Life cycle inventories of roundwood production in northern Wisconsin: Inputs into an industrial forest carbon budget

Carbon budgets are developed to understand ecosystem dynamics and are increasingly being used to develop global change policy. Traditionally, forest carbon budgets have focused on the biological carbon cycle; however, it is important to include the industrial forest carbon cycle as well. The overall objective of this study was to quantify the major carbon fluxes associated with the production of Wisconsin's industrial roundwood, by using life cycle inventory (LCI) methodology to produce an industrial forest carbon budget. To achieve this objective we (1) developed carbon LCIs for the harvest process for three major forest ownerships (state, national, and private non-industrial), (2) developed carbon LCIs for a dimensional lumber and two oriented strand board (OSB) mills and (3) completed a scaled version of 1 and 2 to include more Wisconsin forestlands and to incorporate the other major processes within the industrial forest carbon cycle (e.g. primary mill, secondary mill, product use and product disposal processes of the industrial forest carbon cycle). The carbon budgets for the harvesting process of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (CNNF), the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest (NHAL), and the non-industrial private forests that participated in the managed forest laws of Wisconsin (MFL-NIPF) were 0.10, 0.18 and 0.11 tonnes C ha⁻¹ year⁻¹), respectively. The dimensional lumber and OSB products were both net carbon sources, and released 0.05–0.09 tonnes C/tonnes C processed). More carbon is sequestered than released within the industrial forest carbon cycle of Wisconsin's national (6 g C m⁻² year⁻¹), state (12 g C m⁻² year⁻¹) and non-industrial private forests (7 g C m⁻² year⁻¹). Using published net ecosystem production data we estimate that the net forest carbon cycle budget (sum of the biological and industrial C cycle, [Gower, S.T., 2003. Patterns and mechanisms of the forest carbon cycle. Ann. Rev. Environ. Resour. 28, 169–204]) for the CNNF ranges between −897 and 348 g C m⁻² year⁻¹. Life cycle inventories of wood and paper products should be clear and explicitly state what processes are included, so that results can be used by policy makers and future researchers.     

CTS-g-PAA/SH高吸水性树脂的缓释和保水性能

【研究目的】以壳聚糖(CTS)、丙烯酸(AA)和腐殖酸钠(SH)为原料，在水溶液中通过接枝共聚反应合成壳聚糖接枝聚丙烯酸/腐殖酸钠(CTS-g-PAA/SH)高吸水性树脂；【方法】考察CTS-g-PAA/SH树脂在不同浓度盐溶液中的溶胀行为、反复吸水性能、SH的缓释性能和在土壤中的实际保水效果；【结果】在SH含量为10%时，CTS-g-PAA/SH树脂在蒸馏水和生理盐水中的吸水倍率分别达到183g/g和41g/g；CTS-g-PAA/SH高吸水性树脂具有较好的反复吸水性能；与CTS-g-PAA相比，含有1.0%CTS-g-PAA/SH树脂的沙土，20d后仍然具有6.75%的保水率；SH能与AA发生聚合反应，形成网络结构，当SH含量超过30%时，过量的SH是以物理填充方式存在于高吸水性树脂的交联网络中，且容易释放；【结论】SH能改善CTS-g-PAA的吸水性，CTS-g-PAA/SH高吸水性树脂不仅可降低产品成本，而且还具有缓释腐殖酸的功能。     

有机-无机复合粘结剂对沙拐枣种子丸粒化研究

合成了有机-无机复合粘结剂,选择沙拐枣为研究对象,通过各种原料配比对崩解时间的影响,确定了种子丸粒化的配方.该配方使种子重量增加了3～5倍,具有一定的吸水保水性能,不仅解决了飞播时种子随风飘移的问题,而且也解决了种子崩解、营养、保水的问题,从而提高了种子的发芽率和成活率.     

