The importance of floating peat to methane fluxes from flooded peatlands

The effect of flooding on methane (CH₄) fluxes was studied through the construction of an experimental reservoir in a boreal forest wetland at the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario. Prior to flooding, the peatland surface was a small source of CH₄ to the atmosphere (1.0± SD of 2.3 mg CH₄ m^–2 d^–1). After flooding, CH₄ fluxes from the submerged peat surface increased to 64±68 mg CH4 m^–2 d^–1 CH₄ bubbles within the submerged peat caused about 1/3 of the peat to float. Fluxes from these floating peat islands were much higher (440±350 mg CH₄ m^–2 d^–2) than from both the pre-flood (undisturbed) and the post-flood (submerged) peat surfaces.The high fluxes of CH₄ from the floating peat surfaces may be explained by a number of factors known to affect the production and consumption of CH₄ in peat. In floating peat, however, these factors are particularly enhanced and include decreased oxidation of CH₄ due to the loss of aerobic habitat normally found above the water table of undisturbed peat and to increased peat temperatures. The extremely high fluxes associated with newly lifted peat may decrease as the islands age. However, CH₄ flux rates from floating peat islands that were several years old still far exceeded those from undisturbed peat surfaces and from the water surface of a newly created reservoir.     

潮间带盐沼植物种子及实生苗漂浮起动临界剪切应力研究

盐沼是分布在海陆过渡区域,以大型草本植物为优势种的潮间带生态系统。在潮间带生态系统中,盐沼植物的种子和实生苗在潮流作用下的漂浮起动是盐沼植物自然扩散的重要前提,决定了盐沼植物能否实现有效扩散和长距离传播。然而,目前缺乏有关盐沼植物繁殖体在复杂潮滩环境下漂浮起动扩散过程的定量研究。以长江口典型盐沼先锋物种海三棱藨草(Scirpus mariqueter)为研究对象,应用U-GEMS微观侵蚀系统,测定了在不同沉积物底质条件下,海三棱藨草种子及不同萌发阶段实生苗漂浮起动时的临界剪切应力,定量分析不同萌发阶段和沉积物底质对海三棱藨草种子和实生苗漂浮起动的影响。研究结果表明：(1)不同种子萌发阶段和沉积物底质对海三棱藨草种子和实生苗漂浮起动的临界剪切应力均有极显著影响(P<0.01);(2)随着萌发阶段的进展,海三棱藨草实生苗漂浮起动所需的临界剪切应力逐渐减小,因而随潮流漂浮起动进而扩散的机会也相应增大;(3)相比于淤泥质潮滩底质,海三棱藨草种子和实生苗在粉砂质潮滩更易于漂浮起动。研究结果丰富了盐沼植物在潮间带自然扩散过程和机理的研究,也为今后长江口及其他区域开展高效、低成本、以种子为修复...     

Floating mats: their occurrence and influence on shoreline distribution of emergent vegetation

1. A study was conducted on the northern shore of Lake Victoria (Uganda) to determine the factors controlling the occurrence of floating root mats and the influence of the floating mats on the distribution of emergent vegetation. 2. Environmental conditions within 78 bays in the study area were characterised using bay size, wave exposure, water depth, littoral slope, sediment characteristics and water level fluctuations. Emergent plants that form floating root mats occur along the shores of these bays. The way in which commonly occurring shoreline vegetation was distributed across a wave‐exposure gradient was compared with their distribution across a water level fluctuation gradient. 3. Results suggested that wind–wave action and water level fluctuations are important factors determining the occurrence of floating mats. Mat‐forming plants occur in the most sheltered locations along the shore and in waterbodies with modest water level fluctuations. 4. The ability to form mats facilitated the lakeward expansion of emergent plants. Plants forming floating root mats had a larger depth range than non‐mat forming plants. 5. The initiation mechanisms for the floating mats of emergent vegetation in Lake Victoria appear to be: (i) invasion of mats of free‐floating plants by emergent vegetation; and (ii) detachment of emergent plants from the lake bed following flooding. 6. The formation of floating mats comes with a cost and benefit to emergent plants. The cost is increased vulnerability to damage by water level fluctuations or wind–wave action, leading to reduced horizontal distribution. The benefit is that deep flooding is avoided, thus increasing vertical distribution. The net effect may be to lead to dominance of mat‐forming plants in low‐energy environments and non‐mat‐forming plants in high‐energy environments.     

