Assessing Sediment Yield for Selected Watersheds in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin Under Future Agricultural Scenarios

In the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin (GLB), corn acreage has been expanding since 2005 in response to high demand for corn as an ethanol feedstock. This study integrated remote sensing-derived products and the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) within a geographic information system (GIS) modeling environment to assess the impacts of cropland change on sediment yield within four selected watersheds in the GLB. The SWAT models were calibrated during a 6 year period (2000–2005), and predicted stream flows were validated. The R ² values were 0.76, 0.80, 0.72, and 0.81 for the St. Joseph River, the St. Mary River, the Peshtigo River, and the Cattaraugus Creek watersheds, respectively. The corresponding E (Nash and Sutcliffe model efficiency coefficient) values ranged from 0.24 to 0.79. The average annual sediment yields (tons/ha/year) ranged from 0.12 to 4.44 for the baseline (2000 to 2008) condition. Sediment yields were predicted to increase for possible future cropland change scenarios. The first scenario was to convert all “other” agricultural row crop types (i.e., sorghum) to corn fields and switch the current/baseline crop rotation into continuous corn. The average annual sediment yields increased 7–42 % for different watersheds. The second scenario was to further expand the corn planting to hay/pasture fields. The average annual sediment yields increased 33–127 % compared with baseline conditions.     

Dancing to different tunes: heterospecific deciphering of the honeybee waggle dance

Although the structure of the dance language is very similar among species of honeybees, communication of the distance component of the message varies both intraspecifically and interspecifically. However, it is not known whether different honeybee species would attend interspecific waggle dances and, if so, whether they can decipher such dances. Using mixed-species colonies of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera, we show that, despite internal differences in the structure of the waggle dances of foragers, both species attend, and act on the information encoded in each other’s waggle dances but with limited accuracy. These observations indicate that direction and distance communication pre-date speciation in honeybees.     

Au/γ-Al2O3催化剂的制备及其对气相三苯系污染物的催化消除

采用沉积一沉淀法制备了负载型Au/γ-Al2O3,催化剂,对模拟污染气体的三苯系(苯,甲苯,二甲苯)蒸气进行催化消除反应,探讨了金含量、活化条件对催化剂活性的影响.结果表明,负载型Au/γ-Al2O3催化剂用量为0.50g、反应气流速为20 mL·min-1时,295℃下可完全催化消除浓度为7.57 g·m-3的苯;在252℃下可完全催化消除浓度为7.49 g·m-3的甲苯;在235 ℃下能完全催化消除浓度为3.07 g·m-3的二甲苯.苯、甲苯和二甲苯最后都完全矿化为CO2和H2O,没有生成新的有机物.对催化反应进行了动力学研究,上述催化反应都是准一级反应.测定得到苯、甲苯和二甲苯催化反应的总包反应表观活化能分别为118.47 kj·mol-1、101.43 kJ·mol-1和85.18 kJ·mol-1.     

Impact of acetochlor on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in microcosm soils

Acetochlor is an increasingly used herbicide on corn in North China. Currently, the effect of acetochlor on soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) communities is not well documented. Here, we studied the diversity and community composition of AOB in soil amended with three concentrations of acetochlor (50, 150, 250 mg/kg) and the control (0 mg acetochlor/kg soil) in a microcosm experiment by PCR-DGGE (polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) and the phylogenetic analysis of excised ...     

化工类高校化学药品仓库管理的探讨

结合学校化学药品仓库的特点,对仓库的选址,药品的分类保管,建立健全各种化学药品管理制度等方面予以阐述,总结出一套安全高效的管理模式。     

高锰酸钾-粉末活性炭工艺处理城市污水的实验研究

高锰酸钾-粉末活性炭工艺能有效去除微污染水源中的有机物、浊度、色度,该工艺具有操作简便、易控制、投资节省的特点。本文通过改变传统工艺中用聚合氯化铝做混凝剂的做法,选用硫酸铝做混凝剂,确定影响处理效果的因素,得出最佳实验条件。实验结果表明,（1）高锰酸钾-粉末活性炭工艺处理效果与试剂投加顺序有密切关系;（2）高锰酸钾-粉末活性炭处理工艺能显著改善水质,比单独使用粉末活性炭效果更好。     

