唐山市工业区大气污染对小学生肺功能的影响

探讨了工业区大气污染对小学生肺功能的影响。在唐山市工业区和相对清洁区选取452名小学生为研究对象,进行肺功能的测定和问卷调查。用多元回归分析建立模型后,以实测值占预计值的百分比为统计量进行分析。调查结果显示小学生肺功能指标中MVV、V25污染区低于对照区,VC、FEV、V25、V50的异常率高于对照区,且与大气中SO2的浓度有关。     

垃圾渗滤液生物处理出水臭氧氧化的研究

对垃圾渗滤液生物处理出水进行了臭氧氧化的研究。研究表明,随着氧化时间的延长,CODCr去除率增大;在碱性条件下进行臭氧氧化。pH越高,CODCr去除效率越高。采用BOD5／CODCr来表征垃圾渗滤液的生物降解性,研究了臭氧氧化前后垃圾渗滤液生物处理出水的生物降解性变化规律,表明臭氧氧化可以提高垃圾渗滤液生物处理出水的生物降解性,但提高的幅度不大。通过色谱-质谱法（GC—MC）对臭氧氧化前后垃圾渗滤液的成分进行分析,结果表明,臭氧氧化前后废水中的主要成分没有发生变化,仍然为难降解物质;臭氧氧化使废水中的部分物质发生了结构上的变化,减少、消失和生成的物质多为可降解物质。     

Land use change simulation and spatial analysis of ecosystem service value in Shijiazhuang under multi-scenarios

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Simulating changes in the value of ecosystem services caused by land use changes in large cities under multiple scenarios is of great significance for...     

Lactic acid production with undefined mixed culture fermentation of potato peel waste

Potato peel waste (PPW) as zero value byproduct generated from food processing plant contains a large quantity of starch, non-starch polysaccharide, lignin, protein, and lipid. PPW as one promising carbon source can be managed and utilized to value added bioproducts through a simple fermentation process using undefined mixed cultures inoculated from wastewater treatment plant sludge. A series of non-pH controlled batch fermentations under different conditions such as pretreatment process, enzymatic hydrolysis, temperature, and solids loading were studied. Lactic acid (LA) was the major product, followed by acetic acid (AA) and ethanol under fermentation conditions without the presence of added hydrolytic enzymes. The maximum yields of LA, AA, and ethanol were respectively, 0.22 g g^?1, 0.06 g g^?1, and 0.05 g g^?1. The highest LA concentration of 14.7 g L^?1 was obtained from a bioreactor with initial solids loading of 60 g L^?1 at 35 °C.     

Orchid conservation in the biodiversity hotspot of southwestern China

Xishuangbanna is on the northern margins of tropical Asia in southwestern China and has the largest area of tropical forest remaining in the country. It is in the Indo‐Burma hotspot and contains 16% of China's vascular flora in <0.2% of the country's total area (19,690 km²). Rapid expansion of monoculture crops in the last 20 years, particularly rubber, threatens this region's exceptional biodiversity. To understand the effects of land‐use change and collection on orchid species diversity and determine protection priorities, we conducted systematic field surveys, observed markets, interviewed orchid collectors, and then determined the conservation status of all orchids. We identified 426 orchid species in 115 genera in Xishuangbanna: 31% of all orchid species that occur in China. Species richness was highest at 1000–1200 m elevation. Three orchid species were assessed as possibly extinct in the wild, 15 as critically endangered, 82 as endangered, 124 as vulnerable, 186 as least concern, and 16 as data deficient. Declines over 20 years in harvested species suggested over‐collection was the major threat, and utility value (i.e., medicinal or ornamental value) was significantly related to endangerment. Expansion of rubber tree plantations was less of a threat to orchids than to other taxa because only 75 orchid species (17.6%) occurred below the 1000‐m‐elevation ceiling for rubber cultivation, and most of these (46) occurred in nature reserves. However, climate change is projected to lift this ceiling to around 1300 m by 2050, and the limited area at higher elevations reduces the potential for upslope range expansion. The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden is committed to achieving zero plant extinctions in Xishuangbanna, and orchids are a high priority. Appropriate in and ex situ conservation strategies, including new protected areas and seed banking, have been developed for every threatened orchid species and are being implemented.     

