Enhanced bioremediation of oil contaminated soil by graded modified Fenton oxidation

The fraction of oil (C₁₀-C₄₀) became more biodegradable after graded modified Fenton’s oxidation, therefore, it can be considered a mild pre-treatment method to obtain more effective bioremediation for oil contaminated soil.     

利用方式对红壤硝化作用的水分效应的影响

风干过程是土壤水分丢失的过程,研究亚热带酸性土壤硝化作用对水分水平的响应,有助于分析干土效应对硝化作用影响.本试验以分别发育于第四纪红土(Quaternary red earth,Q)和红砂岩(Tertiary red sandstone,S)、利用方式为水稻(rice,R)与旱地(upland,U)的4个农田土壤的风干土为供试材料,分别加入铵态氮0和150mg·kg-1,在5个即时水分含量下室内培养35d.结果表明,土壤水分水平显著影响供试土壤的硝化作用(p0.01),但影响程度因利用方式而异.对供试条件下无外源铵输入的处理而言,旱地土壤QU和SU硝化率的极差分别为11%和8%,显著低于水稻土的硝化率极差(QR与SR分别为35%和20%).外源铵的加入增加了土壤硝化率的极差,土壤QR、QU、SR和SU硝化率的极差分别达到56%、26%、31%、26%,且随水分水平的增高,加铵有促进土壤酸化的趋势.总之,利用方式显著影响了土壤硝化作用对水分效应的响应,进而体现为干土效应的差异.     

中国西北地区地表植被覆盖特征的时空变化及影响因子分析

归一化的植被指数(NDVI)自然正交分解结果显示,自上世纪80年代初期至1994年前后,中国西北部区域地表植被覆盖呈增加的过程;1994～2000年,地表植被覆盖状况开始退化,植被退化强度空间分布不匀.TOVS云覆盖数据与地表特征时间变化的一致性,间接证明1994年之后西北部地区植被退化的事实.通过降水和NDVI的相关分析,划分出西北地区地表植被覆盖变化气候影响显著区域、气候与人为影响共同作用显著区域.并从气候和人为影响2个方面分析了造成西北部地区地表植被覆盖状况下降的原因.在降水和NDVI相关显著区域,气候干旱因素是造成1994年后植被覆盖退化的主要原因;而黄河等流域1994年后植被退化的区域,气候干旱和人为活动因素是造成植被覆盖退化的主要因素.     

Single and joint effects of pesticides and mercury on soil urease

The influence of two pesticides including chlorimuron-ethyl and furadan and mercury （Hg） on urease activity in 4 soils （meadow burozem and phaeozem） was investigated. The soils were exposed to various concentrations of the two pesticides and Hg individually and simultaneously. Results showed that there was a close relationship between urease activity and organic matter content in soil. Chlorimuron-ethyl and furadan could both activate urease in the 4 soils. The maximum increment of urease activity by chlorimuronethyl was up to 14%-18%. There was almost an equal increase （up to 13%-21%） in the urease activity by furadan. On the contrary, Hg markedly inhibited soil urease activity. A logarithmic equation was used to describe the relationship （P〈0.05） between the concentration of Hg and the activity of soil urease in the 4 tested soils. Semi-effect dose （ED50） values by the stress of Hg based on the inhibition of soil urease in the 4 soils were 88, 5.5, 24 and 20 mg/kg, respectively, according to the calculation of the corresponding equations. The interactive effect of chlorimuron-ethyl or furadan with metal Hg on soil urease was mainly synergic at the highest tested concentrations.     

好氧-沉淀-厌氧工艺处理效能及抗冲击负荷研究

以传统活性污泥法（CAS）为参照,系统研究了好氧-沉淀-厌氧（OSA）污泥减量工艺连续运行240 d,污水处理效果、污泥性能、温度波动和难降解有毒物质的冲击对系统稳定性的影响.结果表明,OSA工艺废水处理效率整体上优于CAS工艺,COD去除效率略高于CAS,总氮、总磷去除率分别比CAS高出42 .58%和53 .84%.OSA和CAS工艺每100 g好氧污泥中生物结合的磷分别是2 .69 g和1 .11 g,进一步证实了OSA工艺有生物除磷功能.由于厌氧-好氧耦合,OSA污泥沉降性能和污泥活性都得到改善,SVI稳定在97左右, SOUR和脱氢酶活性均高于CAS污泥.OSA污泥胞外多聚物中蛋白质浓度比CAS高出1 .69 mg·g^-1,多糖浓度要比CAS低6 .7 mg·g^-1,解释了OSA污泥沉降性能改善的原因,也证实了污泥厌氧池的插入对污泥性能、微生物种群结构的影响.OSA工艺对温度波动的影响滞后于CAS工艺3～4 d,出水COD、NH^＋₄-Ｎ、SS均升高,污泥产率Y_{（ＭＬＳＳ/COD)}降低至0 .403 mg·mg^-1和0 .227 mg·mg^-1.OSA受对-硝基苯酚（PNP）的冲击比CAS更敏感,PNP浓度为10 mg·L^-1,系统完全失去脱氮除磷功能.OSA系统受温度和PNP冲击后,比CAS更难修复.     

