Local communities' participation in decision-making processes through planning and budgeting in African countries

Community participation and community based management are topical themes in current policy and discussion revolving around decision-making processes especially those dealing with natural resources management.This review shows that while governments have accepted the need to either cede or devolve control and management of natural resources to the local communities,the communities are not part and parcel of the planning and budgeting which are crucial in decisionmaking.Communities were seen to be more involved in the implementation of natural resource management programs but lacked ownership of the projects.This causes lack of commitment to the programs and at times hostile reaction from the communities.The communities are always at the receiving end when it pertains to losses in the exchange.Community participation was shown to be effective when the local population is involved not as co-operating users but as natural resource managers or owner managers.     

岩溶湿地与稻田土壤团聚体细菌群落结构的比较

研究湿地系统中的土地利用变化对土壤团聚体中细菌群落结构的影响,可以为阐明土地利用变化对湿地土壤团聚体稳定性的影响机制提供理论依据.以会仙岩溶湿地和稻田为研究对象,利用高通量测序技术和生态网络分析对土壤团聚体（大团聚体0.25~2 mm、微团聚体0.053~0.25 mm和粉、黏粒<0.053 mm）细菌群落结构进行研究.结果表明：①微团聚体在稻田中占29.64%,显著高于其在天然湿地中的占比（22.20%）.②门水平上,绿弯菌门在稻田土壤大团聚体、微团聚体和粉、黏粒中的相对丰度分别为7.97%、8.56%和7.40%,显著高于其在天然湿地这3种粒径团聚体中的相对丰度（4.93%、4.81%和3.76%）;目水平上,厌氧绳菌目在稻田这3种粒径团聚体中的相对丰度分别为2.35%、3.03%和2.65%,显著高于其在天然湿地这3种粒径团聚体中的相对丰度（0.92%、0.91%和0.43%）.③生态网络分析显示,稻田微团聚体和粉、黏粒网络的节点数、边数和平均邻居数均高于天然湿地,并且在这两种组分中网络的平均连通度更大,特征路径长度更短;稻田大团聚体网络具有更长的特征路径长度、更高的模块性.结果表明,天然湿地改变为稻田后,土壤团聚体细菌群落结构改变,稻田微团聚体和粉、黏粒中细菌群落具有更高的物质循环和信息传递的效率,而稻田大团聚体细菌网络紧密性低,模块性高,其细菌群落结构更稳定.     

南水北调东线山东境内调蓄湖库蓝藻种群分布特征及环境驱动因子

为掌握南水北调东线山东境内调蓄湖库在工程运行前后蓝藻种群的分布情况及其环境驱动因子,于2010～2019年的5～11月对南四湖、东平湖、大屯水库、东湖水库和双王城水库进行藻类和水环境调查.共检出浮游蓝藻44种,其中丝状蓝藻23种.湖泊假鱼腥藻、拉氏拟柱孢藻、铜绿微囊藻和惠氏微囊藻在各调蓄湖库的检出频次和密度均较高,是主要有害蓝藻种.通过分析各调蓄湖库蓝藻种群的分布特征,发现丝状蓝藻在水力扰动较大水体中的生长优势较为明显,应成为日后调蓄湖库蓝藻风险防控的重点.Pearson相关性分析和广义线性拟合曲线结果显示,总氮、总磷、水温和水深是影响调蓄湖库主要有害蓝藻种生长的主要环境驱动因子.氮磷营养盐对于有害蓝藻种的生长具有显著的促进作用.湖泊假鱼腥藻具有良好的温度适应性,在夏初秋末仍能成为优势种,而当水温大于25℃时,拉氏拟柱孢藻、铜绿微囊藻和惠氏微囊藻具明显的生长优势.此外,较小的水深更利于拉氏拟柱孢藻的生长.建议在加强控制湖库氮磷营养盐输入的基础上,在夏初和秋末对湖泊假鱼腥藻进行重点监控,并在高温时期密切关注浅水区拉氏拟柱孢藻的生长情况,保障水质安全.     

北京市河流秋季浮游动物群落特征分析

为了解北京市河流浮游动物群落空间分布特征及其与水环境因子之间的关系,于2017年9月采集了北京市28个水体的81个断面的样品,鉴定出浮游动物4类68种,其中原生动物17种占25%,轮虫36种占53%,枝角类13种占19%,桡足类占3%,主要是桡足幼体和无节幼体. 15种优势种中12种主要来自于轮虫和桡足类.山区河流浮游动物以原生动物和桡足类为主,城郊结合区以桡足类为主,城区以轮虫为主.综合水质标识指数法、Shannon-Wiener指数、Pielou均匀度指数和Margalef丰富度指数计算结果表明,山区河流水质总体上优于城区,城市水质优于城郊结合区;采用单因子水质标识指数法识别出水体主要污染因子为总氮.通过主成分分析(PCA)和典范对应分析(CCA)后发现,NH_4+~-N、BOD_5和COD等对浮游动物特征影响较大.     

