生态系统营养离子循环及水化学演化的锶同位素示踪

综述了Ｓｒ同位素示踪生态系统离子循环和水化学演化的基本原理、主要内容和最新进展。着重介绍了Ｓｒ同位素在矿物风化速率研究、流域营养离子来源识别及其循环通量计算、地下水体化学成分演化机制的研究中的示踪应用;最后展望了Ｓｒ同位素在生物地球化学过程示踪上的潜在价值。     

地下水NO3^-氮与氧同位素研究进展

人为活动通常是地下水硝酸盐污染的主要原因。不同来源的NO3^-具有不同的氮、氧同位素组成,利用地下水NO3^-中的δ15N和δ18O值可有效识别地下水硝酸盐污染的来源。引起地下水中NO3^-含量显著减少的不同物理、化学和生物过程,所产生的氮、氧同位素分馏效应有明显差别。地下水系统中反硝化作用发生时,NO3^-中氮和氧同位素分馏系数呈一定比例。因此NO3^-中δ15N和δ18O值也是示踪地下水硝酸盐循环,尤其是反硝化作用的有效手段。利用NO3^-中氮和氧双同位素,并与其他环境同位素及化学分析技术相结合,示踪NO3^-来源及其循环是地下水硝酸盐污染研究的重要方向之一。综述了利用地下水硝酸盐中氮和氧同位素识别NO3^-污染源与循环的研究进展,简述了近年迅速发展的阴离子交换树脂取样法,概述了此方面研究存在的主要问题,并展望了今后的研究方向。     

地下水NO3-氮与氧同位素研究进展

人为活动通常是地下水硝酸盐污染的主要原因.不同来源的NO3-具有不同的氮、氧同位素组成,利用地下水NO3-中的δ15N和δ18O值可有效识别地下水硝酸盐污染的来源.引起地下水中NO3-含量显著减少的不同物理、化学和生物过程,所产生的氮、氧同位素分馏效应有明显差别.地下水系统中反硝化作用发生时,NO3-中氮和氧同位素分馏系数呈一定比例.因此NO3-中δ15N和δ18O值也是示踪地下水硝酸盐循环,尤其是反硝化作用的有效手段.利用NO3-中氮和氧双同位素,并与其他环境同位素及化学分析技术相结合,示踪NO3-来源及其循环是地下水硝酸盐污染研究的重要方向之一.综述了利用地下水硝酸盐中氮和氧同位素识别NO3-污染源与循环的研究进展,简述了近年迅速发展的阴离子交换树脂取样法,概述了此方面研究存在的主要问题,并展望了今后的研究方向.     

青木关岩溶地下水系统硝酸盐污染研究进展及展望

人为活动通常是地下水硝酸盐污染的主要原因。不同来源的NO3-具有不同的氮同位素组成,利用地下水NO3-中的δ15N值可有效识别地下水硝酸盐污染的来源。以重庆青木关岩溶地下河为例,综述了利用地下水硝酸盐中氮同位素识别NO3-污染源与循环的研究进展,简述了近年迅速发展的阴离子交换树脂取样法,概述了此方面研究存在的主要问题,并展望了今后的研究方向。     

生态系统营养离子循环及水化学演经的锶同位素示踪

综述了Ｓｒ同位素示踪生态系统离子循环水化学演化的基本原理、主要内容和最新进展。着重介绍了Ｓｒ同位素在矿物风化速率研究、流域营养离子来源识别及其循环通量计算、地下水体化学尬发演化机制的示踪应用;最后展望了Ｓｒ同位素在生物地球化学过程示踪上的潜在价值。     

