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Erik Meers Pieter Vervaeke Filip M.G. Tack Noel Lust Marc Verloo Els Lesage 《补救:环境净化治理成本、技术与工艺杂志》2003,13(3):87-97
Remediation of heavy metal contamination in soil is a widespread environmental issue. Conventional remediation techniques are invasive and often too expensive, particularly if large areas of soil are contaminated. Phytoremediation is the use of plants to remediate soil and groundwater. Phytoremediation of inorganic comtaminants such as metals can be further catagorized into phytostabilization and phytoextraction. These techniques have gained an increasing amount of attention and research over the last ten years. Phytoextraction of heavy metals and periodical removal of harvestable plant parts results in a gradual decrease of pollutant levels in the top soil. Woody species such as Salix sp. (willow) do not represent the fastest phytoextraction procedure compared to uptake by herbaceous species; however, they offer the added advantage of possible reuse of the produced biomass (wood) for the production of renewable energy. Here we present the results of a field experiment conducted to evaluate the use of Salix to remediate soil contaminated with cadmium and zinc at a dredged sediment disposal site in Flanders, Belgium. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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Du Laing G Vandecasteele B De Grauwe P Moors W Lesage E Meers E Tack FM Verloo MG 《Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM》2007,9(5):449-455
Factors that play a role in determining metal accumulation in sediments of 26 intertidal marshes which are mainly vegetated by reed plants (Phragmites australis) were assessed along the Scheldt estuary (Belgium and The Netherlands). In the upper 20 cm sediment layer, several physico-chemical properties (clay, silt and sand content, organic matter, carbonate and chloride content, pH and conductivity) and aqua regia extractable metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) were determined. The sediments were significantly contaminated with trace metals. The Cd concentrations often exceeded the Flemish soil remediation thresholds for nature areas, whereas Cr, Cu and Zn levels indicated moderate contamination. Pb concentrations occasionally were high, whereas Ni concentrations leaned towards background values. Organic matter was the single most important predictor variable for total metal contents in regression models, except for Cr. Additional significant predictor variables were clay or chloride content, depending on the metal. Observed metal concentrations at sites within a range of a few km from specific point-sources of metals (e.g. shipyards, industrial areas with metallurgic activities, affluents, major motorways) were somewhat higher than predicted by the models, whereas they were lower than predicted at sites which are regularly subjected to flooding by water of high salinity. The ratio between observed and predicted concentrations seems to be a valuable tool for the identification of areas which are specifically impacted by point sources. 相似文献
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A better understanding of animal movements is of crucial importance for investigating numerous ecological issues. Developments in bio-logging technologies largely contributed to the observation and recording of animal displacements. Recently, several devices were developed to track animals in a three-dimensional space. However, given the larger number of variables, these advances generated new analytical problems and currently, few methods exist to analyse 3-D movements. In this study, we present a new technique, the Spherical First Passage Time (SFPT), to determine the scale of search behaviour in a volume. Building on the development of the First Passage Time (FPT) approach, SFPT measures the time required to cross a sphere along a 3-D path. We used simulations as they provide an opportunity to better understand processes involved in a system. Moreover, they offer the advantage of considerably increasing sample size in cases where empiric data remain scarce. However, in order to be more realistic, simulations were constrained within the physiological and behavioural features inherent to a diving animal, in this case beluga whales. First, we modelled three-dimensional movements as a correlated random walk for which the vertical and horizontal dimensions were considered simultaneously. One restricted search event was included in each simulation. Spatial scales obtained with the SFPT approach were compared to those obtained from the classical FPT analysis over the corresponding horizontal path. Results indicate a significant difference between the two approaches, suggesting that, in most cases, an approach in 2-D misrepresents spatial scale of search behaviour occurring in 3-D. Although we tested the SFPT with the example of a diving marine mammal, we argue that this method is applicable for all animals moving in a three-dimensional space. 相似文献
