辽东湾海水中PAHs分布与来源特征及风险评估

为研究辽东湾海水中PAHs（多环芳烃）的分布、来源与生态风险状况,分别于2014年和2015年对辽东湾及其海上石油开发活动密集区表层海水样品中16种PAHs进行了调查研究,通过统计学分析方法对调查结果进行分析,并采用风险商值法对辽东湾海水中PAHs的生态风险进行评估.结果表明:辽东湾海域及其海上石油开发活动密集区海水中ρ（∑PAHs）平均值5月和6月明显高于8月,其中ρ（Nap）（Nap为萘）最高,为20.6~288.5 ng/L;其次为ρ（Phe）（Phe为菲）,为19.2~59.5 ng/L.表层海水中PAHs均属于轻度-中度污染,高值区主要分布在辽东湾西南部海域、辽河口和大辽河口附近海域以及金州湾和普兰店湾附近海域,海水中低分子量芳烃占主导优势;异构体比值分析表明,辽东湾海水中PAHs存在石油来源;BbF（苯并[b]荧蒽）为高风险PAHs单体,高分子量芳烃对生态风险贡献最大,贡献百分比为50%~82%.研究显示,辽东湾海域及其海上石油开发活动密集区均属于中等生态风险.      

海南龙沐湾砂质海岸变化与生态环境研究

文章先利用遥感技术进行砂质海岸线提取,确定了砂质海岸线的遥感解译标志和解译方法,完成了龙沐湾砂质海岸线遥感信息解译工作,最后提出将TM影像提取的特大高潮线利用野外海滩测量数据改进到平均大潮高潮位线的新思路.这样利用TM影像提取的岸线可以和地形图的海岸线叠加分析,得到海南龙沐湾1937年近百年以来海岸线变化的特征,为选择哪个岸段进行海岸建设、生态环境修复等提供重要科学依据,也对区域海岸环境保护和防护管理提供一定的基础研究.     

基于地球化学特性的海州湾海洋牧场沉积物重金属研究

海洋牧场是一种新的可持续的生产方式,对中国海洋经济的转型具有重要作用.本文根据海底构筑物的密集程度与投放时间把海州湾海洋牧场划分为3个区(外侧区、内测区、中心区),对表层沉积物的温度(T)、酸碱度(p H)、氧化还原电位(Eh)、表面积平均粒径(D[3,2])、总有机碳(TOC)这5种地球化学指标进行原位调查,采用改进的BCR方法对重金属Cr、Cu、Ni、Zn、Pb、Cd进行连续提取.结果表明,沉积物Eh的横向分布受到了海底构筑物的影响,TOC在11.7~13.5 g·kg-1之间,与p H呈显著负相关;Cu、Zn、Ni、Cr以原生相为主要赋存形态,Pb、Cd以次生相的铁锰氧化物结合态(F2)为主要赋存形态,并受Eh控制;相关性及聚类分析表明,Cr、Cu、Ni、Zn为天然源,Cd、Pb存在明显的人为来源;Cr、Ni、Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd的可交换及碳酸盐结合态(F1)与TOC显著相关,Cr、Ni、Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd铁锰氧化物结合态(F2)、Cr、Ni、Cu、Zn的残渣态(F4)都与沉积物粒度显著相关,不同形态的Cd受多环境因子控制;海洋牧场中心区和外侧区沉积物中重金属总量、次生相含量均较内侧区和对照区要低.由于海底构筑物和水动力学的差异性,海洋牧场内侧区细颗粒与有机质对沉积物重金属Cr、Ni、Cu、Zn次生相的富集、吸附作用要大于颗粒再悬浮的释放作用,而在中心区、外侧区细颗粒和有机质影响较小;沉积物富集系数显示Cd出现了富集现象.     

Influence of fur trade,famine, and forest fires on moose and woodland caribou populations in northwestern Ontario from 1786 to 1911

Hudson’s Bay Company records were used to estimate the 1786–1911 annual number of moose (Alces alces andersonii) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) involved in trade by northern Ojibwa natives to the company post at Osnaburgh House (51°10′N 90°15′W) in northwest Ontario, Canada. The human population for the early 19th century, and the number and severity of human starvations from 1786 to 1911 were estimated. The extent of forest fires in the region around Osnaburgh was documented using a “fire-day” index computed from Hudson’s Bay Company journals and using qualitative archival information. It is argued that the human population was too small to have caused the observed early 19th century moose and caribou population decline solely through predation. Likewise, severe early 19th century famines were caused by climatic factors rather than by declines in moose and caribou numbers. Habitat change caused by increased forest fires correlates with the observed decline of caribou, while moose increased and subsequently collapsed as winter shelter was destroyed. A burgeoning human population, sustained during winter food shortages on potatoes donated by the Hudson’s Bay Company, then kept ungulate populations to low levels until the late 19th century. Only then did maturing forests and a new outbreak of fires provide renewed habitat for resurgences of, respectively, caribou and moose.     

Resource protection for waterbirds in Chesapeake bay

Many living resources in the Chesapeake Bay estuary have deteriorated over the past 50 years. As a result, many governmental committees, task forces, and management plans have been established. Most of the recommendations for implementing a bay cleanup focus on reducing sediments and nutrient flow into the watershed. We emphasize that habitat requirements other than water quality are necessary for the recovery of much of the bay's avian wildlife, and we use a waterbird example as illustration. Some of these needs are: (1) protection of fast-eroding islands, or creation of new ones by dredge deposition to improve nesting habitat for American black ducks(Anas rubripes), great blue herons(Ardea herodias), and other associated wading birds; (2) conservation of remaining brackish marshes, especially near riparian areas, for feeding black ducks, wading birds, and wood ducks(Aix sponsa); (3) establishment of sanctuaries in open-water, littoral zones to protect feeding and/or roosting areas for diving ducks such as canvasbacks(Aythya valisineria) and redheads(Aythya americana), and for bald eagles(Haliaeetus leucocephalus); and (4) limitation of disturbance by boaters around nesting islands and open-water feeding areas. Land (or water) protection measures for waterbirds need to include units at several different spatial scales, ranging from “points” (e.g., a colony site) to large-area resources (e.g., a marsh or tributary for feeding). Planning to conserve large areas of both land and water can be achieved following a biosphere reserve model. Existing interagency committees in the Chesapeake Bay Program could be more effective in developing such a model for wildlife and fisheries resources.     

