一种铋膜电极的制备

本发明涉及电极，具体地说是一种化学修饰的铋膜电极。将Nafion和离子载体按体积份数计为1∶1-1∶1.5超声20-40分钟，使之混合均匀，然后滴到打磨干净的玻碳电极表面，于室温下干燥，最后再用热风吹使其硬化，冷却至室温后将其置于含有1000-1500μg/L的Bi(III)pH?4.5的醋酸-醋酸钠缓冲溶液中，在搅拌的情况下施加-1.2V的电位下沉积富集180s，即得铋膜电极。本发明电极制作简单，小巧灵便，灵敏度高为31.38nA/nM，检出限可达4.4×10-11M，可以在环境监测、食品安全以及临床检测等应用领域使用，操作简单，测试过程短，并且可以用于检测海水、淡水、血液、尿样以及蔬菜中重金属的含量。

丰宫并殖吸虫染色体核型的研究

：首次报道丰宫并殖吸虫(Paragonimus proliferus)染体数目为2n--22，n=ll，染色体核型南I砖大型和2对小型 的中着丝粒染色体(m)、4对大型和4对小型的亚端着丝粒染色体(st)组成。丰宫并殖吸虫染色体核型与克氏、大平并殖 吸虫以及斯氏狸殖吸虫的核型比较存在差异，这些差异为确立丰宫并殖吸虫在分类学上的独立地位提供了依据。

滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)现状及其保护对策研究

滇金丝猴生活在海拔3800-4300m的原始冷杉林中, 但有时也会在4300-4700m的低矮灌丛、草甸和流石滩上活动达数小时之久, 甚至能跨越近千米的无林高海拔地带。松萝是它们的主要食物, 取食松萝的时间占总取食时间的91%。猴群活动范围可达近百平方公里。笔者在历时8年的野外考察中, 已查明这一物种的全部现存自然种群只有13个, 分布在云南的德钦、兰坪、潍西、丽江和西藏的芒康这五县境内, 其现存种群数量为1000-1500只; 所有现存自然种群几乎均处在相互隔离的状态, 群间已不可能进行基因交流, 充分表明它们已到达灭绝边缘。

滇金丝猴地理分布、种群数量与相关生态学的研究

经过８年的野外考察, 我国特有的珍稀濒危动物滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)的现状已基本查明. 这一物种的全部现存自然种群只有13个, 分布在云南的德钦、兰坪、维西、丽江和西藏的芒康５县境内. 其现存种群数量约为1000-1500只. 该物种分布范围的东界是金沙江, 西界是澜沧江, 分布最北的１个猴群的纬度为29°20′Ｎ, 最南的１个猴群的纬度为26°14′Ｎ. 所有现存自然种群几乎均处在相互隔离状态, 呈岛屿分布, 群间不可能进行基因交流. 其栖息地内的森林中, 高大乔木主要为冷杉, 林中灌木主要为杜鹃和竹林。

菊小长管蚜的化学防治研究

菊小长管蚜Macrosiphorniella sanborni是昆明地区花卉主要害虫之一，该虫对菊花嫩叶，嫩梢，花柄及花勒为害率达65.0%，个别大棚高达100，损失产量25.0%。室内外用1.8爱福丁3000，2500，2000倍液敌敌畏1500，1000，800倍液进行毒杀试验，爱福丁室内的毒杀率达96.6%，敌敌畏达96.3%；田间爱福丁害83.39%，敌敌畏达80.20%。

高原浅水湖泊沉积物中磷、氮形态化学研究

以滇池马村湾和海东湾为研究对象,对其沉积物-间隙水-上覆水三界面中的磷、氮形态作研究,其中钙结合态磷占的比例最大,其次是有机/细菌聚合态磷和残渣磷;总氮含量很高,平均值为2.63mg/g,而亚硝酸盐氮含量很低,其它三种无机氮形态(硝酸盐氮、亚硝酸盐氮和氨氮)之间并不存在恒定的化学计量关系,这主要是无机氮循环还受水体和沉积物中有机氮的影响。调查还表明沉积物中Fe-P含量与间隙水中溶解性磷酸盐磷有着较好的线性关系,沉积物中Fe-P含量与间隙水Eh呈对数关系。

