Near extinction of a highly fecund fish: the one that nearly got away

It is widely assumed that commercial fisheries of highly fecund species are particularly resilient to exploitation, and that, should populations become seriously diminished, economic constraints will force fishing to cease before biological extinction can occur. Indeed, among commercially exploited marine fishes there is not one confirmed global extinction. Here we document, using nonconventional means, a story that not only questions such assumptions but that should also alert us to how little we know about significant fisheries in some parts of the world. Our case study is that of the highly threatened Chinese bahaba, Bahaba taipingensis, a member of the Sciaenidae (the drums or croakers), and an example of a fecund and commercially important group of fishes that appears to be especially vulnerable to fishing. We also demonstrate that the careful use of informal, or traditional, information can provide a powerful, sometimes unique, means of identifying and assessing the status and history of species that might be quietly slipping away before we learn anything about them.     

Making Use of Guava Seed (Psidium guajava L): The Effects of Pre-treatments on Its Chemical Composition

The guava processing industry in Malaysia produces by-products in the form of seed core and peel. These by-products can be regarded as underused resources but there are concerns about their composition that prevent their use in the food and feed industries. This study aims to analyze the respective effects of heat treatments (boiling or autoclaving) and germination periods on the nutritional composition and phytochemical content of guava seeds. The guava seeds were found to contain 618, 78, 72, and 5 mg/g dry weight total dietary fiber, fat, protein, and ash, respectively. The tannin and saponin contents, but not the phytic acid content, were below the respective anti-nutritional thresholds. The heat treatments did not affect the total dietary fiber and ash contents but reduced all other chemical components to different extents (15–91 %). Boiling did not reduce the phytic acid content substantially but autoclaving caused a reduction of 91 % to a level below the anti-nutritional threshold. Germination for 14 days caused a significant reduction in nutrient contents in the range of 16–79 %. Germination also reduced the phytic acid content by 90 % in the seed but did not significantly affect the saponin content. Thus, guava seed can be treated thermally or germinated to manipulate its chemical composition to enable its use in the food and feed industries.     

东风11 G型内燃机车牵引缓冲装置关键部件检修工艺

介绍了东风11 G型内燃机车牵引缓冲装置的作用及主要结构,并以其关键部件车钩、缓冲器为研究对象,研究其检修工艺。     

Ciguatoxin in moray eels raising the risk for seafood safety in Viet Nam

Fisheries Science - Recently, suspected ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) cases caused by the consumption of moray eels, popular seafood for locals and tourists, have been reported in Viet Nam....     

奶牛分子育种专题学习网站的建设构想

阐述了建设奶牛分子育种专题学习网站的意义和构想,规划了网站的主要内容和发展方向,为相关专业的研究者和从业人员提供参考。     

鸡,鸭体内传染性法氏囊病病毒的分离及理化性质比较

从疑似传染性法氏囊病（ＩＢＤ）病鸡及同群饲养的鸭体内各分离到１株病毒，用传染性法氏囊病病毒（ＩＢＤＶ）单克隆抗体夹心ＥＬＩＳＡ试验证明两病毒均为ＩＢＤＶ，病毒血清型为Ⅰ型。病毒可致死鸡胚，适应于鸡胚成纤维细胞并产生细胞病变（ＣＰＥ）。理化性质比较表明，两病毒为同源ＩＢＤＶ。研究表明，鸭可成为ＩＢＤＶ的携带者或传染源。     

一种青芒果腌菜的制作工艺

探讨了选用芒果落果、疏果为原料,加工芒果腌菜的工艺技术。利用芒果落果和疏果加工制作腌菜具有原料廉价、质地佳、风味突出、工艺简单等特点,便于在芒果产区普及与推广。     

壳聚糖浸种对干旱胁迫下苜蓿种子发芽的缓解作用

以苜蓿种子为试材,采用不同浓度壳聚糖溶液对苜蓿进行浸种处理,测定其对干旱胁迫下苜蓿种子发芽和幼苗生长的影响,旨在寻找苜蓿发芽阶段抗干旱胁迫的最佳浸种浓度。结果表明:随着壳聚糖溶液处理浓度的升高,干旱胁迫下苜蓿种子发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数、活力指数、苗高与根长均呈现先上升后下降的趋势。隶属函数综合分析表明,壳聚糖溶液浸种对干旱胁迫下苜蓿种子发芽能力的影响效果由大到小依次为:100 mg/L、50 mg/L、25 mg/L、150 mg/L、0 mg/L、200 mg/L,以100 mg/L的壳聚糖浸种处理对提高苜蓿种子发芽阶段抗干旱胁迫的效果最佳。     

Changes to a soil on irrigation with a sanitary landfill leachate

A detailed soil column leaching experiment was set up to investigate the changes in properties to a soil as a result of irrigation with an alkaline sanitary landfill leachate (pH 10.3). Chemistry of the soil was drastically altered as a consequence of the interaction. The soil was titrated from pH 5 to pH 10 and was changed from an exchangeable Mg dominated soil to an exchangeable Ca dominated soil. Magnesium was displaced by ion exchange reaction at acid pH, but at pH 10, 14.2 meq 100 g^?1 of Mg, i.e. up to three times the cation exchange capacity of Mg, was adsorbed in non-exchangeable forms at the immediate surface of the soil column by specific adsorption reactions. The leachate-treated soil was not stable on distilled water leaching. Structural breakdown led to clay dispersion and reduction in pore space, resulting in a 64 times reduction in hydraulic conductivity, 1.6 × 10^?4 to 2.5 × 10^?6 cm s^?1. The structural breakdown could be explained in term of the increase in Na adsorption ratio of the treated soil and the subsequent reduction in electrolyte concentration following the distilled water treatment.     

An evaluation of the precision,and various sources of error,in daily and cumulative precipitation chemistry sampling

Experiments have been carried out to assess the precision and various potential sources of error in precipitation chemistry and deposition measurements made by the Acidic Precipitation in Ontario Study (APIOS). It was found that reproducibility of daily precipitation concentration measurements of S0₄ ^? and NO₃ ^? using colocated Aerochem Metrics samplers is 96% or better for 50% of the time, and 73% or better for 95 % of the time. For these parameters, MIC Type A 28-d samplers give reproducibilities of 94% or better 50% of the time, and 79% or better 95 % of the time. The reproducibility for the concentration of the other major ions, and loading (concentration times sample depth) is somewhat poorer. Concentration changes due to sample degradation or evaporative losses under field conditions are negligible or small on average, even for 28-d samples. For 28-d concentration measurements using MIC Type A collectors, errors due to evaporation amount to about 3% as an annual average, and 5% during the summer period. For S0₄ ^? and NO₃ ^?, overall long-term errors due to exposure under field conditions (including dry contamination and degradation due to chemical reactions), and sample handling, are less than 10%, at least for the techniques used in APIOS. A major potential source of error still to be quantified is unrepresentative sampling by automatic wet-only collectros (i.e., missing of initial portions of precipitation events due to sluggish sensor response, or less than 100% collection efficiencies of precipitation amounts).