The impact of off-road vehicles on a desert ecosystem

The effects of operating a 4-wheel drive truck in a 9-ha area of the Mojave Desert were evaluated. A truck was driven over the same 0.9-km track 21 times between November 1973 and May 1974. The vehicle was also driven randomly around the area (1.3 to 3.4 km) 17 times between December 1973 and May 1974.Spring densities of annual plants in ruts of the regular track (8/m²) were less than those in control areas (46–112/m²), but densities in randomly driven plots (39/m²) did not differ significantly from controls. Severity of damage to shrubs was directly related to intensity of driving in the area. About 58% of shrubs growing in the regular track sustained estimated damage ranging from 81 to 100%. In randomly driven areas only 6% of shrubs were damaged to this extent, while about 61 % sustained damage from 0 to 20%.Numbers and kinds of rodents in control and driven areas were similar before and after the experiment. More young rodents were trapped in the experimental plot than in the control area during July 1974, and this may have been promoted by basal sprouting of new growth by damaged shrubs. Estimates of numbers of side-blotched lizards indicated similar densities before, during, and after the experiment. Counts of whiptail lizards in control and experimental areas were the same after the experiment, but counts of gridiron-tailed lizards were much lower in the driven area.     

巴丹吉林沙漠腹地夏季不同天气条件下陆-湖面辐射收支与能量分配特征对比

论文以巴丹吉林沙漠腹地陆面和湖面能量平衡系统的定位观测数据为基础,对比分析了夏季不同天气条件下两种典型下垫面的辐射收支和能量分配之异同,评价了典型晴天的辐射收支与能量分配对季节平均气候态的代表性。结果显示,按“晴天-多云-阴天-降水”的顺序,陆面与湖面的总辐射、反射短波辐射和净辐射之日均值呈逐渐减小趋势,大气逆辐射则逐渐增大。湖面长波辐射亦随这一天气变化顺序逐渐增大,暗示地下水携带的热量和局地平流作用对湖水表面温度皆有影响。非降水天气时,陆面感热通量占净辐射的主要部分。云和降水皆会直接影响陆面的能量分配,感热通量一般随云量的增加而减小,潜热通量则逐渐增大。湖面典型晴天的午后存在逆温现象,然降水天气时,湖面空气温度降低较快,破坏了湖面上空的逆温层,即感热通量皆为正值。湖面的潜热通量主要决定于风速,故其对天气变化响应不明显。在地下水携带的热量和局地平流共同作用下,湖面的感热通量和潜热通量之和大于湖面的净辐射。不同天气下陆面和湖面的波文比差异较大。陆面典型晴天的辐射收支和能量分配与季节平均气候态相差不大,湖面的典型晴天则不具有季节平均气候态的代表性。     

Rapid vegetation regeneration in a seriously degraded Rhanterium epapposum community in northern Kuwait after 4 years of protection

A study was carried out in northern Kuwait to investigate vegetation recovery in sandy depressions in the Sabriya oilfield ('Sabriya-IN'), 4 years after it was completely protected from livestock grazing and other anthropogenic activities which have largely depleted the dwarf shrub vegetation. This vegetation was compared with that in seriously overgrazed depressions outside the oilfield ('Sabriya-OUT'), where negative influences persist, and with a sandy site in central Kuwait which has been protected for over 20 years ('Sulaibiya'). There has been a striking recovery of the dwarf shrub vegetation in Sabriya-IN during the 4 years, with cover values of shrubs as high as at Sulaibiya. Rhanterium epapposum has been the main species to benefit from protection. However, the shrubs have not regenerated from seed, but rather from underground stumps that have probably remained in the soil for decades. Cover values of the annual flora at Sabriya-IN were very similar to those at Sulaibiya, and they were significantly higher than at Sabriya-OUT. However, it appears that some species may have disappeared or become extremely rare at Sabriya-IN when compared with Sulaibiya, as Sabriya-IN and Sabriya-OUT are remarkably similar floristically. Despite the impressive regeneration of the dwarf shrub vegetation at Sabriya-IN, which contradicts the view that vegetation recovery is a slow process in desert ecosystems, it is important to consider what the natural vegetation was in this part of the world. It is suggested that the region was once dominated by an open Acacia woodland, in which perennial grasses comprised most of the ground layer, and that the current dwarf shrub vegetation is a response to decades, if not centuries, of moderate to heavy grazing.     

