以乌梁素海(WLSH)和岱海(DH)为研究对象,采用柱状芯样模拟法,开展了湖泊水-沉积物界面溶解性硅酸盐(SiO3-Si)扩散通量研究。结果表明,在夏季90 d的时间内,浅水草型湖泊乌梁素海明水区沉积物-水界面交换速率约为1.28 mmol·m-2·d-1,沉积物约向上覆水体释放了963.07 t SiO3-Si;而深水藻型湖泊岱海深、浅湖区沉积物-水界面交换速率分别为1.10、1.95 mmol·m-2·d-1,沉积物约向上覆水体释放了893.41 t SiO3-Si.SiO3-Si在水-沉积物界面的交换速率与两湖沉积物中粘土矿物含量、生物硅(BSi)含量及沉积物的粒度有较好的相关性。沉积物释放的SiO3-Si对维持湖泊初级生产力有重要作用,乌梁素海沉积物释放的硅可提供浮游植物所需硅的11.96%,岱海沉积物释放的硅可提供浮游植物所需硅的41.3%.从元素化学计量学角度考虑,结合两个湖泊上覆水营养盐浓度变化,随湖泊富营养化水平的逐渐提高,磷有可能成为乌梁素海初级生产力的潜在限制因子,而Si是岱海初级生产力可能的限制因子。 相似文献
The cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae is a notorious agricultural pest that specializes on plants of the Brassicaceae family, which are chemically defended by glucosinolates. By sequestering glucosinolates from its host plants and producing its own activating enzyme (myrosinase), this aphid employs a self-defense system against enemies paralleling that in plants. However, we know little about the metabolic fate of individual glucosinolates during aphid sequestration and activation and about the biochemical effects of this defense on aphid enemies. Here, we probed these questions focusing on B. brassicae and a predatory lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea. We found that distinct glucosinolates were accumulated by B. brassicae at different rates, with aliphatic glucosinolates being taken up more quickly than indolic ones. B. brassicae myrosinase enzymatic activities toward different glucosinolates were strongly correlated to their rates of accumulation in vivo. Surprisingly, after simulated predation, the production of toxic isothiocyanate products (ITCs) was quantitatively outweighed by less toxic products such as nitriles and ITC-conjugates. Nevertheless, the defensive cocktails significantly impaired C. carnea development. Tissue-specific quantification of glucosinolate metabolites revealed that the lacewings employ both conjugation and mobilization to reduce the toxicity of aliphatic ITCs, but these strategies were only partially effective. These results clarify the metabolic fates of glucosinolates after sequestration by an aphid herbivore and further in a higher trophic level, as well as the consequences for predator survival and development, and might be instructive for integrative pest management approaches targeting the cabbage aphid.
The study was to determine effects of dietary supplementation of chitosan (COS) and galacto-mannan-oligosaccharids (GMOS) on some serum biochemical indices, serum growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels, and hepatic and long gissimus muscle IGF-I mRNA expression in early-weaned piglets. Twenty six Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire piglets at the age of 15 days were used. The piglets had access to creep feed during the suckling. Six piglets were sacrificed for sampling at the beginning of the study. The other 20 piglets were individually housed in metabolic cages and randomly allotted to four corn and soybean meal-based diets including the control group, the antibiotic group with 110 mg lincomycin/kg diet, the COS group containing 0.025% COS, and the GMOS group with 0.20% GMOS, respectively, in a 2-week feeding experiment. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level was reduced whereas serum total protein concentration was increased (P < 0.05) in responses to the COS and GMOS supplementation. Dietary supplementation of COS and GMOS also increased (P < 0.05) the serum GH and IGF-I levels along with enhanced hepatic and the muscle IGF-I mRNA abundance. Dietary supplementation of oligosaccharides such as COS and GMOS may improve growth and feed conversion efficiency by increasing plasma GH and IGF-I levels, in the early-weaned piglets. 相似文献