纳滤膜处理高浓度工业废液浓差极化与膜污染

当利用纳滤膜处理高浓度工业废液时,实验研究表明随着浓缩时间的延长,渗透液通量衰减系数和膜污染阻力提高很快;浓缩时间较短时,纳滤膜的分离过程由浓差极化控制;浓缩时间较长时,纳滤膜分离过程由浓差极化和膜污染共同控制;提高卷式纳滤膜浓缩液流量会增加纳滤膜浓差极化与膜污染的影响,板式纳滤膜恰与此相反;原浓度高的母液,其渗透液通量衰减系数和膜污染阻力随浓缩时间的延长其提高速率相对也高。     

细滤膜处理高浓废工业废液浓差极化与膜污染

当利用纳滤膜处理高浓度工业废液时，实验研究表明随着浓缩时间的延长，渗透液通量衰减系数和膜污染阻力提高很快；浓缩时间较短时，纳滤膜的分离过程由浓差极化控制；浓缩时间较长时，纳滤膜分离过程由浓差极化和膜污染共同控制；提高卷式纳滤膜浓缩液流量会增加纳滤膜浓差极化与膜污染的影响，板式纳滤膜恰与此相反；原浓度高的母液，其渗透液通量衰减系数和膜污染阻力随浓缩时间的延长其提高速率相对也高。     

聚丙烯腈卷式超滤膜组件的污染及其清洗方法

以牛奶为料液 ,用聚丙烯腈卷式起滤膜组件进行了污染规律和清洗方法的研究 .实验结果表明 :负压抽洗的效果比低压高流速和反冲洗效果好 ;采用物理方法和化学方法结合 ,可明显提高清洗效果 .     

聚丙烯腈卷式超滤膜组件的污染及其清洁方法

以牛奶为料液，用聚丙烯腈卷式起滤膜组件进行了污染规律和清洗方法的研究。实验结果表明：负压抽洗的效果比低压高流速和反冲洗效果好；采用物理方法和比学方法结合，可明显提高清洗效果。     

聚吡咯/凯夫拉中空纤维复合纳滤膜的制备及其染料脱盐性能

以同质增强型凯夫拉(PPTA)中空纤维膜为基膜,吡咯(Py)和三氯化铁(FeCl₃)分别为反应单体和活化剂,采用化学气相沉积法制备了结构稳定、可控的聚吡咯(PPy)/PPTA中空纤维复合纳滤膜.采用FTIR、SEM、AFM、接触角测定仪以及固体表面Zeta电位仪对基膜和PPy/PPTA中空纤维复合纳滤膜的微观形貌、化学组成、亲水性、表面荷电性进行了表征.结果表明,经PPy气相沉积后,PPy/PPTA中空纤维复合纳滤膜表面形成具有图灵结构特征的分离层,并均匀覆盖膜表面.在0.6 MPa室温下,PPy/PPTA中空纤维复合纳滤膜具有较高的的脱盐性能,其顺序为R_Na2SO4 (93.59%)>RMgSO4(91.58%)>R_CaCl2(83.45%)> R_NaCl (54.04%),同时对带负电染料表现出较高的截留率(?98.82%).当运行温度从25℃升高到90℃时,PPy/PPTA中空纤维复合纳滤膜的水通量较明显增加,而截留率几乎保持稳定,表现出优异的热稳定性,为纳滤膜在更高运行温度...     

NP型复合纳滤膜对豆腐废水处理的应用

本文对ＮＰ型复合纳滤膜的分离性能进行了初步实验并在此基础上采用纳滤膜平板过滤装置对豆腐加工过程中产生的废水进行处理,以降低废水中的ＣＯＤ含量,实验结果表明,ＮＰ型复合纳滤膜对０．２％ＭｇＳＯ４溶液的截留率（Ｒ）高于９０％,相应秀量约为２０Ｌｍ＾－２．ｈ＾－１（０．４ＭＰａ）,豆腐废水ＣＯＤ的去除率大于９０％     

