高通量定量PCR研究环境中的微生物污染特征

微生物污染(包括细菌、真菌、病毒、寄生虫)会引起多种传染病和寄生虫病,对环境安全和人体健康造成重要威胁。本研究利用可同时检测33种病原微生物以及10种不同粪便污染源的基于TaqMan探针的高通量qPCR检测技术,对污水处理厂进出水、长期施加有机肥（污泥或鸡粪）或化肥土壤中的微生物污染状况进行了研究。结果表明,污水处理厂中检测出的微生物污染种类和丰度较高,污染状况较严重,土壤环境微生物污染较小。在污水处理厂中,共检出13种人类病原微生物,进水中检测到的病原菌数目和丰度高于出水,其中,克雷伯氏肺炎杆菌和致病性大肠杆菌在污水处理厂进出水具有最高丰度,并发现污水处理厂中具有人类、猪、狗粪便污染;土壤中共检出3种病原菌,其中军团杆菌和棘阿米巴检测丰度最高,有机肥（污泥或鸡粪）施用显著增加土壤中病原菌丰度,同时发现这些土壤中存在家禽粪便污染。研究表明,污水处理设施虽可去除污水中部分微生物污染,但仍有相当数量的微生物污染可能排放到自然水体中,成为下游环境如土壤等中的微生物污染源,进而影响人类健康。     

Use of an Airborne Lidar System to Model Plant Species Composition and Diversity of Mediterranean Oak Forests

Abstract: Airborne lidar is a remote‐sensing tool of increasing importance in ecological and conservation research due to its ability to characterize three‐dimensional vegetation structure. If different aspects of plant species diversity and composition can be related to vegetation structure, landscape‐level assessments of plant communities may be possible. We examined this possibility for Mediterranean oak forests in southern Portugal, which are rich in biological diversity but also threatened. We compared data from a discrete, first‐and‐last return lidar data set collected for 31 plots of cork oak (Quercus suber) and Algerian oak (Quercus canariensis) forest with field data to test whether lidar can be used to predict the vertical structure of vegetation, diversity of plant species, and community type. Lidar‐ and field‐measured structural data were significantly correlated (up to r= 0.85). Diversity of forest species was significantly associated with lidar‐measured vegetation height (R²= 0.50, p < 0.001). Clustering and ordination of the species data pointed to the presence of 2 main forest classes that could be discriminated with an accuracy of 89% on the basis of lidar data. Lidar can be applied widely for mapping of habitat and assessments of habitat condition (e.g., in support of the European Species and Habitats Directive [92/43/EEC]). However, particular attention needs to be paid to issues of survey design: density of lidar points and geospatial accuracy of ground‐truthing and its timing relative to acquisition of lidar data.     

Indigo carmine removal by charcoal from rice bran as an agricultural by-product

On the utilization of agricultural by-product, charcoal from rice bran was produced. The adsorption characteristics of indigo carmine onto charcoals from rice bran were investigated by the batch method. The yield and surface area of charcoal were decreased and increased with increase of carbonization temperature, respectively. The removal ratio of indigo carmine was high with the charcoal carbonized at higher temperature. In the relationship between the amount of indigo carmine adsorbed and the square root of elapsed time, a good linearity was recognized. The kinetic constant of adsorption removal for indigo carmine was rapid in the charcoal carbonized at higher temperature. The adsorption characteristics for indigo carmine removal by charcoal from rice bran were dominated by the value of their surface area.     