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Abstract Field studies were conducted to determine the synergism, persistence, and efficacy of a tank‐mix spray of cupric hydroxide and mancozeb for control of bacterial speck of tomato. The increased efficacy of the cupric hydroxide‐mancozeb mixture could not be attributed to the formation of a bacteriostatic compound in the tank mixture nor to a greater persistence of the mixture on the tomato foliage. 相似文献
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Molson JW Frind EO Van Stempvoort DR Lesage S 《Journal of contaminant hydrology》2002,54(3-4):277-305
A pilot scale experiment for humic acid-enhanced remediation of diesel fuel, described in Part 1 of this series, is numerically simulated in three dimensions. Groundwater flow, enhanced solubilization of the diesel source, and reactive transport of the dissolved contaminants and humic acid carrier are solved with a finite element Galerkin approach. The model (BIONAPL) is calibrated by comparing observed and simulated concentrations of seven diesel fuel components (BTEX and methyl-, dimethyl- and trimethylnaphthalene) over a 1500-day monitoring period. Data from supporting bench scale tests were used to estimate contaminant-carrier binding coefficients and to simulate two-site sorption of the carrier to the aquifer sand. The model accurately reproduced the humic acid-induced 10-fold increase in apparent solubility of trimethylnaphthalene. Solubility increases on the order of 2-5 were simulated for methylnaphthalene and dimethylnaphthalene, respectively. Under the experimental and simulated conditions, the residual 500-ml diesel source was almost completely dissolved and degraded within 5 years. Without humic acid flushing, the simulations show complete source dissolution would take about six times longer. 相似文献
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Parent–offspring conflict theory predicts the evolution of offspring solicitation signals that can influence the amount and/or
the duration of parental investment. Short-term effects of offspring solicitation signals on parental food provisioning have
been widely demonstrated, but persistent effects of offspring signals on the maintenance of parental care have been rarely
studied. Also, the relation between the amount of care provided to the brood and how it is distributed among individual offspring
within a brood is not well enough understood. Here, we investigated in the European earwig (Forficula auricularia) the effects of offspring condition-dependent chemical signals on the maintenance of maternal care among broods and the distribution
of maternal food within broods. Mothers were isolated from their brood for 3 days and continuously exposed to chemical signals
extracted from broods of experimentally manipulated nutritional state. After re-introducing mothers to their brood, a range
of maternal behaviours were quantified. We found that earwig mothers groomed their offspring significantly more after exposure
to chemical extract from high-food brood in comparison with mothers exposed to extract from low-food brood, which in turn
displayed significantly more aggressive behaviour. Furthermore, we manipulated offspring individual nutritional condition
within the brood to evaluate the effect of offspring state on the within-brood food distribution. Within broods, poorly fed
individuals received significantly more food than well-fed individuals, probably due to scramble competition. These results
show that earwig nymphs express multi-component condition-dependent signals and behaviours differentially affecting maternal
care provisioned to the brood and the distribution of care within broods. 相似文献
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Decaying organic matter plays an important role in the cycling of metals in wetland ecosystems. Sorption kinetics of Cu(II) on Phragmites australis leaf and stem litter were studied. Fresh leaf and stem litter was sampled from a surface flow wetland at the end of the growing season. The effect of decomposition stage was studied with litter that had been decomposing for a period of 5 months. The Lagergren pseudo-first-order model, the pseudo-second-order model, the Elovich equation and two diffusion models based on spherical intra-particle diffusion were fitted to the experimental data. The sorption capacity was significantly affected by the decomposition of the litter. The sorption process was best described by the pseudo-second-order kinetics (R(2) approximately 0.99) but the rate constant was strongly dependent on the initial Cu concentration. The intra-particle diffusion model fitted the data only slightly less (R(2)>0.95) than the pseudo-second-order model. A theoretical comparison revealed that the good fit with the pseudo-second-order kinetics could be indicative of intra-particle diffusion. Sorption kinetics observed for the leaf and stem litter at different metal concentrations showed a fast initial sorption followed by a slow sorption phase. 相似文献
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Gagne S Lesage J Ostiguy C Cloutier Y Van Tra H 《Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM》2005,7(2):145-150
