滇池流域居民-农田混合区面源污染控制集成技术

以滇池流域六甲乡金家村为研究对象,该区为城郊典型的居民-农田混合区,总面积14万m²,其中居民区面积为7.7万m²,常驻人口780口,区内有一家约120头的养猪场,一个具有9家洗涤企业的金家村工业园区,居民区和养殖、工业废水直接排向就近的90%种植韭菜的农田区。针对该区村庄-小企业-农田-养殖业呈复区分布,污染源复杂,雨污混流污染严重,污水管网建设滞后,化肥施用过量,沟渠湿地系统破碎等现状,研发出兼顾水质净化和农田排灌的居民-农田混合区面源污染控制集成技术,包括改良化粪池与组合基质床,生态支沟,生态干渠,A/O生物处理系统,复合人工湿地等污水处理技术,以及农田内部的节氮控磷技术,如精确施肥,施用硝化抑制剂抑制氮向水体迁移,垄沟内浮萍的氮磷滞留与养分循环利用。通过12个月的连续监测表明:在非降雨日负荷为500m³/d的工况下,改良化粪池与组合基质床对COD,TP,TN的去除率分别为61.3%,50.50%,44.4%;A/O生物处理系统对COD,TP,TN的去除率分别为65.8%,55.2%,55.2%;生态支沟由于进水量小浓度高,水力停留时间长,其对COD,TP,TN的去除率均比生态干渠的高,分别高29.0%,17.5%,28.4%;系统末端复合人工湿地对污染物质的去除效果分别为COD 50.6%,TP44.9%,TN36.4%。一年内依托集成技术建设的生态工程去除污染物的总量为COD 143.71t,TP2.43t和TN16.99t,对氮磷的去除量相当于一座负荷为350～620m³/d 的市政污水处理厂去除的量。经济效益分析得出,整个系统日耗电量18度,由一名工人即可管护。传统施肥减量20%+叶面肥,每年每公顷可减少氮肥投入约2400元,增加叶面肥投入约500元,减少收入约1300元,合计增收3200元。浮萍滞留与养分循环利用,每年每公顷韭菜地相当于少施用151kg尿素和93kg过磷酸钙的氮磷含量。施用DCD和元素硫,淋溶水中硝态氮的浓度降低了59.2%,测渗水中则降低了62.2%。可见,居民-农田混合区面源污染控制集成技术不但可以有效去除污染物,而且在保证产量的情况下,增加农民收益。技术适用于城市郊区、城乡结合部及广大农村等城市污水管网未覆盖地区推广使用,具有巨大的推广潜力。     

HABITAT USE AND PREFERENCES OF INDO-PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHINS SOUSA CHINENSIS IN ALGOA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA

This paper examines environmental and behavioral determinants of the habitat use and preferences of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins inhabiting the Algoa Bay region on the south Eastern Cape coast of South Africa. In order to quantify the habitat use and preference, two indices were used, the Coefficient of Area Use (AU) and the Activity Index (AI). The dolphins inhabit a narrow strip of shallow, inshore waters of Algoa Bay and remain mostly within 400 m of the shore, in water less than 15 m deep, with no apparent preference for clear or turbid water. Water depth is probably the main factor limiting their inshore distribution, and the 25-m isobath seems to represent the critical depth. Within this confined, inshore distribution, dolphin activities concentrate in the vicinity of rocky reefs-their primary feeding grounds. Dolphin dependence on these shallow-water habitats is evident throughout the year and, consequently, the inshore shallow reefs are identified as the "key habitat" which is of primary importance for humpback dolphins in Eastern Cape waters. The dolphins' dependence on this restricted type of habitat within an already restricted inshore distribution makes them particularly vulnerable to alteration or loss of this habitat.     

Effect of Herbivore Density, Timing of Attack and Plant Community on Performance of Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae)

Creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae), is one of the most serious weeds in ecological compensation areas (within-field or border refugia) in Europe. Since conventional weed control measures are restricted in compensation areas, augmenting indigenous agents for biological control of the weed may be a feasible alternative. In this paper, we studied the effect of density of the shield beetle, Cassida rubiginosa Muller (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), and two vegetation types typical for ecological compensation areas, on the performance of creeping thistle plants in an open field experiment. Early-season larval feeding had no measurable effect on creeping thistle growth, while late-season feeding significantly reduced shoot growth. These findings were attributed to higher feeding rates of the herbivores at higher ambient temperatures late in the season. Defoliation had a strong effect on the above-ground performance of C. arvense plants, but not on the below-ground performance. In contrast, the plant community affected all below-ground performance parameters measured, but only some of the above-ground performance parameters of creeping thistle. A combination of high levels of plant competition and herbivory by C. rubiginosa larvae led to 50% mortality in C. arvense plants during the growing season. We conclude that augmentation of indigenous herbivores of C. arvense in combination with breaking up the root system by tillage and the establishment of a highly competitive plant community of beneficial herbs may be a feasible way to control this problematic weed in ecological compensation areas.     

Complementary ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ approaches to basal ganglia function

Recently, two quite different approaches exemplifying ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ philosophies have shed new light on basal ganglia function. In vitro work using organotypic co-cultures has implicated the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and the external segment of the globus pallidus (GP_e) as pacemakers for low-frequency bursting that is reminiscent of the activity produced in Parkinsonian tremor. A circuit essential for avian song learning has been identified as part of the basal ganglia with surprisingly well conserved cellular details; investigation of this system may help to address general issues of basal ganglia function.     

