Optimising vegetation monitoring. A case study in A French lowland forest

Biodiversity monitoring surveys are rarely optimised statistically before being initiated. Here, we optimised the monitoring of plants in a temperate forest. The total inventory cost, the number and size of quadrats were optimised to detect a 10% change in species richness over 5 years with α = β = 0.05, using data from ongoing long-term floristic monitoring programs. The procedure showed that the inventory cost would be ca 15% lower using 100-, 200-m² quadrats instead of 300- or 400-m² quadrats. Despite the cost associated with the optimisation (e.g. gathering preliminary data) and the imprecise estimates (due to the typically small sample size of the pilot studies), optimisation would often be a better option than expert opinion when designing a monitoring survey.     

利用小角度激光光散射研究阳离子有机高分子絮凝剂的絮体粒径和絮体结构

利用小角度激光光散射在线监测技术研究了不同阳离子有机高分子絮凝剂对带负电荷的高岭土颗粒体系的絮凝动力学和絮体结构.对于高电荷密度的聚二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵(PDADMAC),由于分子量低其初始絮凝反应速度较慢,最终形成的絮体也较小.絮凝过程中,其絮体结构发生重组和排列,分形维数从1.83升高到2.09,所形成的絮体密实.对于低电荷密度的2种阳离子聚丙烯酰胺(CPAM),因其分子量大投药量高,絮凝反应速度较快;但其絮体的分形维数较小且在絮凝反应中基本保持不变,形成的絮体结构开放和松散.基于有机高分子对高岭土体系浊度和zeta电位的影响,结合絮凝动力学和絮体结构分析,结果表明,PDADMAC絮凝机理是电中和作用,而随着分子量的增加和电荷密度的降低,CPAM则主要通过吸附架桥作用产生絮凝.     

不同污染程度湖泊沉积物中不同粒级可转化态氮分布

研究了污染程度不同的五里湖、月湖、东太湖和贡湖不同粒级沉积物中总可转化态氮以及各形态可转化态氮的含量与分布.结果表明:4个湖泊的沉积物各粒级中各形态可转化态氮的含量及其地球化学特征均不相同.强氧化剂可提取态氮(SOEF-N)是释放能力最弱的形态,为可转化态氮的主体,占总可转化态氮的66.97%～87.97%.离子交换态氮(IEF-N)结合能力最弱,是最容易被释放的形态,为可转化态无机氮的主体,占总可转化态氮的7.37%～22.25%.同一粒级中,各形态可转化态氮对氮循环的贡献为SOEF-N最大,IEF-N其次,强碱可浸取态氮(SAEF-N)与弱酸可浸取态氮(WAEF-N)最低.随着沉积物粒级的由粗到细,总可转化态氮以及各形态可转化态氮含量均呈逐渐增加趋势.沉积物细颗粒部分对氮循环的可能贡献占绝对的主体,是粗颗粒部分的几倍到几十倍.相比而言,污染程度轻的贡湖和东太湖沉积物无论总可转化态氮还是各形态可转化态氮,细颗粒部分的相对含量均低于污染程度重的五里湖和月湖沉积物.      

上海石洞口第二电厂拟建粉煤灰分选系统的技术可行性研究

上海石洞口第二电厂拟建设粉煤灰分选系统生产国标等级灰,但其粉煤灰的游离氧化钙偏高.研究表明:游离氧化钙在细灰中没有明显富集的趋势,即源灰游离氧化钙含量指标合格,那么分选所产细灰的也合格;供分选用的源灰细度和粒度分布较利于提高分选效率,生产国标Ⅱ级灰的分选产率可达70%左右;建设分选系统在技术上是可行的,且可获得较大的综合效益.     

颗粒物表面酸碱特性与孔表面分形的研究

通过电位滴定试验,证明了5种颗粒物的表面存在着一定量的OH-受体,其表面位浓度(Hs)在0.1219～0.3134 mmo.·L-1之间,表面位密度(DoH)在0.8586～2.1305个·nm-2之间,且不同采样点的颗粒物,其表面位浓度和表面位密度差别很大.所采集的5种颗粒物的孔结构接近平行板狭缝,孔尺寸分布不是均一的,平均孔径分布范围较宽(1.8～76nm);BET比表面积为9.5669～34.5605 m2·g-1,累积脱附孔体积为0.01729～0.06711 cm3·g-1,BJH脱附平均孔径为5.6768～7.7388nm,处于中孔范围,且平均孔径均大于其PSD峰值对应的孔径.通过分形FHH方程模拟N2吸附和脱附等温线数据计算出这些颗粒物的孔表面分形维数Ds比较接近(2.68～2.82之间),但它们的分形标度区间不同.另外,采用热力学模型和分形FHH理论计算出的表面分形维数的差异主要归因于这些样品孔尺寸分布的不均一性.     

