Competing conservation goals, biodiversity or ecosystem services: element losses and species recruitment in a managed moorland-bracken model system

Conservation management in Europe is often geared towards restoring semi-natural ecosystems, where the objective is to reverse succession and re-establish early-successional communities, to comply with national and international conservation targets. At the same time, it is increasingly recognised that ecosystems provide services that contribute to other, possibly conflicting policy requirements. Few attempts have been made to define these conflicts. Here, we assess some potential conflicts using a Calluna vulgaris-dominated moorland invaded by bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) as a model system, where the current policy is to reverse this process and restore moorland. We examined impacts of bracken control treatments on services (stocks and losses of C and mineral nutrients), litter turnover and biodiversity within a designed experiment over 7 years. Bracken litter was >2000 g m(-2) in untreated plots, and treatments reduced this quantity, and its element content, to varying degrees. Cutting twice per year was the most successful treatment in reducing bracken litter and its element content, increasing litter turnover, and increasing both mass and diversity of non-bracken vegetation. Diversity was greatest where bracken litter had been reduced, but species composition was also influenced by light sheep grazing. There was a significant loss of some chemical elements from bracken that could not be accounted for in other pools, and hence potentially lost from the system. In absolute terms large amounts of C and N were lost, but when expressed as a percentage of the total amount in the system, Mg was potentially more important with losses of almost a third of the Mg in the surface soil-vegetation system. There is, therefore, a potential dilemma between controlling a mid-successional invasive species for conservation policy objectives, especially when that species has evolved to sequester nutrients, and the negative effect of increasing environmental costs in terms of carbon accounting required, the potential input of nutrients to aquatic systems, and long-term nutrient loss. There is, therefore, a need to balance conservation goals against potential damage to biogeochemical structure and function.     

会展活动事故风险分析与安全管理对策研究

会展经济作为我国市场经济不可缺少的内容，按1元人民币展会收入拉动9元人民币社会产出计算，会展业正在对经济社会发展起着明显的推动作用^[1]。然而会展活动的举办在带来源源不断的商流、物流、人流、资金流、信息流的同时，也带来了许多的风险和不确定性，如拥挤的人群、众多的车辆、复杂的环境、大型设备的装卸等等，     

浅析环境权的法理基础

环境权正在从应有权利走向实在权利，本文分析了环境权的法理基础存在的原因，指出环境权法理基础就是生存、自由、平等、可持续发展、共存。     

北京市水资源领域适应气候变化对策及保障措施探讨

气候变化问题日益凸显。应对和适应气候变化刻不容缓。然而,短期内无法有效减缓气候变化产生的不利影响。因此,有必要针对不同领域制定相应的适应措施来提高人们对气候变化的适应能力。北京作为人口众多的大城市及我国的缺水城市之一,气候变化无疑将加剧水资源的供需矛盾。本文针对北京市水资源现状及气候变化对北京市水资源领域已经形成的影响,从自然、工程、政策制度三个角度探讨了北京市水资源领域适应气候变化可采取的对策及保障措施。     

宁南山区林地土壤原位矿化过程中碳氮转化耦合特征

为了解宁南山区典型植被恢复模式之一——人工林地土壤碳氮转化的特征以及二者的关系,运用PVC顶盖埋管法进行1 a的原位矿化培养实验,每隔2个月采样,研究柠条、山桃、山杏林地中土壤有机碳、可溶性有机碳和微生物量碳与土壤有机氮、无机氮以及净氨化速率、净硝化速率、净矿化速率和微生物固定速率在一年中的变化特征以及碳氮耦合关系.结果表明在原位培养过程中,61~120 d碳氮的变化最明显,主要受到土壤水分的影响;土壤有机碳和全氮极显著正相关,土壤微生物量碳氮、可溶性有机碳氮显著正相关;土壤有机碳转化速率显著影响净氨化速率、净硝化速率和MBN转化速率,且符合一元线性回归方程;柠条地培养一年后土壤微生物商(MBC/SOC)、MBN/SON显著升高,而且净硝化速率、净矿化速率显著大于山桃和山杏.     

