Fluorescence fingerprints to monitor total trihalomethanes and N-nitrosodimethylamine formation potentials in water

Water samples from 56 lakes of Missouri, USA, were analysed for their fluorescence excitation/emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy and the formation potentials of total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Comparing the excitation/emission matrix fingerprints with trihalomethanes formation revealed that water with higher fluorescence intensity generally exhibited higher trihalomethanes formation potential. Moreover, waters with fluorescence centre at excitation: 290–310 nm/emission: 330–350 nm were related to high N-nitrosodimethylamine and trihalomethanes formation potentials. The results suggest that excitation/emission matrix fingerprints could be used as surrogate parameters for monitoring trihalomethanes and N-nitrosodimethylamine formation potentials.     

灰色关联矩阵优势分析在水环境质量综合评价中的应用

把一条河流视为一灰色系统，应用灰色关联矩阵优势分析法，并以国际[1]为参照系，进行综合评价，通过尝试说明该数学模型有较强的分辨能力，是一种接近实际的方法。     

PRIORITIZING WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: AN EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY

ABSTRACT: Southeast Asian nations with extensive water management systems have numerous candidate and ongoing programs and projects. They cannot possibly all be funded and implemented simultaneously in any serious way. Choices must be made. But how to select? What criteria can assist with the screening in an acceptable manner, particularly in the near absence of useful technical and economic information across them all. This paper suggests a methodology by which assessment criteria can be constructed which conforms to any given national information base and development needs. Criteria can be weighted one against the other in their relative importance. For each criterion a ranking scale puts the “best” (most, highest) at one end and the “worst” (least, lowest) at the other. Each candidate project is then subjected to these consistent assessment methods for a weighted “score.” Key criteria normally have surrogate measures depending on information available. Criteria are of three sorts: sheer volume, e.g., of a specific use, a benefit; ratios and relations, e.g., A as percent of B; and other more subjective criteria, e.g., regional or income distribution impacts. The basic criteria include, for example, time to full benefits (minimize), OM & R as percent of investment (minimize), and permanent rural jobs created (maximize).     

Description of sorbing tracers transport in fractured media using the lattice model approach

The transport of contaminants in fractured media is a complex phenomenon with a great environmental impact. It has been described with several models, most of them based on complex partial differential equations, that are difficult to apply when equilibrium and nonequilibrium dynamics are considered in complex boundaries. With the aim of overcoming this limitation, a combination of two lattice Bathnagar, Gross and Krook (BGK) models, derived from the lattice Boltzmann model, is proposed in this paper. The fractured medium is assumed to be a single fissure in a porous rock matrix. The proposed approach permits us to deal with two processes with different length scales: advection-dispersion in the fissure and diffusion within the rock matrix. In addition to the mentioned phenomena, sorption reactions are also considered. The combined model has been tested using the experimental breakthrough curves obtained by Garnier et al. (Garnier, J.M., Crampon, N., Préaux, C., Porel, G., Vreulx, M., 1985. Tra?age par 13C, 2H, I- et uranine dans la nappe de la craie sénonienne en écoulement radial convergent (Béthune, France). J. Hidrol. 78, 379-392.) giving acceptable results. A study on the influence of the lattice BGK models parameters controlling sorption and matrix diffusion on the breakthrough curves shape is included.     

Modeling and interpreting the accuracy assessment error matrix for a doubly classified map

This paper considers two maps having the same spatial extent and the same mapping categories but where each map is subject to classification error. An overlay of the maps yields a (dis)similarity matrix whose (i, j)-entry is the areal proportion placed into category i by the first map and into category j by the second map. A parametric model, called the latent truth model, is proposed which specifies the dissimilarity matrix in terms of the true (but unknown) proportions for the mapping categories as well as the unknown error rates for the two maps. The number of parameters in the model exceeds the degrees of freedom in the dissimilarity matrix. However, a method of regularization is applied to effectively reduce the dimension of the parameter space and to permit model fitting. From the fitted model, one obtains estimates for the true mapping proportions as well as estimated error matrices for each of the maps. Accuracy assessment characteristics for each map (such as user's accuracy, producer's accuracy, overall accuracy, and the kappa coefficient) can be computed from the estimated error matrices. Methods are illustrated with two landcover maps of Wicomico County, Maryland.     

