Growth and ontogenetic development of digestive functionality in black Amur bream (Megalobrama terminalis)

The function of digestive physiology during ontogenetic development is essential to ensure high survival and growth rates. In order to evaluate the digestive physiological capacity of the black Amur bream (Megalobrama terminalis), changes of morphology and digestive enzyme activity (trypsin, lipase, amylase, pepsin, leucine aminopeptidase and alkaline phosphatase) in larvae were examined from hatching to 40 days after hatching (DAH). Results indicated that fluctuation patterns differed between the total and specific activities of the digestive enzymes. The total activities of these six enzymes gradually increased throughout the fish growth. The specific activity of trypsin peaked at 5 DAH and then decreased dramatically, while it increased remarkably again from 8 to 10 DAH and remained stable level after 20 DAH. Pepsin activity was first examined in M. terminalis at 15 DAH and gradually elevated towards the end of the experiment. The specific activity of lipase displayed obvious peaks at 5 and 20 DAH. For the amylase, its specific activity reached plateau at 4 DAH, underwent sharp decrease, and remained stable after 20 DAH. In addition, we found that the specific activity of alkaline phosphatase raised significantly from hatching to 5 DAH, and tended to keep slight fluctuation after 15 DAH. From the above, we concluded that the specific activities of digestive enzymes in the larvae varied constantly from 3 to 20 DAH and turned relatively stable after 20 DAH. The present study provides effective information that is useful to improve the seedling cultivation and the technology for healthy breeding.     

底质类型与正反扦插对轮叶黑藻生长生理的影响

底质是沉水植物扎根生长并稳定繁衍的基本条件,不同类型底质物化特性存在差异。为了探究沉水植物大规模引植过程中产生形态学顶端颠倒现象对其恢复生长的影响,通过室内水族缸模拟实验和杭州西湖茅家埠湖区原位盆栽实验,研究不同类型底质(湖泥、湖泥+沙子、沙子、黄土)和正反向扦插对轮叶黑藻(Hydrilla verticillata)生长形态及生理指标的影响。结果显示,不同底质类型对黑藻生物量积累、分蘖数等形态指标影响显著(P<0.05),湖泥中黑藻生长最佳,其增加生物量(6.27 g)、分蘖数(19.8枝)在4种底质中最大;其次为黄土(5.14 g和18.8枝),其能促进植株和根系伸长;叶绿素、蛋白含量、超氧化物歧化酶活性及丙二醛测定结果进一步印证以上结果。各种底质中,反向扦插处理的黑藻分蘖数和根数较正向扦插均有显著减少,尤其是黄土底质中,反向比正向扦插分别减少10.2枝和22.8根,生物量降低2.961 g,但不影响最终形态学上端的形成。西湖茅家埠原位实验表明,在含水率和营养较低的底质中,盆栽黑藻长势相对优于含水率和营养较高底质中的黑藻,且同一底质盆栽于原位时比异位时更有利于生物量积累。建议恢复沉水植被时可以适当改良底质,尤其是物理特性,种植时需区分植物形态学的上下端。研究结果可为不同类型底质的浅水湖泊沉水植物群落恢复提供参考。     

条石鲷消化道的形态学和组织学

采用解剖和光镜技术研究条石鲷消化道的形态学和组织学。条石鲷消化道包括具有发达颌齿的口咽腔，食道，胃，小肠和直肠。食道上皮组织可分为两个区域－头部和尾部，头部区域由扁平上皮层构成，尾部区域的上皮组织由单层柱状上皮细胞所构成，上皮含有大量 杯状细胞和黏液分泌细胞.胃呈V形，其粘膜上皮由单层柱状上皮组成，贲门部和胃体部上皮下有发达的胃腺组织。小肠上皮为具微绒毛的单层柱状上皮，肠道粘膜固有层中有管状肠腺存在；直肠上皮为单层柱状上皮，缺乏粘膜肌。小肠和直肠上皮中均分布有较多的杯状细胞，肠道系数约为0.78。在整个消化道中发现有四种杯状细胞。本文研究了条石鲷消化道的显微结构，并探讨了其消化道的组织学和解剖学特征与其杂食性的适应。     