生物曝气滤池治理医院污水实例及运行管理

废水经格栅去除杂物后,用潜污泵抽至斜板沉淀池,同时加入去磷剂,出水自流进入曝气生物滤池,DO控制在3-5 mg/l,出水进入清水池后再进入消毒池,二氧化氯加入量为30 g/M3 废水,停留时间1.5 h.曝气生物滤池12～24小时进行反冲洗一次,反冲洗出水再返回调节池、斜板沉淀池每天排泥一次,排入污泥沉淀池,其上清液进入调节池,剩余污泥定期消毒后环卫清污车运走.经处理后水质达到(GB8978-1996)一级排放标准.以曝气生物滤池为主工艺处理医院污水,工艺可靠、出水稳定,但必须按严格的管理程序、即质量测试、操作设备、工艺技术管理环节,同时设备必须一年进行一次大修,处理后水质稳定达标排放是可行的. 控制在3-5 mg/l,出水进入清水池后再进入消毒池,二氧化氯加入量为30 g/M3 废水,停留时间1.5 h.曝气生物滤池12～24小时进行反冲洗一次,反冲洗出水再返回调节池、斜板沉淀池每天排泥一次,排入污泥沉淀池,其上清液进入调节池,剩余污泥定期消毒后环卫清污车运走.经处理后水质达到(GB8978-1996)一级排放标准.以曝气生物滤池为主工艺处理医院污水,工艺可靠、出水稳定,但必须按严格的管理程序、即质量测试、 作设备、工艺技术管理环节,同时设备必须一年进行一次大修,处理     

多氯联苯管理体系探讨

多氯联苯属于《斯德哥尔摩公约》首批需要控制和消减的持久性有机污染物,在国内主要用于电力设备的绝缘油。中国的多氯联苯污染形态主要有含多氯联苯的设备以及受多氯联苯污染的土壤。针对中国目前存在的多氯联苯污染,分析了其特点,从法律、法规以及标准等方面介绍了多氯联苯污染控制的相关政策法规和管理现状,同发达国家多氯联苯污染管理体系进行比较,对中国多氯联苯污染管理不足提出相应的具体管理政策建议,主要包括管理方面持久性有机污染物技术规范方面和环境经济方面。     

中国规划环评中协调性分析的作用

协调性分析是规划环境影响评价的重要组成部分,它的分析对象是被评价的规划草案及其相关的政策、法规、规划等。在以规划草案为评估对象的环境影响评价中,协调性分析能够起到两种作用：解释制定规划草案的“政策背景环境”,和检查规划草案是否存在资源保护、环境保护方面的缺陷和不足。这两种作用不能被截然分开。协调性分析的目的是帮助环评单位和公众更好地理解规划制定的背景,以及使规划环评针对草案的缺陷与不足提出相应的环境目标和环境保护对策。分析结果一般可以使用矩阵来表示。如果规划环评可以早期介入到规划的制定中,描述“政策背景环境”和制定可选择性方案这两个程序就可以达到协调性分析的目的．因此不再需要进行专门的协调性分析。     

乳品废水活性污泥沉降特性研究

针对活性污泥法处理乳品工业废水过程中产生大量活性污泥的现状,研究不同温度、pH和沉降时间对活性污泥沉降的影响,旨在阐明活性污泥沉降性能的最佳条件,最大限度降低活性污泥在污水处理系统中所占的体积。试验结果表明当污泥沉降时间为120 m in时,pH6.0,35℃条件下污泥沉降体积为54%;pH7.0,45℃条件下污泥沉降比为54%;pH8.0,45℃污泥沉降体积比为55%;pH9.0,55℃条件下污泥沉降体积为52%;pH 10.0,5℃、15℃、25℃、35℃、45℃和55℃条件下污泥沉降体积比相近,均在60%以上。结合乳品废水处理的实际情况,pH6.0~9.0,温度35℃~55℃,污泥沉降时间为120 m in,污泥沉降效果较好,体积比可达到52%~54%。