Vegetation structure and photosynthesis respond rapidly to restoration in young coastal fens

Young coastal fens are rare ecosystems in the first stages of peatland succession. Their drainage compromises their successional development toward future carbon (C) reservoirs. We present the first study on the success of hydrological restoration of young fens. We carried out vegetation surveys at six young fens that represent undrained, drained, and restored management categories in the Finnish land uplift coast before and after restoration. We measured plant level carbon dioxide (CO₂) assimilation and chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm) from 17 most common plant species present at the sites. Within 5 years of restoration, the vegetation composition of restored sites had started to move toward the undrained baseline. The cover of sedges increased the most in response to restoration, while the cover of deciduous shrubs decreased the most. The rapid response indicates high resilience and low resistance of young fen ecosystems toward changes in hydrology. Forbs had higher photosynthetic and respiration rates than sedges, deciduous shrubs, and grasses, whereas rates were lowest for evergreen shrubs and mosses. The impact of management category on CO₂ assimilation was an indirect consequence that occurred through changes in plant species composition: Increase in sedge cover following restoration also increased the potential photosynthetic capacity of the ecosystem. Synthesis and applications. Restoration of forestry drained young fens is a promising method for safeguarding them and bringing back their function as C reservoirs. However, their low resistance to water table draw down introduces a risk that regeneration may be partially hindered by the heavy drainage in the surrounding landscape. Therefore, restoration success is best safeguarded by managing the whole catchments instead of carrying out small‐scale projects.     

管网雨水补给河道用水的人工湿地水质净化流程研究

中国北方部分地区水资源短缺,河道干涸,但夏季雨水资源潜力丰富。虽径流受到一定污染,但较于生活污水和工业废水,其污染程度更低,成分更简单。雨水通过低运行成本的人工湿地净化系统,可以实现较好的净化效果,满足河道景观需求和生态补水。城市管网雨水承载能力过重的城市边缘区,建设更新过程中进行雨污分流制度,更适于采用人工水质净化的方式将城市雨水管网中的雨水进行就近消纳,减轻城市雨水管网压力,并利用表面负荷率（ALR）来确定并校核人工湿地面积。在综合现在人工水质净化主流程预处理单元、人工湿地单元和消毒存储单元3个环节的基础上,以低运营成本、低管理成本、最优净水量为指向,引入物联网技术智能管控系统,行程具有能控制各级出水水质监测、多级管控、净水生态功能与游览景观功能相结合等多重优点的人工水质净化全流程,达到符合河道水质标准的净化效果。该流程为缓解北方城镇河道缺水现状、解决城市雨洪问题提供新思路。     

经皮肝穿刺胆道引流术与逆行胰腺胆管造影术对结石性梗阻性黄疸患者的疗效比较研究

目的:比较经皮肝穿刺胆道引流术(PTCD)与逆行胰腺胆管造影术(ERCP)对结石性梗阻性黄疸患者的治疗效果。方法:选取海军军医大学第三附属医院东方肝胆外科医院于2016年3月～2018年4月间收治的结石性梗阻性黄疸患者80例。按照介入治疗术式的异同将患者分为ERCP组(n=40,给予ERCP治疗)和PTCD组(n=40,给予PTCD治疗),记录两组手术时间、术中出血量、住院费用、住院时间、治疗成功率、黄疸缓解率、并发症发生情况,比较两组术前、术后1 d、术后7 d肝功能指标情况。结果:两组患者手术时间、术中出血量、治疗成功率、黄疸缓解率比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05),ERCP患者住院费用少于PTCD组患者,住院时间亦短于PTCD组患者(P0.05)。两组患者术后1 d、术后7 d丙氨酸转氨酶(ALT)、总胆红素(TBIL)、直接胆红素(DBIL)水平均较术前降低,且两组患者术后7 d上述指标水平低于术后1 d(P0.05),ERCP组术后1 d、术后7 d ALT、TBIL、DBIL水平与PTCD组比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。两组患者术后并发症总发生率比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:PTCD、ERCP治疗结石性梗阻性黄疸,均能有效改善患者临床症状和肝功能,且手术安全性相当,但ERCP可明显减少住院时间和住院费用。     

Tetraether-linked membrane monolayers in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ferroplasma</Emphasis> spp: a key to survival in acid

Ferroplasma acidarmanus thrives in hot, extremely low pH, metal-rich solutions associated with dissolving metal sulfide ore deposits. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and thin layer chromatography analyses of F. acidarmanus membranes indicate that tetraether lipids predominate, with at least three core lipid structures. NMR measurements indicate that the cytoplasmic pH of F. acidarmanus is ~5.6. The optimal growth pH is ~1.2, and the lowest growth pH is ~0.0. Thus, these organisms maintain pH gradients across their membranes that approach 5 pH units. Tetraether lipids were originally thought to be specifically associated with thermophiles but are now known to be widely distributed within the archaeal domain. Our data, in combination with recently published results for thermophilic and mesothermophilic acidophilic archaea, indicate that there may be a stronger association between tetraether lipids and tolerance to acid and/or large metal ion gradients.     

