海水多种有机污染物荧光检测的研究

荧光检测系统的设计是现场海水多种有机污染物现场光学分析仪中的一个重要环节和难点。文中主要介绍了以ATmega8和IVC102为中心的荧光检测系统的设计,实现了多种有机污染物的同时测量。     

大容量海水自动分配处理系统

介绍了一种能用于大容量海水中的痕量有机污染物在线富集技术以及所研发装置的工作原理、系统构成.并重点介绍了基于PLC(可编程控制器)技术的自动分配处理系统.该系统可在不中断海水水样提供的情况下.实现大容量海水水样处理的全自动化.     

化学发光动力学法分析海水总有机碳研究与实现

提出了一种基于化学发光动力学方法的海水总有机碳(Total Organic Carbon,TOC)分析手段,利用臭氧与海水中有机污染物进行氧化反应进行化学发光,结合微光光电转换检测技术和对发光动力学曲线进行时间序列积分方法,实现了对海水TOC的快速、实时的现场测量。针对这个方法,进一步讨论了化学传感器、光电检测及动力学算法的设计。实验证明,该设计方法运行可靠、操作简单,为研究海洋环境提供了新的方法和思路。     

基于非均匀海水固有光学性质的透明度计算方法

针对透明度盘只能在白天开展海水透明度测量,易受自然环境和人为因素影响、客观定量性较差的不足,提出了基于海水固有光学性质的海水透明度计算方法。该方法仿真透明度盘测量海水透明度的基本原理,采用蒙特卡罗方法,利用海水固有光学性质,计算透明度盘所处位置海水上涌光相对量,结合对比度传输方程和人眼阈值,建立了基于海水固有光学性质的海水透明度计算模型。利用2006年1月至2月共37组海水透明度的观测数据与该模型数值实验结果比较表明,测量与计算值平均绝对误差为1.1 m。利用该方法可以客观、定量、准确地计算海水透明度,并且为夜间海水透明度要素计算增加了一种新途径。     

水下目标光学隐蔽参数测量方法研究

水下目标光学隐蔽参数测量技术在光学侦察、探测水下目标等军事运用中发挥了非常重要的作用。为了改变以往使用透明度盘测量海洋光学参数方式,提高测量的效率和测量结果精准度,在分析水下目标光学隐蔽参数的基础上,设计了船载水下目标光学隐蔽参数测量方法,利用lightools软件优化光学探头设计,采用无线方式实时传输海水光学参数数据,并进行了海上实验,测量得到了海水辐照比、海水体衰减系数和漫衰减系数,完成水下目标光学隐蔽参数分析,实验证明了该测量方法的可行性和可靠性。     

臭氧法海水化学需氧量测量仪

海水化学需氧量(COD)是海水中有机污染物的综合指标,是海洋环境监测最重要的项目之一,目前我国海洋环境污染日趋严重,现有的COD测量方法远远不能满足形势的需要,研制开发现场、快速、自动、连续运行的“COD测量仪”势在必行,也是海水COD分析技术发展方向和发展趋势。在国家863计划的支持下,我们研制成功了可用于现场的“臭氧法海水化学需氧量测量仪”。文中介绍了臭氧法海水化学需氧量测量仪的原理、实验室现场试验结果和海试现场情况。大量实验数据表明,该测量仪具有测量快速、结果准确、长时间不需维护等特点。     

厦门市排海污水COD的降解动力学

污水排海是目前滨海城市排污的主要方式。城市污水来自生活和工业废水,污水中有机污染含量往往比海水水质标准允许量高出近百倍。目前的海洋环境污染一般也以有机染污为主。海水中有机污染物的含量是水质控制的一个主要指标。污水所含有机污染物是个复杂的混合物,它们的含量一般都很微小,其中许多种类难以分离和直接鉴定,因此在环境污染监测和水质控制工作中,常常采用某些比较实用的宏观参数作为指标。水体的化学需氧量(COD)是其中常用的一种[1]。它是海水水质标准中有机污染物的综合指标[2]。也是近年来若干临海城市制定污水排海规划时水质控制的主要指标之一。     

海水光衰减变化与颗粒有机碳估算——以菲律宾海为例

2004年夏季在菲律宾海进行了上层水体光衰减(660 nm)剖面测量和海水取样分析,提出了海区悬浮颗粒有机碳的光学统计模型。根据大量的现场观测资料,得到了菲律宾海上层水体高分辨率颗粒有机碳断面,对颗粒有机碳分布与变化特征进行了探讨。研究表明,菲律宾海上层水体颗粒有机碳和叶绿素a的比值约为400~2000,浮游植物现存量与颗粒有机碳现存量变化趋势一致。     

