西安泾河夏季黑碳气溶胶及其吸收特性的观测研究

为研究西安泾河夏季黑碳气溶胶及其吸收特性,利用2011年夏季西安远郊泾河大气成分站观测的黑碳气溶胶浓度、颗粒物质量浓度、探空资料、地面气象资料,计算边界层顶高度、气溶胶吸收系数、大气消光系数,导出单次散射反照率,并对其进行分析讨论.结果表明:西安夏季黑碳气溶胶浓度为6.07μg/m3;黑碳气溶胶占颗粒物质量浓度PM1.0比值为21.9%,黑碳气溶胶与颗粒物质量浓度PM1.0、PM2.5、PM10相关系数分别为0.69、0.85、0.91;黑碳气溶胶浓度受城市边界层顶高度影响,风向、风速对泾河黑碳气溶胶的堆积输送有不同作用;气溶胶吸收系数和大气消光系数日变化显著,气溶胶吸收系数占大气消光系数比值范围在12%~30%;季单次散射反照率平均值为0.76,变化范围在0.70~0.84.     

Effect of stress corrosion cracking at various strain rates on the electrochemical corrosion behavior of Mg-Zn-In-Sn alloy

This study is aimed to determine the effect of stress corrosion with low strain rates on the electrochemical properties of alloy electrode. Stress corrosion cracking tests of Mg-Zn-In-Sn alloy in 3.5 wt.% sodium chloride solutions at 25°C were performed. The effects of the electrochemical properties under the stress corrosion with low strain rates were investigated. The microstructures of cross section were observed by optical microscope. The results showed that the ultimate tensile strengths of Mg-Zn-In-Sn alloy increased and the strain decreased as the strain rates increased. Open circuit potentials (OCP) of Mg-Zn-In-Sn alloy electrode possess stability and the loop currents (LC) were improved with the increasing of stress in the elastic zone. The variation of OCP and LC did not change with the increasing of strain-rate. The microstructure of cross section observing revealed the mechanism of OCP and LC changing     

Reproductive rates,operational sex ratios and mate choice in St. Peter’s fish

Operational sex ratio (OSR) theory predicts that sexual differences in potential reproductive rates (PRRs) create biases in the OSR and thus determine the relative strength of sexual selection (competition and choice) operating on each sex. Although this theory is well accepted, empirical studies that quantify it are still lacking. This paper presents such a study. I measured the natural OSR of Galilee St. Peter’s fish (Sarotherodon galilaeus) in the field (Lake Kinneret) and examined the direction of mate choice in the laboratory. The OSR in Lake Kinneret was male biased. Both a male-biased sex ratio and higher male reproductive rates (twice as fast as females) contributed to the skew in the OSR, but the sexual differences in PRR were shown to be the main factor causing variation in the OSR. Females, the sex with the lower PRR, were more selective for mates. The faster male reproductive rate may explain why females are more selective for mates despite varying less in quality. Received: 29 May 1995/Accepted after revision: 13 April 1996     

浙江省气溶胶垂直分布及区域传输分析

利用6个激光雷达站点数据从年际和季节变化尺度对浙江省2017~2018年气溶胶垂直分布特征进行研究,并结合污染物浓度数据分析了浙江省主要颗粒物类型的季节差异.结果表明,大部分站点2018年气溶胶消光系数整体小于2017年;边界层内消光系数空间上呈中部高东西低的分布形态;消光系数季节变化表现为冬季最高,秋季其次,而春夏较低;气溶胶在春、夏季集中在地面上方1~2km以内,冬季主要分布在1km以下,秋季受高空气溶胶影响,6个站点呈现出不同的垂直分布模式.进一步,选取发生在2018年4月和7月两次气溶胶跨区域传输过程,综合CALIPSO和MODIS卫星数据、以及后向轨迹、PSCF与CWT模式对污染物来源与传输机制进行探索,发现来自AOD高值区的气团显著加重本地污染.     

廊坊市夏季大气气溶胶消光特性及其来源

通过对廊坊市2016年5~9月的空气污染指标进行连续观测,分析了PM_2.5污染特征、消光特性,并进行来源解析及潜在污染区域分析.观测期间PM_2.5浓度为（43.82±28.68）μg/m,PM_2.5中SO₄^2-,NO₃^-,NH₄⁺,OC和EC分别占PM_2.5总质量的24.74%,22.98%,20.54%,8.79%和5.50%,各组分随着PM_2.5浓度增加而增加;气溶胶散射系数（Bsp）和吸收系数（Bap）分别为（294.54±257.35）,（16.05±9.14）Mm^-1,粗粒子（CM）对消光系数的贡献为11.12%,细颗粒子PM_2.5在大气消光中起主要作用,其中硝酸盐（32.23%）,硫酸盐（27.28%）和OM （20.56%）为最主要消光成分;PM_2.5主要来自工业（14.14%）、机动车（15.15%）、二次无机气溶胶（38.38%）、燃煤（22.22%）及扬尘和生物质燃烧（10.10%）,对消光系数的贡献分别为工业（1.32%）、机动车（17.25%）、二次气溶胶（55.57%）、燃煤（18.56%）,扬尘和生物质燃烧（7.32%）.后轨迹分析表明廊坊市以来自山东、河南的小尺度_,短距离和来自内蒙古东北部、中部的中短距离传输为主,占比接近80%,污染源的潜在分布区域主要是山东东北部、河南东部、山西东部、辽宁西南等地.     

