A Simulation of Temporal and Spatial Variations in Carbon at Landscape Level: A Case Study for Lake Abitibi Model Forest in Ontario,Canada

Using a case study of the Lake Abitibi Model Forest (LAMF), this study aims to assess the temporal and spatial variability in carbon storage during 1990–2000, and to present a comprehensive estimation of the carbon budget for LAMF's ecosystems. As well, it provided the information needed by local forest managers to develop ecological and carbon-based indicators and monitor the sustainability of forest ecosystems. Temporal and spatial carbon dynamics were simulated at the landscape level using ecosystem model TRIPLEX1.0 and Geographical Information System (GIS). The simulated net primary productivity (NPP) and carbon storage in forest biomass and soil were compared with field data and results from other studies for Canada's boreal forests. The results show that simulated NPP ranged from 3.26 to 3.34 tC ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ in the 1990s and was consistent with the range measured during the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Studies (BOREAS) in central Canada. Modeled NPP was also compared with the estimation from remote sensing data. The density of total above-and belowground biomass was 125.3, 111.8, and 106.5 tC ha⁻¹ for black spruce, trembling aspen, and jack pine in the LAMF ecosystem, respectively. The total carbon density of forested land was estimated at 154.4 tC ha⁻¹ with the proportion of 4:6 for total biomass and soil. The analysis of net carbon balance of ecosystem suggested that the LAMF forest ecosystem was acting as a carbon sink with an allowable harvest in the 1990s.     

Cells of the connective tissue differentiate and migrate into pollen sacs

In angiosperms, archesporial cells in the anther primordium undergo meiosis to form haploid pollen, the sole occupants of anther sacs. Anther sacs are held together by a matrix of parenchyma cells, the connective tissue. Cells of the connective tissue are not known to differentiate. We report the differentiation of parenchyma cells in the connective tissue of two Gordonia species into pollen-like structures (described as pseudopollen), which migrate into the anther sacs before dehiscence. Pollen and pseudopollen were distinguishable by morphology and staining. Pollen were tricolpate to spherical while pseudopollen were less rigid and transparent with a ribbed surface. Both types were different in size, shape, staining and surface architecture. The ratio of the number of pseudopollen to pollen was 1:3. During ontogeny in the connective tissue, neither cell division nor tetrad formation was observed and hence pseudopollen were presumed to be diploid. Only normal pollen germinated on a germination medium. Fixed preparations in time seemed to indicate that pseudopollen migrate from the connective tissue into the anther sac.     

采取多种手段综合整治圆明园防渗工程

圆明园是北京市享誉中外的世界文化遗产公园，园内有140hm^2湖面，因湖水渗漏严重，每年要进行大量补水。为此圆明园管理处投资数千万，进行了湖底铺膜防渗工程，2005年4月份，接近完工的防渗工程被国家环保总局紧急停止。该项工程如何走出困境，本文从湖底开孔建渗水井，引进中水，以及湖水活化等多方面，提出一些合理化建议，希望以此构建一个水资源节约利用，而且可持续发展的湖区水生生态系统和一个和谐的园区人文景观。     

厌氧预处理-序批式生物膜反应器处理染料废水研究

通过对实际染料废水进行厌氧预处理之后,采用序批式生物膜反应器对其作进一步去除CODCr和脱N处理.实验结果表明:厌氧预处理能够破坏染料分子结构,将废水中的难降解物质转化为易降解物质,为后续的好氧处理提供可能性和易降解性;序批式生物膜反应器采用好氧-缺氧-好氧的运行方式,能够实现在对CODCr去除的同时,实现脱N效果;在此基础上,求得所讨论的生物膜系统在好氧段由扩散作用所控制的CODCr和NH 4-N生化反应动力学模型.     

水－油－表面活性剂体系中油含量测量方法的改进

应用原地灌注表面活性剂溶液法去除地下水系统中包气带石油类污染，建立了测定水－油－表面活性剂体系中油含量的方法，第一次提出采用单宁酸沉淀脂肪醇聚氧乙烯醚以去除其对油含量测定的干扰，并成功地应用于清除地下水石油污染的表面活性剂优选实验当中。     

The functionality of female reciprocal calls in the Iberian midwife toad (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Alytes cisternasii</Emphasis>): female-female acoustic competition?

Female midwife toads (genus Alytes) emit highly variable reciprocal calls of unclear function prior to and during courtship. In some species, female-female competition, expressed as physical fighting, has been reported. Males of Majorcan midwife toads (Alytes muletensis) show phonotactic response to female calls, and females of Iberian midwife toads (Alytes cisternasii) respond differently according to the male call characteristics. In this study, I test the hypothesis of female-female acoustic competition as an additional function of female reciprocal calls. Playback tests indicate that female calls are not clearly involved in female acoustic competition in the Iberian midwife toad, therefore female calls could be directed at males rather than towards competitive females.     

臭氧氧化法处理汽车制造厂综合废水的试验研究

汽车制造厂综合废水因含有多种有机物和有毒物故可生化性差，因此有必要对其进行生物降解和脱毒处理，鉴于臭氧是一种高效氧化剂且工业废水中的许多污染物具有较好的可氧化性，研究采用臭氧对雷诺汽车制造公司法国某分厂的综合废水进行氧化处理实验，以提高其可生化性。实验结果表明臭氧氧化法可以用来改善汽车制造厂综合废水的可生化性。     

浅谈如何做好“十一五”环境统计工作

环境统计工作存在的问题：指标体系设置不合理、数据时效性差、数据质量不高、统计人员流动性大，采取的措施：精简完善指标体系、规范工作程序和审核办法、抓好统计范围、污染源监测及数据核查提高数据质量、加强统计队伍建设等。     

Gamergates in the myrmicine genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Metapone</Emphasis> (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Gamergates (i.e. mated reproductive workers) are mostly known from ant species within the Ponerinae. We report here the discovery of gamergates in two species of the subfamily Myrmicinae. Until now, mated reproductive females in colonies of myrmicine species have been considered morphologically distinct from the worker caste. However, in two species of the myrmicine Metapone (Metapone madagascarica and a newly discovered, not yet described Metapone species) all workers have six ovarioles and a spermatheca; and some of them are mated. There are no morphological differences between mated and non-mated workers. Field observations and laboratory studies indicate that colonies of the Metapone species can reproduce with gamergates only.