Road Facilitation of Trematode Infections in Snails of Northern Alaska

Abstract:  Road disturbances can influence wildlife health by spreading disease agents and hosts or by generating environmental conditions that sustain these agent and host populations. I evaluated field patterns of trematode infections in snails inhabiting ponds at varying distances from the Dalton Highway, a wilderness road that intersects northern Alaska. I also assessed the relationships between trematode infections and snail densities and six environmental variables: calcium concentration, aquatic vegetative cover, canopy cover, temperature, pond size, and community structure. Presence of trematode infections and snail density were negatively correlated with distance from the highway. Of the pond characteristics measured, only calcium concentration and vegetation density declined with distance from road. However, neither variable was positively associated with snail density or trematode presence. One potential explanation for observed patterns is that vehicles, road maintenance, or vertebrate vectors attracted to the highway facilitate colonization of snails or trematodes. Emerging disease threats to biological diversity in northern ecosystems highlight the importance of understanding how roads affect disease transmission.     

有色金属尾矿库土地复垦与环境治理效益估算研究进展

有色金属矿山选矿形成的尾矿库是潜在的高风险重金属污染源,闭库后应及时进行土地复垦与环境治理.有色金属尾矿库的综合整治效果如何,可以通过合理的效益估算来分析,有效的效益估算往往涉及多学科领域的专业知识.在归纳总结国内外有色金属尾矿库复垦治理效益相关研究的基础上,系统地阐述了复垦治理经济效益、社会效益和生态环境效益的概念、内容及其估算方法.对已有有色金属尾矿库复垦治理效益估算的研究表明:尾矿库复垦的直接经济效益较小,主要是估算复垦区内植物的经济收益以及采用收益还原法估算复垦土地的增值收益;社会效益主要是采用价值法和替代法针对增加就业和社会保障进行估算,较少关注复垦治理对社会其他方面的贡献;生态环境效益估算方法主要包括污染损失率法、生态服务价值法及环境价值法等,但与复垦治理技术措施结合较少,效益估算对复垦治理措施优化的作用较弱.总体来看,有色金属尾矿库复垦治理效益估算的内容涵盖不够全面,尚未形成适合重度重金属污染尾矿库特点的效益估算体系,效益估算准确性较低.因此,合理确定尾矿库复垦治理效益估算的内容、完善效益估算方法及其数学模型、合理确定模型参数,是有色金属闭库尾矿库土地复垦与环境治理效益估算进一步研究的重点内容.有效的效益估算可为优化有色金属尾矿库复垦治理措施、寻求最佳复垦治理模式及确定复垦治理的资金投入提供依据.      

基于TBL模型的闽江口围垦养虾塘水-大气界面CO2扩散通量估算

扩散模型是估算水生生态系统水-大气界面二氧化碳(CO_2)交换通量的重要手段.选取多种参数化方法对闽江口围垦养虾塘水-大气界面CO_2气体交换速率(k_x)及CO_2扩散通量进行估算,探讨闽江口围垦养虾塘k_x及CO_2扩散通量的变化特征及影响因素.结果表明:①养殖期水-大气界面CO_2气体交换速率及其扩散通量均呈现显著的时间变化特征,分别表现为10月 9月 11月 7月 8月和11月 7月 8月 9月 10月的变化趋势;②风速、pH、水体CO_2、DOC和叶绿素a(Chl-a)浓度是影响CO_2扩散通量时间变化特征的重要因素;③不同参数化方法计算得出的闽江口养虾塘水-大气界面CO_2扩散通量存在显著差异(P 0. 01),表明模型方法估算养殖塘CO_2扩散通量具有一定不确定性,综合分析认为模型RC01和CW03是估算闽江口围垦养虾塘水-大气界面CO_2扩散通量较为合适的方法.     

