Development of paleolimnological inference models for pH, total nitrogen and specific conductivity based on planktonic diatoms

Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA was used to explore and identify statistically significant relationships between the distributions of planktonic diatoms and the physical and chemical properties of 50 Connecticut lakes. Six variables (pH, total nitrogen, calcium, sulfate, potassium and chlorophyll- a concentrations) were found to be significantly correlated with either or both of the first two extracted axes. The pH and calcium concentration, and to a lesser extent total nitrogen concentrations, were the most important variables controlling the distributions of planktonic diatoms in this suite of lakes. Paleolimnological inference models were developed for pH, total nitrogen (TN) and specific conductivity. Weighted averaging with (WAtol) and without (WA) tolerance downweighting, with and without bootstrap resampling techniques, and using either classical or inverse deshrinking methods were used to develop inference models for each variable. The pH and TN yielded sufficiently high 1/2 ratios and a highly significant first (constrained) axis when entered as single variables in both constrained and partially constrained CCA analyses, supporting the idea that reliable inference models could be developed for these variables. The r2 and RMSE of prediction values ranged from 0.73 to 0.86 and 0.37 to 0.6, respectively for pH, and from 0.4 to 0.64 and 59 g/l to 95 g/l, respectively for TN. Inference models for specific conductivity also yielded significant goodness-of-fit statistics. However, because specific conductivity was removed from the CCA analysis due to its high variance inflation factor and did not yield a significant relationship when entered as the sole variable in a partial constrained CCA, inference models for this variable will probably not yield any additional environmental information. The use of only planktonic diatoms in construction of inference models is discussed.     

The dependence of the concentration of OH on its precursors under moderately polluted conditions: A model study

Oxidation of trace gases emitted into the atmosphere is frequently promoted by free radicals. During daytime, the most important radical is the hydroxyl radical, since it reacts with almost all pollutants thereby initializing their ultimate removal from the atmosphere. Since the reaction with OH is in many cases the rate-determining step, the ambient OH concentration is a measure for the atmosphere's oxidation capacity. This paper investigates the influence of the chemical precursors and the photolysis frequencies on the atmospheric OH abundance under moderately polluted and rural conditions. The dominant controlling parameter are the photolysis of ozone and the concentrations of the nitrogen oxides.     

福建厦门市硝酸型地下水特征、成因及其治理措施建议

地下水硝酸盐污染是世界性水环境问题。地下水硝酸盐绝对含量的增加，引起水质恶化，而其相对含量的增加，改变了地下水的水化学特征。在某些地区NO₃^-成为地下水中的主要阴离子之一，用"硝酸型水"命名这种新的地下水化学类型，目前正在逐渐被学者所接受。本研究通过分析厦门市平原区地下水中硝酸型水分布特征和影响因素，探讨了硝酸型水的水化学指示意义。结果表明，厦门市地下水已受到硝酸盐氮污染。在全区采集的87组地下水样品中，硝酸型水占比36.8%，主要分布于风化残积平原区，东部翔安区和同安区已形成较大面状分布，西部集美区和海沧区分布较少，且呈点状或局部小面积分布。硝酸型水主要存在于氧化沉积环境，具有低pH、低TDS和低硬度特征。风化残坡积含水层的酸性土壤、地下水径流缓慢和浅层地下水埋深浅等特征为地下水NO₃^-富集提供了有利的环境条件。人类生活污水、垃圾渗滤液下渗、农业施肥等是地下水硝酸盐污染的主要来源。建议开展地下水硝酸盐污染源识别研究，针对不同污染来源采取完善污染管网建设、农村改厕、科学施肥等措施，从源头上防治污染。     

冬小麦冠层氮素的垂直分布及光谱响应

考察了田间条件下冬小麦主要生育阶段冠层氮素、叶绿素的垂直分布及其光谱响应。不同叶层的叶片含氮量按上 (冠层顶部向下至 1 / 3株高处 )、中、下层的顺序呈明显下降的梯度 ,全生育期不同土壤施氮处理平均 ,上、中层间相差 1 3 3% ,中、下层间相差 2 9 5 %。在生育前期 ,各层叶片的含氮量随土壤供氮水平增高而增加 ,但不同叶层间氮素的梯度相对稳定。到生育中后期 ,中、下层叶片间氮素含量梯度增大 ,且随土壤供氮水平增高而加剧 ,最大时可相差 4 5 3% ;冠层内叶绿素 (a b)含量的垂直分布规律与氮素含量的垂直分布相类似 ,但对土壤供氮水平的反应上表现出与氮素不尽一致的趋势。不同叶层的光谱特征表现为 ,在土壤低氮水平下 ,不同叶层间在红光波段、短波红外波段 (1 4 0 0nm— 1 80 0nm及 1 95 0nm— 2 30 0nm)的反射率差异显著 ,下部叶层的反射率显著高于上、中叶层 ,但在土壤高氮水平下 ,上述差异消失 ;在近红外平台处 ,不同叶层间反射率按上、中、下顺序降低 ,梯度分布特征明显。利用近红外波段的冠层反射光谱能够很好地反演中下层叶片的叶绿素含量     