海水水质监测技术市场分析

随着人们环保意识的增强,海水水质监测技术的社会需求也越来越广泛,越来越迫切。 水质监测的基本要素包括溶解氧、营养盐、悬浮颗粒物、人类病原体以及痕量金属、农药和放射性核素等工业污染物。全球海洋观测系统(GOOS)海洋健康小组委员会规定,海洋健康(HOTO)监测计划优先测量的基本海水水质(1类海水)要素包括:溶解氧、硝酸盐、悬浮颗粒物     

海水中农药的光化学降解研究

农药的光化学降解是海水中农药残留污染物去除的重要途径,其降解过程和降解产物对海水环境的影响很大。文中研究了有机污染物农药在海水环境中光化学降解的反应类型,反应机理,影响因素(光照条件、溶液介质、pH、重金属离子、光敏剂),光降解产物及其分析方法。指出了当前农药光化学降解研究中存在的一些问题并提出了今后的研究方向。     

Biological responses to contaminants in the Humber Estuary: disentangling complex relationships

Due to the ecological importance of estuaries, it is necessary to understand the biological effects that potentially toxic contaminants induce in bioindicator species. A key aspect is whether effects at lower levels of biological organisation transfer through the system to higher levels. In understanding such processes, characterising multivariate relationships between contaminants, sediment toxicities and detoxification processes are important. Worms (Hediste diversicolor) and sediments were collected along the Humber Estuary, England, and inorganic and organic contaminants were quantified. Sediment toxicities and glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) activity in the ragworm were analysed. Concentrations of metals were highest near urban and industrial areas, whereas organic contaminants appeared at upstream locations. GST activity correlated with heavy metals. The genotoxicity, oestrogenicity, dioxin and dioxin-like activity were higher at upstream locations. Oestrogenicity correlated with alkylphenols and some organochlorines, whilst genotoxicity correlated with organochlorines and heavy metals. Despite this, higher level biological responses could not be predicted, indicating that homeostasis is operating.     

Organic biomarkers to describe the major carbon inputs and cycling of organic matter in the central Great Barrier Reef region

Controversy surrounds the sources and transport of land derived pollutants in the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem because there is insufficient knowledge of the mechanism of movement of organic contaminants and the cycling of organic matter in this dynamic system. Thus a sediment and sediment trap study was used to describe the composition of resuspended and surface sediments in the south central Great Barrier Reef and its lagoon. This region is characterised by strong tides (6–8 m at Mackay) and trade winds regularly about 15–20 knots. A series of organic biomarkers detailed the cyclical processes of sediment resuspension, recolonising with marine algae and bacteria, packaging into zooplankton faecal pellets and resettlement to sediments where the organics undergo further diagenesis. With each cycle the inshore sediments are diluted with CaCO₃ reef sediments and moved further offshore with the strong ebb tide currents. This results in transport of land derived materials offshore and little storage of organic materials in the lagoon or reef sediments. These processes were detailed by inorganic measurements such as %CaCO₃ and Al/Ca ratios, and by the compositions of hydrocarbon, sterol, alcohol, and fatty acid lipid fractions. Persistent contaminants such as coal dust from a coastal loading facility can be detected in high concentration inshore and decreasing out to the shelf break at 180 m approximately 40 nautical miles offshore. The normal processes would likely be amplified during cyclonic and other storms. The lipids show the sources of carbon to include diatoms and other phytoplankton, creanaerchaeota, sulfate reducing and other bacteria, land plants including mangrove leaves, plus coal dust and other petroleum contaminants.     

Effects of settling organic matter on the bioaccumulation of cadmium and BDE-99 by Baltic Sea benthic invertebrates

Settling organic matter (OM) is the major food source for heterotrophic benthic fauna. The high sorption affinity of many contaminants for OM implies that OM can influence both the distribution and bioavailability of contaminants. Here, we experimentally examine the role of settling OM of various nutritional qualities on the bioaccumulation of cadmium and the flame retardant BDE-99 by three benthic invertebrates; Macoma balthica, Monoporeia affinis and Marenzelleria sp. Contaminants were associated with three types of OM; a microalgae (Tetraselmis spp.), lignin and sediment. Bioaccumulation of Cd was proportional to OM nutritional quality for all three species, and was species-specific in the order Marenzelleria>M. balthica>M. affinis. BDE-99 bioaccumulation was highest in the treatment with the most nutritious OM (Tetraselmis). Consequently, both benthic species composition and the nutritive value of organic matter settling to the seafloor can have a substantial effect on the bioaccumulation of both metals and organic contaminants.     

