青藏高原东麓贡嘎山东坡土壤中Pb的来源解析

选择青藏高原东麓典型山地——贡嘎山(东坡),根据不同海拔梯度(海拔2 000~4 500 m)差异设置8个采样点,根据土壤发育情况分别采集O层(有机层)、A层(矿物质层)和C层(母质层)样品,分析土壤中w(Pb)的海拔分布特征,并利用FA-MLR(因子回归分析)法、地球化学指标法和Pb同位素三元混合模型定量判识表层土壤中Pb的来源. 结果表明:①各层土壤中w(Pb)表现为O层〔(41.73±4.38)mg/kg〕>A层〔(30.47±2.17)mg/kg〕>C层〔(23.04±1.50)mg/kg〕(P<0.05). 随着海拔的增加,O层和A层中w(Pb)总体呈升高—降低—升高趋势;C层中w(Pb)随着海拔的变化无显著差异,表明贡嘎山东坡土壤中w(Pb)的地球化学背景值基本一致. ②各层土壤中206Pb/207Pb表现为O层208Pb/206Pb表现为O层>A层>C层. ③Pb同位素三元混合模型结果显示,表层(O层和A层)土壤中Pb可能受到化石燃料燃烧和矿物开采及金属冶炼活动的影响;根据FA-MLR法、地球化学指标法和Pb同位素三元混合模型这3种方法,得到O层中污染Pb所占比例分别达到84.9%、66.0%和63.7%,A层中分别为56.6%、27.8%和44.9%;在海拔分布上,Pb的污染在海拔2 770 m以下主要归因于当地化石燃料的燃烧,而在林线(约3 700 m)以上则来自矿物开采及金属冶炼活动.      

广东省部分高海拔地区表层土壤中有机氯农药和多氯联苯的高山冷凝结效应

采用梅花布点法采样,气相色谱-电子捕获检测法分析,对广东省两处高海拔地区表层土壤中OCPs(有机氯农药)和PCBs(多氯联苯)进行研究.结果表明,罗浮山表层土壤中w(OCPs)和w(PCBs)分别为3.77~9.51和1.85~4.06 ng/g,最大值分别出现在海拔888和824 m.南岭表层土壤中w(OCPs)和w(PCBs)分别为1.47~2.23和1.15~2.49 ng/g,最大值均出现在海拔1 900 m.在表层土壤中大部分目标化合物的浓度随着海拔的增高而增加,表现出较为明显的高山冷凝结现象,累积规律基本上符合Mountain-POP模型.但由于研究区域与Mountain-POP模型假设区域有地理环境和气象条件的差异,一些化合物的高山冷凝结规律与Mountain-POP模型存在一定差异,该现象应为所研究地区不同的自然环境因素所致.化合物本身的理化性质和研究区域的自然条件因素可影响持久性有机污染物的迁移、累积效果.      

基于Aqua卫星总云量资料分析山区云水资源

采用NASA地球观测系统(EOS) "云与地球辐射能量系统(CERES)"2002-12至2007-12的CERES SSF Aqua MODIS Edition 1B/2B/2C云资料,选取新疆阿尔泰山、天山和昆仑山三大山区,通过分析总云量的多年平均空间分布、季节变化以及年变化特征,考察了新疆山区云水资源情况。结果表明,多年平均的阿尔泰山、天山和昆仑山总云量区域平均值为43.47%、44.91%和52.72%,其云水资源有较大开发潜力。其中昆仑山的云资源最丰富,但其自然转化为降水的效率较低,可以通过人工增水提高其转化率。三大山区总云量呈明显的季节变化和年变化,变化规律各有特点。     

On the origin of elevated levels of persistent chemicals in the environment

In general, contamination levels tend to be highest close to sources of a chemical and decline with increasing distance as a result of dilution, dispersion and degradation. However, contrary to this, circumstances have been described when contamination levels are higher further away from sources than at the sources themselves. Examples are elevated levels of persistent, hydrophobic, organic chemicals in the Arctic, in mountain regions and in forest soils. In order to address the questions of why and when such an inversion of environmental levels is occurring, this paper seeks to identify, name and categorise principles of general validity leading to such behaviour. By compiling and analysing various causes of elevated contamination levels in the environment, three main categories became apparent, 1. equilibrium partitioning effects, 2. effects resulting from changes in phase composition, volume or temperature, and 3. dynamic or kinetic effects. These principles are illustrated with several examples. The case can be made that understanding, quantifying and predicting these causes could provide a general conceptual framework for studying the fate of chemicals in the environment.     

