Biological effects on viviparous blenny exposed to chrysene and held in synthetic as well as in natural brackish water     

E. Noaksson  U. Tjrnlund  G. Ericson  L. Balk 《Marine environmental research》1998,46(1-5)

Viviparous blenny (Zoarces viviparous) were exposed to chrysene and held in natural brackish water as well as in two different synthetic brackish waters, all with a salinity of 6.8%. After 10 weeks of exposure a number of different biomarkers was analysed. The result indicated increased ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity and the formation of two different DNA adduct spots in the liver tissue, as a result of the chrysene exposure. Very similar results of the chrysene exposure were obtained in blenny held in the two synthetic brackish waters. No influence of the synthetically made waters compared to the natural brackish water could be observed on the biomarkers investigated in the study.  相似文献   

Biomarker responses as indication of contaminant effects in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and female eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) from the southwestern Baltic Sea   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Schiedek D  Broeg K  Barsiene J  Lehtonen KK  Gercken J  Pfeifer S  Vuontisjärvi H  Vuorinen PJ  Dedonyte V  Koehler A  Balk L  Schneider R 《Marine pollution bulletin》2006,53(8-9):387-405

During a field study performed in spring and autumn 2001 and 2002, blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and female eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) were collected at three locations in the Wismar Bay (Baltic Sea), and several biomarkers of contaminant effects were analysed. Besides seasonal and inter-annual variations, biomarker signals were most pronounced at the location closest to Wismar Harbour (Wendorf) in both species. Lysosomal membrane stability (LMS) was lowest and acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE) was significantly reduced. Frequency of micronuclei (MN) was significantly higher (in blue mussels), indicating mutagenic effects. In eelpout elevated levels of DNA adducts, EROD induction and PAH-metabolites were measured. Metallothionein (MT), biomarker for trace metal exposure, showed a gradient only in spring. Organochlorine contaminant analyses (PCBs, DDTs) corresponded to the observed biomarker levels. The results obtained clearly demonstrate pollution effects in the southwestern Baltic Sea. Moreover, they show that a multibiomarker approach is also applicable in a brackish water environment.  相似文献   

Modeling of damage,permeability changes and pressure responses during excavation of the TSX tunnel in granitic rock at URL,Canada   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jonny Rutqvist  Lennart Börgesson  Masakazu Chijimatsu  Jan Hernelind  Lanru Jing  Akira Kobayashi  Son Nguyen 《Environmental Geology》2009,57(6):1263-1274

This paper presents numerical modeling of excavation-induced damage, permeability changes, and fluid-pressure responses during excavation of a test tunnel associated with the tunnel sealing experiment (TSX) at the Underground Research Laboratory (URL) in Canada. Four different numerical models were applied using a wide range of approaches to model damage and permeability changes in the excavation disturbed zone (EDZ) around the tunnel. Using in situ calibration of model parameters, the modeling could reproduce observed spatial distribution of damage and permeability changes around the tunnel as a combination of disturbance induced by stress redistribution around the tunnel and by the drill-and-blast operation. The modeling showed that stress-induced permeability increase above the tunnel is a result of micro and macrofracturing under high deviatoric (shear) stress, whereas permeability increase alongside the tunnel is a result of opening of existing microfractures under decreased mean stress. The remaining observed fracturing and permeability changes around the periphery of the tunnel were attributed to damage from the drill-and-blast operation. Moreover, a reasonably good agreement was achieved between simulated and observed excavation-induced pressure responses around the TSX tunnel for 1 year following its excavation. The simulations showed that these pressure responses are caused by poroelastic effects as a result of increasing or decreasing mean stress, with corresponding contraction or expansion of the pore volume. The simulation results for pressure evolution were consistent with previous studies, indicating that the observed pressure responses could be captured in a Biot model using a relatively low Biot-Willis’ coefficient, α ≈ 0.2, a porosity of n ≈ 0.007, and a relatively low permeability of k ≈ 2 × 10⁻²² m², which is consistent with the very tight, unfractured granite at the site.  相似文献   

A case study on the influence of THM coupling on the near field safety of a spent fuel repository in sparsely fractured granite     

Thanh Son Nguyen  Lennart Börgesson  Masakazu Chijimatsu  Jan Hernelind  Lanru Jing  Akira Kobayashi  Jonny Rutqvist 《Environmental Geology》2009,57(6):1239-1254

In order to demonstrate the feasibility of geological disposal of spent CANDU fuel in Canada, a safety assessment was performed for a hypothetical repository in the Canadian Shield. The assessment shows that the maximum long term radionuclide release from such repository would meet international criteria for dose rate; however, uncertainties in the assumed evolution of the repository were identified. Such uncertainties could be resolved by the consideration of coupled Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) processes. In Task A of the DECOVALEX-THMC project, THM models were developed within the framework of the theory of poroelasticity. Such model development was performed in an iterative manner, using experimental data from laboratory and field tests. The models were used to perform near-field simulations of the evolution of the repository in order to address the above-mentioned uncertainties. This paper presents the definition and rationale of task A and the results of the simulations. From a repository safety point of view, the simulations predict that the maximum temperature would be well below the design target of 100°C; however, the stress on the container can marginally exceed the design value of 15 MPa. However, the most important finding from the simulations is that a rock damage zone could form around the emplacement borehole. Such damage zone can extend a few metres from the walls of the emplacement holes, with permeability values that are orders of magnitude higher than the initial values. The damage zone has the potential to increase the radionuclide transport flux from the geosphere; the effect of such an increase should be taken into account in the safety assessment and mitigated if necessary by the provision of sealing systems. Prepared for publication in Environmental Geology. DECOVALEX-THMC Special Issue.  相似文献   

