西北四城镇大气粉尘重金属元素研究

受自然环境和人为因素影响，我国西北地区城市大气中含有较多粉尘、粉尘听 重金属元素被人体吸收后，可导致一系列疾病，通过对四典型城镇的降尘采样，发现工业发达，人口稠密城市的粉尘有毒重金属元素含量高；工业不发达的小城镇粉尘有毒重金属元素含量低。西北城镇粉尘主要有毒重金属元素是铅与砷。机动车、燃煤烟尘及工业粉尘是西北城镇大气粉尘有毒重金属元素的主要来源。     

北京城区大气颗粒物与地表土壤金属元素空间关联分析

为研究北京市区大气降尘金属来源及其与表层土壤的关系,在北京市区五环内的典型地段采集落尘与土壤样品。研究中使用电感耦合等离子体原子光谱仪(ICP-AES)测定了9种金属元素Cd、Cu、Zn、Fe、Pb、V、Ti、Mn、Al的质量分数。结果显示,降尘和土壤中Al、Fe两种元素所占比例最大,质量分数分别为16144.8、12881.9μg· g-1和21400.9、815712.2μg· g-1。其次降尘中Zn、Ti和土壤中Ti、Mn居第二位。随后基于灰度关联法对大气降尘与表层土壤的金属元素关系分析可知,大气降尘与表层土壤是高度关联的,关联值均介于0.92~0.95之间,二者间关联较为紧密。其中在空气降尘对表层土壤的影响研究中分析得出,空气降尘对表层土壤的影响与采样点的空间位置变化相关性不强,与风向、风速等自然环境因素的关联度较大。在表层土壤对空气降尘的影响研究中分析得出,表层土壤对空气降尘的影响度随采样点环境变化较大,尤其是北京南站。最后,通过对降尘金属元素进行因子分析得出,第一因子Z1同时与Pb、V、Ti、Mn、Al、Fe、Cu、Cd等元素有较大关系;第二个因子Z2与Cd、Cu等元素有较大的相关性;第三个因子Z3与Zn、Fe等元素有较大相关性,与其它7种元素的相关性不明显。前三因子 Z1、Z2、Z3方差累积贡献率可达97.2%,由此可知,降尘来源主要与风引起的地面扬尘,与塑料制品的焚烧,冶金、化工等工业影响及轮胎磨损有关。     

火焰原子吸收光谱法测定大气降尘中的几种重要金属

本文介绍了大气降尘中铜、铅、锌、镉、铁、锰、镍、钴八种重要金属的分析方法，以及共存离子对上述重金属测试时的干扰及其抑制干扰的方法，并提出了表示大气降尘中重金属量的三种浓度概念即容量浓度、重量浓度及降金属量的不同物理意义。     

石家庄城市近地表降尘重金属污染及潜在生态危害评价

以2007年6月采集的石家庄城市近地表降尘为对象,采用Hakanson提出的潜在生态危害指数法对石家庄城市近地表降尘中重金属污染及潜在生态危害进行评价.结果表明,石家庄城市近地表降尘中重金属元素含量变化均较大,Zn、Cd、Cr、Ni、Cu、Pb等属于强变异元素,重金属元素在近地表降尘中积累已达到严重程度;各重金属元素中...     

长春市南湖大气降尘长期演变规律

本文统计分析了１９８４－１９９３年长春市南湖大气降尘数据，探讨了冬季与夏季的代表月份以及１０年间的代表年份大气降尘长期演变规律。１０年间冬季降法量呈波浪式递减趋势；从统计来看，冬季１月份降尘最是夏季７朋份降尘量的２．３倍左右；同年度内冬季、春季大风时段的除尘量一般高于夏、秋季；冬季煤烟型大气污染已逐年在所改善，一些自然因素对大气除尘的影响逐渐突出。     

河南省平顶山市大气降尘的化学特征及其来源解析

为系统反映河南省平顶山市大气降尘的特征,选取平顶山市5个典型功能区(工业区、交通区、居民区、文教区、居民商业混合区),于2008年5月-2009年4月用圆筒型集尘缸采集60个大气降尘样品,应用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)和离子色谱法(IC)分别对其中的20种元素浓度和14种离子浓度进行了分析.结果表...     

