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.     

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。     

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。     

河流型油污染应急监测案例分析研究

以在湘江中下游发生的跨多市的油污染事故为例,详细阐述了对该污染事故开展应急监测的全过程,包括基本情况介绍、应急响应、应急监测方案编制、应急监测结果综合分析等内容;并针对该类型污染事故应急监测进行了管理和技术经验总结,包括强调多部门联合处置的必要性,摆正应急监测在应急中的正确位置,应急监测时信息流转通畅的关键作用,妥善开展应急处置的重要性以及明确应急处置责任主体等内容.     

Predicting methyl iodide emission, soil concentration, and pest control in a two-dimensional chamber system

Due to ever-increasing state and federal regulations, the future use of fumigants is predicted on reducing negative environmental impacts while offering sufficient pestcontrol efficacy. To foster the development of a best management practice, an integrated tool is needed to simultaneously predict fumigant movement and pest control without having to conduct elaborate and costly experiments. The objective of this study was (i) to present a two-dimensional (2-D) mathematical model to describe both fumigant movement and pestcontrol and (ii) to evaluate the model by comparing the simulated and observed results. Both analytical and numerical methods were used to predict methyl iodide (MeI) transport and fate. To predict pest control efficacy, the concentration-time index (CT) was defined and a two-parameter logistic survival model was used. Dose-response curves were experimentally determined for MeI against three types of pests (barnyardgrass [Echinochloa crus-galli] seed, citrus nematode [Tylenchulus semipenetrans], and fungi [Fusarium oxysporum]). Methyl iodide transport and pest control measurements collected from a 2-D experiimental system (60 by 60 cm) were used to test the model. Methyl iodide volatilization rates and soil gas-phase concentrations over time were accurately simulated by the model. The mass balance analysis indicates that the fraction of MeI degrading in the soil was underestimated when determined by the appearance of iodide concentration. The experimental results showed that after 24 h of MeI fumigation in the 2-D soil chamber, fungal population was not suppressed; > 90% of citrus nematodes were killed; and barnyardgrass seeds within 20-cm distance from the center were affected. These experimental results were consistent with the predicted results. The model accurately estimated the MeI movement and control of various pests and is a powerful tool to evaluate pesticides in terms of their negative environmental impacts and pest control under various environmental conditions and application methods.     

我国公务员人力资源管理廉政考核体系研究

我国体制转轨时期,面对当前的腐败,究其原因除了腐败本身具有的顽固性尚未得到根本遇制外,缺少科学的廉政考核体系也是一个重要原因.本文从我国公务员康政概念开始,通过一系列指标体系的测量,充分利用现代科技不断进行制度和方法的创新,不断完善我国公务员康政考核的指标体系.     

上覆水营养盐浓度对底泥氮磷释放的影响

采用校园水体底泥进行上覆水营养盐浓度对底泥释放量之间的关系研究。结果表明,在本实验条件下,上覆水水质影响底泥氮、磷的释放,尤其显著影响氮、磷的初期释放;上覆水氮、磷的浓度越小,底泥氮、磷的释放量越大;上覆水氮、磷的浓度超过一定值,会抑制底泥氮、磷的释放。