Typology in Mediterranean transitional waters: new challenges and perspectives

• 1. Transitional waters are ecotones between terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, being characterized by high spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability.
• 2. The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) posed to the scientific community the challenge to classify these ecosystems into a small number of types, while retaining a functional classification of ecosystem types.
• 3. A niche theory approach is proposed to identify the limiting forcing factors organizing biological quality elements, i.e. the limiting niche dimensions.
• 4. The analysis of a macro‐invertebrate dataset from published papers on 36 Italian lagoons suggested a two‐level typological classification of Mediterranean lagoons.
• 5. Basic ecological theories, such as niche and island biogeography theories, have fundamental implications for the process of developing a typological classification for all aquatic ecosystems, as required by the WFD.

Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

烟威近岸海域鱼类早期资源群落结构及适宜产卵生境

烟威近岸海域是历史上重要的鲐(Scomber japonicus)产卵场之一,或囿于对其“过路渔场”的认知,近年来对该海域鱼类产卵场的研究相对较少。为了解烟威近岸海域鱼类产卵场现状,于2020年4—9月对该海域开展逐月产卵场调查,基于鱼卵、仔稚鱼及环境数据,运用空间插值、聚类分析、非度量多维标度排序、相似性分析和冗余分析(RDA)等方法对该海域鱼类早期资源时空分布、群落结构月度更替及主要种类适宜产卵生境进行了综合分析。结果显示,2020年4—9月于烟威近岸海域采集到鱼类早期资源种类52种,包括33种鱼类的337 038粒鱼卵和28种鱼类的2122尾仔稚鱼;5—6月为主要产卵期,共有21种鱼卵出现,鱼卵数量占全年鱼卵总数的98.32%,主要产卵场位于烟台套子湾至威海鸡鸣岛北部海域,主要产卵种类为鳀(Engraulis japonicus)、鲐、蓝点马鲛(Scomberomorus niphonius)、高眼鲽(Cleisthenes herzensteini)、黄条 (Seriola lalandi)、绯 (Callionymus beniteguri)、少鳞 (Sillago japonica)、黑鲷(Acanthopagrus schlegelii)、短吻红舌鳎(Cynoglossus joyneri)、长蛇鲻(Saurida elongata)等;烟威近岸海域鱼卵与仔稚鱼群落结构年内变化明显,除产卵末期(8—9月)外,各月间种类更替率不低于50%,鱼卵与仔稚鱼群落月间平均相异性不低于73%;海表温度(SST)、海底温度(SBT)、海表盐度(SSS)和深度(DEP)是显著影响4—9月主要鱼种产卵选择的环境因子。研究表明,烟威近岸海域为黄渤海规模较大的鱼类产卵场之一,需在鱼类早期生活史研究与产卵场养护策略制定时得到足够重视。     

Extensive study on forest runoff water chemistry over east Asia

The chemistry of runoff waters from 13 forested watersheds in six regions (four regions from Japan, one from southern China and one from northern Thailand) was evaluated. The Cl⁻ concentrations in runoff waters were higher in those watersheds which had closed canopies and were nearer to the ocean. The NO₃ ⁻ concentrations were higher in those watersheds having the developed soils and high moisture conditions, but were lower in tropical and subtropical regions for those watersheds which had high rates of nitrogen uptake and for watersheds with large areas of saturated soils. The SO₄ ²⁻ concentrations were affected by SO₄ ²⁻ adsorption properties of the soils: at Shibecha, Jiulianshan, and Chiang Mai with high adsorption capacities SO₄ ²⁻ concentrations in streams were low. High SO₄ ²⁻ concentrations were found at Mt. Hiei and Kagawa due to the weathering of sulfur minerals and high levels of atmospheric sulfur deposition. Within regions SO₄ ²⁻ concentrations were inversely related to NO₃ ⁻ concentrations. A comparison among the watersheds suggested H⁺ consumption in deeper soil that increased pH and HCO₃ ⁻ concentrations of the runoff waters of some watersheds. Anion concentrations increased with low H.I. (Humidity Index) values suggesting that dry conditions increased concentrations due to high rates of evapotranspiration.     