Heavy-metal distribution and risk assessment of sediment and fish from El-Mex Bay, Alexandria, Egypt

Heavy metals are increasingly being released into natural waters from geological and anthropogenic sources. The distribution of several heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb, Zn, and Hg) was investigated in muscle, gill, and liver in two different fish species seasonally collected in El-Mex Bay (autumn 2004-summer 2005). In order to evaluate the pollution status of the Bay, the concentrations of the selected metals in the labile and total fractions were analysed in sediment samples collected from eight sites in El-Mex Bay during autumn 2004. Also, the Index of Geoaccumulation (I_geo) for the sediment was estimated. The total and labile fractions of the selected metals in sediment samples were 15.2 and 62.8 μg g^-1 dw for Cu, 1.8 and 5.0 μg g^-1 dw for Cd, 79.1 and 130.3 μg g^-1 dw for Zn, 0.2 and 1.2 μg g^-1 dw for Hg, 35.8 and 93.0 μg g^-1 dw for Pb, and 13.9 and 31.0 μg g^-1 dw for Cr. The concentrations of all metals were lower in flesh than those recorded in liver and gill due to their physiological roles. The metal pollution index for fish was calculated. Health hazard calculations for the contaminated sediments and fish consumption were calculated to evaluate the effect of pollution on health.     

Formation and Evolution of Ancient Lakes on South Coast Plain of Laizhou Bay

Abstract

Based on the data of historical geography, the analysis of the stratigraphic section, and the textual research of place names and satellite photographic interpretations, the authors study the formation and evolution of ancient lakes on the south coast plain of Laizhou Bay where there were once three lakes: Judian Lake, Qingshuibo Lake and Biehua Lake. All the lakes formed 6000 years ago evolved from the lagoons near the estuary and went through two periods, the golden age in the Middle Holocene and the shrinking age in the Late Holocene. The disappearance of the lakes resulted from the drying climate, the migration of the river courses and the activities of human beings. Among the three reasons, the migration of the river courses is the main one.     

The use of DPSIR framework to evaluate sustainability in coastal areas. Case study: Guanabara Bay basin,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

The Guanabara Bay basin, SE Brazil, is shown as an experimental site to evaluate development and sustainability in coastal areas. We developed a Driver–Pressure–State–Impact–Response (DPSIR) framework in a practical context to integrate natural and socio-economic indicators. Sustainability reflects public policies towards the utilization of natural resources. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) included in DPSIR evaluates losses and benefits resulting from such policies. CBA has some limitations due to the difficulty of valuating environmental goods and services. Instead of valuating them we propose to combine sustainability indicators and defensive expenditures for the implementation of public policies. This approach agrees with the environmental conservation paradigm implicit in sustainable development. It allows an estimation of the physical natural capital depreciation (PNCD), by using it to correct the gross domestic product (GDP) of the study area, and demonstrating the present non-sustainable characteristics of the current policies applied to the area.     

Ecological modeling for water quality management of Kwangyang Bay, Korea

This study estimated the appropriate pollutant load reduction from point sources in Kwangyang Bay, Korea, using an eco-hydrodynamic model. The total chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen (TN), and phosphorus (TP) loads from rivers and ditches that provide input to the bay were approximately 2.8x10(4), 2.5x10(4), and 5.9x10(2) kg day-1, respectively. Wastewater discharge from industrial complexes was the greatest contributor to pollutant loads in the inner part of the bay. COD values in the inner part of the bay were greater than 3.0 mg l-1, and exceeded Korean seawater quality grade III limits. A residual current was simulated, using a hydrodynamic model, to have a slightly complicated pattern in the inner part of the bay, ranging from 0.001 to 8 cm s-1. In the outer part of the bay, the simulated current flowed out to the South Sea with a southward flow at a maximum of 15 cm s-1. The results of the ecological model simulation of COD levels showed high concentrations, exceeding 4 mg l-1, in the southwest of the Myodo, an area of wastewater discharge, and lower levels, approaching less than 1 mg l-1, closer to the outer part of the bay. Engineering countermeasures to reduce the organic and inorganic material loads from point sources by more than 45% were required to keep the COD levels below 2 mg l-1.     

The effects of Orimulsion and Fuel Oil #6 on the hatching success of copepod resting eggs in the seabed of Tampa Bay,Florida

A 3-month microcosm study was conducted to observe the potential effects of two fuels, Orimulsion and Fuel Oil #6, on the hatching success of copepod resting eggs in the seabed of Tampa Bay, Florida. Microcosms were dosed with one of five hydrocarbon treatments via hydrocarbon-coated sand and compared with controls. Acartia tonsa eggs were nonviable in all treatments after only a few weeks of incubation, as evidenced by a marked decline in the abundance of nauplii. However, there was no evidence that exposure to simulated spills of 700 or 7000 ppm of either fuel led to significant increases in resting egg mortality as compared with controls. The results further indicate that, regardless of environmental conditions, resting eggs of A. tonsa do not remain viable in the sediment for extended periods of time.