调整气水比优化高氨氮废水BAF一体化脱氮

为实现常温下高氨氮废水中氮的高效去除,选取8：1、12：1和15：1等3个气水比（GWR）条件,考察常温下曝气生物滤池（BAF）短程硝化-厌氧氨氧化（ANAMMOX）一体化自养脱氮工艺稳定运行的性能.研究结果表明：进水氨氮（NH₄⁺-N）浓度为400mg/L、回流比为1：1的条件下,GWR为15：1脱氮效果最好,氨氮去除率（ARE）达90%以上,总氮（TN）去除负荷为1.1kgN/（m³·d）,去除率达83%.GWR为15：1时,溶解氧（DO）为2.41~4.22mg/L,进水NH₄⁺-N转化为亚硝（NO₂^--N）量增加,ANAMMOX活性增强.对生物膜进行功能菌种实时荧光定量PCR（qPCR）分析得出,GWR为15：1时,ANAMMOX和氨氧化菌（AOB）两者丰度均最高,高达10¹² copies/g dry sludge以上,一体化脱氮效果最好.同时,研究表明提高GWR后ANAMMOX反应增强,而过程中无N₂O生成,GWR为15：1时,N₂O总释放量最小,释放因子为0.0012.     

水位变化对消落带氨氧化微生物丰度和多样性的影响

南水北调来水进入密云水库将直接引起水库水位上涨,这必将影响消落带土壤中氨氧化微生物的丰度和多样性,从而影响消落带中氮循环过程.采用分子生物学方法,探讨了水位变化对消落带氨氧化细菌(AOB)和古菌(AOA)的生物多样性和丰度的影响.Real-time PCR结果显示,2015年9月消落带岸上/水陆界面土壤和沉积物中AOA和AOB的丰度范围分别为1.00×10~7~3.91×10~7copies·g~(-1)和5.49×10~6~9.77×10~6copies·g~(-1).2015年11月水位比9月上升3 m,淹没区土壤/沉积物中AOA和AOB的丰度范围分别为5.80×106~1.56×10~7copies·g~(-1)和2.14×10~6~4.40×106copies·g~(-1),比被淹没前有所下降,但AOA的丰度始终高于AOB,说明AOA比AOB更适合在低氨氮的消落带环境中生长,并且更能适应低氧环境.水位上升3 m后,水陆交界面土壤中AOA和AOB的多样性均有所增加,而在沉积物中多样性减少.水位上涨之前,AOA大多数OTU属于Nitrososphaera、Nitrosopumilus,而水位上涨之后,大多数OTU归属于土壤簇Nitrososphaera,即在低氧消落带环境中土壤簇Nitrososphaera为优势AOA菌.对于AOB,水陆交界面土壤和沉积物中Nitrosopira和Nitrosomonas分别在氨氧化过程中发挥作用.     

环境生物学的研究现状与发展趋势

本文归纳和总结了环境生物学的含义及其研究内容和对象；探讨了环境生物学的形成与发展；确定了环境生物学的分类地位以及相关学科的关系；摸索了环境生物学的研究方法；提出了环境生物学的发展趋势。     

杨树抗旱性研究进展

The drought resistance of woody plants, in particular, Populus, was reviewed in this paper. Studies about drought resistance of Populus mostly focused on changes in growth properties, physiological adaptation and biochemical aspects, but a few on molecular biology. The indexes of drought adaptation and productivity were analyzed and these indexes could be employed to identify drought resistance of woody plants. Combination of such different approaches will, hopefully, give us a more complete understanding of the various regulatory mechanisms in trees than what we may have today. With development of the molecular biology of woody plants, the sluties on stress resistance of Populus which was regarded as a model plant, are summarised. Ref 96     

Lack of theoretical basis for predicting rate and pathways of recovery

An inadequate basis for precisely predicting the outcome of lotic ecosystem recovery, whether due to unaided natural processes or management techniques or both, exists because: (1) the field of ecology has not yet matured as a rigorous predictive science; (2) the precise sequence of events, including climatic occurrences, affecting the recovery process may be unique events and thus rarely or never repeated; and (3) even when attempts are made to control the recolonization process through introduction of species, etc., the interaction of these species may not follow deterministic models. Although this symposium focuses on lotic ecosystems, such systems are influenced strongly by exports from the surrounding land mass and, under certain circumstances, this may be the overriding influence on the recovery process; therefore, unless the boundary conditions are determined realistically, the recovery process may not follow desirable pathways. Despite the lack of a robust theoretical support base for lotic ecosystem recovery, some remarkable and rapid recoveries have occurred to either a close approximation of the original condition or to a condition ecologically superior to the damaged condition. In some cases, the recovery was due entirely to natural processes and, in others, often followed relatively straightforward management practices. There is evidence indicating that lotic ecosystem restoration is both cost effective and likely to produce satisfying results relatively rapidly. It is both fortunate that this is the case, since society is likely to support such efforts when the results have been extraordinarily successful, and unfortunate since restoration ecology needs a predictive capability.     

