黄海绿潮暴发期间浒苔沉降研究进展

黄海大规模的绿潮生态灾害已连续多年持续暴发,对海域的生态安全造成重大影响,也进一步影响到人类健康。浒苔(Ulva prolifera)沉降是绿潮藻暴发周期中极为重要的环节,其在分解过程中释放大量无机物、有机物等破坏生态系统的健康。系统总结了黄海绿潮藻的主要去向,重点关注了浒苔的主要沉降范围,梳理了浒苔分解过程中代谢产物释放与影响,并深入探讨了影响浒苔沉降的主要因素,为未来的绿潮研究及灾害防控工作提供建议与参考。     

基于地统计学——克里格插值法的村镇地表水体水质监测

采用普通克里格、以溶解氧为辅助变量的协同克里格、以UV254为辅助变量的协同克里格、回归克里格和与BP神经网络相结合的克里格等5种插值方法,对湖南省乔口镇典型地表水体新河中的COD进行空间分布预测。结果表明,新河中COD具有强烈的空间自相关性,半方差函数拟合程度较高,为克里格插值提供了良好的理论基础。5种插值方法预测结果符合污染源分布的现场勘查情况,较好地反映了水体中COD的空间分布规律。插值精度表现为以UV_(254)为辅助变量的协同克里格法最佳,并且随着插值点数量的下降,各种插值方法的精度整体呈下降趋势。     

基于改进支持向量回归机的污水处理厂出水总氮预测模型

在小样本数据的情况下,采用粒子群优化算法(PSO)对传统支持向量回归机(SVR)进行改进,将其应用于北京某大型污水处理厂出水总氮浓度预测上。预测结果精度对比分析表明,PSO-SVR模型预测结果平均相对误差为1.836%,决定系数为67.76%,均方根误差为0.693 9,各评价指标均优于多元线性回归模型、BP神经网络模型。因此在小样本情况下,利用PSO-SVR模型对污水处理厂出水总氮浓度进行预测是可行有效的,为应用数据驱动模型对污水处理过程进行建模模拟提供了一种新方法尝试。     

基于卫星遥感的冬小麦秸秆焚烧污染排放测算

基于MODIS卫星250m分辨率的16d合成归一化植被指数(NDVI)数据,提出了一种冬小麦种植区遥感快速提取方法,并建立了基于解译的冬小麦种植区麦秸焚烧大气污染排放的测算方案。以中国第一大冬小麦生产省份河南为例,提取了2010年冬小麦种植面积及其空间分布,测算了秸秆焚烧主要大气污染物排放量。研究显示,河南省2010年冬小麦种植面积提取结果与统计年鉴数据吻合度较高,两者市、县尺度的种植面积相关系数在0.9以上、平均偏差均在13%以内,且在不同地貌类型上均有良好的反演效果。2010年250m分辨率下河南省冬小麦种植区秸秆焚烧单位栅格污染物年排放量为:PM2.5154.1kg、NOX9.9kg、NH35.1kg、CH410.7kg、挥发性有机化合物(VOC)62.0kg、CO 363.4kg、SO21.6kg。说明该提取方法具有数据易获取、过程简便的特点,结果客观、可靠,能为秸秆焚烧监管工作以及其他区域的相关研究提供参考应用和技术支持。     

基于BP人工神经网络的城市PM2.5浓度空间预测

针对PM2.5日均质量浓度,采用BP人工神经网络模型,预测研究区空气中PM2.5浓度的空间变异,通过与普通克里格(Ordinary Kriging)插值方法对比验证BP人工神经网络预测模型的精度.结果表明:BP人工神经网络预测模型下研究区检验样本点位置的PM2.5仿真浓度与观测浓度之间的均方差、平均绝对误差、平均相对偏差和相关系数分别为0.296 μg2/m6、0.412 μg/m3、1.650％和0.851;而与此同时,普通克里格插值方法下的对应结果分别为1.041 μg2/m6、0.689 μg/m3、11.910％、0.638.研究成果在肯定BP人工神经网络预测模型可用于揭示PM2.5浓度空间变异特征的同时,也证实了其相对于普通克里格插值方法在固定空间点位准确预测PM2.5浓度方面的优势.     