Occupational exposures to isocyanates can lead to occupational asthma. Once sensitized, some workers could react to isocyanate monomers at concentrations below 1% of the Permissible Exposure Limit of 5 ppb in air. Currently available methods are not sufficiently sensitive to adequately evaluate isocyanates present at these levels in workplace air. This article describes a novel method for isocyanate determination allowing the ultratrace quantification in workplace air of hexamethylene diisocyanate, 2,4-toluene diisocyanate and 2,6-toluene diisocyanate monomers. Sampling is performed during a complete workshift at a flow rate of 1 L min(-1) with a cassette containing a 1-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine-impregnated 25 mm filter. Analysis is performed using liquid chromatography hyphenated with coordination ionspray tandem mass spectrometry. The analytical method's linearity was measured for a concentration range varying from the limit of detection of 0.04-0.13 ng mL(-1), depending on the monomer, up to approximately 32 ng mL(-1) for every isocyanate monomer, all with correlation coefficients (R(2)) greater than 0.999. The analytical method's lower limit of quantification combined with an adapted sampling strategy allow the quantification of isocyanate monomers down to 0.04 ppt for an 8 h work shift when a lithium adduct is used, which is more than 300 times lower than the most sensitive method currently available. This novel method can be used to confirm the very low level of isocyanate monomers for the safe reassignment of sensitized workers and it is also useful for charting the isocyanate dispersion tail in workplace environments. 相似文献
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Sophie M. E. Marsh Michael Hoffmann Neil D. Burgess Thomas M. Brooks Daniel W. S. Challender Patricia J. Cremona Craig Hilton-Taylor Flore Lafaye de Micheaux Gabriela Lichtenstein Dilys Roe Monika Böhm 《Conservation biology》2022,36(2):e13844
Unsustainable exploitation of wild species represents a serious threat to biodiversity and to the livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous peoples. However, managed, sustainable use has the potential to forestall extinctions, aid recovery, and meet human needs. We analyzed species-level data for 30,923 species from 13 taxonomic groups on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species to investigate patterns of intentional biological resource use. Forty percent of species (10,098 of 25,009 species from 10 data-sufficient taxonomic groups) were used. The main purposes of use were pets, display animals, horticulture, and human consumption. Intentional use is currently contributing to elevated extinction risk for 28–29% of threatened or near threatened (NT) species (2752–2848 of 9753 species). Intentional use also affected 16% of all species used (1597–1631 of 10,098). However, 72% of used species (7291 of 10,098) were least concern, of which nearly half (3469) also had stable or improving population trends. The remainder were not documented as threatened by biological resource use, including at least 172 threatened or NT species with stable or improving populations. About one-third of species that had use documented as a threat had no targeted species management actions to directly address this threat. To improve use-related red-list data, we suggest small amendments to the relevant classification schemes and required supporting documentation. Our findings on the prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use, and variation across taxa, can inform international policy making, including the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. 相似文献
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Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or underused sites whose reuse necessitates some sort of intervention. These sites are largely
urban and are frequently contaminated. Brownfield management options can be associated with three types of environmental consequences:
those resulting from changes in the site’s environmental quality (primary impacts); those resulting from the actual intervention
stage (secondary impacts); and, if the vocation of the site changes, those resulting from effects on regional land use (tertiary
impacts). Different stakeholders and decision-making contexts will place a different importance on each of these types of
impacts. This article proposes a framework for comparing brownfield management options in regard to these three types of environmental
impacts and for interpreting these results from different perspectives. The assessment framework is based on consequential
life cycle assessment (LCA), which is shown to provide environmental information on the three types of impacts. The results
for a case study are presented, where a “rehabilitation” option allowing residential redevelopment is compared to an “exposure
minimization” option not resulting in the site being reused. Calculated primary and tertiary impacts are favorable to the
rehabilitation option, whereas secondary impacts are favorable to the exposure minimization option. A ternary diagram presents
the favorable option for different stereotypical perspectives. Tertiary impacts are much greater than secondary impacts, and
consequently all perspectives that consider tertiary impacts favor rehabilitation. The perspective that considers primary
and secondary impacts receives conflicting information. The ternary diagram, showing results for all perspectives, could possibly
be useful for consensus-building among stakeholders. 相似文献