Analysis of the sea-level variability along the Chinese coast and estimation of the impact of a CO2-perturbed atmospheric circulation

The relationship between monthly sea-level data measured at stations located along the Chinese coast and concurrent large-scale atmospheric forcing in the period 1960-1990 is examined. It is found that sea-level varies quite coherently along the whole coast, despite the geographical extension of the station set. A canonical correlation analysis between sea-level and sea-level pressure (SLP) indicates that a great part of the sea-level variability can be explained by the action of the wind stress on the ocean surface. The relationship between sea-level and sea-level pressure is analyzed separately for the summer and winter half-years. In winter, one factor affecting sea-level variability at all stations is the SLP contrast between the continent and the Pacific Ocean, hence the intensity of the winter Monsoon circulation. Another factor that affects coherently all stations is the intensity of the zonal circulation at mid-latitudes. In the summer half year, on the other hand, the influence of SLP on sea-level is spatially less coherent: the stations in the Yellow Sea are affected by a more localized circulation anomaly pattern, whereas the rest of the stations is more directly connected to the intensity of the zonal circulation. Based on this analysis, statistical models (different for summer and winter) to hindcast coastal sealevel anomalies from the large-scale SLP field are formulated. These models have been tested by fitting their internal parameters in a test period and reproducing reasonably the sea-level evolution in an independent period. These statistical models are also used to estimate the contribution of the changes of the atmospheric circulation on sea-level along the Chinese coast in an altered climate. For this purpose the ouput of 150 year-long experiment with the coupled ocean-atmosphere model ECHAM1-LSG has been analyzed, in which the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases was continuously increased from 1940 until 2090, according to the Scenario A projection of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change. In this experiment the meridional (zonal) circulation relevant for sea-level tends to become weaker (stronger) in the winter half year and stronger (weaker) in summer. The estimated contribution of this atmospheric circulation changes to coastal sea-level is of the order of a few centimeters at the end of the integration, being in winter negative in the Yellow Sea and positive in the China Sea with opposite signs in the summer half-year.