Acceleration of the particulate organic matter hydrolysis by start-up stage recovery and its original microbial mechanism

• Carbon availability was partially solved by POM recovery and fermentation. • 12% carbon sources were regenerated by fermentation of the entrapped 35% TCOD. • The unique microbial communities facilitated the efficient hydrolysis of the POM. • Considerable economic benefits in aeration power and ECS dosage were anticipated. To address the availability of carbon sources for denitrification, the accelerated hydrolysis of the most abundant but low-availability fraction of particulate organic matter (POM) was investigated. Mesh sieves with different pore sizes were used as primary pretreatment at the start-up-stage of the biological process to separate some POM from the liquid system. The changes in soluble carbohydrates and proteins were monitored to investigate the hydrolysis performance of the sieved POM, with waste activated sludge (WAS) as the control test. The results showed that an average of 35% POM could be entrapped before filtrate mat development. In addition, benefiting from the high polysaccharides concentration, as well as the high availability due to the relatively loose physical structure, a 23% hydrolysis efficiency of POM was obtained, in contrast to that of WAS (3.4%), with a hydrolysis constant of 0.39 h⁻¹. The prominent performance was also attributed to the unique microbial communities having been domesticated at a lower temperature, especially the cellulose-degrading bacteria Paraclostridium and psychrophile Psychrobacter, making up 6.94% and 2.56%, respectively. Furthermore, the potential benefits and application of improved POM hydrolysis by start-up stage recovery via mesh sieves combined with anaerobic fermentation were evaluated, including selective POM entrapment, alleviation of blockage and wear, and a reduction in aeration energy. By the proposed strategy, carbon availability for biological nutrient removal (BNR) processes is anticipated to be improved more economically than that can be achieved by primary clarifier elimination.     

汞矿区周边农田土壤微生物群落结构特征及其环境驱动因子

为探究汞矿区周边农田土壤微生物群落结构特征及其与环境驱动因子关系,以铜仁汞（Hg）矿区周边（碧江区坝黄镇、石阡县花桥镇、江口县凯德镇和碧江区川硐镇,分别用BJ、SQ、JK和TR表示）农田土壤为研究对象,分析了土壤理化性质、Hg污染状况、酶活性以及微生物群落结构特征.采用冗余分析（RDA）和相关性网络分析了土壤微生物群落结构与环境因子互作关系.结果表明,研究区土壤存在一定程度的Hg污染,其中,JK和TR属于轻度污染,SQ和BJ属于偏中度污染;TR存在中等潜在生态风险,BJ和JK存在强潜在生态风险,SQ存在很强潜在生态风险.研究区土壤的主要细菌优势菌群包括：变形菌门（Proteobacteria）、放线菌门（Actinobacteria）、酸杆菌门（Acidobacteria）和绿弯菌门（Chloroflexi）;主要真菌优势菌群包括：子囊菌门（Ascomycota）、担子菌门（Basidiomycota）和被孢霉门（Mortierellomycota）.RDA分析表明,pH、蔗糖酶（SC）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性是土壤细菌群落结构组成的主要环境因子,pH、碱解氮（AN）、速效钾（AK）、HCl-Hg、酸性磷酸酶（ACP）和脲酶（URE）活性是土壤真菌群落结构组成的主要环境因子.相关性网络分析表明,pH、AP、HCl-Hg、SC、ACP和CAT是影响土壤Proteobacteria、Acidobacteria、Actinobacteria、Chloroflexi、厚壁菌门（Firmicutes）、棒状杆菌门（Rokubacteria）和浮霉菌门（Planctomycetes）等细菌群落结构的主要环境因子;而AK、pH、TN、AP、AN、ACP、URE和SC活性是影响土壤Ascomycota、Basidiomycota、Mortierellomycota、球囊菌门（Glomeromycota）、壶菌门（Chytridiomycota）、红藻门（Rozellomycota）、梳霉门（Kickxellomycota）和Mucoromycota （毛霉门）等真菌群落结构的主要环境因子.