喀斯特生态系统生物地球化学过程与物质循环研究:重要性、现状与趋势

喀斯特地质与生态系统是地球表层系统中的重要组成部分,其变化将对其他地区以及整个地球系统产生影响.生物地球化学循环是全球和区域变化研究的核心内容,而生态系统的演化与系统内水分和养分的生物地球化学循环密切相关。因此,我们有必要将喀斯特生态系统纳入到更大区域或全球生态系统中进行分析研究,在充分研究认识整个喀斯特生态系统物质生物地球化学循环规律的基础上,进一步研究喀斯特生态系统的全球变化响应或影响机制,为喀斯特生态系统优化调控对策和措施提供科学基础。研究生态系统演化过程中物质的生物地球化学循环规律,是研究植物适生性、物种优化配置和适应性生态系统调控机理的关键基础。在介绍前人工作基础的同时,本文全面而概括地总结了我们近年利用元素、同位素(如δ13C、δ15N、δ34S、87Sr/86Sr)示踪和化学计量学理论和方法对喀斯特生态系统中不同界面和流域中物质的生物地球化学循环及其生态环境效应的研究成果。认识到:喀斯特流域生物地球化学循环活跃,相互耦合,并与流域生态环境变化相互制约;人类活动正干预流域物质的自然生物地球化学循环过程,并导致相应的生态和环境效应;全球变化科学深化有赖于区域生态环境变化及物质生物地球化学循环的研究。这些认识是我们将来系统深入开展喀斯特以及其他流域生态系统物质生物地球化学循环研究的重要方向。     

海水硝酸盐氮、氧同位素组成研究进展

海洋中氮的生物地球化学循环影响着海洋生态系统的结构和功能,并和全球气候变化有着密切的联系,一直是海洋科学研究的重点和热点。海水硝酸盐的15N/14N和18O/16O比值可以反映海洋中氮循环的主要过程,因而成为研究海洋氮循环的一个重要手段。综述海水硝酸盐氮、氧同位素组成的测定方法,同化吸收作用、硝化作用、反硝化作用、生物固氮作用等氮循环过程所导致的氮、氧同位素分馏及其在海洋学研究中的应用。海洋生态系中硝酸盐氮、氧同位素的分布可以提供支持生物生产力的氮来源信息,以及氮在不同储库迁移转化的路径与机制。未来的研究需要发展适用于低含量硝酸盐的同位素测量方法,构筑海洋氮的收支平衡,掌握影响上层海洋硝酸盐氮、氧同位素变化的过程,获取全球海域有关硝酸盐氮、氧同位素组成的更多数据。     

硝酸盐氮氧同位素在海洋氮循环中的应用进展

海洋中硝酸盐的来源及生物地球化学作用是氮循环研究的重要内容。为更好地认识海洋中氮的循环,确定海洋中硝酸盐的来源以及研究氮的生物地球化学作用显得尤为重要。由于不同来源的硝酸盐往往具有不同的氮、氧同位素,并且硝酸盐的生物地球化学作用信息也会反映在氮、氧同位素上。因此,近十年来,利用氮、氧同位素方法研究海洋硝酸盐问题正日益受到国内外研究人员的重视。本文综述了海水硝酸盐N、O同位素分析方法的研究进展,以及用硝酸盐中N、O同位素来研究海洋硝酸盐的不同来源和示踪其地球化学过程这两方面的研究进展,并指出研究中的不足,最后对我国海洋硝酸盐研究现状进行了讨论并提出符合我国国情的研究方向。     

中国煤炭和城市苔藓的氮同位素组成特征

中国城市大气污染主要是煤烟型污染,因此研究中国主要聚煤区煤炭的氮同位素组成对利用氮同位素技术示踪中国城市大气N污染的来源具有重要意义.苔藓的主要N源是大气沉降N,故苔藓的氮同位素组成能有效识别大气N源.     

生物降解稠油沥青质热解产物中生物标志化合物与单体烃碳同位素组成研究

本文运用热解技术对采自准噶尔盆地风城地区6个重度生物降解稠油进行沥青质热解实验。通过分析沥青质热解产物中生物标志化合物组成和单体正构烷烃碳同位素组成,探索其在降解稠油油源研究中的应用。研究结果显示,沥青质热解产物中生物标志化合物组成特征易受热解温度的影响,指示母质沉积水体环境的参数 Pr/Ph比值随热解温度升高逐渐增大,在较高的温度下,高碳数、高环数的生物标志化合物易裂解生成低碳数、低环数的化合物,导致C20三环萜烷/C30 藿烷和孕甾烷/αααC29R甾烷两个参数的比值随热解温度升高逐渐增大,表明利用沥青质热解产物生物标志化合物组成进行降解稠油油源判识易出现偏差。而沥青质热解产物单体正构烷烃碳同位素组成随热解温度升高并没有明显的变化, 6个降解稠油沥青质热解产物单体正构烷烃碳同位素分布曲线呈水平分布,与来自风城组烃源岩的典型原油基本相似,说明沥青质热解产物中单体烃碳同位素组成特征可用于重度降解稠油油源分析。另外,通过对比稠油与其沥青质热解产物中单体正构烷烃单体碳同位素组成差异,可用于研究多油源以及后期混入的问题。     

