Sensitivity of system stability to model structure

A community is stable, and resilient, if the levels of all community variables can return to the original steady state following a perturbation. The stability properties of a community depend on its structure, which is the network of direct effects (interactions) among the variables within the community. These direct effects form feedback cycles (loops) that determine community stability. Although feedback cycles have an intuitive interpretation, identifying how they form the feedback properties of a particular community can be intractable. Furthermore, determining the role that any specific direct effect plays in the stability of a system is even more daunting. Such information, however, would identify important direct effects for targeted experimental and management manipulation even in complex communities for which quantitative information is lacking. We therefore provide a method that determines the sensitivity of community stability to model structure, and identifies the relative role of particular direct effects, indirect effects, and feedback cycles in determining stability. Structural sensitivities summarize the degree to which each direct effect contributes to stabilizing feedback or destabilizing feedback or both. Structural sensitivities prove useful in identifying ecologically important feedback cycles within the community structure and for detecting direct effects that have strong, or weak, influences on community stability. The approach may guide the development of management intervention and research design. We demonstrate its value with two theoretical models and two empirical examples of different levels of complexity.     

用微观作用力解析无机离子对腐殖酸的膜污染行为影响

基于Na+、Ca2+离子在天然水体中的普遍存在及对超滤膜有机污染行为的影响,本研究主要考察了不同离子条件下腐殖酸(HA)对PVDF超滤膜污染行为的影响机理。使用原子力显微镜结合自制的膜材料及污染物探针定量测定了不同离子条件下PVDF-HA及HA-HA之间的相互作用力,同时进行了相应的膜污染实验及定量研究腐殖酸的去除效果。结果表明,PVDF-HA及HA-HA之间的相互作用力大小与膜污染速率及污染幅度呈正相关关系。一价Na+离子通过电荷屏蔽可降低HA表面的带电量,对HA膜污染行为及PVDF-HA及HA-HA之间作用力的影响并不明显。二价Ca2+离子通过电荷中和作用大幅度降低了HA表面的有效带电量,使得PVDF-HA及HA-HA之间的粘附力增大,加剧了膜污染速率。而过多的Ca2+离子会加剧HA之间的聚合,降低了HA进入膜孔内的机率,虽然会短暂的增加腐殖酸的去除效率但无法从根本减轻膜污染。     

Atrazine degradation by fungal co-culture enzyme extracts under different soil conditions

This investigation was undertaken to determine the atrazine degradation by fungal enzyme extracts (FEEs) in a clay-loam soil microcosm contaminated at field application rate (5 μg g^?1) and to study the influence of different soil microcosm conditions, including the effect of soil sterilization, water holding capacity, soil pH and type of FEEs used in atrazine degradation through a 2⁴ factorial experimental design. The Trametes maxima–Paecilomyces carneus co-culture extract contained more laccase activity and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) content (laccase = 18956.0 U mg protein^?1, H₂O₂ = 6.2 mg L^?1) than the T. maxima monoculture extract (laccase = 12866.7 U mg protein^?1, H₂O₂ = 4.0 mg L^?1). Both extracts were able to degrade atrazine at 100%; however, the T. maxima monoculture extract (0.32 h) achieved a lower half-degradation time than its co-culture with P. carneus (1.2 h). The FEE type (p = 0.03) and soil pH (p = 0.01) significantly affected atrazine degradation. The best degradation rate was achieved by the T. maxima monoculture extract in an acid soil (pH = 4.86). This study demonstrated that both the monoculture extracts of the native strain T. maxima and its co-culture with P. carneus can efficiently and quickly degrade atrazine in clay-loam soils.     

中国高速铁路运营的减碳及经济环境互馈影响研究

二氧化碳等温室气体排放备受世界关注,新形势下低碳发展成为中国发展路径的新选择,而高速铁路是长距离运输低碳化的具体体现。基于运营阶段的行车碳排放换算,综合考虑多种交通工具的实际运载能力、标准运行速度等指标,分析中国高速铁路行车运营的减碳效果及经济环境互馈影响。研究发现:(1)以单位运输能耗量及该能源的碳排放系数计算,中国高速铁路行车与其余交通运输方式相比具有显著减碳效果,其百公里人均碳排放量约为航空运输的1/5和高速公路运输的1/3,且随着中国能源结构的逐步优化,减碳效果将会愈发凸显。(2)结合中国旅客周转量比例进行折算,自2008年至2015年高速铁路运输累计减碳2 610万t,从空间上看,省域差距明显,高速铁路运输繁忙的京沪线及京广线沿线地区,成为2015年高速铁路行车运营减碳效果的高值区,亦由此呈现出带状聚邻的正空间自相关性。(3)高速铁路运营产生经济环境的良性互馈影响,一方面环境优化具有潜在经济效益,2008—2015年的减碳效果相当于降低碳交易成本逾10亿元,其绿色设计及应用也益于区域经济发展;另一方面高速铁路运营经济收益具有潜在环境补偿能力,2008—2015年累计对区域节能环保支出贡献逾30亿元,其中高值区以中国中部地区为主,空间分布呈斜T字型结构,其成因与地区节能环保支出占比、出行结构等因素相关。基于上述分析并结合中国发展的客观实际,提出合理增强高速铁路运输效能、继续优化能源供给结构等优化对策,以期从出行视角为中国低碳发展提供交通领域的理论支撑。     

