Effects of nutrients on Microcystis growth more easily forming bloom

Different nutrient media experimentally were N, P and Fe-limited conditions and a serial of diluted BGll media. The cell change of morphology and life history, cell number, cell color and cell area of Microcystis were analyzed quantitatively. First, the effects of nitrogen, phosphorus and iron depletion were distinctively different. Phosphorus and iron depletion caused more special division cells,slowly growth increasing, the easier change of bigger cell area. Second, the nitrogen and iron depletion could make the color of alga from green to brown. Finally, according to the resource competition and Monod equation, Microcystis kinetics of phosphorus and iron were also examined. Ks and μmax of phosphorus absorption were 0.0352 μmol/L, 0.493 d^-1 respectively; iron absorption: 0.00323 μmol/L, 0.483d^-1. In a word, some evidences of the Microcystis bloom dominance in certain nutrient conditions were indicated in the experiments. The dominances were determined as the reviving under the adverse circumstances through the special division, the various nitrogen resources,and the lower kinetics of phosphorus and iron than that of most of other algae. The conclusions provided the scientific basis for preventing and managing Microcystis bloom in freshwater.     

可持续能源转型:模型构建与分析

为研究可持续能源系统转型路径,以转型理论为概念框架,从宏观、中观和微观多层次对能源系统进行分析,建立了基于代理的系统动力学转型模型。模型选取当前能源消费结构中占较大比重的煤炭、石油、天然气、风能、水电、光伏和核能作为复杂代理,选取消费者作为简单代理,根据中国能源数据对其进行参数化,并模拟运行了能源系统从2016—2050年间各种类型能源消费比重变动的情形。研究结果显示:①外部景观信号的输入对于能源系统的可持续转型有着至关重要的作用。随着景观信号的输入,各类能源的相对比重发生复杂的相互作用,景观信号持续时间越长、强度越大,向可持续能源系统转型的速度越快、规模越大。②到2050年,可持续能源将占一次能源消费比重的60%左右,实现能源系统的可持续转型,其中,水电将在能源系统的可持续化转型中发挥重要的作用。③2030年以前,石油和天然气将是能源系统中煤炭消费比重下降的主要替代品,因为它们的应用技术已经发展成熟,而且它们更适应当前的基础设施,从短期来看相比可持续能源石油和天然气更有优势,在这种情形下,仍然需要继续支持可持续能源的发展,否则能源系统的可持续转型将不会发生。该研究主要探索通过当前能源系统的景观压力强度以及转型的进度,来量化未来需要输入的景观压力强度;通过模拟转型发生的具体情景,对转型的进展进行更清楚的界定,借此来评估二氧化碳的排放路径;模拟模型也可以评估各类能源在不同时间点上的各种可能性,以及探索各类可持续能源的发展潜力。     

Numerical and experimental study on the generation and propagation of negative wave in high-pressure gas pipeline leakage

Negative-wave-based leakage detection and localization technology has been widely used in the pipeline system to diminish leak loss and enhance environmental protection from hazardous leak events. However, the fluid mechanics behind the negative wave method has yet been disclosed. The objective of this paper is to investigate the generation and propagation of negative wave in high-pressure pipeline leakage. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) study on the negative wave was carried out with large eddy simulation (LES) method. Experimentally validated simulation presented the transient wave generation at the leak onset and the comprehensive wave evolution afterwards. Negative wave was proven to be a kind of rarefaction acoustic waves induced by transient mass loss at the onset of leakage. Diffusion due to the density difference at wave fronts drives the negative wave propagation. Propagation of negative wave can be categorized into three states – semi-spherical wave, wave superposition and plane wave, based on different wave forms. The wave characteristics at different states were elucidated and the attenuation effects were discussed respectively. Finally, a non-dimensional correlation was proposed to predict the negative wave amplitude based on pipeline pressure and leak diameter.     

地铁列车驾驶员不安全行为组合干预策略研究

为了减少或避免地铁运营安全事故的发生,提高对地铁列车驾驶员的综合管理水平,构建1种针对地铁列车驾驶员不安全行为的组合干预策略体系。基于不安全行为形成机理研究及问卷调查,采用系统动力学软件（Vensim PLE）针对地铁列车驾驶员不安全行为过程的“前-中-后”3个维度建立不安全行为组合干预模型,通过调节不同的干预策略探讨分析各种组合干预情况下不安全行为水平并验证仿真。研究结果表明:针对地铁列车驾驶员不安全行为发生前维度的干预策略效果相对最为显著,通过岗位胜任力及企业安全氛围建设等干预策略能有效降低不安全行为的发生水平,为地铁运营企业提高安全管理水平提供参考思路。     

酸雨条件下黄壤对镉的释放动力学研究

对不同酸雨条件下黄壤对镉释放的研究发现,吸附态镉释放的过程可以分为快反应和慢反应两个阶段。在以常用动力学方程实验数据进行拟合的基础上,创建了反三角函数方程。结果表明,反三角函数方程对多种酸雨条件下黄壤吸附态镉释放过程的拟合度最佳,此外多项式方程、双常数方程也能较好地描述这一过程。     

