滤食性鲢、鳙肠含物PCR-DGGE指纹分析

以采自武汉东湖的滤食性鲢、鳙为对象,通过PCR-DGGE并结合序列分析对其肠道微生物及肠含物中残留的食物组分进行了探索研究。在所有个体中都能检测到不同的PCR-DGGE指纹谱带,其中包括肠道细菌在内的原核谱带较多,真核谱带相对较少;分析结果表明针对鲢、鳙肠含物这一特殊生境样品进行PCR-DGGE指纹分析是可行的。PCR-DGGE指纹结构及针对部分特定PCR-DGGE谱带的序列分析显示,从武汉东湖采集的鲢、鳙在食性上存在很大的重叠,并没有像基于常规食性分析文献报道的那样明显不同。基于肠含物DNA来进行鱼类食

三峡库首鱼类分布格局的水声学探测评估(英文)

2007年4月19-24日,应用EY60回声探测仪三峡水库库首区域的鱼类分布格局进行了水声学探测。研究发现:三峡大坝坝前至巫山干流江段鱼类分布不均匀,密度范围为0.718～37.46ind./1000m3,均值为3.117 ind./1000m3;鱼类主要分布的区域为支流河口及码头等位置,其中船闸通道位置密度最高;垂直分布上鱼类主要分布在30～60m的水层。分析认为,三峡库首区域鱼类的分布可能与浮游生物的丰富度有关。另外本文分析了三峡库区探测中鱼类个体目标强度的分布及信号过滤,以便下一步水声学探测研究的深

鲤鱼(Cyprinus carpio L．)GH受体的分子克隆及其两种转录子的发现

应用反转录-PCR及RACE技术,从二龄鲤鱼肝组织中克隆了生长激素受体(GHR)的全长基因,其开放阅读框编码602个氨基酸,其中包括244个氨基酸的胞外激素结合结构域,24个氨基酸的跨膜区域和334个氨基酸的胞内信号传导区域．序列分析表明：无论在基因水平还是蛋白质水平,鲤鱼GHR与鲫鱼GHR均具有较高的同源性．用一对基因特异性引物在研究二龄鲤鱼GHR的组织分布时发现：肝与其他组织的扩增产物大小不一致(肝组织中的约小100 bp),测序结果以及基因组PCR表明这是由于一个97 bp的内含子选择性剪切造成的．

单性生殖动物的进化

传统的观念认为 ,单性动物由于失去了重组机会 ,必然难以适应变化的环境 ,终将绝灭。但是已被发现的近 5 0种单性脊椎动物不仅没有因失去基因的重组和交换而绝灭 ,反而表现出强大的生命力。其有害突变积累和较长的生物演化历程之间的矛盾和在缺乏遗传重组情况下的进化机制是特别引人关注的重大生物学问题。简要论述了单性动物独特的基因组结构、存在历史及其进化途径 (突变、三倍化、异精雌核发育生殖方式和异精效应及生殖方式多样化 )。

环境因子对萼花臂尾轮虫种群动态的影响

应用单个体培养方法研究了藻类食物的种类和浓度以及培养温度对萼花臂尾轮虫种群动态的影响 .结果显示 ,藻类食物的种类和斜生栅藻浓度均仅对轮虫的幼体阶段历时和产卵量具有显著的影响 ;三类食物中蛋白核小球藻是轮虫种群增长的最适藻类食物 ;若以斜生栅藻为食物 ,轮虫种群增长的最适浓度为 6.0× 10 6cells/ml.轮虫各主要发育阶段的历时皆随着温度的升高而极显著地缩短 ,但温度对其产卵量无显著的影响 :30℃下该种轮虫种群的内禀增长率最大 .

