抗生素在紫色土地表径流和地下渗流中的迁移

以川中丘陵区典型石灰性紫色土为对象,在生态养鸡果园管理模式下,探究不同种类粪源抗生素在连续自然降雨事件下随土壤水文过程的迁移浓度、通量及其对降雨的动态响应规律。结果表明,在蓄满产流机制下,连续强降雨导致地表径流和地下渗流中的抗生素浓度急剧增加。降雨过程中,抗生素浓度对降雨强度有明显响应,浓度峰与雨强峰一一对应,地下渗流的响应峰存在15~30min滞后。磺胺类抗生素在地表径流和地下渗流中的平均浓度分别高达1.22,4.07μg/L。在优先流作用下,吸附性较强的喹诺酮类和四环素类抗生素即使在降雨初期也能在地下渗流中被检出。地下渗流也是研究区紫色土中抗生素迁移的重要路径,其迁移总通量比地表径流高2个数量级。此外,鸡粪处理下抗生素迁移浓度和通量显著高于对照,表明粪源基质对污染物具有辅助运移作用。pH值和胶体浓度是主要影响因素,在降雨过程中的变化可引起抗生素形态及其与胶体结合作用改变。相关分析表明,胶体浓度与抗生素都呈正相关,pH值与磺胺类、四环素类抗生素和泰乐菌素呈显著正相关,而与氟苯尼考和喹诺酮类抗生素负相关。     

Potentiometric techniques applied to the modelling of actinide migration in natural water systems†

The utility of potentiometric techniques applied to environmental problems is discussed. The applicability of this technique to the estimation of thermodynamic quantities important for the modelling of uranium migration in natural waters is demonstrated. An experimental methodology for the determination of the UO₂(s) solubility product and the UO²⁺/U⁴⁺ redox potentials is proposed.     

天然斜发沸石粉对溶液中NH4+的吸附机理研究

采用天然斜发沸石粉(平均粒径30μm)进行吸附溶液中NH4+的试验研究,并对系统中金属阳离子的液相和固相含量进行了全程跟踪测定.等温吸附试验、吸附动力学研究结果表明,天然斜发沸石对溶液中NH4+的吸附过程符合Freundlich线性模型(R2=0.996),该吸附过程属于优惠吸附;吸附动力学符合假二级方程(R2>0.99),且随着初始NH4+浓度的增加,吸附反应的优惠程度降低.沸石粉对NH4+的吸附过程中离子交换以Ca2+和Na+为主,Na+首先被交换出来,随着吸附过程进行,Ca2+交换量逐渐增加并超过Na+,两者交换当量分别占39%~60%和35%~57%.由于沸石粉粒径较小,其对NH4+的去除除了依靠离子交换作用外,物理吸附作用的贡献不容忽视.     

Effects of a dynamic membrane formed with polyethylene glycol on the ultrafiltration of natural organic matter

The formation of a dynamic membrane (DM) was investigated using polyethylene glycol (PEG) (molecular weight of 35000 g/mol, concentration of 1 g/L). Two natural organic matters (NOM), Dongbok Lake NOM (DLNOM) and Suwannee River NOM (SRNOM) were used in the ultrafiltration experiments along with PEG. To evaluate the effects of the DM with PEG on ultrafiltration, various transport experiments were conducted, and the analyses of the NOM in the membrane feed and permeate were performed using high performance size exclusion chromatography, and the effective pore size distribution (effective PSD) and effective molecular weight cut off (effective MWCO) were determined. The advantages of DM formed with PEG can be summarized as follows: (1) PEG interferes with NOM transmission through the ultrafiltration membrane pores by increasing the retention coefficient of NOM in UF membranes, and (2) low removal of NOM by the DM is affected by external factors, such as pressure increases during UF membrane filtration, which decreases the effective PSD and effective MWCO of UF membranes. However, a disadvantage of the DM with PEG was severe flux decline; thus, one must be mindful of both the positive and negative influences of the DM when optimizing the UF performance of the membrane.     

库布齐沙漠自然植被与人工植被土壤水盐的空间异质性比较研究

干旱半干旱地区土壤水盐的空间分布对土地利用和生态恢复具有重要作用。运用传统统计学和地统计学对库布齐沙漠5种自然植被和5种人工植被0～10和10～20cm深度土壤水分和盐分的空间异质性进行了小尺度比较分析。结果表明：9种群落的土壤水盐平均值下层大于表层,且盐分的空间相关性较水分更高;人工植被土壤水分（CV=5.3%～22.7%）和盐分（CV=15.7%～51.2%）具有空间分布均匀、层间差异不明显等特征,而自然植被水分（CV=9.9%～32.6%）和盐分的（CV=26.9%～180.0%）却与之相反;小尺度上,人工植被土壤不同层间的水分关系、盐分关系以及水盐关系可能随建植时间的增加会越来越不明显,格局强度将不断减弱,这也极有可能改变大尺度上的水盐运移状况,进而影响研究区生态系统的稳定性和安全性。     

