Seasonal variation in the levels of organohalogen compounds in herring (Clupea harengus) from the Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian spring spawning (NSS) herring is an ecologically important fish stock in the Norwegian Sea, and with a catch volume exceeding one million tons a year it is also economically important and a valuable food source. In order to provide a baseline of the levels of contaminants in this fish stock, the levels of organohalogen compounds were determined in 800 individual herring sampled at 29 positions in the Norwegian Sea and off the coast of Norway. Due to seasonal migration, the herring were sampled where they were located during the different seasons. Concentrations of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, non-dioxin-like PCBs (PCB₇) and PBDEs were determined in fillet samples of individual herring, and found to be relatively low, with means (min-max) of 0.77 (0.24-3.5) ng TEQ kg⁻¹ wet weight (ww), 5.0 (1.4-24) μg kg⁻¹ ww and 0.47 (0.091-3.1) μg kg⁻¹ ww, respectively. The concentrations varied throughout the year due to the feeding- and spawning cycle: Starved, pre-spawning herring caught off the Norwegian coast in January-February had the highest levels and those caught in the Norwegian Sea in April-June, after further starvation and spawning, had the lowest levels. These results show that the concentrations of organohalogen compounds in NSS herring are relatively low and closely tied to their physiological condition, and that in the future regular monitoring of NSS herring should be made in the spawning areas off the Norwegian coast in late winter.     

Plant responses to a phytomanaged urban technosol contaminated by trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Medicago sativa was cultivated at a former harbor facility near Bordeaux (France) to phytomanage a soil contaminated by trace elements (TE) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). In parallel, a biotest with Phaseolus vulgaris was carried out on potted soils from 18 sub-sites to assess their phytotoxicity. Total soil TE and PAH concentrations, TE concentrations in the soil pore water, the foliar ionome of M. sativa (at the end of the first growth season) and of Populus nigra growing in situ, the root and shoot biomass and the foliar ionome of P. vulgaris were determined. Despite high total soil TE, soluble TE concentrations were generally low, mainly due to alkaline soil pH (7.8–8.6). Shoot dry weight (DW) yield and foliar ionome of P. vulgaris did not reflect the soil contamination, but its root DW yield decreased at highest soil TE and/or PAH concentrations. Foliar ionomes of M. sativa and P. nigra growing in situ were generally similar to the ones at uncontaminated sites. M. sativa contributed to bioavailable TE stripping by shoot removal (in g ha^?1 harvest^?1): As 0.9, Cd 0.3, Cr 0.4, Cu 16.1, Ni 2.6, Pb 4, and Zn 134. After 1 year, 72 plant species were identified in the plant community across three subsets: (I) plant community developed on bare soil sowed with M. sativa; (II) plant community developed in unharvested plots dominated by grasses; and (III) plant community developed on unsowed bare soil. The shoot DW yield (in mg ha^?1 harvest^?1) varied from 1.1 (subset I) to 6.9 (subset II). For subset III, the specific richness was the lowest in plots with the highest phytotoxicity for P. vulgaris.     

长江口口门区潮下带水域鱼类群落组成的季节变化

根据2006～2007年对长江口口门区潮下带鱼类的监测数据,分析了该水域鱼类群落组成的季节变化特征。结果表明：本次调查采获鱼类42种,隶属21科。生态类群以海洋鱼类种类最多（27种）,其次为河口定居种（10种）,而淡水鱼类、溯河产卵洄游鱼类和降海产卵洄游鱼类种类数很低。S1站点和S2站点类似,均以棘头梅童鱼（Collichthys lucidus）、刀鲚（Coilia ectenes）、龙头鱼（Harpodon nehereus）为优势种。两站点鱼类群落在空间上无显著差异,而时间上均有明显的季节变化,冬季和初春的样品聚为一组（Ⅰ组）,夏、秋季的样品聚为一组（Ⅱ组）。通过SIMPER分析可知,两组间的平均相异性较高,达7303,共有17种鱼类对组间的贡献超过90%,如日本鳗鲡（Anguilla japonica）、棘头梅童鱼、矛尾虾虎鱼（Chaeturichthys stigmatias）、刀鲚、焦氏舌鳎（Cynoglossus joyneri）、龙头鱼等。     

阿拉善地区沙尘暴的统计分析和发生规律及防治对策

通过对阿拉善地区沙尘暴历史资料的分析和对该地区大气环境空气质量总悬浮颗粒物年变化规律及沙尘暴发生期间的TSP数据分析。统计分析了该地区沙尘暴形成规律 ,发生原因 ,追踪沙尘暴源地 ,提出有效防治对策 ,控制来自环境的沙尘源     

应用高硫煤燃烧产生的二氧化硫还原电镀废水中的六价铬离子

硫是煤中的有害元素，煤在燃烧过程中，煤中的硫通常生成SO2而排入大气中，从而导致大气污染，但SO2也是一种较强的还原剂，并且易溶于水，而应用高硫煤燃烧中产生的二氧化硫还原废水中六价铬，可达到以污治污的目的。     

2,4-二硝基苯腙的色谱分离分析条件的研究

合成了甲醛的衍生物—２,４二硝基苯腙,对其结构与纯度进行了鉴定;应用气相色谱研究了其在四氯化碳溶液中的色谱分离分析性质,结果表明,将之作为标准品用于空气中甲醛的分析是可行的。     

Removal of xenobiotics from effluent discharge by adsorption on zeolite and expanded clay: an alternative to activated carbon?

Xenobiotics such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals are an increasingly large problem in aquatic environments. A fixed-bed adsorption filter, used as tertiary stage of sewage treatment, could be a solution to decrease xenobiotics concentrations in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) effluent. The adsorption efficiency of two mineral adsorbent materials (expanded clay (EC) and zeolite (ZE)), both seen as a possible alternative to activated carbon (AC), was evaluated in batch tests. Experiments involving secondary treated domestic wastewater spiked with a cocktail of ten xenobiotics (eight pharmaceuticals and two pesticides) known to be poorly eliminated in conventional biological process were carried out. Removal efficiencies and partitions coefficients were calculated for two levels of initial xenobiotic concentration, i.e, concentrations lower to 10 μg/L and concentrations ranged from 100 to 1,000 μg/L. While AC was the most efficient adsorbent material, both alternative adsorbent materials showed good adsorption efficiencies for all ten xenobiotics (from 50 to 100 % depending on the xenobiotic/adsorbent material pair). For all the targeted xenobiotics, at lower concentrations, EC presented the best adsorption potential with higher partition coefficients, confirming the results in terms of removal efficiencies. Nevertheless, Zeolite presents virtually the same adsorption potential for both high and low xenobiotics concentrations to be treated. According to this first batch investigation, ZE and EC could be used as alternative absorbent materials to AC in WWTP.     

毛细管气相色谱法测定空气中三种醛类污染物

报道了以酸性２,４－二硝基苯肼为吸收液采集空气中的甲醛、乙醛和丙烯醛,以气相色谱法分析形成的腙衍生物。方法的回收率在９５％ 以上,最低检测限为０．３５～８．４ｎｇ,线性工作范围为２．１～５０９ｎｇ,可测定空气和废气中的醛类污染物。