Molecular and morphological data suggest that Spinibarbus caldwelli (Nichols) (Teleostei : Cyprinidae) is a valid species

The taxonomic problem of the cyprinid species of genus Spinibarbus, occurring in southern China and northern Vietnam, was resolved on the basis of molecular and morphological analyses. Spinibarbus caldwelli and Spinibarbus hollandi have a smooth posterior edge of the last unbranched dorsal fin ray among species in the genus. Spinibarbus caldwelli is currently regarded as a junior synonym of S. hollandi because of ambiguities in diagnostic characters. In this article, 11 mtDNA cytochrome b sequences of Spinibarbus specimens were analyzed together with Barbodes gonionotus and Puntius conchonius as outgroups. Our results showed that specimens identified as S. hollandi from Taiwan were different from those from the Asian mainland at a high level of genetic divergence (0.097-0.112), which is higher than that between the two valid species, S. sinensis and S. yunnanensis ( 0.089), and suggested that Taiwan specimens should be considered as a different species from the Asian mainland one. In a molecular phylogenetic analysis, the sister-group relationship between Taiwan specimens and the Asian mainland specimens was supported strongly by a high confidence level ( 100% in bootstrap value). Further analysis of morphological characters showed that overlap of diagnostic characters is much weaker than previously suggested. Taiwan specimens had 8 branched rays in the dorsal fin, whereas those from the mainland had almost 9-10. The molecular and morphological differences suggest S. caldwelli to be valid. The molecular divergence shows the genetic speciation of S. hollandi and S. caldwelli might have occurred 5.6-4.9 million years ago; the former could be a relict species in Taiwan, and the latter dispersed in the Asian mainland.

Linichthys: A new genus of Chinese cyprinid fishes (Teleostei : Cypriniformes)

yLinichthys, new genus, is proposed for Barbodes laticeps Lin and Zhang, 1986. It can be separated from all other genera of Asian Barbinae in having a shallow depression extending along the median portion of the upper lip. Linichthys is superficially very similar to the type species of a monotypic Chinese cyprinid cavefish genus, Typhlobarbus nudiventris, in having an elongate and somewhat compressed body form, a truncate distal margin of the dorsal fin, and a soft and smooth last unbranched dorsal-fin ray, all of them being atypical for most of Asian barbins. The two genera differ in size of the eye and the number of rows of pharyngeal tooth. Although the same body form and/or structure of the dorsal fin are also shared with some species currently placed in other genera of Asian barbins, the recognition of Linichthys is warranted because of their marked differences in other characters. A redescription is also provided for the type species of the monotypic genus, Linichthys laticeps. It is known only from the upper and middle Zhu Jiang basin and the upper Chang Jiang basin in the city of Guiyang, Guizhou Province, South China.

Complex mutation at a microsatellite locus in sturgeons: Acipenser sinensis, A-schrenckii, A-gueldenstaedtii and A-baerii

Cross-species amplifications of microsatellite locus Spl-106, which was originally screened from the genome of shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) with a perfect TAGA repeat motif, were carried out in four other species of the genera Acipenser. A total of 34 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products representing 16 different alleles of this locus was sequenced. Sequence analysis results showed that besides the number changes of repeat units, many mutational events, such as single-base substitutions and various insertion/deletion (indels) occurred not only at species level but also at individual level, even among the different alleles within the same individual. The repeat motifs varied from perfect (TAGA)n array to perfect compound (TAAA)m (GAAA)n and perfect or imperfect compound (TAAA)m (TAGA)n (TAAA)x arrays in different species and different individuals. The evolution dynamics of this locus in sturgeons was inferred in that it may evolve from a single perfect to different perfect or imperfect compounds.

