Diets of endangered silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana,Kirtland, 1844) in Lake Erie and implications for recovery

Silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana, Kirtland, 1844) is a native Cyprinid in Lake Erie, one of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America. It is listed as endangered by the US state of New York and Canada, which has a recovery plan, and as special concern by the state of Michigan. Silver chub faces a potential threat to recovery from control efforts for invasive Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella, Valenciennes 1844). Among the knowledge gaps for protection and restoration is current diet data. I describe the diet of silver chub from western Lake Erie in 2014, and I compare it to past studies to assess changes in diet through time. Silver chub captured in bottom trawls May–September 2014 were frozen in the field, and stomach contents were preserved in ethanol. Diet taxa were identified to the lowest practical taxonomic unit, then dried and weighed. Frequency of occurrence in silver chub diets was highest for Hexagenia spp. mayflies (79%). Dreissena spp. and Hexagenia spp. were both 41% of the diet by dry weight. Analysis of δ¹³C isotopes identified Hexagenia spp. as the primary source of carbon in silver chub. Compared to past studies, Dreissena spp. have mostly replaced Sphaeriidae and Gastropoda in silver chub diets. There also have been seasonal shifts in relative amounts of shelled organisms and Hexagenia spp. This study and past research suggest a functional link between silver chub and Hexagenia spp. abundance. Maintenance and recovery of silver chub may be dependent on maintaining Hexagenia spp. populations.     

戴云山自然保护区种子植物传粉模式研究

以戴云山国家级自然保护区种子植物名录为研究对象,基于APWeb和文献资料统计种子植物科的传粉模式,研究了戴云山保护区种子植物的主要传粉模式及其传粉模式的祖先状态。结果表明:戴云山保护区种子植物中动物参与传粉有144科,占总科数87.27%;完全利用非生物模式传粉占总科数12.12%;单一传粉模式以动物传粉的科数最多(124科),其次为风媒传粉(14科),水媒传粉最少(4科)。混合传粉模式中,动物和风媒传粉的科数最多。动物传粉模式在戴云山保护区种子植物传粉中占据重要地位。戴云山保护区种子植物科中共有9个原始类群,单一动物传粉8科,动物和风媒混合传粉有1科,表明动物传粉在植物原始类群进化中占据主要地位,可能是现存戴云山被子植物传粉模式中的祖先状态。研究结果旨在为戴云山种子植物发育与演变提供理论依据。     

混栽水生植物对稻田土壤和稻米镉含量的影响

[目的]研究稻田混栽水生植物对土壤和糙米镉含量的影响。[方法]以早稻和黑藻、水葱、菖蒲等3种水生植物为试验材料,研究了稻田混栽水生植物后对土壤和糙米镉含量的影响。[结果]混栽3种水生植物后,其土壤的全镉和有效镉含量与对照比较,均没有显著差异,但稻田混栽黑藻的土壤全镉含量显著高于混栽水葱和菖蒲;混栽黑藻和水葱后,糙米镉含量显著高于对照,混栽菖蒲的糙米镉含量与对照没有显著差异。[结论]该研究为探索稻田植物降镉技术的有效途径提供了参考。     

功能性inositol类物质在不同植物中的含量分析

利用乙醇抽提不同植物中的inositol类物质,将其抽提物中的水溶相部分依次通过ODS柱和阴离子交换柱后,用HPLC法进行分析。结果表明,D-pinitol含量多的植物有槐树叶、红花三叶草、白花三叶草、繁缕、银杏叶、婆婆指甲菜;D-chiro-inositol含量多的植物有蒲公英、白背;ononitol含量多的植物有槐树和婆婆指甲菜;myo-inositol含量多的植物有金银花、柿子叶、蒲公英、桑树叶。     

植物文化性及其在园林景观中表达的研究

随着人类文明的不断进步,人类社会的不断发展,文化的地位越发显得举足轻重。形成了许多独特的文化体系。如茶文化、企业文化等等名词渐渐为人们所熟悉。于是,越来越多的人在越来越多的领域开始关注文化,研究文化。文化也变得流行起来,并且渗透到了园林景观的领域。植物是园林景观的重要组成部分,植物配置的水平在一定程度上决定了园林景观设计的优劣程度。在景观建设不断发展的今天,植物的文化性作为考察植物配置水平的重要因素,越来越引起景观工作者的重视。在不同的园林景观环境中,合理的利用植物文化性能够体现整体环境的文化氛围。让人们在自然环境中品味文化,达到提升审美情趣,感悟世界观、人生观和了解人文历史的目的。目前,对于植物文化性的概念还没有统一的定义。本篇论文目的在于对植物文化性的概念进行定义,并且在此基础上,创新性的提出植物文化性的分类和评价依据。最后,引入在不同地域环境中,植物文化性的实例分析,对植物文化性展开讨论。旨在使读者系统的了解植物的文化性,弘扬民族文化,使园林工作者在植物配植造景中更好的运用植物的文化性。     

遮荫对10种地被植物光合特性的影响

为了探讨地被植物在不同遮荫条件下的适应性,本研究以10种地被植物为材料,对其在不同光照条件下的生长状态、日平均净光合速率、表观量子效率及光补偿点进行分析.结果表明:遮荫水平对10种植物的光合有很大影响,10种植物能忍受的遮荫程度不同.对旋覆花、甘野菊、大叶铁线莲、青杞、委陵菜来说,全光比较合适；对蛇莓、匍枝毛茛、匍枝委...     

浅谈“绿葬”的主要形式及其植物配置

随着中西方墓园形式的趋于生态化和人们思想观念的转化。"绿葬"作为一种新型的丧葬形式逐渐为人们所接受与应用,并迅速发展,前景良好。现对"绿葬"的概念和形式做以简要介绍,列举了树葬、鲜花葬、草坪葬等绿葬形式在墓园规划设计中的具体应用方法,对此种新型丧葬形式的发展前景作出了简要分析,并详细阐述了各种形式在规划设计中植物种类的选择和配置,以期对现代生态墓园建设提供参考和有意义的启示。     

Strawberry Production in Central Europe

Abstract

This paper focuses on the cropping systems in central European countries such as Belgium, The Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and the northern part of France and Italy. During the last decade there has been a consistent increase in programmed “out-of-season” strawberry production in several central European countries. This is being achieved in part, by using cultivars with different cropping seasons, but mainly by sequential planting of cold-stored plants and by growing strawberries in greenhouses and plastic tunnels. These methods have made it possible to extend the strawberry production for 11 months, from the end of February until mid January in central European countries with moderate climates.