Evolving human landscapes: a virtual laboratory approach

ABSTRACT

Different human societies shape landscapes differently. Anthroecology theory explains this long-term differential shaping of landscapes as the product of sociocultural niche construction (SNC): an evolutionary theory coupling social change with ecosystem engineering. The evolutionary mechanisms underpinning this theory cannot be tested without experimental approaches capable of reproducing emergent selection processes acting on the combined suite of cultural, material, and ecological inheritances that determine the adaptive fitness of human individuals, groups, and societies. Agent-based modeling, as a ‘generative social science’ tool, appears ideal for this. Here we propose an agent-based virtual laboratory (ABVL) approach to generating and testing basic hypotheses on SNC as a general mechanism capable of producing the broadly varied anthroecological forms and dynamics of human landscapes from prehistory to present. While major challenges must still be overcome, a prospective modeling framework specification, guiding questions, and illustrative examples demonstrate clear potential for an ABVL to test predictions of anthroecology theory through generative social simulation.     

三十年来中国自然资源学会的发展与展望

中国自然资源学会迎来了30周年的大喜日子。论文系统地回顾了30 a来学会的发展历程,分析了存在的主要问题,对未来发展前景进行了展望。30 a来,学会经历了开创、发展和壮大的不同阶段,在为国家经济社会发展提供重要的资源科技支撑的同时,不断丰富资源科学研究的实践经验,并初步建立了中国特色的资源科学理论和方法体系框架。目前,学会已经拥有5 000多名会员、16个专业委员会、3个工作委员会、6个省级学会,成为中国科协下属的全国201个科技社团中的优秀学会之一。通过了国家民政部组织的中国社会组织评估并获得全国社会组织4A 级等级证书;获得了中国科协组织评审的优秀科技社团三等奖。但是,一些根本性问题仍然存在,包括:基本确立了资源科学但尚不牢靠;强调资源综合研究但分支学科分散;国内学术交流活跃但国际交流薄弱。未来学会将继续完善现有的理论方法体系,开拓资源学科研究的新领域;加强世界资源研究和国际合作交流;围绕国民经济应用性强的重大资源科学问题开展决策咨询;狠抓学科建设和资源科技人才培养;搭建"自然资源态势分析与学科发展信息平台"。     

自然资源适应性管理研究综述

自然资源适应性管理是随着对自然资源开发、利用与保护认识的不断深化,在自然资源管理研究不断推进的背景下,产生的一种新的资源管理模式。适应性管理在充分认识自然资源管理系统复杂性和不确定性的前提下,强调在资源管理的实践中不断增进人们对自然资源系统规律的认识,进而提升自然资源管理水平。研究系统论述了自然资源适应性管理的内涵,要素与组织形式,认为目前自然资源适应性管理中存在的主要问题包括尺度效应、自然资源管理的模拟与监测、制度欠缺灵活性、协调困难、研究与管理机构的利己主义、传统资源管理思维的局限、成本和管理风险以及生态价值之间的取舍等。通过分析,总结出自然资源适应性管理研究的发展趋势,包括适应性规划、适应性结果监测、协同适应性管理、适应性风险管理等。建议国内研究应进一步提升对适应性管理的认识,推进适应性管理的理论与实践研究。     

Effects of Nonylphenol on immune function of female Sprague-Dawley rats

Nonylphenol (NP) is the final biodegradation product of nonylphenol polyethoxylates, which are widely used as surfactants in domestic and industrial products. NP was reported to exert estrogenic actions and shown to potentially adversely affect reproductive functions. However, NP influence on immune system function remains unclear. To address this issue, the effects of NP on spleen and thymus were examined in this study. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with NP orally at doses of 0, 20, 80, or 200 mg/kg respectively. Data showed that NP increased the levels of natural killer (NK) cells and natural killer T (NKT) cells in peripheral blood and decreased the levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in serum. These findings suggest that exposure to NP by oral route may induce adverse effects on the spleen and thymus and affect the immune function of female rats.     

War and sustainability

SUMMARY

In order to use the planet's ecological life-support systems sustainably, damage to them must be both prevented and repaired. However, repair requires awareness of damage which, in this case, mandates a high level of ecological literacy. Prevention of ecological damage will only be successful on a planetary scale if human society endorses precautionary practices that reduce the probability of ecosystem damage. Society is beginning to endorse precautionary practices to protect human health, which is no longer regarded as merely absence of symptoms of disease and malfunction. Health is regarded as a robust function — an approach toward optimal conditions. Similar views are beginning to emerge regarding ecosystem health, and a close link between human and ecosystem health is gaining increased recognition. However, to achieve health, ecological ‘wounds’ must be repaired, which is impossible until society ‘sees’ the wounds. After this recognition, society must become more literate on the attributes of ecosystem health. The methods and procedures are in place, but they will not be used effectively until a major paradigm shift occurs.