珠江口近百年来富营养化加剧的沉积记录

由于土地利用和人类活动加剧所导致的营养元素由河流输入的增加是引起河口港湾地区富营养化趋势增强的重要原因,由此引发的赤潮在中国沿海地区呈现越来越频繁的趋势。本文通过珠江口两个沉积柱状样(ZJ6和ZJ10)揭示了该水域近百年来的富营养化加剧趋势。由柱状样中的TOC/TN比值判断,TOC是陆源和水生两种来源的混合物。在假设陆源和水生有机质C/N比值分别为5和20后,计算了在沉积物中两种来源有机碳的含量得到:两钻孔柱状样中水生有机碳、总氮、生物硅、陆源有机碳沉积通量自20世纪20年代到90年代呈明显升高趋势,分别增加了2.0、3.6、2.9、12.0倍(ZJ6)和5.4、6.8、5.5、10.6倍(ZJ10)。这一趋势与中国珠江三角洲地区在此期间,特别是50年来生产力的迅速提高趋势相对应。两钻孔柱状样中生物硅沉积通量的增加幅度逐渐超出水生有机碳沉积通量的增加幅度,表明硅藻是富营养化的敏感藻类。目前,Si相对于N、P还不是珠江口水域的限制性营养元素,但若不对水域的营养物进行有效管理以平衡营养元素间的比例关系和减弱富营养化趋势,珠江口的浮游生物种群结构和底层水的溶解氧含量将受到严重影响。     

Anthropogenic Nutrient Sources Supplied to a Chesapeake Bay Tributary Support Algal Growth: A Bioassay and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Approach

Three anthropogenic sources (urban, soil, and industrial runoff) were characterized for bulk nutrient and dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition using wet chemistry and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Each source was unique based on its chemical composition. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (N) comprised 91, 60, and 20 % of the total N pool in the soil, urban, and industrial sources, respectively. The DOM composition was dominated by terrestrial compounds in the soil, condensed hydrocarbons, lipids and proteins in the urban, and lipid-like compounds in the industrial source. A York River (VA) phytoplankton assemblage, dominated by Cochlodinium polykrikoides, was amended with the sources during a 7-day bioassay. There was a doubling of chlorophyll a and/or cell concentrations within 2 days, in the +Urban and +Soil treatments. The + Industrial treatment supported algal growth, but increases in cell abundances were only statistically significant at the end of the experiment (days 5–7), suggesting that this material was less labile to the original York River community than the other anthropogenic nutrient sources, on the relatively short timescale of the study.     

流域湿地水质净化功能研究进展

湿地具有去除水中营养物质或污染物质的特殊结构和功能属性,在维护流域生态平衡和水环境稳定方面发挥巨大作用。提出了流域湿地是将流域中湿地看作一个整体,研究其水质净化功能。对国内外湿地净水功能的特殊属性、湿地系统各组分对污染物质的去除作用及湿地对污染物质的去除过程研究作了不同程度的探讨。在流域的尺度上,进行了流域湿地水质净化功能的环境因子、影响流域湿地水质净化功能的重要湿地类型和流域湿地整体水质净化功能的研究,总结了流域湿地水质净化功能。对流域湿地水质净化功能未来的研究进行了讨论与展望。     

