Soil nutrient status and revegetation practices of downhill skiing areas in Finnish Lapland — a case study of Mt. Ylläs

Ski slope construction is one of the major anthropogenic factors responsible for ecosystem degradation in mountain areas in Finnish Lapland. Mt. Ylläs has been used as a downhill skiing slope for about 30 years. Until 1992, the ski slopes were kept in their natural condition: there was no removal of vegetation and soil above the tree line. After 1992, Mt. Ylläs went through an extensive construction, the ski slopes were machine-graded and machine-levelled, which caused damage to both vegetation and soil. The aim of the study presented here was to examine nutrient status of various soils on the machine-graded and machine-levelled ski slopes in relation to their potential use as a substrate for revegetation practices.Soil organic matter and nutrient status were analysed in three sites on the slopes of Mt. Ylläs in the tree line zone (transit zone between wooded vegetation and treeless alpine vegetation): (1) reference site on the undisturbed area between the ski-runs (Control); (2) disturbed site on the ski-run area (DSP — ‘DiSturbed Podzol’, DSL — ‘DiSturbed Leptosol’ and DSB — ‘DiSturbed Bare soil’); and (3) Revegetation study Plots established on the ski-runs (RP). The analysis of element concentrations and their relative proportions allow us to conclude that only DSP and DSL can be considered as potentially appropriate for unassisted ecosystem recovery on the ski-runs. Presence of native plant species on these patches supports our conclusion. As a recommendation for revegetation of ski-runs, we propose implementation of substrate composed of upper layer of initial soil. Such substrate can be collected during the construction work on ski slopes or on building sites in the area with similar soils. Uncomposted substrate or at least short period of composting is preferable.     

废弃矿山生态修复技术研究

废弃矿山会对周围的生态环境造成不良影响。对某废弃矿山的基本情况进行了简要介绍,对废弃矿山土壤的理化性质进行了详细的研究,发现土壤中绝大部分颗粒的粒径超过了1 mm,养分不充分,pH值呈碱性,且存在镉元素和铁元素污染问题。基于挂网种植技术对废弃矿山的排土场进行了生态修复,试验结果表明取得了较好的效果,排土场土壤的理化性质有了一定程度的改善,利用该项技术长时间实践,可以逐渐改善排土场的生态环境。利用不同植物分析了其对尾矿库中重金属的富集效果,发现蜈蚣草、银合欢、紫穗槐对镉元素的富集作用比较显著,蜈蚣草、鸡冠花对铁元素的富集作用非常明显。     

江西省于都县黄麟地区土质量地球化学评价及开发建议

基于于都县黄麟地区1∶〖KG-*2〗5万土地质量地球化学调查采样分析获得土壤养分元素和重金属元素测试数据,参照《土壤环境质量 农用地土壤污染风险管控标准》（试行）（GB 15618—2018）和《土地质量地球化学评价规范》（DZ/T 0295—2016）,对于都县黄麟地区土壤养分和土壤环境质量进行评价,并在此基础上,将两者叠加分析,对研究区土壤质量地球化学综合等级进行评价。结果表明:研究区内土壤养分总体呈中等—较缺乏状态;土壤环境质量总体良好;研究区土壤质量以中等—优质土壤为主,两者占全区面积的92.4%;研究区绿色食品产地、绿色富Se土地资源较丰富,利于集中开发利用,具备建立大面积绿色食品产地和绿色富Se农业基地的条件。     

Analysis of the Impacts of the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, on Nutrients,Water Clarity,and the Chlorophyll-Phosphorus Relationship in Lower Green Bay

Zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, invaded Green Bay, Lake Michigan in the early 1990s. In 1986, prior to zebra mussel invasion, the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District initiated a long-term water quality monitoring program involving 12 stations in three distinct zones along a trophic gradient in lower Green Bay. We analyzed this data set pre and post invasion using various regression models to determine the impacts of the zebra mussel on water clarity, nutrient concentrations, and the relationship between chlorophyll and phosphorus in this system. Following zebra mussel invasion, Secchi depths did not change in all three zones. Chlorophyll a concentrations decreased post zebra mussels in all zones. These differences were attributed to the filter feeding abilities of zebra mussels. Lower Green Bay exhibits a strong trophic gradient and zebra mussel impacts on the chlorophyll-phosphorus relationship differed between the three zones. We saw no changes in the chlorophyll-phosphorus relationship in zone 1, zone 2 appeared to be a transition zone with slight changes in the chlorophyll-phosphorus relationship, and in zone 3 there was evidence of an altered chlorophyll-phosphorus relationship post zebra mussels. These results indicate that the impact of zebra mussels on water quality parameters and on chlorophyll-phosphorus dynamics may differ depending on initial trophic status and on zebra mussel densities.     

Symposium 2 Part 2: Food Production for a Growing World Population

ABSTRACT: Transition towards sustainable development is claimed as a common goal for the world society in many different documents. Within the agricultural sector, this transition is extremely urgent, since agricultural food production is fundamental to the survival of our civilization. Together with a rapidly growing world population, there are losses of arable land due to erosion and soil infertility caused by nonsustainable production methods. Along with such problems follow potential contamination of groundwater resources as well. Most of the nutrient and pesticide contamination of groundwater originates from agricultural soils. In this presentation, sound solutions to the major environmental issues of limiting contamination of soils and groundwater by modifying agricultural practices are discussed. The causes of pollution are briefly explained and existing measures for the reduction of agricultural non-point-source pollution of nutrients and pesticides are described, analyzed, and evaluated.     