中国明对虾体内凝结作用相关免疫基因的克隆与表达研究

对虾疾病在世界范围内的频频爆发，给地区经济造成了重大损失。然而到目前为止，我们对于对虾免疫系统的分子机制还知之甚少，深入了解其免疫应答过程，包括异物识别，信息传递以及作用方式等是从根本上解决疾病问题的关键之一。本论文从中国明对虾血细胞中分别克隆了一种C型凝集素基因（Fclectin）、参与凝结过程的谷氨酰胺转移酶基因（FcTG）以及参与凝结级联反应和酚氧化酶原激活系统的两种丝氨酸蛋白酶基因（SP-1和SP-2）和两种丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂基因（SPI-1和SPI-2），分析了它们的分子结构特征，预测了其可能的作用，并对它们的组织分布及应答不同病原感染的表达变化模式进行了研究。 首次从对虾中克隆了Fclectin基因，比对结果发现该基因属于C型凝集素超家族的成员之一；Northern blot和原位杂交结果显示，Fclectin基因在部分血细胞中呈组成型表达；利用毛细管电泳半定量RT-PCR方法分别研究了细菌和病毒感染后该基因的表达特征，并初步尝试了利用体外培养的原代血细胞系统研究LPS刺激后Fclectin的表达变化。该基因在感染或刺激后表达水平有明显的改变。 利用RACE技术从中国明对虾血细胞中克隆了一个FcTG基因，它与斑节对虾的谷氨酰胺转移酶基因有93%的相似性，可能编码一种具有活性的TG；原位杂交结果FcTG主要在血细胞中表达，在淋巴器官管腔的血细胞中表达尤为丰富，推断该基因可能主要在吞噬细胞中表达；病原的刺激未能使该基因的表达明显改变，但损伤（注射）的刺激会对其表达产生一定影响。 利用本组构建的对虾血液cDNA文库，克隆到了两个不同的丝氨酸蛋白酶基因，命名为SP-1和SP-2。前者为具有假clip结构域的胰蛋白酶样SP类似物（SPH），后者是一个具有完整的clip结构域的SPH，这在对虾中是首次发现。SP-1和SP-2都主要在血细胞中表达，此外SP-1在淋巴器官中的表达水平也很高；细菌的刺激对SP-1的影响不大，但会诱导SP-2表达量的增加，这两个基因的表达模式在病毒刺激后很相似，都出现先上调后下降的过程，可见病毒的感染会导致这两个基因转录的增强。 利用SMART-RACE技术结合对虾血液cDNA文库的利用，从中国明对虾血细胞中克隆到了两种SPI基因，它们分别为kazal-SPI和serpin-SPI，属于两个不同的家族。SPI-1与斑节对虾的SPI有76%的相似性，推断SPI-1可能主要对弹性蛋白酶、枯草杆菌蛋白酶、胰凝乳蛋白酶等有抑制作用；SPI-2为对虾中首次报道的serpin型抑制剂，它与淡水螯虾的serpin有42%的相似性，SPI-2可能主要对胰蛋白酶、酚氧化酶原激活酶、凝血酶和凝结酶有抑制活性。组织分别特征显示这两个抑制剂基因都在鳃、血细胞和淋巴器官中有高水平的表达。细菌的刺激都会导致这两个基因的表达在感染后出现下调，随后又上升至原有水平；病毒感染后，SPI-1和SPI-2的表达变化情况相似，感染后前12h基本没有明显的改变，到了感染的晚期（感染后24h和48h），随着病毒在体内大量复制，这两个基因的表达都急剧下降至接近基因关闭的状态，这可能暗示着与SPI相对应的蛋白酶的活力将很大程度的异常的增加，机体内稳定的免疫系统平衡状态可能已被破坏。

Seasonal variation in metabolism of cultured Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, in Sanggou Bay, China

Rates of respiration and excretion of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, were measured seasonally from June 2002 to July 2003 under ambient conditions of food, water temperature, pH, and salinity in Sanggou Bay, an important mariculture coast in north China. The aim of this study is to obtain fundamental data for further establishing an energy budget model and assessing the carrying capacity for cultivation of C. gigas in north China. Oysters were collected monthly or bimonthly from the integrated culture areas of bivalve and kelp in the bay. Oxygen consumption and ammonium and phosphorus excretion rates were measured, and ratios of O/N and NIP were calculated. One-way ANOVA was applied to determine differences among these parameters that act as a function of seasonal variation. All the physiological parameters yielded highly significant variations with season (P<0.01) The rate of respiration varied seasonally, with the highest oxygen consumption rate in July and the lowest rate in January, ranging from 0.07 to 2.13 mg O-2 h(-1) g(-1) dry tissue weight (DW). Maximum and minimum ammonium excretion rates were recorded in August and January, respectively, ranging from 0.51 to 5.40 mu mol NH4-N h(-1) g(-1) DW. Rates of phosphorus excretion varied from 0.11 (in January) to 0.64 (in July) mu mol PO4-P h(-1) g(-1) DW. The O/N and N/P ratios changed from 9.2 (in January) to 59.8 (in July) and from 4.6 (in January) to 10.9 (in August), respectively. For each season, the allometric relationship between the physiological response (e.g., rate of oxygen consumption, ammonium and phosphorus excretion) and DW of the animal was estimated using the formula: Y=a x DWb. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The behaviors and sources of dissolved arsenic and antimony in Bohai Bay

