A Method for Improving the Management of Controversial Wetland

Valley bottom wetlands in agricultural landscapes often are neglected in national and regional wetland inventories. Although these areas are small, located in the bottomlands of the headwater catchments, and scattered in the rural landscape, they strongly influence hydrology, water quality, and biodiversity over the whole catchment area. Valley bottom wetlands often are considered as controversial wetlands. Awareness of the functional role of wetlands is increasing, in parallel with their progressive disappearance in intensive farming landscapes. The need to improve tools for controlling wetland management is a primary consideration for decision makers and land users. This article proposes a method for the inventory of valley bottom wetlands. The method is based on the functional analysis of potential, existing, and efficient valley bottom wetlands (the PEEW approach). Several indicators are proposed for checking the validity of such an approach. Potential wetlands are delineated by means of a topographic index using topographic and pedoclimatic criteria computed from a Digital Elevation Model and easily accessible databases. Existing wetlands are identified from observed surface moisture, the presence of specific wetland vegetation, or soil feature criteria. Efficient wetlands are defined through a given function, such as flow or pollutant regulation or biodiversity control. An analysis of areas at the limits between potential, existing, and efficient wetlands highlights land cultivated or drained in the past, which currently represents negotiating areas in which rehabilitation and other intended management actions can be implemented.     

潜流型人工湿地实现短程硝化反硝化的探讨

从短程硝化反硝化机理和目前国内外在短程硝化生物脱氮技术方面的进展入手;介绍了影响短程硝化的因素,剖析了潜流型人工湿地系统实现短程硝化的可能性和可行性;最后展望了湿地系统作为生态处理方法的发展方向.     

潜流人工湿地处理污染河水冬季运行及升温强化处理研究

考察了冬季潜流人工湿地污染河水处理系统在不同水力负荷下对污染物去除的效果.结果表明,水温15℃左右时,水力负荷由30cm/d降低到15cm/d后,氨氮转化率由14%上升到39%,COD的平均去除率由20%上升到31%,水温的降低对氨氮去除效果有很大的影响.在湿地表面覆盖塑料地膜能有效地提高系统对污染物的去除效果,覆盖地膜后,氨氮平均去除率由29.4%上升到67.6%,COD的平均去除率由29.0%提高到46.6%,脲酶活性由0.025 mg/(g·d)上升到0.037 mg/(g·d),脱氢酶的活性由0.17μL/(d·g)上升到4.54μL/(d·g).微生物活性研究表明,覆盖地膜后系统温度的升高能提高系统中微生物的活性.植物污染物质释放试验表明,冬季地表植物腐烂会向水中释放大量的污染物质,影响系统的净化效果,因此秋季应对湿地植物及时进行收割.     

自动增氧型潜流人工湿地处理农村生活污水的研究

采用人工配水模拟太湖地区农村生活污水水质,利用改进的自动增氧型潜流人工湿地对其进行处理,结果表明:COD、NH4 -N、TP进水浓度分别在132.4～392.6mg·L-1、21.58～50.26mg·L-1、3.60～13.17mg·L-1范围内变化时,COD、NH4 -N、TP的去除负荷随着进水浓度的升高而增大,其最高去除负荷分别为226.38 kg·d-1·hm-2、44.40 kg·d-1·hm-2、10.44 kg·d-1·hm-2,相应的去除率为89.45%、88.93%、90.25%,且系统有较强的抗冲击负荷能力.     

城市污水再生回用于景观水体水质安全保障技术

研究了再生水回用于景观水体时可能存在的水质安全性问题,并提出了保障再生水安全回用的处理工艺。研究表明,城市污水再生水回用于景观水体时,存在着卫生学安全、毒理学安全、富营养化以及底质二次污染等危害。为了满足景观水体的水质标准,需要重点控制的水质指标有病原性微生物、有毒有害有机物、重金属、氮磷植物性营养物质、悬浮固体。以城市污水厂二级出水作为再生水原水时,推荐采用的工艺有:二级处理混凝沉淀过滤消毒、二级处理过滤活性炭吸附消毒以及二级处理膜处理消毒工艺。     

辽河三角洲湿地植被生态状况变化特征分析

归一化植被指数（NDVI）是反映植被状况的重要指标,对植被生长和区域生态状况的研究具有重要意义。为探究辽河三角洲植被生态状况变化特征和未来发展趋势,基于1995—2009年的NOAA/AVHRR NDVI和2009—2020年FY3/MERSI NDVI数据,通过修正拟合和S-G滤波法构建了1995—2020年长时间序列NDVI数据集。利用趋势分析法、变异系数和Hurst指数分析辽河三角洲（盘锦地区）NDVI时空分布特征,重点研究了水田和沼泽湿地的植被生态状况变化规律和未来发展趋势。结果表明：（1）从时间变化上看,26 a间辽河三角洲NDVI呈波动增加趋势,年平均增长率为0.32%;NDVI年内呈典型的单峰型分布,最大值出现在7月下旬或8月上旬。（2）从空间变化上看,区域内NDVI呈西南—东北方向递增,最高值主要分布在水田区,次高值分布在沼泽区。（3）绝大部分水田植被逐年变好,且植被生态状况比较稳定,低波动变化区域占96.72%,未来植被生态状况将持续改善的区域占61.05%。（4）沼泽植被逐年变好的区域占97.67%,变好最明显的区域主要分布在南部沿海地区和双台子河口附近,且该区域未...     

