Changes in benthic algal communities following construction of a run-of-river dam

Ecological responses to dam construction are poorly understood, especially for downstream benthic algal communities. We examined the responses of benthic algal communities in downstream reaches of a tributary of the Xiangxi River, China, to the construction of a small run-of-river dam. From February 2003 to August 2006, benthic algae, chemical factors, and habitat characteristics were monitored upstream and downstream of the dam site. This period spanned 6 mo before dam construction and 37 mo after dam construction. Benthic algal sampling yielded 199 taxa in 59 genera that belonged to Bacillariophyta, Chlorophyta, and Cyanophyta. Some physical factors (flow velocity, water depth, and channel width) and 3 algal metrics (diatom species richness, Margalef diversity, and % erect individuals) were significantly affected by the dam construction, whereas chemical factors (e.g., NH4-N, total N, SiO2) were not. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMS) ordinations showed that overall algal assemblage structure downstream of the dam sites was similar to that of upstream control sites before dam construction and for 1 year after dam construction (p > 0.05). However, sites belonging to upstream and downstream reaches were well separated on NMS axis 1 during the 2(nd) and 3(rd) years after dam construction. Our results suggest that impacts of dam construction on benthic algal communities took 2 to 3 y to emerge. Further development of a complete set of indicators is needed to address the impact of small-dam construction. Our observations underscore the need for additional studies that quantify ecological responses to dam construction over longer time spans.

Daily dynamics of nutrients and chlorophyll a during a spring phytoplankton bloom in Xiangxi Bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir

We studied the daily dynamics of nutrients (total phosphorus [TP], total nitrogen [TN], and dissolved silicate [SiO2]) and chlorophyll a (chl a) during a spring bloom in Xiangxi Bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir in year 2005. According to the daily dynamics of chl a, the bloom occurred in two stages (23 February-25 March and 26 March-28 April). The concentration of SiO2 decreased at different layers of the water column with the development of the bloom. However, the decrease of SiO2 in the layers with high concentration of chl a was more dramatic than in the layers with low concentration of chl a. The concentration of TP was lowest value a few days after the peak of chl a during the first bloom period, and the lowest value of TN was found a few days after the peak of chl a during the second bloom period. Correlative analyses indicated that SiO2 and TP were limiting factors in the first bloom period, and SiO2 and TN were limiting factors in the second bloom period.

Influence of environmental variables on macroinvertebrates in a macrophyte-dominated Chinese lake, with emphasis on the relationships between macrophyte heterogeneity and macroinvertebrate patterns

The benthic community structure in Baoan Lake was examined in relation to lake water physicochemical characteristics and biological parameters. Seventy macroinvertebrate taxa were identified, and mollusks constituted the dominant group and accounted for more than 80% of the total abundance. Assemblages were composed mainly of scrapers (81.5%) and collector-gatherers (roughly 10%). Three plant variables (richness, total cover, and total biomass) were strongly correlated with the faunal gradient (p<0.05). Other predicator variables were Cl-, SiO2, and chemical oxygen demand. Because of the importance of macrophytes in structuring benthic assemblage in this lentic system, the spatial heterogeneity of macrophytes also influenced the pattern of macroinvertebrates. Seven lake regions were uniquely characterized according to primary macrophyte composition and biomass. There were significant differences for macroinvertebrate taxa richness, abundance, and biodiversity among the seven macrophyte regions.

Distribution of the macroinvertebrate communities in the Xiangxi River system and relationships with environmental factors

Surveys of macroinvertebrates were carried out in the Xiangxi River system during July of 2001. Among the 121 taxa collected, Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, and Diptera dominated (41.7, 26.0, and 24.5% of the total relative abundance, respectively). Two-way indictor species analysis and detrended correspondence analysis divided the 49 sites into four groups based on species composition and relative abundance. Canonical correspondence analysis indicated that elevation, SiO2, pH, conductivity, hardness, and NO2-N were significant environmental factors affecting the distribution of macroinvertebrates.

Structure of macrozoobenthos of the East Dongting nature reserve, with emphasis on relationships with environmental variables

Ecological survey of macrozoobenthos assemblages was carried out at 32 sites in the East Dongting Nature Reserve, located in the northern region of the East Dongting Lake in the middle basin of the Yangtze River, China. All total 51 taxa including 18 oligochaetes, 15 mollusks, 14 insects and four other animals were recorded. Mollusks composed the dominant group and accounted for more than 70% of the total abundance. Assemblages were composed mainly of scrapers (66.7%) and collector-gatherers (nearly 20%), and to a lesser extent collector-filterers (roughly 12%), predators (ca. 7%), and shredders (ca. 6%). Two-way indicator species analysis, detrended correspondence, and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) were employed to identify the relationships between macrozoobenthos assemblages and environmental variables. Thirty-two sites were separated into four site groups based on composition and relative abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates. CCA detected that water depth, pH, conductivity, SiO2, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, alkalinity, hardness, and Ca2+, were significant environmental factors influencing the pattern of macozoobenthos. In this minimal subset, water depth, pH, alkalinity and hardness were the most influential variables.

