Investigation of environmental and land use impacts in forested permafrost headwaters of the Selenga-Baikal river system,Mongolia - Effects on discharge,water quality and macroinvertebrate diversity

Headwater streams play a major role for provision of ecosystem services, e.g. drinking water. We investigated a high-altitude headwater catchment of the Kharaa River (including 41 1st-order rivers) to understand the impact of land cover (especially forest cover), environment and human usage on runoff, chemical water quality and macroinvertebrate fauna in a river basin under discontinuous permafrost conditions in an arid, sparsely populated region of Mongolia. To verify our hypotheses that different landuses and environmental impacts in permafrost headwaters influence water quality, we investigated 105 sampling sites, 37 of them at intermittent stream sections without water flow. Discharge was positively impacted by land cover types steppe, grassland and forest and negatively by shrubland, forest burnt by wild fires (indicating a reduction of permafrost) and slope. Water quality was affected by altitude, longitude and latitude, shrub growth and water temperature. Shannon diversity of macroinvertebrates was driven by water temperature, iron content of the water, flow velocity, and subbasin size (adjusted R² = 0.54). Sample plots clustered in three groups that differed in water chemistry, macroinvertebrate diversity, species composition and bio-indicators. Our study confirms that steppes and grasslands have a higher contribution to runoff than forests, forest cover has a positive impact on water quality, and diversity of macroinvertebrates is higher in sites with less nutrients and pollutants. The excellent ecological status of the upper reaches of the Kharaa is severely threatened by forest fires and human-induced climate change and urgently needs to be conserved.     

独立学院“生物化学”综合性实验的开设

从综合性实验内容、综合性实验开设对人才培养目标的体现、综合性实验实施过程中的注意事项等方面阐述如何在“生物化学”课程中开设综合性实验“聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分离蛋白及蛋白质含量的测定”。此实验的开设,可使学生将理论知识融会贯通,对培养学生的动手能力和创新能力有积极作用。     

High fluid shear strain causes injury in silver shark: Preliminary implications for Mekong hydropower turbine design

The Lower Mekong Basin is facing unprecedented threats to fish diversity from hydropower development. There is increasing pressure on developers and construction authorities to design solutions to improve fish survival through turbines, thus protecting the resources in regions being developed for hydropower. A hydraulic characteristic of hydropower turbines with known fisheries impacts is fluid shear stress. Elevated shear stress occurs where rapidly flowing water passes near spillways, screens and within turbine draft tubes. Shear stress can have adverse impacts on fish, but no work has assessed whether this holds true for Mekong River species. A flume was used to determine critical tolerances of silver shark, Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker), to shear stress rates at a high‐velocity jet which simulated a hydropower turbine. Fish were assessed for injury or mortality following exposure. Results were compared against a no‐shear control. Injury and mortality were greater at higher shear stress exposures. Injuries occurred at all shear exposure levels with mortality at shear levels higher than 600/s. This approach should help design future hydropower turbines if data on other species demonstrate similar results. If the likelihood of adverse impact is high, then shear stress will need to be considered in the design of future hydropower facilities.     

秸秆沼气集中供气工程运行管理维护研究

文章针对凤凰村秸秆沼气集中供气工程运行管理维护中存在的问题,进行分析并提出了相应的解决办法,为今后秸秆沼气集中供气工程建设及运营提供经验和借鉴。     

Turbine entrainment and passage of potadromous fish through hydropower dams: Developing conceptual frameworks and metrics for moving beyond turbine passage mortality

Potadromous fishes are vulnerable to involuntary entrainment through hydropower turbines. However, turbines can also provide a downstream passage route for potadromous fish. Here, we review evidence for turbine entrainment and passage in potadromous fish, and evaluate the effects of these processes on upstream and downstream populations. We develop conceptual frameworks and metrics to quantify vulnerability to turbine entrainment removals, and to quantify the efficiency of turbines as a downstream passage route. We highlight factors that influence these processes and provide case‐studies demonstrating their applicability. We found that juvenile potadromous fish are being entrained through turbines at rates high enough to impact upstream populations. Given that juvenile passage survival is often high, we argue that turbines provide an important downstream passage route for potadromous fish. We show that entrainment vulnerability is likely a function of interactions between in‐reservoir fish behaviour, habitat configuration and operations and thus not well captured by passage mortality estimates. Similarly, we show that while passage mortality can limit downstream passage efficiency, passage success is also dependent on reservoir and forebay navigation, along with survival and fitness in the downstream river. We advocate for a shift in focus away from estimates of passage mortality and injury, which have previously accounted for the majority of turbine passage research. Instead, we recommend an approach that focusses on quantification of the factors that influence downstream passage efficiency and entrainment vulnerability. Moreover, we highlight the need to better understand the broader scale impacts of these events on upstream and downstream populations.     

滇西北退耕还林后续政策分析及发展对策

滇西北是云南省最为贫困的少数民族聚集地区之一,实行退耕还林政策10多年来取得了巨大的成效,随着退耕还林政策补助陆续到期,部分退耕农户生计将出现困难。对退耕还林后续政策进行分析,认为退耕还林补偿标准与现有物价水平不符,套种的规定过于保守,针对政策上的不足与实施过程中存在的作业设计不够规范、监管不力、档案管理不够规范等问题提出相关对策和建议。     

加强国家农业重大科技基础设施建设刍议

国家重大科技基础设施是国家为在科学技术前沿取得重大突破、解决经济社会发展和国家安全中的战略性、基础性和前瞻性科技问题而投资建设的科学技术研究设施。加强农业领域国家重大科技基础设施建设,对提升我国农业科技创新能力,强化科技对现代农业的支撑与引领作用等具有战略意义。     

特大型沼气工程温室气体减排效益分析——以“海南澄迈日产3万Nm3车用沼气项目”为例

根据国际通用的温室气体减排计算方法，对海南澄迈日产3万Nm3车用沼气工程所带来的主要温室气体减排量和减排效益进行了估算分析。结果表明：项目每年可减少温室气体排放53 560 t(CO2当量)，以上海碳交易市场近年平均交易价格(39.23元/t CO2)计算，可带来210.12万元的经济效益。     

西昌地区实施退耕还林工程后的景观格局变化

利用西昌市1996和2004年2期TM影像数据,对西昌地区实施退耕还林工程以来的景观格局变化进行分析.结果表明:1996-2004年,西昌地区林地面积增长明显,草地面积迅速减少,耕地面积略有增长,耕地、林地和草地类型间的转化频繁;耕地景观随着斑块数和斑块密度的减少破碎度降低,而林地和草地的破碎度增加;耕地和林地斑块形状不规则性增强;就整体景观而言,西昌地区林地的优势度进一步提高,景观均匀度下降.建议在今后实施退耕还林工程时,合理安排还林和还草任务,同时对退耕后耕地面积仍有增长的现象给予关注.     

新疆天然林资源保护工程智能化监控平台建设研究

基于移动通信、地理信息和视频监控等技术建立天然林资源保护工程智能化监控平台,实现天然林资源的全面监控和管理,加强巡护人员和巡护事件的监控力度。文中介绍了视频监控技术、移动GIS技术和智能移动通信技术等研究中的关键技术。阐述平台总体框架设计以及视频监控管理子系统、天保工程森林智能移动巡护子系统和天然林资源保护巡护管理子系统的主要功能实现。