Multiple-resource modeling as a tool for conservation: Its applicability in Mexico

The current Mexican environmental law provides the legal basis for comprehensive land-use planning. Under the law, development of natural ecosystems must combine goals, policies, and practices towards the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of biological diversity. Thus, ecosystem manipulation must be able to counter fragmentation of natural ecosystems and isolation of natural reserves, while providing for human needs. Assessment of the potential of natural ecosystems and management impacts are required. Multiple-resource simulation is an assessment and land-use planning tool that permits managers and decision makers to comply with the law, providing a flexible, user-oriented system that can meet the needs of managers, conservationists, and researchers. A multiple-resource model and an example of how it can be applied to meet planning needs is presented for discussion.     

下扬子区晚石炭世“沉积-海底喷出沉积”层状铜、多金属矿床基本特征及成因机理探讨

本文以下扬子区晚石炭世碳酸盐地层内的层状铜、多金属矿床的成矿地质背景、沉积含矿层序内矿石矿物和成矿元素组合、沉积结构构造,成矿温度、同期热液蚀变作用,以及Pb、C、H、O同位素等特征的研究与依据,提出了“沉积-海底喷出沉积成矿模式,即热水溶液在对流循环过程中,从下伏岩石中萃取大量金属,形成含金属热水溶液,再从海底喷出,与海水混合后在适宜的物理化学条件下,金属矿物大量沉淀而形成矿床。     

鄱阳湖湿地植被的生物多样性及其保护和利用

鄱阳湖是我国最大的天然淡水湖泊，湖区湿地面积２６９８ｋｍ＾２，是我国湿地生态系统中植物资源及植被类型最丰富的地区之一。该处分布高等植物７５科２００余属３５０余种，湿地植被依其生态环境和群落特征可划分为水生群落、沼泽、草甸、沙洲４类型６０余个群系，保护与合理地持续利用这些植物群落是有效的保护和发展鄱阳湖湿地生态环境的根本途径。为些就切实制定鄱阳湖湿地总体规划，建立包括整个湖区面积在内的湿地生态系统自     

基于Sentinel-5P的粤港澳大湾区NO2污染物时空变化分析

基于最新的TROPOMI反演的对流层NO₂垂直柱浓度数据,利用Google Earth Engine平台分析了粤港澳大湾区近2a对流层NO₂垂直柱浓度的分布及变化特征.结果表明, TROPOMI传感器反演的对流层NO₂垂直柱浓度与地表NO₂浓度监测值具有较好的相关性,反演产品能够反映地面真实的NO₂污染状况;粤港澳大湾区NO₂柱浓度分布呈现出较为显著的圈层结构,高NO₂柱浓度区域面积约为4468km²,占大湾区总面积的8%,低NO₂柱浓度地区的面积约为25331km²,占比超过了45%;大湾区上空的对流层NO₂垂直柱浓度存在明显的“冬高夏低,春秋过度”的季节性差异和周期性波动特征;影响因子回归模型结果表明人类活动强度(DNB,夜间灯光)、植被状况(NDVI,植被指数)和地形因子(DEM,数字高程)与地区对流层NO₂垂直柱浓度的分布有明显的相关性.本研究成果可为政府和决策者制定相关政策和措施提供借鉴.     

137Cs示踪技术在滦河源区栗钙土风蚀速率估算中的应用

对采集于滦河源区3个栗钙土剖面中的27个土层样品的pH、有机碳含量、碳酸钙含量、密度及质地进行了化验分析,运用ADCOM100超低本底γ谱仪测定了土壤样品1377Cs的比活度.结果表明,自然栗钙土以及被风蚀土壤剖面中137Cs比活度随深度呈指数递减式分布,其最大渗透深度可达约30cm;利用137Cs示踪技术估算的研究区土壤风蚀速率在0.1842cm·a-1和0.2897cm·a-1之间;栗钙土不同粒径土壤颗粒中137Cs的比活度差异显著,即细粒(粒径≤0.10mm的极细砂、粉粒和黏粒)中137Cs比活度大于细砂(0.10～0.25mm)中137Cs比活度大于粗粒(0.25～2.00mm的中砂、粗砂和极粗砂)中137Cs比活度.可见,运用137Cs示踪法可以定量估算区域土壤风蚀速率,但需综合考虑137s在土壤中的分布、土壤有机质含量和质地等因素,以使其结果将更为准确.     

