An approach and preliminary model of integrating ecological and economic constraints of environmental quality in the Guayas River estuary, Ecuador

We describe conceptual and simulation models of land use within the intertidal zone of the Guayas River estuary to quantify the contribution of mangrove wetlands to maintaining environmental quality of a tropical estuary. The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate the important consideration of ecological constraints in determining economic and management decisions; and how modeling can be used to quantify impacts of land use such as loss of mangrove wetlands on environmental quality. Our conceptual model treats solar energy, river flow, and tides as forcing functions that control the properties of estuarine ecosystems, but also describes market forces and cultural policies as constraints on properties of socioeconomic systems. The controversy of coastal resource management in Ecuador centers around the relative impacts of shrimp pond construction and management as negative feedbacks to the environmental quality of the Guayas River estuary. Unique oceanographic processes and land use changes contribute to complex issues of water and habitat quality in this tropical estuary, the largest estuarine complex on the Pacific coast of South America. A dynamic box model was developed for the estuary and calibrated with data collected from a 14 month survey of water quality parameters throughout the estuary. Scenarios included conversion of mangroves to shrimp ponds in three regions of the estuary, and the construction of a dam by varying three different rates of river discharge at 100, 50 and 10% of 1989 base flow. Good water quality is maintained by the low residence time of water in the estuary (11 d) because of seasonally high river flow and tidal exchange. With a 90% reduction of mangrove forests in the estuary caused by shrimp pond construction, total nitrogen concentrations increased 5 fold. However, as river discharge decreased to 10%, the same construction caused a 60 fold increase in nitrogen concentrations to 250 μM. Increases in nitrogen concentrations were higher in the upper estuary region, with much less change in the lower estuary. Thus the sensitivity of environmental quality to changes in land use in the intertidal and upland zone are linked to the hydrography of the estuary and is site specific. In the future, the combinations of these ecological models together with economic analyses of the goods and services of mangroves may provide better techniques to evaluate the economic impacts of specific coastal zone management decisions.     

江苏省泰兴市土地资源的人口承载量研究

从人群的营养水平和主粮、副食品消费结构的变化出发，分别估算和预测了１９９３年和２０００年江苏省泰兴市土地资源的人口承载量。结果表明，该市土地资源１９９３年可供１２０万人过上宽裕型生活，到２０００年可供９５万人过上小康型生活，其余三分之一以上人口的粮食需求要依靠市外供给。     

金华市石门农场生态农业建设及其效益分析

金华市石门农场自１９８６年起进行生态实验区建设，将饲养、种植、加工三个子系统有机结合成一个整体，形成以种植业为基础，饲养业为中心，沼气为纽带的能量、物质循环利用的复合型结构，取得了较好的经济和生态效益。从而提出了江南低丘红壤区生态农业建设的一种模式。     

城市污泥直接施用对农田的生态效应研究初报

采用盆栽和田间试验,研究了广州市大坦沙污水处理厂污泥对蔬菜生长发育的影响、污泥中重金属元素在作物体内的累积及在土壤中的残留状况。盆栽结果表明,作物的生长发育和产量与污泥的施用量有一定的关系,施用污泥对于在养分水平较低的砂质土上效果较明显。厂区大田试验还表明,施用污泥对生长周期长的块根类作物的增产效果比茎叶类、果实类作物更显著。作物对Ni的累积量相对为最大,土壤则以Cu、Zn的残留量为最大。在污泥施用量为3×10~4kg ha~(-1)的条件下,作物体内的重金属元素含量均未超过国家食品卫生标准。若污泥施用量为1.5×10~4kg ha~(-1),则其安全施用年限估计为12年。     

大丰市滩涂生态系统服务价值评估

利用遥感技术,通过对TM影像的解译,分析了江苏省大丰市不同历史阶段滩涂开发状况。运用Costanza方法计算了滩涂生态系统的服务价值。研究结果表明,在1984年至2002年18a间,由于缺乏科学规划,滩涂开发对大丰市滩涂生态系统服务功能造成损害;与1997年相比,2002年大丰市滩涂生态系统服务价值损失达88.38万美元,减少33.46%。     

应用油松针叶监测大气二氧化硫污染

承德市油松针叶中硫与大气ＳＯ２浓度之间存在着很显著的相关性（ｒ＝０．７８４１，Ｐ＜０．０１），利用这一相关性对承德市区４２个采样点大气ＳＯ２污染状况进行了生物监测，并绘制了城市大气ＳＯ２污染分布图，基本符合承德市大气ＳＯ２分布规律。     

济南市生态环境与资源可持续利用研究

随着全球人口不断增加和经济持续增长,自然环境和资源受到的压力将越来越大.人们面临很多挑战.而这些挑战又与资源、环境、人口、贫困、体制等问题密切相关,它们是涉及当前可持续发展的一系列重大问题.因此,我们必须以这些问题为切入点探讨实现可持续发展的对策.分析济南市生态环境现状和资源利用现状,并找出存在的问题.在此基础上提出济南市生态环境和资源可持续利用的对策措施,对城市的发展提供依据.图2,参7.     

景观生态学在水库环评中的应用--以周公宅水库为例

生态完整性的判定是生态影响评价的基础，可从生态体系的结构和功能两个方面考虑进行评价。分别从景观结构、植被生物量和植被分布的空间异质性三个角度对宁波市周公宅水库库区景观生态体系的结构和功能状况进行了评价。     

城市绿地降低空气中含菌量的生态效应研究

按照大气生物监测的方法和要求，选择了上海市区的交通干通。公园和居住区的主要类型的绿地，对绿地降低气挟菌数量的生态效应进行了初步研究，结果表明，绿地结构，植物种类配置和粉尘污染是影响绿地降低气挟菌数量效应的主要因素。     

Carbonyls in the metropolitan area of Mexico City: calculation of the total photolytic rate constants Kp(s(-1)) and photolytic lifetime (tau) of ambient formaldehyde and acetaldehyde

A great number of studies on the ambient levels of formaldehyde and other carbonyls in the urban rural and maritime atmospheres have been published because of their chemical and toxicological characteristics, and adverse health effects. Due to their toxicological effects, it was considered necessary to measure these compounds at different sites in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and to calculate the total rate of photolytic constants and the photolytic lifetime of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. Four sites were chosen. Sampling was carried out at different seasons and atmospheric conditions. The results indicated that formaldehyde was the most abundant carbonyl, followed by acetone and acetaldehyde. Data sets obtained from the 4 sites were chosen to calculate the total rate of photolysis and the photolytic lifetime for formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. Maximum photolytic rate values were obtained at the maximum actinic fluxes, as was to be expected.