In this paper, we determined the concentrations of antimony species (antimonite (Sb(III)), antimonate (Sb(V)) and dissolved inorganic antimony (DISb)) and arsenic, in Bohai Bay seawaters, as well as the relationships of the analytes with environmental factors such as seawater characteristics (e.g., suspended particulate material (SPM), salinity and total organic carbon (TOC)), heavy metals, nutrients and phytoplankton species, and evaluated the sources of arsenic and antimony. Dissolved arsenic and antimony concentrations in the surface waters were ranging spatially from 1.03 to 1.26 ng/ml and 0.386 to 1.075 ng/ml, with mean values of 1.18 and 0.562 ng/ml, respectively. Sb(V) as the prominent chemical species constituted about 89%. Regarding arsenic concentrations in the surface waters, there was a tendency for a small variation. However, antimony species concentrations were much variable than arsenic. The highest arsenic and antimony concentrations were found near the Haihe Estuary. These distribution patterns were controlled mainly by environmental factors, biological activities and sources. In this region, DISb and Sb(V) negatively correlated with salinity. Besides, arsenic and antimony correlated well with the nutrients, chlorophyll a and phytoplankton, implying that arsenic and antimony had been involved in biological cycling. In addition, according to our estimate, about 333.5 x 10(8) mg/year of arsenic and 454.2 x 10(8) mg/year of antimony reached Bohai Bay via rivers. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Production of a base population and its responses to F-1 selection in the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians Lamarck (1819)

A base population of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians Lamarck, was produced by crossing two cultured bay scallop populations. After 1 year of rearing, the top 10% truncation selection of the top 10% (i=1.755) was carried out in the base population of about 1300 adults. A control parental group with a an identical number to the select parental group was randomly selected from the entire population before isolation of the select parental group. The result showed that, at the larval stage, the growth rate of larvae in the selected line was significantly higher than that of the control (P < 0.05), and that the genetic gain was 6.78%. Owing to the lower density of control at the spat stage, the mean shell length of the control line was larger than that of the select line at day 100. When the same density was adjusted between two lines in the grow-out stage (from day 100 to 160), the daily growth rate of the selected line was significantly higher than that of the control line (P < 0.05). Survival of the select line was significantly larger than that of the control line in the grow-out stage. In conclusion, the results obtained from this experiment indicate that selective breeding from a base population with a high genetic diversity established by mass spawning between different populations appears to be a promising method of genetic improvement in bay scallop, A. irradians irradians Lamarck.

Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic solution by some oxo-triazole derivatives

The oxo-triazole derivative (DTP) was synthesized and its inhibiting action on the corrosion of mild steel in sulphuric acid was investigated by means of weight loss, potentiodynamic polarization, EIS and SEM. The results revealed that DTP was an excellent inhibitor and the inhibition efficiencies obtained from weight loss experiment and electrochemical experiment were in good agreement. Potentiodynamic polarization studies clearly revealed that DTP acted essentially as the mixed-type inhibitor. Thermodynamic and kinetic parameters were obtained from weight loss of the different experimental temperatures, which suggested that at different temperatures (298-333 K) the adsorption of DTP on metal surface obeyed Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Relationship between the ennoblement of passive metals and microbe adsorption kinetics in seawater

The relationship between microbial colonization of two kinds of passive metals and ennobling of their corrosion potentials (E-corr) were studied. Two types of passive metal coupons were exposed to natural seawater for about ten days. Under laboratory conditions, all corrosion potentials of the samples ennobled for about 200 mV. Epifluorescence microscopy showed that bacteria adsorption was the main process during about the first day immersion and bacteria reproduced in the following days. The bacteria number increased on the metal surface according to an exponential law and the kinetics of bacteria adsorption at the metal surface during this period was proposed. The ennoblement of E-corr was similar to the increasing bacteria number: E-corr increased quickly during the bacteria adsorption process and increased slowly after biofilms had formed.

