抗生素与杀菌剂顺序暴露对绿藻的联合毒性

本文选取常见的3种抗生素盐酸强力霉素(DOX)、红霉素(ERY)、土霉素(OXY)和3种三唑类杀菌剂腈菌唑(MYC)、丙环唑(PRO)、戊唑醇(TCZ)混合体系为研究对象,以生态系统中初级生产者绿藻(蛋白核小球藻)为受试生物,研究目标污染物顺序暴露的联合毒性.结果表明,6种单一目标污染物对蛋白核小球藻抑制毒性大小为:PRO>DOX>TCZ>ERY>MYC>OXY.抗生素-三唑类杀菌剂混合体系在50%效应浓度(EC₅₀)下同时暴露和顺序暴露的抑制率差异为0.38%~36.76%.DOX与PRO、TCZ、MYC任何一种三唑类杀菌剂顺序暴露于蛋白核小球藻,顺序相反后,对蛋白核小球藻的毒性作用均增强,最大可增强36.82%.在不同浓度与时间的影响下,PRO-DOX和TCZ-DOX顺序暴露毒性高于调整暴露顺序后的DOX-PRO和DOX-TCZ顺序暴露毒性,且浓度越高,抑制率差异越大.在96h~144h暴露时间下,暴露浓度EC₅₀/20的顺序暴露抑制率差异为0.65%~11.57%;暴露浓度EC₅₀的顺序暴露抑制率差异为0.15%~36.93%,顺序暴露的抑制率差异范围随浓度增加变大.在EC₅₀/20~EC₅₀暴露浓度下,暴露时间96h的顺序暴露抑制率差异为0.29%~36.93%,暴露时间144h的顺序暴露抑制率差异为0.215%~30.09%,顺序暴露的抑制率差异范围随时间增加变小.因此,顺序暴露会改变抗生素与三唑类杀菌剂对蛋白核小球藻联合毒性大小,且顺序暴露、暴露时间和暴露浓度是影响毒性作用大小的关键因素.     

Vertical distribution characteristics of soil mercury and its formation mechanism in permafrost regions: A case study of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Continuing permafrost degradation is increasing the risk of mercury(Hg) exposure in the permafrost regions on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau(QTP), but related studies are still limited, especially the ones on the detailed Hg migration processes in permafrost. The vertical distribution characteristics of soil Hg were investigated in three ecosystems in the Beiluhe area on the QTP, and its influencing factors and formation mechanism were investigated. The results indicate that the total soil mercury(...     

Geochemical properties and pollution assessment of heavy metals in the sediments of Daechung Lake,Korea

In order to examine the forms, sources, and pollution of heavy metals—arsenic (As), aluminum (Al), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn)—in Daechung Lake, Korea, sediment samples were collected in November 2014. Daechung Lake was constructed to supply water for human consumption, agricultural use, and industrial use as well as to generate electric power. The lake is stratified in the summer and surrounded mostly by agricultural and mining areas. Our results indicate that the heavy metals (except As and Cd) displayed similar concentrations at all of the sampling stations. As and Cd were high in locations where fine sediments had built up. Based on the enrichment factor of the metals, the sediments collected from all of the sampling stations were highly polluted by As and Cd. Therefore, deposition of heavy metals in Daechung Lake is possibly controlled by grain size and anthropogenic activity, such as drainage from abandoned mines, agricultural activities, and/or the release of wastewater. The most dominant forms for all of the metals were oxide and silicate forms. This suggests that the sediments of Daechung Lake are not highly sulfidic. However, the sediment samples were collected after the collapse of seasonal stratification. Therefore, future studies should include elucidation of major sources for As and Cd and the collection of sediments during months of stratification.     

