Characterizing Runoff and Water Yield for Headwater Catchments in the Southern Sierra Nevada

In a Mediterranean climate where much of the precipitation falls during winter, snowpacks serve as the primary source of dry season runoff. Increased warming has led to significant changes in hydrology of the western United States. An important question in this context is how to best manage forested catchments for water and other ecosystem services? Answering this basic question requires detailed understanding of hydrologic functioning of these catchments. Here, we depict the differences in hydrologic response of 10 catchments. Size of the study catchments ranges from 50 to 475 ha, and they span between 1,782 and 2,373 m elevation in the rain‐snow transitional zone. Mean annual streamflow ranged from 281 to 408 mm in the low elevation Providence and 436 to 656 mm in the high elevation Bull catchments, resulting in a 49 mm streamflow increase per 100 m (R² = 0.79) elevation gain, despite similar precipitation across the 10 catchments. Although high elevation Bull catchments received significantly more precipitation as snow and thus experienced a delayed melt, this increase in streamflow with elevation was mainly due to a reduction in evapotranspiration (ET) with elevation (45 mm/100 m, R² = 0.65). The reduction in ET was attributed to decline in vegetation density, growing season, and atmospheric demand with increasing elevation. These findings suggest changes in streamflow in response to climate warming may likely depend on how vegetation responds to those changes in climate.     

地表臭氧浓度升高对冬小麦和大豆生长和产量的影响

我国近地层臭氧污染日趋严重,其不断增加的浓度对农作物的生长造成了严重威胁。以冬小麦和大豆为研究对象,基于大田开顶式气室(OTC)试验,分别设置对照(CK)、100 n L·L~(-1)和150 n L·L~(-1)这3个O3浓度处理组,对2种作物生长指标和产量等参数连续观测,结果表明:O3浓度增加对冬小麦和大豆的株高、叶面积和生物量产生影响,并且对大豆的影响更为明显。与此同时,O3浓度增加使得冬小麦的穗重、穗粒数以及大豆的单株荚数、单株粒数、单株粒重都呈现大幅度下降状态,进而导致其产量降低。在100 n L·L~(-1)臭氧处理下,冬小麦产量较CK降低了12.89%,而大豆产量下降了23.76%。在150 n L·L~(-1)的臭氧处理下,冬小麦产量较对照组降低了29.23%,大豆则比对照组下降了41.57%,与CK相比,大豆产量下降更为明显。上述研究表明,臭氧污染对农作物的生长具有显著影响,且大豆对O3的反应比冬小麦敏感。     

Dimer formation during UV photolysis of diclofenac

Dimer formation was observed during ultraviolet (UV) photolysis of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac, and confirmed with mass spectrometry, NMR and fluorescence analysis. The dimers were combinations of the two parent molecules or of the parent and the product of photolysis, and had visible color. Radical formation during UV exposure and dissolved oxygen photosensitized reactions played a role in dimer formation. Singlet oxygen formed via photosensitization by photolysis products of diclofenac. It reacted with diclofenac to form an epoxide which is an intermediate in some dimer formation pathways. Quantum yield of photolysis for diclofenac was 0.21 ± 0.02 and 0.19 ± 0.02 for UV irradiation from medium pressure and low pressure mercury vapor lamps, respectively. Band pass filter experiments revealed that the quantum yield is constant at wavelengths >200 nm. The same dimers formed in laboratory grade water when either of the two UV sources was used. Dimers did not form in wastewater effluent matrix, and diclofenac epoxide molecules may have formed bonds with organic matter rather than each other Implications for the importance of dimer formation in NOM are discussed.     

Overcoming growing water scarcity: Exploring potential improvements in water productivity in India

Improvements in water productivity (WP) are often suggested as one of the alternative strategies for overcoming growing water scarcity in India. This paper explores the potential improvements in WP of food grains at district level, which currently varies between 0.11 and 1.01 kilogram per cubic metre (kg/m³), in the 403 districts that account for 98% of the total production of food grains. The paper first finds the maximum yield function conditional on consumptive water use (CWU) and then explores the potential improvements in WP by: (a) bridging the gap between actual and maximum yield while keeping CWU constant; and (b) changing the maximum yield by adjusting the CWU using supplementary or deficit irrigation. Deficit irrigation in some areas may decrease yield but can increase production if land availability is not a constraint. A large potential exists for bridging the yield gap in irrigated areas with CWU between 300 and 475 mm. Of the 222 districts that fall under this category, a 50% reduction in yield gap alone could increase production by 100 million tonnes (Mt) without increasing CWU. Supplementary irrigation can increase yield and WP in rain‐fed and irrigated areas of 266 and 16 districts with CWU is below 300 mm. Deficit irrigation in irrigated areas of 185 districts with CWU above 475 mm could increase yield, WP and production. Decreasing CWU in irrigated areas with CWU between 425 and 475 mm reduces yield slightly, but if availability of land is not a constraint then the benefits due to water saving and production increases could exceed the cost.     