Efficacy of a Levulinic Acid Plus Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS)-Based Sanitizer on Inactivation of Influenza A Virus on Eggshells

Influenza A virus poses a major public health concern and is associated with annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. Influenza A H3N2 viruses, which are an important cause of human influenza, can infect birds and mammals. Contaminated undercooked poultry products including eggs with avian influenza virus constitute a possible risk of transmission to humans. In this study, a novel levulinic acid plus sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) sanitizer was evaluated for eggshell decontamination. Influenza A H3N2 virus-inoculated chicken eggshells were treated with a 5 % levulinic acid plus 2 % SDS, 2 % levulinic acid plus 1 % SDS, and 0.5 % levulinic acid plus 0.5 % SDS liquid solution for 1 min. Log reductions of viable viruses were observed by plaque assay. The 5 % levulinic acid plus 2 % SDS sanitizer provided the greatest level of influenza A H3N2 virus inactivation (2.23 log PFU), and differences in virus inactivation were observed for the various levulinic acid plus SDS concentrations tested (P ≤ 0.05). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study demonstrating influenza A H3N2 virus inactivation on eggshells using a novel levulinic acid plus SDS sanitizer. The sanitizer may be useful for reducing egg contamination and preventing the spread of avian influenza virus to humans.     

荷兰长期能效协议和能效标杆合约及启示

提高能效是减排的重要途径,荷兰长期能效协议和能效标杆合约在这方面取得了很大成效,其成功经验值得研究和学习。本文首先系统介绍了荷兰长期能效协议和能效标杆合约的构建、实施及监督过程,分析了其取得的成效和存在的不足。然后描述了自愿协议式方法在中国的应用情况和我国面临的节能减排压力。最后总结出长期能效协议和能效标杆合约对我国应用和推广自愿协议式方法的启示。     

韩江流域河水地球化学特征与硅酸盐岩风化——风化过程硫酸作用

流域岩石化学风化是全球碳循环的重要环节之一,硅酸盐岩风化过程消耗大气CO_2,是在地质时间尺度上调节大气CO_2浓度的重要机制。本工作在对我国东南花岗岩地区流经典型的硅酸盐岩地质背景河流——韩江流域河流水化学组成研究的基础上,分析和定量计算了河流水体主要物质来源,并对硫酸参与岩石风化和碳循环过程的作用进行了分析,进而对韩江流域岩石风化速率及其大气CO_2消耗通量进行了估算。结果表明,韩江流域河流主离子组成主要来源于硅酸盐岩和碳酸盐岩风化,并计算得出约41%的硫酸根离子来自于大气降水;流域碳酸盐岩的风化速率为21.7 t/(km~2·a),硅酸盐岩为18.9 t/(km~2·a)。硫酸参与岩石风化提供的离子贡献占流域岩石风化提供总离子量的65.9%;流域风化带来的CO_2消耗速率被高估了约61%。     

地表参数设置对高架点源大气污染物扩散预测的影响研究

以某火电厂高架点源为例,运用AERMOD进行预测,对扇区进行粗划分和细划分,设置两组地表参数,分析SO2、NO2、PM10在敏感点的小时浓度、日均浓度和期间平均浓度最大值的差异.变化幅度分析方法表明,PM10的小时浓度、日均浓度、期间平均浓度最大值的变化幅度最大,NO2次之,SO2最小.高端值比较法分析表明,NO2小时浓度最大值的差异最大,SO2次之,PM10最小;NO2日均浓度最大值的差异最大,PM10次之,SO2最小;NO2期间平均浓度最大值的差异最大,SO2次之,PM10最小.     

东江流域水资源安全评价

针对东江流域的地区特点,以目前社会和经济发展水平为基础,确立水资源安全分级标准,采用层次分析法确定各指标的权重,用多级模糊综合评判法对东江流域水资源安全进行评价,最后得出从2000年到2007年东江流域各行政区的水资源安全度呈下降的趋势。