Effects of interactions between anthropogenic stressors and recurring perturbations on ecosystem resilience and collapse

Insights into declines in ecosystem resilience and their causes and effects can inform preemptive action to avoid ecosystem collapse and loss of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being. Empirical studies of ecosystem collapse are rare and hampered by ecosystem complexity, nonlinear and lagged responses, and interactions across scales. We investigated how an anthropogenic stressor could diminish ecosystem resilience to a recurring perturbation by altering a critical ecosystem driver. We studied groundwater-dependent, peat-accumulating, fire-prone wetlands known as upland swamps in southeastern Australia. We hypothesized that underground mining (stressor) reduces resilience of these wetlands to landscape fires (perturbation) by diminishing groundwater, a key ecosystem driver. We monitored soil moisture as an indicator of ecosystem resilience during and after underground mining. After landscape fire, we compared responses of multiple state variables representing ecosystem structure, composition, and function in swamps within the mining footprint with unmined reference swamps. Soil moisture declined without recovery in swamps with mine subsidence (i.e., undermined), but was maintained in reference swamps over 8 years (effect size 1.8). Relative to burned reference swamps, burned undermined swamps showed greater loss of peat via substrate combustion; reduced cover, height, and biomass of regenerating vegetation; reduced postfire plant species richness and abundance; altered plant species composition; increased mortality rates of woody plants; reduced postfire seedling recruitment; and extirpation of a hydrophilic animal. Undermined swamps therefore showed strong symptoms of postfire ecosystem collapse, whereas reference swamps regenerated vigorously. We found that an anthropogenic stressor diminished the resilience of an ecosystem to recurring perturbations, predisposing it to collapse. Avoidance of ecosystem collapse hinges on early diagnosis of mechanisms and preventative risk reduction. It may be possible to delay or ameliorate symptoms of collapse or to restore resilience, but the latter appears unlikely in our study system due to fundamental alteration of a critical ecosystem driver. Efectos de las interacciones entre los estresantes antropogénicos y las perturbaciones recurrentes sobre la resiliencia y el colapso de los ecosistemas     

Rabbit biocontrol and landscape‐scale recovery of threatened desert mammals

Funding for species conservation is insufficient to meet the current challenges facing global biodiversity, yet many programs use expensive single‐species recovery actions and neglect broader management that addresses threatening processes. Arid Australia has the world's worst modern mammalian extinction record, largely attributable to competition from introduced herbivores, particularly European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and predation by feral cats (Felis catus) and foxes (Vulpes vulpes). The biological control agent rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) was introduced to Australia in 1995 and resulted in dramatic, widespread rabbit suppression. We compared the area of occupancy and extent of occurrence of 4 extant species of small mammals before and after RHDV outbreak, relative to rainfall, sampling effort, and rabbit and predator populations. Despite low rainfall during the first 14 years after RHDV, 2 native rodents listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the dusky hopping‐mouse (Notomys fuscus) and plains mouse (Pseudomys australis), increased their extent of occurrence by 241–365%. A threatened marsupial micropredator, the crest‐tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), underwent a 70‐fold increase in extent of occurrence and a 20‐fold increase in area of occupancy. Both bottom‐up and top‐down trophic effects were attributed to RHDV, namely decreased competition for food resources and declines in rabbit‐dependent predators. Based on these sustained increases, these 3 previously threatened species now qualify for threat‐category downgrading on the IUCN Red List. These recoveries are on a scale rarely documented in mammals and give impetus to programs aimed at targeted use of RHDV in Australia, rather than simply employing top‐down threat‐based management of arid ecosystems. Conservation programs that take big‐picture approaches to addressing threatening processes over large spatial scales should be prioritized to maximize return from scarce conservation funding. Further, these should be coupled with long‐term ecological monitoring, a critical tool in detecting and understanding complex ecosystem change.     

采用电动修复增强技术去除电镀污泥中重金属

为提高电动修复技术去除电镀污泥中的重金属(Cu, Pb, Zn , Cr, Ni)的效率,采用污泥预酸化处理及阴极pH值控制处理2种途径进行强化,反应过程中电压为32V,处理时间为7d,结果表明,电镀污泥酸化pH值至4.5时,污泥中重金属的可移动性明显提高了,依次为Cr>Ni>Zn>Cu>Pb;污泥预酸化加阴极pH值控制处理能使电镀污泥中Zn、Ni、Cu和Pb交换态、碳酸盐结合态和有机硫化物态转化为可溶离子态,转化量大小依次为Ni>Zn>Cu>Pb,且该处理Zn、Ni、Cu和Pb的去除率分别达到74.02%、68.38%、39.22%、21.37%;但污泥预酸化及阴极pH值控制处理都不利于Cr的去除,对照处理Cr去除率为77.83%,污泥预酸化处理去除率降为40.65%,污泥预酸化加阴极pH值控制处理降至12.80%.     

