简介:Thegrowthandmorphologicalcharacteristicsof25speciesofpoplarwereinvestigated.ThecuttingswerecultivatedinHoaglandNutrientSolution,whichwasmadewithsodiumchloride(NaCl)solutionsofconcentrationof1.00,3.00,4.00,5.00,6.00,and8.00g/L,respectively.Undersuchsaltstress,thenewbranchlengthandbiomassaccumulationofcuttingsdecreasedasthesaltconcentrationincreased.Theroot/shootratioofmostofspeciesshowedanescalationandthenreductiontendency.Underlowcon...
简介:Background:RapideconomicdevelopmentinChinahasresultedinanincreaseinsevereairpollutionincitygroupssuchastheBeijing-Tianjin-HebeiMetropolitanRegion.PM2.5(fineparticleswithanaerodynamicequivalentdiameterof2.5μmorless)isoneofthemostimportantpollutants.Thedepositionprocessisanimportantwayofremovingparticlesfromtheair.Toevaluatetheeffectofanurbanforestonatmosphericparticleremoval,aconcentrationgradientmethodwasusedtomeasurethedepositionvelocitiesofwater-solubleinorganicsinPM2.5intwonationalforestparksinBeijing,China.Thefollowingeightwater-solubleinorganicionsinPM2.5wereinvestigated:sodium,ammonium,potassium,magnesium,calcium,chloride,nitrate,andsulfate.Methods:SamplesweretakenfromtwositesinBeijingfromthe7thtothe15thMay,2013.Theconcentrationsofwater-solubleinorganicionswereanalyzedwithionchromatography.Weusedtheconcentrationgradienttechniquetoestimatethedepositionfluxandvelocity.Todeterminetherelationshipsbetweenleaftraitsandparticleaccumulation,typicalleafsamplesfromeachselectedspecieswerestudiedusingscanningelectronmicroscopy.Results:ThetotaldepositionfluxandtotaldepositionvelocityduringthedaytimewerehigherthanthoseatnightSulfateshowedthebiggestdepositionfluxandvelocityatbothstudysites,whereastheotherionsshoweddifferenttrendsateachsite.Resultfromhigherproportionofconiferoustobroadleavedtrees,thetotaldepositionfluxoftheeightionsmeasuredinJiufengNationalForestParkwasgreaterthanthatinOlympicForestPark.Conclusions:Thedepositionvelocitywasaffectedbymeteorologicalconditionssuchaswindspeed,temperature,andhumidity.Thedepositionvelocitywasalsoinfluencedbytreespecies.Thesurfaceofplantsisanimportantfactorinfluencingparticledeposition.Theresultsofthisstudymayhelpinassessingtheeffectsofforestrysystemsonparticleremovalandprovideevidenceforurbanairpollutioncontr