Validation of the accuracy of household reporting of subsistence fishing catch and effort: a Fijian case study

Abstract  The accuracy of household reporting of subsistence fishing catch and effort and seafood consumption on the Fijian island of Ono-i-Lau was studied. A creel survey was carried out concurrently to validate the household survey data. Reported estimates of fishing participation, effort, and fish consumption were not significantly different to the creel survey estimates. Householder's appeared to overestimate the number of fish from the most abundant family Lethrinidae, and underestimate rarer fish. However, there was no significant difference between the reported and observed contribution of the majority of finfish families and invertebrate taxa. The reported and observed catch rate estimates were not significantly different, indicating that Ono-i-Lau villagers are relatively accurate in their estimation of the number and size of fish from recalled catches.     

Evaluation of a combined penetrometer for simultaneous measurement of penetration resistance and soil water content

A combined penetrometer is an appropriate tool to measure the soil cone resistance and the water‐content profile. As a relatively new technique, a combined capacitance‐penetrometer for the simultaneous measurement of cone index and soil water content was developed at the Department of Agricultural Engineering of Bonn University in 2002. The objective of this study was the evaluation of the effectiveness and applicability of the innovated penetrometer with a focus on three aspects: (1) A capacitance sensor with two electrode configurations was calibrated for silt loam, sandy loam, and sand. The calibration results show that both electrode configurations have sufficient water‐content sensitivity, but soil‐specific calibrations seem necessary. (2) Under laboratory conditions, the dynamic resolution and response of the capacitance‐penetrometer were validated, and its radius of influence was determined. (3) The field measurement results demonstrate that this measurement technique can be used to improve the interpretation quality of soil cone index data.     

沙土区薄壁连拱护岸墙试验与应用

沙土区薄壁连拱护岸墙为悬臂式支撑、薄壁连拱无底板结构，拱板中间采用无砂砼排水孔的钢筋砼肋形预制板，冲沉法施工，造价低廉；外形美观，抗倾、抗滑性能强。该墙为平原沙土区河道水土保持及修复找到了一条经济合理、施工方便、简便易行的护坡办法，具有较高的实用价值和广阔的推广使用前景。     

浅析防火墙对网络安全的作用

文中就信息网络安全内涵发生的根本变化,论述了网络防火墙安全技术的分类及其主要技术特征。     

海南椴生长特性及苗木培育的初步研究

本文论述了海南椴幼年期生长特性，年生长节律，苗期生长规律以及苗木繁育技术。用ｌｏｇｌｓｔｉｃ方程拟合，找出高和直径生长的最优回归方程。     

冷却水循环用离心泵汽蚀的原因与防止方法探讨

通过对冷却水循环用离心泵产生汽蚀的因素进行分析，提出了防止汽蚀产生的技术措施，经生产应用效果良好。     

河北山地森林的特点、地位和发展对策

河北的山地在植被上属于落叶阔叶林地带。河北山地的森林具有立地生产力较低，人工林和天然林年龄小，多与农田、果园和牧地等交叉分布的特点。河北的山地森林在改善山区的生态环境、维持生物多样性、供应城乡居民所需的用材和烧柴及果品、为人民提供游乐活动场所等方面起着重要的作用。河北山地森林应该遵循的发展方针是：要把山区的水土保持和生态环境建设列在首位；要以林为主，协调发展农、果、林、牧的关系；在培养森林上，要采取封山育林和人工造林并重的政策；要把经济林的发展和其他林种结合起来，重视自然保护区森林公园的建设。     

蒸发浓缩－CODcr法测定地面水中低浓度COD

对水样蒸发浓缩法用于地面水中低浓度ＣＯＤ的测定进行探讨的实验结果表明，地面水中低浓度ＣＯＤ物质可以在碱性条件下，通过蒸发浓缩处理后，采用重铬酸钾法进行测定，所得结果的精密度和准确度良好．若选择水样浓缩系数为５，则可将重铬酸钾法的最低检测限浓度降低到１０ｍｇ·Ｌ－１，从而使该方法能够适用于地面水水质标准中各类水质ＣＯＤ的监测要求．     

水闸管理的微机通信网络

在水闸管理上,以多台Tp801单板微型计算机、输入输出接口电路、SIO串行通信接口电路、Tp801D板、12吋绿色显示器、打印机等组成一种远距离传送数据的微机通信网络,它利用电话线路作为数据传输的通道,在淮阴市盐东控制工程管理处投付使用。运行稳定,性能可靠,于1985年9月通过技术鉴定。     

Fate of Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli O157 in soils and drainage water following cattle slurry application at 3 sites in southern Scotland

Abstract. Slurry from farm animals may contaminate water supplies, rivers and bathing waters with faecal coliforms, such as Escherichia coli . Where animals harbour the O157 strain the hazard to human health is particularly high, but both the hazard level, and the low incidence and sporadic nature of the excretion of E. coli O157 make it difficult to study this strain under field conditions. The survival of total E. coli and of E. coli O157 were compared in the laboratory for two soils under controlled temperature and moisture. E. coli O157 die-off rate was the same as or quicker than for total E. coli . This result meant that field experiments studying the fate of total E. coli should give a satisfactory evaluation of the risk of water contamination by the O157 strain. In four field experiments at three sites, slurry containing total E. coli numbers of 2.2 × 10⁴ to 5.7 × 10⁵ colony forming units per mL (c.f.u. mL^–1) was applied to drained field plots. Field die-off was faster than expected from laboratory experiments, especially in one experiment where two weeks dry weather followed application. In all but this experiment, the first drain flow events after slurry application led to very high E. coli concentrations in the drains (10³ to 10⁴ c.f.u. mL^–1). E. coli O157 was present in the slurry used for two of the experiments (33 c.f.u. per 100 mL in each case). However the proportion of E.coli O157 was very low (about 1 in 10⁵) and it was not detected in the drainage water. After the first week E. coli drainage water numbers decreased rapidly but they were 1–10 c.f.u. mL^–1 for much of the sampling period after slurry application (1–3 months).