Carrying capacity of an uninhabited island off the southwestern coast of Korea

An emergy evaluation was carried out to assess the carrying capacity of a small, uninhabited island (Woosedo) off the southwestern coast of Korea. The sea area within 1 km from the high tide level of the island was included in the evaluation. The total environmental emergy input to Woosedo was 1.66E19 sej/yr, with the most emergy contribution from the tidal energy. The land and marine ecosystems of Woosedo contributed 4.97 million Em$ (7600 Em$/ha/yr) to the Korean economy annually. If Woosedo was developed to the national average at the emergy investment ratio of 2.86, its carrying capacity was estimated at 1034 people at the current living standard of Korea. With this population, the island system would not be sustainable with a very low emergy sustainability index of 0.36. At the same living standard used in the developed scenario, the carrying capacity of the island would be 370 people for a sustainable development scenario and 270 people if the renewable emergy were the only source to support the population. The emergy contribution of the marine ecosystem of the island was the major source of support in determining the level of carrying capacity of the island.     

白洋淀沉积物中磷的存在形态及垂直变化规律研究

湖泊沉积物中磷的含量及其形态分布是影响湖泊营养化进程的极为重要因素,对研究湖泊营养化等环境问题具有重要意义。采用化学连续提取分析法,对白洋淀环淀中村水域不同地点的沉积物中磷的形态及其在垂直方向上的变化进行了研究。结果表明,研究区域内,环淀中村水域表层沉积物总磷（TP）质量分数在544.424～608.197mg·kg-1之间,无机磷（IP）是沉积物中磷的主要形态,有机磷（OP）质量分数较小,约占10%～27%,无机磷中钙磷（Ca-P）占的比例相对较大,在质量分数上约占75.8%～94.1%。从各形态磷质量分数的变化范围来看,Ca-P〉OP〉Fe/Al-P;人类活动对湖泊沉积物中磷的形态及其水平和垂向变化影响很大。     

碱性缺氧环境下地下水中苯和甲苯的生物降解

在缺氧环境下,不额外加入电子受体和营养盐,从长期受原油污染的包气带介质中分离、培养驯化得到了降解苯或甲苯的3种优势菌群:B-bacteria、T-bacteria和M-bacteria,采用批试验方法研究了高pH环境下3种菌群降解苯和甲苯的速率。结果表明:苯和甲苯的降解符合零级反应动力学,速率常数在0.22～0.68 mg/(L.d)。初始pH从8.7升高到9.6和10.6时,B-bacteria降解苯的速率降低都在10%以内;T-bacteria降解甲苯的速率降低率从pH9.6时的16.22%剧增到pH10.6时的41.23%;而M-bacteria降解苯和甲苯的速率降低从pH9.6时的30%左右增到pH10.6时的45%左右。高pH环境下微生物仍能完全降解苯和甲苯。故设计化学-生物连续反应格栅治理该类污染羽时,在两个单元中间可不构筑pH调节缓冲单元。     

秸秆还田对江西农田土壤固碳影响的模拟分析

秸秆还田等农田管理措施能有效地增加土壤碳储量,从而有利于减缓大气CO₂浓度的上升趋势。论文基于环境政策综合气候模型(EPIC),采用千烟洲生态试验站和鹰潭生态试验站农田监测场长期观测数据,验证和优化了EPIC模型参数,同时利用1990-2010年江西省气象资料以及土壤清查资料,模拟分析了4种秸秆还田(CR)比例情景下2010-2030年江西省水稻田土壤的固碳潜力。研究结果表明,无秸秆还田 (CR0%)和秸秆还田25%(CR25%)两种处理下耕作层土壤有机碳储量分别下降21.3%和6.5%,秸秆还田50%(CR50%)和100%(CR100%)处理下土壤有机碳储量分别增加5.4%和11.9%;相对CR0%情景而言,CR25%、CR50%、CR100% 情景下江西省水稻田土壤总固碳潜力分别为6.43、14.92和25.26 TgC(1 Tg = 10⁶ t)。研究结果表明,通过合理的调控措施,采用保护性耕作(秸秆还田)是提高水稻田土壤固碳能力的一种有效途径。