Organochlorine pollutants in Scots pine needles--biological and site related variation within a forest stand

To study the biological variation in the content of some persistent organic pollutants, viz hexachlorobenzene (HCB), alpha- and gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha- and gamma-HCH), and 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDT) were analysed in needles from Scots pine trees growing at an isolated peninsula south of Stockholm, Sweden. The concentration variations of each compound was evaluated by a nested analysis of variance (ANOVA) with sampling site specific compass direction, individual tree, and sampling height as factors. Two pair-wise post hoc tests were used to test significant results from the ANOVA. The hexachlorocyclohexanes showed no significant differences between sampling site, trees or sampling height. DDT concentration was significantly lower at the sampling site with the densest vegetation compared to at least three of the other sampling sites. HCB was significantly lower at the lowest sampling height (0.5 m).     

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Use of lysimeters to estimate leaching of pesticides in agricultural soils

In this review of lysimeters, different aspects concerning soil-filling technique, lysimeter size and materials, and drainage-system type are discussed. The placement of lysimeters in the field is dealt with, as are other types of field measurements that can provide complementary information. Evaluations of various properties are based on the assumption that the lysimeters are to be used for estimating pesticide leaching. Guidelines for use in designing a suitable lysimeter experiment for this purpose are described, with special emphasis placed on using the results as a basis for pesticide registration. In this context, some general recommendations are identified. Concerning the lysimeter itself, stress is placed on the importance of using undisturbed soil monoliths. It is recommended that two soil types, i.e. sand and clay, be used and that the management practices carried out closely resemble normal farming practices. Further recommendations include weekly water sampling, two watering regimes, and use of the normal and double the normal application rate of pesticides.     

地貌与环境保护

(一)随着国民经济的迅速发展,人口向城市集中的趋势愈来愈明显。据估计,到2000年世界约有60%的人将居住在城市。解放以来,我国城市的发展速度同样惊人,从1952年到1976年,人口在100万以上的特大城市,由9个增到13个,增长44%,大城市由10个增到25个,增长150%,中等城市由23个增到53个,增长130%,其增长之快为世界各国所不及。     

试谈环境区划中的地质地貌因素

近几十年来,由于工业和科学技术的迅猛发展,环境和环境保护问题日益引起了人们的关注。环境的严重污染和破坏使各国的环境工作者在相当长的一段时间中,把主要的精力放在“三废”的治理上,而对原生环境的保护、规划和改造重视不够,因而疲于治理,事倍功半。为了制定环境保护规划,指导工农业生产的合理布局和城市建设,为了从根本上改善和保护环境,预防环境污染,环境区划的工作就越来越显得迫切和重     

关于土壤环境背景值的研究现状

土壤是重要的环境要素,是人类赖以生存的最基本资源,是农业生产环境的构成基础。我国已开始进行专门的土壤环境污染调查和质量初步评价工作。要正确判断土壤是否污染,给污染广度、范围、程度及其对生态系统的影响予以正确而适当的评价,都必须以可靠的土壤环境背景值为基础。土壤环境背景值是环境(尤是土壤环境)质量评价、环境区划与规划(特别是农业区划与规划)以及利用和改造环境的一个很重要的基础因子,也是以后对比环境污染历史演变趋势之重要资料。目前,国际上,如美、英、日、加拿大、澳大利亚等较重     

Estimating species richness and accumulation by modeling species occurrence and detectability

A statistical model is developed for estimating species richness and accumulation by formulating these community-level attributes as functions of model-based estimators of species occurrence while accounting for imperfect detection of individual species. The model requires a sampling protocol wherein repeated observations are made at a collection of sample locations selected to be representative of the community. This temporal replication provides the data needed to resolve the ambiguity between species absence and nondetection when species are unobserved at sample locations. Estimates of species richness and accumulation are computed for two communities, an avian community and a butterfly community. Our model-based estimates suggest that detection failures in many bird species were attributed to low rates of occurrence, as opposed to simply low rates of detection. We estimate that the avian community contains a substantial number of uncommon species and that species richness greatly exceeds the number of species actually observed in the sample. In fact, predictions of species accumulation suggest that even doubling the number of sample locations would not have revealed all of the species in the community. In contrast, our analysis of the butterfly community suggests that many species are relatively common and that the estimated richness of species in the community is nearly equal to the number of species actually detected in the sample. Our predictions of species accumulation suggest that the number of sample locations actually used in the butterfly survey could have been cut in half and the asymptotic richness of species still would have been attained. Our approach of developing occurrence-based summaries of communities while allowing for imperfect detection of species is broadly applicable and should prove useful in the design and analysis of surveys of biodiversity.     

Modeling the long-term transport and accumulation of radionuclides in the landscape for derivation of dose conversion factors

To evaluate the radiological impact of potential releases to the biosphere from a geological repository for spent nuclear fuel, it is necessary to assess the long-term dynamics of the distribution of radionuclides in the environment. In this paper, we propose an approach for making prognoses of the distribution and fluxes of radionuclides released from the geosphere, in discharges of contaminated groundwater, to an evolving landscape. The biosphere changes during the temperate part (spanning approximately 20,000 years) of an interglacial period are handled by building biosphere models for the projected succession of situations. Radionuclide transport in the landscape is modeled dynamically with a series of interconnected radioecological models of those ecosystem types (sea, lake, running water, mire, agricultural land and forest) that occur at present, and are projected to occur in the future, in a candidate area for a geological repository in Sweden. The transformation between ecosystems is modeled as discrete events occurring every thousand years by substituting one model by another. Examples of predictions of the radionuclide distribution in the landscape are presented for several scenarios with discharge locations varying in time and space. The article also outlines an approach for estimating the exposure of man resulting from all possible reasonable uses of a potentially contaminated landscape, which was used for derivation of Landscape Dose Factors.     

Hydroxylated PCB metabolites in nonhatched fulmar eggs from the Faroe Islands

Thirty-six polychlorinated biphenylols (OH-PCBs) congeners were characterized in Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) eggs collected from the Faroe Islands. The seven most abundant congeners were quantified in 19 samples, and the sigmaOH-PCB concentrations ranged between 0.92 and 4.0 ng g(-1) fresh weight (f.w.). These eggs constitute a part of the traditional diet for at least a part of the population on the Faroe Islands and may contribute to the high levels of these contaminants found in the blood of pregnant Faroese women. Because the metabolites are present in the nonhatched fulmar egg, it is concluded that the OH-PCBs are transferred to the egg before laying. High levels, 3300-18,000 ng g(-1) l.w., of sigmapolychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) were determined in the fulmar eggs, which are a considerable source for human exposure. The high PCB levels are a source for metabolic formation of hydroxylated PCBs.     

Possibilities for improving nitrogen use from organic materials in agricultural cropping systems

Nitrogen release from organic nutrient sources in soil is influenced by a range of factors such as soil temperature and moisture, and chemical composition of the organic material. Chemical composition can, to a certain degree, be controlled to increase the synchronization of nitrogen (N) release with plant N demand, whereas climatic factors cannot be controlled and so must be taken into account when planning management measures. In this paper, we discuss different ways to affect N release through manipulation of the chemical composition of fresh or pretreated plant materials and animal manures, timing of incorporation, and intentional distribution during application. We conclude by giving an overview of off-farm options that may need to be implemented to achieve improved use of N, especially in agricultural systems with surplus N.