硅藻重金属污染生态学研究进展

硅藻是水生生态系统健康的指示生物之一,对环境变化极为敏感,某些典型硅藻已应用于指示水体重金属污染.本文围绕地表水重金属污染,从毒性效应、生物吸附和累积、生态适应机制及生物指示与生态修复作用等方面,综述了硅藻重金属污染生态学研究进展,阐述重金属污染下硅藻的生长趋势和硅壳形态的变化,硅藻对重金属生物吸附和生物累积的差别,硅藻对重金属的表面络合和离子交换等生态适应机制,以及硅藻对水体重金属污染的指示作用和生态修复作用,为水生生态系统的重金属污染防治与预警技术提供科学依据.     

药品及个人护理用品(PPCPs)的污染来源、环境残留及生态毒性

随着医药及洗化行业的大规模发展,药品及个人护理用品(PPCPs)的生产和使用量迅猛增长,导致它们在水、土壤和大气环境中均有残留.但直到20世纪90年代末,它们才被看作为一大类环境污染物而被广泛关注.由于PPCPs被持续不断地输入环境,它们在环境中的残留浓度呈上升趋势,并逐渐显现出对微生物以及动植物的生态毒性,对人类也具有潜在的生态风险.本文在总结相关研究的基础上,分析了环境中PPCPs的主要污染来源以及其在环境中的残留浓度;评述了环境中残留的PPCPs对微生物、动植物以及人类的生态毒性;并根据目前对PPCPs的研究进展,提出了今后需要加强研究的科学问题.     

贵州重点地区土壤和水体中汞的生态风险

分析了贵州省土壤和地表水体中汞含量空间分布状况,分别采用地累积指数法和潜在生态危害指数法评价了土壤中的汞污染程度和潜在生态风险;采用单因子法表征了水体总汞污染程度,应用安全阈值法对水体活性汞和甲基汞进行生态风险评价.结果表明:贵州省汞矿区及涉汞行业毗邻区域土壤中总汞污染程度较高,涉汞区23个点位中严重污染、重污染和偏重污染水平分别占78.26％、13.04％和8.70％,且均为极度生态危害.非涉汞区除青山坡土壤中汞的生态风险极强外,其他区域土壤中汞的污染程度不高,生态风险属于可接受水平.贵州省汞开采与冶炼、铅锌冶炼、有机化工等行业已造成毗邻水体出现较严重的汞污染,且污染范围有扩大和延伸的趋势,但对水生生物有直接影响的活性汞和甲基汞的生态风险较小.     

金属型纳米颗粒对植物的生态毒理效应研究进展

纳米技术的高速发展和人工纳米颗粒(NPs)的广泛应用带来的潜在环境风险已经引起国内外的广泛关注.金属型纳米颗粒(MB NPs)具有金属毒性和纳米毒性的双重效应,其生物毒性和生态风险已成为纳米毒理学的研究热点之一.植物作为生态系统中的重要组分,是NPs生物累积并进入食物链的潜在途径.本文论述了MB NPs在植物中的吸收、转运和累积过程,总结了MB NPs对植物的毒性效应及其机制,探讨了MB NPs植物毒性的影响因素,综合评述了近年来关于MB NPs对植物特别是农作物的生态毒理效应的研究进展,同时分析了目前研究中存在的问题,对今后的研究方向进行了展望.     

多溴二苯醚的环境暴露与生态毒理研究进展

多溴二苯醚(PBDEs)是一类具有生态风险的新型环境有机污染物.作为阻燃剂,PBDEs已经被愈来愈广泛地添加到工业产品中,并因此对大气、水体、沉积物和土壤等环境介质及相关生态系统产生日益广泛的污染.鉴于这一环境新问题的产生,本文基于有限的资料,初步探讨了PBDEs的人为来源和环境暴露途径,大致给出了PBDEs在不同生物和人体不同组织器官中可能的存在及含量水平;在扼要介绍其基本性质的基础上,从甲状腺、神经系统和生殖发育毒性等三个方面分析了PBDEs对动物和人体可能产生的毒性效应与生态影响,以及PBDEs在生态系统中可能具有的生物积累和生物放大风险;并对今后研究PBDEs的环境暴露与生态效应以及人体健康影响等方面的工作重点进行了展望.     

