流域水生态功能分区以及区划方法的研究进展

持续而剧烈的人类活动已经对水生态系统的健康和安全造成了严重的影响。对流域的水生态功能进行甄别,合理划分其生态功能区,并按不同功能合理管理水资源,成为协调经济发展和水生态保护的关键因素之一。本文通过分析流域水生态功能分区的概念、内涵、特征以及区划方法的系统发展,提出了水生态功能分区的一般划分原则、划分指标和方法,为建立和完善我国流域水生态功能分区的理论和方法,提供了基础信息。     

美国流域生态健康评价体系的发展和实践

为了达到《清洁水法》规定的水质目标,美国环境部门在过去20多年的实践中逐步发展形成了涵盖整个流域,包括水文、化学、生物等多重指标在内的全国性流域综合生态健康评价体系.该体系已经成为美国流域水质管理系统的重要组成部分,为水环境保护和水生生态系统恢复提供了有力支持.本文从法律行政框架、生态功能分析、生态健康指标、综合评价体系和流域监测系统等方面系统总结了美国环境管理部门,特别是联邦环境保护局在流域生态健康评价方面的发展和实践;并介绍了美国水生资源调查采用的河流、湖泊、河口、海湾、湿地流域健康评价系统.在此基础上,根据我国水环境保护和治理的实际情况,提出了建立流域生态健康科学评价和决策支持体系建议.     

青弋江流域土地利用/景观格局对水质的影响

研究不同空间尺度的景观组成与结构对水质的影响对于水质保护具有重要意义。青弋江为长江下游最长的支流,人类活动可能通过多种方式对水质产生影响。以青弋江流域为研究对象,基于Google Earth遥感数据和水质实测数据,采用冗余分析(RDA)和Spearman相关性分析,探讨了土地利用/景观格局对水质的影响。研究结论为:(1)以采样点为中心建立的100、200、500、1000、2000 m 5种尺度缓冲区中,500 m半径圆形缓冲区景观组成对水质的解释率最高,枯水期与丰水期对水质的解释率分别为46.30%和43.10%。(2)土地利用类型中,耕地和建设用地面积与NH₄⁺-N、TP、EC呈正相关,对水质具有负面效应;林地面积与DO呈正相关,对污染物起到净化作用;土地利用综合程度指数与污染指标呈正相关,表明人类活动强的区域,水质变差。(3)景观格局指数中,PRD在丰水期与NH₄⁺-N、TP浓度为负相关,相关系数分别为-0.656、-0.540,表明随斑块丰富度密度的增大,流域生态系统更加稳定;LPI与DO浓...     

流域尺度上的景观格局与河流水质关系研究进展

利用景观生态学原理研究流域尺度上土地利用及其空间格局对河流水质的影响,已成为流域环境研究中的热点问题。在综合评价国内外土地利用变化与河流水质关系研究的基础上,阐述了景观格局在流域水环境研究中的重要性,并根据国内外研究进展,对景观格局与水质关系的研究方法和手段进行了分类分析,同时也对流域尺度上的景观-水质模型研究进展也进行了分析总结,最后指出了景观格局与水质关系研究的核心问题和未来研究的热点方向。     

晋江流域水质污染与浮游动物四季群落结构的关系

报道了2003年2、4、6、8、10和12月在福建晋江流域15个样点进行浮游动物群落生态学调查研究的结果。采用种类组成、种群数量、优势种群、Margalef和Shannon-Wiener多样性指数等参数,初步比较了流域中各不同河段的水质状况,结果显示,流域受污染程度的顺序为东、西溪〈晋江干流〈南、北干渠。东溪、西溪上过度开发的梯级水电站对浮游动物群落结构和水质有明显的影响,加速了水体富营养化进程。     