精准扶贫下社区发展基金(CDF)项目的多元管理与机制创新——基于内蒙古阿拉善盟的实证研究

内蒙古自治区阿拉善盟的荒漠生态系统是我国西北地区的一条重要生态防线,其生态环境直接影响到首都北京和华北地区的生态安全。精准扶贫是党和政府推动国家发展的重要战略目标。2015年11月-2017年1月,采用入户访问和半结构访谈的方式,对阿拉善盟开展社区发展基金项目的4个嘎查(村)的农户进行随机问卷调查。并分别在2005年、2008年、2015年对其中两个嘎查参与社区发展基金项目的15位农户的家庭收入和产业结构进行跟踪调查研究。结果表明:该区域将已有社区发展基金项目和政府精准扶贫重点项目相结合,实现了政府资本、社会资本(SEE)、民间资本(村民)的整合和统筹使用,提高了公共资金的使用效率;参加社区发展基金项目后,社区村民的收入结构和产业结构发生了大幅变化,促进了农业的转型升级,即提升了村民的自我管理能力,拓展了村民的收入来源,减轻了村民对区域自然资源的依赖程度,有利于村民的减贫和区域可持续发展。该区域集政府资本、社会资本(SEE)、民间资本(村民)等多方资金为一体的社区发展基金项目,为荒漠复合生态系统的建设和区域经济可持续发展提供了借鉴,是我国当前生态文明建设的有益尝试。     

塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地沙尘气溶胶质量浓度的观测研究

对塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地塔中地区进行了长达6a的试验观测研究,获得了该地区沙尘气溶胶的基本特征:塔中地区浮尘、扬沙出现日数呈上升趋势,而沙尘暴日数呈下降趋势,沙尘天气出现的频率和强度是影响沙漠地区沙尘气溶胶浓度的主要因素.可吸入颗粒物(PM10)月平均质量浓度峰值区分布在春夏两个季节,3~5月是主峰值区域,7~8月是次峰值区,春季PM10平均浓度在1000mg/m3左右变化,夏季在400~900mg/m3之间,秋冬两季浓度较低基本上在200~400mg/m3之间变化.每年的3~9月是总悬浮颗粒物(TSP)质量浓度较高的月份,4~5月是主峰值区,7~8月为次峰值区;2005年TSP质量浓度最低,年平均值为1105.0mg/m3,2009年略高于2008年,年平均浓度为1878.0 mg/m3,2008年5月TSP平均质量浓度是全年最高值,浓度值达到7415.0mg/m3.沙尘天气过程中大气颗粒物浓度变化具有以下规律:晴天<浮尘天气<浮尘、扬沙天气<沙尘暴天气．风速大小直接影响大气中颗粒物浓度,风速越大颗粒物浓度越高.气温、相对湿度和气压是影响沙尘暴强度的重要因素,也间接影响大气中颗粒物浓度的变化.     