白洋淀生态环境的演变

白洋淀位于河北省中部,是海河平原上最大的湖泊,现存有大小淀泊143个,享有"华北之肾""华北明珠"等赞誉.白洋淀目前水体处于中度污染、轻度富营养化状态,大部分地区水质达地表水Ⅳ类标准且季节性变化明显.结合已有调查研究数据、历史文献等,对白洋淀近70年来的生态环境演变进行了详尽阐述.随着工业、经济的快速发展,自20世纪50年代以来,淀区生态环境受到严重破坏.白洋淀沉积物中重金属Cd污染由20世纪的中度潜在风险等级发展为重度潜在生态风险等级;府河中可被检测到的微塑料、抗生素含量和种类逐年增加;随着环境因子的改变、人类活动的增加,白洋淀中本土植物、动物及微生物群体的多样性、丰度等情况均受到影响.本文通过探讨白洋淀中植物、动物及微生物的多样性及丰度等情况,并结合白洋淀中污染物的分布特征及来源,解析了环境因素对其生态效应造成的影响,为白洋淀污染治理及生态服务功能提升提供了科学数据及理论支持.     

典型环境激素壬基酚对水产品安全性的影响

环境激素类物质由于其具有生态毒性、难降解与生物累积性,对水产品的危害越来越受到人们的重视。典型环境激素壬基酚(NP)是壬基酚聚氧乙烯醚（NPE）的降解产物,后者作为非离子表面活性剂,与人们的日常生活关系密切,但同时也对水产生物及人类健康产生了危害。该文综述了壬基酚的环境激素特征及污染途径,在水环境中的分布,对水产生物的生理生态影响以及其通过生物富集和传递效应对人类健康形成的潜在威胁,可作为中国水产品安全风险预警体系的参考资料,为壬基酚对人体健康的风险评估提供依据。     

土壤污染的生态毒理诊断研究进展

土壤生态毒理学是污染土壤生态风险评价以及土壤污染控制的理论依据,土壤环境中有毒物质的生态毒理效应及其分子机制的研究是土壤生态毒理学的核心内容.土壤污染生态毒理诊断集合了土壤污染的全部信息,提供了土壤的整体毒性效应.因此,开展土壤污染生态毒理诊断研究有重要的理论意义和现实意义.本文在参考国内外土壤污染生态毒理诊断研究成果的基础上,介绍了常用土壤污染生态毒理效应诊断方法和指标,并探讨了不同方法的利弊.传统毒理诊断方法往往只能表征胁迫的程度,不能解释损伤和响应发生分子机理.污染土壤毒性评估的生物标记物和土壤污染分子诊断技术,可深入探讨外源胁迫下生物的解毒机制.本文对其进行了较为系统的介绍,并对未来的研究趋势进行展望.     

太湖水体典型重金属镉和铬含量及其生态风险

2010年9月使用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(ICP-MS)对太湖水体中典型重金属镉和铬的暴露水平进行监测,在分析重金属暴露特征及其对太湖水生生物慢性毒性效应的基础上,采用安全阈值法进行生态风险评估.结果表明:镉和铬在太湖水体中均有检出,它们的平均暴露浓度分别为0.85和40.04μg·L-1;与铬相比,太湖水生生物对镉更敏感;铬的安全阈值＞1,镉的安全阈值略＜1,表明铬已对太湖水生生物造成一定的生态风险,而镉尚未对太湖造成明显生态风险.镉和铬的生态风险评估结果表明,毒性相对较低的铬,在高浓度环境暴露下会对生态环境造成较大风险,应给予足够重视.     

土壤污染生态毒性效应评价研究进展

随着社会经济的高度发展,人类活动加剧,我国土壤污染问题突出,不仅威胁人体健康,同时也严重威胁动植物及微生物的安全,生态安全问题不容忽视。但是我国土壤污染风险管控目前主要关注人体健康,对生态系统的关注较少,缺乏土壤污染生态风险评估技术指南及基于生态风险的土壤环境质量基准及标准。准确评价土壤污染生态毒性效应,是制定土壤环境质量标准、实现生态风险评估及预警与管控的重要基础。针对土壤污染生态毒性效应评价问题,分别对土壤污染生态毒性效应特征、评价方法、评价终点、暴露-效应关系构建、生态毒性效应外推,以及群落水平与复合污染生态毒性效应评价等方面的关键问题展开了讨论,指出目前土壤污染生态毒性效应评价主要是基于单物种的急性毒性测试,利用个体和亚个体水平的指示物作为评价终点,缺乏针对群落及生态系统高水平评价终点的生态毒性效应评价方法,定量评价污染物尤其是复合污染物对土壤生物群落及生态系统的影响,是土壤污染生态毒性效应评价的关键问题和难点问题。建议今后重点开展以下3方面的工作1)群落及生态系统水平评价终点的筛选;2)土壤污染生态毒性效应环境影响因子识别及影响机制研究;3)土壤复合污染联合毒性效应定量评价及...     

Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from wastewater using algae-based technologies: a review

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) consist of a variety of compounds extensively used for the treatment of human and animal diseases and for health or cosmetic reasons. PPCPs are considered as emerging environmental contaminants due to their ubiquitous presence in the environment and high environmental risks. In wastewater treatment plants using conventional activated sludge processes, many PPCPs cannot be efficiently removed. Therefore, there is an increasing need for more effective and cost-efficiency ways of removing PPCPs while treating wastewater. Algae-based technologies have recently attracted growing attentions for their potential application in wastewater treatment and hazardous contaminant removal, which are advantages in reducing operation cost while generating valuable products and sequestrating greenhouse gases at the same time. This work reviews the up-to date researches to reveal potential toxic effects of PPCPs on algae and algae-bacteria consortia, identify mechanisms involved in PPCP removal, and assess the fate of PPCPs in algae-based treatment systems. Current researches suggest that algae and algae-bacteria consortia have great potentials in PPCP removal but more works are required before algae-based technologies can be implemented in large scales. Knowledge gaps are identified and further research focuses are proposed in this review.     

Evaluation of “Classic” and Emerging Contaminants Resulting from the Application of Biosolids to Agricultural Lands: A Review

The presence of detectable amounts of contaminants in treated sewage sludge (concentrations μg/kg – mg/kg) has led to concerns that land applications of biosolids may result in an accumulation of contaminants in the soil and their subsequent translocation through the food chain. Despite advances in wastewater management (e.g., anaerobic, thermophilic, and mesophilic digestion), many compounds and their metabolites remain intact following treatment. This review looks at the main risk factors relating to the occurrence of “classic” (persistent organic pollutants [POPs]) and emerging pollutants (pharmaceuticals and personal care products) in biosolids. Relevant EU legislation and risk assessment strategies for the control of emerging contaminants are also considered. Organic pollutants regulated under the Stockholm Convention on POPs along with PPCPs were identified as contaminants of concern based on the risk factors: persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity (PBT). PPCPs were recognized as being of particular concern as their high transformation/removal rates are compensated by their continuous introduction into the environment. This study highlights the growing concern in relation to emerging contaminants in biosolids and highlights risk assessment strategies that can be used to characterize potential human/environmental risks.     

Pharmaceutical Compounds and Ecosystem Function: An Emerging Research Challenge for Aquatic Ecologists

The number of anthropogenic compounds that occur in aquatic ecosystems today is in the thousands, many at trace concentrations. One group of compounds that has captured the interest of both the scientific community and the general public is pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), for example, hormones, chemotherapy drugs, antihistamines, stimulants, antimicrobials and various cosmetic additives. Toxicology of some PPCPs is currently understood, but their effect on ecological structure and function of aquatic ecosystems is largely unknown. We review sources and fates of these compounds in aquatic ecosystems and discuss how methods developed to study aquatic ecosystem ecology can contribute to our understanding of the influence of PPCPs on aquatic ecosystems. We argue that aquatic ecology has a well-developed tool kit for measuring the transformation, fate, and transport of solutes using assays and experiments and that these methods could be employed to investigate how PPCPs impact ecological function. We discuss the details of these approaches and conclude that application of existing ecological methods to the study of this issue could substantially improve our understanding of the effect of these compounds in aquatic ecosystems.     