Limits to captive breeding of mammals in zoos

Captive breeding of mammals in zoos is the last hope for many of the best‐known endangered species and has succeeded in saving some from certain extinction. However, the number of managed species selected is relatively small and focused on large‐bodied, charismatic mammals that are not necessarily under strong threat and not always good candidates for reintroduction into the wild. Two interrelated and more fundamental questions go unanswered: have the major breeding programs succeeded at the basic level of maintaining and expanding populations, and is there room to expand them? I used published counts of births and deaths from 1970 to 2011 to quantify rates of growth of 118 captive‐bred mammalian populations. These rates did not vary with body mass, contrary to strong predictions made in the ecological literature. Most of the larger managed mammalian populations expanded consistently and very few programs failed. However, growth rates have declined dramatically. The decline was predicted by changes in the ratio of the number of individuals within programs to the number of mammal populations held in major zoos. Rates decreased as the ratio of individuals in programs to populations increased. In other words, most of the programs that could exist already do exist. It therefore appears that debates over the general need for captive‐breeding programs and the best selection of species are moot. Only a concerted effort could create room to manage a substantially larger number of endangered mammals. Los Límites para la Reproducción en Cautiverio de Mamíferos en Zoológicos Alroy     

Effects of Multiple Levels of Social Organization on Survival and Abundance

Abstract: Identifying how social organization shapes individual behavior, survival, and fecundity of animals that live in groups can inform conservation efforts and improve forecasts of population abundance, even when the mechanism responsible for group‐level differences is unknown. We constructed a hierarchical Bayesian model to quantify the relative variability in survival rates among different levels of social organization (matrilines and pods) of an endangered population of killer whales (Orcinus orca). Individual killer whales often participate in group activities such as prey sharing and cooperative hunting. The estimated age‐specific survival probabilities and survivorship curves differed considerably among pods and to a lesser extent among matrilines (within pods). Across all pods, males had lower life expectancy than females. Differences in survival between pods may be caused by a combination of factors that vary across the population's range, including reduced prey availability, contaminants in prey, and human activity. Our modeling approach could be applied to demographic rates for other species and for parameters other than survival, including reproduction, prey selection, movement, and detection probabilities.     

Interpreting beta‐diversity components over time to conserve metacommunities in highly dynamic ecosystems

The concept of metacommunity (i.e., a set of local communities linked by dispersal) has gained great popularity among community ecologists. However, metacommunity research mostly addresses questions on spatial patterns of biodiversity at the regional scale, whereas conservation planning requires quantifying temporal variation in those metacommunities and the contributions that individual (local) sites make to regional dynamics. We propose that recent advances in diversity‐partitioning methods may allow for a better understanding of metacommunity dynamics and the identification of keystone sites. We used time series of the 2 components of beta diversity (richness and replacement) and the contributions of local sites to these components to examine which sites controlled source‐sink dynamics in a highly dynamic model system (an intermittent river). The relative importance of the richness and replacement components of beta diversity fluctuated over time, and sample aggregation led to underestimation of beta diversity by up to 35%. Our literature review revealed that research on intermittent rivers would benefit greatly from examination of beta‐diversity components over time. Adequately appraising spatiotemporal variability in community composition and identifying sites that are pivotal for maintaining biodiversity at the landscape scale are key needs for conservation prioritization and planning. Thus, our framework may be used to guide conservation actions in highly dynamic ecosystems when time‐series data describing biodiversity across sites connected by dispersal are available.     

铅暴露的环境健康风险评估模型的本土化研究

我国现阶段重金属污染引发的群体事件频繁发生,其中铅污染事件尤为突出和严重。铅污染暴露对儿童健康损害的严重性、不可逆性以及铅污染后果的积累性和潜伏性特点,使得铅暴露的环境健康风险评估对中国的铅污染防治具有重要意义。目前,国际上最常用的铅污染暴露的儿童健康风险评估模型是美国EPA开发的IEUBK模型。为使IEUBK模型在中国得到更好的应用,本文首先对美国IEUBK模型系统做出如下本土化:1鉴于中国儿童的饮食结构、生活习惯及暴露参数等方面与欧美儿童存在的差异,对IEUBK模型暴露模块中的膳食模块和土壤-灰尘模块的数学模型进行改进;2探讨IEUBK模型中生理毒物代谢多隔室模型的高速精确的迭代算法。即针对生理毒物代谢多隔室模型的线性特征,通过离散化方法转化为线性方程组,引进中间变量,设计出了不需要进行高阶矩阵计算、存贮量较小、计算速度快且大样本模拟计算时优点明显的模型求解的一次迭代算法;3根据改进后的模型算法,编制模型的底层代码程序,并优化设计出友好的IEUBK模型系统中文输入界面。接着,对本土化IEUBK模型系统进行测试,测试结果表明:模型迭代算法的计算快速、结果准确,输入界面友好。然后,对本土化IEUBK模型进行实证分析,实证结果显示:本土化IEUBK模型的血铅预测值与血铅实测值的统计学差异并不显著。因此,本土化的IEUBK模型可在中国推广应用。最后,本文探讨了本土化的IEUBK模型系统的进一步改进方向及其在中国环评、环境标准制定及环境诉讼等方面的应用。     

基于系统动力学的建筑施工项目安全状态识别模型构建

安全状态识别可以减少安全隐患的逐渐积累并提高监控的效率.但在安全状态识别方面,国内施工现场安全识别执行力度比较弱,仅仅依靠现场管理人员的监督和检查,主观性和局部性比较严重.从建筑施工企业的安全生产现状出发,对最近发生的一系列安全事故进行调查研究,分析出事故发生的原因,归纳总结这些事故发生存在哪些问题.通过这些问题,归纳并总结了国内外的施工安全影响因素,并在粗略筛选出的影响因子里,通过数值的调整再筛选出调整后的关键因素,作为建筑施工安全状态识别的关键影响因素.以关键影响因素来构建一个基于系统动力学的安全状态识别模型,包括建筑施工安全系统动力学因果关系图,流图等,并通过构建方程来初步完成安全状态识别.