将流动流纳入污染的全球评估
Stanley B Grant1,2, Morvarid Azizian2, Perran Cook3
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. sbgrant@uci.edu.
概括
水道中的过量会威胁到生态系统和人类健康. 新的研究表明, 流动的流限制了酸盐的去除,
科学领域:
- 环境科学
- 生态学
- 水文学
背景情况:
- 过度排放到河流和河流中的污染对生态系统和人类健康构成重大风险.
- 之前的研究已经确定了河流化学和生物学是河流中酸盐去除的主要驱动因素.
研究的目的:
- 重新分析现有的水源数据,以确定控制酸盐去除的其他因素.
- 调查流动流在限制酸盐去除速度中的作用.
主要方法:
- 通过对美国各地的河头河流进行研究,重新分析数据.
- 专注于乱的质量转移在度边界层作为一个关键的物理过程.
主要成果:
- 流动的流,特别是流的质量转移,建立了以前未知的酸盐去除率的上限.
- 这种由流引发的极限与酸盐度低的河流中观察到的酸盐去除率非常相似.
结论:
- 流动流是一个关键的,但被低估的,控制水系统中酸盐的因素.
- 这些发现应指导河流恢复战略和对污染对水质和全球循环的影响的评估.
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