辽宁北部典型流域水生态功能三级分区与水生态服务功能评价

流域水生态功能区划是水生态和水资源综合保护的重要前提和基础。在综合分析调查辽河流域辽北地区典型流域自然环境特征、水文数据、地理信息数据的基础上,结合辽河流域水生态功能一级、二级分区结果,建立水生态功能三级分区指标体系,对辽宁省辽河流域内清河、汎河流域进行水生态功能三级分区。结果表明：清河流域可分为7个水生态功能三级区,汎河流域可分为4个水生态功能三级区,水生态服务功能类型共划分为5类：生物多样性与生物栖息地维持功能,产品提供与农业生产功能,水源涵养与水文调蓄功能,人居保障与城市发展功能,水土保持与生态修复功能。水生态功能三级分区结果为辽河流域实施水生态综合管理提供了科技支撑,同时也为中国水生态功能分区技术规范的制定提供了科学依据。     

美国滨海核电厂温排水混合区的设置及启示

系统调研美国温排水法规标准体系、混合区政策以及滨海核电厂混合区的设置,并与我国现状进行比较。可以看出,美国清洁水法和联邦法规给出温排水和水质标准的一般要求,各个州的水质标准给出水质准则、混合区政策以及对水生生物保护的要求。水质准则给出各种类型水体温度限值(包括温升限值和/或温度上限值);混合区政策给出混合区的位置、尺寸、形状以及混合区内水质要求;具体厂址应基于"一事一议"的方式确定混合区范围,并满足混合区最小化要求,大部分美国滨海核电厂混合区范围满足州的混合区政策要求;少数核电厂混合区范围超过了州混合区政策要求,这些电厂需进行厂址特性热影响研究,以证明当前的温排水限值能够确保受纳水体中结构稳定的土著贝类、鱼类和其他野生生物种群的生长和繁育。我国当前没有地区差异的水质准则,无温排水混合区政策、设置方法或导则。美国温排水混合区设置方法和实践有助于我国滨海核电厂温排水混合区的设置和优化,以减小对水生生物的影响。     

In-line digital holographic microscopy for terrestrial and exobiological research

We describe here a simple digital in-line holographic microscope (DIHM) that was used to investigate the microbial life forms that exist in perennial springs and glacial melt-water pools on Axel Heiberg Island at near 80°N latitude in the Canadian High Arctic. The instrument determined an upper limit of the density of microbial organisms in the springs and also found an abundance of algae and bacteria in the pools formed from glacial run off. The discovery of life in extra-terrestrial regions of our solar system has been the aim of several space missions. DIHM can capture the dynamics of objects throughout an imaging volume with wavelength limited resolution. The simplicity of DIHM technology furthermore allows the construction of very light-weight and rugged instruments that we believe can be easily adapted for space missions and exobiological studies.     

Quantification of Aquatic Nano Particles after Different Steps of Bodensee Water Purification with Laser‐induced Breakdown Detection (LIBD)

The laser‐induced breakdown detection (LIBD) is a very sensitive method for the direct detection of colloids based on the plasma generation on single particles by a focused, pulsed laser beam and the detection of the produced shock wave or plasma light emission. For the determination of colloid sizes the light emission of single plasmas is detected by a microscope CCD‐camera system. With known mean particle diameter and breakdown probability the particle concentration can be calculated. The application of the LIBD to monitor the change of colloid concentration and size during the purification steps of drinking water at the Bodensee (Lake Constance, Germany) water purification plant is shown. The breakdown probability, correlating to colloid number density, decreases with every purification step. By addition of FeCl₃ as a precipitating agent and with an additional filtration step, not only suspended matter, but also colloids are effectively removed. After this process a remaining particle concentration of 50 ng/L and a mean particle diameter of 27 nm are found.     