长春市大气降尘中重金属的分布特征和来源分析

对长春市不同区域的33个大气降尘中的重金属进行了分析测试,结果表明:大气降尘中重金属含量的大小依次为Fe>Mn>Zn>Pb、Cu>N i>Cd。降尘中重金属的空间分布为工业区>交通区>商业区>文化区、居民区>农村地区。相对于新城区和农村地区,老城区降尘中重金属的含量较高。富集因子的计算分析表明,Pb、Cd明显受到人为活动的影响,Pb主要来自汽车尾气,Cd主要来源于工业尘;人为活动对Cu、Zn、Mn的贡献占一定比例,但不大;N i为天然源。长春市大气降尘已经受到一定程度的重金属污染,但与国内其他城市相比,降尘中重金属的含量处于较低的水平。     

“两控区”城市降水、降尘中重金属元素分布特征及其相关性——以都匀市为例

为了解"两控区"降水、降尘中重金属元素的污染现状及其在大气作用过程中的相互影响,于2015年3月—2016年2月,对"两控区"贵州都匀市降水、降尘样品分别进行逐次和逐月采集,利用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(ICP-MS)对样品中重金属元素(Zn、Mn、As、Cu、Ni、V、Cr、Cd等)进行测定,分析样品中重金属元素的季节分布特征,并对同一种元素在降水和降尘中的相关性进行探讨。研究结果表明:降水中重金属元素的质量浓度范围为0.08~13.80μg·L-1,其中Zn质量浓度最高,其次依次为Mn、As、Cu、Ni、V、Cr、Cd;与《地表水环境质量标准》中Ⅰ类水体标准相比,降水中的重金属元素均未超标;降尘中Cu、As、Cd、Zn较富集,分别为土壤背景值的381.0、2.6、2.7、1.2倍。从季节变化看,降水中多数重金属元素表现为夏季最低,春季最高,降尘中重金属元素的季节变化不明显。降水、降尘中Zn、Mn、As、Cu、Ni、V、Cr、Cd等的沉降量随季节变化具有相似规律性,相关系数分别为0.70、0.66、0.97、0.78、0.53、0.43、0.94、0.67,主要与降雨强度、元素的赋存形态及其在气溶胶中的粒径分布有关。     

模拟酸雨对泉州市区大气降尘重金属的淋溶

以泉州市区受污染的大气降尘为研究对象,开展大气降尘中重金属(Cu,Pb,Cr,Cd,Zn,Mn,Fe,Ni,V,As,Co)在不同酸度(pH=2.5、3.5、4.5、5.6)酸雨淋溶下的溶出行为研究.结果表明:由于降尘样品本身的中和作用,淋出液的pH呈现出先升后降的趋势,并最终接近淋溶液原始pH.在模拟酸雨作用下,污染降尘中不同重金属呈现不同的溶出规律,金属Cu、Pb、Fe、Ni、Mn、Cd的淋出量随pH的升高而降低,各重金属的溶出基本可分为快速溶出阶段、缓慢溶出阶段或稳定阶段,重金属的溶出不仅与总量有关,还与模拟酸雨pH、环境温度、淋溶时间等因素有关.在pH2.5的酸雨下,累积释放量由大到小的顺序为交通区降尘:FeZnMnCoCuCrNiPbAsVCd,工业区降尘:MnFeZnPbCrCuNiAsVCoCd.     

