黄河三角洲不同类型湿地土壤盐分的剖面分异特征

为探究高强度人为干扰是否改变滨海湿地土壤盐分的剖面特征,采集黄河三角洲典型自然湿地和人为干扰湿地不同植物群落下的土壤剖面样品,进行实验室测定。运用单因素方差分析、非参数检验、聚类分析等方法,对土壤剖面含盐量及理化性状进行统计分析。结果显示：由陆向海湿地土壤从轻度盐渍化向盐土过渡,盐分剖面特征受人为活动影响显著,同时人为影响因植被类型而异。总体而言,人为干扰湿地土壤盐渍化程度高于自然湿地。土壤盐分剖面类型可划分为表聚型、震荡型和均匀型三种,空间上由海向陆土壤盐分剖面类型由表聚型、震荡型向均匀型转变。人为干扰湿地中的柽柳（Tamarix chinensis）群落和裸地土壤盐分表聚特征明显,属于表聚型剖面,表聚系数为63%,均匀型剖面占比最高,达到2/3。当地人为筑坝修路等建设活动,通过直接阻断或改变地形等方式削弱了湿地潮汐的水文连通过程,进而改变土壤含水率、容重等生境要素,可能成为影响盐分剖面特征的重要因素。通过闸阀调控、生态补水工程等水文连通恢复措施,改善湿地土壤盐碱化问题,有助于推动黄河三角洲滨海湿地的可持续发展与管理。     

Convergence of stakeholders’ environmental threat perceptions following mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

Managing human use of ecosystems in an era of rapid environmental change requires an understanding of diverse stakeholders’ behaviors and perceptions to enable effective prioritization of actions to mitigate multiple threats. Specifically, research examining how threat perceptions are shared or diverge among stakeholder groups and how these can evolve through time is increasingly important. We investigated environmental threat perceptions related to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and explored their associations before and after consecutive years of mass coral bleaching. We used data from surveys of commercial fishers, tourism operators, and coastal residents (n = 5254) conducted in 2013 and 2017. Threats perceived as most serious differed substantially among groups before bleaching but were strongly aligned after bleaching. Climate change became the most frequently reported threat by all stakeholder groups following the coral bleaching events, and perceptions of fishing and poor water quality as threats also ranked high. Within each of the 3 stakeholder groups, fishers, tourism operators, and coastal residents, the prioritization of these 3 threats tended to diverge in 2013, but convergence occurred after bleaching. These results indicate an emergence of areas of agreement both within and across stakeholder groups. Changes in perceptions were likely influenced by high-profile environmental-disturbance events and media representations of threats. Our results provide insights into the plasticity of environmental-threat perceptions and highlight how their convergence in response to major events may create new opportunities for strategic public engagement and increasing support for management.     

Studies on biological features of band pine forests in the intermontane Minusinsk Depression by methods of gradient analysis

The results of gradient analysis of band pine forests in the Minusinsk Depression are presented. Methods of DCA ordination and correlation analysis have been used to reveal specific features of phytocenotic diversity formation in forest communities growing in azonal habitats of this steppe depression and to test zonal and typological forest units for ecological integrity. The role of directly acting zonal and compensatory ecological factors and specific relationships between types of forest communities and ecological-topographic conditions in the main forms of relief are considered.     

经济对农村社区生态环境保护的作用

经济是农村生态环境保护的基石，它可以打破生态环境保护中的“囚徒困境”。当前，由于城市化进程的加快以及市场、政府力量等向社区的渗透，我国农村社区中经济正面临流失的危险，这是农村生态环境恶化的重要原因。经济流失只是一种暂时现象，它可以在现代农村社区中得以重构与再生，这种重构与再生，沿袭的是一种价值理性与工具理性相结合的路径。     

Use of Abundance of One Species as a Surrogate for Abundance of Others

Abstract: Indicator species concepts have a long history in conservation biology. Arguments in favor of these approaches generally stress expediency and assume efficacy. We tested the premise that the abundance patterns of one species can be used to infer those of other species. Our data consisted of 72,495 bird observations on 55 species across 1046 plots distributed across 30 sub basins. We analyzed abundance patterns at two spatial scales (plot and sub basin) and for empirical and a priori grouping. There were few significant indicator relationships at either scale or under either grouping rule, and those few we found did not explain a substantial portion of the abundance of other species. Coupled with the lack of proven efficacy for species surrogacy in the literature, our results indicate the utility of indicators and similar types of surrogate approaches must be demonstrated rather than assumed.     