水资源利用与保护的途径--流域管理

为了促进水资源的利用与保护 ,美国率先提出了流域管理 ,目前是水资源管理的主要模式 ,在世界上得到了广泛应用。在描述流域管理的萌芽、发展历程、目标、基本思想的基础上 ,介绍了国内外先进的技术手段和国外流域管理的成功典范———美国流域保护规划和澳大利亚全流域管理方法。我国水资源质量现状表明 ,我国目前水资源缺乏有效管理 ,流域管理尚未贯彻到水资源管理的全过程中 ,存在较多问题。为了完善流域管理 ,加强非点源污染管理、流域评价、土地利用规划和完善相关法律是当前的主要任务。只有从我国流域管理现状出发 ,把流域管理作为水资源利用与保护的主要途径 ,才能做到水资源的可持续发展。     

基于周丛藻类的雅鲁藏布江流域水生态系统健康评价

为评估雅鲁藏布江流域水生态系统的健康状态, 研究于2013年10月、2014年4月和2014年7月, 在雅鲁藏布江流域干流及其4大支流上设置了26个采样点, 先对河流每个点位的海拔、坐标、河道底质类型及构成比例、河岸植被类型、水电工程等环境数据进行收集, 随后采集周丛藻类群落数据, 并在此基础上构建了周丛藻类生物完整性指数(P-IBI)评价指标体系, 结果显示: 调查期间, 雅鲁藏布江流域干支流共观察到周丛藻类7门10纲23目34科70属(种), 硅藻门(35.71%)、绿藻门(32.86%)和蓝藻门(20.00%)为前3个优势门类, 周丛藻类的优势种均属于硅藻门, 该水域属硅藻-绿藻-蓝藻型水体。周丛藻类Shannon-Wiener多样性指数的变幅为4.84—9.41, Pielou均匀度指数的变幅为2.41—4.80, 则表明雅鲁藏布江流域整体为轻污型-清洁型水体。周丛藻类的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Pielou均匀度指数与P-IBI评价指标体系共同说明: 雅鲁藏布江流域干流上下游及其4大支流水生态系统的健康状态优于雅鲁藏布江流域干流中游的健康状态。研究雅鲁藏布江流域水生态系统周丛藻类的群落特征和水环境的健康状态, 一方面能为西藏土著鱼类食性、摄食机制等的研究提供饵料数据基础, 另一方面能对河流水生态系统的健康状况进行科学评价, 从而保障西藏水生态安全。     

水资源短缺的社会适应能力理论及实证--以黑河流域为例

水资源短缺已成为制约干旱-半干旱内陆河流域可持续发展的瓶颈,社会适应能力理论为解决水资源短缺问题提供了新的思路和方法。从人类生态系统角度分解社会适应能力,辨明了社会适应能力结构性成分,并利用网络层次分析(ANP)方法,构建了缓解水资源短缺的社会适应能力定量评价模型。然后以黑河流域中游甘州区为研究区,进行了水资源短缺的社会适应能力定量评价的案例研究。结果表明研究区缓解水资源短缺的社会适应能力综合指数为2.411,处于中等水平,有待进一步提高;在灌区尺度上,缓解水资源短缺的社会适应能力水平与受灌区水资源管理背景和意识的影响。在缓解水资源短缺的社会适应能力系统中,研究区有两个关键资源有所欠缺,同时人口自然增长率和人均综合用水量较低、社会公平和节水意识水平相对较高,但人们安全感和政策稳定性不强并缺乏信任,廉政水平、政府管理能力和社会经济资源水平需要进一步提高。旨在为水资源可持续利用研究提供一种新的分析角度,为决策者采取新的社会、经济、制度等对策提供科学依据支撑。     