Microsatellites assessment of Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis Gray) genetic variability

Four microsatellites were used to examine the genetic variability of the spawning stocks of Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis, from the Yangtze River sampled over a 3-year period (1999-2001). Within 60 individuals, a total of 28 alleles were detected over four polymorphic microsatellite loci. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 4 to 15, with an average allele number of 7. The number of genotypes per locus ranged from 6 to 41. The genetic diversity of four microsatellite loci varied from 0.34 to 0.67, with an average value of 0.54. For the four microsatellite loci, the deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was mainly due to null alleles. The mean number of alleles per locus and the mean heterozygosity were lower than the average values known for anadromous fishes. Fish were clustered according to their microsatellite characteristics using an unsupervised 'Artificial Neural Networks' method entitled 'Self-organizing Map'. The results revealed no significant genetic differentiation considering genetic distance among samples collected during different years. Lack of heterogeneity among different annual groups of spawning stocks was explained by the complex age structure (from 8 to 27 years for males and 12 to 35 years for females) of Chinese sturgeon, leading to formulate an hypothesis about the maintenance of genetic diversity and stability in long-lived animals.

Growth and antioxidant system of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus in response to microcystin-RR

Microcystins, one type of the cyanobacterial toxins, show a broad range of hazardous effects on other organisms. Most of the researches on the toxic effects of microcystins have involved in animals and higher plants. Little work, however, has been done on evaluating the mechanisms of microcystin toxicity on algae. In this study, the toxicological effects of microcystin-RR (MC-RR) on the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus were investigated. For this purpose, six physio-biochemical parameters (cell optical density, reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and glutathione S-transferase (GST)) were tested in algal cells when exposed to 100 mug(-1) microcystin-RR. The results showed that the growth of Synechococcus elongatus ( expressed as optical density) was significantly inhibited compared with the control. At the same time, the treated algae exhibited a pronounced increase in production of ROS and MDA after 6 days exposure to microcystin-RR. Signi. cant changes in GSH levels and GSH-Px, GSH activities were also detected in algal cells, with higher values being observed in the toxin treated algae after 6 days exposure. GST activities in the treated algae exhibited a decline after exposure and rapid augmentation on day 3, thereafter, they kept at a high level when compared to the control group. GSH contents and GSH-Px activities were also significantly raised in the toxin-treated algae cells from day 3, but they showed a sharp decrease on day 4, which was the onward of cell proliferation. These results suggested that oxidative stress manifested by elevated ROS levels and MDA contents might be responsible for the toxicity of microcystin to Synechococcus elongatus and the algal cells could improve their antioxidant ability through the enhancement of enzymatic and non-enzymatic preventive substances.

Impacts of Choerospondias axillaris growth on acidity of Udic Ferrosols in subtropical China

Changes in acidity of Udic Ferrosols, caused by growth of Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) Burtt et Hill, in comparison to wild grass, were investigated for pH distribution in the soil profile, exchangeable acidity, and cation status in the soil leachate of a simulated leaching experiment. Soils were sampled in profiles at 5 cm intervals to a depth of 100 cm. In the 1.5-60 cm layer the soils with 10-year old C. axillaris had significantly lower pH (P < 0.05), with the largest difference being 0.41: and in the 25-75 cm soil depths, especially in the 30-55 cm layer, the soils had a significantly higher exchangeable acidity, ranging 1.93 to 3.02 cmol(c) kg(-1). There was also higher aluminum, potassium, and sodium contents in the soil leachate under C. axillaris than with wild grasses. This suggested that the growth of C. axillaris accelerated acidification of Udic Ferrosols and promoted soil clay mineral weathering.

Toxicity of cypermethrin on growth, pigments, and superoxide dismutase of Scenedesmus obliquus

Cypermethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid that is particularly toxic to crustaceans. It is therefore applied as a chemotherapeutant in farms for the treatment of pests. The effective concentrations of cypermethrin on the inhibition of Scenedesmus ohliquus growth at 96h (96h EC50) were determined to be 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250mg/L. Algal growth, pigment fractions, and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the algal cells were measured in the exponential phase after exposure to cypermethrin. The results show that higher concentration of cypermethrin is inhibitory for growth and other metabolic activities and the 96h EC50 of cypermethrin to S. ohliquus is 112 +/- 9 mg/L; the potential application of SOD activity in S. ohliquus as a sensitive biomarker for cypermethrin exposure is also discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

多能态离子注入法制备磁性半导体的方法

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地热利用技术

本书是《21世纪可持续能源丛书》之一。地热是新能源家族中重要能种之一。本书从地热地表显示温泉、火山、喷泉等现象的描述，进一步引申到与地热相关的基本概念、理论和知识并结合全球地热资源分布规律以及地热勘探、开发利用和保护的现状加以介绍。全书着重以我国地热资源当前开发现状和近期发展趋势分析做了详细阐述，内容丰富，图文并茂，理论联系实际，通俗易懂。可供从事和关心新能源和可再生能源的技术人员、管理人员和各类读者以及有关大专院校师生阅读或作参考用书。