盐结皮对艾比湖湿地土壤特性的影响及其自然要素分析

为探讨艾比湖湿地内土壤盐结皮(SSC)与土壤特性的相互作用关系,以及影响SSC厚度的 自然要素.采用野外调查与室内试验相结合的方法,在湿地内选取30个具有代表性的样点,并在其周围选取无SSC的样点(30个)作对比,对研究区内有SSC和无SSC覆盖的土壤特性(有机质、容重、质量含水量、总盐、全氮、全磷和pH)进行对比分析...     

三江平原典型小叶章湿地土壤中硝态氮水平运移的模拟研究

选择三江平原小叶章湿地不同水分带上草甸沼泽土和腐殖质沼泽土2种土壤类型作为研究对象,以KNO3为示踪剂,模拟研究硝态氮在湿地土壤中的水平运移过程。结果表明,2种土壤各土层硝态氮水平运移浓度和速率均与运移距离呈极显著负相关（P〈0．01）,并随运移距离增加呈一阶指数衰减曲线变化,各土层硝态氮水平运移速率主要受浓度梯度、水势梯度及土壤基质势的控制;土壤各土层中硝态氮水平运移速率与土壤含水量呈显著正相关（P〈0．05）,并随土壤含水量增加呈指数增长曲线变化;土壤各土层中硝态氮水平运移浓度与土壤水分扩散率呈极显著正相关（P〈0．01）,0—20cm土层硝态氮水平运移浓度随水分扩散率升高呈Boltzmann曲线变化,其他土层则呈指数增长曲线变化;草甸沼泽土比腐殖质沼泽土相应土层更利于硝态氮的水平运移,这主要与土层颗粒组成和孔隙度等物理性质的显著差异有关,而湿地水文条件可能对2种土壤物理性质的塑造有着重要影响。     

意大利东北部滨海湿地演变及其影响因素监测分析

意大利东北部海岸分布着独特的滨海湿地景观,在地中海区域具有极其重要的生态价值.该研究主要利用遥感影像监测1984—2016年滨海湿地演变,覆盖该区域所有的国际重要湿地保护区,并在此基础上定量分析滨海湿地演变的影响因素,深化对滨海湿地演变规律的认识,为今后制定与实施滨海湿地保护政策提供科学依据.研究结果显示,(1)滨海湿...     

Mapping legal authority for terrestrial conservation corridors along streams

Wildlife corridors aim to promote species’ persistence by connecting habitat patches across fragmented landscapes. Their implementation is limited by patterns of land ownership and complicated by differences in the jurisdictional and regulatory authorities under which lands are managed. Terrestrial corridor conservation requires coordination across jurisdictions and sectors subject to site-specific overlapping sources of legal authority. Mapping spatial patterns of legal authority concurrent with habitat condition can illustrate opportunities to build or leverage capacity for connectivity conservation. Streamside areas provide pragmatic opportunities to leverage existing policy mechanisms for riverine and terrestrial habitat connectivity across boundaries. Conservation planners and practitioners can make use of these opportunities by harmonizing actions for multiple conservation outcomes. We formulated an integrative, data-driven method for mapping multiple sources of legal authority weighted by capacity for coordinating terrestrial habitat conservation along streams. We generated a map of capacity to coordinate streamside corridor protections across a wildlife habitat gap to demonstrate this approach. We combined values representing coordination capacity and naturalness to generate an integrated legal-ecological resistance map for connectivity modeling. We then computed least-cost corridors across the integrated map, masking the terrestrial landscape to focus on streamside areas. Streamside least-cost corridors in the integrated, local-scale model diverged (∼25 km) from national-scale least-cost corridors based on naturalness. Spatial categories comparing legal- and naturalness-based resistance values by stream reach highlighted potential locations for building or leveraging existing capacity through spatial coordination of policy mechanisms or restoration actions. Agencies or nongovernmental organizations intending to restore or maintain habitat connectivity across fragmented landscapes can use this approach to inform spatial prioritization and build coordination capacity. Article impact statement: Combined mapping of legal authority and habitat condition reveals capacity to coordinate actions along streams for clean water and wildlife.