Bed Stability and Sedimentation Associated With Human Disturbances in Pacific Northwest Streams1

Abstract: To evaluate anthropogenic sedimentation in United States (U.S.) Pacific Northwest coastal streams, we applied an index of relative bed stability (LRBS*) to summer low flow survey data collected using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program field methods in a probability sample of 101 wadeable stream reaches. LRBS* is the log of the ratio of bed surface geometric mean particle diameter (D_gm) to critical diameter (D*_cbf) at bankfull flow, based on a modified Shield’s criterion for incipient motion. We used a formulation of LRBS* that explicitly accounts for reductions in bed shear stress that result from channel form roughness due to pools and wood. LRBS* ranged from ?1.9 to +0.5 in streams within the lower quartile of human riparian and basin disturbance, and was substantially lower (?4.2 to ?1.1) in streams within the upper quartile of human disturbance. Modeling results suggest that the expected range of LRBS* in streams without human disturbances in this region might be generally between ?0.7 and +0.5 in either sedimentary or volcanic lithology. However, streams draining relatively soft, erodible sedimentary lithology showed greater reductions in LRBS* associated with disturbance than did those having harder, more resistant volcanic (basalt) lithology with similar levels of basin and riparian disturbance. At any given level of disturbance, smaller streams had lower LRBS* than those with larger drainages. In sedimentary lithology (sandstone and siltstone), high‐gradient streams had higher LRBS* than did low‐gradient streams of the same size and level of human disturbance. High gradient streams in volcanic lithology, in contrast, had lower LRBS* than low‐gradient streams of similar size and disturbance. Correlations between D_gm and land disturbance were stronger than those observed between D*_cbf and land disturbance. This pattern suggests that land use has augmented sediment supplies and increased streambed fine sediments in the most disturbed streams. However, we also show evidence that some of the apparent reductions in LRBS*, particularly in steep streams draining small volcanic drainages, may have resulted in part from anthropogenic increases in bed shear stress. The synoptic survey methods and designs we use appear adequate to evaluate regional patterns in bed stability and sedimentation and their general relationship to human disturbances. More precise field measurements of channel slope, cross‐section geometry, and bed surface particle size would be required to use LRBS* in applications requiring a higher degree of accuracy and precision, such as site‐specific assessments at individual streams.     

安全系统工程学的方法论研究

对安全系统工程学的定义及研究内容进行综述;基于系统工程方法论的研究现状,给出安全系统工程学的方法论及学科理论基础,并建立安全系统工程学的方法论四维结构体系。借鉴水资源系统工程的理论框架,提出安全系统工程学新的方法体系即安全系统分析方法、安全系统优化方法、安全系统建模方法、安全系统预测方法、安全系统模拟方法、安全系统评价方法以及安全系统决策方法。研讨现有安全系统工程学中的实用方法,并进行比较与评价。这对丰富安全科学技术的学科理论,特别是安全系统学的学科建设有着重要意义。     

Effects of chronic elevated ozone exposure on gas exchange responses of adult beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) as related to the within-canopy light gradient

The effects of elevated O₃ on photosynthetic properties in adult beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) were investigated in relation to leaf mass per area as a measure of the gradually changing, within-canopy light availability. Leaves under elevated O₃ showed decreased stomatal conductance at unchanged carboxylation capacity of Rubisco, which was consistent with enhanced δ¹³C of leaf organic matter, regardless of the light environment during growth. In parallel, increased energy demand for O₃ detoxification and repair was suggested under elevated O₃ owing to enhanced dark respiration. Only in shade-grown leaves, light-limited photosynthesis was reduced under elevated O₃, this effect being accompanied by lowered F_v/F_m. These results suggest that chronic O₃ exposure primarily caused stomatal closure to adult beech trees in the field regardless of the within-canopy light gradient. However, light limitation apparently raised the O₃ sensitivity of photosynthesis and accelerated senescence in shade leaves.     

Anthocyanins and tannins in ozone-fumigated guava trees

Psidium guajava “Paluma”, a tropical tree species, is known to be an efficient ozone indicator in tropical countries. When exposed to ozone, this species displays a characteristic leaf injury identified by inter-veinal red stippling on adaxial leaf surfaces. Following 30 days of three ozone treatments consisting of carbon filtered air (CF – AOT40 = 17 ppb h), ambient non-filtered air (NF – AOT40 = 542 ppb h) and ambient non-filtered air + 40 ppb ozone (NF + O₃ – AOT40 = 7802 ppb h), the amounts of residual anthocyanins and tannins present in 10 P. guajava (“Paluma”) saplings were quantified. Higher amounts of anthocyanins were found in the NF + O₃ treatment (1.6%) when compared to the CF (0.97%) and NF (1.30%) (p < 0.05), and of total tannins in the NF + O₃ treatment (0.16%) compared to the CF (0.14%). Condensed tannins showed the same tendency as enhanced amounts. Regression analyses using amounts of tannins and anthocyanins, AOT40 and the leaf injury index (LII), showed a correlation between the leaf injury index and quantities of anthocyanins and total tannins. These results are in accordance with the association between the incidence of red-stippled leaves and ozone polluted environments.     

