Assessing the Effects of Management Alternatives on Habitat Suitability in a Forested Landscape of Northeastern China

Forest management often has cumulative, long-lasting effects on wildlife habitat suitability and the effects may be impractical to evaluate using landscape-scale field experiments. To understand such effects, we linked a spatially explicit landscape disturbance and succession model (LANDIS) with habitat suitability index (HSI) models to assess the effects of management alternatives on habitat suitability in a forested landscape of northeastern China. LANDIS was applied to simulate future forest landscape changes under four management alternatives (no cutting, clearcutting, selective cutting I and II) over a 200-year horizon. The simulation outputs were linked with HSI models for three wildlife species, the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), the red deer (Cervus elaphus) and the hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia). These species are chosen because they represent numerous species that have distinct habitat requirements in our study area. We assessed their habitat suitability based on the mean HSI values, which is a measure of the average habitat quality. Our simulation results showed that no one management scenario was the best for all species and various forest management scenarios would lead to conflicting wildlife habitat outcomes. How to choose a scenario is dependent on the trade-off of economical, ecological and social goals. Our modeling effort could provide decision makers with relative comparisons among management scenarios from the perspective of biodiversity conservation. The general simulation results were expected based on our knowledge of forest management and habitat relationships of the species, which confirmed that the coupled modeling approach correctly simulated the assumed relationships between the wildlife, forest composition, age structure, and spatial configuration of habitat. However, several emergent results revealed the unexpected outcomes that a management scenario may lead to.     

Time-resolved measurements of aerosol elemental concentrations in indoor working environments

We have measured the elemental concentrations in aerosols with a 2-h time resolution in two different types of working environment: a chemistry laboratory dealing with the processing of advanced nanoparticulate materials and a medium-sized machine workshop. Non-stop 10-day and 12-day samplings were performed at each location in order to determine the concentration trends during the non-working/working and weekday/weekend periods. Supplementary measurements of PM10 aerosols with a 2-day sample collection time were performed with a standard Gent PM10 sampler to compare the elemental concentrations with the time-averaged concentrations detected by the 2D step-sampler. The concentrations were determined a posteriori by analyzing the x-ray spectra of aerosol samples emitted after 3-MeV proton bombardment. The PM10 samples collected in the chemistry laboratory were additionally inspected by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) to determine the chemical compositions of the individual particles. In the workshop, a total PM10 mass sampling was performed simultaneously with a minute resolution to compare the signal with typical outdoor PM10 concentration levels. A factor analysis of the time-resolved dataset points to six and eight factors in the chemistry laboratory and the machine workshop, respectively. These factors describe most of the data variance, and their composition in terms of different elements can be related to specific indoor activities and conditions. We were able to demonstrate that the elemental concentration sampling with hourly resolution is an excellent tool for studying the indoor air pollution. While sampling the total PM10 mass concentration with a minute resolution may lack the potential to identify the emission sources in a “noisy” environment, the time averaging on a day time scale is too coarse to cope with the working dynamics, even if elemental sensitivity is an option.     

中央空调净化系统的改进措施

介绍了室内空气净化技术及其特点.针对中央空调系统的特点,提出了将活性炭吸附技术、TiO2光催化技术与静电除尘技术结合的静电活性炭-TiO2光催化复合技术,这一组合技术可能成为今后空调系统空气净化系统重要的改进措施.     

基于风险分析的流域优先有机污染物筛查:研究与应用

应用高通量分析方法对大清河流域47个沉积物中的潜在风险有机污染物进行了分析,共筛查到104种有毒有机污染物。应用基于风险分析的筛查体系对检出率高于10%的54种污染物进行了概率风险评估,筛查出11种具有潜在风险的流域优先有机污染物,包括农药(特草克、氨磺磷、枯莠隆)、工业用品及副产物(二苯胺、9,10-蒽醌、萘、2-甲基萘)及家庭及个人护理品(咖啡因、苯乙酮、苯甲酮、联苯)等。结果表明,基于风险分析的流域污染物筛查方法体系可成功地对流域内优先污染物进行识别与筛查,为流域管理提供科学依据。     

SRB固态发酵条件优选及动力学方程建立

为解决利用微生物法处理酸性矿山废水中菌种扩大培养、菌种保存和接种等问题,研究利用固态发酵法制备硫酸盐还原菌(SRB)固定化产品。实验以亚硫酸盐还原酶(SiR)作为菌种活性检测指标,进行生物质粒径、初始含水率、接种量单因素实验,响应面法确定各生物质载体固态发酵的最优条件并验证;用固载产品处理模拟酸性矿山废水数据按照Lineweaver-Burk作图法,建立SRB菌去除SO2-4的反应动力学方程。结果表明,以玉米芯为载体最佳发酵条件为:粒径8~20目、含水率70%、接种量10%,优化后SiR酶活为2.7385 U/g;木屑:粒径1~8目、含水率80%、接种5%,优化后SiR酶活为2.4863 U/g;甘蔗渣:8~20目、含水率75%、接种10%,优化后SiR酶活为4.2960 U/g。固载产品处理模拟酸性矿井水SO2-4,以1/v对1/[s]作图,玉米芯固载SRB菌的图相关性最好y=1176.9x+0.6034,R2=0.9199,建立玉米芯固载SRB菌的处理SO2-4动力学方程为V=1.657[s]/(1950.45+[s])。     