成熟度对陆相烃源岩可溶有机质Pr/Ph比值的影响

Pr/Ph比值一直作为重要的生物标志物参数,其不仅与生源、沉积环境条件有关,而且在一定程度上还受成熟度影响。本论文对取自南海珠江口盆地西部不同有机相的陆相烃源岩样品进行了生排烃热模拟实验,获取了不同温度点的可溶有机质（油）,结合对不同成熟度地质烃源岩样品抽提物的分析,较系统的研究了油/抽提物的Pr/Ph比值随着成熟度的变化规律。研究结果表明,在Ro为0.6%～1.8%阶段,中深湖相Ⅱ型和浅湖相-河沼相Ⅲ型烃源岩生成油的Pr/Ph比值随着成熟度的增高而降低,并且Ⅲ型烃源岩降低的幅度明显大于II型烃源岩,而到高成熟度阶段,两类烃源岩的Pr/Ph比值相近。应用Pr/Ph比值进行油-油对比、油-源对比、判识古沉积环境等,需要充分考虑成熟度对该比值的影响,尤其是对于含有陆相Ⅲ型烃源岩的沉积盆地,应结合其它地球化学参数综合对比分析。     

典型内陆湖泊沉积物氮、磷和重金属分布特征及生态风险评价——以武汉市武湖为例

城市内陆型湖泊湿地对城市生态系统具有重要的作用。以武汉市武湖为例,采用数理统计、营养盐指数、地累积指数和潜在生态风险指数等方法,对武湖表层沉积物中的氮、磷、有机质和重金属的平面分布特征、影响因素、富集污染程度、生态风险进行评价。结果表明: 武湖西北部表层沉积物中总氮、总磷和有机质的含量明显高于东南部,武湖周边地表径流和农田是营养元素的主要来源,旱地较水田有利于沉积物中总磷的富集; 武湖沉积物中有机质为内源水生植物和外源陆生植物的混合来源,与总氮具显著正相关关系; 沉积物中重金属含量总体较低,局部呈现高镉,平面上总体北部高于南部; 沉积物中重金属富集程度和潜在风险较低,局部地区镉和铅为轻微富集,镉和汞具中等潜在风险; 沉积物的潜在生态风险为低至中等,潜在生态风险与沉积物中镉的分布高度一致。     

Dissolved black nitrogen (DBN) in freshwater environments

Biomass burning results in the formation and accumulation of pyrogenic products such as black carbon (BC) and black nitrogen (BN) in soils. The ubiquitous presence of pyrogenic products in natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) and potential implications in global carbon cycling have recently been reported. However, little is known about the environmental dynamics or the importance in the global N cycle of dissolved BN (DBN; or heteroaromatic N). Here we report the coupling between DBN and dissolved BC (DBC) in ultrafiltered DOM from six headwater streams across a climatic region of North America, suggesting similar combustion sources, and that DOC may play an important role in the translocation of soil BN to the dissolved phase. The export of potentially recalcitrant riverine DBN to the ocean may affect the biogeochemical cycling of N and possibly the microbial community structure in aquatic environments.     

Spatial heterogeneity in lipid biomarker distributions in the catchment and sediments of a crater lake in central India

The basin-scale spatial variability in lipid biomarker proxies in lacustrine sediments, which are established tools for studying continental environmental change, has rarely been examined. It is often implicitly assumed that a lake sediment core provides an average integral of catchment sources. Here we evaluated the distribution of lipid biomarkers in a modern ecosystem and compared it with the sedimentary record. We analyzed lipid biomarkers in terrestrial and aquatic organisms and in lake surface sediments from 17 locations within the saline–alkaline Lonar crater lake in central India. Terrestrial vegetation and lake surface sediments were characterized by relatively high average chain length (ACL) index values (29.6–32.8) of leaf wax n-alkanes, consistent with suggestions that plants in drier and warmer climates produce longer chain alkyl lipids than plants in cooler and humid areas. A heterogeneous spatial distribution of ACL values in lake surface sediments was found: at locations away from the shore, the values were highest (31 or more), possibly indicating different sources and/or transport of terrestrial biomarkers. In floating, benthic microbial mats and surface sediment, n-heptadecane, carotenoids, diploptene, phytol and tetrahymanol occurred in large amounts. Interestingly, these biomarkers of a unique bacterial community were found in substantially higher concentrations in nearshore sediment samples. We suggest that human influence and subsequent nutrient supply resulted in increased primary productivity, leading to an unusually high concentration of tetrahymanol in the nearshore sediments.In summary, the data showed that substantial heterogeneity existed within the lake, but leaf wax n-alkanes in a core from the center of the lake represented an integral of catchment conditions. However, lake level fluctuation may potentially affect aquatic lipid biomarker distributions in lacustrine sediments, in addition to source changes.     

