Prediction of episodic acidification in North‐eastern USA: an empirical/mechanistic approach

Observations from the US Environmental Protection Agency's Episodic Response Project (ERP) in the North‐eastern United States are used to develop an empirical/mechanistic scheme for prediction of the minimum values of acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) during episodes. An acidification episode is defined as a hydrological event during which ANC decreases. The pre‐episode ANC is used to index the antecedent condition, and the stream flow increase reflects how much the relative contributions of sources of waters change during the episode. As much as 92% of the total variation in the minimum ANC in individual catchments can be explained (with levels of explanation >70% for nine of the 13 streams) by a multiple linear regression model that includes pre‐episode ANC and change in discharge as independent variables. The predictive scheme is demonstrated to be regionally robust, with the regional variance explained ranging from 77 to 83%. The scheme is not successful for each ERP stream, and reasons are suggested for the individual failures. The potential for applying the predictive scheme to other watersheds is demonstrated by testing the model with data from the Panola Mountain Research Watershed in the South‐eastern United States, where the variance explained by the model was 74%. The model can also be utilized to assess ‘chemically new’ and ‘chemically old’ water sources during acidification episodes. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

工程地质学科的自然科学基金项目申请资助概况与分析

对2003年至2007年工程地质学科的基金申请情况、资助情况、研究队伍等情况进行了详细分析。工程地质学是地质学科发展最快的分支学科之一,其基础研究队伍在各单位之间还不均衡。工程地质学的基金项目申请数量和资助数量与其研究队伍的状况是匹配的,申请经费基本得到了满足,但申请项目质量还有待进一步提高。工程地质学科在国家层面上的领军人才的培养,特别是年青领军人才的培养迫在眉睫,应引起有关部门和单位的高度重视。     

地理科学与资源研究所80年回顾及展望

2020年中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所建所80周年。回眸80年,从1940年重庆北碚成立的中国地理研究所,到1953年重新组建的中国科学院地理研究所和1956年成立的中国科学院自然资源综合考察委员会,再到1999年地理研究所和自然资源综合考察委员会整合形成现在的地理科学与资源研究所,几经变迁,历经三代人努力,研究所始终如一,求真务实,开拓进取,推动着地理科学与资源科学的创新发展,为国家建设发展和生态文明进步做出了重要贡献。适逢建所80周年,本文回顾地理资源所发展历程,总结取得的重要科研成果,并展望未来发展。     

珊瑚礁连通性研究进展

综述了国外近20 a珊瑚礁连通性的研究简史,总结了珊瑚礁连通性研究的方法,阐述了"珊瑚礁连通性"的研究对珊瑚礁生态系统管理的重要意义。中国的珊瑚礁连通性研究刚起步,离国外还有很大差距,今后应加强珊瑚幼虫扩散路径、珊瑚群体内(群体间)遗传分化、遗传距离、基因流的研究,对我国海域珊瑚幼虫扩散的走廊加以保护。     

Book Reviews

Aryeetey-Attoh, SamuelGeography of Sub-Saharan Africa Chew, Sing C. and Denemark, Robert A.(eds) The Underdevelopment of Development: Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank Chinn, Jeff and Kaiser, RobertRussians as the New Minority: Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Soviet Successor States Curtis, Sarah and Taket, AnnHealth and Societies: Changing Perspectives Dudley, Nigel; Jeanrenaud, Jean-Paul and Sullivan, FrancisBad Harvest? The Timber Trade and the Degradation of the World's Forests Ellis, Steven and Mellor, AnthonySoils and Environment Gradus, Yehuda and Lithwick, Harvey (eds)Frontiers in Regional Development Green, Milford B. and McNaughton, Rod B. (eds)The Location of Foreign Direct Investment: Geographic and Business Approaches Greenberg, Michael and Schneider, DonaEnvironmentally Devastated Neighborhoods: Perceptions, Policies, and Realities Griffiths, Ieuan Ll.The African Inheritance Harrison, Lynn C. and Husbands, Winston (eds)Practicing Responsible Tourism: International Case Studies in Tourism Planning, Policy, and Development Jensen, John R.Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective Pacione, MichaelGlasgow: The Socio-Spatial Development of the City Platt, Rutherford H.Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy Rhodes, Martin (ed.)The Regions and the New Europe: Patterns in Core and Periphery Development Salant, Priscilla and Waller, Anita J.Guide to Rural Data Schnell, Izhak; Sofer, Michael and Drori, Israel Arab Industrialization in Israel: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in the Periphery Shelley, Fred M.; Archer, J. Clark; Davidson, Fiona M. and Brunn, Stanley D.Political Geography of the United States Taffe, Edward J.; Gauthier, Howard L. and O'Kelly, Morton E.Geography of Transportation     

