The role of interactions between individual animals in the response to heat stress in the freshwater crustacean <Emphasis Type="Italic">Daphnia magna</Emphasis>

The thermal resistance of Daphnia magna Straus is a trait depending on the interaction between individuals. The group effect is expressed in D. magna as both a decrease in thermal resistance and a marked individual differentiation with respect to thermal resistance. Two types of interactions between individual D. magna have been found: (1) the release of an unidentified factor decreasing thermal resistance (without noticeably changing the phenotypic variability of this trait) into the medium and (2) a decrease in the thermal resistance of individuals poorly adapted to heat stress, with the thermal resistance of well-adapted individuals (determined by the dependence of thermal resistance on interactions between individuals) remaining the same or even slightly increasing.Translated from Ekologiya, No. 2, 2005, pp. 126–131.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kalinnikova, Krasnoperova, T. Gainutdinov, Sadykova, M. Gainutdinov.     

Nanocomposites of Cellulose Acetate Butyrate Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals

Nanocrystals were prepared by acid hydrolysis of bacterial cellulose microfibrils. These were topochemically trimethylsilylated, in an attempt to reduce their hydrophilicity. Composites were made by dispersing either native or silylated crystals in cellulose acetatebutyrate matrixes and solution casting of the dispersions. Particles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy. The composites were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical analysis. The unmodified cellulose crystals exhibited better reinforcement characteristics than the trimethylsilated crystals.     

Glucose production from hydrolysis of cellulose over a novel silica catalyst under hydrothermal conditions

A novel silica catalyst was synthesized by evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) method and tested for the catalytic selective hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose. This silica catalyst exhibited a higher catalytic activity than other oxides prepared by the same method, such as ZrO₂, TiO₂, and Al₂O₃. Using silica as a catalyst, cellulose was selectively hydrolyzed into glucose with a glucose yield as high as 50% under hydrothermal conditions without hydrogen gas. The silica catalyst was characterized by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results of temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH₃-TPD) and textural properties indicated that the synergistic effect between strong acidity and a suitable pore diameter of the silica catalyst may be responsible for its high activity. In addition, the catalyst was recyclable and showed excellent stability during the recycle catalytic runs.     

浅议新大气排放标准发布后火电厂竣工验收监测

2011年7月29日《火电厂大气污染物排放标准》发布后,现有火电厂的“三同时”竣工验收监测需执行新标准中的相关规定。新标准还增加了敏感点环境空气的监测,敏感点的确定可参照环评,根据实际情况布设。新标准中未明确指明“重点地区”指哪些行政区划,为此,本文建议需要在新标准中进一步明确“重点地区”指哪些省等行政区域,以利于新标准的执行。     

基于地表水源热泵尾水排放的江河热环境容量研究

运用FLUENT软件对重庆市洪崖洞水源热泵系统尾水排入受纳水域的过程进行二维数值模拟,选取FLUENT中非耦合、隐式求解器对模型内的定常流动进行求解,得出受纳水域受水源热泵系统温排水影响后的温度梯度和温升面积。在温排水流量为4 500 m3/h、温差为6℃的条件下,得出受纳水域温升值超过1℃的水域面积约为1 600 m2,为模拟江河水域面积的2.0%。选取1℃温升值作为温升带边界控制值,在热泵系统最大负荷工况下,计算得出受纳水域的热环境容量为312.5(m.3℃)/s,剩余热环境容量为306.25(m.3℃)/s。根据地表水环境质量标准,该工程温排水量小于受纳水域的热承载力,不会对受纳水域生态环境造成热污染。     

水解酸化-接触氧化法处理生活污水的工艺设计

厂区生活污水有机物及悬浮颗粒含量高,可生化性好。采用水解酸化-接触氧化法(厌氧/好氧)处理生活污水,目前系统运行稳定,出水各项指标达到国家GB 8978—1996《污水综合排放标准》中二级排放标准。设计处理能力为1 500 m3/d,处理后出水进入厂区回用水池。     

热处理对猪粪高固厌氧消化产甲烷能力的影响

畜禽粪便属于有机物含量高、卫生风险大的污染物.本研究探寻不同热处理时间下,猪粪(含固率27.6%)不稀释直接进行70℃热处理的情况及热处理对中温高固厌氧消化的影响.结果表明,热处理能够去除猪粪的部分有机物,并能明显提高高固厌氧消化的产甲烷能力和产甲烷速率.热处理时间为1、2、3和4 d时,热处理对猪粪的VS去除率分别为15.1%、15.5%、17.8%、20.0%,甲烷产率(以CH4/VSadd计)分别为284.4、296.3、309.2、264.4 m L·g-1,相比原粪的甲烷产率分别提高49.7%、55.9%、62.7%、39.2%.热处理时间为3 d时,猪粪的甲烷产率最高.热处理对猪粪产甲烷的促进效果显著,能耗适中,并能够起到巴氏消毒的作用,具有较好的工程价值.     

