江苏省夏季浮萍种类及其生长水环境调查

对江苏省多个县（市）分布有浮萍的工业区、生活区、农田水体进行调查与采样,观测各地浮萍种类及其生长水体的富营养化状况,探讨水体pH值,铵态氮、硝态氮、总氮、总磷含量与浮萍分布的关系。调查结果表明,浮萍适宜生长在静止的水体中,流动的河流中较为少见;此外,浮萍适宜生长在农田和生活区水体中,工业区附近样本数较少。江苏省夏季浮萍的主要品种为紫萍（Spirodelapolyrrhiza）、青萍（Lemmaminor）、芜萍（Wolffiaarrhiza）和少根紫萍（Spirodelaoligorrhiza）,调查期间未发现稀脉浮萍（Lemmaperpusilla）与品藻（Lemmatrisulca）。紫萍和青萍在所调查的每个采样点均有分布,其生长水体的pH值变化范围（4．5～7．5）较大。浮萍生长水环境的氮、磷养分浓度范围很广,铵态氮、硝态氮、总氮、总磷质量浓度范围分别为0～42、0．2—2．0、0．2～45和0．02～13mg·L-1,尚未发现浮萍分布与水体氮、磷含量之间的必然联系。工业区附近水体中常见紫萍与青萍以共生形式存在,偶尔还伴有芜萍。在利用浮萍去除水中氮、磷营养物质时,应优先考虑利用各地当季优势浮萍品种及不同品种浮萍的共生复合系统,保障浮萍的最大生长量以及对水体氮、磷的最大去除率。     

鄱阳湖流域浮萍种质资源分布及其对水环境因子的响应

为全面了解鄱阳湖流域浮萍种属资源分布及其生长水环境,对流域内浮萍资源开展调查并测定生长水体的水质.结果显示,鄱阳湖流域采集到的浮萍共4属5种,分别为青萍(Lemna minor)、稀脉浮萍(Lemna perpusilla)、紫背浮萍(Spirodela polyrrhiza)、少根紫萍(Landoltia punctata)、芜萍(Wolffia arrhiza)、青萍和紫背浮萍为该地区的优势种.青萍生长水体的p H范围最广(5.5-9.43),其他浮萍生长水体呈弱酸性.青萍生长水体中的氨氮(NH_3-N)、硝态氮(NO_3-N)、总氮(TN)、化学需氧量(COD)浓度范围较其他4种浮萍更为广泛,分别为0.18-4.25 mg/L、0.027-3.27mg/L、0.38-13.28 mg/L、16.16-614.72 mg/L,少根紫萍生长水体的总磷(TP)浓度范围最广,为0.06-2.68 mg/L.从重金属含量来看,青萍生长水体Cu、Pb、Zn、Co含量范围最广,少根紫萍对Cd、紫背浮萍对Mn的适应能力表现出优势.从自然状态下富集效果来看,青萍对Zn、紫背浮萍对Cr、少根紫萍对Mn的富集能力强.青萍和紫背浮萍对Pb富集效果好于少根紫萍.RDA分析表明,少根紫萍的分布主要受TN、TP、NH_3-N的影响,紫背浮萍主要受Mn的影响,青萍主要受NO_3-N的影响.稀脉浮萍和芜萍分别受Cd、Cr的影响.不同浮萍种属的水环境差异较大,在修复富营养化水体时,可利用当地优势品种组合以达到最佳的去除效果.根据浮萍对重金属耐受能力、富集效果的不同可筛选出对特定重金属耐性好且富集能力强的品种.本研究对利用浮萍品种修复不同污染的水体具有一定的指导意义.(图4表5参40)     

青萍生长抑制试验对稀脉浮萍的适用性研究

为了验证我国本土常见的稀脉浮萍(Lemna aequinoctialis)是否适用于以青萍(Lemna minor)作为标准试验生物的生长抑制试验,对两种浮萍的毒性效应终点和毒性响应差异进行比较。通过对两种浮萍的总叶面积、干重、鲜重同叶状体数之间的相关性进行分析,根据《OECD化学品测试准则No.221浮萍生长抑制试验》,遵从良好实验室规范(GLP),将两种浮萍暴露于参比物质3,5-二氯苯酚,进行7 d更新式毒性试验,暴露浓度为(1.0~10)mg·L-1。结果表明,青萍的培养条件、试验方法以及毒性效应终点均适用于稀脉浮萍,两种浮萍的毒性试验呈现出相似的时间-效应关系和剂量-效应关系,两者的毒性效应浓度具有可比性,且数值上接近。以上实验结果可以得出,稀脉浮萍适用于生长抑制试验;鉴于稀脉浮萍在我国分布广泛、容易获取,稀脉浮萍可作为毒性测试的国家标准试验生物。     

