Fate of BHC in the terrestrial ecosystem

The fate of BHC in the terrestrial ecosystem was investigated under both laboratory and field conditions. The uptake, accumulation and degradation of BHC in earthworms and corn plants were studied. Earthworms could absorb and accumulate BHC residues from soil. Statistically, significant correlation existed between the amounts of BHC in soil and in earthworms. Different species of earthworms appeared to concentrate BHC in their bodies to different extents. In a terrestrial ecosystem, the uptake, accumulation of BHC residues by soil animals and plants had an effect on each other.     

Determination of thiocyanate in the vacuum carbonate desulfurization wastewater

In acidic solution, thiocyanate molecules reacted with ferric ions to produce red complexes. The concentration of thiocyanate could be determined by spectrophotometer. The effects of wavelength, volume of color reagent, acidity and color time on absorbance were investigated. The interferences of co-existing ion were discussed as well. Results showed that the relation between absorbance and the concentration of thiocyanate was in accord with Beer's law when the concentration of thiocyanate was 2–20 mg/L. The linear regression equation was Absorbance = 0.0523Concentration–0.0156, with a linear correlation coefficient of 0.9997. The average recovery rates of two kinds of vacuum carbonate desulfurization wastewater were 100.95% and 99.62%, and relative standard deviations were 0.79% and 0.14% respectively. It shows that the method was quick, high precision, accurate and easy to handle.     

Determination of thiocyanate in the vacuum carbonate desulfurization wastewater

In acidic solution, thiocyanate molecules reacted with ferric ions to produce red complexes. The concentration of thiocyanate could be determined by spectrophotometer. The effects of wavelength, volume of color reagent, acidity and color time on absorbance were investigated. The interferences of co-existing ion were discussed as well. Results showed that the relation between absorbance and the concentration of thiocyanate was in accord with Beer's law when the concentration of thiocyanate was 2-20 mg/L. The linear regression equation was Absorbance = 0.0523 Concentration-0.0156, with a linear correlation coefficient of 0.9997. The average recovery rates of two kinds of vacuum carbonate desulfurization wastewater were 100.95% and 99.62%, and relative standard deviations were 0.79% and 0.14% respectively. It shows that the method was quick, high precision, accurate and easy to handle.     

Molecular structures and associations of humic substances in the terrestrial environment

Here we show, for the first time, evidence of the primary molecular structures in humic substances (HS), the most abundant naturally occurring organic molecules on Earth, and their associations as mixtures in terrestrial systems. Multi-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments show us that the major molecular structural components in the mixtures operationally defined as HS are aliphatic acids, ethers, esters and alcohols; aromatic lignin derived fragments; polysaccharides and polypeptides. By means of diffusion ordered spectroscopy, distinct diffusion coefficients consistent with relatively low molecular weight molecules were observed for all the components in the mixtures, and saccharides were the largest single class of component present. Liquid chromatography NMR confirmed that HS components can be easily separated and nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) enhancements support the finding that the components are of relatively low molecular weight <~2,000 Da. The widely recognized properties of HS, i.e., characteristics indicative of crosslinked, macromolecular networks, can now be explained as aggregation of mixtures, most likely instigated by complexation with metal cations.     

Strategies for conservation planning and management of terrestrial ecosystems in small islands (exemplified for the Macaronesian islands)

The present paper addresses the conservation planning and management issues of terrestrial ecosystems with particular insight to small islands (with examples of application in the Macaronesian archipelagos of Cape Verde, Canaries, Madeira and Azores). It analyses specific conservation planning and management approaches and proposes concrete characterization and evaluation frameworks able to support decision and management processes ensuring an active and participative involvement of all concerned stakeholders. These methodological perspectives involve not only new paradigmatic approaches to the process of characterization and evaluation of environmental elements and processes as well as their use and disturbance through land use, but also regarding the individual and collective perspectives regarding benefice and supporting management behaviours. Some examples from islands of the Macaronesian archipelagos, in particular Pico in the archipelago of Azores and Santiago in the Cape Verde archipelago, are used to illustrate some possible management approaches, involving the consideration of the entire island as a conservation object and mobilizing their actors (individuals, groups, administrations or other organizations) as conscious, participative stakeholders. These examples involve possible land use and management changes and trade-off processes specific to each island that are listed and explained.     

