Sources and risk assessment of toxic elements in the agricultural soil of Tiantai County of Zhejiang province,China

Abstract

The aim of this study was to quantify the pollution level of toxic elements, their ecological risk and human health hazard in the agricultural soil of Tiantai County, Zhejiang province. A total of 2651 soil samples were collected and analyzed for 13 toxic elements using different analytical techniques. The concentration of Cd, Pb, Hg, Mn, and Zn was higher than the Zhejiang background value in more than 50% of samples. Enrichment factor showed that As, Cd, Hg, Mo, Pb, Se, V, and Zn were anthropogenically loaded and most of the toxic elements showed poor spatial distribution. Nemerow pollution index showed that Chicheng, Shiliang, Pingqiao, Tantou, and Youngxi towns were seriously polluted by toxic elements. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis showed that Co, Cr, Ni, and Cu, whereas, Cd, Pb, and Zn shared the similar source of origin. A large area of Tiantai County experiencing moderate to a serious level of pollution but most of the toxic elements exhibit low risk to the environment except Cd and Hg. Furthermore, children were more prone to health hazards than adults with following order: As?>?Cr?>?Pb?>?Mn. Overall, As and Pb were prominent for pollution, ecological risk, and human health hazards.     

Hyena hegemony: biogeography and taphonomy of Pleistocene vertebrate coprolites with description of a new mammoth coprolite ichnotaxon

Abstract

In 1822, William Buckland first recognized Pleistocene vertebrate coprolites, and they are now known from more multiple localities with a global distribution. Carnivore coprolites dominate, and there are two distinct biogeographic and taphonomic provinces for vertebrate coprolites in the Pleistocene. The Castrocopros province of North and South America is characterized by a dominance of herbivore coprolites, which are preserved almost exclusively in caves. The Hyaenacoprus province in Africa, Europe and Asia is dominated by hyena coprolites that occur mainly in caves, but also in other depositional environments. Pacific Islands may represent a third province characterized by dominant bird coprolites from caves, but the known localities are all Holocene. Mammuthocopros allenorum ichnogen. and ichnosp. nov. is a coprolite of Mammuthus columbi from Utah, USA.     

Floristic division of the Arctic

Abstract: The progress in the floristic study of the circumpolar Arctic since the 1940s is summarized and a new floristic division of this region is presented. The treeless areas of the North Atlantic and North Pacific with an oceanic climate, absence of permafrost and a very high proportion of boreal taxa are excluded from the Arctic proper. It is argued that the Arctic deserves the status of a floristic region. The tundra zone and some oceanic areas are divided into subzones according to their flora and vegetation. Two groups of subzones are recognized: the Arctic group (including the Arctic tundras proper and the High Arctic) and the Hypoarctic group. The Arctic phytochorion is floristically divided into sectors: 6 provinces and 20 subprovinces reflecting the regional features of each sector in connection with flora history, physiography and continentality-oceanity of the climate. Each sector is described and differentiated by a set of differential and co-differential species. The peculiarities of the Arctic flora are manifest in different ways in the various sectors, and endemism is not the universal criterion for subdivision.     

云南省齿蛉亚科的新种记述(广翅目:齿蛉科)

齿蛉亚科(Corydalinae)为中至大型的广翅目昆虫,头部扁平,头顶方形,两侧多具发达的齿突;触角丝状或近似锯齿状,雌雄同型;翅的径横脉(r)一般3条以上,第一臀脉(1A)分2～3支;雄腹端具肛上突和肛下突各一对。 世界已知9属百余种,主要分布于亚洲南部、美洲和非洲南部。我国种类较多,云     

An outline of the distribution patterns of the freshwater Copepoda of Israel and surroundings

The distribution of the freshwater Copepoda in the Levantine province is analyzed. The characteristics of the five subprovinces of the freshwater fauna in the area are briefly presented and the representative species of Copepoda, mainly of the Harpacticoida, are mentioned. The presence of a palearctic enclave in the mountains of South Sinai and the presence of Ethiopian species in the Jordan-Dead Sea valley, is emphasized.     

Crop Genetic Resources Diversity and Sustainable Agriculture in Yunnan Province,China

Yunnan is well known as a "Kingdom of Plant". Yunnan is also rich in natural resources of crop. Lots of studies on collection, conservation, protection, evaluation and utilization of crop genetic resources have been done in recent years. But there are some unfavourable factors, too. With the agricultural intensity, some new problem such as decreasing diversity, simplifying varieties and narrowing genetic basis of crop have arisen to restrict the development of agriculture in Yunnan. The only way to achieve a sustainable agriculture in Yunnan is doing our utmost to protect the crop diversity, develop new crop or new varieties and widen the genetic basis of crop varieties.     

基于生态系统服务功能和生态敏感性的自然生态空间管制分区研究

自然生态空间分区管制是国土空间管制的重要组成部分,也是国内外生态环境研究的热点。针对国内自然生态空间用途管制暂处于试点阶段,有关管制的方法有待进一步探究的情况下,旨在通过江西省自然生态空间管制分区,为实现合理保护自然生态资源,促进自然生态系统健康有序发展提供参考。以江西省为研究对象,借助GIS空间分析技术,通过生态系统服务功能重要性和生态敏感性评价,构建二维关联判断矩阵,进行自然生态空间管制分区,并以此提出相关的管制建议。结果表明:江西省自然生态空间总面积为117924.67 km~2,约占全省总面积的70.66%,从空间上可划分为高重要高敏感区、中度重要敏感区和低重要低敏感区3种类型区;其中,高重要高敏感区以生态保护和生态修复为主,实施严格的区域准入措施;中度重要敏感区可依托区域生态资源优势,合理开展以维护、改善生态系统服务功能为主要目的生态经营活动;低重要低敏感区允许在不破坏生态系统结构和功能的前提下,适度开展一定规模的生产建设活动,减少污染排放,增强区域生态功能。全省16个国家自然保护区基本位于高重要高敏感范围内。基于生态系统服务功能与生态敏感性的自然生态空间管制分区可以为自然生态空间管制提供新思路,从而有效推动管制工作的进行。