辽宁绒山羊冷冻精液配种试验

<正> 我县地处辽宁东部山区,气候温和,雨量充沛,水草丰茂,有着发展绒山羊的优越条件。为了迅速提高我县绒山羊的品质,充分发挥特、1级种公羊的改良效果,提高羊群的产绒量,进一步提纯复壮,选育提高。我们从1987年开始引进辽宁绒山羊原种场种公羊的冷冻精液搞人工授精试验。现将试验结果报告如下。 1.受配母羊为我县毛甸子、太平哨、牛自坞、青乙山、双山子等乡农户饲羊的绒山羊。     

沉水植物在养殖池塘中的生态效应

在水体交换量较低、养殖密度较高的池塘中，养殖对象的活动会引起水中植物营养元素、氨氮等有害物质和有机物的积累，底质也因残饵和鱼体排泄物的堆积，耗氧量增加，导致整个水体的水质恶化，并对养殖对象的生长产生抑制。因此，如     

Nitrogen-fixing anabaena: physiological adaptations instrumental in maintaining surface blooms

Both laboratory and in situ studies indicate that the nitrogen-fixing blue-green nuisance algae Anabaena spp. have developed adaptive means of dominating surface lake waters. During the dramatic diurnal shifts in surface light intensity and oxygen saturation accompanying blooms, Anabaena can overcome oxygen toxicity by sequential optimization of carbon dioxide and nitrogen fixation and by pigment alteration. These mechanisms allow optimal utilization of the radiant energy while minimizing competition for photoreductant between two main energy-demanding processes.     

Influence of age,sex, capture technique,and restraint on hematologic measurements and serum chemistries of wild California sea otters

Hematologic and/or serum chemical analyses were done on a total of 27 non-tranquilized adult and juvenile wild sea otters, 66 tranquilized adult and juvenile wild sea otters, and 26 wild sea otter pups. The median and inner 90 percentile range were determined for the adult, juvenile, and pup groups and for the following subgroups: adult male versus adult female, juvenile male versus juvenile female, pup male versus pup female, captured with dip net versus captured with Wilson trap, and tranquilized adults and juveniles versus non-tranquilized adults and juveniles. When values for adults were compared to values for juveniles and pups, hematocrits, red blood cell counts, and hemoglobin levels were significantly lower in pups. This is consistent with documented findings in other species. White cell counts were also somewhat lower in younger animals. Among the subgroups, significantly higher hemoglobin levels, white cell counts and neutrophil counts were found in adult females than in adult males. This is in direct contrast to what is seen in other mammalian species and warrants further documentation. Method of capture and tranquilization did not appear to influence either hematologic or serum biochemical determinations from a clinical perspective.