Water quality and growth of phytoplankton for the Yellow River estuary reservoirs—The nutrients release from reservoir sediments

Effects of nutrients released from sediments on eutrophication in lakes and reservoirs were not well known in China. In the test, the release conditions of nitrogen and phosphorus from the sediments were observed by batch experiment. The test results revealed that the content released is correlated to the initial content of organic matter in sediments. In the Gengjing area, when the water quality of waterway, grit chamber and reservoir were compared, the water quality of the waterway was the highest, and lowered in the order of the grit chamber and the reservoir. The grit chamber could get not only fine sand removal but also the organic substance, nitrogen, phosphorus and phytoplankton, therefore it is important to operate and maintain the grit chamber to preserve the water quality of the reservoir. Due to little organic substance in sediments, ammonium nitrogen and phosphorus weren’t released during the incubation. But from the absorptiometric turbidity unit (ATU) test results, although the release of ammonium concentration was very low, ammonium oxidizing and nitrite oxidizing bacteria existed in sediments.     

多点肥料效应函数方程分类与土壤养分相关性研究

采用主成分分析方法对多点动态肥料试验聚类分析结果与土壤养分间的关系进行了研究。结果表明,土壤氮素状况是分类的第一主因子,磷素状况是第二主因子,有机质含量是第三主因子。确定类肥料效应函数应用范围的主要依据是土壤碱解氮和全氮含量,其次是土壤有效磷含量,再次是土壤有机质含量。     

云南昌宁蔗区不同耕层土壤养分的垂直分布

研究了蔗园土壤养分的垂直分布特征。结果表明:(1)不管是在旱地蔗园还是在水田蔗园,0～30cm土层的有机质、水解氮、速效磷、速效钾等主要养分含量明显高于30～60cm的土层,但全氮、全磷、全钾在0～30cm土层与30～60cm土层之间没有明显的变化。(2)旱地蔗园的有效铁、有效锰和有效铜0～30cm土层比30～60cm土层高,有效锌含量在0～30cm的土层与30～60cm的土层之间变化不大。     

河南开封土壤养分变化特征及其持续利用途径研究

通过 1 984～ 1 998年河南开封不同土壤耕层有机质与氮磷钾养分分析 ,论述了不同农业利用方式和农田管理措施下不同土壤耕层养分的时空变化特征和硝态氮累积特性 .由于“重氮磷 ,轻有机肥 ,忽视钾素补给” ,土壤养分变化的总趋势以下降 ,钾素耗竭性明显 .土壤养分空间变化较为复杂 ,但不同土壤间耕层养分为普通淡色潮湿雏形土 >底锈干润雏形土 >石灰淡色潮湿雏形土 >灌淤旱耕人为土 >简育干润雏形土 >干润砂质新成土 .硝态氮累积表现为由上至下递减或由上至下递增和相对积累于土体某一深度 .最后研究提出了土壤持续利用的有效技术途径 .     

Can phytoplankton community structure be inferred from satellite-derived sea surface temperature anomalies calculated relative to nitrate depletion temperatures?

Hydrographic data collected in the upper 50 m off La Jolla, CA, USA (31°N, 117°W) between 1970 and 1972 were reanalyzed to examine temporal variability in the local temperature-nitrate relationship and to document how chlorophyll a concentration and phytoplankton community structure covary with the temperature-nitrate relationship. Based on the linear expression y=mx+b, the y-intercepts (b), slopes (m), and x-intercepts (−b/m or nitrate depletion temperature, NDT) of four seasonal (January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December) temperature-nitrate relationships, obtained from the combined multiyear data set, were statistically different from each other and varied around overall multiyear values of b=72.73 μM, m=−5.33 μM °C⁻¹, and NDT=13.65 °C. Three interannual temperature-nitrate relationships from February to April 1970, 1971, and 1972 also had y-intercepts, slopes, and x-intercepts that were statistically different from each other. Nevertheless, limited variability in direct comparisons among seasonal or interannual regression lines and a 1 °C La Jolla NDT range compared to a 25 °C global NDT range supported the general utility of NDT-based comparisons. A nitrate-normalized temperature axis (T−NDT) was created for the La Jolla data set by subtracting NDT from the recorded water column temperatures (T). Chlorophyll a reached a maximum between 0 and 2 °C on this T-NDT axis that ranged from −4 to 10 °C. Microscope-based determinations of La Jolla centric diatom, pennate diatom and dinoflagellate abundances, and La Jolla chlorophyll a, partitioned in proportion to the numerical abundance of the three groups, both peaked in logical progression along the T-NDT axis. In a separate analysis of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) data from three Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) cruises (50°N to 52°S), chlorophyll a peaked below 0 °C and three different phytoplankton classes, nanoflagellates, large eukaryotes and prokaryotes, distributed in logical progression along a sea surface temperature (SST) minus NDT axis. To further generalize these results, a previously reported 1° latitude×1° longitude grid of NDTs for the world ocean was applied to satellite-derived grids of SST for March 1999 through June 2000. The SST−NDT calculation provided a standard nitrate-normalized axis simultaneously applicable to all locations in the world ocean. Sixteen plots of satellite-derived chlorophyll a versus SST−NDT for March 1999 through June 2000 demonstrated the opposing seasonal movements of northern and southern hemisphere chlorophyll a along the SST-NDT axis. Based on the phytoplankton community patterns along the temperature minus NDT in the La Jolla and AMT data sets, this chlorophyll a movement along the SST-NDT axis can be associated with phytoplankton community changes related to location around SST−NDT=0 °C. The SST−NDT index appears to provide a useful tool for interpreting the character of the phytoplankton community structure contributing to satellite-derived chlorophyll a in the world ocean.