4种浮萍提取物的抗菌活性和黄酮含量

浮萍(Lemnaceae)生长在微生物丰富的污水表面,为了研究浮萍抗菌机制,为浮萍抗菌物质活性筛选以及动植物病原菌和人类致病微生物感染机制研究提供依据,用不同极性的溶剂对浮萍进行提取,牛津杯法(Oxford Cup)及最小抑菌浓度(MIC)测定比较绿萍zh0018、少根紫萍zh0224以及多根紫萍zh0003、zh0225四种浮萍提取物的体外抗菌活性,并用分光光度法结合高效液相色谱(HPLC)测定分析提取物总黄酮含量以及成分差异.结果表明:浮萍甲醇提取物、95%乙醇提取物对枯草芽孢杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、铜绿假单胞菌、大肠杆菌、农杆菌均有不同程度的抗菌活性,其中多根紫萍zh0225甲醇提取物抗菌活性最强(MIC:6.25 mg/mL),其次为绿萍;各萃取物中乙酸乙酯相活性最强(MIC:0.78 mg/mL),其次为正丁醇相.分光光度法测得绿萍甲醇提取物总黄酮含量较高,为提取物的9.8%,其次为少根紫萍甲醇提取物,为8.1%,其中多根紫萍zh0225乙酸乙酯相含量最高,为萃取物的22.46%,其次为正丁醇相,为17.2%.HPLC测得不同浮萍提取物黄酮成分差异较大,两株多根紫萍成分相似而含量不同.研究表明,结合浮萍自身的特性和提取物抗菌活性的大小及黄酮含量,筛选多根紫萍zh0225乙酸乙酯萃取相作为优良浮萍品种提取活性物质以及开展药物生产具有巨大潜力.     

污水氮磷浓度对云南本地浮萍生长及氮磷去除的影响

为揭示污水氮磷浓度对不同浮萍生长及水处理的影响规律,研究了户外条件下云南本地的4个浮萍品种,本地绿萍(Lemna japonica)、本地少根(Landoltia punctata)、本地多根(Spir odela polyrhiza)和本地芜萍(Woffi a globosa)在不同氮磷浓度污水中的生长情况.结果表明:随着污水氮磷浓度升高,浮萍处理系统对氮磷的去除总量升高,利用率降低;不同浮萍品种在不同氮磷浓度污水中的最大生长速率、氮磷含量和氮磷固定能力存在明显的种属差异.其中本地多根有最高的生长速率(7.38 g m-2 d-1)和氮固定能力(336.47 mg m-2 d-1),本地绿萍有最高的磷含量(2.35%)和磷固定能力(123.07 mg m-2 d-1),本地芜萍有最高的蛋白含量(37.32%).针对本地绿萍的进一步研究表明:本地绿萍在不同氮磷浓度污水中的生长与体内的氮磷含量和pH有关,高氮磷含量的本地绿萍可以利用体内储存的氮磷在寡营养水体中短时间内进行快速生长;废水的氨氮浓度小于20 mg L-1,pH 8(±0.5)时本地绿萍生长较快;当废水氨氮浓度大于20 mg L-1时,pH 6.5(±0.5)时可防止NH4+大量转化为NH3,减少对本地绿萍的毒害作用.本研究揭示了污水氮磷浓度对不同浮萍品种的生长、氮磷含量和氮磷去除的影响不同,实际应用中可根据不同的目的选用不同的浮萍品种.     

