The obtaining of biosphere reserve decrees in Mexico: analysis of three cases

SUMMARY

During eight years, the Biological Research Center of the Northwest promoted the federal decrees to attain legal protection of three key zones for biodiversity conservation in Mexico: La Sierra de La Laguna, El Desierto del Vizcaíno, and E1 Archipiélago Revillagigedo Biosphere Reserves. In this work, we discuss the biological and socioeconomical importance of these three regions, the necessary steps to attain a Presidential decree in Mexico, and the required strategies to promote local and political support for each decree. In a country like Mexico, the promotion of one Presidential decree to declare a zone as a biosphere reserve must successfully address two different goals: the technical and the political. The technical phase can be successfully completed by a research centre or university in 6 to 12 months; while the political phase may or may not be successfully completed. If successful, in our experience, it can be attained with 2 to 96 months of continuous efforts.     

基于总量和形态的表层沉积物重金属污染及来源——以马鞍列岛海域为例

为了解马鞍列岛海域沉积物特征及重金属污染状况,于2017年6月采集了该海域表层沉积物样品,并对表层沉积物pH值、氧化还原电位（Eh）、粒度（D_[3,2]）等地球化学指标进行了同步原位调查,采用改进后的沉积物重金属形态分析的连续提取法（European Community Bureau of Reference （BCR））分析了7种重金属（Cr、As、Ni、Zn、Pb、Cu、Cd）各形态含量,并结合富集因子系数（EF）、地累积指数法（I_geo）等方法初步探索了马鞍列岛海域沉积物中重金属的污染特征及其来源.结果显示,马鞍列岛海域沉积物呈中性-弱碱性,属还原环境;近岛礁区以粉砾和粘粒为主,而远岛礁区以砂砾和粉砾为主;7种重金属总量均满足我国海洋沉积物质量I类标准;Cr、As、Ni以原生相为主,而Zn、Pb、Cu、Cd均以次生相为主;Cd以可交换态及碳酸盐结合态（F1）以及有机物及硫化物结合态（F3）为主要赋存形态,Zn、Pb、Cu以铁锰氧化物结合态（F2）为主要赋存形态,而Cr、As、Ni以残渣态为主要赋存形态;以Fe作为参比,7种重金属的富集程度顺序为Cd > Cu > Ni > Zn > Pb > Cr > As;通过空间污染状况分析发现,Cu、Cd在受人为活动影响较大的近岛礁区存在富集污染现象,其他重金属则主要表现为天然来源,除Ni外,Cu、Pb、Cd、As、Cr、Zn含量均呈近岛礁区>远岛礁区的空间分布特征.总体上,马鞍列岛国家级特别海洋保护区沉积物重金属污染程度较低,生态环境保护与底质修复效果较好.     

西沙赵述岛和北岛海鸟遗迹14C年代模型及意义

对采自西沙赵述岛和北岛的沉积剖面ZS2、BD1进行分析,两个剖面具有十分相似的物源组成和岩性变化。通过测定剖面中海鸟残体的~(14)C年龄,运用传统方法以及Clam和Bacon程序建立了ZS2和BD1沉积剖面的年龄-深度模型。对比年龄-深度模型发现,Bacon程序运用MCMC作为迭代算法,排除异常数据影响,拟合得到的曲线单调相比较于Clam年龄模型显得更为合理。所建立的年代学模型为后期的气候环境演变研究提供了基础。根据Bacon程序所构建的年龄-深度模型结果,我们发现近千年来ZS2和BD1剖面处的平均沉积速率分别为0.86 mm?a~(-1)和1.26 mm?a~(-1)。采样点的沉积速率在一定程度上代表了岛屿的垂向生长速率,均低于当前海平面的平均上升速率。同时,鸟骨的~(14)C年龄也揭示了赵述岛海鸟活动时间应不晚于AD 1172—1290,而海鸟开始在北岛活动的时间则不晚于AD 984—1140。     

舟山群岛海域资源开发利用研究

舟山群岛是我国第一大群岛,自然资源丰富,区位条件优越。本文分析了舟山海域资源特征、优势及资源开发利用的限制因素,对岛屿资源、海洋资源、港口航道等优势资源的开发利用提出了科学与合理的建议,以提高舟山市社会、经济和生态三大效益,促进海岛区域的持续发展。     

南麂列岛潮间带底栖藻类与环境的关系探讨

根据南麂列岛的国胜岙,大沙岙和上马鞍等３条潮间带的底栖藻类监测结果,结合同区域的水质及底质环境质量,初步评价了该３个区栖藻类的生态种群,密度,形状及季节变化与环境质量之间的关系。     

Speciation of nitrogen in the coral reef sedimentary environment of Lakshadweep archipelago,Indian ocean