流溪河流域景观空间特征与河流水质的关联分析

人类活动影响或改变流域景观空间结构,并有可能对河流水质产生不同程度的影响,以流溪河流域为研究区,分析流域景观空间格局特征与水质指数之间的相关关系。将流域划分为27个子流域,采集水样分析水质状况,所选用的水质指标有氨氮(NH3-N)、硝态氮-亚硝态氮(NO3-N+NO2-N)、总磷(TP)、化学需氧量(CODCr)。结果表明:1)该流域土地利用结构与水质具有显著相关性,其中居住用地对水质的影响作用最强,林地对河流水质具有净化功能,与水质指标之间的关系表现为负相关,园地与水质指标关系具有不确定性;2)流域景观特征从上游到下游之间表现为城市化增强的梯度,水质状况响应这个梯度变化表现为上游优于下游,人类活动及城市化发展引起的土地利用变化及土地管理方式对水质变化有显著影响;(3)景观破碎度与水质呈现显著正相关性,是影响水质的重要指标,景观聚集程度和斑块形状复杂程度与水质有负相关关系;子流域尺度和河岸带尺度景观空间特征对水质的影响差异不明显。     

滦河流域土壤保持和水质净化服务及其权衡与协同关系

滦河流域是京津冀地区重要的生态屏障和水源涵养区,但流域内仍存在水土流失、河流水质不达标等问题。基于实测资料及loadest模型等工具率定InVEST模型参数,定量评估了滦河流域各生态区2005、2010和2015年土壤保持和水质净化服务及其时空变化特征,采用相关分析和基于网格的Moran′I指数分析了两项服务的作用机理和权衡与协同关系的时空分异,并探讨了气候和土地利用变化对二者的影响。结果表明：2005年、2010年、2015年滦河流域年均土壤保持强度为136.45 t/hm²,时间上呈现出先强增后微减的特点,空间格局表现为由西北向东南增加;流域总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)年均输出量分别为1526.73 t/a和82.89 t/a,输出量逐年增加且集中在流域中下游,流域整体水质净化能力有所减弱。流域内水体中TN、TP浓度与泥沙入河量具有显著相关性,土壤保持和水质净化服务关系整体上由协同向权衡转变,空间上的差异性表现为林地、草地集中区域(生态区A)多以协同关系为主,而农牧带交错地区(生态区B)多以权衡关系为主。建议未来滦河流域开展生态建设和管理工作时应统筹考虑土壤保持...     

Practical Decision Methods for Watershed Management

Why are formal statistical methods for risk-based decision-making so seldom used in the practice of watershed management? I contend that complex formal methods, while internally consistent, are often inappropriate to real world decision-making. The primary purpose of risk analysis is to support risk management, and decision methods need to be effective not just in evaluating risk, but also in communicating risk among stakeholders and decision makers. Useful methods must be not only correct, but also readily communicable. Many formal risk-based decision methods have real obstacles to practical application in one of the following areas: (1) many important components of risk that matter to stakeholders are difficult to express in quantitative terms, and any method which turns “fuzzy” information and subjective opinion into hard numbers is prone to be regarded with suspicion; (2) methods which are not understandable and convincing to decision makers have little practical value; (3) a complex formal analysis will be seen as misguided or irrelevant if it does not represent the full spectrum of management goals. This paper compares the process of watershed management with the process of ecological risk assessment, highlighting similarities and key differences. A practical decision method which balances quantitative rigor with ability to communicate to and forge consensus among stakeholders is then outlined with reference to a successful case study.     

西双版纳勐宋哈尼族的传统文化与生态系统多样性管理

世界各地的原住民族 (ｉｎｄｉｇｅｎｏｕｓｐｅｏｐｌｅ) ,在悠久的历史发展过程中 ,与当地的动植物和森林结成了极其密切的关系 ,他们之间互相作用、互相影响 ,形成了多样化的原住民知识体系 (ｉｎｄｉｇｅ ｎｏｕｓｋｎｏｗｌｅｄｇｅｓｙｓｔｅｍ)和传统文化信仰 (ｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌｂｅｌｉｅｆｓ)。这些知识体系和传统文化包含着丰富的认识、利用与保护动植物以及生态系统的知识与实践 ,因而也就成为这些原住民族与当地生态环境、生物多样性相互协调和持续发展的社会基础和技术保障[3 ,8,1 0 ,1 1 ] 。在全球性环境变化和生物多样性迅…     