少根紫萍对微污染地表水的净化及淀粉积累能力

根据地表水环境质量标准研究少根紫萍(Landoltia punctata)对微污染地表水的净化效果,同时,对其淀粉积累能力进行评价.结果显示,少根紫萍对微污染地表水体可以实现深度处理,经处理的Ⅴ类、劣Ⅴ类水体中氨氮(NH4+-N)和总磷(TP)均在1d内提升一个水质级别,在3d内达到地表Ⅱ类水标准(NH4+-N0.15mg/L,TP0.09mg/L),且氮、磷去除率均达到98.5%和82.9%以上.此外,少根紫萍在快速修复水体的同时能大量积累淀粉.处理3 d,Ⅴ类和劣Ⅴ类水处理中浮萍干重的淀粉含量分别为28.38%、21.57%,15 d后达到52.15%、49.58%.另外研究发现,额外添加二氧化碳(CO2)对淀粉积累有进一步促进作用.处理3 d淀粉含量相比未添加CO2提升了55.7%,平均淀粉积累速率提高了2.72倍.因此,少根紫萍不仅能够快速净化微污染水体,同时也能积累大量的淀粉干物质,结果可为实际污水处理及后期少根紫萍资源化应用提供参考.     

浅水体浮萍污水净化系统的除氮途径

以稀释的猪场厌氧污水为供试水样,少根紫萍为供试生物材料,对夏、冬2季浅水体浮萍污水净化系统TN、NH4 -N和NOx--N(NO2--N与NO3--N之和)的去除途径进行了试验研究。结果表明,在夏季气温条件下,TN通过气态氨挥发、浮萍系统吸收/吸附NH4 -N和NOx--N得以去除,3途径去除的N分别占TN去除量的30.5%、15.9%和53.6%;NH4 -N通过气态氨挥发、浮萍系统吸收/吸附和硝化反应得以去除,3途径去除的N分别占NH4 -N总去除量的33.1%、17.3%和49.6%;NOx--N则完全通过浮萍系统吸收/吸附得以去除。在冬季气温条件下,TN通过气态氨挥发和浮萍系统吸收/吸附NH4 -N得以去除,2途径去除的N分别占TN去除量的31.7%和68.3%;NH4 -N通过气态氨挥发、浮萍系统吸收/吸附和硝化反应得以去除,3途径去除的N分别占NH4 -N总去除量的28.9%、69.5%和1.6%;而水体中的NOx--N含量始终保持稳定。     

不同磷初始浓度对紫萍生长及磷吸收效率的影响

采用室内模拟培养试验方法,研究不同磷初始浓度对紫萍生长及磷吸收效率的影响。结果表明,水体初始ρ（磷）为3.0 mg.L-1时,紫萍相对生长率最高,生长繁殖速度最快。当初始ρ（磷）为0.3～3.0 mg.L-1时,紫萍对水体中磷的去除率在70%以上。紫萍累积吸磷量和磷吸收能力均随磷初始浓度的升高而增加,但当初始ρ（磷）为45.0 mg.L-1时,紫萍累积吸磷量和单位鲜质量紫萍吸磷量均明显下降。当初始ρ（磷）≤1.5 mg.L-1时,紫萍体内酸性磷酸酶活性升高,但随着低磷胁迫时间的延长,低磷条件和高磷条件间酸性磷酸酶活性差异减小。     

稀脉萍(Lemna paucicostata)对水质的综合评价和指示作用

为探讨利用我国本土植物进行水质综合评价和指示的可行性,试验研究了我国特有的浮萍属植物——稀脉萍(Lemna paucicostata)对不同来源水(自来水、雨水为唯一来源的池塘水、接纳多种排放废水的湖水及垃圾填埋场渗滤液)水质的综合评价和指示效果.结果表明,1)就不同来源水而言,随着水质的下降(自来水、池塘水、湖水、渗滤液),稀脉萍叶状体和群体7d相对增殖率(相对于对照)均逐渐降低;2)就某一污水而言,随着水质的下降(渗滤液稀释4096～128倍),稀脉萍叶状体7d相对增殖率逐渐降低,而群体相对增殖率没有明显变化规律.以上结果提示,稀脉萍对水质具有一定的评价和指示作用,其叶状体相对增殖率可应用于水质的生物学监测和综合评价.     