Long-Term Landscape Change and Bird Abundance in Amazonian Rainforest Fragments

Abstract:  The rainforests of the Amazon basin are being cut by humans at a rate >20,000 km²/year, leading to smaller and more isolated patches of forest, with remaining fragments often in the range of 1–100 ha. We analyzed samples of understory birds collected over 20 years from a standardized mist-netting program in 1– to 100-ha rainforest fragments in a dynamic Amazonian landscape near Manaus, Brazil. Across bird guilds, the condition of second growth immediately surrounding fragments was often as important as fragment size or local forest cover in explaining variation in abundance. Some fragments surrounded by 100 m of open pasture showed reductions in insectivorous bird abundance of over 95%, even in landscapes dominated by continuous forest and old second growth. These extreme reductions may be typical throughout Amazonia in small (≤10 ha), isolated fragments of rainforest. Abundance for some guilds returned to preisolation levels in 10- and 100-ha fragments connected to continuous forest by 20-year-old second growth. Our results show that the consequences of Amazonian forest loss cannot be accurately described without explicit consideration of vegetation dynamics in matrix habitat. Any dichotomous classification of the landscape into "forest" and "nonforest" misses essential information about the matrix.     

A Mesofilter Conservation Strategy to Complement Fine and Coarse Filters

Abstract:  Setting aside entire ecosystems in reserves is an efficient way to maintain biodiversity because large numbers of species are protected, but ecosystem conservation constitutes a coarse filter that does not address some species. A complementary, fine-filter approach is also required to provide tailored management for some species (e.g., those subject to direct exploitation). Mesofilter conservation is another complementary approach that focuses on conserving critical elements of ecosystems that are important to many species, especially those likely to be overlooked by fine-filter approaches, such as invertebrates, fungi, and nonvascular plants. Critical elements include structures such as logs, snags, pools, springs, streams, reefs, and hedgerows, and processes such as fires and floods. Mesofilter conservation is particularly appropriate for seminatural ecosystems that are managed for both biodiversity and commodity production (e.g., forests managed for timber, grasslands managed for livestock forage, and aquatic ecosystems managed for fisheries) and is relevant to managing some agricultural and urban environments for biodiversity.     

基于UV-vis和EEMs解析白洋淀冬季冰封期间隙水DOM的光谱特征及来源

基于三维荧光光谱（EEMs）技术结合平行因子分析法（PARAFAC）以及紫外-可见光谱技术（UV-vis）,对雄安新区-白洋淀冬季冰封期不同特征区域间隙水溶解性有机物（DOM）的光谱特征以及来源进行解析.结果表明：冬季冰封期白洋淀不同特征淀区间隙水DOM的相对浓度差异显著,养殖区的最高、旅游区的最低;冰封期白洋淀大部分区域间隙水DOM的E₃/E₄均大于3.5,说明DOM以低腐殖质成分为主;三维荧光通过PARAFAC解析出3种组分,分别为类酪氨酸（C1）、类色氨酸（C2）和陆源腐殖质（C3）;对3个组分进行相关性分析,结果显示C1与C2之间的相关系数达到0.99（p<0.001）;白洋淀各个特征区域间的DOM总荧光强度和各荧光组分相对丰度呈现显著的差异（p<0.05）;DOM的总荧光强度以及各组分的荧光强度均呈现出唐河入淀口高的特征,C1+C2是DOM的主要成分呈现养殖区多、自然区少的特点,养殖区达到79.30%~92.04%,自然区达到26.60%~38.55%;冰封期白洋淀间隙水水体的DOM荧光指数FI为（2.58±0.23）>1.8,生物源指数（BIX）为1.20±0.25,表明白洋淀DOM来源于生物活动并且以自生源为主,与腐殖程度指标（HIX）的结果相吻合;a₂₅₄与硝氮、溶解性总磷和A₂₅₄/A₂₀₄,a₃₅₅与S_350~400;a₄₄₀与S_275~295、S_350~400、E₂/E₄、E₂/E₆和E₄/E₆,C1以及C2与Fn₂₈₀,C3与硝氮和Fn₃₅₅相关性很好（p<0.05）.综上,通过对冬季冰封期白洋淀各个典型淀区间隙水水体DOM光谱特征进行研究,可以为分析白洋淀水体有机物污染特征和白洋淀的水质管理提供技术支持.     