长江三角洲PM_(10)质量浓度遥感估算与时空分布特征

卫星遥感反演气溶胶光学厚度(AOT)已被广泛地应用于地面PM10遥感监测。为遥感监测长江三角洲地区PM10,利用2013年的MODIS/Terra AOT产品,考虑研究区36个空气质量监测站点的风速、温度、湿度和边界层高度等气象条件,构建了基于MODIS AOT产品估算PM10的模型。利用17个空气质量监测站点数据对模型进行散点拟合验证,结果表明,模型估算精度较高,春夏秋冬4个季节PM10质量浓度的模型估算值与地面监测值的相关系数R2值分别为0.72、0.76、0.69和0.72。利用模型估算的长时间序列PM10时空分布数据进行时空变化特征分析,结果表明:2000—2013年研究区PM10质量浓度呈增长趋势,月均增长量为0.077μg/m3,最大值出现在2月,为(107.2±22.0)μg/m3,最小值出现在8月,为(40.5±12.0)μg/m3;研究区PM10质量浓度空间分布差异显著,南部低,北部高,高值主要出现在由上海、杭州和南京构成的三角形区域的城市群中,而低值主要出现在南部远离城市的森林区域。结果表明,基于MODIS/Terra AOT产品和地面观测气象数据估算PM10的多元线性回归模型能较好地应用于区域PM10监测。     

利用多源遥感数据预警太湖沉水植物与藻类水华过程的实例研究

综合利用多源遥感数据完成1次太湖沉水植物与藻类水华预警。首先,利用时间分辨率较高的中分辨率成像光谱仪(MODIS)数据(空间分辨率250m,每天过境4次)进行连续监测,发现太湖宜兴西部沿岸与竺山湖水域交界处有连续多日的稳定蓝藻聚集区域,然后利用空间分辨率较高的环境一号卫星电荷耦合元件传感器(CCD)数据(空间分辨率30m,每3天过境2次)结合实地观测对蓝藻聚集原因进行分析,得出此次蓝藻富集是由高密度沉水植物的阻隔作用导致,并对沉水植物区域进行了提取与面积统计。研究结果验证了利用多源遥感数据进行沉水植物与藻类水华预警的可行性和便捷性,所采用的技术方法可以为相关研究和监测提供借鉴。     

贵阳市冬季大气PM 2.5和PM 10浓度空间插值及分布研究

为了解贵阳市冬季大气污染现状,以贵阳市污染相对严重的白云区为研究对象,连续采集PM_(2.5)、PM_(10)浓度数据,利用普通克里金法进行空间插值获取PM_(2.5)、PM_(10)分布特征。通过留一法交叉验证,比较6种半变异函数模型(三角函数、高斯函数、球面函数、指数函数、J-Bessel函数和K-Bessel函数)的空间插值精度,选出最适的函数模型;采用分区统计和格网统计的方法,对不同土地利用类型、植被覆盖度下的PM_(2.5)、PM_(10)平均浓度进行比较分析。结果表明,三角函数是PM_(2.5)空间插值的最适模型,指数函数是PM_(10)空间插值的最适模型;贵阳市白云区冬季大气PM_(2.5)、PM_(10)浓度总体表现出城区浓度高,郊区浓度低的分布特征;土地利用类型和植被覆盖度对PM_(2.5)和PM_(10)浓度有着较强的影响。     

太原市城区PM2.5浓度时空分布特征研究

利用太原市2017年1月1日至2017年12月31日的PM2.5小时监测数据,通过与气溶胶光学厚度(AOD)以及土地利用数据相结合,建立PM2.5随机分析模型和季节线性回归模型,用于分析太原市城区近地面PM2.5时空分布特征.研究结果表明:PM2.5随机分析模型对太原市城区PM2.5时空分布预测具备较好的适用性,模型训...     