Climate Change, Elevational Range Shifts, and Bird Extinctions

Abstract:  Limitations imposed on species ranges by the climatic, ecological, and physiological effects of elevation are important determinants of extinction risk. We modeled the effects of elevational limits on the extinction risk of landbirds, 87% of all bird species. Elevational limitation of range size explained 97% of the variation in the probability of being in a World Conservation Union category of extinction risk. Our model that combined elevational ranges, four Millennium Assessment habitat-loss scenarios, and an intermediate estimate of surface warming of 2.8° C, projected a best guess of 400–550 landbird extinctions, and that approximately 2150 additional species would be at risk of extinction by 2100. For Western Hemisphere landbirds, intermediate extinction estimates based on climate-induced changes in actual distributions ranged from 1.3% (1.1° C warming) to 30.0% (6.4° C warming) of these species. Worldwide, every degree of warming projected a nonlinear increase in bird extinctions of about 100–500 species. Only 21% of the species predicted to become extinct in our scenarios are currently considered threatened with extinction. Different habitat-loss and surface-warming scenarios predicted substantially different futures for landbird species. To improve the precision of climate-induced extinction estimates, there is an urgent need for high-resolution measurements of shifts in the elevational ranges of species. Given the accelerating influence of climate change on species distributions and conservation, using elevational limits in a tested, standardized, and robust manner can improve conservation assessments of terrestrial species and will help identify species that are most vulnerable to global climate change. Our climate-induced extinction estimates are broadly similar to those of bird species at risk from other factors, but these estimates largely involve different sets of species.     

山地河流水电开发对河岸带植物群落特征的影响

为充分了解水电开发对山地河流河岸带植物群落特征的影响,于2014年采用植被常规调查方法,在九龙江源头河流地村溪依次设置RS(源头)、PL(皮寮)、HKU和HKD(环坑水坝上游和下游)、GXU和GXD(高厦水坝上游和下游)6个样地,分析其物种多样性、相似性等的变化特征. 结果表明:①水坝建成后,水坝上游和下游流速、水位及河宽存在显著差异(P<0.05). ②沿河流纵向的自由流动河段,Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Pielou均匀度指数均随与源头距离的增加而增大,分别由0.30±0.24、0.22±0.17增至0.87±0.20、0.38±0.03;Simpson优势度指数随与源头距离的增加而减小,HKU样地Simpson优势度最低,仅为0.20±0.10;受水电开发影响河段,水坝上游样地的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Pielou均匀度指数均高于水坝下游样地,而Simpson优势度低于水坝下游样地. ③沿河流横向,河岸带不同断面植物群落多样性都符合中度干扰假说,水坝建设对河流横向物种多样性的影响不显著;Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Pielou均匀度指数变化总体上变化趋势一致,均表现为先升后降. ④相似性分析表明,沿河流纵向,水坝上、下游样地间物种相似性相对较高,不同组样地之间高地物种相似性最高的是HKU-HKD(0.270 3),河岸带物种相似性最高的是RS-PL(0.612 2);沿河流横向,HKU(0.392 9)、HKD(0.372 5)和GXD(0.348 8)样地的高地-河岸带物种相似性相对较高,GXU(0.173 9)样地的高地-河岸带物种相似性最低,表明水电开发导致水坝下游河岸带植物主要来源于本地种子库而非区域种子库. 结果显示,水电开发是造成河岸带植物群落发生变化的主导因子,导致水坝下游河岸带和高地物种组成趋向同质化,土地利用格局、河岸带及周围的人类干扰同样会影响河岸带植物群落的多样性和相似性.      

