臭氧浓度升高对植物源挥发性有机化合物(BVOCs)影响的研究进展

伴随地表臭氧(O_3)浓度在全球范围内的普遍上升,针对植物源挥发性有机化合物(biogenic volatile organic compounds,BVOCs)与地表O_3之间复杂的交互作用,本文综述了O_3浓度升高对BVOCs影响方面取得的研究进展,并对未来研究提出了展望.研究进展主要包括BVOCs应对单因子O_3胁迫的影响因素(如BVOCs种类,植物功能类型,植物O_3敏感性及O_3胁迫程度),以及O_3分别与升温/二氧化碳(CO_2)/干旱/氮(N)沉降等因子复合对BVOCs释放的影响.虽然O_3胁迫不影响BVOCs释放的研究最多,但O_3胁迫的降低作用在异戊二烯和落叶树种的研究中更突出,增加的结果更多地出现在单萜(MTs)、常绿植物和急性熏蒸的实验里. O_3与升温/N沉降复合处理增加MTs释放,O_3与CO_2复合处理降低了异戊二烯释放.鉴于研究样本的稀缺,建议加强该领域研究,同时要考虑短期和长期处理、个体和生态系统水平研究的差异;加强以O_3为主的多因子复合及生物与非生物多重胁迫对BVOCs影响的研究,以便更好评估陆地生态系统BVOCs对当前及未来O_3污染情景的响应,为今后大气污染防治提供有价值的理论支撑.     

2006—2015年中国电力碳足迹及其生态压力分析

电力行业是我国节能减排的主力军.本文根据电力来源多样性特征,采用IPCC计算方法,结合净初级生产力模型,定量分析了中国2006-2015年电力消费碳足迹及其生态压力的变化,并将电力碳足迹生态压力与人均GDP进行脱钩分析.结果表明,2006-2015年,电力消费碳排放量经历了先升后降两个阶段,其中,2006-2013年,碳排放量稳步上升,2013年后开始逐渐下降,电力碳足迹生态压力与人均GDP之间主要呈弱脱钩关系,但在2013-2015年,开始出现强脱钩状态.可见在国家″十二五″政策引导下,推动经济结构转型调整,促进电力产业节能减排,已获得显著成效,但仍需继续努力,缓解电力消费过程给生态环境带来的压力.     

炼化汽包的热应力及强度分析

目的针对余热锅炉技术标准两条技术路径的选择问题,分析热应力对汽包强度的影响。方法在比较了炼油化工余热锅炉特点的基础上,以某汽包参数为例,分别按压力容器和锅炉两种技术标准计算其各项应力和总应力。结果汽包按锅炉标准计算的轴向总应力最大达84.458 MPa,比按压力容器标准计算的轴向总应力37.521 MPa高出125%,汽包接管内角处按压力容器标准计算的环(周)向总应力为257.3 MPa,略高于按锅炉标准计算的244.16 MPa,只高出5.4%,而按压力容器标准计算的径向总应力与按锅炉标准计算的径向总应力相等,总的来说,汽包各项总应力未达到各自结构材料的应力许可限度。结论汽包可以不按锅炉标准设计,监察规程关于余热锅炉汽包设计标准路径选择的条款规定合理可靠。     

Patterns of chemical defences in plants: an analysis of the vascular flora of Chile

Summary. The plant apparency hypothesis predicts that apparent plants invest in broadly effective defences such as tannins while unapparent plants invest in specific toxins such as alkaloids. The stress hypothesis states that plants invest in cheaper defences if they have evolved in habitats that impose abiotic limitations to plant fitness. We tested these hypotheses by determining the concentrations of alkaloids and tannins in a representative sample of the vascular plants of continental Chile (with exclusion of Pteridophyta, Cactaceae, and Poaceae) consisting of 396 species. In a subsample of 166 species which contained both alkaloids and tannins, we constructed the A/T index (A/T = [alkaloids]/ [tannins]). We discarded the presumed effect of phylogeny (as estimated by taxonomy) on the variation observed in the data because no correlation of A/T with taxonomic relationships among species either at family or genus levels was found in a nested ANOVA with genera nested in families. Concentration of alkaloids was negatively correlated with that of tannins. We compared the value of A/T among species differing in life form (herbs, shrubs or trees), herb longevity (annual or perennial), leaf-shedding manner of woody plants (deciduous or evergreen), latitudinal range, and level of water stress typical in their natural habitat. Unapparent plants (herbs, annual) exhibited higher mean A/T index than apparent plants (shrubs and trees, perennial). A/T did not correlate with latitudinal range. Mean A/T values decreased from deserts to deciduous forests. The comparisons were not always significant due to the inevitable unbalance of the data set which lowers the power of the statistical tests employed. The results suggest that chemical defences are indeed distributed in a non-random manner among plants, and that to a large extent the predictions derived from the apparency and stress hypotheses are sustained.     