非离子型表面活性剂AE对稀脉浮萍的损伤作用

以过氧化氢酶（CAT）、过氧化物酶（POD）相对活性、植物生长量和培养液pH值变化作为观测指标,研究了非离子型表面活性剂脂肪醇聚氧乙烯醚（AE）对稀脉浮萍（Lemna paucicostata L.）的损伤作用,结果显示：稀脉浮萍的损伤程序与AE浓度直接相关,浓度小于1.0mg/L时,AE对稀脉浮萍的损伤较轻,λ（CAT）、λ（POD）的增加,能清除膜上的过氧化物,在10.0mg/L时,稀脉浮萍的生理功能受到中等程序的伤。CAT、POD相对活性升高,生长率下降,光合作用受到一定程度的抑制,培养液pH值下降0.2左右;AE为100.0mg/L时,植物受伤严重,CAT、POD相对活性下降,培养液pH值降低幅度为0.6左右,植物大部分死亡。     

Nitrogen saturation in stream ecosystems

The concept of nitrogen (N) saturation has organized the assessment of N loading in terrestrial ecosystems. Here we extend the concept to lotic ecosystems by coupling Michaelis-Menten kinetics and nutrient spiraling. We propose a series of saturation response types, which may be used to characterize the proximity of streams to N saturation. We conducted a series of short-term N releases using a tracer (15NO3-N) to measure uptake. Experiments were conducted in streams spanning a gradient of background N concentration. Uptake increased in four of six streams as NO3-N was incrementally elevated, indicating that these streams were not saturated. Uptake generally corresponded to Michaelis-Menten kinetics but deviated from the model in two streams where some other growth-critical factor may have been limiting. Proximity to saturation was correlated to background N concentration but was better predicted by the ratio of dissolved inorganic N (DIN) to soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), suggesting phosphorus limitation in several high-N streams. Uptake velocity, a reflection of uptake efficiency, declined nonlinearly with increasing N amendment in all streams. At the same time, uptake velocity was highest in the low-N streams. Our conceptual model of N transport, uptake, and uptake efficiency suggests that, while streams may be active sites of N uptake on the landscape, N saturation contributes to nonlinear changes in stream N dynamics that correspond to decreased uptake efficiency.     

Duckweeds for water remediation and toxicity testing

The presence of toxic substances in wastewaters and outdoor bodies of water is an important ecotoxicological issue. The aim of this review is to illustrate how duckweeds, which are small, simply constructed, floating aquatic plants, are well suited to addressing this concern. The ability of duckweeds to grow rapidly on nutrient-rich water and to facilitate the removal of many substances from aqueous solution comprises the potential of these macrophytes for the remediation of wastewater and polluted aqueous reservoirs, while producing usable biomass containing the unwanted substances having been taken up. Their ease of cultivation under controlled and even sterile conditions makes duckweeds excellent test organisms for determining the toxicity of water contaminants, and duckweeds are important as model aquatic plants in the assessment of ecotoxicity. Duckweeds are also valuable for establishing biomarkers for the toxic effects of water contaminants on aquatic higher plants, but the current usefulness of duckweed biomarkers for identifying toxicants is limited. The recent sequencing of a duckweed genome holds the promise of combining the determination of water contaminant toxicity with toxicant diagnostics by means of gene expression profiling via DNA microarrays.     

Saturated uptake kinetics: transient response of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana to ammonium,nitrate, silicate or phosphate starvation

Changes in the saturated uptake kinetics of the limiting nutrient were followed as Thalassiosira pseudonana (Clone 3 H) batch cultures entered ammonium, nitrate, silicate and phosphate starvation. Cultures starved of ammonium or phosphate developed very high specific uptake capacities over a 24 to 48 h starvation period, due to both decreases in cell quota and increases in uptake rates per cell. In particular, the cell phosphorus quota decreased ca. 8-fold during phosphate starvation and specific uptake rates exceeded 100 d^-1. In contrast, cultures entering nitrate or silicate starvation underwent little or no further cell division, and the uptake capacity declined during starvation. After 24 to 48 h starvation, an induction requirement for uptake of nitrate or silicate was apparent. These responses are consistent with adaptation to the pattern of supply of these nutrients in the field.     