2025年京津冀陆地生态系统碳氧平衡分析

以2020年的京津冀地区数据为基准,测算出2020年释碳耗氧量、固碳释氧量,对2025年释碳耗氧量、固碳释氧量、生态用地需求面积进行预测。结果表明：2020年京津冀地区释碳量和耗氧量分别为125 576.1万和143 533.7万t。预测出2025年京津冀地区释碳量和耗氧量分别为135 957.0万和163 392.0万t。从2025年京津冀地区总体来看,维持碳平衡所需标准生态用地面积小于现有标准生态用地面积,说明不需要再另外增加面积。但分省（市）来看,北京、河北的生态用地面积均能够满足碳氧平衡需要,而天津还应增加标准生态用地,方能满足市内维持碳氧平衡的需要。在实际社会和经济发展过程中生态用地面积会略有调整,而且生态用地结构和质量也会发生变化,因此在实际生产和科研中,应根据每年生态用地的实际变化量来逐步修正。

     

First evidence of unicellular glands in the general epidermis of terrestrial reptiles

The general integument of reptiles is traditionally defined as being dry, but we report here the discovery of unicellular mucoid glands (UCMG) in the dorsal skin of lizards of the genus Phelsuma (Gekkonidae). To this end, the skin of these lizards and of some others for comparison was studied by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. These photographs showed that the development and function of the UCMGs are related to the skin's sloughing cycle. The UCMGs differentiate at scattered locations from Oberh?utchen cells of the inner (new) epidermal generation, above the differentiating beta-keratin layer. While the inner generation matures, the UCMG increases in size; unlike the surrounding Oberh?utchen cells, it does not develop the spinules that characterize gecko skin. When, upon sloughing, the inner generation becomes the new outer generation, and the Oberh?utchen forms the skin surface, the UCMGs, several per scale, dot the surface as mucus-inflated "blebs" projecting from the surrounding spinulate Oberh?utchen, each nesting in a shallow pit of the underlying beta-keratin. On the surface, the UCMGs rupture and the mucus appears to dissipate in cords, flowing over the tips of the spinules, and incorporating minute foreign bodies. It is concluded that, due to the low wettability of the spinulate surface (derived from the spacing of the spinules), the cords brush off easily, with the mucus functioning as a cleaning agent.     

~(14)C在陆地生态系统碳循环研究中的应用及进展

深刻理解陆地生态系统碳循环有助于提高未来气候预测的准确性。~(14)C是陆地生态系统碳循环研究中广泛应用的重要工具,本文对~(14)C在土壤有机碳周转时间和平均停留时间的评估、陆地生态系统释放CO_2的源解析、河流有机碳的源解析及陆地生态系统碳循环对气候变化和土地利用的响应等四个方面的应用及进展进行了细致的介绍,最后展望了~(14)C应用于陆地碳循环研究发展趋势,并对国内相关研究的开展提出了几点建议。     

论现代社会组织兴起的动因

现代社会组织广泛兴起的背后有着复杂的经济、政治和社会动因,是多种因素综合推动的结果。在经济动因方面,社会组织是社会生产力发展的结果,是市场经济体系扩展的产物,更是公民维护自身利益的有力工具。在政治动因方面,社会组织是公民权利扩展的伴生物,是社会权利制约政治权力的重要手段,更是现代国家推进社会治理良性发展的需要。在社会动因方面,社会组织是现代社会成员寻求社会认同和满足交往需求的重要方式,更是人们追求公共利益的重要途径。     

