Monochlorobenzene Marine Risk Assessment with Special Reference to the Osparcom Region: North Sea

This risk assessment on monochlorobenzene was carried out for the marine environment, following methodology given in the EU risk assessment Regulation (1488/94) and Guidance Document of the EU New and Existing Substances Regulation (TGD, 1996). Data from analytical monitoring programmes in large rivers and estuaries in the North Sea area were collected and evaluated for effects and environmental concentrations. Risk is indicated by the ratio of predicted environmental concentration (PEC) to predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC) for the marine aquatic environment. In total, 27 data for fish, 24 data for invertebrates and 13 data for algae were evaluated. Acute and chronic toxicity studies were taken into account and appropriate assessment factors used to define a final PNEC value of 32 micro/l. Recent monitoring data indicate that monochlorobenzene levels in surface waters are below determination limits of 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 microg/l used in monitoring programs. Assuming that half of the lowest determination (0.1 microg/l) is typical, a PEC of 0.05 microg/l was derived. A worst case of 0.5 microg/l is assumed. PEC/PNEC ratios give safety factors of 60 to over 500, taking no account of dilution in the sea. Monochlorobenzene is not a 'toxic, persistent and liable to bioaccumulate' substance sensu the Oslo and Paris Conventions for the Prevention of Marine Pollution (OSPAR-DYNAMEC) criteria. Environmental fate and effects data indicate that current use of monochlorobenzene poses no unacceptable risk to the aquatic environment.     

Growth and development of cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum treated with DDT

The effects of dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) on the growth, phagocytic activity, ultrastructure and developmental stages of a well known species of the cellular slime mould, Dictyostelium discoideum were studied. DDT, at doses of 60 ppm and above, inhibited growth of the vegetative cells and this was also evident from the colony blots which were smaller in size. A dose-dependent inhibition occurred in the phagocytic activity and macromolecular syntheses of DDT-treated cells. The cytomorphology of growing Dictyostelium cells, as revealed under light and electron microscopes, was profoundly affected by DDT treatment. Further, a considerable delay occurred in the various morphogenetic events in the slime mould cells exposed to DDT.     

Marginal bleaching of thalli of Rhizocarpon as evidence for acid rain in the Norra Storfjället, Sweden

Recent lichen surveys in the foreland of The Syterb?cken glacier reveal that the crustose lichens, principally species of Rhizocarpon section Rhizocarpon, exhibit marginal bleaching, readily distinguishable from normal pigmented forms. The largest elliptical thallus of Rhizocarpon measured 290 mm maximum diameter on a bedrock outcrop beyond the margin of Little Ice Age moraines in the upper Syterb?cken Valley. Many small and large thalli of Rhizocarpon suffered damage to the periphery of individual thalli. We examine here some of the possible hypotheses explaining these occurrences. Among others, these are bedrock lithology, ice crystal blasting, long-term snowbank cover, ultraviolet exposure and acid rain. While at this time none of the possibilities can be ruled out entirely, acid rain would appear to be at least one of the factors involved. Acid rain, which is known to produce a soil pH as low as 3.3 in the field area, appears to provide a high input of H(+) ions that the lichen algal component cannot withstand. However, the lack of similar effects on associated foliose or fruticose forms raises the possibility that perhaps two or more factors specific to the environment of Rhizocarpon are operating.     

地球化学

<正> 无论从空间无线电光谱、遥感来考虑,还是从检测晶体表面少数原子来看,地球化学技术在灵敏度和显示器方面都有很大的改进。随着技术的改进,新的认识层出不穷。地球化学令人向往的领域,仍然包括宇宙空间中元素和天体起源的经典范围,但是,地球化学新技术对于我们了解当前环境的紧迫问题,已是必不可少的了。地球化学家仍然是分析化学的先导。本文只举几个事件。     

煤转化废水可处理性能的评价

引言大多数煤转化工艺都含有或设计有好氧生物处理,以作为从工艺废水中去除酚和其它有机杂质的主要方法。但是,在这些其它的有机物质中,有一些迄今连种类和生物可降解性都不清楚,所以也不能确切地予断它们能被生物处理法去除到何种程度。而实际废水的复杂性所导致的协合作用和对抗作用更是千变万化,不可捉摸。因为生物处理法在最佳运行状态下,具     

关于斜长岩体成因的理论

这里提出各种斜长岩体,均由安山岩岩浆或玄武岩岩浆在粒变岩的变质条件下,经结晶和分离作用所形成。对于任何一个单独的岩体,其母岩浆的类型可以通过检验伴生岩石类型的垂直层序来确定。     

坦桑尼亚霞水母章鱼(Octopus cyanea Gray)的个体渔业

2000年4月期间坦桑尼亚霞水母章鱼(1849)个体渔业的初步结果到2001年6月才被提供.对在坦噶、马菲亚岛和姆特瓦拉三地的2546个单个渔获物和15 473个样品进行了分析.     

一种用裂变径迹数据和热模拟探讨上冲带上升历史的方法

本文提出了用裂变径迹(FT)数据重建上冲带上升历史的一种试验性方法。由于完全可以证实,在山脉演化过程中热梯度随时间和深度变化而发生显著的变化,故我们采用一种与时间有关的热模式来推导所采岩石样品的温度/时间历史,只要给出诸如上冲地块厚度(T_t)、侵蚀速度(V(t))这类参数的话。这些参数可以在大量试验(“蒙特卡洛”模拟)的可供接受的范围内随机选取。我们将这个方法应用于科西嘉岛。那是阿尔卑斯上冲带的很好实例。最令人惊讶的结果是,同样一组FT数据,可以用变化范围很大的不同的侵蚀历史来解释。因此,为了给出合理的结果,就需要更多的地质限制条件。就科西嘉岛的情况来说,只要有关于最小的侵蚀厚度及侵蚀阶段的相对范围的资料,就可以对上冲以来的侵蚀/上升历史提出充分的限制条件。     

非洲和阿拉伯主要断裂的成矿意义

<正> 为了系统总结有关构造断裂破坏在空间和时间上分布的资料,全苏国外地质科学研究所编制了面积超过3500万平方公里的非洲和阿拉伯及其临近海域的1:5000000的断裂图。该图包括非洲和阿拉伯全区,土耳其南部和伊朗西部(外扎格罗斯),它反映了红海和地中海水域以及大西洋和印度洋大陆架带范围内的断裂构造。图中的     

中大西洋中脊37°N洋底玄武岩的稀土元素特征

一、引言 根据以往的认识,稀土的丰度对于区分各种类型的玄武岩具有特殊的意义。据此,所谓的深海拉斑玄武岩的球粒陨石标准化稀土分布模式不同于所有其它的玄武岩类型,前者轻稀土元素(LREE)的亏损大于重稀土元素(HREE),而且HREE的富集因子(e.f.)通常比较低。