Habituation of Adult Magellanic Penguins to Human Visitation as Expressed through Behavior and Corticosterone Secretion

Abstract:  Ecotourism is increasing worldwide; hence, it is important to know how wildlife are affected behaviorally and physiologically by human visitation. We studied the effects of human visitation on the Magellanic Penguins ( Spheniscus magellanicus ) at Punta Tombo, Argentina, by monitoring changes in defensive head turns and plasma corticosterone (a hormone secreted in response to stress) for penguins with and without a history of tourist visitation. Habituation to human visitation was rapid. In penguins with no previous exposure to tourists, the number of defensive head turns and level of plasma corticosterone decreased significantly within 5 days of one 15-minute visit/day. Penguins living in tourist-visited and undisturbed areas secreted more corticosterone when captured and restrained than penguins visited by a person. Penguins in tourist areas, however, did not show as strong a corticosterone response to capture and restraint as did penguins in areas without tourists. This difference was due to a decreased capability of the adrenocortical tissue to secrete corticosterone in tourist-visited birds. Although our data show no direct negative effects of tourism on Magellanic Penguins at Punta Tombo, consequences of a modification of physiological capabilities (e.g., adrenocortical function) may not become apparent until much later in life. The physiological differences between tourist-visited and undisturbed groups of Magellanic Penguins emphasize the importance of monitoring the effects of anthropogenic disturbances on wildlife at multiple levels.     

冷应激对断乳仔猪ACTH及皮质醇的影响

断乳仔猪在-3~3℃低温条件下冷暴露24h,然后在15~18℃室温条件下恢复,检测血浆促肾上腺皮质激素(ACTH)和皮质醇的动态变化.结果表明,仔猪血浆中ACTH和皮质醇含量随冷暴露时间延长而逐渐升高,冷应激6h时,ACTH含量高于冷应激前的水平(P<0.05);冷应激12h时,ACTH和皮质醇含量与冷应激前比较均有极显著升高(P<0.01);冷应激24h时,两激素含量与冷应激前无显著差异.终止冷暴露后0.5h,ACTH和皮质醇含量均高于冷应激前水平(P<0.05,P<0.01);3h时两激素水平基本恢复正常,但6h时两激素水平再次升高(P<0.01),呈波动性变化.表1参10     

分形理论在松嫩平原西部生态环境胁迫研究中的应用

以松嫩平原西部为例,在构建生态环境胁迫评价指标体系的基础上,运用分形理论对生态环境胁迫进行量化研究.结果表明,1989-2004年15 a间,除松原市和扶余县以外,其他县市生态环境胁迫系数都呈增大趋势,特别是大安市、长岭县、乾安县等地胁迫系数较大.采用相对指标法,运用GIS-EIS集成技术,对松嫩平原西部生态环境胁迫度进行分级.最后,分析了影响生态环境胁迫变化的驱动因子,并提出减缓生态环境胁迫的措施.     

苏锡常地区的城市化及其资源环境胁迫作用

城市化是当今世界发展的重要特征，城市化的发展在促进社会进步的同时也对生态环境产生了一系列负面影响。以苏锡常地区为案例，从城镇数量的变化、城镇规模的变化、经济结构的转换以及非农业人口比例的变化这4个方面分析了该地区的城市化特征和过程，并对其生态环境胁迫作用进行了定性和定量的分析。结果表明：苏锡常地区城市化的速度快、程度高，其带来的资源环境胁迫作用是很明显的。     

松科植物对干旱胁迫的反应

水分亏缺是制约树木生长的重要环境因子，植物通过形态、生理以及分子水平来适应水分亏缺．渗透调节使植物在低水势下维持正常生理活动，是植物忍耐水分亏缺的重要生理机制．干旱胁迫下，植物形态结构变化有利于水分吸收和传导，从而提高水分利用效率；同时，生物量向根部的分配增加，叶面积/边材面积比发生变化，这种生物量分配转移提高了根和茎向叶片输水能力，从而防止气穴现象；干旱胁迫容易引起光能过剩，过剩的光能会对光合器官产生潜在的危害．依赖于叶黄素循环的热耗散是光保护的主要途径；同时酶促及非酶促系统也是防止光合器官破坏的重要途径；脱落酸作为一种激素逆境信号，活化了与抗旱诱导有关的基因．本文从形态变化、渗透调节、气穴现象、光合作用、水分利用效率、脱落酸以及分子机理等方面阐述了松科植物对干旱胁迫的响应，并对耐旱指标的筛选进行了讨论，干旱胁迫下，各耐旱机理相互制约，需要联合各个方面的因素来考虑整个植物对干旱的反应．参99。