怀化城市形态的演变特征及形成机制

根据城市规划土地利用现状图、怀化市1〖DK1〗∶10 000地形图、遥感影像图、社会经济统计数据以及其他相关资料,借助ArcGIS 92平台和统计分析软件(SPSS 115),采用空间形态分析、地统计分析、等扇分析、景观测度及分形理论等研究方法,对我国中部铁路枢纽城市怀化的城市形态演变特征及形成机制展开研究。结果表明：城市形态的紧凑度、分维数偏低,形状指数偏大,城市以正东、西南、正北方位的扩展为主,演化轨迹为“据点型”-“散点组团型”-“团城型”-“枝状放射型”-“‘T’字型”;城市形态演变是经济发展、交通设施发展、自然地理条件限制等多重驱动力共同作用的结果.     

搅拌对污泥厌氧消化过程中污泥形态及微生物活性的影响

搅拌对污泥厌氧消化过程中的物料传质具有非常重要的作用,为进一步了解搅拌对厌氧消化微观环境的影响,考察了污泥厌氧消化过程中搅拌和无搅拌条件下污泥形态、微生物活性及分布的变化。采用吖啶橙染色法对微生物中的RNA、DNA染色,通过染色情况分析微生物活性的空间分布。结果表明,搅拌系统中污泥絮体结构松散,粒径细小,但具有良好的沉降性能;搅拌系统中RNA/DNA(以荧光的相对面积表征)和脱氢酶活性均高于无搅拌系统,说明适度搅拌可以提高污泥厌氧消化系统中微生物活性。RNA/DNA与传统脱氢酶的测试结果基本一致,但前者测试过程简单、结果直观且可获得微生物活性的空间分布特性,因此可用于微生物活性的评估。     

纳米SiO2在含阴离子表面活性剂低浊水处理中的应用

在含有阴离子表面活性剂-十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)的6 NTU高岭土悬浊液中,改变SDS的浓度,投加纳米SiO2与聚合铝PAC进行动态混凝实验与静沉实验,借助图像分析技术与分形理论,探讨了纳米SiO2与PAC处理含SDS低浊水的作用机理、絮凝效果与形态学特征.结果表明:①纳米SiO2与SDS使高岭土粒子表面负电性增强.纳米SiO2的絮凝机理以吸附架桥为主.②纳米SiO2对SDS的去除效果优于PAC.SDS浓度越高,去除效果越显著.但纳米SiO2对无机高岭土粒子的处理能力不如PAC,PAC絮凝后的上清液浊度低.当SDS浓度增至10 mg/L时,纳米SiO2对SDS的去除率高,而PAC对SDS的絮凝能力弱,PAC对无机颗粒的去除效果也下降.③助凝剂纳米SiO2较强的吸附活性能加快PAC絮体成长为结构密实的RLCA构型,分维值高,絮凝效果好.     

中国角蟾属精子的形态学研究(两栖纲:锄足蟾科)

采用光镜与电镜结合,对角蟾属１６个种１８个居群精子的形态结构进行观察和比较,并通过计算机图像处理对其各部位长度进行测量和计算,结果表明：角蟾属的精子主要包括头和尾两部分,头部呈螺旋状,尾部为波状或弯曲状,根据精子的头部形状和量度,角蟾属的精子可分为２类,角蟾属内种（或亚种）部精子存在一定的差别,但同种不同地理居群和不同个体的精子形态相同,仅长度略有变化,本文结果与形态学研究结果基本相吻合,可为该属     

Effects of ozone on growth, yield and leaf gas exchange rates of four Bangladeshi cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

To assess the effects of tropospheric O₃ on rice cultivated in Bangladesh, four Bangladeshi cultivars (BR11, BR14, BR28 and BR29) of rice (Oryza sativa L.) were exposed daily to charcoal-filtered air or O₃ at 60 and 100 nl l⁻¹ (10:00-17:00) from 1 July to 28 November 2008. The whole-plant dry mass and grain yield per plant of the four cultivars were significantly reduced by the exposure to O₃. The exposure to O₃ significantly reduced net photosynthetic rate of the 12th and flag leaves of the four cultivars. The sensitivity to O₃ of growth, yield and leaf gas exchange rates was not significantly different among the four cultivars. The present study suggests that the sensitivity to O₃ of yield of the four Bangladeshi rice cultivars is greater than that of American rice cultivars and is similar to that of Japanese rice cultivars and that O₃ may detrimentally affect rice production in Bangladesh.     

基于最低成本—周期模型的昆明市空间形态演变研究

在政治经济学背景下,由于政府力量和市场力量相互交融,城市形态演化遵循一定的周期性演变规律。基于1909~2008年间昆明市历史阶段的形态演化资料,运用参与式照片、R指数及高密度填充指数与低密度扩张指数分析了昆明市城市形态演化的周期性规律。结果表明,从理性的微观过程或个体行为及宏观过程或城市实践来看,城市形态演化包含了最低成本周期扩张模型,即低密度的扩张与高密度的填充;低密度的扩张由政府主导的基础设施建设投资所引导,而高密度的回填运动由集体与理性的个体企业所引发,故城市形态的宏观演化,是它本身的内在法则与外部机制的统一体。这一结果有助于解释更多有关土地使用及土地管理的信息,将帮助我们进行规划未来的城市发展。