Anoxic nitrification: Evidence from Humber Estuary sediments (UK)

Conventional understanding of the nitrogen cycle in marine sediments has changed in recent years with the discovery of an alternative pathway for ammonia oxidation via the reduction of manganese oxides (during anoxic nitrification). In anoxic sediments, the potential for manganese oxides to serve as oxidant for nitrification may be considerable yet previous work on manganese-rich sediments has suggested anoxic nitrification may not be significant. In this study, the potential for anoxic nitrification in a range of sediment types was investigated. Laboratory incubation of sediment from three sites on the Humber Estuary, a microbially diverse environment, showed anoxic accumulation of nitrate, nitrite and dinitrogen gas, with and without the addition of synthetic manganese oxides. Incubation experiments confirmed anoxic nitrification as microbially mediated, with heat-killed controls yielding negative results. The anoxic nitrification reaction significantly depleted ammonia concentrations, and occurred simultaneously with manganese-, iron- and sulphate reduction, and methanogenesis. Taken in conjunction with other studies, results suggest anoxic nitrification may not only be dependent on total manganese concentrations but on manganese dynamics. Anoxic nitrification may be explained as a non-steady state reaction, dependent on the recent stability of a sediment system. Physical perturbation of sediments may cause the redistribution and/or introduction of manganese oxides and promote anoxic nitrification. The significance and persistence of anoxic nitrification is likely to depend on the frequency and magnitude of sediment perturbation, which explains why the reaction varies so widely across studied sites, and why it may not occur in some manganese-rich sediment.     

15N示踪-离子质谱法测定新生产力的研究

本文提出了~(15)N示踪-离子质谱法实测新生产力的方法,并于1991年11月—1992年5月结合胶州湾现场调查的实际样品,对示踪剂量、培养时间、样品贮存、消解剂量和时间、铵离子的扩散吸收,以及方法的空白值、检出限、精密度和准确度等进行了实验研究。结果表明,该法具有较高的精密度和良好的准确度,与经典的气体质谱法相比,还具有进样量少以及可同时分析~(15)N丰度、总氮浓度和水中铵离子浓度等特点,对于含氮量极低、铵氮再生迅速的海洋环境中新生产力的研究,具有特殊的意义。     

黄、渤海无机氮的收支模式初探

根据黄、渤海无机氮的收支状况，首次提出了黄、渤海无机氮的稳态收支模式。模式研究结果表明，大气沉降、陆源输入和海底输入的无机氮通量分别占黄、渤海无机氮浮游植物总需求量的3%、4%和12%。无机氮的外部输入约占总需求量的1/5，其他部分则由水柱中的内部再循环（再生）供给。     

水中总氮的紫外分光光度分析法

本文采取K_2 S_2O_8氧化法,研究了氧化条件、紫外分光光度法测定总氮的最佳条件以及可能产生的干扰及消除方法。利用本法测定天然水中总氮回收率100±2％,检出限为0.010mg·dm~(-3)。方法快速准确,与Kjedahl法相比可提高工效27倍。     

珠江口水体的三氮特征

本文据珠江口周年(1987年2月至1988年2月)调查资料,分析了珠江口桂山岛附近海域的三氮变化规律,讨论了三氮之间的相互关系,通量和停留时间以及各种因素对三氮的影响。结果表明:珠江河口水中三氮的时空分布具有夏、冬季含量高,春、秋季含量低,并随向外海方向递减的特点;三氮之间的关系可分别用倒指数方程Y=exp(A+B/X)的数学模式描述;NH_4-N,NO_3-N,NO_2-N的通量和停留时间分别为33.9,401.0,15.8g·atN/s和3.84,3.96,4.41d。     

超过例外氧暴露时限的空气巡回潜水实验中若干生理功能的观察

17名潜水员安全地进行了55人次超过美国海军例外氧暴露时限1.5—3倍的空气巡回潜水实验。生理功能观察和肺活量测定结果表明,在水深70m以浅,潜水员均保持了相当好的智力和操作能力,在连续3d 3倍氧暴露时限的巡潜后期,只有3人肺活量下降,且在次日测定时已见恢复,表明上述暴露是安全的。美国海军例外氧暴露时限中对于70m以浅空气暴露的相应规定显得保守。     

土木大类测量实习教学模式的改革与实践

土木大类的测量学实习在培养学生的生产实践能力方面起着不可或缺的作用,分析了目前实习模式的特点,指出现有实习模式存在的缺陷,认为测量实习环节应根据不同的专业方向开辟具有专业特色的实习项目,针对公路工程、桥梁工程、建筑工程和港口与航道工程专业提出新的实习模式,在教学实践改革中取得了良好效果。     

THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR COMPILING THE ATLAS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN CHINA

CompilinganatlasofnaturaldisastersinChinaisabasistoresearchintoregionaldisasterssystems,torevealthetemPOralandspatialpatternofnaturaldisasters,aswellastoestablishcountermeasuresopinstnamraldisasters.TaldngtheuAtlasOfNaturalDisastersinChina"**asanexample,thisarticleinquiresintotheoreticalandpracticalproblemsaboutcompilinganatlasofregionalnaturaldisasters.ThebasictheoryofcompilinganatlasOfregionaldisastershasbeenfOundedonthecombinati0nofthesciencesofdisasters,cart0graphyandregiotalmhy.Theref…     

Subaltern strategies and development practice: urban water privatization in Ghana

This paper is concerned with subaltern actions providing alternatives to development practice. I use Ghana's attempt at urban water privatization to illustrate that Ghana's development practice is characterized by a dependence on foreign sources of capital and expertise that illustrates a psyche and mindset of Eurocentrism associated with the elite and decisionmakers of the country. The rationale for water privatization, the how of privatization, and the anti-development opposition to privatization not only demonstrate this dependency but also the extent to which decisionmakers are willing to sacrifice sovereignty and culturally sensitive ways of doing things, to global capital, in exchange for development funds. In the state's zeal for Western or Occidental development, subalterns in Ghana have devised hybridities that are post-traditional and Oriental in nature to solve their water problems. These development solutions are couched within structures provided to human agency and suggest that development practice should therefore listen to subalterns in terms of how they imagine and solve their problems. The concern with subaltern voices shows the relationship between postcolonial studies and development practice.     

华容县注滋口大桥12#墩钻孔灌注桩成井措施与施工实践

华容县注滋口大桥12#墩钻孔灌注桩工程条件极差，经多种方法试验，最后采用了经济合理的冲击与回旋相结合的处理措施，成功地解决了上部大厚度、大体积的块石层及下部砂砾层整体失稳等技术难题。