The Hilbert Transform on the Two-Sphere: A Spectral Characterization     

Oliver Fleischmann  Lennart Wietzke  Gerald Sommer 《Mathematical Geosciences》2010,42(7):857-876

The local analysis of signals arising on the sphere is a common task in earth sciences. On the real line the analytic signal turned out to be an important representation in local one-dimensional signal processing. Its generalization to two dimensions is the monogenic signal, and the properties of the analytic and the monogenic signal in the Fourier domain are well known. A generalization to the sphere is given by the Hilbert transform on the sphere known from Clifford analysis. To obtain a spectral characterization, the transform has to be decomposed into spherical harmonic functions. In this paper, we derive the spherical harmonic coefficients of the Hilbert transform on the sphere and give a series expansion. This will show that it acts as a differential operator on the spherical harmonic basis functions of the Laplace equation solution, analogously to the Riesz transform in two dimensions. This allows an interpretation of the Hilbert transform suitable for signal processing of signals naturally arising on the two-sphere. We show that the scale space naturally arising is a Poisson scale space in the unit ball. In addition, the obtained interpretation of the Hilbert transform is used for orientation analysis of plane waves. This representation is justified as a novel signal model on the sphere which can be used to construct intensity and rotation-invariant operators for local signal analysis in a scale-space concept.  相似文献   

Geo-Engineering to Confine Climate Change: Is it at all Feasible?     

Lennart Bengtsson 《Climatic change》2006,77(3-4):229-234

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Exposing the urban continuum: implications and cross-comparison from an interdisciplinary perspective     

Johannes H. Uhl  Hamidreza Zoraghein  Stefan Leyk  Deborah Balk  Christina Corbane  Vasileios Syrris 《International Journal of Digital Earth》2020,13(1):22-44

ABSTRACT

There is an increasing availability of geospatial data describing patterns of human settlement and population such as various global remote-sensing based built-up land layers, fine-grained census-based population estimates, and publicly available cadastral and building footprint data. This development constitutes new integrative modeling opportunities to characterize the continuum of urban, peri-urban, and rural settlements and populations. However, little research has been done regarding the agreement between such data products in measuring human presence which is measured by different proxy variables (i.e. presence of built-up structures derived from different remote sensors, census-derived population counts, or cadastral land parcels). In this work, we quantitatively evaluate and cross-compare the ability of such data to model the urban continuum, using a unique, integrated validation database of cadastral and building footprint data, U.S. census data, and three different versions of the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) derived from remotely sensed data. We identify advantages and shortcomings of these data types across different geographic settings in the U.S., which will inform future data users on implications of data accuracy and suitability for a given application, even in data-poor regions of the world.  相似文献   

Measuring and understanding global human settlements patterns and processes: innovation,progress and application     

Ehrlich Daniele  Balk Deborah  Richard Sliuzas 《International Journal of Digital Earth》2020,13(1):2-8

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Stratospheric climate and variability from a general circulation model and observations     

Elisa Manzini  Lennart Bengtsson 《Climate Dynamics》1996,12(9):615-639

The climate and natural variability of the large-scale stratospheric circulation simulated by a newly developed general circulation model are evaluated against available global observations. The simulation consisted of a 30-year annual cycle integration performed with a comprehensive model of the troposphere and stratosphere. The observations consisted of a 15-year dataset from global operational analyses of the troposphere and stratosphere. The model evaluation concentrates on the simulation of the evolution of the extratropical stratospheric circulation in both hemispheres. The December–February climatology of the observed zonal mean winter circulation is found to be reasonably well captured by the model, although in the Northern Hemisphere upper stratosphere the simulated westerly winds are systematically stronger and a cold bias is apparent in the polar stratosphere. This Northern Hemisphere stratospheric cold bias virtually disappears during spring (March–May), consistent with a realistic simulation of the spring weakening of the mean westerly winds in the model. A considerable amount of monthly interannual variability is also found in the simulation in the Northern Hemisphere in late winter and early spring. The simulated interannual variability is predominantly caused by polar warmings of the stratosphere, in agreement with observations. The breakdown of the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex appears therefore to occur in a realistic way in the model. However, in early winter the model severely underestimates the interannual variability, especially in the upper troposphere. The Southern Hemisphere winter (June–August) zonal mean temperature is systematically colder in the model, and the simulated winds are somewhat too strong in the upper stratosphere. Contrary to the results for the Northern Hemisphere spring, this model cold bias worsens during the Southern Hemisphere spring (September–November). Significant discrepancies between the model results and the observations are therefore found during the breakdown of the Southern Hemisphere polar vortex. For instance, the simulated Southern Hemisphere stratosphere westerly jet continuously decreases in intensity more or less in situ from June to November, while the observed stratospheric jet moves downward and poleward.This paper was presented at the Third International Conference on Modelling of Global Climate Change and Variability, held in Hamburg 4–8 Sept. 1995 under the auspice of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg. Editor for these papers is L. Dümenil.  相似文献   

Historical population assessment of Barents Sea harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus)     

Skaug  Hans J.; Frimannslund  Lennart; Oien  Nils I. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2007,64(7):1356-1365

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