Functional mouthpart morphology of the squat lobster Munida sarsi, with comparison to other anomurans

 The mouthparts of Munida sarsi Huus, 1935, including the labrum and paragnaths, are described using LM and SEM, with special attention to the setal composition and its function. We also used high-resolution macrovideo equipment to record the feeding processes and monitor setae in action. This combination of morphological and preliminary behavioral data enabled us to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of the functional morphology. M. sarsi was found to be an opportunist and capable of handling and eating most kinds of animal tissue. The species can also be a selective deposit feeder, sorting the sediment by quality and not by size. This sorting is performed by the setae on the medial rim of the bases of maxilla 1, maxilla 2 and maxilliped 1. Many of the other mouthpart functions ranging from food detection to ingestion are mapped with comparison to what has been found for other anomurans. Grooming was shown to be a significant function of many mouthparts, especially the endopod of maxilliped 3. In general the mouthparts closest to the mouth have the least complex movements and functional scheme, with the mandibles being able to perform only one movement, i.e. cutting or crunching food objects. Some functions are attributed to the paragnath, the endopod of maxilla 2 and the epipod of maxilliped 1. Received: 3 October 1999 / Accepted: 22 March 2000     

鄱阳湖流域水体和水产品中苯酚的暴露特征及人体健康风险评估

苯酚（phenol）被广泛应用于工业生产,在水环境中大量检出,具有皮肤灼伤、抑制中枢神经和肝脏损伤等健康毒性.调查了鄱阳湖水体和水产品中苯酚的暴露浓度,采用商值法和概率风险评估法,基于本土人群暴露参数评估苯酚对鄱阳湖流域成人的健康风险.分析结果表明,水体中苯酚浓度范围为ND~556.26 ng·L^-1,水产品中苯酚含量范围在11.98~255.51 μg·kg^-1.鄱阳湖湖区成人饮水健康风险值在3.80×10^-7~8.46×10^-5范围内,湖区南部河流聚集处及北部长江交汇处的成人饮水健康风险较高.成人通过食用鄱阳湖不同种类水产品产生的健康风险范围为2.65×10^-5~1.47×10^-4,食用黄颡鱼和鲶鱼产生的健康风险比其他种类水产品高一个数量级.通过Monte Carlo模拟评估苯酚的健康概率风险,并探讨鄱阳湖流域人群暴露参数敏感性.结果表明鄱阳湖流域成人饮水和水产品食用的95百分位健康风险值处于可接受水平,苯酚环境暴露浓度对健康风险值的影响最大.本研究结果可为鄱阳湖流域水环境中苯酚的风险管控提供参考.     

镍掺杂二氧化钛光催化剂的制备与光催化性能研究

利用溶胶-凝胶法制备了镍掺杂的二氧化钛,采用紫外可见分光光度计、傅里叶红外分光光度计、X衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)等测试手段对结果进行了表征。表征结果表明在550℃下煅烧的产物主要是锐钛型二氧化钛,镍的掺杂使得二氧化钛的紫外可见反射光谱明显红移,且镍掺杂二氧化钛的粒度减小,团聚程度下降。以活性艳蓝KN-R为模型降解目标物,通过比较镍掺杂二氧化钛、纯二氧化钛以及标准P25二氧化钛的光催化性能发现镍掺杂二氧化钛的光催化活性最好。当钛酸正丁酯/乙醇比为1:25;钛酸正丁酯/冰乙酸比为1:1;钛酸正丁酯/硝酸镍比为1 000:3;煅烧温度为550℃,煅烧时间为2 h时,镍掺杂二氧化钛的光催化效率最高,达到73.3%。     

Probabilistic risk assessment for long-range atmospheric transport of radionuclides

A simplified means of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) for long-range atmospheric transport based on a K-diffusion model is presented. In a case study, model parameters are estimated by comparing with the results of long-range atmospheric dispersion model calculations using one-year numerical weather prediction model data. It is found that the estimated ensemble mean provides a reasonable first approximation to the total dry and wet deposition from the one-year continuous release.     