Stereoselective bioaccumulation,transformation, and toxicity of triadimefon in Scenedesmus obliquus

In this study the stereoselective bioaccumulation and transformation of triadimefon and the toxicity of triadimefon and its metabolite triadimenol to the green algae Scenedesmus obliquus were studied. In growth inhibition experiments, triadimenol was more toxic than triadimefon, and (1S,2R)‐triadimenol, which has the largest fungicidal activity, presented the highest toxicity to the algae. In bioaccumulation experiments, triadimefon was rapidly taken up by algae cells, and the decrease in the concentration of triadimefon was accompanied by an increase in triadimenol. The transformation of S‐(+)‐ triadimefon was faster than that of the R‐(−)‐enantiomer, resulting in four triadimenol stereoisomers at different forming rates: B2 (1S, 2S) > B1 (1R, 2R) > A2 (1S, 2R) > A1 (1R, 2S). Thus, it is necessary to explore the enantioselective toxicology and ecological fate of these chiral pesticides in an environmental risk assessment. Also, their metabolites should be paid specific attention to since they may pose higher ecological risks.     

三氯生的环境残留、降解代谢及其潜在生态风险

三氯生因具有良好的广谱抗菌性能而被广泛应用于各类洗护日化用品中.随着这些日用品被人类不断消耗,三氯生也会通过多种途径进入环境并引发一系列环境问题.环境中残留的三氯生及其代谢产物具有持久性、生物累积性和生态毒性,进而给生态系统带来一定的潜在风险,甚至会对人类健康产生不良影响.基于此,本文总结和分析了三氯生在环境介质中的残留特征及其可能发生的降解代谢过程和产物,并系统地介绍了三氯生及其代谢产物的生物有效性及其对生物体繁殖、遗传和基因等方面的毒性效应,综合分析了三氯生对生态系统和人类健康可能存在的风险,并对有关三氯生后续的研究工作提出了建议和展望.     

The Challenges of Hazard Identification and Classification of Insoluble Metals and Metal Substances for the Aquatic Environment

The OECD is currently harmonizing procedures for aquatic hazard identification of substances. Such a system already exists in Europe where it is recognized that special consideration must be given to sparingly soluble metals and metal compounds (SSMMCs) because standard hazard testing procedures designed for organic chemicals do not accommodate the characteristics of SSMMCs. Current aquatic hazard identification procedures are based on persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity (PBT) measurements. Persistence measurements typically used for organic substances (biodegradation) do not apply to metals. Alternative measurements such as complexation and precipitation are more appropriate. Metal bioaccumulation is important in terms of nutritional sufficiency and potential food chain transfer and toxicity. Unlike organic substances, metal bioaccumulation potential cannot be estimated using log octanol-water partition coefficients. Further, bioaccumulation and bioconcentration factors are often inversely related to exposure concentration for most metals and organisms, and hence are not reliable predictors of chronic toxicity or food chain accumulation. Metal toxicity is due predominately to the free metal ion in solution. In order to assess the toxicity of SSMMCs, the rate and extent of transformation to a soluble form must be measured.     

水生植物在渔业生态养殖中的开发应用(综述)

阐述水生植物的生态功能特性与生态修复原理,以及近年来水生植物在渔业生态养殖中作为水产动物绿色饲料与病害生态防治环境友好药物的来源、有害有毒藻类控制的化感解毒生物资源、污水生物净化与渔业水域生态修复的开发应用。同时就水生植物在水产生态养殖与渔业水域环境修复开发应用中存在的问题进行探讨,并提出相应的建议。     

Ecological functions of volatile organic compounds in aquatic systems

In terrestrial ecosystems, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are widely acknowledged as an important group of infochemicals. They play a major role in pollinator attraction by terrestrial plants and as insect pheromones. Furthermore, they are the mediating agent of so-called 'tritrophic interactions'. When plants are attacked by herbivorous insects, volatile signal substances are emitted, which act as attractants for parasitoids that kill the herbivores, thereby protecting the plant from herbivory. Despite the generally acknowledged importance of VOCs in terrestrial chemical ecology, their functions in aquatic food webs are largely unknown. VOCs produced by algae and cyanobacteria are a major concern in water processing, since aquatic primary producers are the reason for regularly encountered taste and odour problems in drinking water. Only very recently, research in aquatic chemical ecology has started to investigate possible ecological functions for the production of VOCs by algae and cyanobacteria. Volatile aldehydes released by wounded cells of marine planktonic diatoms seem to act as defensive compounds against herbivorous copepods on the population level. Just recently, it was found that VOCs released from benthic algae and cyanobacteria can be utilised as food and/or habitat finding cues by aquatic invertebrates such as freshwater gastropods and nematodes. Here, I review concepts and recent experimental studies on the ecological functions of such VOCs in aquatic ecosystems. Understanding the factors that lead to the liberation of volatile compounds is an essential prerequisite to properly assessing their ecological functions. It appears that (similar to terrestrial plant-herbivore interactions) VOCs can also play a steering role for both attraction and defence in aquatic ecosystems.     