超低压反渗透与纳滤处理太湖水的对比试验

对比试验以太湖水为原水,使用超滤作为前处理工艺,选取超低压反渗透和纳滤膜进行对比研究,分析各自的产水水质和运行工况.结果表明,两者对有机物的去除效果总体上相当,COD_(Mn)去除率均在76.94%以上,三维荧光检测显示反渗透去除溶解性有机物(DOM)优于纳滤,凝胶色谱检测表明两者对于原水中分子量主要集中于10000 Da的组分均表现出良好的去除效果,甚至纳滤表现出去除小分子优于反渗透.选取一价离子和二价离子共8种,利用离子色谱检测反渗透与纳滤的产水,反渗透脱盐率86.16%,纳滤对硫酸根去除率88.85%,其余离子去除效果一般.以通量和运行压力作为评价运行工况的指标,纳滤比反渗透拥有更为稳定的通量,但运行压力会随时间逐步上升,对此有必要采取前处理或加大化学清洗频率.     

膜分离活性污泥法的研究

提高生物难降解有机污染物的去除率，改善处理水的水质和达标率，缩小装置的占地面积，节省动力消耗是活性污泥法工艺的发展方向。本试验以膜分离单元代替普通活性污泥法的二沉池，开发了一种新的废水处理工艺。试验结果表明：膜分离活性污泥法对有机物和ＮＨ＿３－Ｎ的去除率比普通活性污泥法高，二级处理可以获得三级处理的效果。根据不同水质和工艺要求，膜孔径应小于２０μｍ，采用水反冲和药液清洗可以确保膜分离装置长期稳定的运行。     

对位芳香族聚酰胺复合纳滤膜制备及高温纳滤性能

本文以对位芳香族聚酰胺(PPTA)超滤膜为基膜,无水哌嗪(PIP)与1,3,5-苯三甲酰氯(TMC)分别作为水相单体和油相单体,采用界面聚合法制得高通量耐热PPTA/PA复合纳滤膜.研究了反应条件对PPTA/PA复合纳滤膜高温纳滤性能影响,观察了复合纳滤膜表面形貌与致密层结构,考察了渗透通量、耐热性以及抗污染等性能.结果表明,当PIP浓度为15%wt,TMC浓度为2.5%wt,热处理温度和时间分别为60℃和8 min时,所得PPTA/PA复合纳滤膜对不同染料分子截留率可达95%以上,对二价盐截留率可达90%以上.在高温条件下,所得PPTA/PA复合纳滤膜表现出优良的染料脱盐性能,在刚果红染料与Na₂SO₄截留率保持在99%的同时,渗透通量可达50 L·m^-2·h^-1·MPa^-1以上.     

工业废液纳滤膜分离模型研究

纳滤膜处理工业废液时，纳滤膜系统可以看做一个封闭体系。实验表明透过液通量Jw与压力差呈直线关系；透过液通量Jw与管过液溶质浓度CR都与浓缩时间呈较好的数学关系。但数学关系形式不同；透过液溶质浓度CR与进液溶质浓度Ci呈指数关系；透过液溶质浓度CR与膜压力差△p的关系为指数关系。     

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.     

Threats to intact tropical peatlands and opportunities for their conservation

Large, intact areas of tropical peatland are highly threatened at a global scale by the expansion of commercial agriculture and other forms of economic development. Conserving peatlands on a landscape scale, with their hydrology intact, is of international conservation importance to preserve their distinctive biodiversity and ecosystem services and maintain their resilience to future environmental change. We explored threats to and opportunities for conserving remaining intact tropical peatlands; thus, we excluded peatlands of Indonesia and Malaysia, where extensive deforestation, drainage, and conversion to plantations means conservation in this region can protect only small fragments of the original ecosystem. We focused on a case study, the Pastaza‐Marañón Foreland Basin (PMFB) in Peru, which is among the largest known intact tropical peatland landscapes in the world and is representative of peatland vulnerability. Maintenance of the hydrological conditions critical for carbon storage and ecosystem function of peatlands is, in the PMFB, primarily threatened by expansion of commercial agriculture linked to new transport infrastructure that is facilitating access to remote areas. There remain opportunities in the PMFB and elsewhere to develop alternative, more sustainable land‐use practices. Although some of the peatlands in the PMFB fall within existing legally protected areas, this protection does not include the most carbon‐dense (domed pole forest) areas. New carbon‐based conservation instruments (e.g., REDD+, Green Climate Fund), developing markets for sustainable peatland products, transferring land title to local communities, and expanding protected areas offer pathways to increased protection for intact tropical peatlands in Amazonia and elsewhere, such as those in New Guinea and Central Africa which remain, for the moment, broadly beyond the frontier of commercial development.     