流域生态经济型防护林体系建设模式及其应用研究

在揭示流域生态经济型防护林体系建设模式内涵的基础上,指出了其核心内容是流域生态经济型防护林体系配置格局．运用综合评价模型、目标规划模型及专家系统等实用方法,建立了流域生态经济型防护林体系建设模式决策支持系统．并以山西省昕水河流域为典型实例,进行了流域生态经济型防护林体系建设模式的应用研究,较好地解决了防护林体系建设中的生产经营、措施布局、综合决策等问题,为流域的资源开发与综合治理提供科学指导．     

Land-Use Change and Stream Water Fluxes: Decadal Dynamics in Watershed Nitrate Exports

Stream water exports of nutrients and pollutants to water bodies integrate internal and external watershed processes that vary in both space and time. In this paper, we explore nitrate (NO₃) fluxes for the 326 km² mixed-land use Fall Creek watershed in central New York for 1972–2005, and consider internal factors such as changes in land use/land cover, dynamics in agricultural production and fertilizer use, and external factors such as atmospheric deposition. Segmented regression analysis was applied independently to dormant and growing seasons for three portions of the period of record, which indicated that stream water NO₃ concentrations increased in both dormant and growing seasons from the 1970s to the early 1990s at all volumes of streamflow discharge. Dormant season NO₃ concentrations then decreased at all flow conditions between the periods 1987–1993 and 1994–2005. Results from a regression-based stream water loading model (LOADEST) normalized to mean annual concentrations showed annual modeled NO₃ concentration in stream water increased by 34% during the 1970s and 1980s (from 1.15 to 1.54 mg l⁻¹), peaked in about 1989, and then decreased by 29% through 2005 (to 1.09 mg l⁻¹). Annual precipitation had the strongest correlation with stream water NO₃ concentrations (r = −0.62, P = 0.01). Among land use factors, corn production for grain was the variable most highly correlated to stream water NO₃ concentrations (r = 0.53, P = 0.01). The strongest associative trend determined using Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) was found between stream water NO₃ concentrations and N-equivalence of dairy production (Bonferroni adjusted P value = 0.0003). Large increases in dairy production were coincident with declining nitrate concentrations over the past decade, which suggest that dairy management practices may have improved in the watershed. However, because dairy production in the Fall Creek watershed has been fueled by large increases in feed imports, the environmental costs of feed production have likely been externalized to other watersheds.     

Water Quality of Effluent-dominated Ecosystems: Ecotoxicological, Hydrological, and Management Considerations

In arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States and other parts of the world, flows of historically ephemeral streams are now perennially dominated by municipal and/or industrial effluent discharges, particularly in urbanized watersheds. Because effluent-dominated and dependent water bodies have previously received limited scientific study, we reviewed select contemporary topics associated with water quality of ephemeral streams receiving effluent flows. Our findings indicate that these ecosystems present numerous challenges to aquatic scientists and water resources managers, including: 1) appropriate ecosystems or upstream conditions used reference sites in biomonitoring are difficult to locate or do not exist; 2) water quality criteria, particularly for metals, are dramatically influenced by unique site-specific stream and land use conditions; 3) effluent-dominated streams represent worse-case scenarios for evaluating and predicting aquatic responses to emerging contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals and personal care products); 4) low-flow and drought conditions often preclude effective biomonitoring and water quality interpretation, or skew ambient assessment results; 5) chemical-physical water quality parameters (e.g., dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature) are dramatically altered by effluent and stormwater characteristics; and 6) beneficial reuse of reclaimed effluent waters potentially conflict with sustainability of ecological integrity. Subsequently, we recommend several water quality research priorities for effluentdominated water bodies.     