异型雄性罗氏沼虾遗传多样性的微卫星分析

利用微卫星DNA标记研究3种近亲交配形态型雄性罗氏沼虾遗传多样性,所用虾样均采自国家级(南宁)罗氏沼虾良种场,共150尾成年近亲交配的雄虾,其中蓝色长臂型、橙色长臂型、小个体型各50尾。研究结果表明,3组样品的生长发育差异显著,蓝色长臂型、橙色长臂型、小个体型各组中微卫星位点的总等位基因分别为24、28和22,3组样品所有位点的平均观察杂合度为0.474～0.556。其平均群体内近交系数为-0.0189,说明杂合子过剩,对比分析和群体间分化系数表明,3组雄虾遗传差异明显,最大遗传间距位于蓝色长臂型和小个体型,最小的遗传间距位于蓝色长臂型和橙色长臂型。研究结果将为罗氏沼虾优质父本选育和调控雄性遗传发育提供基础性遗传信息。     

Supplemental effect of cholyltaurine and soybean lecithin to a soybean meal-based fish meal-free diet on hepatic and intestinal morphology of rainbow trout <Emphasis Type="Italic">Oncorhynchus mykiss</Emphasis>

The supplemental effects of cholyltaurine and soybean lecithin to a defatted soybean meal (SBM)-based fish meal-free diet on the hepatic and intestinal morphology of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were investigated. A fish meal-based diet (FM), three fish meal-free diets supplemented either with soybean lecithin (SL), bovine gall powder (BG) or cholyltaurine (C-tau) and an unsupplemented fish meal-free diet (NFM), were given to fish (−11 g) for 10 weeks. The growth was the lowest in fish fed diet NFM, intermediate in fish fed diet SL and the highest in fish fed diet FM, BG and C-tau. Hepatocytes of fish fed diet NFM were atrophied, and the distal intestine of these fish showed abnormal features: disintegrated microvilli and fatty degeneration in epithelial cells and increased amount of connective tissue in the submucosa. Hepatic and intestinal histological features in fish fed diets SL, BG and C-tau were similar to those in fish fed diet FM. These results indicate that soybean lecithin, bovine bile salts and cholyltaurine have similar effects on normalizing the hepatic and intestinal morphologies of rainbow trout fed the SBM-based diet, although growth promotion effect was limited in the soybean lecithin.     

The significance of meandering channel morphology on the diversity and abundance of macroinvertebrates in a lowland river in Japan

• 1. Many rivers and streams across the world have been channelized for various purposes. Channel cross‐sections of meandering rivers are asymmetrical and have cross‐sectional diversity in their physical environment; cross‐sections of a channelized river are typically trapezoidal and have little cross‐sectional diversity, both in physical and ecological conditions. Several programmes to restore stream meanders have been undertaken to improve river ecosystems degraded by channelization. However, the association between diversification in the physical environment due to meander restoration and the macroinvertebrate community structure is poorly known.
• 2. This study of a lowland river in Japan assessed how the cross‐sectional diversity of the physical environment changed with restoration of a meander in a channelized river, and how the macroinvertebrate communities responded to the changes in physical habitat variation. Comparisons were made between the macroinvertebrate communities of a channelized reach, the restored meandering reach, and a natural meandering reach.
• 3. Natural meandering and restored meandering reaches showed higher cross‐sectional diversity in physical variables and total taxon richness across a reach than did the channelized reach. Almost all taxa observed in the natural and restored meandering reaches were concentrated in the shallowest marginal habitats near the banks. Shear velocity increasing with water depth had a negative association with macroinvertebrate density and richness.
• 4. This study demonstrated that the shallow river bed along the inside of bends formed point bars that provided a highly stable substrate, a suitable habitat for macroinvertebrates in a lowland river. It is concluded that meander restoration could be an effective strategy for in‐stream habitat restoration in lowland meandering rivers.

Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Allometric and ontogenetic patterns related to feeding of a neotropical fish, Satanoperca pappaterra (Perciformes, Cichlidae)

Abstract –  This study aims to analyse whether Satanoperca pappaterra changes its feeding habit throughout ontogenetic development, and whether morphological ontogenetic patterns are related to its feeding habit and food capture. We collected 258 individuals in the Cuiabá river basin (Brazil) for analyses. There was a weak relationship between diet and body size, as evidenced by size class and multivariate analyses, and niche breadth did not vary strongly during ontogenetic development. Eight morphometric variables were measured in each individual. We found an isometric relationship for mouth height and width, and for head length. We found positive allometry for snout length and body height in relation to body length, whereas this relationship for intestine length and eye diameter showed negative allometry. These results suggest that morphology and consequently diet vary weakly during ontogenetic development of S. pappaterra .     