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     

Human Influence and Classical Biogeographic Predictors of Rare Species Occurrence

Biogeographic theory predicts that rare species occur more often in larger, less‐isolated habitat patches and suggests that patch size and connectivity are positive predictors of patch quality for conservation. However, in areas substantially modified by humans, rare species may be relegated to the most isolated patches. We used data from plant surveys of 81 meadow patches in the Georgia Basin of Canada and the United States to show that presence of threatened and endangered plants was positively predicted for patches that were isolated on small islands surrounded by ocean and for patches that were isolated by surrounding forest. Neither patch size nor connectivity were positive predictors of rare species occurrence. Thus, in our study area, human influence, presumably due to disturbance or introduction of competitive non‐native species, appears to have overwhelmed classical predictors of rare species distribution, such that greater patch isolation appeared to favor presence of rare species. We suggest conservation planners consider the potential advantages of protecting geographically isolated patches in human‐modified landscapes because such patches may represent the only habitats in which rare species are likely to persist. Influencia Humana y Predictores Biogeográficos Clásicos de la Ocurrencia de Especies Raras     

Seasonal dynamics of macro-algae in the South Lake of Tunis

The macro-algae communities observed in the south lake of Tunis are characterized by the predominance of nitrophilous algae which are in the order of biomass importance:Ulva, Cladophora andEnteromorpha. We have noted seasonal changes of alga distribution. The wind appears to be one of the most important factors influencing this distribution. The total biomass reaches a maximum in the spring. Rapid decomposition of the biomass leads to a severe ecological imbalance, resulting in crises of anoxia and fish death. A restoration project has already started. It aims at removal of contaminated muds and the introduction of a new circulation system. The main objectives of this work were to collect information on the distribution and biomass of the phytobenthic communities as a first step in the constitution of a database for further comparison.     

Patterns and biases of climate change threats in the IUCN Red List

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments rely on published data and expert inputs, and biases can be introduced where underlying definitions and concepts are ambiguous. Consideration of climate change threat is no exception, and recently numerous approaches to assessing the threat of climate change to species have been developed. We explored IUCN Red List assessments of amphibians and birds to determine whether species listed as threatened by climate change display distinct patterns in terms of habitat occupied and additional nonclimatic threats faced. We compared IUCN Red List data with a published data set of species’ biological and ecological traits believed to infer high vulnerability to climate change and determined whether distributions of climate change‐threatened species on the IUCN Red List concur with those of climate change‐threatened species identified with the trait‐based approach and whether species possessing these traits are more likely to have climate change listed as a threat on the IUCN Red List. Species in some ecosystems (e.g., grassland, shrubland) and subject to particular threats (e.g., invasive species) were more likely to have climate change as a listed threat. Geographical patterns of climate change‐threatened amphibians and birds on the IUCN Red List were incongruent with patterns of global species richness and patterns identified using trait‐based approaches. Certain traits were linked to increases or decreases in the likelihood of a species being threatened by climate change. Broad temperature tolerance of a species was consistently related to an increased likelihood of climate change threat, indicating counterintuitive relationships in IUCN assessments. To improve the robustness of species assessments of the vulnerability or extinction risk associated with climate change, we suggest IUCN adopt a more cohesive approach whereby specific traits highlighted by our results are considered in Red List assessments. To achieve this and to strengthen the climate change‐vulnerability assessments approach, it is necessary to identify and implement logical avenues for further research into traits that make species vulnerable to climate change (including population‐level threats).