EFFICIENCY OF NITROGEN REMOVAL IN CONSTRUCTED WETLAND：A SIMULATION STUDY IN THE WEST JINLIN, CHINA

Plenty of inorganic nitrogen in wastewater can cause the eutrophication in water bodies, so it is an important task to remove nitrogen. Purification role was realized by absorption, filtration, depositon, evaporation, nitrification and denitrification of microbes. Although the studies of Phragmites austrilis bed in the constructed wetland are popular, the purification performances of constructed wetland filled by saline-alkali soil substrate are less reported. In the paper, the purification efficiency of nitrogen with Phragmites austrilis bed in the constructed wetland filled by saline-alkali soil substrate was discussed through a simulation study. Results to date indicated that the first order plug flow model was adequate to describe the nitrogen removal. The experiment showed that the diminishing concentration of TN, NO2-N, NO3-N, NH4-N were closely related to hydrological retention time (HRT), the correlation coefficient was R^2 = 0.98499, R^2 = 0.9911, R^2 = 0.89407 and R^2 = 0.95459, respectively. According to the data, the most suitable hydrological retention time (HRT) for this kind of constructed wetland should be determined to 4 days. In addition, the experiment showed the purification efficiency of nitrogen has very broad range and drastic vibration, TN( 17 % - 79 % ), NO2-N (33%-98% ), NO3-N (13%-93% ), NH4-N (28%-64% ). The study will promote wetland‘s design and operation procedures in large saline-alkallne soil areas.     

The enrichments of organic matter and total nitrogen in sediment as affected by relavant factors

1IntroductionResearch results have shown that overland flow firstly removes fine particles of topsoil because the fine soil particles can be easily transported in runoff (Burwell etal., 1975; Alberts etal., 1983; Gregory 1991). The component differences of fine soil particles between the sediment resulting from soil erosion and the original soil were studied (Meyer etal., 1975; Loch etal., 1982; Cogo, 1983). Sediment was normally composed of soil aggregates and particles of different diamet…     

沉积有机含氮化合物的成因及其分布综述

有机含氮化合物广泛存在于不同沉积环境形成的沉积有机质及其热演化产物中,查明其在石油地质体中的成因和分布,有利于油气二次运移方向和相对运移距离的确定.关于有机含氮化合物的成因和来源主要有以下几种观点:①有机含氮化合物是干酪根深成作用阶段的产物.沉积有机质经生物改造作用后,其中的部分组成如蛋白质和含氮环的物质等进入干酪根中,在深成作用阶段干酪根被降解,有机含氮化合物以芳香多环化合物的形式释放出来;②地质体中的有机含氮化合物如卟啉等与生物体中的某些原始生化组分如叶绿素等在骨架上具有继承性,地质体中的有机含氮化合物是由生物体中的这些原始生化组成演化而来的;③在地质环境中通过环的开启和闭合作用而形成,这一形式机制已被人工合成反应和生物合成反应所证实;④基于地质体中芳香杂环化合物异构体分布的相似性以及自然界无机氮的分布特征,无机氮与有机分子结合而形成有机含氮化合物也是可能的.     

黄土高原植物与不同粒级中土壤体系氮同位素组成变化及意义

目前观点认为，自然生态条件下的非固氮植物-土壤体系中，根据分解供给是土壤中氮的主要来源。研究植物-土壤体系中氮素的分布转化规律是评估土壤中氮素有效性的重要基础。笔者选取黄土高原这一典型西北生境中植物-土壤样品，通过测定样品氮含量与同位素自然丰度组成变化，来说明不同粒级土壤中氮素的分解水平与潜力。 结果表明，植物在分解过程中氮同位素产生3‰-5‰不等的分馏，在粒级由大到小变化的土壤组份中，随着可分解氮素的减少，土壤总氮同位素比值表现不同程度的偏正趋势，并于小粒级中趋于稳定，这与含量测量中表现出的矿化氮含量增加规律一致。氮的同位素自然丰度组成对于植物分解程度的灵敏响应，使其可以作为一种指示植物-土壤体系中氮素转化程度与趋势以及评估土壤中氮的有效性的指标，应用于自然生态研究。