亚热带湖泊中一种剑水蚤──Mesocyclops notius Kiefer的形态及生态学研究(英文)

本文报道了对一亚热带湖泊中的Mesocyclopsnotius的形态及生态学研究。将从扁担塘采得的标本形态学特征与Kiefer和Velde从澳大利亚的标本的形态学特征进行了比较．在扁担塘，M.notius与2种温剑水蚤──ThermocyclopstaihokuensisHarada和T.brevifurcatusHarada为春季和夏季剑水蚤的优势种，而CyclopsvincinusvincinusVljanin为冬季的优势种。

微型生态系统中鲢、鳙下行影响的实验研究——2.营养物水平

鲢、鳙放养使微型生态系统的水柱氮、磷浓度和磷的分布发生了明显的变化。至实验结束时,各实验组的水柱颗粒磷、总磷和氨氮浓度都比对照组高,而正磷酸盐浓度和沉积物磷的量均低于对照组。这种变化以鳙单养系统为最大,其次是鲢、鳙混养系统,鲢单养系统的变化最小。微型生态系统中正磷酸盐浓度同浮游动、植物密度和初级生产力显著相关,氨氮浓度同所述变量之间的相关关系则多半与正磷酸盐相反。实验观测期间浮游植物密度与总磷浓度之间存在营养级联假说所预见的下行影响,实验结束时二者之间却有上行影响的趋向。根据实验观测结果认为,微型生态系统

武汉东湖桡足类的生态学演变

根据１９６２－１９６３，１９７４－１９７５，１９７９－１９９１年在武汉东湖进行的调查资料，考察了过去三十年内在东湖两个代表性采样站桡足类的种类组成及现存量的变化。结果表明：桡足类种类数由６０年代的１４种减少为９０年代的７种，Ｉ、Ⅱ站在种类组成的差别趋于消失。统计结果表明，东湖桡足类现存量以８０年代初、中期较高。但在水平分布格局上却发生了根本变化，由１９８７年前的Ｉ站现存量高于Ⅱ站，至１９８７年后Ⅱ站高于Ｉ站。本文还就影响东湖桡足类演变的生态因子进行了讨论。

水质酸化和模拟酸雨对浮游动物影响的研究

在水质酸化和模拟酸雨试验中,共出现浮游动物17种,其中包括轮虫9种、枝角类6种和桡足类2种。在pH5.0—8.3各试验组出现种类数(10—13种)和个体数(223.0—334.5个·L~(-1))较多,而在pH3.0和4.5试验组出现种类数(5—9种)和个体数(16.8—182.0个·L~(-1))较少,表明pH5.0以下对浮游动物群落有明显的影响。从不同类群出现所占比例看,在pH5.5以下,随着pH的下降,存在着轮虫逐渐取代桡足类的趋势。

东湖放养鲢、鳙鱼种的食性分析

<正> 一材料和方法本实验于1977年5月至1978年4月进行。实验用鱼取自武昌东湖水果湖区。用不同网目的刺网每月采样1～2次。全年共收集334尾标本(鲢、鳙各167尾)。用于食性分析的标本鲢68尾,体长18.0～42.0厘米,重118～1550克;鳙42尾,体长18.0～40.0厘米,重155～1,400克。经鉴定标本均属1～1~+龄鲢、鳙鱼,即1977年4月放湖。然后取出整条肠管。按鲤科鱼类肠管分段法,目测前、中、后肠的饱满度,并选取

Protein Profiles in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryos Exposed to Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is widely distributed and persistent in the environment and in wildlife, and it has the potential for developmental toxicity. However, the molecular mechanisms that lead to these toxic effects are not well known. In the present study, proteomic analysis has been performed to investigate the proteins that are differentially expressed in zebrafish embryos exposed to 0.5 mg/l PFOS until 192 h postfertilization. Two-dimensional electrophoresis coupled with mass spectrometry was employed to detect and identify the protein profiles. The analysis revealed that 69 proteins showed altered expression in the treatment group compared to the control group with either increase or decrease in expression levels (more than twofold difference). Of the 69 spots corresponding to the proteins with altered expression, 38 were selected and subjected to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF/TOF) analysis; 18 proteins were identified in this analysis. These proteins can be categorized into diverse functional classes such as detoxification, energy metabolism, lipid transport/steroid metabolic process, cell structure, signal transduction, and apoptosis. Overall, proteomic analysis using zebrafish embryos serves as an in vivo model in environmental risk assessment and provides insight into the molecular events in PFOS-induced developmental toxicity.