Predicting the economic and demographic impacts of long distance commuting in the resources sector: A Surat basin case study

Predicting the economic and demographic impacts of resource development on regional areas is difficult to assess because of limited availability of analysis, difficulties of predicting where workforce are likely to be based, and different impacts on communities because of variations in size and economic structures. In this study modelling has been employed to identify future employment and demographic impacts of future resource developments on communities in the Surat Basin in southern Queensland, Australia. The analysis summarises potential employment increases over multiple projects and uses multipliers from Input–Output models to assess likely impacts by local government area when future workforce might commute to or live locally in the region. The results demonstrate that recent moves to commuting workforces limit the economic impacts on local and regional communities in complex ways.     

“We're not NIMBYs!” Contrasting local protest groups with idealised conceptions of sustainable communities

Abstract

The term “NIMBY” is used prolifically in both academic literature and general public discourse to describe a locally based action group protesting against a proposed development. It is frequently used to dismiss groups as selfish or ill-informed, as is illustrated both by those who accuse opponents of possessing such characteristics and also by the attempts of many community groups to reject the label. This lies in sharp contrast to the much encouraged notions of public participation in planning and community life as proposed by the UK government's proclaimed vision of a “sustainable community”. This paper argues that this dichotomy between “good” and “bad” participation can be misleading, by drawing on research from two case studies where locally based community groups opposed a specific, detailed development. The paper contributes to a burgeoning literature that reappraises conventional understandings of such groups by analysing often overlooked facets of protest groups, concluding that the conventional conceptualisations of them as NIMBY is inadequate and unhelpful in academic debate.     

Understanding climate,adapting to change: indigenous cultural values and climate change impacts in North Queensland

Many authors have suggested that Indigenous communities are especially vulnerable to the direct and indirect impacts of climate change, yet there remains a paucity of fine-grained geographic data on the particular impacts of climate change on specific places and on local communities, especially Australian Indigenous communities. While there are some recent studies being undertaken with Australia's Torres Strait Island people, our research takes up the issues of vulnerability and resilience with two Indigenous communities from different environments on the mainland in North Queensland. They are the Aboriginal peoples of the rainforest and reef environments of the Wet Tropics and the Aboriginal people of the discontiguous rainforest, grasslands, dry forests and marine environments of Cape York. The results demonstrate variability in their understandings of climate change and in their capacities to anticipate and manage its impacts, while at the same time illustrating some common held themes about environmental and cultural values, observed environmental change, attributions of cause and effect, and of climate in general.     

牛粪混合液微生物燃料电池长期运行稳定性研究

长期运行稳定性是微生物燃料电池(microbial fuel cells,MFCs)技术的一项重要特征,是其能否走向实际应用的关键.生物阴极MFC利用牛粪产电的长期运行特征的研究表明,该MFC可长期、高效、稳定地产电.在100Ω外电阻下,171 d的运行期内,电池功率密度平均为6.77 W·m-3±2.11 W·m-3.第70 d的电池开路电压、内阻、最高功率密度分别为0.874 V、22.1Ω和14.1 W·m-3.随着运行时间延长,每30 d的总化学需氧量(total chemical oxygen demand,TCOD)去除量不断递减,而库仑效率(Coulomb efficiency,CE)不断递增,在121~150 d,CE可达17.5%±3.3%.阳极微生物群落结构分析表明,Proteobacteria(45%)、Bacteroidetes(22%)、Firmicutes(17%)、Actinobacteria(11%)在阳极生物膜中占有优势地位.Clostridium、Cellulomonas等已被证明具有产电能力或纤维素降解能力的细菌是阳极生物膜中的关键功能种群.     

滆湖底泥细菌群落结构及多样性

2015年11月中旬采集常州滆湖底泥及水样,在滆湖水体及底泥现状分析的基础上,采用高通量测序技术对底泥细菌的16S rRNA基因进行序列测定,对底泥细菌群落结构及多样性进行研究.结果显示:滆湖水质整体呈富营养化状态,殷村港、湖北区为轻度富营养化,繁保区、塘门沟为中度富营养化.底泥细菌测得总OTUs(Operational Taxonomic Units)数为6157,多样性高.滆湖底泥细菌隶属26门38纲141属,其中以Proteobacteria、Chloroflexi、Deltaproteobacteria、Betaproteobacteria和Deltaproteobacteriawei为主,并含有少量丰度的Planctomycetacia、Alphaproteobacteria、Thiobacillus、Polynucleobacter和Geobacter等.研究发现,Firmicutes和Alphaproteobacteria丰度与富营养化指数呈显著正相关,而Betaproteobacteria、Actinobacteria和Bacteroidetes丰度与富营养化指数呈显著负相关,即富营养化程度越高,Firmicutes和Alphaproteobacteria丰度也越大,Betaproteobacteria、Bacteroidete和Actinobacterias丰度则越小.