The transfer of 239/240Pu to cow milk

In summer 1993 we measured the transfer of (239/240)Pu to milk from herbage from a pasture located 5 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In one treatment cows were allowed to graze freely on the pasture. In a second treatment, cows were fed herbage collected from the pasture in stalls. The milk transfer coefficient; F(m) did not vary significantly between treatments and the mean value of 7.5x10(-6)d l(-1) was higher than previously reported values. Despite many values of F(m) for Pu in the literature we identified few relevant original data sets. Transfer coefficient values for Pu are only appropriate when used in conjunction with a specified time period or an appropriate model which allows for the biological half-life. We recommend for screening purposes an F(m) value of 1x10(-5)d l(-1) for Pu, with an order of magnitude lower value being appropriate for cows which are only exposed for one grazing season.     

TiO2/粉煤灰光催化降解双氯芬酸钠研究

以燃煤电厂外排的废弃物粉煤灰(CFA)为载体,采用混合泥浆法将TiO2负载在CFA的表面,得到一种新型的复合光催化剂TiO2/CFA.对TiO2/CFA进行了扫描电镜分析、X射线衍射分析和氮吸附测试,并以双氯芬酸钠的光催化降解为评价手段,研究了TiO2负载量对TiO2/CFA光催化性能及重复使用性能的影响.结果表明,TiO2负载量的增加有助于提高TiO2/CFA的光催化性能,但当TiO2负载量过高时,CFA上的TiO2在水处理过程中容易脱落,对TiO2/CFA光催化剂的重复使用性能不利.本研究中,最佳的TiO2负载量约为50%,循环使用6次,其光催化降解效率没有明显降低,双氯芬酸钠的降解率均可达70%以上.     

A One Year Study on the Concentrations of Norovirus and Enteric Adenoviruses in Wastewater and A Surface Drinking Water Source in Norway

Enteric viruses transmitted via the faecal-oral route occur in high concentrations in wastewater and may contaminate drinking water sources and cause disease. In order to quantify enteric adenovirus and norovirus genotypes I and II (GI and GII) impacting a drinking source in Norway, samples of surface water (52), wastewater inlet (64) and outlet (59) were collected between January 2011 and April 2012. Samples were concentrated in two steps, using an electropositive disc filter and polyethylene glycol precipitation, followed by nucleic acid extraction and analysis by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Virus was detected in 47/52 (90.4 %) of surface water, 59/64 (92 %) of wastewater inlet and 55/59 (93 %) of wastewater outlet samples. Norovirus GI occurred in the highest concentrations in surface water (2.51e + 04) and adenovirus in wastewater (2.15e + 07). While adenovirus was the most frequently detected in all matrices, norovirus GI was more frequently detected in surface water and norovirus GII in wastewater. This study is the first in Norway to monitor both sewage and a drinking water source in parallel, and confirms the year-round presence of norovirus and adenovirus in a Norwegian drinking water source.     

Muskox status,recent variation,and uncertain future

Ambio - Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) are an integral component of Arctic biodiversity. Given low genetic diversity, their ability to respond to future and rapid Arctic change is unknown, although...     

Improving dialogue among researchers,local and indigenous peoples and decision-makers to address issues of climate change in the North

Ambio - The Circumpolar North has been changing rapidly within the last decades, and the socioeconomic systems of the Eurasian Arctic and Siberia in particular have displayed the most dramatic...     

岷江上游生态脆弱性评价

岷江上游流域是我国典型的生态脆弱区之一,由于地质变化频繁、高差显著、气候干旱,加上人为活动影响,生态脆弱性的表现十分明显。通过对其生态环境脆弱性因素及成因机制的分析,构建了由土地生产力、地表起伏度、干燥度指数、土壤侵蚀强度、草场退化荒漠化率、物种消失率等14个指标组成的岷江上游生态脆弱性的评价指标体系;根据本地区生态环境现状、全国和四川省情况及奋斗目标,建立了Ⅰ到Ⅲ级的评价标准体系;利用模糊数学聚类方法对评价指标进行分析计算,得出了岷江上游生态环境为第Ⅲ级,即生态环境非常脆弱的结论。评价结果符合岷江上游地区的生态环境状况。