深水型水库热分层诱导水质及真菌种群结构垂向演替

水体真菌种群在调控水库生态系统健康过程中发挥重要作用,为探明热分层诱导深水型水库水体真菌种群结构垂向演替特征,采集金盆水库主库区0.5、10、25、40、60和70 m水深水样,分析水质参数、并运用高通量DNA测序技术诊断水库水体真菌种群结构垂向异质性.结果表明,金盆水库表层水温最高为22.33℃,底层最低为7.21℃(P0.05).水体溶解氧(DO)随水深增加显著降低(P0.05),电导率、总磷(TP)和铁含量随着水深增加显著升高(P0.05),垂向形成稳定的变温层、斜温层和等温层结构.水体真菌种群高通量DNA测序共发现1 247个OTUs,隶属4门14纲39属,主要包括接合菌门(Zygomycota)、担子菌门(Basidiomycota)、子囊菌门(Ascomycota)和壶菌门(Chytridiomycota).等温层水体真菌种群Shannon指数和Chao 1多样性指数最高,分别为3.45和360,显著高于斜温层水体(P0.05).红酵母属(Rhodotorula,27.23%)、链格孢属(Alternaria,24.28%)、分子孢子菌属(Cladosporium,22.98%)、链格孢属(Alternaria,32.00%)、亚隔孢壳属(Didymella,17.47%)和分子孢子菌属(Cladosporium,28.17%)分别是0.5、10、25、40、60、70 m的优势菌属,不同水深均存在大量未知真菌(Unclassified).热图(heat map)结果表明,热分层期间金盆水库水体真菌种群结构垂向分布差异显著、不同水层具有不同的真菌种群结构.主成分分析(PCA)表明水温、DO、TP、电导率是调控水体真菌种群结构垂向异质性的主要水质因子.该研究结果为水源水库热分层期间水质与真菌群落的偶联机制提供科学依据.     

中国望都地区夏季大气气溶胶挥发性特征

采用热扩散管与气溶胶质谱联用系统对2014年夏季河北望都乡村点位亚微米级气溶胶进行在线测量,获取了两段污染过程的气溶胶化学组成及挥发性特征：相对低污染期气溶胶平均质量浓度为（23.3±15.1）·g/m³,有机物占主导,主要受偏北方向气团影响;重污染期平均浓度为（86.6±19.7）·g/m³,硫酸盐占主导,受偏南方向气团影响;主要化学组分挥发性顺序均为硝酸盐 > 氯盐 > 铵盐 > 有机物 > 硫酸盐;与相对低污染期相比,重污染期的硫酸盐对质量浓度贡献更高且挥发性降低,而硝酸盐表现出更高的挥发性;对有机气溶胶而言,重污染期有机物氧化态更高且挥发性更低,老化特征明显.气溶胶半挥发性特征反映了华北夏季高污染条件下区域传输的重要作用.     

基于热异常遥感的冀南城市群工业能耗及大气污染

选取冀南城市群为研究区,基于2012~2016年VⅡRS卫星数据热异常点产品,结合工业能源消耗量、工业废气排放量以及空气质量数据,利用统计分析和空间分析探讨热异常点辐射强度的变化规律及其与工业能源消耗、污染物排放之间的关系.结果表明,热异常点的辐射强度可以表征工业能源消耗量,并间接反映工业生产规模与污染排放水平.辐射强度越大,工业生产规模越大.辐射强度与工业SO₂排放量呈较高的正相关,与NO_x排放量呈中度线性相关.PM₁₀、SO₂及NO₂浓度与工业能源消耗和热异常点辐射强度灰色关联度均较高.工业生产活动产生的污染物中,颗粒物对大气污染的贡献最高,其次为SO₂.2012~2016年,邯郸、石家庄以及廊坊的工业生产空间分布呈逐年收缩聚集的趋势,保定和沧州的工业生产分别出现向南、向西迁移趋势.