上海市宝山区大气降尘污染时空变化特征

为了探讨上海市宝山区大气尘降污染的时空变化特征,对上海市宝山区冬、春、秋季3个时段的大气降尘采样和分析,利用单因子指数法和空气污染指数法对宝山区降尘污染进行评价.结果表明,宝山区降尘通量为3.4-52.5 g·m~(-2)·month~(-1),各个季节的降尘总量上,春季高于冬季,秋季最低;从区域受污染范围大小看,春季>冬季>秋季,其中春季48.7%的区域受到污染;冬季最高降尘污染等级是三个季节中最高的,达到重污染水平;工业区的降尘通量和降尘污染等级都显著高于其他功能区,是宝山最主要的降尘污染源.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Parasitic wasps orient to green leaf volatiles

Summary Undamaged plants emit low levels of green leaf volatiles (GLVs), while caterpillar-damaged and artificially damaged plants emit relatively higher levels of certain GLVs. Female braconid parasitoids,Microplitis croceipes, oriented to both damaged plants and to individual GLVs in no-choice tests in a wind tunnel, but seldom oriented to undamaged plants. Female ichneumonid parasitoids,Netelia heroica, also oriented to individual GLVs in a wind tunnel. Males of both wasp species failed to orient to the GLVs. These data show that leaf-feeding caterpillars can cause the release of GLVs, and that parasitic wasps can respond to these odors by flying upwind (chemoanemotactic response), which brings the wasps to their caterpillar hosts. This supports the hypothesis that plants communicate with members of the third trophic level,i.e., plants under herbivore attack emit chemical signals that guide natural enemies of herbivores to sites of plant damage. In this interaction, the GLVs serve as tritrophic plant-to-parasitoid synomones. That parasitoids from two different wasp families oriented to GLVs suggests that the response may be widespread among the Hymenoptera.Mention of a commercial or proprietary product does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture     

Potential for Electropositive Metal to Reduce the Interactions of Atlantic Sturgeon with Fishing Gear

Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus) populations have been declared either endangered or threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Effective measures to repel sturgeon from fishing gear would be beneficial to both fish and fishers because they could reduce both fishery‐associated mortality and the need for seasonal and area closures of specific fisheries. Some chondrostean fishes (e.g., sturgeons and paddlefishes) can detect weak electric field gradients (possibly as low as 5 Μv/cm) due to arrays of electroreceptors (ampullae of Lorenzini) on their snout and gill covers. Weak electric fields, such as those produced by electropositive metals (typically mixtures of the lanthanide elements), could therefore potentially be used as a deterrent. To test this idea, we recorded the behavioral responses of juvenile Atlantic sturgeon (31–43 cm fork length) to electropositive metal (primarily a mixture of the lanthanide elements neodymium and praseodymium) both in the presence and absence of food stimuli. Trials were conducted in an approximately 2.5 m diameter × 0.3 m deep tank, and fish behaviors were recorded with an overhead digital video camera. Video records were subsequently digitized (x, y coordinate system), the distance between the fish and the electropositive metal calculated, and data summarized by compiling frequency distributions with 5‐cm bins. Juvenile sturgeon showed clear avoidance of electropositive metal but only when food was present. On the basis of our results, we conclude that the electropositive metals, or other sources of weak electric fields, may eventually be used to reduce the interactions of Atlantic sturgeon with fishing gear, but further investigation is needed. El Potencial del Metal Electropositivo para Reducir las Interacciones del Esturión Atlántico con Instrumentos de Pesca Bouyoucos, Bushnell & Brill 13–003     

The role of time and species identities in spatial patterns of species richness and conservation

Many conservation actions are justified on the basis of managing biodiversity. Biodiversity, in terms of species richness, is largely the product of rare species. This is problematic because the intensity of sampling needed to characterize communities and patterns of rarity or to justify the use of surrogates has biased sampling in favor of space over time. However, environmental fluctuations interacting with community dynamics lead to temporal variations in where and when species occur, potentially affecting conservation planning by generating uncertainty about results of species distribution modeling (including range determinations), selection of surrogates for biodiversity, and the proportion of biodiversity composed of rare species. To have confidence in the evidence base for conservation actions, one must consider whether temporal replication is necessary to produce broad inferences. Using approximately 20 years of macrofaunal data from tidal flats in 2 harbors, we explored variation in the identity of rare, common, restricted range, and widespread species over time and space. Over time, rare taxa were more likely to increase in abundance or occurrence than to remain rare or disappear and to exhibit temporal patterns in their occurrence. Space–time congruency in ranges (i.e., spatially widespread taxa were also temporally widespread) was observed only where samples were collected across an environmental gradient. Fifteen percent of the taxa in both harbors changed over time from having spatially restricted ranges to having widespread ranges. Our findings suggest that rare species can provide stability against environmental change, because the majority of species were not random transients, but that selection of biodiversity surrogates requires temporal validation. Rarity needs to be considered both spatially and temporally, as species that occur randomly over time are likely to play a different role in ecosystem functioning than those exhibiting temporal structure (e.g., seasonality). Moreover, temporal structure offers the opportunity to place management and conservation activities within windows of maximum opportunity.     