基于地统计条件模拟的土壤重金属污染范围预测方法研究

常用的空间插值模型在土壤污染范围预测时存在平滑效应,导致高值区被平滑和低值区被高估,在划定污染区范围时也往往忽视了插值结果存在的偏差。以某土壤重金属污染区域为例,利用地统计条件模拟方法预测土壤中Cu、Pb的空间分布,在多次模拟结果的基础上估算污染概率,基于概率阈值确定污染区范围。研究结果表明,地统计条件模拟方法获得的土壤Cu、Pb模拟结果统计特征与调查样点的统计特征基本一致,且空间分布格局也相似。基于污染概率的污染区范围确定方法可以定量评估污染区范围预测的不确定性,对提高土壤污染治理效果与科学制定环境管理决策具有重要意义。     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Radionuclides in pinon pine (Pinus edulis) nuts from los alamos national laboratory lands and the dose from consumption

Abstract

One of the dominant tree species growing within and around the eastern portion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM, lands is the pinon pine (Pinus edulis). Pinon pine is used for firewood, fence posts, and building materials and is a source of nuts for food—the seeds are consumed by a wide variety of animals and are also gathered by people in the area and eaten raw or roasted. This study investigated the (1) concentration of ³H, ¹³⁷Cs, ⁹⁰Sr, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^{239, 240}Pu, and²⁴¹ Am in soils (0‐ to 12‐in. [31 cm] depth underneath the tree), pinon pine shoots (PPS), and pinon pine nuts (PPN) collected from LANL lands and regional background (BG) locations, (2) committed effective dose equivalent (CEDE) from the ingestion of nuts, and (3) soil to PPS to PPN concentration ratios (CRs). Most radionuclides, with the exception of ³H in soils, were not significantly higher (p < 0.10) in soils, PPS, and PPN collected from LANL as compared to BG locations, and concentrations of most radionuclides in PPN from LANL have decreased over time. The maximum net CEDE (the CEDE plus two sigma minus BG) at the most conservative ingestion rate (10 lb [4.5 kg]) was 0.0018 mrem (0.018 μSv); this is far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem (1000 μSv). Soil‐to‐nut CRs for most radionuclides were within the range of default values in the literature for common fruits and vegetables.     

Degradation and sorption of imidacloprid in dissimilar surface and subsurface soils

Degradation and sorption/desorption are important processes affecting the leaching of pesticides through soil. This research characterized the degradation and sorption of imidacloprid (1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)-methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) in Drummer (silty clay loam) and Exeter (sandy loam) surface soils and their corresponding subsurface soils using sequential extraction methods over 400 days. By the end of the incubation, approximately 55% of imidacloprid applied at a rate of 1.0 mg kg^?1 degraded in the Exeter sandy loam surface and subsurface soils, compared to 40% of applied imidacloprid within 300 days in Drummer surface and subsurface soils. At the 0.1 mg kg^?1 application rate, dissipation was slower for all four soils. Water-extractable imidacloprid in Exeter surface soil decreased from 98% of applied at day 1 to > 70% of the imidacloprid remaining after 400 d, as compared to 55% in the Drummer surface soil at day 1 and 12% at day 400. These data suggest that imidacloprid was bioavailable to degrading soil microorganisms and sorption/desorption was not the limiting factor for biodegradation. In subsurface soils > 40% of ¹⁴C-benzoic acid was mineralized over 21 days, demonstrating an active microbial community. In contrast, cumulative ¹⁴CO₂ was less than 1.5% of applied ¹⁴C-imidacloprid in all soils over 400 d. Qualitative differences in the microbial communities appear to limit the degradation of imidacloprid in the subsurface soils.