土地利用变化对三峡库区重庆段植被净初级生产力的影响

研究土地利用变化对区域植被净初级生产力(Net Primary Productivity,NPP)的影响对于明确区域植被固碳能力与土地利用变化的关系,以及维持生态系统结构稳定具有重要意义。以三峡库区重庆段为例,基于2000—2015年MOD17A3数据和土地利用数据,分析研究区NPP时空分布特征并从景观生态学的角度探讨土地利用变化对区域植被NPP的影响。研究表明:(1)NPP年均值16年间波动不大,空间分布上从东到西逐渐减少;(2)研究期内林地面积增加,耕地和草地面积减小,而NPP总量从25.6 TgC增加到了28.5 TgC,其中耕地NPP约占总量的44%,林地次之(40%),草地最少(14%),2000—2005年、2005—2010年、2010—2015年土地利用变化对NPP变化的贡献率分别为26.49%、59.76%、17.27%;(3)区域生态景观指数中的香农多样性指数SHDI、斑块密度PD与NPP呈正相关,而聚合度AI与NPP呈负相关,景观格局类型和景观格局变化均影响区域植被NPP的增长。要提高区域植被NPP,需优化土地利用格局,增加景观异质性和斑块密度,重视培育幼龄林,并控制成熟林的数量。     

城市扩张导致京津冀区域生境质量下降

城镇化发展极大地改变了区域生境分布格局和功能,从而影响区域生态安全。因此,开展生境质量的评估,对于城市生态安全保障具有重要作用。基于In VEST生境质量模型,评估了京津冀区域2005—2015年生境质量时空变化格局。研究结论如下:1)2005—2015年,京津冀生境面积减少7134.2 km~2,占2005年生境面积的3.7%。耕地、草地和水域生境面积分别减少5081.0、1695.1、421.6 km~2,占对应类型生境面积的4.7%,4.9%和7.2%。2)京津冀生境质量从0.88降至0.83,下降幅度达5.69%。其中,耕地生境质量下降最为严重,其次为水域生境质量。3)生境质量下降区域主要沿北京-保定-石家庄-邢台-邯郸等经济发展迅速的区域分布,表现为城市扩张侵占原有生境。4)京津冀高生境质量斑块破碎度增加,低生境质量斑块集聚度增加。整体上看,京津冀区域生境斑块破碎度增加。     

雄安新区地表覆盖变化及其新区规划的生态响应预测

雄安新区是新近设立的国家级新区,如何在新区建设中坚持生态优先、绿色发展,是即将开展的新区规划必须考虑的问题。绿色生态规划离不开对规划区生态本底的清楚认识,离不开对规划结果的准确预判。因此基于2004、2015年的Landsat影像,采用遥感信息反演技术和RSEI遥感生态指数,评估了该区近11年来的地表不透水面、植被和水体三大覆盖类型的变化,并预测新区建设的生态效应及其对热环境的影响。结果表明,雄安新区近11年地表不透水面、植被和水体的面积虽互有增减,但变化强度都小于5%,总体开发强度不大,本底生态质量较好,稳中略升。定量分析表明,在该区的三大地表覆盖类型中,不透水面对区域生态和地表温度的影响最大。根据所获得的关系模型预测,新区的人口规划和面积方案将对区域生态质量和热环境产生影响,如果按新增不透水面面积占新区面积25%的比例来预测,它将使生态质量下降10%,地表温度上升1.1℃;但如果将不透水面比例控制在20%,则新区的生态质量反而上升3.6%,地表温度下降0.3℃。     

基于生态供给-消耗平衡关系的中尼廊道地区生态承载力研究

中尼廊道地区作为南亚通道建设的关键环节,具有生态环境脆弱且对生态资源依赖性强的基本特征,中尼廊道建设占用生态空间,将增加生态系统对农牧业生产活动的承载压力;因此,开展中尼廊道生态承载力研究对青藏高原生态保护和南亚通道建设具有重要的实践价值和指导意义。本文基于生态供给与消耗平衡关系,通过计算农牧业生产对生态系统净初级生产力的消耗,评估中尼廊道地区的生态承载力,结果表明：（1）中尼廊道地区生态承载力处于富富有余状态,2015年有7个县域生态承载力处于临界超载或平衡有余状态;整体上生态系统尚有较大的生态空间来支撑中尼廊道建设,但建设可能給局部县域带来超载风险。（2）中尼廊道地区生态系统供给量处于稳定波动状态,畜牧业生态消耗在生态消耗中占主导地位（占比超80%）;得益于2005年起实施的草畜平衡政策,中尼廊道地区及其24个县域生态消耗量呈下降趋势,农牧业生产活动对生态系统造成的压力降低,生态承载状态向优发展;但地处粮食主产区、口岸区、城市化辐射区的7个县域,在本地及周边地区日益增长的对农牧业产品的生活需求驱动下生态消耗量处于增加态势。（3）若以实现生物多样性公约所倡导的50%生态资源得到保护为生态保护目标,目前中尼廊道农牧业生产模式产生的生态消耗将超出其可利用供给,区域可持续发展需要关注如何通过中尼廊道建设带动当地产业结构调整以缓解农牧业生产对生态系统的压力。