从乙烷氧化富集物中分离到的乙醇氧化不动杆菌的生理生化特点

采用floating filter方法从乙烷氧化富集物中分离出杆状菌株Z1,其最适生长温度为37℃,最适p H为6. 0,最适盐浓度为0. 2 mol/L,过氧化氢酶阳性,氧化酶阴性。其全长16S r DNA序列与Acinetobacter pittii CIP 70. 29T完全一致,可判定其为不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)细菌。此菌株可以壬烷、十三烷为碳源生长,具有甲醇、乙醇氧化活性,却不能利用乙烷。不动杆菌菌株Z1可应用于利用floating filter方法的乙烷氧化菌的分离培养以及污染石油烃的降解。     

家兔急性缺血早期心室肌细胞跨膜电位的变化及迷走神经的保护作用

以在体家兔的心脏为对象,应用浮置微电极技术研究了急性缺血早期心室肌细胞跨膜电位的变化及迷走神经的保护作用。 冠状动脉的一个分支阻断后 1—5min,静息电位(RP)、动作电位振幅(APA)和 0相最大上升速率(dv/dt)_(max)均减小(P<0.01)。动作电位时程APD_(30)、APD_(50)和APD_(90)均缩短(P<0.01)。反映 2相平台时程的 APD_(30)和 APD_(50)缩短较总时程 APD_(90)的缩短更明显。 在自然心率的条件下,左颈迷走神经电刺激,可使急性缺血的心肌电位的变化有所恢复:RP、APA、(dv/dt)_(max)均增加,APD_(30)、APD_(50)、APD_(90)延长(P_均<0.01)。刺激迷走神经时缺血的心室肌细胞跨膜电位有所恢复,对防止缺血早期的室性心律失常可能具有重要作用。     

基于两步移动搜索法的福州市公园绿地主客观可达性研究

公园绿地的可达性对于提升民生福祉、环境公平及城市高质量发展具有深远意义。综合考虑公园绿地的主观和客观供给能力,基于公园绿地规模、网络好评度、高德地图API路径规划等数据,运用高斯两步移动搜索法测度了居民单一出行及多交通出行模式下福州市公园绿地的客观和主观可达性,得出以下结论:(1)同一出行模式下公园绿地的主客观可达性差异大,客观可达性的高值区主要分布在非中心城区,而主观可达性的高值区大多分布在中心城区;(2)不同交通出行模式下主观和客观可达性也存在差异,步行出行模式下的公园绿地可达性低于驾车和公共交通出行模式的可达性,综合出行模式的可达性分布与驾车可达性分布相似,尚未形成公共交通主导的公园绿地发展模式;(3)公园绿地主客观供需平衡的县域少,供需不平衡的县域多,高人口密度县域存在公园绿地供给小于需求问题,非中心城区县域公园绿地主客观供需比普遍较低;(4)步行、驾车、公共交通出行模式下的高客观供需比-高主观供需比的公园绿地仅三坊七巷和福州市贵安新天地休闲旅游度假区,超过70%的公园绿地属低客观供需比-低主观供需比类型。本研究不仅关注公园绿地的空间可达性,也基于人的感受对公园绿地的主观可达性加以测度,为可达性评价提供新的研究思路,同时也为福州市公园绿地资源配置和存量绿地的质量提升提供建议。     

Formulation and Evaluation of Swellable and Floating Gastroretentive Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets

Drugs that have narrow absorption window in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) will have poor absorption. For these drugs, gastroretentive drug delivery systems offer the advantage in prolonging the gastric emptying time. Swellable, floating, and sustained release tablets are developed by using a combination of hydrophilic polymer (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose), swelling agents (crospovidone, sodium starch glycolate, and croscarmelose sodium) and effervescent substance (sodium bicarbonate). Formulations are evaluated for percentage swelling, in vitro drug release, floating lag time, total duration of floating, and mean residence time (MRT) in the stomach. The drug release of optimized formulation follows the Higuchi kinetic model, and the mechanism is found to be non-Fickian/anomalous according to Krosmeyer–Peppas (n value is 0.68). The similarity factor (f ₂) is found to be 26.17 for the optimized formulation, which the release is not similar to that of marketed produced (CIFRAN OD®). In vivo nature of the tablet at different time intervals is observed in the radiographic pictures of the healthy volunteers and MRT in the stomach is found to be 320?±?48.99 min (n?=?6). A combination of HPMC K100M, crospovidone, and sodium carbonate shows the good swelling, drug release, and floating characters than the CIFRAN OD®.