基于PMF模型的兰州耕地土壤重金属来源解析

为了分析Pb、Cd、Cr、Hg、As、Cu、Zn、Ni等8种重金属的污染状况、空间分布及污染来源.2019年9月共采集382个兰州耕地表层土壤样品,并测定其重金属含量.结果表明：①兰州市耕地土壤重金属Pb、Cd、Cr、Hg、As、Cu、Zn、Ni的平均含量分别为20.96,0.24,0.05,6.40,8.36,48.57,101.92,34.34mg/kg,其中Hg的均值超过国家土壤污染风险筛选值,Cd、Hg、Cu、Zn、Ni的均值超过兰州市土壤背景值.内罗梅综合指数表明研究区耕地52.62%样点呈现轻度污染,37.70%样点呈现中度污染,3.66%样点呈现重度污染,无重金属污染的样点占6.02%.潜在生态风险指数表明13.09%的样点属于轻微生态风险,68.85%的样点属于中等生态风险,17.54%的样点属于强生态风险,0.52%的样点属于很强生态风险.②基于PMF模型可知8种重金属有4种主要来源,其中Pb、Cd、Zn、Ni以交通运输源为主,贡献率分别为52.4%、50.7%、56.7%和50.2%;Hg以农业活动和医疗设备源为主,贡献率为83.7%;Cr、Cu和Ni以自然源为主,贡献率分别为81.2%和61.3%和49.8%;As以工业活动源为主,贡献率为68.3%.③从空间分布来看,研究区内除Cr外,Pb、Cd、As、Cu、Zn、Ni在城关区和七里河区都有高值区出现,其中Zn和Ni的高值范围较广,可能与人为影响有关;Hg在城关区、安宁区、七里河区以外的研究区内均有高值出现.     

南京北郊降水无机离子和有机酸的化学特征及来源分析

连续收集2016年12月至2017年11月期间的南京降水样品,分析主要无机离子和有机酸的化学特征及季节变化,运用正交矩阵因子模型法(PMF)进行源解析.结果表明,南京地区降水pH均值为5.6,离子总浓度雨量加权平均值为297.3μmol·L~(-1),阳离子浓度依序为NH~+_4 Ca~(2+) K~+ Na~+ Mg~(2+),阴离子浓度则为NO~-_3 SO~(2-)_4 Cl~- F~-.总有机酸浓度雨量加权平均值为2.86μmol·L~(-1),占总阴离子的2.2%. CHO~-_2、C_2H_3O~-_2和C_2O~(2-)_4是南京降水主要的有机酸,年雨量加权平均值分别是1.35、 1.05和0.26μmol·L~(-1).离子浓度总体表现出明显的冬春高和夏秋低的季节性变化,而总有机酸浓度夏季最高,春季次之,冬季最低,生长季节高于非生长季节,与较多的植被排放有关.运用甲酸和乙酸的比值(F/A)判定南京降水有机酸的主要来源为植物生长释放,有机物燃烧,机动车排放等直接来源,大气氧化等间接来源较少.南京降水无机离子和有机酸主要有5个来源贡献,海源和二次无机生成、生物质燃烧、陆源和垃圾焚烧、二次有机生成、生物排放和生物源二次生成,分别贡献40.0%、 22.2%、 22.0%、 14.5%及1.3%.