Immuno-localisations (GSSP) of subcellular accumulation sites of phenanthrene, aroclor 1254 and lead (Pb) in relation to cytopathologies in the gills and digestive gland of the mussel Mytilus edulis

Cell and tissue pathology of both, gill and digestive tissue, has been the subject of many studies for the elucidation of contaminant-induced biological effects. In the present study, cellular pathological alterations were linked to subcellular sites of chemical accumulation in gills and digestive gland tissues. For this purpose, mussels (Mytilus edulis) were exposed to the organic contaminants aroclor 1254 (PCB) (20 microg/L), phenanthrene (PAH) (150 microg/L) or the metal lead (Pb) (2.5mg/L). The localization of chemicals at the subcellular level was analysed by an antibody-based detection system (GSSP) by the use of commercially available antibodies specifically directed against the chemicals. Pathological changes were analysed in parallel in identical samples by transmission electron microscopy. After exposure to the different contaminants, cell organelles such as mitochondria, the endo-lysosomal system as well as endoplasmic reticulum showed clear evidence of chemically-induced alterations. Large numbers of crystalloid inclusions were found in mitochondria and in autophagic lysosomes as well as multi-lamellated whorls after PAH and aroclor exposure. Immunocytochemical detection of the chemicals showed their accumulation inside of various cell organelles such as lysosomes, mitochondria, and nuclei. Additionally, chemicals were localized in association to membranes, cilia and microvilli of gill and digestive gland cells. Furthermore, the chitinous rod and mucus secretions of gill epithelial cells were positively labelled for contaminants indicating their role in protection. Localization of contaminants by immuno-detection in combination with pathological diagnosis gives insights into the cellular targets of chemical attack.     

Growth of estuarine fish is associated with the combined concentration of sediment contaminants and shows no adaptation or acclimation to past conditions

We tested whether the growth rates of small benthic fish (Gillichthys mirabilis) in three southern California estuaries corresponded with the local concentrations of contaminants. Fish originating from each estuary were transplanted to cages in each estuary in two reciprocal transplant experiments. The growth rates of caged fish, and the size-distribution of natural populations, showed the same pattern of difference among estuaries. Twelve metals and organic contaminants occurred in bulk sediments at concentrations close to their individual ERL values, and a simple index of their combined concentration (the mean ERL quotient) was inversely correlated to the growth of caged fish. Metals in the water column occurred at lower concentrations, relative to toxicity thresholds, than those in sediments and were unrelated to fish growth. Fish used in the field caging experiments, and other fish held in the laboratory under constant conditions, showed no difference in growth according to their estuary of origin. Fish originating from different estuaries also showed no consistent differences in their tissue burden of organic contaminants. Our results thus suggested no genetic adaptation or physiological acclimation to the past contaminant regime, but revealed a possible association between fish growth rates and the combined concentration of multiple sediment contaminants.     

Selected chemical contaminants in surface sediments of Commencement Bay and the Tacoma Waterways, Washington, USA

Eight metals, 21 organic priority pollutants, and 11 other contaminants and contaminant-related sediment characteristics were measured in surface sediments (upper 2 cm) at 21 locations in Commencement Bay and the Tacoma Waterways, Washington. Summary statistics were calculated and statistical approaches (analysis of variance, multiple comparisons tests, cluster analysis and principal component analysis) were applied to subsets of the data to classify sediment contamination. Overall sediment contamination was highest in the Sitcum, City and Hylebos Waterways, intermediate in Commencement Bay, at the entrances to the Tacoma Waterways and in the outer reaches of the Blair and Hylebos Waterways, and lowest at the Blair Waterway turning basin, the mouth of the Puyallup River and at a reference site near Browns Point. High concentrations of some contaminants appeared to be related to proximity to sources of contaminants. Depositional vectors, and chemical adsorption processes may also influence the spatial distribution of sediment contamination in the study area.Results of simple and partial correlation analyses indicate that arsenic, iron and manganese may be more closely associated with the clay fraction, while cadmium, copper and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons may be more closely associated with the total organic carbon content of sediments. We were unable to discriminate statistically between the affinity of chromium, lead, zinc and phthalates with the % clay or the total organic carbon content of sediments.     