非常规气采出水回注环境风险的研究进展

采用水力压裂法开采非常规气时,成分复杂、高盐度的采出水需经简单处理后回注地层。此过程可能引发的环境风险逐渐受到各界关注。针对采出水回注的井位层位、回注水水质等环境风险,综述了室内高温高压静态反应釜实验、动态驱替实验、数值模拟、分析评价等方面的研究进展,在此基础上提出了该领域研究存在的问题和发展方向,为我国采出水回注环境影响研究提供借鉴。     

Human–wildlife coexistence in a changing world

Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a key topic in conservation and agricultural research. Decision makers need evidence-based information to design sustainable management plans and policy instruments. However, providing objective decision support can be challenging because realities and perceptions of human–wildlife interactions vary widely between and within rural, urban, and peri-urban areas. Land users who incur costs through wildlife argue that wildlife-related losses should be compensated and that prevention should be subsidized. Supporters of human–wildlife coexistence policies, such as urban-dwelling people, may not face threats to their livelihoods from wildlife. Such spatial heterogeneity in the cost and benefits of living with wildlife is germane in most contemporary societies. This Special Section features contributions on wildlife-induced damages that range from human perspectives (land use, psychology, governance, local attitudes and perceptions, costs and benefits, and HWC and coexistence theory) to ecological perspectives (animal behavior). Building on current literature and articles in this section, we developed a conceptual model to help frame HWC and coexistence dimensions. The framework can be used to determine damage prevention implementation levels and approaches to HWC resolution. Our synthesis revealed that inter- and transdisciplinary approaches and multilevel governance approaches can help stakeholders and institutions implement sustainable management strategies that promote human–wildlife coexistence.     

爆破地震作用下桩-土-结构相互作用的数值模拟

土-结构动力相互作用是地震工程和结构抗震的重要研究内容,但目前对爆破地震作用下土-结构动力相互作用的研究较少。运用大型有限元软件ANSYS/LS-DYNA,建立了桩-土-结构相互作用体系的三维有限元模型,由桩尖输入实测爆破地震波,取得了良好的计算效果。计算结果表明:考虑桩-土-结构相互作用后,群桩基础中每个桩的位移、加速度和剪应力幅值均呈桩顶大、桩尖小的倒三角分布,桩与承台的接合部比较容易受到损坏;桩-土-结构相互作用体系在爆破地震波冲击后,还会发生几次振动,但是这些振动产生的影响要小于爆破地震产生的影响,这与实测结果相符合;爆破地震波冲击下,群桩基础中,角桩顶部表面的桩土接触压力较大,但在爆破地震波冲击后,中心桩顶部表面的桩土接触压力较大,且具有一定的周期性,直至衰减为零。     

Comparative study of accessibility of distinctive pesticides

Interactions of micro-contaminants with soil may play a crucial role in their environmental fate and possible harmful effects. Major goals of our investigations were to model the availability of widely used pesticides and characterize adsorption capabilities of distinctive soil types by the accomplishment of extensive comparative studies and application of several extraction methods. Environmental and biological relevance of these examinations is enhanced by the fact that intrinsic features and specific details of pesticide accessibility have not been revealed so far by a comparative approach. Five different experimental methods were assessed for modelling accessibility of five selected pesticides. The applied models for regaining the pesticides showed diverse efficiency in extraction capability in cases of the different soil types (sandy, brown forest and alluvial soils). The amounts of the obtained pesticides were determined by using gas-chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and high pressure liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). Accessibility of pesticides was also compared in cases of sterilized and real soil samples in order to estimate the extent of the influence of microflora. Aqueous extraction solvents proved to be suitable for accurate assessment of the accessible amounts of pesticides, as their effectivity was at least as high as that of the applied organic solvents. In our studies pesticide-soil interactions have comprehensively been characterized, and possible influences of environmental factors on the accessibility have also been revealed. Our study might be regarded as a tentative approach to model some significant circumstances playing key roles in pesticides' possible bioavailability.     

"政府-企业"节能减排互动机制研究

我国正处于工业化进程的中后期,能源资源的短缺、环境污染破坏等问题对经济发展的制约日渐显著.企业作为节能减排工作的主要参与者,经常陷入节能减排投入成本高、担负责任大,却经济效益少的现实境地.与之相反,政府则可以在不承担风险的情况下,享受到企业节能减排所带来的各项收益和资源保存收益,这将影响企业节能减排的积极性.本文构建了一种政府-企业节能减排互动机制激励模型,可求得政府与企业在节能减排战略中最优的责任分摊比例,并依据模型测度出企业节能减排的成本投入和各项经济、环境效益指标,从而为政府合理分摊企业节能减排压力提供科学的依据,并使得企业更有动力实施节能减排战略,最终实现整个社会的帕累托最优.     

染料结构与其絮凝脱色效果关系的探讨

在对活性、酸性和碱性等 1 0种水溶性染料水样絮凝脱色和平衡渗析实验数据进行分析的基础上 ,初步探讨了染料结构与其絮凝脱色率之间的定性关系。PAN -DCD絮凝剂对 1 0种染料的最佳脱色pH范围 <5,尤其在pH值 <4更佳。在最佳pH条件下 ,絮凝剂加入量增加 ,脱色率升高。染料分子上磺酸基数目多者脱色效果好 ,分子中疏水性基团大则脱色率高 ,含蒽醌环的染料脱色率大于萘环者 ,也大于含苯环者。