酿造污泥的农业利用对地下水的影响

本文通过模拟渗滤实验对酿造残渣(NovoGro)在天津地区农业利用可能产生的环境影响-氮素对地下水的潜在污染———进行了比较系统的研究。结果表明,氮素(主要是NO3-)在土壤中的迁移和积累行为在不同作物和土壤条件下是有差异的。在水田中施用NovoGro,不会引起水体的氮素污染问题;旱田(小麦)表层土壤和下渗水中NO3--N的含量则随NovoGro的施用量的增加而增加,当施用量达到45t/hm2时足以造成地表径流和地下水的NO3--N污染。     

不同基质对马尾松容器苗及其菌根的影响

以10种培养基质，对马尾松进行容器育苗研究．结果表明：以竹叶为基本材料配制基质，比纯黄心主基质培育的马尾松百日苗，干物质重增加对2％；与蛭石基质相比，增加43.9％；与松树皮基质相比，增加25.0％以松针为基本材料配制的基质效果近似于竹叶．两者对苗木生长的影响，与各处理相比较，均达到了极显著水平．培养基质理化性质与苗木生物量相关的矩阵分析表明，容器基质的客重和孔隙度对苗木生长影响最大;基质内有效养分含量，特别是磷含量的多少很重要．竹叶和松针作为基质，表现了良好的理化性质，促进了马尾松苗木早期菌极化，百日苗面根感染率分别比黄心土基质的百日苗提高12.9％和17.0％同时加快了苗木生长．     

上海浦东垃圾焚烧发电厂飞灰性质研究

研究了上海浦东新区垃圾焚烧发电厂烟气净化系统飞灰的物理和化学性质 .结果表明 :飞灰为含水率很低的灰色粉末 ,主要由Si,Al,Ca,Na ,K ,Mg ,Fe ,C和S组成 .飞灰中Pb的浸出浓度高于危险废物鉴别标准 ,为危险废物 .矿物组成主要为SiO2 ,Al2 SiO5,Na Cl,KCl,CaAl2 Si2 O8,Zn2 SiO4,CaCO3和CaSO4等 ;溶解盐含量高达 1 7 9%— 2 2 1 % ,酸中和能力约为 3 0meq·g- 1 — 6 0meq·g- 1 ,对环境pH变化的抵抗能力强 .     

Inhibition of metamorphosis in tadpoles of Xenopus laevis exposed to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Tadpoles of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis were exposed, beginning at stage 50, to a commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether mixture (DE-71) through the diet. Subsequent experiments were conducted using a single intraperitoneal injection at stage 58 with limited quantities of two purified brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) congeners, BDE47 and BDE99 and DE-71 to determine the relative potency of these BDE congeners within the commercial mixture. Significant inhibition of tail resorption, delayed metamorphosis and impacts on skin pigmentation were observed in Xenopus exposed to DE-71 in the diet at nominal doses of 1000 and 5000 microgg(-1) of food. The estimated time required for 50% of the tadpoles to complete metamorphosis was significantly lengthened in Xenopus exposed to a dietary concentration of 1 microg DE-71 per gram of food. Analysis of PBDEs (sum of 32 congeners) in Xenopus from the treatment with 5000 microgg(-1) of DE-71 indicated that the frogs accumulated an average of 1030 microgg(-1) (wet weight) of PBDEs. In the intraperitoneal injection trials, similar inhibitory responses were observed in Xenopus injected with DE-71 at a nominal dose of 60 microg per tadpole, or injected with BDE47 at a nominal dose of 100 microg per tadpole. No responses were observed in Xenopus injected with BDE99 at doses up to 100 microg per tadpole. Complete inhibition of metamorphosis was observed only in the highest DE-71 dietary treatment. The results of this study are consistent with a mechanism of action of PBDEs involving competitive inhibition of binding of thyroid hormones to transporter proteins, although the mechanism cannot be definitively determined from this study. The observed effects may have occurred through other mechanisms, including sublethal toxicity. The doses used in this study are greater than the levels of PBDEs to which anurans are exposed in the environment, so further studies are required to determine whether exposure to PBDEs at environmentally relevant concentrations can affect frog metamorphosis.     

