.介孔硅酸钙吸附重金属离子为放热反应,主要是表面羟基与重金属离子间配位化学作用.经过5次洗脱再生,对Pb~(2+)的平衡吸附量和吸附率仅分别降低了0.102 mmol·g-1和4.2%,表明其具有优良的吸附/再生性能,有望成为优良的重金属离子吸附材料.     

交联壳聚糖磁性微球的制备及其对金属离子的吸附性能

以碳包铁作磁核,环氧氯丙烷作交联剂,通过反相悬浮交联法制备交联壳聚糖磁性微球,研究磁性微球对Cu2 和Pb2 的吸附性能和吸附机理.结果表明:磁性微球对Pb2 和Cu2 的吸附量分别为72.0mg·g-1和48.3mg·g-1,磁性微球具有不易流失,易再生的特点.     

锆负载交联壳聚糖树脂的制备及硫酸根吸附性能

以壳聚糖为原料,利用反相悬浮法制备甲醛-戊二醛交联壳聚糖树脂,后与Zr4+反应制备锆负载交联壳聚糖吸附剂,用于吸附废水中SO2-4.运用红外光谱对吸附剂结构进行表征,采用静态吸附法考察负载条件对吸附量的影响及吸附剂重复使用性能.结果表明,交联反应主要发生在壳聚糖的氨基(—NH2)和一级羟基(C6—OH)上;锆负载过程中锆离子可负载于交联壳聚糖的氨基(—NH2)和羟基(—OH)上;最优条件即当Zr4+初始浓度为500 mg·L-1,体系pH值为3,负载时间为4 h时,锆负载交联壳聚糖吸附剂对SO2-4的吸附量达到最大为55.65 mg·g-1;用NaOH可有效恢复吸附剂,再生后的吸附剂吸附性能良好.     

Cu(Ⅱ)印迹[CTS/PVP]和[CTS/PVP/C]材料的制备及表征

以壳聚糖(CTS)、聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)、活性炭(C)为基材,Cu(Ⅱ)为印迹离子,制备了CTS/PVP共混印迹球[Cu(Ⅱ)-IICP]和CTS/PVP/C共混印迹球[Cu(Ⅱ)-IICPC].以Cu(Ⅱ)的吸附量作为评价指标,对两种共混印迹球的制备条件进行了优化.研究结果表明,当CTS/PVP的质量比为6∶4,活性炭质量分数为0.6%,Cu(Ⅱ)模板剂质量分数为0.05%,所制备的两种共混印迹球吸附性能较佳,且对Cu(Ⅱ)有较好的选择吸附性.物理吸附分析结果表明,与未印迹相比印迹材料的比表面积明显增大.FTIR谱图分析,Cu(Ⅱ)模板主要与CTS和PVP中的—NH2和—OH发生了配位作用.XRD谱图分析结果表明,CTS与PVP、C、Cu(Ⅱ)之间发生了相互作用,改变了CTS原有的晶体结构,使其结晶度降低.     

新型交联壳聚糖材料对地下水重金属Zn~(2+)的吸附性能

地下水重金属污染的原位修复技术研究日益受到关注.利用课题组研发的聚乙二醇(PEG400)作为交联剂合成的新型交联壳聚糖材料,用该新型材料吸附地下水中重金属Zn~(2+),探讨CTS:PEG比例和Zn~(2+)印迹量对吸附效果的影响,通过该材料对Zn~(2+)的吸附动力学、吸附等温线以及吸附热力学关系,讨论其吸附的内在机理.研究发现CTS:PEG=1:2和印迹的Zn~(2+)量是0.5%的交联壳聚糖,去除重金属Zn~(2+)的效率最高;其非平衡吸附遵循准二级动力学模型,吸附速率为0.1260mg·g~(-1)·h~(-1);在20℃,溶液pH值为7条件下,PEG-CTS对Zn~(2+)的最大吸附容量是18.20 mg·g~(-1),平均吸附能量是9.66kJ·mol~(-1);化学吸附为主,也包含物理吸附.     