大鼠端脑中神经递质的荧光衍生化高效液相色谱质谱联用法研究

以1,2-苯并-3,4-二氢咔唑-9-乙基氯甲酸酯(BCEOC)作为柱前荧光衍生试剂,在Hypersil BDS C_(18)(4.6 mm×100 mm,5 μm)反相色谱柱上,荧光检测波长为390 nm(激发波长为333 nm)下,采用梯度洗脱实现了5种神经递质标准品(谷氨酸、γ-氨基丁酸、多巴胺、5-羟色胺、5-羟吲哚乙酸)衍生物的同时分离检测.5种组分的线性范围为24 fmol～200 pmol,线性回归系数均大于0.9997;检出限为4.0～12.6 fmol(S/N=3∶1).在柱后在线质谱电喷雾电离源(ESI Source)正离子模式下实现了各组分的快速质谱鉴定,对其二级质谱裂解碎片峰进行了归属,并以5-羟色胺衍生物为例进行了质谱裂解机理解析.对A、B两组(A:安静对照组,B:运动训练组)4种取样状态(安静、运动1 h、力竭即刻、力竭后恢复12 h)下的64只大鼠端脑组织中5种神经递质的定量测定结果表明,长期中等强度的运动训练能够有效提高大鼠的运动能力及耐力运动后疲劳恢复能力.方法的灵敏度高、重现性好,为大鼠端脑中氨基酸类和单胺类神经递质的同时测定建立了一种新方法.

HPLC-APCI-MS法分析测定白刺籽油中游离脂肪酸

利用荧光衍生试剂1,2-苯并-3,4-二氢咔唑-9-乙基对甲苯磺酸酯(BDETS)作为脂肪酸柱前衍生化试剂,采用梯度洗脱在Eclipse XDB-C_8色谱柱上对游离脂肪酸(FFA)(油酸、亚油酸、软脂酸和硬脂酸)衍生物进行分离.利用柱后在线的串联质谱以大气压化学电离源(APCI)正离子模式实现了各组分的质谱定性.荧光检测的激发和发射波长分别为λ_(ex)=333 nm,λ_(em)=390 nm.脂肪酸的线性回归系数大于0.9990,检出限为3.38～6.59 nmol/L.建立的方法具有良好的重现性.利用此方法对超临界CO_2提取的唐古特白刺籽油中几种游离脂肪酸进行了分析.结果表明白刺籽油中含有大量的游离不饱和脂肪酸.

大鼠血浆中痕量氨基酸的柱前衍生-高效液相色谱串联质谱测定

以1,2-苯并-3,4-二氢咔唑-9-乙基氯甲酸酯(BCEOC)作为柱前荧光衍生试剂,在Hypersil BDS C18 (4.6 ×200 mm, 5 μm)反相色谱柱上,荧光检测波长为390 nm(激发波长为333 nm),采用梯度洗脱实现了20种氨基酸标准品衍生物的分离检测.20种组分的线性范围为51.6 fmol～105.6 pmol,线性回归系数均大于0.9995;检出限为6.3～177.6 fmol (S/N=3:1).经柱后串联质谱电喷雾电离源(ESI Source)实现了各组分的质谱鉴定,并以酪氨酸(Tyr)衍生物为例进行了质谱裂解机理解析.对A、B、C三组(A:安静对照组;B:运动力竭即刻组;C:力竭恢复12 h 组) 24只大鼠血浆中氨基酸的定量测定结果表明,运动力竭即刻较安静状态大鼠血浆氨基酸含量明显增加;力竭恢复12 h 后血浆氨基酸水平基本恢复到运动前状态.方法的灵敏度高、重现性好,为大鼠血浆中氨基酸的测定提供了一种新方法

鼠类粪便中类固醇的荧光标记及质谱鉴定

利用新型荧光试剂1,2-苯并-3,4-二氢咔唑-9-乙基肼基甲酸酯(BCEC)作柱前衍生化试剂, 在Hypersil BDS C_(18) (4.6 mm * 200 mm, 5 μm) 色谱柱上，采用梯度洗脱对皮质醇、皮质酮、睾酮、孕酮4种类固醇荧光衍生物进行了优化分离。65℃下在乙腈溶剂中以三氯乙酸作催化剂,衍生反应2 h后获得稳定的荧光产物。激发和发射波长分别为333 nm和390 nm。采用大气压化学电离源(APCI)正离子模式, 实现了黑线姬鼠粪便中４种类固醇化合物的定性及定量测定。线性回归系数均在0.9999以上,检出限为47.3～71.2 fmol。