Quantification and modelling of 2,4-dinitrotoluene reduction with high-purity and cast iron

Cast iron has been used as a reactive material in permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) for site remediation. While reactions are generally believed to occur on the iron (oxide) surface, a recent study by [Oh, S.Y., Cha, D.K., Chiu, P.C., 2002a. Graphite-mediated reduction of 2,4-dinitrotoluene with elemental iron. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36 (10), 2178-2184] showed that graphite inclusions in cast iron can also serve as reaction sites for 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT). These authors also found that graphite-mediated reduction of DNT has a regioselectivity that is different from that for iron surface. In this study, we quantified the observations reported by Oh et al. and examined the role of graphite in cast iron through numerical modelling. Models containing one and two reaction sites were developed to evaluate the mass transfer, sorption and reaction rates for DNT reduction in batch systems containing high-purity and cast iron. Our simulations showed that the regioselectivity, defined as the ratio of the ortho- and para-nitro reduction rate constants, was 0.37+/-0.04 S.E. (S.E.=one estimated standard error) for iron surface and 3.59+/-0.76 S.E. for graphite surface. In the cast iron-water system, we estimated that at least 66+/-2% S.E. of the DNT was reduced on graphite surface, despite the low graphite content and the lower DNT reduction rate with graphite than with iron. Graphite played such an important role because of the rapid adsorption of DNT to graphite. In the batch experiments conducted by Oh et al., external mass transfer was not rate limiting. Surface reaction was the rate-limiting step for DNT reduction on the graphite surface in cast iron, whereas internal mass transfer and/or adsorption and surface reaction were important for high-purity iron.     

Correction to: Influence of physico-chemical properties of soil clay fractions on the retention of dissolved organic carbon

Environmental Geochemistry and Health - Unfortunately, in the original publication of the article, Prof. Yong Sik Ok’s affiliation was incorrectly published. The author’s affiliation is...     

Ensemble ecosystem modeling for predicting ecosystem response to predator reintroduction

Introducing a new or extirpated species to an ecosystem is risky, and managers need quantitative methods that can predict the consequences for the recipient ecosystem. Proponents of keystone predator reintroductions commonly argue that the presence of the predator will restore ecosystem function, but this has not always been the case, and mathematical modeling has an important role to play in predicting how reintroductions will likely play out. We devised an ensemble modeling method that integrates species interaction networks and dynamic community simulations and used it to describe the range of plausible consequences of 2 keystone‐predator reintroductions: wolves (Canis lupus) to Yellowstone National Park and dingoes (Canis dingo) to a national park in Australia. Although previous methods for predicting ecosystem responses to such interventions focused on predicting changes around a given equilibrium, we used Lotka–Volterra equations to predict changing abundances through time. We applied our method to interaction networks for wolves in Yellowstone National Park and for dingoes in Australia. Our model replicated the observed dynamics in Yellowstone National Park and produced a larger range of potential outcomes for the dingo network. However, we also found that changes in small vertebrates or invertebrates gave a good indication about the potential future state of the system. Our method allowed us to predict when the systems were far from equilibrium. Our results showed that the method can also be used to predict which species may increase or decrease following a reintroduction and can identify species that are important to monitor (i.e., species whose changes in abundance give extra insight into broad changes in the system). Ensemble ecosystem modeling can also be applied to assess the ecosystem‐wide implications of other types of interventions including assisted migration, biocontrol, and invasive species eradication.     

Influences of coal mining water irrigation on the maize losses in the Xingdong Mine area, China

In 2008, a maize underproduction disaster occurred in the Xianyu village after irrigation using the coal mining water from the Xingdong Mine, China. This disaster resulted in about 40 hectare maize underproduction and 20 hectare total loss of the maize yields. In order to study the reason, a total of 25 soil, water and plant samples were taken from the study area. These samples were analysed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and ion chromatography. The results indicate that the contents of both water-soluble fluorine and total fluorine are very high and resulting of maize underproduction and total loss of production. The possible pollution sources of fluorine in the study area could be from the coal mine water used for irrigation and glass chemical factory near the study area.