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BENTHIC ALGAL COMMUNITIES IN AN EXTREMELY ACID RIVER1

The composition of algal species and pigments and the structural and functional characteristics of the algal community were investigated in an acid stream of southwestern Spain, the Río Tinto. The algal community had low diversity and showed few seasonal differences. It was mainly made up of Klebsormidium flaccidum Kütz. (Silva, Mattox & Blackwell) that produced long greenish or purplish filaments, Pinnularia acoricola Hust. (producing brown patches) and Euglena mutabilis Schmitz. The algal filaments made up a consistent biofilm that also included fungal hyphae, iron bacterial sheaths, diatoms, and mineral particles. HPLC analyses on Río Tinto samples showed that undegraded chl accounted for 67% of the total chl in the filamentous patches but were a minority in the brown patch (2.6%). The brown patch had a concentration of carotenoids eight times lower than that observed in the green patch. When chl concentrations were weighted for the proportion of the different patches on the streambed, undegraded chl a accounted for 89.2 mg chl a·m ^{? 2} of stream surface area (5.4 g C·m ^{? 2}). This high algal biomass was supported by relatively high nutrient concentrations and by a high phosphatase activity (V_max = 137.7 nmol methylumbelliferyl substrate·cm ^{? 2}·h ^{? 1} 1 Received 15 July 2002. Accepted 17 February 2003. , K_m = 0.0045 μM). The remarkable algal biomass in Río Tinto potentially contributed to the bacterial–fungal community and to the macroinvertebrate community and emphasizes the role that the algae may have in the organic matter cycling and energy flow in extreme systems dominated by heterotrophic microorganisms.     

Fluxes of nitrous oxide and methane from drained peatlands following forest clear-felling in southern Finland

Drainage of waterlogged sites has been part of the normal forestry practice in Fennoscandia, the Baltic countries, the British Isles and in some parts of Russia since the early 20^th century, and currently, about 15 million hectares of peatlands and other wetlands have been drained for forestry purposes. The rate of forest clear-felling on drained peatlands will undergo a rapid increase in the near future, when a large number of these forests approach their regeneration age. A small-scale pilot survey was performed at two nutrient-rich and old peatland drainage areas in southern Finland to study if forest clear-felling has significant impacts on the exchange of nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄) between soil and atmosphere. The average N₂O emissions from the two drainage areas during three growing seasons following clear-felling were 945 and 246 g m^–2 d^–1. The corresponding CH₄ fluxes were –0.07 and –0.52 mg m^–2 d^–1. Clear-felling had impacts on the environmental factors known to affect the N₂O and CH₄ fluxes of peatlands, i.e. clear-felling raised the water table level and increased the peat temperature. However, no substantial changes in the fluxes of CH₄ following clear-felling were observed. The results concerning N₂O indicated a potential for increased emissions following clear-felling of drained peatland forests, but further studies are needed for a critical evaluation of the impacts of clear-felling on the fluxes of CH₄ and N₂O.     

Advances in biotreatment of acid mine drainage and biorecovery of metals: 1. Metal precipitation for recovery and recycle

