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Urbanization has brought about a substantial increase in population growth, and a considerable amount of park green space has been exposed to urban construction land, which has greatly affected the natural and social value of the urban natural capital. Although this problem is serious in developing countries such as China, few studies have been conducted on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation...
We studied the anti-cold shock performance of activated sludge microbes (ASM) with magnetic field (MF) strengthening under slow and rapid cooling and rewarming. From stage S3 to S4, the TTC-DHA (triphenyltetrazolium chloride dehydrogenase) of reactor A₂ and B₂ were 98.5% and 72.5% higher than that of reactor A₁ and B₁, which showed that MF had a better strengthening effect on TTC-DHA under slow temperature...
Precipitation is an important element in the hydrological cycle in mountainous regions. Temporal and spatial variations in precipitation and in its two phases – rain and snow – over the northern and southern aspects of the slopes of the Tianshan Mountains are compared and analyzed using 55-year data (1961-2015). The results of the analysis are as follows: 1) The average annual precipitation shows...
Indoor experiments were performed to determine the accumulation, subcellular distribution, and chemical forms of Cd at five S levels in Hydrilla verticillata. The Cd content increased from 1.229 mg/g to 3.329 mg/g in leaves, and decreased from 2.794 mg/g to 1.023 mg/g in roots, respectively. Excess S supply stimulated Cd assimilation in leaves as Cd accumulation was inhibited in roots. The Cd content...
This study compounds three types of coagulants (AlCl₃, FeCl₃, Fe₂(SO₄)₃) with promising effects on TP removal of domestic sewage. The optimum conditions for TP removal using¹ compounded coagulants are determined by Plackett-Burman (P-B) design, steepest ascent, and Box-Behnken design. The adequacy of the quadratic regression model is evaluated by analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results show that initial...
Water inrush is one of the typical geological hazards in the construction of high-risk tunnels, and has caused severe losses. To predict water inrush accurately, a novel model was put forward for karst tunnels in the present study. The ideal point method coupled with the analytic hierarchy process method (AHP) was applied for risk assessment of water inrush. First, the ideal point method was introduced...
Grinding materials as a pretreatment contribute to successful composting. Here the grinding ratio of 4 raw materials and compost samples with different maturity degrees were compared and discussed. Results revealed that the highest grinding ratio was obtained when drying the 3 straws into constant weight, but keeping water content around 10% for sewage sludge. The carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C/N) was...
Microzooplankton plays an important role in controlling the standing crop of phytoplankton and primary production. However, research on microzooplankton grazing has mainly focused on the ocean and only rarely on eutrophic lakes. In this study we investigated plankton community structures, microzooplankton grazing rates (m), and phytoplankton growth rates (μ) in order to explore microzooplankton grazing...
The study investigates the impact of subsurface pipes at different depths on physicochemical properties of soda meadow alkaline soil. Field experiments were carried out in 5 treatments: CK (no treatment), CK1 (treatment with comprehensive supplementary measures: subsoiling to 0.6 m and applying farm manure in the amount of 34 m³/hm², then mulching with sandy soil of 500 m³/hm²), and 3 treatments of...
For this study we applied a biological restoration technology combined with introducing filterfeeding bivalves (Hyriopsis cumingii), stocking planktivorous fish (silver carp), and replanting submerged macrophytes (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) in order to treat eutrophic water. The effects of this combined biological restoration measure on remedying eutrophic water were investigated, and the main mechanisms...
Atmospheric sulfur dioxide (SO₂) is a major air pollutant and has the most negative effect on atmospheric chemistry. In this study, measurements of SO₂ column concentration obtained from an ozone monitoring instrument (OMI) are used to investigate the temporal and spatial dynamics of SO₂. Temporal and spatial distributions of SO₂ concentrations obtained from OMI over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji)...
Temperate grassland steppe is an important natural ecosystem in the world, which is being degraded under the combined pressure of climate change and human over-utilization. Our objective was to determine the effect of inorganic and organic fertilizer addition and determine the appropriate fertilizer resource and additional rate for temperate grassland restoration. The treatments consisted of an inorganic...
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) play an important role in the ecological restoration of water bodies, and it is crucial to understand the mechanism behind this. An experiment was performed in tanks consisting of three treatments: 1) without fish (control treatment, CON), 2) with fish unable to feed on submerged macrophytes (excretion treatment, EXCR), and 3) with fish swimming free (herbivory...
The link between the acute toxicity of heavy metals on algae and the bioadsorption capacity of heavy metals by algae has seldom been reported. In the present study, an acute toxicity experiment was carried out to assess the toxic effects of Pb, Cu, and Cd for Chlorella sorokiniana, and the 96 h IC₅₀ values were 0.249 mg/L, 0.485 mg/L, 46.108 mg/L, and 21.00 mg/L for Cu, Cd, Pb (total), and Pb (free...
This study aims to determine the functional traits and reproductive allocation (RA) strategy of the invasive plant Conyza canadensis across different invasion degrees along a latitude gradient in China. Invasion degree did not affect the functional traits and RA strategy of C. canadensis significantly. The high proportion of reproductive biomass (allocating approximately 20% of total biomass into...
The main aim of this study was to screen and identify cadmium-resistant fungus and to characterize its cadmium adsorption. A cadmium-resistant strain (CN35) was isolated from cadmium-polluted paddy soil. Based on morphlogical characteristics, internal transcribed spacers region and β-tubulin gene sequence phylogenesis analysis, the strain was preliminarily identified to be Penicillium sp. This strain...
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