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The existence of sex is one of the major unsolved problems in biology. We use computer simulations to model conditions in
which sex may first become established. We develop an individual-based population model and show that a hypothetical facultative
sex gene can fix, provided that the initial cost is low. It is demonstrated that the equilibrium fitness in the population
increases with increasing population size and decreasing mutation rate. The probability of the establishment of the sex gene
is found not to be directly related to the fitness difference between the asexual and sexual populations. This change in fitness
on changing the parameters of the model is investigated. 相似文献
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敌敌畏农药是一种广泛使用的中等毒性的有机磷农药,采用传统方法测定难以满足现场测定的需要。试验以戊二醛为交联剂制备了一种基于丁酰胆碱脂酶的ISFET(离子敏场效应管)生物传感器,并将其应用于敌敌畏的测定,考察了不同pH值、底物浓度、抑制时间等对传感器响应(电压)值的影响,得到了最佳测定条件。 相似文献
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Viacheslav I. Kharuk Mariya L. Dvinskaya Ilya A. Petrov Sergei T. Im Kenneth J. Ranson 《Regional Environmental Change》2016,16(8):2389-2397
Fire history within the northern larch forests of Central Siberia was studied (65 + °N). Fires within this area are predominantly caused by lightning strikes rather than human activity. Mean fire return intervals (FRIs) were found to be 112 ± 49 years (based on firescars) and 106 ± 36 years (based on firescars and tree natality dates). FRIs were increased with latitude increase and observed to be about 80 years at 64°N, about 200 years near the Arctic Circle and about 300 years nearby the northern range limit of larch stands (~71° + N). Northward FRIs increase correlated with incoming solar radiation (r = ?0.95). Post-Little Ice Age (LIA) warming (after 1850) caused approximately a doubling of fire events (in comparison with a similar period during LIA). The data obtained support a hypothesis of climate-induced fire frequency increase. 相似文献
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Kharuk Viacheslav I. Im Sergei T. Petrov Ilya A. Dvinskaya Mariya L. Fedotova Elena V. Ranson Kenneth J. 《Regional Environmental Change》2017,17(3):803-812
Regional Environmental Change - Increased dieback and mortality of “dark needle conifer” (DNC) stands (composed of fir (Abies sibirica), Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica) and spruce (Picea... 相似文献
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Jae Hwan Lee Chunrong Jia Sergei Chernyak 《Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)》2013,63(11):1503-1517
Abstract Four popular thermally desorbable adsorbents used for air sampling (Tenax TA, Tenax GR, Carbopack B, and Carbopack X) are examined for the potential to form artifacts with ozone (O3) at environmental concentrations. The performance of these adsorbents for the ketone and alde-hyde species identified as O3-adsorbent artifacts was also characterized, including recovery, linearity, and method detection limits (MDLs). Using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, 13 different artifacts were identified and confirmed for both Tenax TA and Tenax GR, 9 for Carbopack B, but none for Carbopack X. Several O3 artifacts not reported previously were identified, including: pentanal, 3-hexanone, 2-hexanone, hexanal, 3-heptanone, and heptanal with Tenax TA; pentanal, 3-hexanone, 2-hexanone, hexanal, and 3-heptanone on Tenax GR; and 1-octene and 1-nonene with Carbopack B. Levels of straight-chain aldehyde artifacts rapidly diminished after a few cycles of adsorbent conditioning/O3 exposure, and concentrations could be predicted using a first-order model. Phenyl-substituted carbonyl artifacts (benzalde-hyde and acetophenone) persisted on Tenax TA and GR even after 10 O3 exposure-conditioning cycles. O3 breakthrough through the adsorbent bed was most rapid in adsorbents that yielded the highest levels of artifacts. Overall, artifact composition and concentration are shown to depend on O3 concentration and dose, conditioning method, and adsorbent type and age. Calibrations showed good linearity, and most compounds had reasonable recoveries, for example, 90 ±15% for Tenax TA, 97 ±23% for Tenax GR, 101 ±24% for Carbopack B, and 79 ±25% (91 ±9% for n-aldehydes) for Carbopack X. Benzeneacetaldehyde recovery was notably poorer (22–63% across the four adsorbents). MDLs for several compounds were relatively high, up to 5 ng. By accounting for both artifact formation and method performance, this work helps to identify which carbonyl compounds can be measured using thermally desorbable adsorbents and which may be prone to bias because of the formation of O3- adsorbent artifacts. 相似文献