Main nutrient compounds in food bodies of Mexican <Emphasis Type="Italic">Acacia</Emphasis> ant-plants

Summary. Myrmecophytic plants use obligate ant mutualists as a constitutive indirect defence mechanism. These plants often produce cellular food bodies (FBs) to nourish their resident ants. Lipids, proteins, and even highly specialised compounds such as glycogen have been reported from FBs, but detailed chemical analyses of FB composition have so far been presented only for Southeast Asian Macaranga and Central American Piper myrmecophytes. Here we report the chemical composition of FBs of five myrmecophytic Acacia (Fabaceae) species from Mexico using HPLC (carbohydrates and proteins) and GC-MS (lipids). Feeding experiments revealed no hints on any use of external food sources by the inhabiting Pseudomyrmex ants. These ants obviously rely completely on FBs and extrafloral nectar provided by their hosts. The total content of nutrients in Acacia FBs was 15-25% of FB dry mass, being much lower than in Macaranga or Piper FBs. Proteins were dominating (8-14 % dm) in Acacia FBs and thus were present in higher amounts than in Macaranga FBs, yet in lower amounts than in Piper. Lipids contributed 1-9 % of dry mass, showing a lower proportion than in FBs of Macaranga or Piper. Carbohydrates made up 3-11 % dm, reaching in most Acacia species the same range as observed in Macaranga and in Piper FBs. Water content was 18-24 % of FB fresh mass, and structural tissue obviously made up a much higher proportion in Acacia FBs than in Macaranga or Piper FBs. Both characters might represent an adaptation to producing FBs unprotected at the leaf tips under dry conditions. Acacia FBs contain all amino acids and all fatty acids that are considered essential for insects, and their contents of lipids and proteins are higher than in the leaves from which they are ontogenetically derived. This indicates a putatively adaptive enrichment of nutritionally valuable compounds in structures functioning as ant-food.     

Examining the uncertain origin and management role of martens on Prince of Wales Island,Alaska

Conservation biologists are generally united in efforts to curtail the spread of non‐native species globally. However, the colonization history of a species is not always certain, and whether a species is considered non‐native or native depends on the conservation benchmark. Such ambiguities have led to inconsistent management. Within the Tongass National Forest of Alaska, the status of American marten (Martes americana) on the largest, most biologically diverse and deforested island, Prince of Wales (POW), is unclear. Ten martens were released to POW in the early 1930s, and it was generally believed to be the founding event, although this has been questioned. The uncertainty surrounding when and how martens colonized POW complicates management, especially because martens were selected as a design species for the Tongass. To explore the history of martens of POW we reviewed other plausible routes of colonization; genetically and isotopically analyzed putative marten fossils deposited in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene to verify marten occupancy of POW; and used contemporary genetic data from martens on POW and the mainland in coalescent simulations to identify the probable source of the present‐day marten population on POW. We found evidence for multiple routes of colonization by forest‐associated mammals beginning in the Holocene, which were likely used by American martens to naturally colonize POW. Although we cannot rule out human‐assisted movement of martens by Alaskan Natives or fur trappers, we suggest that martens be managed for persistence on POW. More generally, our findings illustrate the difficulty of labeling species as non‐native or native, even when genetic and paleo‐ecological data are available, and support the notion that community resilience or species invasiveness should be prioritized when making management decisions rather than more subjective and less certain conservation benchmarks.