Field studies on the environmental factors in controlling microcystin production in the subtropical shallow lakes of the Yangtze River

Microcystin (MC) problem made more and more care about in China, intercellular MC (Int-MC) and cellular MC (Cel-MC) were important contents to reflect the producing-MC ability by cyanobacteria and by lakes. To study the correlations between Int-MC, Cel-MC concentration and biological and environmental factors, eight cyanobacterial blooming lakes were studied in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Microcystin-RR (MC-RR) and Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) were the primary toxin variants in our data. From the linear correlations between MC and environmental factors, cellular-YR had significant correlation with most of chemical factors except total nitrogen (TN) and the ratio of total nitrogen and total phosphorus (TN/TP), most intracellular MC analogues had significant correlations with total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), ammonium (NH4+), nitrite (NO2-), TP, total dissolved phosphorus (TDP), Microcystis. From the canonal correspondence analysis, Int-MC concentrations were closely related with the chemical and biological factors, such as TP, total organic carbon (TOC), chlorophyll a (Chl a), Microcystis biomass, et al. While Cel-MC contents, especially Cel-RR and Cel-LR, were closely related with light environmental in the lakes such as water depth and transparence.

Molecular cloning of growth hormone receptor (GHR) from common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) and identification of its two forms of mRNA transcripts

The cDNA of growth hormone receptor (GHR) was cloned from the liver of 2-year common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid amplification of cDNA end (RACE). Its open reading frame (ORF) of 1806 nucleotides is translated into a putative peptide of 602 amino acids, including an extracellular ligand-binding domain of 244 amino acids (aa), a single transmembrane domain of 24 aa and an intracellular signal-transduction domain of 334 aa. Sequence analysis indicated that common carp GHR is highly homologous to goldfish (Carassius auratus) GHR at both gene and protein levels. Using a pair of gene-specific primers, a GHR fragment was amplified from the cDNA of 2-year common carp, a 224 bp product was identified in liver and a 321 bp product in other tissues. The sequencing of the products and the partial genomic DNA indicated that the difference in product size was the result of a 97 bp intron that alternatively spliced. In addition, the 321 bp fragment could be amplified from all the tissues of 4-month common carp including liver, demonstrating the occurrence of the alternative splicing of this intron during the development of common carp. Moreover, a semi-quantitative RT-PCR was performed to analyze the expression level of GHR in tissues of 2-year common carp and 4-month common carp. The result revealed that in the tissues of gill, thymus and brain, the expression level of GHR in 2-year common carp was significantly tower than that of 4-month common carp.

Spatial distribution and morphologic diversity of virioplankton in Lake Donghu, China

The spatial distribution and morphological diversity of virioplankton were determined in Lake Donghu which contains three trophic regions: hypertrophic, eutrophic and mesotrophic region. Virioplankton abundance measured by transmission electron microscope (TEM) ranged from 7.7 x 10(8) to 3.0 x 109 ml(-1), being among the highest observed in any natural aquatic system examined so far. The spatial distribution of virioplankton was correlated significantly with chlorophyll a concentration (r = 0.847; P < 0.01) at the sampling sites in Lake Donghu. 76 morphotypes were observed. Most morphotypes have tails, belonging to Siphoviridae, Myoviridae and Podoviridae. The majority of tailed phages in the lake were Myoviridae. Morphotypes which were rarely reported, such as prolate-headed virus-like particles, lemon-shaped virus-like particle, and viruses resembling Tectiviridae and Corticoviridae were all observed in the lake. It is concluded that the high viral abundance might be associated with high density of phytoplankton including algae and cyanobacteria. There was high viral diversity in this eutrophic shallow lake. In addition, cyanophage represented an important fraction of the virioplankton community in Lake Donghu. (c) 2006 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.