饮用水快速砂滤池优势微生物群落的代谢功能解析

快速砂滤池广泛应用于饮用水处理中,其净水效能一直被认为是物理化学作用,而对滤池表面附着微生物的净水作用仍不明晰.为了解析滤池中微生物的群落构成和功能特征,研究对国内8个城市的11座饮用水快滤池的进出水和滤料进行采样分析.进出水水质分析结果表明经过滤池处理,溶解性有机碳(DOC)有少量去除,氨氮(NH_4~+-N)显著降低,硝酸盐氮(NO_3~--N)显著增加,总氮(TN)未发生明显变化.利用宏基因组技术获得了滤池中微生物群落的构成和功能信息,滤池优势菌属(相对丰度占前10%)共14种,包括两类氨氧化细菌Nitrospira和Nitrosomonas.对优势菌属的功能基因信息进行分析,发现优势微生物菌群具有更高的碳水化合物、氮、硫和异生物质代谢功能丰度. Aeromonas的碳水化合物代谢基因相对丰度最高,Bradyrhizobium的氮、硫及异生物质代谢基因的相对丰度最高,说明这两种菌是影响饮用水水质的重要菌属.通过评价各个优势菌属对异生物质的代谢潜能,发现Bradyrhizobium、Sphingomonas、Methyloglobulus、Sphingopyxis和Klebsiella是饮用水快速砂滤池中降解微量有机污染物的关键菌.     

Application of the target fish community model to an urban river system

Several models have been developed to assess the biological integrity of aquatic systems using fish community data. One of these, the target fish community (TFC) model, has been used primarily to assess the biological integrity of larger, mainstem rivers in southern New England with basins characterized by dispersed human activities. We tested the efficacy of the TFC approach to specify the fish community in the highly urbanized Charles River watershed in eastern Massachusetts. To create a TFC for the Charles River we assembled a list of fish species that historically inhabited the Charles River watershed, identified geomorphically and zoogeographically similar reference rivers regarded as being in high quality condition, amassed fish survey data for the reference rivers, and extracted from the collections the information needed to define a TFC. We used a similarity measurement method to assess the extent to which the study river community complies with the TFC and an inference approach to summarize the manner in which the existing fish community differed from target conditions. The five most abundant species in the TFC were common shiners (34%), fallfish (17%) redbreast sunfish (11%), white suckers (8%), and American eel (7%). Three of the five species predicted to be most abundant in the TFC were scarce or absent in the existing river community. Further, the river was dominated by macrohabitat generalists (99%) while the TFC was predicted to contain 19% fluvial specialist species, 43% fluvial dependent species, and 38% macrohabitat generalist species. In addition, while the target community was dominated by fish intolerant (37%) and moderately tolerant (39%) of water quality degradation, the existing community was dominated by tolerant individuals (59%) and lacked intolerant species expected in the TFC. Similarity scores for species, habitat use specialization, and water quality degradation tolerance categories were 28%, 35% and 66%, respectively. The clear pattern of deviations from target conditions when observing fish habitat requirements strongly suggests that physical habitat change should be a priority for river enhancement in the Charles River. Comparison of our target and existing fish communities to those from a comprehensive study of Northeastern fish assemblage responses to urban intensity gradients revealed very similar results. Likewise, comparison of our TFC community and affinity scores to those of other TFCs from similar regions also yielded similar results and encouraging findings. Based on the positive results of these comparisons, the utility of the findings from the inference approach, and the widespread adoption of the TFC in the Northeast US, it appears that the TFC approach can be used effectively to identify the composition of a healthy fish community and guide river enhancements in both highly urbanized and non-urbanized streams and rivers in the Northeast US.     

乡村社区-旅游景区共生模式研究

合理科学的开发模式既能够深化旅游开发研究,又能够对旅游开发实践加以正确引导.在解读乡村旅游已有开发模式的基础上,较全面地阐释了社区-景区共生模式的内涵、演化过程以及模式构成,梳理了社区-景区共生模式的基本运作过程,并对该模式的效益进行评估.     

基于SERVQUAL模型的乡村旅游服务质量提升研究

SERVQUAL模型为提升乡村旅游服务质量提供了一个基本的分析框架.依据SERVQUAL模型的基本原理,结合乡村旅游的服务内容和特点,对乡村旅游服务质量的构成要素进行了改进,指出应确立合理的旅游者预期,并从基础设施和旅游公共服务体系建设、产品特色与乡村性保持、社区参与、人才培训四个方面提高旅游者对乡村旅游目的地和产品的服务感知.     

关于农村污水治理项目供给主体的探讨

从农村污水治理项目的社区性公共物品属性出发,说明农村污水治理项目不应完全由政府供给。通过梳理以日本为代表的发达国家的具体做法,提出了多元化供给的观点,并初步探讨了各供给主体的责任和义务。