三峡库区生态安全问题与对策

具体分析了三峡库区自然、社会和经济三方面的生态安全问题。采用相对资源承载力的研究思路与计算方法，得出该地区超载人口占该地区总人口的比例达37．4％，人地矛盾日益突出的结论。针对三峡库区的生态安全问题，提出了如下的对策：建立科学合理的生态补偿机制和库区立体管理模式；建立库区生态安全预警系统和绿色GDP核算体系；倡导各产业在生态安全下的生产经营运行模式；建立库区县市级管理责任定位体制，明确不同部门、地区所对应的库区生态流域单元的管理权限和责任：积极引导公众进行安全生产和科技减灾。     

工业区集中供热的实践和思考

国内工业企业供热方式，主要包括热电联产集中供热、锅炉房集中供热和单体锅炉分散供热，各种供热方式各有优缺点。工业区集中供热在经济效益、环境效益、社会效益、安全保障和土地利用方面有着明显的优势。温州市鹿城区前陈电镀基地、洞桥制革基地，开展锅炉房集中供热试点并取得成功，其它工业区也将推广集中供热。工业区集中供热的深入开展，需要在计量收费、宣传引导、规划和节能、联网方面做好工作。在联网供热中，还要考虑供热经济半径的问题。     

Susceptibility of a Northern Hardwood Forest to Exotic Earthworm Invasion

Abstract:  Numerous exotic earthworm species are colonizing northern hardwood forests of North America, where no native earthworms exist. Upon invasion, earthworms have been shown to alter the surface soil environment and plant populations and communities. We sought to identify land-use factors in the Ottawa National Forest (ONF), Michigan (U.S.A.), that contribute to earthworm invasion in forest dominated by sugar maple ( Acer saccharum Marsh.) so that the susceptibility to additional colonization could be evaluated. We sampled earthworm communities in Sylvania Wilderness Area, a unique old-growth hardwood forest, and nonwilderness sites influenced by recreational fishing, recent timber harvesting, or roads. All the nonwilderness sites contained one to five species of exotic earthworms. In contrast, only 50% of wilderness sites contained exotic earthworms, all of a single species. Nonwilderness sites also had thinner litter and duff layers, higher soil C and N content, and higher nitrogen mineralization potentials than Sylvania sites. Two central differences between Sylvania and nonwilderness sites were that all nonwilderness sites were in close contact with roads and had a history of timber harvest, whereas these factors were not present in Sylvania Wilderness Area. Using average rates of colonization, we constructed two geographic information system models to estimate the percentage of sugar maple on the ONF falling within a theoretical 100-year invasion distance of roads and of second-growth sugar maple as relative indices of susceptibility to invasion. Both models indicated high susceptibility to invasion, with 91.7% and 98.9% of sugar maple habitat falling within a theoretical 100-year invasion distance of roads or historical harvests, respectively.     

Ecological responses to reductions in freshwater supply and quality in South Africa’s estuaries: lessons for management and conservation

Fresh water, a fundamental element of all estuarine ecosystems, is South Africa’s most limited natural resource. Recent projections indicate that by the year 2020 the country will be utilizing all its exploitable freshwater sources. Steeply increasing demands by a rapidly growing population on this limited commodity have already resulted in a severe reduction of water supplies to natural users such as estuaries — this trend is predicted to increase in the future. Concurrent with excessive water abstraction, poor land husbandry (e.g. soil erosion) in many catchment basins and pollution (e.g. salinization) in return flows have led to a serious deterioration in water quality. In contrast, a review of estuarine responses to varying flow regimes stresses the strong dependence of local systems on riverine fresh water inputs of adequate quantity and quality. Freshwater dependence is i.a. expressed in: flooding events that scour accumulated sediments, riverine nutrient input to drive estuarine phyto- and zooplankton production, axial salinity gradients that increase habitat and species diversity, and maintenance of open tidal inlets that prevent salinity and temperature extremes and facilitate larval exchange, fish migrations and tidal flushing of salt marshes. Thus, estuarine conservation will have to encompass management of rivers and watersheds and play an increasingly political role in decision processes concerning water allocations among ‘human’ and ‘natural’ users.