银鲫原肠胚差异表达基因的筛选

胚胎发育是基因组中各个基因在时间和空间上选择性表达的结果。为了鉴定参与鱼类早期胚胎发育和胚层分化的调控因了,分别构建了银鲫(Carassiusauratusgibelio)原肠胚和成熟卵子的SMARTcDNA文库,并采用差异筛选的方法,从银鲫原肠胚SMARTcDNA文库中筛选不同于成熟卵子的差异表达基因。通过菌斑和PCR产物的两轮斑点杂交,从大约1500个克隆中筛选出131个阳性克隆,从中选择58个克隆测序并将测得的序列进行了数据库比对分析,结果显示这些差异表达基因大部分为参与转录和翻译的调控因子和核糖体

First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?

The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji ( Lipotes vexillifer), an obligate freshwater odontocete known only from the middle-lower Yangtze River system and neighbouring Qiantang River in eastern China, has long been recognized as one of the world's rarest and most threatened mammal species. The status of the baiji has not been investigated since the late 1990s, when the surviving population was estimated to be as low as 13 individuals. An intensive six-week multivessel visual and acoustic survey carried out in November-December 2006, covering the entire historical range of the baiji in the main Yangtze channel, failed to find any evidence that the species survives. We are forced to conclude that the baiji is now likely to be extinct, probably due to unsustainable by-catch in local fisheries. This represents the first global extinction of a large vertebrate for over 50 years, only the fourth disappearance of an entire mammal family since AD 1500, and the first cetacean species to be driven to extinction by human activity. Immediate and extreme measures may be necessary to prevent the extinction of other endangered cetaceans, including the sympatric Yangtze finless porpoise ( Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis).

The c-myc coding DNA sequences of cyprinids (Teleostei : Cypriniformes): Implications for phylogeny

The family Cyprinidae is one of the largest fish families in the world, which is widely distributed in East Asian, with obvious difference in characteristic size among species. The phylogenetic analysis of cyprinid taxa based on the functionally important genes can help to understand the speciation and functional divergench of the Cyprinidae. The c-myc gene is an important gene regulating individual growth. In the present study, the sequence variations of the cyprinid c-myc gene and their phylogenetic significance were analyzed. The 41 complete sequences of the c-myc gene were obtained from cyprinids and outgroups through PCR amplification and clone. The coding DNA sequences of the c-myc gene were used to infer molecular phylogenetic relationships within the Cyprinidae. Myxocyprinus asiaticus (Catostomidae), Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cobitidae) and Hemimyzon sinensis (Homalopteridae) were assigned to the outgroup taxa. Phylogenetic analyses using maximum parsimony (MP), maximum likelihood (ML), and Bayesian retrieved similar topology. Within the Cyprinidae, Leuciscini and Barbini formed the monophyletic lineage respectively with high nodal supports. Leuciscini comprises Xeno-cyprinae, Cultrinae, East Asian species of Leuciscinae and Danioninae, Gobioninae and Acheilognathinae, and Barbini contains Schizothoracinae, Barbinae, Cyprininae and Labeoninae. Danio rerio, D. myersi and Rasbora trilineata were supposed to separate from Leuciscinae and Barbini and to form another lineage, The positions of some Danioninae species were still unresolved. Analyses of both amino acid variation with parsimony information and two high variation regions indicated that there is no correlation between variations of single amino acid or high variation regions and characteristic size of cyprinids. In,addition, the species with smaller size were usually found to be basal within clades in the tree, which might be the results of the adaptation to the primitive ecology and survival pressure.

The distribution and economic losses of alien species invasion to China

Invasive alien species have become one of the most serious environmental issues in the world. Data of taxon, origin, pathway, and environmental impacts of invasive alien microorganisms, invertebrates, amphibians and reptiles, fish, birds, mammals, herbs, trees, and, marine organisms in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems of China were analyzed during 2001 and 2003, based on literature retrieval and field survey. There were 283 invasive alien species in China, and the number of species of invasive alien microorganisms, aquatic plants, terrestrial plants, aquatic invertebrates, terrestrial invertebrates, amphibians and reptiles, fish, and mammals were 19, 18, 170, 25, 33, 3, 10, and 5, respectively. The proportion of invasive alien species originated from America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania were 55.1, 21.7, 9.9, 8.1, and 0.6%, respectively. Methods for estimation of direct economic losses to agriculture, forestry, stockbreeding, fishery, road and water transportation, storage, water conservancy, environment and public facilities, and human health were established. Methods for estimation of indirect economic losses caused by invasive alien species to service functions of forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, grassland ecosystems, and wetland ecosystems were also established. The total economic losses caused by invasive alien species to China were to the time of USD 14.45 billion, with direct and indirect economic losses accounting for 16.59% and 83.41% of total economic losses, respectively.