改性海藻酸钠絮凝剂的合成及其对重金属离子的吸附性能

将海藻酸钠用氨基硫脲进行改性,合成了新型絮凝剂.用红外光谱、核磁共振、元素分析等对该絮凝剂进行了表征.并研究了絮凝剂对5种重金属离子(Fe3+、Cu2+、Pb2+、Cd2+、Hg2+)的絮凝性能.结果表明,改性海藻酸钠絮凝剂对污水中不同浓度的重金属离子均有明显的絮凝效果.吸附动力学表明,絮凝过程在很短时间内即可完成,该产物具有处理重金属离子污水的应用前景.     

NDA-105树脂对对苯二甲酸生产废水中锰的吸附

使用NDA-105大孔树脂对对苯二甲酸生产废水中锰的吸附进行研究,结果表明,当pH值为5、流量为10BV(床体积)·h-1、温度为25℃时,NDA-105树脂对废水中锰离子的吸附效果最好、对锰离子的交换容量为0.5mmol·g-1、对浓度为15mg·l-1锰离子的吸附体积为1000BV,使用2BV 10%硫酸 2BV水作为洗脱剂、温度为80℃、洗脱剂流量为2BV·h-1,累积脱附率达到99%以上.     

三种人工湿地填料对低浓度氨氮废水的吸附特性

以沸石、陶粒、火山岩为试验材料,分别考察了不同初始氨氮浓度、pH、共存金属阳离子、温度对填料吸附氨氮的影响,并采用了吸附等温线、动力学和热力学对吸附过程进行解析.结果表明,Langmuir方程与Freundlich方程均能较好地描述氨氮在3种填料上的等温吸附行为.3种填料对氨氮的最大吸附量分别为0.9625 mg·g-1(沸石)、0.8643 mg·g-1(火山岩)和0.6928 mg·g-1(陶粒).Freundlich方程中,1/n0.5,表明3种填料对氨氮的吸附属于优惠吸附.颗粒内扩散不是控制填料吸附NH+4的唯一控速步骤,吸附过程可能受到内扩散和表面吸附的共同影响.pH值介于6—9之间时,对氨氮有较好的去除效果.共存阳离子对氨氮的吸附具有抑制作用,具体表现为Al3+Mg2+Na+Ca2+.等温解吸试验表明,陶粒对氨氮的吸附以物理作用为主,而沸石和火山岩以离子交换为主.     

Achieving Open Access to Conservation Science

Conservation science is a crisis discipline in which the results of scientific enquiry must be made available quickly to those implementing management. We assessed the extent to which scientific research published since the year 2000 in 20 conservation science journals is publicly available. Of the 19,207 papers published, 1,667 (8.68%) are freely downloadable from an official repository. Moreover, only 938 papers (4.88%) meet the standard definition of open access in which material can be freely reused providing attribution to the authors is given. This compares poorly with a comparable set of 20 evolutionary biology journals, where 31.93% of papers are freely downloadable and 7.49% are open access. Seventeen of the 20 conservation journals offer an open access option, but fewer than 5% of the papers are available through open access. The cost of accessing the full body of conservation science runs into tens of thousands of dollars per year for institutional subscribers, and many conservation practitioners cannot access pay‐per‐view science through their workplace. However, important initiatives such as Research4Life are making science available to organizations in developing countries. We urge authors of conservation science to pay for open access on a per‐article basis or to choose publication in open access journals, taking care to ensure the license allows reuse for any purpose providing attribution is given. Currently, it would cost $51 million to make all conservation science published since 2000 freely available by paying the open access fees currently levied to authors. Publishers of conservation journals might consider more cost effective models for open access and conservation‐oriented organizations running journals could consider a broader range of options for open access to nonmembers such as sponsorship of open access via membership fees. Obtención de Acceso Abierto a la Ciencia de la Conservación     

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 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.     