Uptake and translocation of phosphorus in eelgrass (Zostera marina)

The uptake and translocation of phosphorus in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) was studied in two-compartment chambers using ³²P and autoradiography. Eelgrass was able to take up phosphorus both with leaves and rootrhizomes. Only a small amount (less than 4%) of the total amount of phosphorus taken up from either source was translocated within the plants during an incubation time of 120 h. Release of translocated phosphorus from the plant tissues to the surrounding water was not detected. The autoradiographs showed that the translocated phosphorus was localized mainly in the actively growing plant tissues, i.e. the stem and young leaves, and nodes of the rhizomes and young roots. The uptake of phosphorus in leaves and the bidirectional translocation in the plants was significantly lower in the dark. The uptake of phosphorus in rootrhizomes was unaffected by light-conditions. The concentration of phosphate in the water of one compartment did not affect the phosphorus uptake by the plant parts in the opposite compartment. However, the translocation was significantly reduced when both compartments were supplied with identical phosphate concentrations. The results of the present investigation indicate that the quantitative significance of eelgrass in the cycling of phosphorus between sediment and water may have been greatly overestimated in earlier studies. The amount of phosphorus taken up by root-rhizomes and subsequently translocated to leaves is probably insignificant during most of the growing season in comparison to the amount taken up by the leaves from the surrounding water. However the uptake of phosphorus by root-rhizomes may be significant in the nutrition of eelgrass during periods with low phosphate levels in the water.     

Effects of nitrite on phosphate uptake in anaerobic-oxic process

An anaerobic-oxic (A/O) biological phosphorus removal reactor was operated to study the effect of nitrite on phosphate uptake. The phosphorus uptake profile was determined under different operating conditions. The results indicated that in addition to oxygen and nitrate (DPB_Na, nitrate denitrifying phosphorus removal), to some extent, nitrite could also serve as an electron acceptor to achieve nitrite denitrifying phosphorus removal (DPB_Ni). The quantity and rate of phosphorus uptake of DPB_Ni, however, were evidently lower than that of DPB_Na. The experiment results revealed that nitrite would bring toxic action to phosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) when NO₂ ^?-N ? 93.7 mg/L. The nitrite existing in the anoxic reactor made no difference to the quantity and rate of denitrifying phosphorus removal, but it could reduce the consumption of nitrate. Moreover, the data showed that the aerobic phosphate uptake of DPB_Ni was lower than that of anaerobic phosphorus-released sludge in a traditional A/O process. However, there was not much difference between these two kinds of sludge in terms of the total phosphorus uptake quantity and the effluent quality.     

Identification of phosphorus dynamics in Kootenay Lake,Canada

This paper regards the use of system theory techniques in the development of models describing the phosphorus kinetics in fresh waters with the objective to understand the observed kinetics better in order to obtain indications on the design of future field experiments. Identification techniques have been applied to the data regarding 49 experiments on phosphorus cycling in Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada, in order to determine the minimal number of compartments required to model the phosphorus dynamical behaviour. Canonical state-space models have then been identified both from raw and smoothed data. The parameters in these models do not have a direct physical meaning; they can, however, be identified from the measured data and the obtained models describe with good accuracy the considered kinetics. The identification of physical models has also been performed; in this case, however, only two compartments have been considered according to the results of the identifiability analysis of the complete model parameters. Results give further insight on the phosphorus processes and show that the complete phosphorus cycle through the four compartments described by Lean can be identified only when phosphorus cycles rapidly through the system.     

Influence of carbon source and temperature on the denitrifying phosphorus removal process

To supply the valuable operating parameters for the popular usage of the new denitrifying phosphors removal process, it is essential to study the dominant biochemical reactions and the characteristics of denitrifying phosphorus removing bacteria (DPB). Thus, parallel batch experiments using DPB sludge were carried out to assess the effect of substrates (sewage, HAc, and endogenous carbon source) on denitrifying dephosphorus removal efficiency in this study. The results showed that the initial specific phosphorus release rate increased with the high concentration of the short-chain volatile fatty acids ratio in the influent, and sufficient phosphorus was released by DPB. This improved the subsequent denitrification and phosphorus uptake efficiency. The specific endogenous denitrification mainly relies on the internal carbon source (PHB) stored by poly-P bacteria. Denitrifying phosphorus removing bacteria were very hungry when the internal PHB was consumed. Consequently, the specific endogenous denitrification rate was low and the phosphorus uptake did not happen. On the other hand, in the experiment, the denitrifying phosphorus removal performance under two temperature conditions (8–10°C and 25–26°C) was also investigated and analyzed. It was found that the lower temperature decreased the specific phosphorus release and uptake rate, but did not inhibit the denitrifying phosphorus removal completely. Therefore, the negative influence of the low temperature on the overall phosphorus removal was not significant.