基于氧化逆境标志物的北部湾潮间带沉积物有机污染程度综合评价

利用综合生物标志物响应(IBR)指数对北部湾潮间带沉积环境中多氯联苯(PCBs)、石油烃(TPH)、壬基酚(NP) 和苯并芘(B[a]P)的综合污染水平进行评价。在9个站位采集波纹巴非蛤(Paphia undulata)和沉积物样品,测定沉积物和生物软组织中有机污染物含量,同时对鳃、内脏中与细胞防御系统有关的各7种标志物(包括还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)、氧化型谷胱甘肽(GSSG)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPx)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)等)进行分析。利用相关性分析法筛选出对1~2种有机污染物响应敏感的生物标志物共8种,分别为内脏中的GPx、GSH、GSSG、CAT和鳃中的GPx、GSH、GSSG、CAT。以筛选的8种生物标志物为基础, 9个站位IBR指数范围为0.27~1.48,其中站位S2(湛江市乐民镇码头)、站位S9(湛江市江洪码头)的IBR较小,显示污染程度最轻;站位S4(防城港西湾)、站位S3(钦州湾老人沙浅滩) IBR较高,显示生物体因有机污染产生氧化逆境。不同站位的IBR值与污染源分布、化学污染物分析结果基本一致,表明该方法可用于北部湾潮间带沉积物有机污染程度的综合评价。     

Influence of climate change on interannual variation in contaminant body burden in Gulf of Mexico oysters

As part of NOAA's National Status and Trends Mussel Watch Program, oysters were sampled along the Gulf of Mexico coast each winter from 1986 to 1992 and analyzed for trace metal, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), and pesticide body burden. We identified contaminant variables for which large-scale climate processes played an important role in establishing the interannual variation in body burden by examining cases where body burdens rose or fell more or less in unison over broad geographic regions and distinguished these concordant changes from cases where bays varied independently. Of the 11 metals analyzed, nine had scales of concordancy 100 km. Ni and Se, however, had among the largest scales of concordancy in the study, 1200 km. That is, oyster body burdens in bays as far apart as 1200 km tended to rise and fall in unison from one year to the next. Interannual variations in body burden of organic contaminants had a much stronger regional component. All but two of the 11 organic contaminants had scales of concordancy of 200 km or greater and six exceeded 400 km. Concordancy was strongest either in the southern, northwestern, or north-central Gulf, depending upon the contaminant. For all contaminants, bays tended to vary independently in the northeastern Gulf. For three contaminants, total chlordanes, dieldrin and Cd, regional concordancy may originate from a widespread decrease in use and, therefore, input. These contaminants declined nearly monotonically over the 7 years. For others, including Zn and many of the PAHs and pesticides, the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle may be important in establishing the interannual variability in contaminant body burden: (1) ENSO has the geographic scale required; (2) a subtropical influence is required to explain the similarity in interannual variation between south Texas and southern Florida; (3) ENSO-related climate responses in the Gulf follow the southwestern/northeastern trend that would establish the northwestern Gulf focus in concordancy so prominent in many of the contaminants; and (4) deviations in yearly mean body burden from the Gulf-wide mean track the Southern Oscillation Index in some cases.     

A description of chloride cell and kidney tubule alterations in the flatfish Solea senegalensis exposed to moderately contaminated sediments from the Sado estuary (Portugal)

The effects of sediment-bound contaminants on kidney and gill chloride cells were surveyed in juvenile Solea senegalensis exposed to fresh sediments collected from three distinct sites of the Sado Estuary (Portugal) in a 28-day laboratorial assay. Sediments were analyzed for metallic contaminants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines as well as for total organic matter, redox potential and fine fraction. The potential for causing adverse biological effects of each surveyed sediment was assessed by comparison of contaminant levels to available guidelines for coastal sediments, namely the Threshold Effects Level (TEL) and the Probable Effects Level (PEL). The Sediment Quality Guideline Quotient indices (SQGQ) were calculated to compare the overall contamination levels of the three stations. A qualitative approach was employed to analyze the histo/cytopathological traits in gill chloride cells and body kidney of fish exposed to each tested sediment for 0, 14 and 28 days. The results showed that sediment contamination can be considered low to moderate and that the least contaminated sediment (from a reference site, with the lowest SQGQ) caused lesser changes in the surveyed organs. However, the most contaminated sediment (by both metallic and organic xenobiotics, with highest SQGQ) was neither responsible for the highest mortality nor for the most pronounced lesions. Exposure to the sediment presenting an intermediate SQGQ, essentially contaminated by organic compounds, caused the highest mortality (48%) and the most severe damage to kidneys, up to full renal necrosis. Chloride cell alterations were similar in fish exposed to the two most contaminated sediments and consisted of a pronounced cellular hypertrophy, likely involving fluid retention and loss of mitochondria. It can be concluded that sediment contamination considered to be low or moderate may be responsible for severe injury to cells and parenchyma involved in the maintenance of osmotic balance, contributing for the high mortality levels observed. The results suggest that sediment-bound organic contaminants such as PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) may be very toxic to the analyzed organs, especially the kidney, even when present in low-risk concentrations.