Modeling Discharge Rates Using a Coupled Modeled Approach for the Merced River in Yosemite National Park

This study describes the application of the NASA version of the Carnegie‐Ames‐Stanford Approach (CASA) ecosystem model coupled with a surface hydrologic routing scheme previously called the Hydrological Routing Algorithm (HYDRA) to model monthly discharge rates from 2000 to 2007 on the Merced River drainage in Yosemite National Park, California. To assess CASA‐HYDRA's capability to estimate actual water flows in extreme precipitation years, the focus of this study is the 2007 water year, which was very dry, and the 2005 water year, which was a moderately wet year in the historical record. Prior to comparisons to gauge records, CASA‐HYDRA snowmelt algorithms were modified with equations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Snowmelt‐Runoff Model (SRM), which has been designed to predict daily streamflow in mountain basins where snowmelt is a major runoff factor. Results show that model predictions closely matched monthly flow rates at the Pohono Bridge gauge station (USGS#11266500), with R² = 0.67 and Nash‐Sutcliffe (E) = 0.65. By subdividing the upper Merced River basin into subbasins with high spatial resolution in the gridded modeling approach, we were able to determine which biophysical characteristics in the Sierra differed to the largest degree in extreme low‐flow and high‐flow years. Average elevation and snowpack accumulation were found to be the most important explanatory variables to understand subbasin contributions to monthly discharge rates.     

Effect of hybridization with genome exclusion on extinction risk

Human‐induced habitat changes may lead to the breakdown of reproductive barriers between distantly related species. This phenomenon may result in fertile first‐generation hybrids (F₁) that exclude the genome of one parental species during gametogenesis, thus disabling introgression. The species extinction risk associated with hybridization with genome exclusion is largely underappreciated because the phenomenon produces only F₁ hybrid phenotype, leading to the misconception that hybrids are sterile and potentially of minor conservation concern. We used a simulation model that integrates the main genetic, demographic, and ecological processes to examine the dynamics of hybridization with genome exclusion. We showed that this mode of hybridization may lead to extremely rapid extinction when the process of genome exclusion is unbalanced between the interbreeding species and when the hybridization rate is not negligible. The coexistence of parental species was possible in some cases of asymmetrical genome exclusion, but show this equilibrium was highly vulnerable to environmental variation. Expanding the exclusive habitat of the species at risk allowed its persistence. Our results highlight the extent of possible extinction risk due to hybridization with genome exclusion and suggest habitat management as a promising conservation strategy. In anticipation of serious threats to biodiversity due to hybridization with genome exclusion, we recommend a detailed assessment of the reproductive status of hybrids in conservation programs. We suggest such assessments include the inspection of genetic content in hybrid gametes.     

Comparison of conservation metrics in a case study of lemurs

Conservation planning is important to protect species from going extinct now that natural habitats are decreasing owing to human activity and climate change. However, there is considerable controversy in choosing appropriate metrics to weigh the value of species and geographic regions. For example, the added value of phylogenetic conservation‐selection criteria remains disputed because high correlations between them and the nonphylogenetic criteria of species richness have been reported. We evaluated the commonly used conservation metrics species richness, endemism, phylogenetic diversity (PD), and phylogenetic endemism (PE) in a case study on lemurs of Madagascar. This enabled us to identify the conservation target of each metric and consider how they may be used in future conservation planning. We also devised a novel metric that uses a phylogeny scaled according to the rate of phenotypic evolution as a proxy for a species’ ability to adapt to change. High rates of evolution may indicate generalization or specialization. Both specialization and low rates of evolution may result in an inability to adapt to changing environments. We examined conservation priorities by using the inverse of the rate of body mass evolution to account for species with low rates of evolution. In line with previous work, we found high correlations among species richness and PD (r = 0.96), and endemism and PE (r = 0.82) in Malagasy lemurs. Phylogenetic endemism in combination with rates of evolution and their inverse prioritized grid cells containing highly endemic and specialized lemurs at risk of extinction, such as Avahi occidentalis and Lepilemur edwardsi, 2 endangered lemurs with high rates of phenotypic evolution and low‐quality diets, and Hapalemur aureus, a critically endangered species with a low rate of body mass evolution and a diet consisting of very high doses of cyanide.     

Setting population targets for mammals using body mass as a predictor of population persistence

Conservation planning and biodiversity assessments need quantitative targets to optimize planning options and assess the adequacy of current species protection. However, targets aiming at persistence require population‐specific data, which limit their use in favor of fixed and nonspecific targets, likely leading to unequal distribution of conservation efforts among species. We devised a method to derive equitable population targets; that is, quantitative targets of population size that ensure equal probabilities of persistence across a set of species and that can be easily inferred from species‐specific traits. In our method, we used models of population dynamics across a range of life‐history traits related to species’ body mass to estimate minimum viable population targets. We applied our method to a range of body masses of mammals, from 2 g to 3825 kg. The minimum viable population targets decreased asymptotically with increasing body mass and were on the same order of magnitude as minimum viable population estimates from species‐ and context‐specific studies. Our approach provides a compromise between pragmatic, nonspecific population targets and detailed context‐specific estimates of population viability for which only limited data are available. It enables a first estimation of species‐specific population targets based on a readily available trait and thus allows setting equitable targets for population persistence in large‐scale and multispecies conservation assessments and planning.