Acid mine drainage (AMD), an acidic metal-bearingwastewater, poses a severe pollution problem attributedto post mining activities. The metals usuallyencountered in AMD and considered of concern for riskassessment are arsenic, cadmium, iron, lead, manganese,zinc, copper and sulfate. The pollution generated byabandoned mining activities in the area of Butte, Montanahas resulted in the designation of the Silver Bow Creek–ButteArea as the largest Superfund (National Priorities List) sitein the U.S. This paper reports the results of bench-scalestudies conducted to develop a resource recovery basedremediation process for the clean up of the Berkeley Pit.The process utilizes selective, sequential precipitation (SSP)of metals as hydroxides and sulfides, such as copper, zinc,aluminum, iron and manganese, from the Berkeley Pit AMDfor their removal from the water in a form suitable foradditional processing into marketable precipitates and pigments.The metal biorecovery and recycle process is based on completeseparation of the biological sulfate reduction step and themetal precipitation step. Hydrogen sulfide produced in the SRBbioreactor systems is used in the precipitation step to forminsoluble metal sulfides. The average metal recoveries usingthe SSP process were as follows: aluminum (as hydroxide) 99.8%,cadmium (as sulfide) 99.7%, cobalt (as sulfide) 99.1% copper(as sulfide) 99.8%, ferrous iron (sulfide) 97.1%, manganese(as sulfide) 87.4%, nickel (as sulfide) 47.8%, and zinc (as sulfide)100%. The average precipitate purity for metals, copper sulfide,ferric hydroxide, zinc sulfide, aluminum hydroxide and manganesesulfide were: 92.4, 81.5, 97.8, 95.6 , 92.1 and 75.0%, respectively.The final produced water contained only calcium and magnesiumand both sulfate and sulfide concentrations were below usablewater limits. Water quality of this agriculturally usable watermet the EPA's gold standard criterion.     

超声引导下经皮穿刺置管引流治疗重症急性胰腺炎急性胰周液体积聚的临床疗效

目的:探讨超声引导下经皮穿刺置管引流(PCD)治疗重症急性胰腺炎(SAP)急性胰周液体积聚的的临床疗效。方法:收集2009年3月~2013年10月我院收治的经临床确定的SAP急性胰周液体积聚患者51例,按随机数字表法分为观察组(26例)和对照组(25例),观察组患者给予超声引导下经皮穿刺置管引流术治疗,对照组采用剖腹引流的经典引流。比较两组患者血淀粉酶恢复至时间、住院时间、治愈率、并发症发生率。结果:观察组血淀粉酶恢复时间及住院时间均小于对照,差异有统计学意义(P0.05);观察组患者总有效率位96.2%(25/26),高于对照组的68.0%(17/25),两组比较组间差异有统计学意义(P0.05);观察组治疗后病死、腹腔出血、胰瘘发生率高于对照组(均P0.05);两组脓毒症及多器官功能障碍综合症(MODS)的比较差异无统计学差异(P0.05)结论:超声引导下经皮穿刺置管引流术治疗SAP急性胰周液体积聚效果良好,并发症的低,安全可靠,具有较大的临床推广价值。     

高血压基底节区脑出血患者血清CXCL1、CXCL10与神经损伤指标和微创穿刺引流术后预后的关系研究

摘要 目的：探讨高血压基底节区脑出血（HBGH）患者血清CXC趋化因子配体1（CXCL1）、CXC趋化因子配体10（CXCL10）与神经损伤指标和微创穿刺引流术后预后的关系。方法：选取2020年2月~2023年4月聊城市人民医院东院区收治的行微创穿刺引流术治疗的HBGH患者162例纳入研究组，选取体检健康的志愿者110例纳入对照组。检测对比两组血清CXCL1、CXCL10和神经损伤指标[神经元特异性烯醇化酶（NSE）、胶质纤维酸性蛋白（GFAP）、S100β蛋白]水平。采用Pearson检验分析血清CXCL1、CXCL10与神经损伤指标的相关性。所有患者均随访3个月，根据改良Rankin量表（mRS）评分分为预后良好组和预后不良组。采用多因素Logistic回归模型分析HBGH患者微创穿刺引流术后预后的影响因素。结果：研究组的血清CXCL1、CXCL10水平高于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组的血清NSE、GFAP、S100β蛋白水平高于对照组（P<0.05）。Pearson检验分析结果显示，血清CXCL1、CXCL10与NSE、GFAP、S100β蛋白均呈正相关（P<0.05）。单因素分析结果显示，预后不良与年龄、甘油三酯（TG）、低密度脂蛋白（LDL）、凝血酶原时间（PT）、C反应蛋白（CRP）、血肿破入脑室、血肿体积、术后24 h内血肿清除率、尿激酶冲管次数、术后颅内出血再发、CXCL1、CXCL10有关（P<0.05）。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示，年龄偏大、LDL偏高、血肿体积偏大、术后24 h内血肿清除率偏低、尿激酶冲管次数偏多、CXCL1偏高、CXCL10偏高是HBGH患者微创穿刺引流术后预后不良的危险因素（P<0.05）。结论：HBGH患者血清CXCL1、CXCL10水平升高可能导致神经损伤和不良预后。年龄、LDL、血肿体积、术后24 h内血肿清除率、尿激酶冲管次数、CXCL1、CXCL10是HBGH患者术后预后不良的危险因素，值得引起重视。