The efficacy of an oxidation pond in mineralizing some industrial waste products with special reference to fluorene degradation: a case study

The efficacy of the oxidation pond on the outskirts of the 10th of Ramadan, the main industrial city, in Egypt was examined. Samples of wastewater collected from the inlet and the outlet were screened for some priority pollutants. Acenaphthene and fluorene were the most frequently detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, while dimethyl phthalate was the most frequently detected phthalate ester. The spectrum of pollutants, their concentrations and frequencies were similar in the inlet and the outlet, indicating an inferior mineralization capability of the pond. Several degradative bacterial strains were isolated from the pond and grown on M56 minimal media supplemented with different pollutants as the carbon source. The efficacy of pure and mixed cultures to break down fluorene, the most frequently detected pollutant was examined. Fluorene degradation was fast in the first 10 days, then followed by a slow phase. Mixed culture had a higher rate of fluorene degradation in comparison to pure cultures. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of fluorene degradation showed three degradative metabolites. But GC/MS analysis detected one compound, identified as acetamide. The present work has indicated the poor efficacy of the pond. Lack of primary treatment of industrial effluent at factory level, coupled with shock loads of toxicants that may damage the microorganisms and their degradative capabilities are presumably main factors behind such inferior performance. Moreover, the type of pollutants discharged into the pond tend to fluctuate and change depending on the rate from the factories discharge and work shifts. Such irregular feeding of persistent pollutants may have led to a wash out of specialized strains of bacteria capable to degrade such persistent pollutants.     

Research and practice on fluctuation water injection technology at low permeability coal seam

In order to solve the problem of poor affusion effect on low permeability coal seam, the paper analyzes the micro process of the coal seam water infusion in wetting coal and determines the main factors affecting coal seam water infusion. The permeability of the NO.3 coal seam in east working face of Xingcun coal mine by MTS815.03 servo-controlled rock mechanical test system has been tested. Results show that when the peak stress in coal sample specimens reaches 48.53 MPa, permeability ranges from 0.5158 to 2.9576 × 10⁻⁸ Darcy, and it means that the coal seam is low in permeability and difficult in water injection. Based on the characteristics of low permeability and geostress situation, efficient fluctuation water injection technology with permeable agent and relevant process parameters have been designed. The surface tension of the permeable agent developed here is 31.18 m N/m when mass concentration reaches 0.05%. The permeable agent can permeate into 2 cm thick coal layer completely in 10 s, thus improving the wettability of water effectively and the water injection pressure fluctuates between 7 MPa and 25 MPa. The application of the technique in the 3rd coal seam in east working face of Xingcun coal mine shows not only single-arch injection experienced a significant increase on average, from no more than 10 m³ to 63.3886 m³, but also the effect of dust fall, cooling and rock burst prevention is remarkable.     

基于FLO~(2D)与3DMine耦合的尾矿库溃坝灾害模拟

为预测和评价尾矿库溃坝的致灾情况,提高库区防灾减灾能力,建立尾矿库溃坝数值仿真模型。采用FLO2D泥石流模拟软件对湖南某尾矿库进行溃坝灾害过程仿真,并将模拟结果与3DMine数字矿山软件耦合,实时反演溃坝灾害过程。分析结果表明,该尾矿库溃坝时的最大溃决流速为40.2 m/s,下游沟谷最大淹没深度达13.6 m,溃坝瞬时最大冲击应力达100 MPa。三维动态反演了尾矿库溃坝前稳定状态、溃坝后0.01,0.02和0.05 h的尾砂流动状态和淹没范围。根据溃坝泥砂流动强度,对该尾矿库全部溃坝和半溃坝时的灾害程度进行三色图判别。     

尾矿库安全评价初探

尾矿库安全评价应该搞清坝及其附属构筑物的安全状况,评定尾矿库的安全等级,进行危害程度分类,对尾矿库安全生产状况做出综合评价。探讨了尾矿库安全评价应该采用的风险分析方法,建议了～个描述综合评价结果的框架。为了提高尾矿库安全评价质量,应尽快组织编写尾矿库安全评价细则,建立科学、统一、规范、权威的标准。     