Potential roles for recently discovered chytrid parasites in the dynamics of harmful algal blooms

Zoosporic true fungi belonging to the phylum Chytridiomycota, commonly referred to as chytrids, are ubiquitous in aquatic environments, however their role in phytoplankton population and eco-physiological dynamics is not fully understood. With the rising occurrence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) of phytoplankton worldwide, there is a growing need to investigate the factors affecting toxicity in algae, with a view to determining the significance of these factors in light of the current trends in global climate change. In this review we present current knowledge regarding the parasitism of phytoplankton by chytrids, including incidence of chytrid epidemics, methodologies used in their isolation and classification, their life cycles and infection strategies, and their potential role in toxin production in algae. We outline key areas in phytoplankton host–parasite dynamics that are poorly understood, discuss the potential roles of chytrids in these areas, and highlight future research directions for the furthering of our knowledge regarding algal ecophysiology. The synthesis of current knowledge in these fields will help researchers develop new hypotheses to further our understanding of primary production in aquatic ecology, and thus enhance our understanding of aquatic ecology, for more effective management of aquatic ecosystems.     

Progress of research on the toxicology of antibiotic pollution in aquatic organisms

Antibiotics are widely used to improve human and animal health and treat infections. Antibiotics are often used in livestock farms and fisheries to prevent diseases and promote growth. Recently, there has been increasing interest in the presence of antibiotics in aquatic environments. Low levels of antibiotic components are frequently detected in surface water, seawater, groundwater, and even drinking water. Antibiotics are consistently and continually discharged into the natural environment as parent molecules or metabolites, which are usually soluble and bioactive, and this results in a pseudo and persistent pollution. The effects of environmental antibiotic toxicity on non-target organisms, especially aquatic organisms, have become an increasing concern. Although antibiotics have been detected worldwide, their ecological and developmental effects have been poorly investigated, particularly in non-target organisms. This review describes the toxicity and underlying mechanism of antibiotic contamination in aquatic organisms, including the effects on vertebrate development. A considerable number of antibiotic effects on aquatic organisms have been investigated using acute toxicity assays, but only very little is known about the long-term effects. Aquatic photosynthetic autotrophs, such as Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, Anabaena flos-aquae, and Lemna minor, were previously used for antibiotic toxicity tests because of low cost, simple operation, and high sensitivity. Certain antibiotics show a different degree of potency in algal toxicity tests on the basis of different test algae. Antibiotics inhibit protein synthesis, chloroplast development, and photosynthesis, ultimately leading to growth inhibition; some organisms exhibit growth stimulation at certain antibiotic concentrations. Daphnia magna and other aquatic invertebrates have also been used for checking the toxicity priority of antibiotics. When investigating the acute effect of antibiotics (e.g., growth inhibition), concentrations in standard laboratory organisms are usually about two or three orders of magnitude higher than the maximal concentrations in the aquatic environment, resulting in the underestimation of antibiotic hazards. Vertebrate organisms show a promising potential for chronic toxicity and potentially subtle effects of antibiotics, particularly on biochemical processes and molecular targets. The adverse developmental effects of macrolides, tetracyclines, sulfonamides, quinolones, and other antibiotic groups have been evaluated in aquatic vertebrates such as Danio rerio and Xenopus tropicalis. In acute toxicity tests, low levels of antibiotics have systematic teratogenic effects on fish. The effects of antibiotics on oxidative stress enzymes and cytochrome P450 have been investigated. Cytotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and genotoxicity have been observed for certain antibiotic amounts. However, there are no firm conclusions regarding the chronic toxicity of antibiotics at environmentally relevant levels because of the lack of long-term exposure studies. Herein, future perspectives and challenges of antibiotic toxicology were discussed. Researchers should pay more attention to the following points: chronic toxicity and potentially subtle effects of environmentally relevant antibiotics on vertebrates; effects of toxicity on biochemical processes and mode of action; combined toxicity of antibiotics and other antibiotics, metabolites, and heavy metals; and environmental factors such as temperature and pH.