Some polyphagous Homoptera gain protection from their natural enemies by feeding on the toxic plantsSpartium junceum andErythrina corallodendrum (Leguminosae)

Summary Interactions were studied among alkaloid-containing legumes (Erythrina corallodendrum andSpartium junceum) and non-toxic plants (Citrus sinensis, Cucurbita moschata andEuphorbia tirucalli), several polyphagous homopterans,Aphis craccivora (Aphididae),Icerya purchasi, I. aegyptiaca (Margarodidae),Lepidosaphes ulmi (Diaspididae) andPlanococcus citri (Pseudococcidae), and some major natural enemies of these homopterans. Significant reductions in survival due to negative effects of alkaloid containing as compared with non-alkaloidal plants were recorded for the predatorsRodolia cardinalis andChilocorus bipustulatus, but not forCryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae),Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) andSympherobius sanctus (Neuroptera: Sympherobiidae). The development time of the larvae or pupae ofR. cardinalis, C. carnea andS. sanctus was longer on the toxic plants than on the non-toxic ones. The percentage of parasitism ofA. craccivora collected from the non-alkaloidal plantsVicia palaestina andMelilotus albus was much higher than that onS. junceum. The parasitoid complexes ofA. craccivora differed between both plant groups. The nutritive value of honeydew ofI. purchasi andA. craccivora, as expressed by the life span ofEncyrtus infelix (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) adults, was also investigated. Life spans were significantly longer when the wasps fed on honeydew produced on non-alkaloidal plants (C. sinensis andPittosporum tobira) than on alkaloid containing plants whenI. purchasi — but notA. craccivora — was the producer. It is suggested that the chemical defense ofE. corallodendrum andS. junceum is exploited by polyphagous phytophages to reduce predation. In nature, population growth and density of four of the investigated homopterans are conspicuously high when they developed on the alkaloid containing plant species, and very low on non-alkaloid plants. The efficiency of their natural enemies may be reduced by sequestration of alkaloids (or other toxic plant compounds) or their transfer into excreted honeydew. Therefore it is assumed that a generalist phytophagous homopteran may be protected from its natural enemies, although at different rates of efficiency, if it can safely sequester the host allelochemical when it develops on toxic species within its host range.     

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.     

Comparison of the insecticidal effects of water extracted and intact aromatic plants onAcanthoscelides obtectus,a bruchid beetle pest of kidney beans

Summary Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) is one of the most damaging pests of kidney beans,Phaseolus vulgaris L. worldwide. However, aromatic plants from the families Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae and Poaceae can protect kidney beans by direct or delayed insecticidal effect, through increased adult mortality and inhibition of beetle reproduction (both oviposition and adult emergence). The efficiency of hydrodistillated and intact plants fromThymus vulgaris andT. serpyllum, Mentha piperata, Rosmarinus officinalis, Satureia hortensis, Eucalyptus globulus, Laurus nobilis, Origanum vulgare, andCymbopogon nardus was compared. For both extracts,Origanum vulgare had the best effect. The insecticidal effect was induced by more than the essential oils because no significant difference was noticed between distilled and intact plants extract. Inhibition of reproduction was particularly important. These results suggest that lipidic as well as non lipidic, allelochemicals, such as phenolics, or non-protein amino-acids, or flavonoids may be involved in the toxicity of aromatic plants to this beetle.     

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.     

Sequestration of cucurbitacin analogs by New and Old World chrysomelid leaf beetles in the tribe Luperini

Summary Two South American polyphagous leaf beetles,Diabrotica speciosa andCerotoma arcuata, selectively accumulated the bitter tasting compound 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin D in their body after ingesting root tissues of cucurbit plants. Similarly, three Asian Cucurbitaceae-feeding specialists in the genusAulacophora were found to sequester the same compound. Cucurbitacin analogs were shown to deter feeding by a bird predator, indicating an allomonal role for these compounds in cucurbitacin-associated chrysomelid leaf beetles both of New and Old Worlds. The strong affinity to cucurbitacins, selective sequestration of the analogs and consequent protection from predators suggested an ecological adaptation mechanism developed in common among these two geographically isolated subtribes in the Luperini.