Groundwater quality assessment for different uses using various water quality indices in semi-arid region of central Tunisia

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The Hajeb Layoun-Jelma basin, located in the central Tunisia, is the principal source of water supply for Sidi Bouzid and Sfax region. The...     

Correction to: Determination of phthalates in particulate matter and gaseous phase emitted in indoor air of offices

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11749-1     

Potential of Eucalyptus globulus for the phytoremediation of metals in a Moroccan iron mine soil—a case study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The contamination left by abandoned mines demands sustainable mitigation measures. Hence, the aim of this study was to examine the phytoremediator...     

Responses of Different Test Objects to Experimental Soil Contamination with Crude Oil

Russian Journal of Ecology - Responses to contamination of several soil types with crude oil were comparatively analyzed in organisms of different trophic groups. Samples of soddy podzolic, light...     

入侵植物生态效应及其影响因素研究进展

植物入侵生态效应研究往往受人类观念、研究尺度等多种因素影响。综述了入侵植物的生态效应,并分析了其影响因素。结果表明,入侵植物威胁人类健康和生物多样性的同时,也可能会给本地物种带来更多资源、庇护等。入侵植物标准、人类价值观念、研究时空尺度及全球变化等因素会影响入侵生态效应。入侵植物生态效应研究应加强经济影响方面的量化研究及全球变化情况下大尺度(尤其是全球尺度)研究,还应加强入侵植物管理冲突研究,并将公众知识水平、价值观念等纳入入侵管理,以尽可能地提前发现并权衡入侵管理与生态管理、社会管理的冲突。     

Urban wild meat consumption and trade in central Amazonia

The switch from hunting wild meat for home consumption to supplying more lucrative city markets in Amazonia can adversely affect some game species. Despite this, information on the amounts of wild meat eaten in Amazonian cities is still limited. We estimated wild meat consumption rates in 5 cities in the State of Amazonas in Brazil through 1046 door-to-door household interviews conducted from 2004 to 2012. With these data, we modeled the relationship between wild meat use and a selection of socioeconomic indices. We then scaled up our model to determine the amounts of wild meat likely to be consumed annually in the 62 urban centers in central Amazonia. A total of 80.3% of all interviewees reported consuming wild meat during an average of 29.3 (CI 11.6) days per year. Most wild meat was reported as bought in local markets (80.1%) or hunted by a family member (14.9%). Twenty-one taxa were cited as consumed, mostly mammals (71.6%), followed by reptiles (23.2%) and then birds (5.2%). The declared frequency of wild meat consumption was positively correlated with the proportion of rural population as well as with the per capita gross domestic product of the municipality (administrative divisions) where the cities were seated. We estimated that as much as 10,691 t of wild meat might be consumed annually in the 62 urban centers within central Amazonia, the equivalent of 6.49 kg per person per year. In monetary terms, this amounts to US$21.72 per person per year or US$35.1 million overall, the latter figure is comparable to fish and timber production in the region. Given this magnitude of wild meat trade in central Amazonia, it is fundamental to integrate this activity into the formal economy and actively develop policies that allow the trade of more resilient taxa and restrict trade in species sensitive to hunting.     

DDT及其主要降解产物污染土壤的植物修复

用植草方法研究了受DDT及其主要降解产物污染土壤的植物修复试验，比较了10种草在不同污染浓度下对5种土壤的修复能力。研究表明，同一品种的草在不同土壤中对污染物的清除能力是不同的，不同品种的草在同一土壤中对污染物的清除能力也是不同的，在植物修复的过程中，通过草对有机污染物吸收的途径而去除土壤中污染物所作的贡献很小，植草3个月后，草对DDT及其主要降解产物的吸收与富集仅占原施药总量的0．13％－3．0％，而7．10％－71．94％的DDT及其主要降解产物从土壤中消失。     

酸沉降对森林植物影响过程和机理

文章丰要包括如下几方而的内容：（1）概述了酸沉降作用下森林衰退的状况及其相关工作的开展情况；（2）总结了酸沉降对森林植物的影响过程和机理；（3）阐述了酸沉降对森林植物影响研究的模型和临界酸负荷值的确定；（4）探讨了存在的问题和未来值得研究的方向。指山未来的研究方向主要是：酸沉降对森林生态系统的影响机理和森林生态系统对酸沉降的反馈机制；酸沉降对非优势种、稀有种及低等植物的影响；酸沉降与其它环境因子对森林植物的共同影响；酸沉降的监控和预测，建立适合我斟实际情况的研究模型；将常规分析手段和分子生物学技术相结合，加强抗性植物和指示植物的筛选工作；加强受损森林植被的恢复和重建工作；开展酸沉降对森林植被的格局动态及森林演替动态变化研究。