长江三角洲地区耕地数量变化及保护对策——以吴江市为例

长江三角洲是我国经济最发达的地区之一 ,但在经济发展的同时 ,耕地资源却日益减少 ,这将严重影响到我国未来的粮食安全问题。吴江市位于长江三角洲中心位置 ,强大的经济基础和有利的区位条件使土地资源得以高速地开发利用 ,它是长江三角洲地区在耕地数量变化上一个较典型的地区 ,在土地整理方面也进行了成功的尝试。以吴江市为例 ,定性和定量地对耕地数量变化的人文驱动力进行分析 ,得出影响本地耕地数量变化的主要驱动因素为 :工业发展 ,固定资产投资规模扩大和农业产业结构调整。随着经济的发展 ,在这些驱动因素的影响下 ,必然会造成耕地数量的进一步减少。如何保护长江三角洲地区现有的有限的耕地资源 ,实现国家新的《土地管理法》中所要求的耕地总量动态平衡是本地区面临的一个严峻问题。在进行保护对策研究时 ,除了采用通常各地已采取的一些措施外 ,还做了进一步的思考 ,对本地区在实施耕地总量动态平衡过程中、农业产业结构调整存在的问题及本地区如何面对WTO的挑战提出建议     

自然资源与区域经济发展

在进行西部大开发时 ,应正确认识自然资源 ,尤其应明白资源优势并不等于经济优势。本文认为自然资源要给拥有者带来经济收益 ,首先要使自然资源成为现实的生产要素 ,转化为市场所需的产品。而今资源节约型的经济发展模式 ,给自然资源的开发者造成了更大的压力 ,使自然资源型的经济发展日趋困难 ,通过新疆与上海经济结构与发展速度的比较 ,说明自然资源型经济若不及时调整发展方向 ,与其他类型经济的差距将会越拉越大     

气候变化对江苏省经济的影响研究

利用经济学上的“投入—产出”分析方法 ,结合气候变化对农业产量影响的计算机模拟系统 ,研究了当气候变化影响农业生产和产量时 ,江苏省农业产值的变化及与农业部门相联系的国民经济各个部门产出量的变化。考虑江苏省的经济发展速度和产业结构 ,预测了未来不同气候变化情景下 ,为使经济发展达到预期目标 ,社会需对各经济部门追加的资金投入量及各经济部门之间相互投入量的变化 ,提出了适应气候变化的相应对策。研究结果反映了国民经济各部门之间及部门与整体的相互联系 ,从而对制定区域经济平衡发展规划提供了理论依据和建议。     

Environmental fate of tetracycline resistance genes originating from swine feedlots in river water

Tetracyclines are antibiotics commonly used in swine farms to treat disease and promote growth. However, there are growing concerns regarding the discharge of animal feces into the environment owing to the potential for development and dissemination of tetracycline resistance genes (TRGs). In this study, farming wastewater from one Chinese swine farm as well as river water from seven locations downstream of the farm was sampled. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showed that 12 TRGs, including six efflux pump genes (tet(B), tet(C), tet(D), tet(E), tet(G) and tet(L)), five ribosomal protection proteins (RPPs) genes (tet(O), tet(M), tet(Q), tet(W) and tet(S)), and one enzymatic modification gene (tet(X)), were present in all wastewater and river water samples. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) showed that the abundance of tet(C), tet(X), tet(O), tet(M), tet(Q) and tet(W) decreased with downstream flow. Among the detected TRGs, tet(C) had the highest abundance, ranging from 459.5 copies/16S rRNA gene copies in wastewater to 33.8 copies/16S rRNA gene copies in river water samples collected from the last location. Furthermore, pig-specific Bacteroidales 16S rRNA genetic marker was quantified by qPCR to determine the level of fecal pollution in the river water. Bivariate correlation analysis confirmed that the total relative abundance of the six TRGs was significantly correlated with the level of swine feces in the aquatic environment (R² = 0.63, P < 0.05), suggesting that swine feces mainly contributed to the spread of TRGs in the river water.

Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A to view the free supplemental file.     

Nonylphenol photodegradation by novel ternary MIL-100（Fe）/ZnFe2O4/PCN composite under visible light irradiation via double charge transfer process

Nonylphenol（NP） residues, as a typical endocrine disrupting chemical（EDC）, frequently exist in sewage, surface water, groundwater and even drinking water, which poses a serious threat to human health due to its bioaccumulation. In order to remove NP, a series of MIL-100（Fe）/Zn Fe₂O₄/flake-like porous carbon nitride（MIL/ZC） was synthesized through in-situ synthesis at room temperature. High performance of ternary MIL/ZC is used to degrade NP under visible light irradiation. ...