Phase locking of fibre lasers by self-imaging resonator

Experimental demonstrations of the use of a self-imaging resonator in the phase locking of two fibre lasers are presented. The output power of the phase-locked fibre laser array exceeded 2 W Successful attempts of phase locking show that the fibre laser array is not only capable of producing high Output Power but also large on-axis intensity by this method.

Pulse-front matched ultra-broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier for sub-12 fs pulse generation

We propose a LBO-based ultra-broadband chirped pulse optical parametric amplifier employing pulse-front-matching to yield transform-limited sub-12-fs pulses. Measurement of the maximum possible gain bandwidth for the LBO-based OPCPA demonstrates more than 60nm gain bandwidth FWHM. For the generation of TL pulses by the use of this OPCPA, a suitable combination of OPCPA and PFM is first presented. The PFM pump geometry realizes tilt-free signal amplification, and permits this OPCPA to generate TL sub-12-fs pulses.

Coherent laser control in attosecond sum-frequency polarization beats using twin noisy driving fields

Based on the phase-conjugate polarization interference between two-pathway excitations, we obtained an analytic closed form for the second-order or fourth-order Markovian stochastic correlation of the V three-level sum-frequency polarization beat (SFPB) in attosecond scale. Novel interferometric oscillatory behavior is exposed in terms of radiation-radiation, radiation-matter, and matter-matter polarization beats. The phase-coherent control of the light beams in the SFPB is subtle. When the laser has broadband linewidth, the homodyne detected SFPB signal shows resonant-nonresonant cross correlation, a drastic difference for three Markovian stochastic fields, and the autocorrelation of the SFPB exhibits hybrid radiation-matter detuning terahertz damping oscillation. As an attosecond ultrafast modulation process, it can be extended intrinsically to any sum frequency of energy levels. It has been also found that the asymmetric behaviors of the polarization beat signals due to the unbalanced controllable dispersion effects between the two arms of interferometer do not affect the overall accuracy in case using the SFPB to measure the Doppler-free energy-level sum of two excited states.

