Performance of wastewater sludge ecological stabilization

In this article, wastewater sludge ecological stabilization （WWSES） was presented for sludge dewatering, mineralization, and stabilization, as well as for percolate treatment. Two years of pilot scale experimental results indicated that sludge volatile solid, Wiphenyltetrazolium chloride （TTC）-dehydrogenase activity （DHA）, and moisture content as indicators showed the process and degree of sludge stabilization. The observation on dewatering process showed that dried sludge reached a content of 20%-50% total solid after two years of system operation. Sludge TTC-DHA in the first year was obviously lower than that of the second year, and TTC-DHA tended to decrease with an increase in the drying time of the sludge. Total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and organic contents of sludge decreased gradually from the top to the bottom of dried sludge layer. In comparison with natural stands on stands treated with sewage sludge, individual shoot was significantly higher, and coarse protein, coarse fat, and coarse fiber contents in reed roots, stems, and leaves in the system were higher than that of wild reed, especially coarse protein contents of reed roots in the system （7.38%） were obviously higher than that of wild reeds （3.29%）.

Index system for assessing ecological stability of circular economy industrial chain of electronic industry and its empirical study

With the development of science and technology and the rapid growth of productive forees new and high technology industries have. For example, computer, mobile phone, etc. are increasingly popular, especially hi-tech products updating more and more quickly, which has initiated some problems： resources depletion, environmental pollution, ecosystems damage, etc. While people are enjoying convenient and comfortable life from hi-tech, they are worrying about quantities of e-wastes discharged.In order to reduce the amount and harm of e-wastes, this paper starts from the connotation of the ecological stability of circular economy electronics industry chain （CEEIC, for shorO, uses the food chain principle for reference to describe the links and connection of the electronics industry chain, and selects factors from the three link： production, consumption and recycle to construct indexes system based on their characteristics, with which a scientific evaluation is carried on for CEEIC by using fuzzy comprehensive evaluation.

A landscape persistence-based methodological framework for assessing ecological stability

Ecological stability is a critical factor in global sustainable development,yet its significance has been overlooked.Here we introduce a landscape-oriented framework to evaluate ecological stability in the Qingzang Plateau(QP).Our findings reveal a medium-high stability level in the QP,with minimal changes over recent years.The driving factors vary across landscape types,with climate and anthropogenic factors emerging as crucial determinants.While anthropogenic factors are strong but unstable due to policy changes and economic development,climatic factors exert a consistent influence.Based on our results,we propose site-specific ecological conservation and restoration measures.The ecological stability assessment framework provides a practical tool to understand the link between environmental conditions and ecosystems.

Relationship between environmental factors and plankton in the Bayuquan Port, Liaodong Bay,China：a five-year study

To understand the relationship between the plankton community and environmental factor and water quality in the Bayuquan Port of Liaodong Bay, China, and investigations were carried ou during six dif ferent periods(April 2009, April 2010, October 2011, April 2012, October 2012, and Apri 2013). This area was characterized by high levels of nutrient and suspended solids(SPS) during surve periods, and eutrophication led to the occurrence of red tides in April and October 2012 and April 2013 Our analyses revealed that the plankton communities of Bayuquan Port lacked stability and were af fecte seriously by external disturbance(e.g., oceanographic engineering and river runof f). Our data indicate tha oil, dissolved inorganic nitrogen(DIN), SPS, and chlorophyll a(Chl- a) were key factors that regulated th phytoplankton and zooplankton communities. The partial redundancy analysis(partial RDA) suggested tha oil and SPS were the most important environmental variables af fecting the phytoplankton community i April 2010 and 2012, whereas DIN concentration played a governing role in zooplankton dynamics. Oi and Chl-a concentrations af fected signifi cantly the zooplankton community in October 2012. Therefore, th plankton communities could refl ect both dynamic changes in coastal environmental factors and the ongoin eutrophication process caused by anthropogenic activities in this area.

