Using Fly Ash as a Marker to Quantify Culturally‐Accelerated Sediment Accumulation in Playa Wetlands

Wetlands in the Rainwater Basin in Nebraska are vulnerable to sediment accumulation from the surrounding watershed. Sediment accumulation has a negative impact on wetland quality by decreasing the depth and volume of water stored, and the plant community species composition and density growing in the wetland. The objective of this study was to determine the amount of sediment that has accumulated in five selected wetlands in the Rainwater Basin in Nebraska. Soil cores were taken at five or six locations along transects across each wetland. This study used the fly ash, which is generated by coal‐burning locomotives that were present generally in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as a marker to quantify the sediment deposition rates. The cores were divided into 5 cm sections and the soils were analyzed using a fly ash extraction and identification technique. Results indicate that the average depth of sediment ranged from 23.00 to 38.00 cm. The annual average depth of sediment accumulation ranged from 0.18 cm/yr to 0.29 cm/yr. The annual sediment accumulation rate from both wind erosion and water erosion in these five sampling wetlands was between 1.946 and 3.225 kg/m²/yr. The results of this research can be used to develop restoration plans for wetlands. The fly ash testing technology can also be applied to other areas with the railroads across the United States.     

Photocatalytic degradation of phenanthrene on soil surfaces in the presence of nanometer anatase TiO2 under UV-light

The effect of nanometer anatase TiO₂ was investigated on the photocatalytic degradation of phenanthrene on soil surfaces under a variety of conditions. After being spiked with phenanthrene, soil samples loaded with different amounts of TiO₂ (0 wt.%, 1 wt.%, 2 wt.%, 3 wt.%, and 4 wt.%) were exposed to UV-light irradiation for 25 hr. The results indicated that the photocatalytic degradation of phenanthrene followed the pseudo first-order kinetics. TiO₂ significantly accelerated the degradation of phenanthrene with the half-life reduced from 45.90 to 31.36 hr for TiO₂ loading of 0 wt.% and 4 wt.%, respectively. In addition, the effects of H₂O₂, light intensity and humic acid on the degradation of phenanthrene were investigated. The degradation of phenanthrene increased with the concentration of H₂O₂, light intensity and the concentration of humic acids. It has been demonstrated that the photocatalytic method in the presence of nanometer anatase TiO₂ was a very promising technology for the treatments of soil polluted with organic substances in the future.     

日本应急管理法律体系的六大特点

<正>日本地处欧亚板块、菲律宾板块、太平洋板块交接处,处于太平洋环火山带,台风、地震、海啸、暴雨等各种灾害极为常见,是世界上易于遭受自然灾害的国家之一。在长期与灾难的斗     

生物水解（酸化）法处理高浓度洁霉素废水的降解机理研究

在应用生物水解（酸化）法处理高浓度洁霉素生产废水中试试验中,着重研究水解（酸化）反应中起主要作用的微生物菌群及其降解效率。同时采用GPC（凝胶渗透色谱）、GC/MS（色谱一质谱）等分析手段对水解（酸化）反应过程中有机物形态变化进行研究。结果表明,在水解（酸化）反应中起主要作用的有埃希氏菌属、发酵单胞菌属、气单胞菌属、变形杆菌属、柠檬酸杆菌属等。同时,水解（酸化）反应具有将洁霉素废水中的大分子有机物降解为小分子有机物的作用,可提高废水的可生化性。     

淮河流域省界水质标准的确定——以淮河流域为例

省界水质标准确定是流域环境管理的重要工作。本文运用冲突分析理论研究边界水质标准确定问题,提出了排污总量分配公平性的准则,详细阐述了边界水质标准确定的必要性、基本原则、技术步骤和计算方法。以沙颖河－淮河干流水系为例进行的实例研究得出了该水系的省界水质标准。本文的研究成果对于跨边界河流的水环境管理具有重要指导意义。     

生物稳定塘常规运行状态模拟与分析

利用在系统实验基础上建立的生态学模型对生物稳定塘的常规运行状态进行了模拟和计算,得到以下主要结论:多级塘各塘中的有机碳、无机氮及溶解性总磷浓度均随进水浓度的升高而增大,因而使用多级塘仍须严格控制进水水质;生物稳定塘系统有较高的去除有机氮的能力,但去除总氮的能力有限,出水中无机氮浓度仍较高;藻类含碳、氮、磷对进水浓度变化的响应规律一致,存在一个使藻类生长最佳的营养物浓度,本模拟中该浓度为进水C_(oi)=72.00mg/L,TN_i=23.80mg/L,TP_i=2.46mg/L,藻类浓度的提高有利于溶解性营养物质的去除;菌含碳、氮、磷对进水浓度变化的响应规律服从Monod方程。     

对苯二酚生产中含硫酸锰废水的综合利用

根据硫酸锰废水的特性,采用中和除铁和硫化除钴、镍等方法先使废水净化,得到合格电解液.其后对该电解液通电并加入硒电解24小时,再经钝化等处理制得金属锰.利用电解硫酸锰后的阳极废水制取碳酸锰,并从碳酸锰废水中回收硫酸铵.本工艺简单可行,产品金属锰纯度达99.8％以上,经济和环境效益显著.     

水路十八弯

人处在一种什么样的情况下,会突然从心里蹦出来一个上帝?会格外思念亲人?在三峡腹地柴埠溪开漂,整整等了五天。去的时候,天空干干净净的,除了各种各样的鸟带着五彩缤纷的     

糖类在城市污水生物处理系统中的去除机理

研究了厌氧、缺氧和好氧状态下淀粉在城市污水生物处理系统中水相和泥相中吸附和降解的动力学参数,建立了淀粉在厌氧、缺氧、好氧状态下的降解动力学模型,并对模型预测的结果进行了验证.结果表明,Fritz-Schlunder模型可以较好地描述糖类在厌氧、缺氧和好氧污泥上的吸附过程,吸附的大分子糖类迅速水解为低一级的高分子物质和小分子物质;厌氧降解速率系数K厌、缺氧的降解速率系数K缺与好氧的降解速率常数的比值分别为0.40和0.64;所建立的动力学模型能较好的预测出水糖类的浓度(相对误差<10%).     

Habitat-quality effects on metapopulation dynamics in greater white-toothed shrews, Crocidura russula

The effects of patch size and isolation on metapopulation dynamics have received wide empirical support and theoretical formalization. By contrast, the effects of patch quality seem largely underinvestigated, partly due to technical difficulties in properly assessing quality. Here we combine habitat-quality modeling with four years of demographic monitoring in a metapopulation of greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to investigate the role of patch quality on metapopulation processes. Together, local patch quality and connectivity significantly enhanced local population sizes and occupancy rates (R2 = 14% and 19%, respectively). Accounting for the quality of patches connected to the focal one and acting as potential sources improved slightly the model explanatory power for local population sizes, pointing to significant source-sink dynamics. Local habitat quality, in interaction with connectivity, also increased colonization rate (R2 = 28%), suggesting the ability of immigrants to target high-quality patches. Overall, patterns were best explained when assuming a mean dispersal distance of 800 m, a realistic value for the species under study. Our results thus provide evidence that patch quality, in interaction with connectivity, may affect major demographic processes.