藏药牛尾蒿油滴丸含量测定的气相色谱方法学研究

目的：建立测定牛尾蒿油滴丸中β-蒎烯含量的方法。方法：气相色谱法，采用填充色谱柱（3m×3mm），固定相为8％二乙二醇丁二酸酯，汽化温度180℃，柱温120℃，载气（氮气）流速10mL•min^-1。结果：β-蒎烯的理论塔板数为2106，回归方程为Y=2．705×10^5X-3．544×10^3（r=0．9999），线性范围为0．2163—3．460mg•mL^-1，平均回收率±RSD为99．16％±0．59％。结论：以该法测定主要有效成分β-蒎烯的含量，理论塔板数较高、分离度较好。该方法可用于牛尾蒿油滴丸的质量控制。

高原鼠兔领域行为时间分配格局及其对风险环境适应的探讨

采用直接观察法测定了高原鼠兔地面、洞道活动时间及进、出洞频率.结果表明,在07:00～18:00,雄性和雌性高原鼠兔平均地面活动时间分别占总活动时间比例的87.09%和85.22%.地面活动时间具有明显的季节性,但两性个体间无显著的差异.繁殖早期,成年雌体地面活动时间显著高于繁殖后期,第2胎幼体地面活动时间显著低于第1胎幼体.不同年龄和性别的高原鼠兔进洞频率存在极显著差异,5月成年雌体进洞频率最高,而成年雄体在4月进洞频率最低.研究结果验证了捕食风险可制约鼠兔属动物领域活动时间分配,高风险环境能增加其利用洞道的时间及频率的特定假设.

自然生态系统公益及其价值

自然生态系统公益是指自然生态系统及其生态过程所形成的维持人类赖以生态的自然环境条件及其提供的服务。自然生态系统不但为人类提供食物、木材、燃料、纤维以及药物等社会经济发展的重要组成成分 ,而且还维持着人类赖以生存的生命支持系统 ,包括空气和水体的净化、缓解洪涝和干旱、土壤的产生及其肥力的维持、分解废物、生物多样性的产生和维持、气候的调节等 ,没有自然生态系统提供的这些公益人类文明将不再繁荣。人类经济的发展很大程度上依赖自然生态系统公益 ,但是人类工农业生产活动已经破坏了自然生态系统 ,如果继续当前的不合理生产方式 ,人类将在几十年内完全失去全球现有的自然生态系统公益。为了维持自然生态系统的可持续能力，更为了人类自身繁衍和发展, 系统地认识并采取有效措施保持自然生态系统公益迫在眉睫。

昼夜温差对小麦生长特性的影响

在严格控制光照(350μmol photons m -2s-1)和空气相对湿度(75％)的人工气候室内,模拟青海高原昼夜温差较大的环境条件(25℃/10℃,昼/夜),以无昼夜温差的环境条件(25℃/25℃,昼/夜)为对照,对不同环境条件下选育的青海高原338和上海沪麦5号小麦品种的生长发育及经济性状的形成进行了比较研究。结果表明,15℃昼夜温差处理较对照条件下生长的小麦表现较好,总叶面积增加,生育期和叶片寿命延长,植株总干重和每穗粒数及千粒重均显著高于无昼夜温差条件下生长的小麦。因此,较大的昼夜温差环境条件是青海高原小麦易于高产的重要原因。 从品种看,青海的高原338在15℃昼夜温差处理下生长表现显著优于上海的沪 麦5号。而在无昼夜温差条件下，两个品种的生长情况正好相反。由此可以看出，培育适合当地昼夜温差环境因素的品种也是小麦获得高产的主要因素。