SCI-E干旱区研究重要期刊与投稿指南

应用文献计量学方法,在对1997--2005年SCI-E收录的世界干旱区研究论文进行统计、分析、研究的基础上,通过期刊发义量指标（V1）、论文被引次数指标（V2）和期刊影响因子（V3）三项指标的加权综合评判分析,评选出世界范围内干旱区研究领域的28种重要期刊。介绍了世界干旱区研究重要期刊的相关投稿信息。     

论冷战后国际政治的基本态势及世界政治地理的研究任务与重点

本文立足于政冶地理学的基本理论，从冷战后国际政治基本态势的分析入手，系统阐述了当前世界政治地理研究的基本任务，并在此基础上提出了当前及今后一段时期世界政治地理研究应以世界政治地理格局的演变、国家形成与消亡的地理政治背景、国际领土及边界争端和各国行政区划的基本原则为重点。     

Research relevance, 'knowledge transfer' and the geographies of CASE studentship collaboration

The Co-operative Awards in Science and Engineering (CASE) studentship programme of the UK Research Councils provide one example of wider efforts internationally to encourage so-called 'knowledge transfer' and thereby harness publicly supported university research more closely to the goals of national competitiveness, regional economic development and local regeneration. In this paper we describe the implications of how the various UK research councils have interpreted the objectives and beneficiaries of 'knowledge transfer', both for the relative opportunities available to human and physical geographers for collaboration through CASE and for the sorts of values that their research must serve. Then, we draw on unpublished data from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to explore the geographies of CASE studentship allocation and participation. The broad regional and institutional patterns of participation we describe have important implications for ongoing debates in the UK about research selectivity and the role of the university as an engine of local development, while the striking disciplinary patterns of CASE participation, and in particular the overwhelming success of geographers in this competitive programme, provide an opportunity to reassess claims about whether and for whom geographical research is relevant.     

国内外城市群研究的回顾与展望

城市群的存在是区域城市化与城市区域化的重要表现,它作为区域城市化高级阶级性现象,是集聚与扩散共同作用的产物.经济全球化与区域经济一体化必然要求重视和加强城市群的发展,当今城市群的发展深刻影响着国家的国际竞争力,对国家持续稳定发展具有重大意义.城市群越来越成为学者关注的焦点,对它的研究与探索是城市研究领域的新拓展,它有助于人们在更广阔的视野中把握城市的发展.文中简要回顾了国外城市群研究阶段与主要成果与观点,着重对我国城市群研究进行回顾与评述,进一步探讨了城市群研究的新趋向,以利于推动我国城市群研究的深入开展     

The missing middle: Central Arctic Ocean gaps in fishery research and science coordination

The warming global climate is reducing sea-ice coverage in the central Arctic, transforming a mostly inaccessible marine region into a 'new' and relatively poorly studied ocean. History shows that exploitation of newly accessible natural resources tends to precede effective research and management measures. But in response to increasing access to the central Arctic, a precautionary approach has been taking hold, with broad political and scientific support culminating in the Oslo Declaration of 2015, which aims to prevent unregulated high seas fishing in the central Arctic. Negotiations toward a full binding agreement are continuing. Formal efforts toward assessing knowledge of the Arctic marine ecosystems and coordinating research are underway, and practitioner-based research coordination and collaboration in the region is also ongoing. Yet broad gaps in our current marine research and coordination exist, and this paper draws attention to the spatial middle, middle trophics, and the middle scale — an Arctic 'missing middle'. Scientific activity in the central Arctic Ocean region is burgeoning in recent years, and a large number of initiatives, projects, and arrangements are meeting some of the need for coordination. But full pan-Arctic scientific coordination does not yet exist. In support of ecosystem-based and precautionary management of the central Arctic Ocean, this paper considers a fully Arctic-focused organization that can both orchestrate and prioritize marine research in the Arctic in view of policy imperatives, and bring emerging scientific understanding of the region directly into the discussion and formation of new policy.