Summary on the Harmonious Relationship between Urban Lake Landscapes and Lakeshore Architectural Image

A variety of high-rise building landscapes are trying to invade urban lakes resulting in the shrinkage, fragmentation, pollution of lakes and cut-down of vegetation along lakes. With the development of real estate along lakes, the local marginal lines and natural landscapes nearby are disappearing. How to plan urban landscapes＇？ How to achieve the harmonious relationship between lakeshore landscapes and lakeshore architectural image？ How to render lake sights an organic and sustainable whole？ How to balance the interest between economy and value for each interest group？ How to form urban lake sights and architectural images？ How to utilize and arrange the space？ How to form a harmonious relationship between the lake scenes and buildings in the city？ Through on-the-spot investigation and profound analysis of several lakes in Wuhan, applying enumeration, induction and analysis, the dissertation reveals that people need to share natural resources and get the support from laws and policies with the aim of building a beautiful home. In tmaa, people＇s anticipation is needed to achieve a harmonious relationship between landscapes and architectures.

Carbon pool dynamics after variable retention harvesting in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Tierra del Fuego

Background It is necessary to determine the implications for managing forest stands using variable retention harvesting for maintaining carbon and for calculating the effects of different harvesting practices on above-and below-ground carbon balance in forest ecosystems.In this context,forest carbon management has gained more attention among managers and policy-makers during recent years.The aim of this study was to determine carbon pool dynamics in different forest ecosystem components after variable retention harvesting(VRH)to characterize the ecological stability and quantify the recovery rate through the years-after-harvesting(YAH).Methods Carbon pool compartmentalization of 14 different components was determined in 60 harvested and primary unmanaged forests during the first 18 YAH in Tierra del Fuego(Argentina).We compared them using uni-and multi-variate methods,relativizing the outputs with primary unmanaged forests.Results We determined the effectiveness to retain carbon components in post-harvested stands under different retention strategies(aggregated vs.dispersed).The balance among carbon pool components changed between managed and unmanaged stands across the YAH,and was directly related to the impact magnitude.Aggregated retention improved the ecological stability of the harvested areas,where the below-ground components were more stable than the above-ground components.The recovery rate was directly related to the post-harvesting natural dynamics of the stands.The studied period was not enough to fully recover the C levels of primary unmanaged for-ests,but VRH showed advantages to increase the C pools in the managed stands.Conclusions Promoting VRH can improve sustainable forestry at the landscape level and in the long term,generating positive synergies with biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services.This study provides important new insights into forest carbon management,in particular to setting standards in carbon projects and sets the groundwork for analysing the economics of the mentioned harvesting systems.

Vegetation stability during the last two centuries on the western Tibetan Plateau:a palynological evidence

Investigating the dynamics of vegetation is an essential basis to know how to protect ecological environments and to help predict any changes in trend.Because of its fragile alpine ecosystem,the Tibetan Plateau is a particularly suitable area for studying vegetation changes and their driving factors.In this study,we present a high-resolution pollen record covering the last two centuries extracted from Gongzhu Co on the western Tibetan Plateau.Alpine steppe is the predominant vegetation type in the surrounding area throughout the past 250 years with stable vegetation composition and abundance,as revealed by pollen spectra dominated by Artemisia,Ranunculaceae,Cyperaceae,and Poaceae.Detrended canonical correspondence analysis(DCCA)of the pollen data reveals low turnover in compositional species(0.41 SD),suggesting that the vegetation in the Gongzhu catchment had no significant temporal change,despite climate change and population increases in recent decades.We additionally ran DCCA on ten other pollen records from the Tibetan Plateau with high temporal resolution(1-20 years)covering recent centuries,and the results also show that compositional species turnover(0.15-0.81 SD)is relatively low,suggesting that the vegetation stability may have prevailed across the Tibetan Plateau during recent centuries.More high-resolution pollen records and high taxonomic-resolution palaeo-vegetation records(such as sedaDNA),however,are needed to confirm the vegetation stability on the Tibetan Plateau.

Individual variability in life-history traits drives population size stability

Understanding how population sizes vary over time is a key aspect of ecological research. Unfortunately, our under- standing of population dynamics has historically been based on an assumption that individuals are identical with homogenous life-history properties. This assumption is certainly false for most natural systems, raising the question of what role individual variation plays in the dynamics of populations. While there has been an increase of interest regarding the effects of within popula- tion variation on the dynamics of single populations, there has been little study of the effects of differences in within population variation on patterns observed across populations. We found that life-history differences （clutch size） among individuals ex- plained the majority of the variation observed in the degree to which population sizes of eastern fence lizards Sceloporus undula- tus fluctuated. This finding suggests that differences across populations cannot be understood without an examination of differences at the level of a system rather than at the level of the individual