Mg2+离子对深海碳酸盐中硼的掺入和B/Ca指标的影响

对母液中Mg²⁺离子对硼掺入无机碳酸盐沉积的影响进行了研究。通过扫描电子显微镜和X射线衍射确定在Mg存在时生成的无机碳酸盐是低镁方解石。实验发现：溶液的pH值是硼进入碳酸盐的主要控制因素,低Mg²⁺方解石中硼的浓度从63.91 μg?g?1（pH?=?7.40??±??0.03）增加到582.41 μg?g^?1（pH?=?8.80??±??0.03）。Mg²⁺离子严重影响硼进入碳酸盐中的量,在相同实验条件下,硼在低镁方解石中的含量高于无Mg²⁺方解石中的含量,平均为2.57倍（1.83?—?3.56倍）。这一结果表明：有Mg²⁺离子时,硼掺入无机碳酸盐的机制和无Mg²⁺离子的是不同的。Mg²⁺离子的存在改变了晶体的形貌。这对利用B/Ca指标恢复深海碳酸盐系统研究有重要影响。     

Prey-tracking behavior in the invasive terrestrial planarian Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)

Platydemus manokwari is a broadly distributed invasive terrestrial flatworm that preys heavily on land snails and has been credited with the demise of numerous threatened island faunas. We examined whether P. manokwari tracks the mucus trails of land snail prey, investigated its ability to determine trail direction, and evaluated prey preference among various land snail species. A plastic treatment plate with the mucus trail of a single species and a control plate without the trail were placed side by side at the exit of cages housing P. manokwari. All trials were then videotaped overnight. The flatworms moved along plates with mucus trails, but did not respond to plates without trails, blank control (distilled water), or with conspecific flatworm trails. When presented at the midpoint of a snail mucus trail, the flatworms followed the trail in a random direction. The flatworms showed a preference when choosing between two plates, each with a mucus trail of different land snail species. Our results suggest that P. manokwari follows snail mucus trails based on chemical cues to increase the chance of encountering prey; however, trail-tracking behavior showed no directionality.     

Clockwork blue: on the evolution of non-image-forming retinal photoreceptors in marine and terrestrial vertebrates

This paper presents a hypothesis that could explain why blue light appears to dominate non-image-forming (NIF) ocular photoreception in marine as well as terrestrial vertebrates. Indeed, there is more and more evidence suggesting that 'novel' retinal photoreceptors, which are sensitive to blue light and were only discovered in the 1990s, could be a feature shared by all vertebrates. In our view, blue light photoreception evolved and persisted as NIF photoreception because it has been useful in the colonisation of extensive photo-dependent oceanic habitats and facilitated the move of vertebrates from an aquatic to a terrestrial environment. Because the available scattered evidence is compatible with the validity of our hypothesis, we hope that our rationale will be followed up. Indeed, it (1) involves testable predictions, (2) provides plausible explanations for previous observations, (3) unites phenomena not previously considered related to one another and (4) suggests tests that have not been carried out before. Overall, our approach not only embraces cross-disciplinary links; it, moreover, serves as a reminder of an all-embracing evolutionary history, especially with regard to a ubiquitous photoreceptive 'clockwork-blue' in marine and terrestrial vertebrates.     

Isotopic and anatomical evidence of an herbivorous diet in the Early Tertiary giant bird Gastornis. Implications for the structure of Paleocene terrestrial ecosystems

The mode of life of the early Tertiary giant bird Gastornis has long been a matter of controversy. Although it has often been reconstructed as an apex predator feeding on small mammals, according to other interpretations, it was in fact a large herbivore. To determine the diet of this bird, we analyze here the carbon isotope composition of the bone apatite from Gastornis and contemporaneous herbivorous mammals. Based on ¹³C-enrichment measured between carbonate and diet of carnivorous and herbivorous modern birds, the carbonate δ¹³C values of Gastornis bone remains, recovered from four Paleocene and Eocene French localities, indicate that this bird fed on plants. This is confirmed by a morphofunctional study showing that the reconstructed jaw musculature of Gastornis was similar to that of living herbivorous birds and unlike that of carnivorous forms. The herbivorous Gastornis was the largest terrestrial tetrapod in the Paleocene biota of Europe, unlike the situation in North America and Asia, where Gastornis is first recorded in the early Eocene, and the largest Paleocene animals were herbivorous mammals. The structure of the Paleocene terrestrial ecosystems of Europe may have been similar to that of some large islands, notably Madagascar, prior to the arrival of humans.     