园林植物滞留不同粒径大气颗粒物的特征及规律

为研究常用园林植物滞留大气颗粒物的能力,本文以北京市常用园林植物为例,应用直接采样、电镜分析和统计分析的方法,对选定园林植物滞留不同粒径大气颗粒物的特征及规律进行了系统分析。结果表明：（1）园林植物滞留的颗粒物形状为不规则块体、球体和聚合体,通过对比分析得出,滞留大气颗粒物能力由高到低的微形态结构依次是蜡质结构〉绒毛〉沟槽〉条状突起,并且这些微形态结构越密集、深浅差别越大,越有利于滞留大气颗粒物。（2）以园林植物叶片滞留颗粒物的数量进行统计时,得出园林植物叶片表面大部分为PM10（Dp≤10μm）,均在98%以上,而PM2.5（Dp≤2.5μm）均在90%以上,粗颗粒物（Dp〉10μm）的数量对总体数量的贡献非常小,均在2%以下;以体积进行统计时,得出PM10的体积在总体积中的比例在50%以上,对颗粒物总体积贡献最大,滞留的PM2.5体积占总体积8.5%-17.6%,粗颗粒物（Dp〉10μm）体积占总体积20%以上。（3）对园林植物滞留颗粒物累积规律分析得出：在相同观测叶面积下,园林植物滞尘10 d的叶表面颗粒物数量较滞尘5 d的叶表面颗粒物数量均有所增加,增幅最大的是小叶黄杨（Buxus microphylla）,增幅最小的是月季（Rosa chinensis）,通过方差分析得出绦柳（Salix matsudana f.pendula）叶表面颗粒物数量显著低于除银杏（Ginkgo biloba）之外的其它7种树种,大叶黄杨（Euonymus japonicus）、小叶黄杨和国槐（ Sophora japonica）叶表面滞留颗粒物的数量较多,并且显著高于月季、银杏和绦柳叶表面滞留的颗粒物数量;滞尘10 d后园林植物叶表面滞留的颗粒物的总面积均未超过观测叶面积的25%,至于叶片持续滞留颗粒物多少天后达到饱和状态仍需进一步研究。     

Coalition of injustice? Bodies,business, and the biosphere in struggles against unwanted land uses

Scholars of environmental injustice have pushed to see beyond the spatial distribution of environmental harms in studies of unwanted land uses. Building upon this work, this article examines how the complex geographies of environmental injustice play out in a coalition to prevent the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Surry County, Virginia. While spatially dispersed coalitions of negatively affected actors can strengthen efforts to prevent the construction of an unwanted land use, they can also perpetuate the environmental injustices surrounding it. To make this argument, particular attention is paid to the diverse reasons and ways differentially situated actors oppose an unwanted land use. It is demonstrated how the disparate concerns and differential tactics deployed by actors in coalitions against unwanted land uses are often embedded in and potentially contribute to longer histories of social injustice.     

单一重金属污染对水稻叶片光合特性的影响

以杂交稻协优818为材料，研究了Cu^2＋、Hg^2＋、Cd^2＋ 3种重金属离子对水稻叶片光合特性的影响。试验结果表明：（1）Cu^2＋在低浓度时BI起叶片叶绿素含量降低。而Hg^2＋、Cd^2＋在低浓度时。则导致叶绿素含量增加：高浓度时，3种重金属均BI起叶绿素含量降低。同时，低浓度时3种重金属离子均导致叶绿素a／b值升高：高浓度时则均引起叶绿素a／b值下降。（2）Cu^2＋、Hg^2＋、Cd^2＋对水稻叶片叶绿素的吸收光谱均无明显影响，在活体条件下并未发生卟啉环中Mg^2＋的置换。（3）Cu^2＋、Hg^2＋、Cd^2＋均引起叶片希尔反应活力降低，即重金属污染明显影响光合作用。     

中水回用于火电厂循环水存在问题探讨

水资源短缺已成为制约火电厂建设与发展的瓶颈。近年来,火电厂为提高水的利用率、降低新鲜水取水量而采用了以城市污水处理厂出水（中水）为水源,经深度处理后回用于循环水的节水方法。分析了该方法的优缺点,并针对实施过程中出现的问题提出了解决方案,使中水作为水源用于火电厂循环水更加具有实用性。     

DESIGN OF DESALTING PLANTS FOR CONJUNCTIVE OPERATION1

ABSTRACT The selection of an evaporator design must reflect the balancing of captial cost (primarily in heat exchanger surface and vessels) against operating cost (primarily steam cost) to achieve minimum cost. In a conjunctive plant the tendency is to select a low-capital cost, high-operating cost plant. In addition, it is advantageous to use a high-capacity plant which needs to be operated much less of the time than a plant which is sized just at the needed rate. For example, in the study of a possible system to satisfy a future increase of 450 MGD in water supply to New York Qty, a plant of 750 MGD capacity was selected as optimum. This plant, of the advanced VTE-MSF process type, would have a performance ratio of 9 lb product/1000 Btu as compared to 10-13 normally used for base-loaded plants. Steam would be supplied by a multi-unit dual-purpose nuclear power plant. The most economical type of energy supply would be “interruptible”; the steam would be used by a low pressure turbine to generate electricity during periods of peak electrical demand but would be available to the desalting plant at other times. The low pressure turbine would be available as spinning reserve during desalting plant operation. It is estimated that the desalting plant would have a load factor of 27 per cent over its life.