δ-MnO2的制备及其对水中Cd2+的吸附

利用溶液中MnSO4与KMnO4之间的氧化还原反应制备了δ-MnO2。用透射电镜和BET法对δ-MnO2进行了表征。实验结果表明：δ-MnO2比表面积为324.58m^2/g,孔体积为0.39cm^3/g,孔径为4.82nm。对Cd2＋的吸附实验结果表明：δ-MnO2对Cd2＋具有很强的吸附能力,吸附作用强烈依赖体系的pH,吸附边界pH为2.50;pH为6.05时Cd2＋的吸附率为98.5%。宏观的吸附-解吸热力学实验证明：当pH为3.30时,为可逆吸附;当pH为6.05时,吸附过程存在固体浓度效应,为不可逆吸附。吸附过程主要为一价阳离子的交换吸附。     

How deep is the footprint? A 3D representation

Depletion of natural capital stocks and use of natural capital flows are the central issues in the sustainability debate. Differentiation of these two components, considering natural capital and its limits, is important for planning and management of land use. This paper offers insights into this issue and proposes a new perspective of the Ecological Footprint (EF) in three dimensions, considering not only its size but also its depth: according to this viewpoint the footprint is not an area but a volume, although maintaining the same value as the one in two dimensions. Use of annual flows provided by the Earth is represented by the footprint size, expressed in global hectares (gha) and plotted in the (x,y) plane. Footprint depth represents the demand for extra land to meet human needs through depletion of stocks of natural capital. It is plotted on the z-axis. It can be seen as the number of years necessary to regenerate resources liquidated in 1 year (and to absorb the respective wastes) or as the number of planets necessary to support the inhabitants of the planet Earth. The evolution of these two components in the last five decades is studied and discussed.     

Use of Basic Biological Information for Rapid Prediction of the Response of Species to Habitat Loss

Abstract:  Much research has focused on identifying traits that can act as useful indicators of how habitat loss affects the extinction risk of species, and the results are mixed. We developed 2 simple, rapid-assessment models of the susceptibility of species to habitat loss. We based both on an index of range size, but one also incorporated an index of body mass and the other an index combining habitat and dietary specialization. We applied the models to samples of birds (Accipitridae and Bucerotidae) and to the lemurs of Madagascar and compared the models' classifications of risk with the IUCN's global threat status of each species. The model derived from ecological attributes was much more robust than the one derived from body mass. Ecological attributes identified threatened birds and lemurs with an average of 80% accuracy and endangered and critically endangered species with 100% accuracy and identified some species not currently listed as threatened that almost certainly warrant conservation consideration. Appropriate analysis of even fairly crude biological information can help raise early-warning flags to the relative susceptibilities of species to habitat loss and thus provide a useful and rapid technique for highlighting potential species-level conservation issues. Advantages of this approach to classifying risk include flexibility in the specialization parameters used as well as its applicability at a range of spatial scales.     

Helpers and egg investment in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: testing the concealed helper effects hypothesis

In cooperatively breeding acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus), helper males have a large positive effect on fledging success in good acorn crop years but only a small positive effect in poor acorn crop years, while helper females exhibit the opposite pattern. Based on these findings, we tested the “concealed helper effects” hypothesis, which proposes that laying females reduce investment in eggs (with respect to their size, number, or quality) in a way that confounds helper effects and results in an absence of a relationship between helpers and breeding success. Results generally failed to support the hypothesis. Mean egg size was positively related to temperatures during the 10 days prior to egg-laying and negatively related to the food supply as indexed by the prior fall’s acorn crop, but there were no significant differences vis-à-vis helpers except for interactions with the acorn crop that only partly corresponded to those predicted. With respect to clutch size, females laid larger clutches when assisted by female helpers, opposite the pattern predicted. Although our results suggest that egg size is adjusted to particular ecological circumstances, we conclude that neither egg nor clutch size is adjusted in a way that confounds the apparent effects of helpers, as proposed by the concealed helper effects hypothesis.     

北京城市道路积尘多环芳烃的粒度分布特征及其影响因素

对北京城市不同道路类型的道路积尘进行了为期16个月的采样,分别分析了道路尘的粒径、多环芳烃及TOC.道路积尘的粒径呈三峰态分布,<75 μm部分的颗粒所占体积最大,>214 μm部分颗粒所占体积最小.>214 μm这部分颗粒中的多环芳烃质量分数最低,<75μm和75～214μm这两部分颗粒中多环芳烃的质量分数没有显著差异,但由于<75μm部分颗粒所占的体积和质量比例最大,这部分颗粒的多环芳烃累积量所占比例最高.不同道路的积尘粒径存在差异,海淀路和成府路机动车道的积尘颗粒相比自行车道和人行道的颗粒更粗.由于粒径分布的差异和多环芳烃质量分数的差异,不同类型道路的多环芳烃累积量的粒径分布呈现差异.多环芳烃质量分数和累积量的粒度分布也呈现季节差异,冬春季<75 μm颗粒中的多环芳烃质量分数最高,多环芳烃的累积量所占比例也较夏秋季高.在三个粒级中,TOC与多环芳烃质量分数均呈现显著的正相关.高比例的细颗粒及细颗粒中的多环芳烃使得道路积尘再悬浮进入大气以及随湿沉降进入地表径流的环境风险加大.