碳酸锶生产中锶盐废渣的危险特性分析

采集西南某碳酸锶生产企业不同年份下碳酸锶生产过程中产生的锶盐废渣(下称“锶渣”),分析其重金属浓度、浸出浓度及遇酸反应生成的H₂S浓度,研究锶渣的危险特性。结果表明:锶渣中Sr浓度最高,最大值为175 000 mg/kg,均值为112 000 mg/kg;其次是Ba浓度,最大值和均值分别为6 020和3 420 mg/kg;其他重金属如As、Cr、Cu、Ni、Pb、Be和Cd浓度均低于100 mg/kg;锶渣中Sr的浸出浓度最高,其最大值和均值分别为360和180 mg/L,Ba、Pb和As的浸出浓度均较低;锶渣中的硫化物遇酸反应生成H₂S,其浓度均值为0.23 mg/kg,最大值为0.45 mg/kg;锶渣中重金属的浸出浓度和遇酸生成H₂S的浓度总体上随着堆存时间延长而降低。     

铊在黄铁矿中的相态分布及碳酸盐在其释放过程中的作用

采用分级提取-电感耦合等离子体质谱法,对黄铁矿中铊的相态分布进行了考察.结果表明,黄铁矿中的铊主要以存在于硅酸盐相中和以酸可交换的形式存在于矿物结构中的铊为主,这部分铊分别占到58.3%和25.1%;以可氧化态形式结合在黄铁矿(FeS2)中的铊次之,占11.2%;以易还原态形式存在于铁氧化物相中的铊最少,为5.4%.自然条件下铊的释放主要是酸可交换态铊和可氧化态铊的释放迁移过程.漫反射红外光谱表征发现,黄铁矿在表面氧化过程中其表面羟基增多,表明存在表面溶解及表面酸化现象.进一步的释放机理探讨认为,铊在黄铁矿表面存在一种"溶解-吸附沉淀"平衡,这一平衡由碳酸盐中和作用和黄铁矿表面氧化共同控制,并决定了铊的释放迁移.     

Effect of wastewater composition on the calcium carbonate precipitation in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors

Calcium carbonate often precipitates in anaerobic reactors treating wastewater with high calcium content. The aim of this paper is to study the effect of wastewater composition on calcium carbonate precipitation in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors. Two laboratory-scale UASB reactors were operated with calcium-containing influents using acetate and carbohydrate as substrate, respectively. There was an obvious accumulation of inorganic precipitate observed in the biogranules. Observations via scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) showed that the acclimated biogranules in the two reactors differed in microstructure. Calcium carbonate was found to have precipitated on the surface of acetate-degrading biogranules, but precipitated at the core of the carbohydrate-degrading biogranules. The results indicated that substrates had significant influence on the location of calcium carbonate precipitation in anaerobic granular sludge, which was expected due to the different methanogens distribution and pH gradient within the granular sludge degrading various substrates. Moreover, the location of calcium carbonate precipitation substantially affected the specific methanogenic activity (SMA) of the granular sludge. The SMA of the acetate-degrading biogranules dropped from $ 1.96 gCOD_{CH_4 } \cdot gVSS^{ - 1} \cdot d^{ - 1} $ 1.96 gCOD_{CH_4 } \cdot gVSS^{ - 1} \cdot d^{ - 1} to $ 0.61 gCOD_{CH_4 } \cdot gVSS^{ - 1} \cdot d^{ - 1} $ 0.61 gCOD_{CH_4 } \cdot gVSS^{ - 1} \cdot d^{ - 1} after 180-d of operation in the reactor. However, the SMA of the carbohydrate-degrading biogranules was not adversely affected by calcium carbonate precipitation.