Classification of Tomicus Species

Both morphological characters and a portion of of 28S rDNA sequences were used to identifying Tomicus species.The specimens were classed into groups with the following characters: 1) granules or punctures on interstria 2 on the declivity of the elytra;2) length of the elytral interstrial hairs and hairs arising from punctures;3) arrangement of pronotal punctures and hairs.These characters could be clearly examined under a binocular microscope at 30×magnification and they were applicable and valuable for the forest entomologists to identify Tomicus species.The phylogenetic tree established with difference in 28S rDNA sequence of D2 region revealed that the specimens of each group identified by morphological characters were also grouped together.The genetic distances of intra-species, inter-species and inter-genus were not overlapped. Genetic divergence of 28S rDNA was also useful for identifying Tomicus species.     

减源处理下小麦粒重稳定性QTL的定位分析

粒重稳定性是小麦稳产性的重要评价指标。为了发掘小麦在遭受虫害等减源逆境伤害时影响粒重稳定性的QTL,以小偃81和西农1376杂交衍生的重组自交系（RILs）群体为试验材料,设早播和晚播两个播期,对减源处理下该群体的粒长、粒宽和千粒重进行表型分析,同时计算减源处理与对照处理的表型比值,进而估测发育稳定性,并利用50K芯片构建的遗传连锁图谱进行QTL定位。结果表明,与对照处理相比,减源处理下RIL群体的粒长、粒宽和千粒重均显著下降。采用完备复合区间模型对不同处理的表型值、表型比值分别进行QTL定位,共检测到18个QTL,分布于2A、3A、3B、3D、4B、4D和5D染色体上,其中有8个QTL在减源处理和对照处理中均表达, Qgl.nwafu-5D.3和 Qkgw.nwafu-5D均在早播对照处理和晚播减源处理中被检测到,平均可解释表型变异的8.73%和8.19%,为稳定QTL,且 Qgl.nwafu-5D.3也在早播减源处理中被检测到,推测这2个稳定QTL可能为新发现的位点。控制表型比值的QTL大多与控制粒长、粒宽和千粒重的QTL区间重合,推测维持减源后粒重稳定性的QTL与控制粒长、粒宽和千粒重的位点紧密连锁或存在“一因多效”现象。     

‘云蔗05-51’与‘云蔗081609’苗期氮吸收利用效率的比较研究

甘蔗（Saccharum spp. hybrid）是我国食糖生产的重要原料,当前生产中普遍存在施氮量高而氮肥利用率低的问题。除了优化施肥管理,种植氮高效的甘蔗品种也是减氮增效的重要途径之一。本研究以云南蔗区推广的早熟高产高糖甘蔗品种‘云蔗05-51’和‘云蔗081609’为试验材料,设置0、0.1、0.5、1、5、10 mmol/L 6个供氮水平开展水培试验,在苗期测定植株生物量、根系形态、氮浓度与累积量、氮素吸收利用效率等指标。结果表明：（1）2个品种地上部、根系及整株生物量均随供氮水平的升高呈先升后降趋势,‘云蔗081609’根系生物量先于其地上部达到峰值,‘云蔗05-51’则相反,‘云蔗05-51’和‘云蔗081609’达到最佳生长需要的供氮量分别为0.5、1 mmol/L,相同供氮水平下‘云蔗081609’生物量高于‘云蔗05-51’;（2）随供氮水平上升,2个品种的根系总长度和平均根直径先上升后趋于稳定,根表面积持续增加,比根长先升后降,相同供氮水平下‘云蔗081609’的根系总长度、平均根直径和根表面积高于‘云蔗05-51’,比根长则低于‘云蔗05-51’;（3）2个品种植株氮浓度及累积量随供氮水平的升高总体呈先上升后稳定的趋势,相同供氮水平下‘云蔗081609’的植株氮累积量高于‘云蔗05-51’;（4）随供氮水平的增加,2个品种的单位根长吸氮量呈先升后稳定的趋势,单位根表面积吸氮量则呈先升后降并趋于平稳,氮素生理利用效率均随供氮水平升高显著降低,在0.1~10 mmol/L范围内‘云蔗081609’单位根长的吸氮量高于‘云蔗05-51’,但单位根表面积吸氮量变化趋势基本一致,品种间氮素生理利用效率无差异。综上表明,‘云蔗081609’在苗期对氮的吸收量高于‘云蔗05-51’主要得益于更好的根系生长,苗期适宜需氮量低于‘云蔗05-51’。