Remediation of heavy metal-contaminated sediments by solid-bed bioleaching

 Weisse Elster River sediment from the Leipzig Lowlands region (Saxony, Germany) is anthropogenically polluted by heavy metals. Sediment dredged from a trap to the south of Leipzig was characterized in detail. When freshly dredged sediment contacts air, the material turns acidic because of oxidation processes, the heavy metals become soluble and the sediment poses an environmental risk. We are therefore developing a sediment-treatment process based on heavy metal removal by bioleaching. Leaching experiments were carried out in suspension and in the solid bed. The heavy metals were solubilized to nearly the same extent by H₂SO₄ dosage (pure chemical extraction) and addition of elemental sulphur (microbial oxidation of S⁰ to H₂SO₄). With increasing dosage of the leaching agent, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu and Cr were more and more solubilized, whereas Pb was only dissolved in small amounts. The addition of 2% S⁰ is considered an optimum dosage. When 5% S⁰ was added to the sediment, the pH dropped to 1.76 and large amounts of undesirable compounds such as Ca, Al and Fe were solubilized. The higher the temperature, the faster the metals were solubilized in both suspension and the solid bed. The temperature optimum for activating the indigenous S⁰-oxidizing microbes of the sediment lies between 30 and 40  °C. Conditioning of freshly dredged sediment with plants makes it suitable for solid-bed leaching; the kinetics of heavy metal solubilization from sediment conditioned for 6 months with Phragmites australis was the same as from long-term stored sediment. Received: 26 November 1999 · Accepted: 5 May 2000     

Holocene variations in the Asian monsoon inferred from the geochemistry of lake sediments in central Tibet

We present a record of monsoon variations for the early and middle Holocene that is inferred from the geochemistry of sediment cores from Ahung Co, a lake in central Tibet. The resolution of this record is better than 50 yr and the age model is derived from radiocarbon ages of terrestrial charcoal, which eliminates errors associated with the lake hard-water effect. We made down-core geochemical measurements of % carbonate, % organic carbon, C/N and δ¹³C of bulk organic matter, δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of carbonate, and % dolomite. Proxy calibration and modern water-balance reconstruction show that these are proxies for lake depth and the amount of monsoon precipitation. We find that lake level and monsoon precipitation have been decreasing at Ahung Co since the early Holocene (∼7500 cal yr B.P.). Superimposed on this trend are rapid declines in monsoon rainfall at 7000-7500 and 4700 cal yr B.P. and seven century-scale wet-dry oscillations. The cores do not contain sediment from the last ∼4000 yr. Surface sediments from the lake accumulated during the 20th century, however. From this, we argue that lake levels have risen again recently following a late Holocene dry period.     

Toxicity of Ionic Liquids

The dramatic growth in ionic liquid research over the past decade has resulted in the development of a huge number of novel ionic liquids, as well as many associated applications. The perceived environmentally friendly nature of ionic liquids, which results from their negligible vapor pressure, is now under scrutiny since although they will not evaporate into air, it is not possible to guarantee that they will never enter the environment. Toxicity research studies including ecotoxicity, have recently received broad attention and the commonly accepted notion that ionic liquids have low toxicity has been shown to be incorrect. This review attempts to highlight the progress of ionic liquid toxicity research, as well as the development of degradable and bio‐renewable ionic liquids.     

Accumulation of Metals in Naturally Grown Weeds (Aquatic Macrophytes) Grown on an Industrial Effluent Channel

The ability of seven hyperaccumulator macrophytes which grow naturally in the heavy metal contaminated channels of three different industries (Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd., Eveready Ltd., and Scooter India Ltd.) to accumulate heavy metals was recorded. All these industries use electroplating processes in their manufacturing and are located in the inner area of Lucknow City, U.P., India. Of the three industries monitored, effluent released from Eveready Ltd. contained the highest concentration of heavy metals. In general, accumulations of heavy metals depend upon the plant species and the metal concentration in the media. All plant samples showed heterogeneous metal accumulations, except for Fe or Cd. It was observed that some plant species accumulated high level of metals, e. g., Eichhornnia crassipes for Fe (4052.44 μg/g), Mn (788.42 μg/g), and Cu (315.50 μg/g), and Spirodela polyrhiza for Cd (12.75 μg/g), Pb (20.25 μg/g), and Cr (128.27 μg/g), even when the metal concentrations were not high in the effluent. In summary, these two plants were found to be the best accumulators at each contaminated site. The results will be helpful in the selection of plant species which can be used as bioaccumulators or bioindicators.