呼吸法测定硝化菌产率系数实验研究

基于硝化过程中合成代谢和能量代谢耦合原理,分析硝化过程中的电子流,建立自养硝化菌细胞生长与氨氮氧化耗氧量之间的关系。采用间歇实验方法,通过电解质呼吸仪测定硝化过程的累积耗氧量和耗氧速率,使用M ann-Ken-dell趋势检验方法确定实验中硝化菌进入内源呼吸的时刻以及内源呼吸过程中的耗氧速率,估算出氨氮氧化的耗氧量。计算结果表明本实验中硝化菌产率系数为0.2345±0.0115 mg COD/mg NH4+-N。     

基于SPOT VGT/NDVI的陕西省关中地区冬小麦遥感估产

冬小麦是关中地区的主要粮食作物之一。对冬小麦产量估算的研究可使国家有关部门及时掌握粮食生产状况,对国家制定粮食政策和经济计划,及时进行宏观调控有着重要的意义。以陕西省关中地区为研究区域,利用1999—2007年的SPOT VGT/NDVI遥感数据对冬小麦产量进行预测。首先,选取冬小麦关键生长期内0.2—0.8范围内的旬NDVI数据,利用最大值合成法合成后的月NDVI数据建立与冬小麦产量之间的关系;其次,使用相关分析方法筛选出冬小麦关键期内与产量相关性较好的月份和旬,分别建立这些月份、旬与冬小麦产量之间的回归关系模型,最后对模型进行精度验证。结果显示,NDVI与产量之间有很好的相关性,其中4月上旬的相关性最好,其相关系数R2为0.605,即利用4月份上旬的数据预测冬小麦产量最好。在预测产量与实际产量对比的基础上,得出估产的相对误差为-5.2%—-7.9%,表明估产精度良好,可运用于冬小麦的实际估产。     

Seasonal density dependence, timing of mortality, and sustainable harvesting

Birth-pulse populations are often characterized with discrete-time models, that use a single function to relate the post-breeding population size to the post-breeding size of the previous year. Recently, models of seasonal density dependence have been constructed that emphasize interactions during shorter time periods also. Here, we study two very simple forms of density-dependent mortality, that lead to Ricker and Beverton-Holt type population dynamics when viewed over the whole year. We explore the consequences of harvest timing to equilibrium population sizes under such density dependence. Whether or not individual mortality compensates for the harvested quota, the timing of harvesting has a strong impact on the sustainability of a harvesting quota. Further, we show that careless discretization of a continuous mortality scheme may seriously underestimate the reduction in population size caused by hunting and overestimate the sustainable yield. We also introduce the concept of the demographic value of an individual, which reflects the expected contribution to population size over time in the presence of density dependence. Finally, we discuss the possibility of calculating demographic values as means of optimizing harvest strategies. Here, a Pareto optimal harvest strategy will minimize the loss of demographic value from the population for a given yield.     

稀土对沙田柚叶片营养和果实品质与产量的效应

试验结果表明,适量施用稀土可提高沙田柚树体对营养元素的吸收,促进养分平衡,从而可提高沙田柚座果率和产量,而且对柚果还有增糖降酸的效果。因此,适时适量施用稀土对提高沙田柚产量和品质均有积极的意义。     

泳动床/好氧颗粒污泥新技术处理生活污水的特性研究

基于生物膜法和活性污泥法的联合工艺技术,开发了泳动床/好氧颗粒污泥污水处理新技术.试验阶段,泳动床/好氧颗粒污泥技术表现出高效处理生活污水和实现污泥减量的显著特性.在水力停留时间HRT为3.2 h, COD负荷与NH⁺₄-Ｎ负荷分别为2.03 　kg/(m^３·d) 和0.52 　kg/(m^３·d)时,分别获得COD 90.9%和NH⁺₄-Ｎ 98.3%的平均去除效果.系统运行16 d开始出现好氧颗粒污泥,颗粒呈球形、椭球形和棒形,试验阶段混合液悬浮固体浓度MLSS最高达5 640 mg/L, MLVSS/MLSS平均高达0.87.此外,镜检表明好氧颗粒污泥与生物膜均聚集大量的原生动物和后生动物,形成较长和较稳定的食物链,有利于污泥减量,运行过程中污泥产率（MLSS/COD_removed）为0.175 5,仅为普通好氧工艺的50%左右.     

镍、铬对活性污泥真实产率的影响

采用两个直流完全混合式反应器,研究了Ni(Ⅱ) 、Cr(Ⅵ) 对好氧活性污泥真实产率系数(YH)、COD去除率、MLSS和污泥呼吸作用的影响.结果表明,当Ni(Ⅱ) 、Cr(Ⅵ) 为3 mg/L时,YH(MMLSS/MCOD)从无重金属的0.388分别升高到Ni(Ⅱ) 的0.427和Cr(Ⅵ) 的0.408;COD的去除率不受影响,MLSS增加了7.5%;污泥呼吸作用增强了5%.随着Ni(Ⅱ) 、Cr(Ⅵ) 浓度的进一步增加,YH、COD去除率、MLSS和呼吸作用都迅速下降.当Ni(Ⅱ) 、Cr(Ⅵ) 为15 mg/L时,YH(MMLSS/MCOD)分别为0.289和0.218;而Ni(Ⅱ) 、Cr(Ⅵ) 为25 mg/L时,对污泥呼吸的抑制作用分别达43%和60%.总体来看,Cr(Ⅵ) 比Ni(Ⅱ) 对系统的毒性更大.