敦煌市鸣沙山月牙泉自然遗产保全的研究

鸣沙山月牙泉自然遗产是世界上罕见的奇特沙漠景观。随着当地旅游业的发展和地下水的不合理开采利用,使月牙泉呈现干涸的趋势,鸣沙山的生态景观受到严重破坏。为了保全这一自然遗产,通过实地考察和数据资料的比较分析研究,提出4个方面的措施:第一,合理开发利用祁连山雪山融水、“引哈济党”,解决区域的用水水源问题;第二,狭管效应、生物降解被(BiodegradableScreen)护岸、生态理念,改善月牙泉形成的地理环境;第三,建立绿色植被隔离带;第四,建立国家级沙漠公园。     

塔克拉玛干沙尘活动对下游大气PM10浓度的影响

利用卫星遥感获得的1997~2002年逐日气溶胶指数(AI)分析了塔克拉玛干沙漠地区上空大气沙尘的时空变化特征,以及2001,2002年春季(4~5月)该沙区大气沙尘活动与我国大陆29个主要城市大气PM10含量的相关性.结果表明,该区大气沙尘活动的强弱与中国西北东部(西宁、兰州、银川、西安)大气PM10含量高低存在着显著的正相关(相关系数超过0.7,达到0.001的显著性水平).地面大气环流场的合成分析和线性回归分析发现,该沙漠地区的大气沙尘主要是通过青藏高原东北缘的绕流以及翻越高原东北部柴达木盆地的偏西风输送到西北东部地区,进而影响到当地空气质量的.     

不同提取液中源区沙尘溶解性铁价态组成特征

利用pH 4.7醋酸铵溶液和pH 2硫酸溶液对四个沙尘总悬浮颗粒物(TSP)样品进行溶解性铁提取,分别模拟沙尘含铁矿物在雨水和大气酸作用下的溶解。结果显示:在pH 4.7醋酸铵溶液中沙尘铁的溶解性介于2.30%—5.74%,平均值为4.17%;在pH 2硫酸溶液中沙尘铁的溶解性为4.72%—7.27%,平均值为6.13%。两种溶液中溶解性铁的价态组成存在明显差异,在pH 4.7醋酸铵中,溶解性铁主要以三价铁(FeⅢ)形式存在,占全部溶解性铁的76.7%—98.3%,二价铁(FeⅡ)仅占溶解性铁的1.7%—23.3%;在pH 2硫酸溶液中FeⅡ的相对比例明显增加,占全部溶解性铁的17.3%—50.0%。推测在酸作用下富含二价铁的矿物(如碳酸盐矿物)发生迅速溶解,改变了溶解性铁的组成。忽视这一机制可能不利于准确理解沙尘铁溶解性增强机理。     

多源专题数据在国家重点生态功能区生态环境状况评价中的应用

为了建立一套生态遥感快速监测方法,实现生态环境状况评价,以2015年广西40个国家重点生态功能区为例,以全国第一次地理国情普查、高分影像、地貌为基础数据,利用RPC模型及网络刺点进行影像纠正,使用空间分析等程序化处理方法进行代码转换和信息抽取,实现了广西国情普查成果转化,得到了2014年和2015年生态遥感数据,形成一套较为完整的生态遥感快速监测方法,最终得到2015年全区重点生态功能县生态环境状况指数, 40个重点生态功能县中有15个县生态环境质量状况等级为"优",25个为"良"。     

沙漠尾水综合利用模式探讨研究——以群克消纳地尾水处理工程为例

水资源匮乏成为当前世界改善沙漠生态环境面临的凸出问题之一，合理利用企业尾水成为缓解甚至实现改善沙漠环境的一种尝试。研究以群克消纳地沙漠尾水处理工程为例，提出一种针对尾水沙漠综合利用的新型技术模式。通过研究分析尾水对周边水域、土壤以及绿地植物、脊椎动物、水体生物的影响，结合科学的评价方法，对沙漠尾水综合利用进行评价，得出以下结论:群克消纳地尾水沙漠综合利用的规范化技术新型技术工程有利于周边生态环境变好，对动植物、水体、土壤等没有不良影响;水域边上植被盖度增加，对周边活动沙丘固定起到初步积极作用，同时，也为周边动植物提供栖息场所以及生长发育的环境基础;区域生态环境恢复良好，形成了与区域自然水体类似的生态系统结构，群克消纳地尾水处理工程形成的稳定的生态系统表明，在沙漠中采用无害、生态性的尾水处理技术是可行的。