熵权-未确知测度理论在尾矿库安全标准化中的应用研究

为寻求可用于尾矿库企业评价自身安全标准化运行状况的方法,引入信息熵和未确知测度理论。从要求、执行和成果三方面,选取17个相互独立的评价指标,建立尾矿库安全标准化运行状况评价指标体系。分层抽取员工对指标打分,得到指标观测值。采用信息熵确定各指标权重,以优、良、中、差作为评价等级,并对应安全标准化等级中的1级、2级、3级以及未达标。考虑可操作性,选取直线型函数作为单指标测度函数。使用置信度识别准则判定等级,得出尾矿库安全标准化运行状况评价结果。在5家尾矿库企业进行模型应用,并对比专家考评结果。结果表明,熵权-未确知测度模型用于尾矿库安全标准化运行状况评估的评价结果与实际情况吻合度较高,误差在可接受范围内。     

污染浓度对多级人工湿地-塘系统处理微污染河水中COD的影响

针对微污染水水质不稳定,COD_Mn波动较大的问题,本研究构建了3套中试规模的以"前置生态氧化塘、两级水平潜流湿地和表流湿地为核心、后置沉水植物塘"为工艺的多级人工湿地-塘组合系统（处理水量230 L·d^-1,分别命名为S1、S2和S3）.在3种进水浓度条件下（原水、稀释2倍和稀释1.3倍后的水体,分别作为S1、S2和S3系统的进水）,考察了3套湿地-塘系统各单元对实际微污染河水中COD_Mn的处理效果,并采用高通量测序等方法解析了S1系统湿地单元微生物群落分布特征.研究结果表明,3套系统的平均出水COD较进水有着非显著的升高,从升高的程度来看,S2>S3>S1.污染浓度相对最高、运行时间最长的S1系统对COD有着更好的净化效果.相较于S2系统,S3系统更高的进水浓度有利于COD去除.S1和S2系统的二级水平潜流湿地较其他单元有着较好的COD去除作用,平均去除率分别为18.60%和26.52%.S3系统的表流湿地较其他单元有着较好的COD去除作用,平均去除率为8.92%.微生物群落分析结果表明,S1系统的一级、二级水平潜流湿地中细菌丰度和多样性沿程提高,两个单元所富集的相同优势菌群包括α-变形菌纲、γ-变形菌纲和拟杆菌纲,与COD降解有关的菌属分别包括unclassified_f__Burkholderiaceae、unclassified_c__Alphaproteobacteria、norank_f__Blastocatellaceae和norank_f__Saprospiraceae、红细菌属.表流湿地中细菌丰富度进一步升高,但生物多样性有所减少,其中蓝菌属和norank_c__Actinobacteria可能与表流湿地出水COD升高有关.本研究为大型河口湿地-塘复合生态系统处理微污染地表水时工作重心由浓度削减向污染物释放控制的转移提供了宝贵的工程经验.     

Delineation of groundwater contamination around an ash pond: geochemical and GIS approach

The study has investigated the levels of metal contamination in groundwater due to particulate matter fallout and leaching from ash pond and assigned contamination indices for the adjacent localities around an ash disposal site with application of geographic information systems (GIS). Fe, Ba, Cu, Mn, S, Pb, V, and Zn were found to be the major contaminants in groundwater. Enrichment factors (EF) of these elements with respect to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) maximum contaminant levels show high values for Mn, Fe, and Pb in groundwater. The zone of attenuation for Ba, Fe, Cu, Mn, S, and Zn in groundwater is about 600-900 m from the ash pond, while Pb did not show any significant attenuation even at a distance of 1200 m. Tube wells around Rankasingha and Kukurhanga villages are most contaminated whereas open wells of Lachhmanpur, Kaniapada, and Kurudul villages showed higher degrees of contamination.