Dynamics of sperm transfer in the ant Leptothorax gredleri

Mating tactics differ remarkably between and within species of social Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants) concerning, e.g., mating frequencies, sperm competition, and the degree of male sperm limitation. Although social Hymenoptera might, therefore, potentially be ideal model systems for testing sexual selection theory, the dynamics of mating and sperm transfer have rarely been studied in species other than social bees, and basic information needed to draw conclusions about possible sperm competition and female choice is lacking. We investigated sperm transfer in the ant Leptothorax gredleri, a species in which female sexuals attract males by “female calling.” The analysis of 38 female sexuals fixed immediately or up to 7 days after copulation with a single male each revealed that the sperm is transferred into the female bursa copulatrix embedded in a gelatinous mass, presumably a spermatophore. Sperm cells rapidly start to migrate from the tip of the spermatophore towards the spermatheca, but transfer is drastically slowed down by an extreme constriction of the spermathecal duct, through which sperm cells have to pass virtually one by one. This results in the spermatheca being filled only between one and several hours after mating. During this time, the posterior part of the spermatophore seals the junction between bursa copulatrix and spermathecal duct and prevents sperm loss. The prolonged duration of sperm transfer might allow female sexuals to chose between ejaculates and explain previously reported patterns of single paternity of the offspring of multiply mated queens. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

A Behaviorally Explicit Demographic Model Integrating Habitat Selection and Population Dynamics in California Sea Lions

Abstract: Although there has been a call for the integration of behavioral ecology and conservation biology, there are few tools currently available to achieve this integration. Explicitly including information about behavioral strategies in population viability analyses may enhance the ability of conservation biologists to understand and estimate patterns of extinction risk. Nevertheless, most behavioral‐based PVA approaches require detailed individual‐based data that are rarely available for imperiled species. We present a mechanistic approach that incorporates spatial and demographic consequences of behavioral strategies into population models used for conservation. We developed a stage‐structured matrix model that includes the costs and benefits of movement associated with 2 habitat‐selection strategies (philopatry and direct assessment). Using a life table for California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), we explored the sensitivity of model predictions to the inclusion of these behavioral parameters. Including behavioral information dramatically changed predicted population sizes, model dynamics, and the expected distribution of individuals among sites. Estimated population sizes projected in 100 years diverged up to 1 order of magnitude among scenarios that assumed different movement behavior. Scenarios also exhibited different model dynamics that ranged from stable equilibria to cycles or extinction. These results suggest that inclusion of behavioral data in viability models may improve estimates of extinction risk for imperiled species. Our approach provides a simple method for incorporating spatial and demographic consequences of behavioral strategies into population models and may be easily extended to other species and behaviors to understand the mechanisms of population dynamics for imperiled populations.     

新疆生物多样性调查与评价研究

新疆生态学学会承担完成了国家环境保护部2009-2010年生物多样性项目《全国生物多样性调查与评价研究新疆子项目》,对新疆82个市县分区的野生高等动物及维管束植物丰富度、生态系统类型多样性、植被垂直层谱的完整性、物种特有性、外来物种入侵度、受威胁物种进行了分区调查统计研究,并进行评价,系统的掌握了新疆生物多样性的现状。依项目规定要求多样性评价排序,第一名为呼图壁县,尾部为岳普湖县。     

三峡库区小江鱼类群落特征及其历史变化

为了解三峡库区蓄水后小江流域鱼类群落现状及其历史变化,于2016年春季(5月)、秋季(9月)和冬季(12月)开展了小江鱼类调查。共调查到鱼类37种,隶属于6目11科;种类组成以鲤形目为主,占总数的64.86%,其中黑尾■Hemiculer tchangi和岩原鲤Procypris rabaudi为长江上游特有种类;草鱼Ctenopharyngodon idellus、赤眼鳟Squaliobarbus curriculus、■Elopichthys bambusa、鲫Carassius auratus、鲤Cyprinus carpio、鲢Hypophthalmichthys molitrix、鳙Aristichthys nobilis和黑尾■构成小江主要经济鱼类。对比历史资料分析显示:两次调查结果相似性指数为0.45(为中等不相似);特有种鱼类退化明显:主要经济鱼类组成发生了改变;土著鱼类物种多样性和资源量均呈明显下降趋势,而适应于静水或缓流水环境的鱼类呈上升趋势。推测水坝建设、过度捕捞及不合理的采砂活动等因素是导致变化的主要原因。结果建议,合理设置水坝(汉丰湖)调水机制,对于保护该水域土著鱼类资源具有重要意义。