Distribution of epilithic algae in the Xiangxi River system and their relationships with environmental factors

The spatial pattern of epilithic algae in the Xiangxi River system was studied in relation to several environmental factors by two-way indictor species analysis (TWINSPAN), detrended correspondence analysis (DCA), and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Eighty-nine taxa including diatoms, green algae, and blue-green algae were observed. Diatoms were dominant, and Cocconeis placentula, Cymbella minuta, Diatoma vulgare, and Gomphonema angustatum appeared in most of sampling sites. By TWINSPAN and DCA, thirty-one sites were divided into three groups based on composition and relative richness of benthic algae. CCA indicated that SiO2, pH, total phosphorus, Ca2+, velocity, elevation, and Cl- were significant environmental factors affecting the distribution of algae communities. In this minimal subset, SiO2 and pH were the most influential variables.

Mode Simulation for Midinfrared Microsquare Resonators With Sloped Sidewalls and Confined Metals

EQUILATERAL-TRIANGLE; MU-M; LASERS; MICROLASERS; MICRODISK Abstract: Mode characteristics for midinfrared microsquare resonators with sloped sidewalls and confined metal layers are investigated by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) techniques. For a microsquare with a side length of 10 mu m, the mode quality (Q)-factors of 8329, 4772, and 2053 are obtained for TM5,7 mode at wavelength 7.1 mu m by three-dimensional FDTD simulations, as the tilting angles of the side walls are 90 degrees, 88 degrees, and 86 degrees, respectively. Furthermore, microsquare resonators laterally surrounded by SiO2 and metal layers are investigated by the two-dimensional FDTD technique for the metal layers of Au, Ti-Au, Ag-Au, and Ti-Ag-Au, respectively.

Mode Characteristics for Square Resonators With a Metal Confinement Layer

Microsquare resonators laterally confined by SiO2/Au/air multilayer structure are investigated by light ray method with reflection phase-shift of the multiple layers and two-dimensional (2-D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique. The reflectivity and phase shift of the mode light ray on the sides of the square resonator with the semiconductor/SiO2/Au/air multilayer structure are calculated for TE and TM modes by transfer matrix method. Based on the reflection phase shift and the reflectivity, the mode wavelength and factor are calculated by the resonant condition and the mirror loss, which are in agreement well with that obtained by the FDTD simulation. We find that the mode factor increases greatly with the increase of the SiO2 layer thickness, especially as d < 0.3 mu m. For the square resonator with side length 2 mu m and refractive index 3.2, anticrossing mode couplings are found for confined TE modes at wavelength about 1.6 mu m at d = 0.11 mu m, and confined TM modes at d = 0.71 mu m, respectively.

Long rectangle resonator 1550 nm AlGaInAs/InP lasers

1550 nm AlGaInAs/InP long rectangle resonator lasers with three sides surrounded by SiO2 and p electrode layers are fabricated by planar technology, and room-temperature continuous-wave lasing is realized for a laser with a length of 53 mu m and a width of 2 mu m. Multiple peaks with wavelength intervals of Fabry-Perot mode intervals and mode Q factors of about 400 and a lasing mode with a Q factor over 8000 are observed from the lasing spectrum at threshold current. The numerical results of the FDTD simulation indicate that the lasing mode may be a whispering-gallery mode, which is a coupled mode of two high-order transverse modes of the waveguide.

Mode characteristics of metallically coated square microcavity connected with an output waveguide

Mode characteristics of a square microcavity with an output waveguide on the middle of one side, laterally confined by an insulating layer SiO2 and a p-electrode metal Au, are investigated by two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain technique. The mode quality (Q) factors versus the width of the output waveguide are calculated for Fabry-Peacuterot type and whispering-gallery type modes in the square cavity. Mode coupling between the confined modes in the square cavity and the guided modes in the output waveguide determines the mode Q factors, which is greatly influenced by the symmetry behaviors of the modes. Fabry-Peacuterot type modes can also have high Q factors due to the high reflectivity of the Au layer for the vertical incident mode light rays. For the square cavity with side length 4 mu m and refractive index 3.2, the mode Q factors of the Fabry-Peacuterot type modes can reach 10(4) at the mode wavelength of 1.5 mu m as the output waveguide width is 0.4 mu m.

