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.     

Ce3+在土壤中的扩散

通过^141Ce^3 同位素示踪法，研究了不同温度（19℃，30℃，40℃）和土壤饱和含水量（25％，37％，50％）条件下Ce^3 在四种土壤中的扩散。通过Fick第二定律推导的扩散系数计算公式，求得Ce^3 在不同条件下不同土壤中的扩散系数，结果表明：Ce^3 在土壤中的扩散系数因土壤类型、温度、土壤水分含量的不同而存在明显的差异。Ce^3 在四种土壤中的扩散系数与温度呈正比，随温度的升高（19℃→40℃），扩散系数逐渐增大；土壤水分含量在一定数量下（小于饱和土壤含水量），扩散系数与土壤水分含量呈明显相关；在相同条件下，Ce^3 在四种土壤中扩散系数的大小顺序为：马肝土＞黄土＞潮土＞黑土。     

棉花VA菌根的形成与土壤几丁质酶活相关性的研究

盆栽条件下，对棉花ＶＡ菌根的形成与根区土壤中几丁质酶活的相关性及其动态变化的研究结果表明．接种ＶＡ菌根真菌Ｇｌｏｍｕｓｍｏｓｓｅａｅ形成的菌根可促进解几丁质微生物的增殖，并能诱导出较高的土壤几丁质酶活性．酶活增长与菌很感染率成正相关；接种ＶＡ菌根真菌的处理与未接种对照比较，差异显著或极显著．     

Inefficient cooking systems a challenge for sustainable development: a case of rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa

Environment, Development and Sustainability - The use of low efficient cookstoves has several severe negative impacts. Burning solid fuels kills about 4 million people every year, a number which is...     

Organoiodines in effluents of a shale-fracturing wastewater treatment plant

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Shale gas extraction is increasing worldwide in the context of the energy crisis, yet the associated pollution by this industrial activity is poorly known. Here we...     

华中地区夏季PM2.5中水溶性离子污染特征及来源分析

为探究我国华中地区不同区域夏季大气PM_2.5中水溶性离子污染特征及来源,选取武汉、随州和平顶山分别作为城市、郊区和农村监测站点进行大气PM_2.5样品采集,分析了大气中PM_2.5质量浓度以及8种水溶性无机离子含量.结果表明,采样期间3个站点ρ（水溶性离子）呈明显的空间分布特征,即:平顶山[（36.29±9.82）μg·m^-3]>武汉[（32.55±10.05）μg·m^-3]>随州[（26.10±6.23）μg·m^-3],分别占PM_2.5的质量分数为52.47%、 51.32%和48.61%,平顶山站点由于农村生物质燃烧活动,水溶性离子占比最大,其中,二次离子（SNA）是主要的离子成分,分别占总水溶性离子的95.65%、 96.12%和97.33%.武汉（0.64）和随州（0.63）站点硫氧化率均值高于平顶山站点（0.50）,而武汉（0.18）和平顶山（0.19）站点氮氧化率高于随州站点（0.15）,站点间硫氧化率和氮氧化率差...     

障碍物在分岔附近对瓦斯爆炸压力影响的实验研究*

为研究置障条件下不同分岔角度管道中瓦斯爆炸压力变化规律,采用长15 m、截面为160 mm×100 mm的矩形和直径160 mm的半圆形组成的拱形模拟巷道,通过改变分岔角附近障碍物的形状与阻塞比,研究瓦斯爆炸在30~45°与30~60°双分岔管道分岔角附近的压力变化规律。结果表明:瓦斯爆炸在30~45°和30~60°双分岔管道中,分岔角后2支管压力均有所增大,且45°和60°支管中压力变化较30°支管更加明显;障碍物位于30°分岔角后,当阻塞比为0.4时,障碍物形状对2~4测点爆炸压力的影响均表现为矩形最大,拱形次之,圆形最小;管道中矩形障碍物对2,3测点爆炸压力的影响随阻塞比增加而增大,对测点4爆炸压力的影响则随阻塞比的增加而减小;设置矩形障碍物时,30~45°双分岔管道中2,3测点的压力增幅大于30~60°双分岔管道,且压力增幅随阻塞比增加而增大,而测点4的表现则相反,30~60°双分岔管道大于30~45°双分岔管道,且压力增幅随阻塞比增加而减小。     

等离子体裂解煤制乙炔技术分析及展望

针对乙炔生产过程,介绍了电石制乙炔、天然气制乙炔和等离子体裂解煤制乙炔三种乙炔生产工艺,对比了各工艺的资源消耗、能源利用率、环境污染、技术经济性等因素,探讨了国内等离子体裂解煤制乙炔技术的发展历程和技术优势,指出了当前工业化试验面临的技术难点与攻关方向,阐明了等离子体裂解煤制乙炔技术在乙炔行业和煤化工市场的重要意义.     

人工湿地新型内电解基质的研究

对内电解技术在人工湿地中的应用进行了初步研究,通过静态实验对铁屑/炉渣、铁屑/粉煤灰、铁屑/活性炭组成的内电解基质进行了比选,确定铁屑/炉渣为最佳组合,其对COD、NH3-N、TP去除率高,对出水的pH值影响较小.通过单因素实验确定其最佳反应条件,即铁/炉渣投加比为1∶1,每100 mL废水投加量为20 g,反应时间6...     

PAC与粘土矿物混凝去除颤藻及残余铝形态研究

研究了PAC与不同粒径的天然粘土矿物复合混凝去除给水中的颤藻。结果表明,两者复合除藻效果显著优于单加PAC。当PAC浓度为12 mg/L,矿物浓度为24 mg/L,粒径为160目时,除藻效果最好,浊度和叶绿素a去除率分别为98.2%和100%。两者复合后PAC形态含量都发生了变化,悬浮态铝含量相对增加,溶解态铝含量相对减少,总残余铝量减小。