西藏红拉雪山自然保护区黑白仰鼻猴 Rhinopithecus bieti 的生态与行为研究，中国及其邻近地区兽类动物地理区划数量分析

从 2002 年11 月至2005 年4 月，在西藏红拉雪山自然保护区（98°20' ~ 98°59'E，28°48' ~ 29°40'N）对小昌都黑白仰鼻猴（Rhinopithecus bieti）群（98°35'00" ~ 98°40'00"E，29°14'24" ~ 29°16'42"N）（210 只左右）的生境及其利用形式、食 性、活动时间分配、过夜树及过夜地选择、雄－婴照料和繁殖季节作了重点研究， 并对保护区内的猴群分布、种群数量、保护状态以及潜在的威胁因素等作了一般 性的考查研究。 红拉雪山自然保护区存在3 个黑白仰鼻猴群，数量至少有300 只。从北到南 分别是执娜群、小昌都群和米拉卡群，其中执娜群（29°22'，98°28'），是黑白仰 鼻猴最北分布群。猴群栖息范围中，人类的经济活动频繁。由于活动范围位于或 接近藏传佛教的神山，小昌都和执娜猴群保护最好，这两群之间存在生境走廊。 米拉卡猴群保护状态较差，主要是偷猎现象还没有杜绝。对过去20 年的农牧业 统计资料及藏族风俗习惯和民族传统综合分析发现：在红拉雪山自然保护区，尽 管人类经济活动频繁，但猴群与人类和谐共存是可能的。 小昌都猴群全年白天用49％的时间取食，20％的时间移动，18％的时间休 息，13％的时间作其他的活动。在6-8 月，猴群日间表现出明显的三个取食高峰， 两个休息高峰。在11-1 月，猴群有两个取食高峰，一个休息高峰，或者休息高 峰根本不明显（12 月）。尽管环境温度和食物组成等也会影响时间预算，但造成 这种现象的主要原因可能是白天长度的季节性变化。 小昌都猴群年家域为21.25 km2，且主要在3800 – 4250 米的针叶林中活动。 食物好的季节，猴群日移动距离长，日活动范围大；食物差的季节，则相反。秋 －冬季（10-12 月）由于取食川滇高山栎（Quercus aquifolioides），活动的海拔高 度高于其它季节；冬季（1-4 月）活动范围最低。猴群并不避免在人类间伐过的 次生针叶林中活动。小生境的使用强度与在此生境中过夜的次数有关。 小昌都猴群的食物以松萝为主。全年的食物组成：用单筒望远镜观察，松萝 82.1％，芽和叶12.1%，花、果实或种子占1.1%，无脊椎动物占0.6%，树皮、 树根、树胶，草等占4.2%；接近猴群用肉眼或双筒望远镜观察，松萝50.8％， 芽和叶28.5%，花、果实或种子占7.1%，无脊椎动物占6.5%，树皮、树根、树胶，草等占7.1%。根据动物在不同林层分布百分比整合后得到接近真实的食物 构成：松萝75.4％，芽和叶15.7%，花、果实或种子占2.9%，无脊椎动物占2.4%， 树皮、树根、树胶，草等占3.9%。猴群在夏季（6-8 月）会下地翻开小石块，取 食无脊椎动物。冬季（1-4 月）会取食至少6 种树皮和2-3 种干草。 基于避免捕食、安全、舒适、体温调节的考虑，小昌都猴群选择高大、底枝 高、底枝长以及层数多的树过夜，并在背风、阳坡和海拔低的过夜地过夜。在过 夜地的选择中，存在着阳坡和海拔高度的权衡决策。 小昌都猴群个体不同林层的分布：77.5％在树上，6.0％在灌丛，16.5％在地 上。成年雄猴和青年猴倾向于在地上活动。在地上活动时又倾向于移动，休息和 其他活动少。获得高质量的食物和避免被捕食是出现这种格局的原因。 在小昌都猴群中，婴猴受到雄猴照料时间百分比（percent time of infant care, PTIC）为17.2±3.3，其中身体接触（BC）、接近（IP）和监护（G）照料的时 间百分比分别为0.6±0.5、5.8±1.2 和10.8±3.8。G 照料的最低值和最高值分别 在8 月和3 月。雌猴总PTIC 为69.3±6.9，其中BC、IP 和G 的时间分别为42.0 ±8.6、21.6±5.3 和5.7±3.8。最低BC 和最高G 照料同时出现在3 月。对雄猴， （1）总PTIC 在能量压力高的季节明显高于能量压力低的季节；（2）G 照料PTIC 在能量压力高的季节也要比能量压力低的季节高；（3）BC 和IP 照料在两个季节 之间没有区别。对于雌猴，（1）总PTIC 在高能量压力季节要比低能量压力季节 低；（2）G 照料在高能量压力季节要比低能量压力季节高，而BC 照料在高能量 压力季节要比低能量压力季节低；（3）IP 照料在两个季节之间没有区别。这种 高强度的雄婴照料，特别是托儿所的照料方式，是由这种环境下过高的能量压力 所引起的。 小昌都群为严格季节性出生且出生季节在2 月初到3 月中旬之间，时间跨度 45 天，属脉冲型。这种格局是光周期、温度、食物等环境因子综合调控的结果。 综合以上结果我们认为小昌都群的行为和生态特点，除具备疣猴一般特点 外，还具有地点特殊性，是自然环境如光照、温度、食物供给季节变化和生物环 境如捕食压和人类活动相互作用的结果，或者可以看成是能量摄入和损耗之间以 及它们和安全之间的权衡结果，体现了猴群对极端环境的适应。

HIRFL-CSR实验环电子冷却装置调试

HIRFL CSR实验环电子冷却装置采用了能够产生空心电子束的电子枪,弯曲螺线管内采用了静电偏转电极,冷却段采用了独立的高精度螺线管串联产生纵向磁场的设计。测量了沿离子束运动方向冷却段磁场分布及磁场平行度、电子枪和收集器性能、300kV高压电源相关参数。结果表明,此装置达到了预期的设计目标。