Variations of drought and its trend in the Loess Plateau from 1986 to 2019.

As one of the extreme climatic events, the frequency and intensity of drought have great impacts on regional water resource. Water is a main limiting factor for plant growth in arid and semi-arid regions. Therefore, it is of great scientific significance to explore the spatiotemporal variations and future tendency of drought for the ecological environment in the Loess Plateau.

[Seasonal divergence in the responses of vegetation growth to PDO in Tibetan Plateau, China].

Regional-scale normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) derived from satellite remote sensing observations and gridded climate data were used to study the seasonal responses and underlying mechanisms of vegetation growth over Tibetan Plateau to Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) at period of 1982-2015, by performing Spearman correlation analysis and enhanced multivariate regression model: structural equation model (SEM). The results showed that there was significant negative correlation between PDO index and mean growing-season (April-October) NDVI over Tibetan Plateau; however, marked seasonal divergence in the relationship between PDO and vegetation growth existed among different seasons. It characterized with stronger negative correlation between PDO and NDVI in autumn than in summer, and winter PDO had significant effect on consequent summer vegetation growth.

[Phosphorus Fractions and Release Risk in Surface Sediments of an Agricultural Headwater Stream System in Hefei Suburban, China].

A typical water system of agricultural headwater stream in Chaohu Lake basin was selected as the study area, and 17, 16, 14 and 13 surface sediments were collected from the four styles of stream, respectively, including ponds, branches, main channel and mainstream deep pools, in October 2014 (in autumn) and April 2015 (in spring). The forms and space-time variations of phosphorus in the sediments were analyzed. Clustering and variance analysis were conducted on the phosphorus forms data from the four styles of stream by means of multivariate statistical analyses.

[Soil Phosphorus Forms and Leaching Risk in a Typically Agricultural Catchment of Hefei Suburban].

To investigate the soil phosphorus forms and leaching risk in a typically agricultural catchment of Ershibu River in Hefei Suburban, Chaohu Lake basin, 132 surface soil samples were collected from the catchment area. The spatial distribution of total phosphorus (TP) and bio-available phosphorus (Bio-P), and the spatial variability of soil available phosphorus (Olsen-P) and easy desorption phosphorus (CaCl2-P) were analyzed using the Kriging technology of AreGIS after speciation analysis of soil phosphorus. Moreover, the enrichment level of soil phosphorus was studied, and the phosphorus leaching risk was evaluated through determining the leaching threshold value of soil phosphorus.

[Study on chemical constituents from petroleum ether-soluble parts of cones of Platycladus orientalis].

Objective: To study chemical constituents from petroleum ether-soluble parts of cones of Platycladus orientalis.

Methods: The compound were isolaeed by repeated column chromatography of silica gel and Sephadex LH-20. The structures were elucidated by physicochemical properties and spectrum analysis.