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A method by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was developed which allows the measurement of (236)U at concentration ranges down to 3 x 10(-14)g g(-1) and extremely low (236)U/(238)U isotope ratios in soil samples of 10(-7). By using the high-efficiency solution introduction system APEX in connection with a sector-field ICP-MS a sensitivity of more than 5,000 counts fg(-1) uranium was achieved. The use of an aerosol desolvating unit reduced the formation rate of uranium hydride ions UH(+)/U(+) down to a level of 10(-6). An abundance sensitivity of 3 x 10(-7) was observed for (236)U/(238)U isotope ratio measurements at mass resolution 4000. The detection limit for (236)U and the lowest detectable (236)U/(238)U isotope ratio were improved by more than two orders of magnitude compared with corresponding values by alpha spectrometry. Determination of uranium in soil samples collected in the vicinity of Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) resulted in that the (236)U/(238)U isotope ratio is a much more sensitive and accurate marker for environmental contamination by spent uranium in comparison to the (235)U/(238)U isotope ratio. The ICP-MS technique allowed for the first time detection of irradiated uranium in soil samples even at distances more than 200 km to the north of Chernobyl NPP (Mogilev region). The concentration of (236)U in the upper 0-10 cm soil layers varied from 2 x 10(-9)g g(-1) within radioactive spots close to the Chernobyl NPP to 3 x 10(-13)g g(-1) on a sampling site located by >200 km from Chernobyl. 相似文献
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Elina?PortjanskajaEmail author Marina?Krichevskaya Sergei?Preis Juha?Kallas 《Environmental Chemistry Letters》2004,2(3):123-127
The photocatalytic oxidation of humic substances in aqueous solutions and natural waters with TiO2 attached to buoyant, hollow glass micro-spheres was studied. A maximum oxidation efficiency of 3.6 mg W–1 h–1 was achieved in neutral or alkaline media at a plane surface concentration of the catalyst attached to the micro-spheres of 25 g m–2. Proceeding by different mechanisms in acidic and alkaline media, the photocatalytic oxidation efficiency did not benefit from an excessive presence of hydroxyl radical promoters, hydrogen peroxide and alkali. 相似文献
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Sergei Schreider Panlop Zeephongsekul Matthew Fernandes 《Environmental Modeling and Assessment》2010,15(4):223-238
This paper is a case study which describes the application of game-theoretic approach in resource management with specific
emphasis on developing optimal strategies of phosphorus applications for soil fertilisation. The approach adopted allows resource
managers to consider not only competitive strategies, which were treated as the Nash equilibrium game solutions, but also
strategies which imply cooperation between farmers. These strategies were modelled as the cooperative Pareto optima of the
game. The objective function of the game has been developed in order to reflect both economic advantages of phosphorus applications
and the environmental losses associated with these applications expressed as dollar values. The paper presents algorithms
for finding competitive and cooperative solutions of the game for the particular case when no time scheduling is included
in the game parametrisation. The results obtained in the paper showed that the cooperative solutions lead to much lesser environmental
impacts than that in the case of non-cooperative strategies. 相似文献
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Boulyga SF Zoriy M Ketterer ME Becker JS 《Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM》2003,5(4):661-666
The depth distribution of plutonium, americium, and 137Cs originating from the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) was investigated in several soil profiles in the vicinity from Belarus. The vertical migration of transuranic elements in soils typical of the 30 km relocation area around Chernobyl NPP was studied using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), alpha spectrometry, and gamma spectrometry. Transuranic concentrations in upper soil layers ranged from 6 x 10(-12) g g(-1) to 6 x 10(-10) g g(-1) for plutonium and from 1.8 x 10(-13) g g(-1) to 1.6 x 10(-11) g g(-1) for americium. These concentrations correspond to specific activities of (239+240)Pu of 24-2400 Bq kg(-1) and specific activity of 241Am of 23-2000 Bq kg(-1), respectively. Transuranics in turf-podzol soil migrate slowly to the deeper soil layers, thus, 80-95%, of radionuclide inventories were present in the 0-3 cm intervals of turf-podzol soils collected in 1994. In peat-marsh soil migration processes occur more rapidly than in turf-podzol and the maximum concentrations are found beneath the soil surface (down to 3-6 cm). The depth distributions of Pu and Am are essentially identical for a given soil profile. (239+240)Pu/137Cs and 241Am/137Cs activity ratios vary by up to a factor of 5 at some sites while smaller variations in these ratios were observed at a site close to Chernobyl, suggesting that 137Cs is dominantly particle associated close to Chernobyl but volatile species of 137Cs are of relatively greater importance at the distant sites. 相似文献