一种双面键合长波长垂直腔面发射激光器及其制作方法

本发明是一种双面键合长波长垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)及其制作方法。所述激光器包括N电极(1)，N型GaAs衬底(2)，N型GaAs/AlGaAs材料系的下分布布拉格反射镜(DBR)(3)，InP基应变量子阱有源区(4)，GaAs/AlGaAs材料系的上DBR(5)，其中上DBR(5)，由P型DBR(6)和本征DBR(7)组成，SiO2掩膜(8)，P电极(9)，出光窗口(10)。所述结构和所述方法改进了传统长波长VCSEL的DBR材料折射率差较小，热导、电导差的缺点，不仅可实现很好的电流限制，而且降低材料的吸收损耗、生长的难度和免去二次外延工艺步骤。

一种单模高功率垂直腔面发射激光器及其制作方法

本发明是一种单模高功率垂直腔面发射激光器，属半导体光电子领域。其特征在于，包括P型电极(1)，P型Si衬底(2)，金属键合层(3)，P型分布布拉格反射镜(DBR)(4)，氧化限制层(5)，有源区(6)，N型DBR(7)，SiO2掩膜(8)，聚酰亚胺或苯并环丁烯(BCB)(9)，N电极(10)，光子晶体(11)，出光窗口(12)。在该结构的垂直腔面发射激光器中引入光子晶体，可增大氧化孔径，提高单模输出功率，同时采用键合技术将传统VCSEL外延片转移到Si衬底上和采用底部出光的设计，便于拉近VCSEL外延片有源区与Si衬底的距离，改善器件热学特性，进一步提高单模输出功率。

倒锥波导耦合器的制作方法

一种倒锥波导耦合器的制作方法，包括如下步骤:步骤1:在SOI上用电子束光刻和感应耦合等离子体刻蚀技术，将SOI的硅波导层刻蚀为一倒锥波导和微纳波导集成器件;步骤2:利用有机/无机杂化的溶胶凝胶法制备光敏性溶胶薄膜材料;步骤3:在SOI的SiO2隔离层及倒锥波导和微纳波导集成器件上旋涂溶胶薄膜;步骤4:对旋涂的溶胶薄膜进行前烘、凝胶;步骤5:在溶胶薄膜上利用掩模版进行紫外写入;步骤6:腐蚀掉紫外写入区以外的部分溶胶薄膜，形成光纤耦合波导，该光纤耦合波导和倒锥波导构成倒锥波导耦合器;步骤7:后烘，完成倒锥波导耦合器的制作。

折射面入光探测器的制作方法

一种折射面入光探测器的制作方法，制作过程包括如下步骤:步骤1:在衬底上采用MOCVD的方法生长探测器材料结构;步骤2:在探测器材料结构的上面制作p型欧姆接触;步骤3:在p型欧姆接触的周边向下刻蚀，形成探测器台面结构;步骤4:在步骤3形成的器件的上表面生长第一SiO2层;步骤5:在探测器台面结构的一侧腐蚀掉部分第一SiO2层，形成条形掩模图形结构;步骤6:在掩膜图形结构上，采用化学腐蚀的方法，向下腐蚀出燕尾槽;步骤7:腐蚀掉器件表面的第一SiO2层，重新在整个器件的表面生长第二SiO2层;步骤8:在燕尾槽中填入聚合物，使得材料表面平整;腐蚀掉p欧姆接触上的第二SiO2层;步骤9:在探测器台面结构的一侧制作p型金属电极;步骤10:将衬底减薄，在衬底的背面制作金属电极;步骤11:清除掉燕尾槽中的聚合物，解理芯片，完成整个器件的制作。

制备平行取向FePt磁性纳米复合薄膜的方法

本发明一种制备平行取向FePt磁性纳米复合薄膜的方法，其特征在于，包括如下步骤:步骤1:利用双亲嵌段共聚物PS-P4VP在甲苯中自组装成反胶束，然后将金属盐FeCl3和H2PtCl6加入所述反胶束溶液中，形成金属盐负载的反胶束;步骤2:利用旋涂法在硅衬底上获得反胶束阵列，并通过氧等离子体和氢等离子体刻蚀而得到单分散性良好的FePt纳米颗粒阵列;步骤3:用磁控溅射法在FePt纳米颗粒阵列上覆盖一层SiO2保护层;步骤4:保护气氛下对样品进行高温退火，完成平行取向FePt磁性纳米复合薄膜的制作。