Ecology,ecological poverty and sustainable development in Central Himalayan region of India

The people inhabiting the mountains of the Central Himalayan region of India are heavily dependent on their immediate natural resources for their survival. However, this resource-poor mountain ecosystem is gradually becoming unable to provide a minimum standard of living to its continually growing population. In this ecosystem, human population is doubling every 27–30 years, against the declining resource base, particularly forests. Forest are disappearing both quantitatively and qualitatively. Against the requirement of 18 ha of forest land to maintain production in 1 ha of cultivated land, the ratio of forests to cultivated land is only 1.33: 1. The present production from grasslands supports 8 units of livestock, against the ideal 2 units, and the gap between the demand and deficit of fodder is more than 5-fold. Loss of vegetative cover is resulting in drying up of water resources, compelling the women to walk longer distances to collect water. This ecological deterioration, apart from human growth and interference, is compounded by mountain specificities such as inaccessibility, fragility, marginality, diversity, niche and adaptability. The specificities manifest in isolation, distance, poor communication, limited mobility, etc., resulting in limited external linkages and replication of external experiences, and slow pace of development. They, therefore, restrict options for economic growth, effecting poverty and affecting the quality of life of the people of the region. Poverty, in this mountain ecosystem cannot be understood and assessed independent of ecological wealth and would better be termed as ecological poverty. The development efforts to be effective in alleviating poverty here, should take into account mountain specificities and incorporate options which have larger human dimensions, such as mechanisms for population control, socio-economic and cultural conditioning, indigenous knowledge systems of the local people and simple technologies that are already in practice or have potential and are based on least external inputs.     

面波测试在汶川强震区土体损伤调查中的应用

汶川地震后,确定地震对岩土体扰动的范围和损伤程度,是预测震后次生山地灾害演化趋势,以及制定道路修复加固工程对策的重要依据。面波勘察是通过获取剪切波速变化情况,推断土体扰动范围的快捷手段。本文在位于汶川地震强震区的213国道都汶段内的2个边坡工点和3个路堤工点,布设6个测段进行了高精度面波浅层地震勘查。结果表明:①9度和10度地震烈度区土体扰动的深度无明显差别;②在汶川地震强震区,人工填筑的路堤工程所造成的强扰动区深度不小于5 m,自然土体造成的强扰动区深度为0~5 m;③路堤工程表面填、挖交界处的损伤明显。上述结论可供灾后道路修复工程设计中确定边坡加固深度和路堤翻挖深度时参考。     

四座小型污水处理厂设计中的工艺选择

由于山区自然条件、经济因素及管理水平限制,小型污水处理厂设计应体现安全、稳定及简洁的特点,本文从前置厌氧氧化沟工艺在利川市4座污水处理厂设计中的选择过程进行分析,以供工程技术人员进行相关设计时借鉴。     

Comparative Water Quality of Lightly- and Moderately-Impacted Streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

For less-developed regions like the Blue Ridge Mountains, data are limited that link basin-scale land use with stream quality. Two pairs of lightly-impacted (90–100% forested) and moderately-impacted (70–80% forested) sub-basins of the upper Little Tennessee River basin in the southern Blue Ridge were identified for comparison. The pairs contain physically similar stream reaches, chosen for the purpose of isolating forest conversion as a potential driver of any detected differences in water quality. Streams were sampled during baseflow conditions twice monthly over a six-month period from September 2003 through February 2004. Parametric t-tests were run for each parameter measured between the lightly-and moderately-impacted streams within each pair. Statistically significantly higher mean values of suspended and dissolved solids, nitrate, specific conductivity, turbidity, and temperature were observed in the moderately impacted streams versus the lightly impacted streams in both pairs, while dissolved oxygen levels were lower in the moderately-impacted streams. No significant differences were demonstrated in orthophosphate or ammonium concentration. A near-bankfull runoff event on February 6, 2004, was sampled for stormflow values, and the results support baseflow findings. The water quality of these streams is very good when compared with lower relief areas like the Piedmont, and none of the parameters measured in this study exceeds levels of known threat to stream biota. However, the demonstration that moderate reductions in forest cover are associated with stream water quality degradation carries important implications for stream management in this rapidly developing mountainous region.