Comparison of macroinvertebrate sampling methods for nonwadeable streams

Bioassessment of nonwadeable streams in the United States is increasing, but methods for these systems are not as well-developed as for wadeable streams. In this study, we compared six macroinvertebrate field sampling methods for nonwadeable streams adapted from those used by three major programs: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-Surface Waters, the U.S. Geological Surveys National Water Quality Assessment Program, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water Biocriteria Program. We performed all six methods at 60 sites across four rivers and measured water chemistry and physical habitat at each site to assess abiotic conditon. Sites were divided into two groups: those influenced by navigational lock and dam structures (restricted flow, or RF) and those free-flowing or with lowhead dams (run-of-the-river, or ROR). Metrics based on passive Hester-Dendy artificial substrate samplers differed greatly from active sampling methods (i.e., using nets) but represented abiotic conditions well in both ROR and RF sites. Although metric values were similar across certain sampling methods, the metrics significantly correlated with abiotic variables varied among methods and between ROR and RF sites. These results emphasize that methods are not interchangeable, and the ability to detect certain stressors depends on sampling method.The U.S. Governments right to retain a non-exclusive, royalty free licence in and to any copyright is acknowledged.     

Modeling the flow and leachate transport in the vadose and saturated zones of a municipal landfill

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the groundwater contamination due to the construction and operation of the municipal landfill of Amari, Rethymno, Crete. The groundwater flow and leachate transport in the vadose and saturated zones were studied and simulated, using three different models: the one-dimensional groundwater flow and contaminant transport model for the vadose zone Pesticide Root Zone Model (PRZM-3), the Geographical Information System (GIS) Argus ONE and the three-dimensional groundwater flow and contaminant transport model Princeton Transport Code (PTC). The simulation time was 30 and 20 years, and the results obtained, according to the models and the existing hydrogeological conditions, were very encouraging and reassuring about the groundwater quality of the broad region.     

流动注射--氢化物发生原子吸收法测定天然水中的丁基锡化合物

建立用流动注射--氢化物发生原子吸收法同时测定天然水中一丁基锡、二丁基锡、三丁基锡和四丁基锡化合物的方法.首先用NaBH4还原丁基锡化合物后冷凝富集、加热,氢化物根据沸点的不同依次解吸从而得到分离,由原子吸收法测定.本方法可测每升几十纳克(以锡计)的各种丁基锡化合物.     

Dispersion of Pollutants in Street Canyon under Traffic Induced Flow and Turbulence

A 3-D Eulerian-Lagrangian approach to moving vehicles is presented that takes into account the traffic induced flow rate and turbulence. The method is applied to pollutants dispersion in a street canyon. The approach is based on CFD calculations using Eulerian approach to the continuous phase and Lagrangian approach to the "discrete phase" of moving objects - vehicles. A commercial CFD code StarCD was used into which the Lagrangian model was integrated. As an example a street canyon is taken into consideration. It has the length of 50 m and the aspect ratio of 1.27. The speed of wind was assigned values of 4, 7 and 12 m/s at the altitude of 300 m. The total height of the domain is 115 m. In the study different traffic situations are considered, namely one-way and two-way traffic with different traffic rates per lane. The predictions show that different traffic situations affect pollutants dispersion in the street canyon and that there are also differences in the pollutants dispersion in case of one- and two-way traffic.     

汽车废气中的铅对城市土壤污染状况调查

通过现场调查，定量分析了乌鲁木齐市市区交通主干道二侧土壤中铅、镉等6种元素的含量，初步掌握了重金属元素的分布情况。调查结果表明，在交通密集易形成堵车的路段，土壤中重金属富集的量较高，在交通顺畅或车流量少的路段，土壤中重金属含量相对较低。铅污染的主要来源是汽车尾气。     

Heterogeneous Traffic Induced Effects on Vertical Dispersion Parameter in the Near Field of Roadways - a Wind Tunnel Study

The varying traffic parameters such as traffic volume, speed, shape and size, and terrain roughness conditions play a vital role on dispersion of pollutants in the near field of roadways. Simulation experiments were carried out in the Environmental Wind Tunnel (EWT) to evaluate the traffic induced effects on vertical dispersion parameter (σ _z ) for heterogeneous traffic conditions in the near field of roadways for evaluating the effect of variations in traffic volume, terrain roughness condition and approaching wind direction. The model vehicle movement system was fabricated and made operational in the EWT, which allowed the variation in traffic volume, speed and wind road inclination. Sixty-six hydrocarbon tracer experiments were performed to evaluate σ _z in the near field of roadways for variable traffic volume, three terrain roughness conditions and two approaching wind directions (i.e., 90° and 60°). The values of σ _z for heterogeneous traffic conditions were found to be higher for low roughness conditions in comparison to other two higher roughness conditions for various traffic volumes and approaching wind directions. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

连续流动分析在水质监测中的应用

连续流动分析技术具有分析速度快、准确度和精密度高、操作简单、通用性强、样品和试剂消耗量少等一系列优点。灵活运用连续流动分析技术可对大多数水性样品如水和废水、土壤(或固体废弃物)提取液、饮料等进行分析。本文中着重介绍了氨氮、硝酸盐氮/亚硝酸盐氮、挥发酚以及总氰化物等几个连续流动分析在水质监测中的应用实例。     

交通环境与城市行道树重金属铅和镉的关系

以南方常见的18种受到机动车污染的城市行道树及其对照树作为研究材料，用原子吸收分光光度法分析了其叶片和树皮的重金属含量以研究交通环境与城市行道树叶片的树皮含铅量及含镉量之间的关系。研究表明，不同的城市行道树吸收交通环境中重金属的量不同。城市行道树采样部位离杨车道水平距离越近，其树皮和叶片的含铅量和含镉量越高。     

Direct numerical simulation of the motion of circular pollutant particles in Newtonian fluid

An improved implementation of distributed multiplier/fictitious domain method is presented for the direct numerical simulation of particulate flow. The key improvement is to replace a finite-element triangulation for the velocity and a “twice-coarser“ triangulation for the pressure with a rectangular discretization for the velocity and pressure. For code validation, the sedimentation of a single particle in a twodimensional channel was simulated. The results showed that the simulation is independent of the mesh size as well as the time step. The comparison between experimental data and this simulation showed that our code can give a more accurate simulation on the motion of particlesthan previous DLM code. The code was then applied to simulate the sedimentation of 600 particles in a rectangular box. The falling course ispresented and discussed. At the same time, this simulation also demonstrates that the method presented in this paper can be used for solving the initial problems involving a lager number of particles exaclly with computing durations kept at acceptable levels.     

地球化学动力学反应器原理和速率方程测定

主要介绍了地球化学动力学实验研究中的三种反应器类型，即间歇反应器、活塞流反应器和混合流反应器，概述了它们的工作原理和速率方程测定方法，最后对比了三类反应器的性能，指出混合流反应器最适合于测定矿物－水反应速率。