Natural Environmental Changes versus Human Impact in a Florida Estuary (Rookery Bay, USA)

Assessing the impact of climate change and anthropogenic activity on Florida coastal areas requires a thorough understanding of natural climate variability. The available instrumental record, however, is too short and too limited to capture the full range of natural variability. In order to provide additional data on the natural state of the climate system and to evaluate the influence of human impact, we reconstructed climatic and environmental changes of the past 300 years. Pre- (before 1900 ad) and post-human impact conditions were compared in Rookery Bay, a subtropical, southern Florida estuary and its bordering wetland system. Biomarkers from terrestrial and aquatic environments were used to reconstruct temperature, runoff, and aquatic productivity. Pre-anthropogenic conditions before 1750 ad indicate a relatively large contribution of mangrove-derived organic matter, locally decreasing at the end of this period. After 1750 ad follows a relatively stable period in which biomarker concentrations indicate relatively low levels of runoff and aquatic production. Enhanced anthropogenic activities, such as land clearance and hydrological alterations, end this period of stability by altering the hydrological conditions. This leads to a more dynamic system which is more sensitive to disturbances of vegetation and drainage, as evidenced by peak terrestrial biomarker fluxes during the twentieth century. These episodes of enhanced runoff resulted in eutrophication and algal blooms in Rookery Bay. Natural climate phenomena, such as a positive AMO phase and hurricane activity, might have added to ongoing processes during the twentieth century.     

Sources of nutrient pollution to coastal waters in the United States: Implications for achieving coastal water quality goals

Some 60% of coastal rivers and bays in the U.S. have been moderately to severely degraded by nutrient pollution. Both nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contribute to the problem, although for most coastal systems N additions cause more damage. Globally, human activity has increased the flux of N and P from land to the oceans by 2-fold and 3-fold, respectively. For N, much of this increase has occurred over the past 40 years, with the increase varying by region. Human activity has increased the flux of N in the Mississippi River basin by 4-fold, in the rivers of the northeastern U.S. by 8-fold, and in the rivers draining to the North Sea by more than 10-fold. The sources of nutrients to the coast vary. For some estuaries, sewage treatment plants are the largest single input; for most systems nonpoint sources of nutrients are now of relatively greater importance, both because of improved point source treatment and control (particularly for P) and because of increases in the total magnitude of nonpoint sources (particularly for N) over the past three decades. For P, agricultural activities dominate nonpoint source fluxes. Agriculture is also the major source of N in many systems, including the flux of N down the Mississippi River, which has contributed to the large hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. For both P and N, agriculture contributes to nonpoint source pollution both through losses at the field scale, as soils erode away and fertilizer is leached to surface and ground waters, and from losses from animal feedlot operations. In the U.S. N from animal wastes that leaks directly to surface waters or is volatilized to the atmosphere as ammonia may be the single largest source of N that moves from agricultural operations into coastal waters. In some regions, including the northeastern U.S., atmospheric deposition of oxidized N from fossil-fuel combustion is the major flux from nonpoint sources. This atmospheric component of the N flux into estuaries has often been underestimated, particularly with respect to deposition onto the terrestrial landscape with subsequent export downstream. Because the relative importance of these nutrient sources varies among regions and sites, so too must appropriate and effective mitigation strategies. The regional nature and variability of nutrient sources require that nutrient management efforts address large geographic areas.     

湿地水文研究进展综述

湿地是地球上一种重要的生态系统,具有巨大的环境功能和环境效益。水文是湿地中最重要的过程,是决定产生和维持湿地典型类型和湿地过程的重要因素。因此,湿地水文过程的研究是湿地研究的核心内容,是当前国内外湿地研究的热点。本文介绍了湿地水文及其对湿地功能等的重要性,综述了当前国内外在湿地水文状态与生态环境的关系、水流运动、水文模型与水文观测等方面的研究进展,并提出了今后我国亟待加强的湿地水文研究领域。