Stormflow Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Total Dissolved Nitrogen in a Small Urban Watershed

We examined patterns of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) loading to a small urban stream during baseflow and stormflow. We hypothesized that lower DOC and TDN contributions from impervious surfaces would dilute natural hydrologic flowpath (i.e., riparian) contributions during storm events in an urban watershed, resulting in lower concentrations of DOC and TDN during storms. We tested these hypotheses in a small urban watershed in Portland, Oregon, over a 3-month period during the spring of 2003. We compared baseflow and stormflow chemistry using Mann–Whitney tests (significant at p<0.05). We also applied a mass balance to the stream to compare the relative significance of impervious surface contributions versus riparian contributions of DOC and TDN. Results showed a significant increase in stream DOC concentrations during stormflows (median baseflow DOC = 2.00 mg l⁻¹ vs. median stormflow DOC = 3.46 mg l⁻¹). TDN streamwater concentrations, however, significantly decreased with stormflow (median baseflow TDN = 0.75 mg l⁻¹ vs. median stormflow TDN = 0.56 mg l⁻¹). During storms, remnant riparian areas contributed 70–74% of DOC export and 38–35% of TDN export to the stream. The observed pattern of increased DOC concentrations during stormflows in this urban watershed was similar to patterns found in previous studies of forested watersheds. Results for TDN indicated that there were relatively high baseflow nitrogen concentrations in the lower watershed that may have partially masked the remnant riparian signal during stormflows. Remnant riparian areas were a major source of DOC and TDN to the stream during storms. These results suggest the importance of preserving near-stream riparian areas in cities to maintain ambient carbon and nitrogen source contributions to urban streams.     

A Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment of Tributyltin in Surface Waters of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

The goal of this study was to conduct a probabilistic ecological risk assessment for tributyltin (TBT) in surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Ecological risk was characterized by comparing the probability distributions of environmental exposure concentrations with the probability distributions of species response data determined from laboratory studies. The overlap of these distributions was a measure of risk to aquatic life. Tributyltin exposure data from the Chesapeake Bay watershed were available from over 3600 water column samples from 41 stations in nine basins from 1985 through 1996. Most of the stations were located in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay, primarily the James, Elizabeth and York Rivers. In Maryland waters of the Bay, various marina, harbor and river systems were also sampled. As expected, the highest environmental concentrations of tributyltin (based on 90th percentiles) were reported in and near marina areas. The sources of TBT causing these high concentrations were primarily boat hulls and painting/depainting operations. Lower concentrations of TBT were reported in open water areas, such as the Potomac River, Choptank River and C and D Canal, where the density of boats was minimal. Temporal data from a ten year data base (1986-1996) from two areas in Virginia showed that TBT water column concentrations have declined since 1987 legislation prohibited the use of TBT paints on recreation boats (<25?m). Acute saltwater and freshwater TBT toxicity data were available for 43 and 23 species, respectively. Acute effects for saltwater species were reported for concentrations exceeding 420?ng/L; the lowest acute value for a freshwater species was 1110?ng/L. The acute 10th percentiles for all saltwater and freshwater species were 320 and 103?ng/L, respectively. The order of sensitivity from most to least sensitive for saltwater trophic groups and corresponding acute 10th percentiles were as follows: zooplankton (5?ng/L), phytoplankton (124?ng/L), benthos (312?ng/L) and fish (1009?ng/L). For freshwater species, the order of sensitivity from most to least sensitive trophic groups and corresponding acute 10th percentiles were: benthos (44?ng/L), zooplankton (400?ng/L), and fish (849?ng/L). Chronic data for both saltwater and freshwater species were limited to a few species in each water type. Based on these limited data, the saltwater and freshwater chronic 10th percentiles were 5 and 102?ng/L, respectively. Limited mesocosm and microcosm studies in saltwater suggested that TBT concentrations less than 50?ng/L did not impact the structure and function of biological communities. The saltwater acute (320?ng/L) and chronic (5?ng/L) 10th percentiles were used to determine ecological risk because all exposure data were from saltwater areas of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Highest ecological risk was reported for marina areas in Maryland waters of Chesapeake Bay and for areas in Virginia such as the Elizabeth River, Hampton Creek and Sarah Creek. Low ecological risk was reported for areas such as the Potomac River, Choptank River, C and D Canal and Norfolk Harbor. Regulation of TBT on recreational watercraft in 1987 has successfully reduced water column concentrations of this organometallic compound. However, various studies have showed that TBT may remain in the sediment for years and continue to be source for water column exposures.     