Suppression of male reproduction in rats after exposure to sodium fluoride during early stages of development

Sodium fluoride (NaF), a widespread natural pollutant was given to sperm-positive female rats throughout gestation and lactation at a dose of 4.5 and 9.0 ppm via drinking water. The neonates were allowed to grow up to 90 days on tap water, and then sperm parameters, testicular steroidogenic marker enzyme activity levels, and circulatory hormone levels were studied. The sperm count, sperm motility, sperm coiling (hypoosmotic swelling test), and sperm viability were decreased in experimental rats when compared with controls. The activity levels of testicular steroidogenic marker enzymes (3β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and 17β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase) were significantly decreased in experimental animals indicating decreased steroidogenesis. The serum testosterone, follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone levels were also significantly altered in experimental animals. Our data indicate that exposure to NaF during gestation and lactation affects male reproduction in adult rats by decreasing spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis.     

Preparations of TiO2 film coated on foam nickel substrate by sol-gel processes and its photocatalytic activity for degradation of acetaldehyde

Anatase TiO2 films were successfully prepared on foam nickel substrates by sol-gel technique using tetrabutyl titanate as precursor. The characteristics of the TiO2 films were investigated by XPS, XRD, FE-SEM, TEM and UV-Vis absorption spectra. The photocatalytic activities of TiO2 films were investigated by photocatalytic degradation reactions of gaseous acetaldehyde, an indoor pollutant, under ultraviolet light irradiation. It was found that Ni^2＋ doping into TiO2 films due to the foam nickel substrates resulted in the extension of absorption edges of TiO2 films from UV region to visible light region. The pre-heating for foam nickel substrates resulted in the formation of NiO layer, which prevented effectively the injection of photogenerated electrons from TiO2 films to metal nickel. The TiO2 films displayed high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of acetaldehyde, and were enhanced by calcining the substrates and coating TiO2 films repeatedly. The high activity was mainly attributed to the improvement of the characteristics of substrate surface and the increase of active sites on photocatalyst.     

Cobalt and manganese stress in the microalga Pavlova viridis （Prymnesiophyceae）： Effects on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes

Pollution of marine environment has become an issue of major concern in recent years.Serious environmental pollution by heavy metals results from their increasing utilization in industrial processes and because most heavy metals are transported into the marine environment and accumulated without decomposition.The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects on growth,pigments, lipid peroxidation,and some antioxidant enzyme activities of marine microalga Pavlova viridis,in response to elevated concentrations of cobalt(Co)and manganese(Mn),especially with regard to the involvement of antioxidative defences against heavy metal-induced oxidative stress.In response to Co~(2 ),lipid peroxidation was enhanced compared to the control,as an indication of the oxidative damage caused by metal concentration assayed in the microalgal cells but not Mn~(2 ).Exposure of Pavlova viridis to the two metals caused changes in enzyme activities in a different manner,depending on the metal assayed:after Co~(2 )treatments,total superoxide dismutase(SOD)activity was irregular,although it was not significantly affected by Mn~(2 )exposure.Co~(2 )and Mn~(2 )stimulated the activities of catalase(CAT)and glutathione(GSH),whereas,ghitathione peroxidase(GPX)showed a remarkable increase in activity in response to Co~(2 )treatments and decreased gradually with Mn~(2 )concentration,up to 50μmol/L,and then rose very rapidly,reaching to about 38.98% at 200μmol/L Mn~(2 ).These results suggest that an activation of some antioxidant enzymes was enhanced,to counteract the oxidative stress induced by the two metals at higher concentration.     

荧光假单胞菌对洞庭湖湿地镉污染土壤碳氮生理类群和微生物活性的影响

为探讨功能微生物对洞庭湖湿地镉污染土壤环境质量的影响,以从洞庭湖湿地植物蒌蒿体中分离获得的荧光假单胞菌(Pseudomonas fluorescens)Y5为对象,通过室内培养试验研究其对洞庭湖湿地镉污染土壤碳氮生理类群和微生物活性的影响。结果表明菌株Y5可明显增加洞庭湖湿地镉污染土壤的氨化菌、硝化菌、好氧性自生固氮菌、好氧性纤维素分解菌的数量,明显提高洞庭湖湿地镉污染土壤的脲酶和蔗糖酶活性,显著增加土壤微生物生物量碳(MBC)、微生物生物量氮(MBN),明显降低土壤基础呼吸及代谢墒,从而有利于改善洞庭湖湿地镉污染土壤的营养状况和环境质量。