三种酚酸类化合物对莴苣幼苗的化感作用及机理初探

化感物质通过植物体释放到农田土壤中,可对作物生长造成严重影响。酚酸是一类重要的化感物质,由于其相对分子质量小,结构稳定,因而不易降解而累积在土壤中,进而影响作物生长,是引起连作障碍问题的一类主要化合物。为了明确酚酸类物质对植物生长影响的途径,探讨其化感作用机理,以3种结构相似的化合物——苯甲酸、水杨酸和对羟基苯甲酸为研究对象,以莴苣幼苗为活性受体,通过测定化合物对莴苣幼苗根、茎生长的影响,评价了其对植物的毒活性;并借助于荧光显微镜,通过FDA/PI双染色法和DHE染色法,分别研究了3种酚酸类化合物对受体植物根尖细胞活力和活性氧积累的影响。结果表明:3种酚酸类化合物对莴苣幼苗根、茎的生长均表现出低浓度促进、高浓度抑制的作用模式;莴苣幼苗在高浓度酚酸的胁迫下,其体内活性氧大量积累,高浓度的活性氧对莴苣幼苗细胞膜结构等具有显著的破坏作用,进而导致细胞活力降低甚至凋亡,最终抑制植物生长。     

冻土环境下泄漏油污的微生物修复

Oil spills have become a serious problem in cold environments with the ever-increasing resource exploitation, transportation, storage, and accidental leakage of oil. Several techniques, including physical, chemical, and biological methods, are used to recover spilled oil from the environment. Bioremediation is a promising option for remediation since it is effective and economic in removing oil with less undue environmental damages. However, it is a relatively slow process in cold regions and the degree of success depends on a number of factors, including the properties and fate of oil spilled in cold environments, and the major microbial and environmental limitations of bioremediation. The microbial factors include bioavailability of hydrocarbons, mass transfer through the cell membrane, and metabolic limitations. As for the environmental limitations in the cold regions, the emphasis is on soil temperatures, freeze-thaw processes, oxygen and nutrients availability, toxicity, and electron acceptors. There have been several cases of success in the polar regions, particularly in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. However, the challenges and constraints for bioremediation in cold environments remain large.     

水分对柠条萌蘖株和未平茬株光合参数及调渗物质的影响

对柠条Caragana korshinskii平茬后的萌蘖株和未平茬的对照株在夏季旺盛生长期进行了水分处理,并研究了浇水前后萌蘖株和对照株光合参数及调渗物质的变化。浇水前,萌蘖株具有较高的水势 (LWP)、光合速率(A)、气孔导度(G)、蒸腾速率(E)、光系统II最大光化学量子效率(Fv/Fm)和光系统II实际量子产率(△F/Fm′);而对照株相应指标较低,但对照株光化学猝灭系数（NPQ）,脯氨酸(Pro)、 丙二醛(MDA)含量较高。浇水后,对照株LWP、A、G、E、Fv/Fm、△F/Fm′均有不同程度的上升,而NPQ值和Pro、MAD的含量下降。浇水对萌蘖株和对照株叶绿素(Chla+b)含量影响不显著,且浇水前后萌蘖株均高于对照株。结果表明：萌蘖株在生长季所受干旱胁迫较小,植物将更多的光能以光合作用的形式利用,植物生长迅速;而对照株所受干旱胁迫的影响较为严重,光合速率低,植物将更多的光能以热的形式消耗,导致植物生长缓慢。     

Rheological behavior of magnetic carbon nanotubes and their application as kevlar coating

Carbon nanotube (CNT)/magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanocomposites were successfully fabricated by nanocoating. When the CNT/Fe₃O₄ nanocomposites were added to a carbonyl (CI) based magnetorheological fluid (MRF), the magnetic rheological properties of the MRF were enhanced. Such enhancement in magnetic rheological properties of the CI-CNT/Fe₃O₄ MRF is considered to be attributable to both the superparamagnetic property of the magnetic layer covering the CNT surface and the high length to diameter ratio of the CNT/Fe₃O₄ nanocomposite. Impact properties for CI-CNT/Fe₃O₄ MRF treated Kevlar fabrics were also tested, and improved impact properties were observed with external magnetic fields compared to CI-MRF treated Kevlar fabrics.