山东半岛南部海域渔业资源结构及关键种的年际变化

关键种及其与群落中其他物种的联系,对维持整个生态系统的稳定性发挥了重要作用。基于2016-2018年山东半岛南部海域渔业资源调查与渔业种类食性文献数据,构建了山东半岛南部海域食物网拓扑结构并计算了拓扑重要性指数,筛选了群落关键种并分析了其年际变化。2016-2018年山东半岛南部海域食物网包含物种20~22个,摄食关系数量59~65个,年际差异不明显;食物网拓扑结构密度范围为0.3048~0.3684,种间关联度为0.1451~0.1634;群落关键种均为鳀(Engraulis japonicus)和黄鮟鱇(Lophius litulon)。鳀作为关键被捕食者,黄鮟鱇作为关键捕食者,两者对群落结构的能量流动和信息传递起关键作用;鳀和黄鮟鱇在2016-2018年均为优势种,但鳀优势度逐年下降,细纹狮子鱼(Liparis tanakae)从2017年开始也成为优势种。     

箭胡毛杨良种采穗圃营建技术与产穗量的相关分析

箭胡毛杨为杨树新培育品种,在其良种繁育中,采穗圃建设是重要环节。通过对４种不同采穗母株的作业方式和４种不同定植密度处理与母株产穗量的分析,探明了箭胡毛杨良种采穗圃营建的主要技术问题。结果表明,５、１０、１５、２０ ｃｍ ４种母株截干作业对穗条的生产量影响差异性显者;３０ ｃｍ × ４０ ｃｍ、 ４０ ｃｍ × ５０ ｃｍ、 ４０ ｃｍ × ６０ ｃｍ、 ５０ ｃｍ × ６０ ｃｍ ４种密度处理对有效穗条的生产量影响差异性显著; ５ ｃｍ与１０ ｃｍ截干作业处理之间对有效穗条产量影响差异性不显著;５、１０、１５ｃｍ处理之间对总穗条产量影响差异性不显著; ４０ｃｍ×５０ｃｍ、４０ｃｍ×６０ｃｍ、 ５０ｃｍ×６０ ｃｍ密度处理之间对有效稳条产量影响差异性不显著;采穗母株作业方式与定植密度间存在互作效应; ４０ ｃｍ× ５０ ｃｍ株行距配合 ５～ １０ ｃｍ截干作业方式可提高苗圃单位面积的穗条产量。     

苗木立枯病的发生及防治措施

苗木立枯病的频发、危害性大,结合我县近年来针对此病的具体防御措施,从苗木立枯病的类型、病原、发病规律、防御措施等方面行文,综合介绍、全面认识苗木立枯病,只有如此才能把苗木病害降到最低。     

Environmental changes in man‐made coastal dune pools since 1850 as indicated by sedimentary and epiphytic diatom assemblages (Belgium)

• 1. Diatom assemblages of man‐made coastal dune wetlands between Blankenberge and Heist (Belgium), dating from 1852 to 1929 and sampled from herbarium specimens of macrophytes, were compared with more recent samples collected in the remaining calcareous dune marshes and pools in this area.
• 2. Overall, nutrient conditions inferred from the reference assemblages were fairly eutrophic for phosphorus. Only a minority of the historical assemblages pointed to presumably nitrogen‐limited conditions.
• 3. Significant alterations in general assemblage composition were observed, including a marked decline of epiphytic species, and a decrease in the compositional variation in sediment diatom assemblages. These changes can be attributed mainly to an increased availability of nutrients and degradable organic matter since the mid 1970s. No changes in the salinity range seem to have occurred, suggesting fairly stable hydrological conditions.
• 4. Possible causes for eutrophication include increased atmospheric deposition of nutrients, but also more site‐related phenomena such as guanotrophication, angling and, perhaps, effects of nature management on soil–nutrient cycling. Their relative importance needs to be established and further monitoring is necessary.
• 5. Measures are required to reduce nutrient levels of both permanently and periodically inundated sites and to promote small‐scale habitat differentiation. Due to physical constraints, the latter will be possible only by mimicking the processes that act upon more natural dune systems in management practice.

Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

黄瓜腐霉菌苗期猝倒病致病机制研究

 本文明确了Pythium aphanidermatum主要靠生产以PG(多聚半乳糖醛酸酶)为主的一系列细胞壁降解酶的协调作用侵染黄瓜幼苗。植株胚轴细胞壁随苗龄增加,果胶物质增加最明显。病菌可在健胚轴及其细胞壁上培养产生果胶酶,其中细胞壁对PG的诱导作用比胚轴明显。随病菌致病力增强或病菌果胶酶浓度加大,胚轴的浸解和释放还原糖愈加明显。健株外渗物中虽也含有细胞壁降解酶,但比病菌的产生量少,活性低。病菌在寄生体内产生的细胞壁降解酶总酶活性,尤其是PG总酶活性与病菌致病力关系最为密切。这类细胞壁降解酶易受培养基成分和酸度的影响。经染色、显微及超微观察证实了该菌侵入黄瓜苗的机制是以酶解作用为主。     

Organoclays for controlled release of the herbicide fenuron

Organoclays were assayed as matrices in which to associate herbicides, with the aim of decreasing product losses that could give rise to water contamination from agricultural activities. Fenuron was selected as model of a very mobile and highly water-soluble herbicide. Two different organoclays of high (A-HDT) and low (H-C18) reversible fenuron sorption were selected. Herbicide-organoclay complexes were prepared from the two organoclays and with two different fenuron contents (20 and 40 g AI kg-1) and two different mixing times, so as to form a series of weak and strong complexes. The release of fenuron from those complexes into water and water/soil suspensions gave values of T50 (time to release 50% of the fenuron content) ranging from 0.3 min to 2400 h. The total fenuron released in these closed systems ranged from 48 to 80% of the fenuron in the complex. The organoclay type (high or low sorptivity) had the greatest influence on fenuron release, followed by the strong or weak complex, suggesting that herbicide-organoclay interactions are the main factors controlling release. Soil column leaching experiments showed fenuron-organoclay complexes to be effective in reducing the peak herbicide concentration in the leachate to a half (6 microns) or a quarter (3 microns) of that obtained from the free technical compound (12 microns). Herbicide lost through leaching was reduced from 78% for the free technical fenuron to 50-30%, depending on the organoclay used as carrier and the strength of the complex. Bioassay with ryegrass showed that the weak fenuron/H-C18 complex (40 g AI kg-1) gave the same herbicidal activity as technical fenuron. The potential suitability of low-sorptive organoclays for conferring slow-release properties on the fenuron complex has been demonstrated.     

A prospective study of the effect of Neospora caninum and BVDV infections on bovine abortions in a dairy herd in Arequipa, Peru

We used a prospective seroepidemiological approach to investigate endemic abortion in a dairy herd in Arequipa, Peru, and its association with Neospora caninum and bovine viral-diarrhoea virus (BVDV) infections. Between January 2002 and March 2004, 1094 pregnancies were confirmed in 538 cows. Of these, 137 pregnancies (13%) in 121 cows ended in abortion. The serological status to N. caninum was assessed using a single serological screening, whereas BVDV status was assessed at the herd level through consecutive samplings of young stock.

Cox proportional-hazards models were used to estimate the effect of N. caninum and BVDV on the hazard of early (between day 42 and day 100 in gestation), and late (after day 100) abortions, respectively. Serological status to N. caninum was included as a dichotomous variable, and the effect of BVDV estimated at the herd level, as a time-dependent seasonal effect. Because data from repeated pregnancies were included, we considered possible lack of independence between observations and included frailty effects into the models. Our models also considered the possible confounding by parity and animal origin.

Only multiparity was associated with the hazard of early abortion (HR = 2.8 compared to nulliparous heifers). N. caninum seropositivity significantly affected the hazard of late abortion, but interacted with parity. The HRs for Neospora-positive animals were 6.4, 3.7 and 1.9, respectively, for nulliparous heifers, first-lactation cows and multiparous cows. Evidence of BVDV circulating (or not) among the young stock was not associated with abortions, but few cows in this herd were susceptible to incident infection.