This paper focuses on the spatial distributional profiles of different species of the important micronutrient element, nitrogen (nitrite, nitrate and total nitrogen) in various coral-reef sedimentary environment of Lakshadweep Archipelago. The relative abundance of the three forms of nitrogen was in the order, total-N???nitrate-N???nitrite-N. Relatively very low levels of nitrite in the different microenvironments of the islands are an indication of a higher rate of nitrification, so as to produce thermodynamically most stable form of nitrogen, namely nitrate under the condition of well-oxygenated shallow coastal/lagoon waters. A lagoon-ward enrichment pattern of total nitrogen in the lagoon transects of Agathy, Minicoy, Kadamath and Kiltan Islands also reflected the fact that the rate and space available for nitrogen fixation in shallow zones of the lagoon are high. Further, the nitrogenous waste materials produced from the reefs and surrounding environments have limited exchange with the sea, and all these factors, together with the organic nitrogen retention capacity of sediment types, contribute to total nitrogen.     

线性判别分析对舟山海洋站降水中常量阳离子含量的年度、季节特征分析

通过对舟山站点2002/2003年度降水中的6种常量阳离子H⁺、NH₄⁺、K⁺、Na⁺、Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺近2a的连续观测,采用稳健统计分析对浓度范围及变化趋势进行了描述.利用线性判别分析对实验数据进行降维处理,得到线性判别曲面,对样本点在新正规变量空间的时间性分布特征进行了描述,依据正规变量的线性组合,解释了决定该样本点时间性特征分布的主要阳离子影响因素,并对造成异常样品点的影响因素进行了分析.     

城镇化背景下海岛资源环境承载力评估

在建设海洋强国的关键时期,海岛的生态保护和开发利用均至关重要。城镇化对海岛生态系统带来了深刻的影响,开展海岛资源环境承载力评估对管控人类开发行为、维护海岛生态平衡具有重要意义。论文以我国北方典型海岛—庙岛群岛为研究区,构建了一套综合开发强度和生态状况的海岛资源环境承载力评估方法并开展评估,结果显示：1）群岛尺度上,海岛资源环境承载力处于临界超载状态;2）单岛尺度上,南长山岛处于轻度超载状态,北长山岛、庙岛和大钦岛处于临界超载状态,小黑山岛、大黑山岛、砣矶岛、小钦岛、南隍城岛和北隍城岛处于可载状态,不同海岛应实施不同的保护与利用模式;3）区块尺度上,海岛资源环境承载力表现出了明显的空间分异性特征,可载区占41.7%,临界超载区占30.0%,轻度、中度和重度超载区分别占15.9%、8.1%和4.3%,超载区主要分布在各岛的城镇建设区域。     

Risks to large marine protected areas posed by drifting fish aggregation devices

Mapping and predicting the potential risk of fishing activities to large marine protected areas (MPAs), where management capacity is low but fish biomass may be globally important, is vital to prioritizing enforcement and maximizing conservation benefits. Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are a highly effective fishing method employed in purse seine fisheries that attract and accumulate biomass fish, making fish easier to catch. However, dFADs are associated with several negative impacts, including high bycatch rates and lost or abandoned dFADs becoming beached on sensitive coastal areas (e.g., coral reefs). Using Lagrangian particle modeling, we determined the potential transit of dFADs in a large MPA around the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean. We then quantified the risk of dFADs beaching on the archipelago's reefs and atolls and determined the potential for dFADs to pass through the MPA, accumulate biomass while within, and export it into areas where it can be legally fished (i.e., transit). Over one-third (37.51%) of dFADs posed a risk of either beaching or transiting the MPA for >14 days, 17.70% posed a risk of beaching or transiting the MPA for >30 days, and 13.11% posed a risk of beaching or transiting the MPA for >40 days. Modeled dFADs deployed on the east and west of the perimeter were more likely to beach and have long transiting times (i.e., posed the highest risk). The Great Chagos Bank, the largest atoll in the archipelago, was the most likely site to be affected by dFADs beaching. Overall, understanding the interactions between static MPAs and drifting fishing gears is vital to developing suitable management plans to support enforcement of MPA boundaries and the functioning and sustainability of their associated biomass.     

基于"3S"技术的城郊森林公园土地利用问题分析——以武汉市马鞍山森林公园为例

近年来城郊森林公园发展很快,然而城郊型森林公园的土地利用问题的研究却很少。分析了城郊森林公园土地利用的特点,并以武汉市马鞍山森林公园为例,借助3S技术,以1989年、1995年、1998年、2005年遥感影像为主要数据源,分析了马鞍山森林公园土地的现状、变化及存在的问题,并提出了建议。