Environmental signals: Synthetic humic substances act as xeno-estrogen and affect the thyroid system of Xenopus laevis

According to outdated paradigms humic substances (HS) are considered to be refractory or inert that do not directly interact with aquatic organisms. However, they are taken up and induce biotransformation activities and may act as hormone-like substances. In the present study, we tested whether HS can interfere with endocrine regulation in the amphibian Xenopus laevis. In order to exclude contamination with phyto-hormones, which may occur in environmental isolates, the artificial HS 1500 was applied. The in vivo results showed that HS 1500 causes significant estrogenic effects on X. laevis during its larval development and results of semi-quantitative RT-PCR revealed a marked increase of the estrogenic biomarker estrogen receptor mRNA (ER-mRNA). Furthermore, preliminary RT-PCR results showed that the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH beta-mRNA) is enhanced after exposure to HS1500, indicating a weak adverse effect on T3/T4 availability. Hence, HS may have estrogenic and anti-thyroidal effects on aquatic animals, and therefore may influence the structure of aquatic communities and they may be considered environmental signaling chemicals. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

First report of the cyanotoxins cylindrospermopsin and deoxycylindrospermopsin from Raphidiopsis curvata (Cyantobacteria)

A strain of Raphidiopsis (Cyanobacteria) isolated from a fish pond in Wuhan, P. R. China was examined for its taxonomy and production of the alkaloidal hepatotoxins cylindrospermopsin (CYN) and deoxy-cylindrospermopsin (deoxy-CYN). Strain HB1 was identified as R. curvata Fritsch et Rich based on morphological examination of the laboratory culture. HB1 produced mainly deoxy-CYN at a concentration of 1.3 mg(.)g(-1) (dry ut cells) by HPLC and HPLC-MS/MS. CYN was also detected in trace amounts (0.56 mug(.)g(-1)). A mouse bioassay did not show lethal toxicity when tested at doses up to 1500 mg dry weight cells(.)kg(-1) body weight within 96 h, demonstrating that production of primarily deoxy CYN does not lead to significant mouse toxicity by strain BB I. The presence of deoxy-CYN and CYN in R curvata suggests that Raphidiopsis belongs to the Nostocaceae, but this requires confirmation by molecular systematic studies. Production of these cyanotoxins by Raphidiopsis adds another genus, in addition to Cylindrospemopsis, Aphanizomenon, and Umezakia, now known to produce this group of hepatotoxic cyanotoxins. This is also the first report from China of a CYN and deoxy-CYN producing cyanobacterium.

Influence of CO2, light and watering on growth of Nostoc flagelliforme mats

The terrestrial blue-green alga (cyanobacterium), Nostoc flagelliforme, was cultured in air at various levels of CO2, light and watering to see their effects on its growth. The alga showed the highest relative growth rate at the conditions of high CO2 (1500 ppm), high light regime (219-414 mu mol m(-2)s(-1)) and twice daily watering, but the lowest rate at the conditions of low light (58-114 mu mol m(-2)s(-1)) and daily twice watering. Increased watering had little effect on growth rate at 350 ppm CO2, but increased by about 70% at 1500ppm CO2 under high light conditions. It was concluded that enriched CO2 could enhance the growth of N. flagelliforme when sufficient light and water was supplied.

Metamorphic InGaAs Quantum Well Laser Diodes at 1.5 mu on GaAs Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

We report a 1.5-mu m InGaAs/GaAs quantum well laser diode grown by molecular beam epitaxy on InGaAs metamorphic buffers. At 150 K, for a 1500 x 10 mu m(2) ridge waveguide laser, the lasing wavelength is centred at 1.508 mu m and the threshold current density is 667 A/cm(2) under pulsed operation. The pulsed lasers can operate up to 286 K.