松林复合经营模式的试验与评价

复合经营系统就是在某一特定的自然环境区域中,根据不同的生物学特性,组成空间的多层次结构、时间的有序配置,以充分利用光热资源、空间资源和土地资源。以物质和能量的多级利用,有效地提高生态、经济和社会效益［１～３］。通过对复合经营系统的实践和研究,积累和总...     

Effects of the Sand Bar Breaching on Typha domingensis (PERS.) in a Tropical Coastal Lagoon

Coastal lagoons are usually subjected to several kinds of human impacts, especially eutrophication. The breaching of the sand bar, which separates the lagoon from the ocean, by human action, is a common process used to decrease the negative effects of eutrophication. The aims of this research were to evaluate the effects of the artificial sand bar breaching on the populations of the aquatic macrophyte Typha domingensis and the subsequent effects on nutrients concentration in a tropical coastal lagoon. Samplings were carried out monthly from February/01 to January/02 in a monospecific stand of T. domingensis at Imboassica lagoon (Rio de Janeiro/Brazil). Two sampling sites, in the middle and in the border of the stand, were marked in three different transects. Water depth was measured and the aerial biomass sampled with a 0.25 m² quadrat. The macrophyte samples were separated into live and dead material and the shoot length, shoot density and number of leaves were analyzed. All plant material was oven dried till constant weight and net primary production, dead stand crop production and the nutrients release through decomposition were estimated at each site. The decrease in water level due to sand bar opening affected negatively T. domingensis populations, but the most intense effects were observed in the middle of the stand. The shoot mortality was highly enhanced after the sand bar breaching and the nutrients were released through decomposition to the water column. It reflected on an input of 11.5 kg C m⁻², 0.22 kg N m⁻² and 0.13 kg P m⁻² into the lagoon, which represent from 22.5 to 44.8 ton P and 35.9 to 71.8 ton N to the lagoon. The decrease of nutrients concentration after the sand bar breaching was not successfully accomplished. The decay of T. domingensis stands due to the sand bar breaching neutralized the exportation of nutrients to the ocean, and contributed to the phosphorous increase in the water column. Thus, to a better management of aquatic ecosystems subjected to human eutrophication, the role of aquatic macrophytes decomposition on internal fertilization of aquatic ecosystems should be accounted.     

Ecosystem Management of Desertified Shrublands in Israel

The objectives of this study were to understand the ecological processes and possible management strategies in desertified shrublands. We hypothesized that biological production and diversity in desertified shrublands in the Negev in Israel are low due to water, soil, and nutrient leakage from the ecosystem. We designed a series of field experiments in order to examine (a) whether source–sink relationships exist between the crusted soil and the shrub patches, (b) whether resources (water, soil, and nutrients) leak from the system, and (c) whether management, which changes the landscape mosaic by introducing new sink patches that reduce leakage of resources, may increase productivity and diversity. The results indicate that the low number of shrub patches, which serve as sinks for resources, leads to water, soil, and nutrient leakage from the ecosystem. This leakage reduces ecosystem production and diversity. We found that artificially created pits, which act as sinks for resources, decrease leakage and increase biomass production and annual plant species diversity. Based on the experimental results, we developed conceptual models for shrubland desertification and ecosystem management. The models are based on a source–sink relationship between two patch types characteristic of shrublands. The models relate landscape productivity to the number of sink patches and suggest that, in cases where there are too few sinks, artificially created sink patches should be added. Management methods were developed to reduce resource leakage in the desertified shrubland of the Negev. Methods included construction of man-made pits in the landscape that add resource-enriched patches to the landscape. These patches are used to create parks consisting of clusters of trees integrated into a matrix of shrubs and herbaceous vegetation. The managed parks are used for recreational purposes and for rangeland. Received 8 July 1997; accepted 7 July 1998.