人工诱导贻贝Mytilus edulis Linnaeus幼虫附着变态的研究

许多天然物质和人为的外界生物化学因子对许多无脊椎动物附着变态有诱导作用，这为人工控制无脊椎动物幼虫的附着变态过程提供了重要手段，同时对于幼虫培养，特别是对于经济种类幼虫的培养和育苗，具有重要的意义。本文以青岛贻贝Mytilus edulis Linnaeus为研究对象，于1990年1991年分别就不同的海水离子条件、拟肾上腺素和抗肾上腺素、拟胆碱和抗胆碱类化合物以及促进生物新陈代谢类化合物对贻贝幼虫附着变态的诱导作用进行了研究，结果表明：升高K~+或Ca~++浓度以及降低Mg~++浓度均对贻贝幼虫有附着变态诱导作用。Mg~++浓度降低促进K~+的诱导作用。氨基酸类神经递质GABA和其同系物天冬氨酸、谷氨酸、苷氨酸、β－丙氨酸无明显附着变态诱导作用。短时间内，L－DOPA诱导水平（30％）贻贝幼虫不经过附着而直接变态，只作用于β－受体的拟肾上腺素、多巴胺和异丙肾上腺素诱导50％水平的幼虫变态。作用于α－受体的拟肾上腺素、间羟胺、麻黄碱、去氧肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素和肾上腺素诱70－90％水平的幼虫变态。阻断β－受体的抗肾上腺素、噻吗心安和心得安无诱导作用。但阻断β－受体的抗肾上腺素、立其丁、酚苄明和妥拉苏林对幼虫附着变态有诱导作用。干扰肾上腺素能神经递质释放的化合物利血平无变态诱导作用，并有致死作用。拟胆碱类分合物苯海过、琥珀酰胆碱和阿托品对贻贝幼虫均有附着变态诱导作用。变态诱导率维持在30％水平。拟胆碱化合物加兰他敏有较高的变态诱导率（56.1% (10~(-3)M, 36h)）。抗胆碱类化合物氯丙嗪无明显诱导作用。调节生物体代谢和机能类化合物甲状腺素、ATP、肌、VitB_6和氨茶碱对贻贝幼虫有显著的附着变诱导作用，变态诱导率分别为：甲状腺素84.6 (10~(-3)M, 36h)；ATP 57.7% (10~(-3)M, 36h)；肌苷74.0% (10~(-3)M, 36h); VitB_6 41.3% (10~(-5)M, 36h)和氨茶碱50.0% (10~(-4)M, 36h)。前列腺素无诱导作用，而氯化可的松有一定诱导作用。去甲肾上腺素和乙酰胆碱对幼虫变态的诱导作用被Na~+通道阻断剂普鲁卡因和利多卡因阻断。但ATP和氨茶碱的诱导作用不被其阻断。这表明去甲肾上腺素和乙酰胆碱对幼虫的附着变态的诱导作用是通过视经传递完成的。而神经传递并没有参与ATP和氨茶碱对幼虫变态的诱导过程。

Contributions of Pelagic and Benthic Dietary Sources to Freshwater Mussels: Evidence from Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis

In Gonghu Bay of Lake Taihu, tissue of five mussel species showed delta C-13 values similar to or slightly below that of pelagic suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM). This indicated that mussels in this area either fed non-selectively and so reflected available carbon in the pelagic habitat or selected for phytoplankton. The situation was the same for Anodonta woodiana woodiana and Cristaria plicata in Meiliang Bay; however, for the remaining three species, Hyriopsis cumingii, Arconaia lanceolata, and Lamprotula rochechouarti, tissue had intermediate delta C-13 values, falling between those for pelagic SPOM and benthic sediment organic matter (SOM), suggesting a possible preferential selection of phytoplankton from the pelagic SPOM but more likely reflecting local differences in pelagic SPOM and benthic SOM composition and available organic carbon sources. The mixing model showed that pelagic SPOM accounted for over 98% of carbon incorporated by all mussels in Gonghu Bay and two mussels in Meiliang Bay, suggesting the dietary importance of pelagic food sources for mussels. Less than 50% of the assimilation in H. cumingii, A. lanceolata, and L. rochechouarti came from the pelagic carbon sources in Meiliang Bay, which suggested that these species consumed a mix of benthic and pelagic derived carbon sources.

塔玛亚历山大藻（Alexandrium tamarense）对双壳的影响研究

本文选取麻痹性贝毒产毒藻塔玛亚历山大（Alexandrium tamarense）以及双壳类为研究对象，进行了塔玛亚历山大藻对双壳类生命活动的影响，麻痹性贝毒在紫贻贝体内累积、转化与排出动力学过程的初步研究。实验证实，塔玛亚历山大藻能对栉孔扇贝受精卵至早期D型幼虫的整个发育阶段产生不利影响，抑制受精卵的孵化。经多方验证，我们推测这一抑制作用主要是由塔玛亚历山大藻藻细胞表面物质引起的。通过塔玛亚历大藻对栉孔扇贝和墨西哥湾贝早期发育的影响研究发现：产毒藻对其受精卵、早期D形幼虫、眼点幼虫、仔贝都有明显的影响。（1）两株塔玛亚历山大藻（ATHK、ATCI02）都能抑制栉孔扇贝受精卵的孵化，EC50分别是（1010、1580cells/mL）。指数生长期的藻作用最强，并发现毒性作用可能来源于细胞表面一种不同于PSP的毒性物质。（2）ATHK对D形幼虫有致死作用，死亡率随作用时间的延长和藻密度的增加而增加。栉孔扇贝的早期D形幼虫暴露于细胞密度为10，000/cells/mL的ATHK中14天，死亡就率达100％；在实验密度10，000cells/mL的48小时急性致毒实验中，墨西哥湾扇贝的早期D形幼虫的游泳能力受到了一定程度的抑制。（3）实验条件下未发现ATHK对墨西哥湾扇贝眼点幼虫的变态、存活产生明显影响，但变态后稚贝的个体大小与对照组相比有明显差异，表明有毒藻对变态过程幼体的生长有影响。（4）在1小时、5小时的急性致毒实验中ATHK对墨西哥湾扇贝仔贝（壳高：5mm）的爬升能力产生了明显的抑制（1hEC50 ＝ 1，000cells/mL）。作用5小时后仔贝的附着率与对照组相比显著降低。两次48小时急性实验的结果都显示高密度的塔玛亚历山大藻（ATHK）能抑制紫贻贝成体的滤水率，平均EC50为6000cells/mL。以（产麻痹性贝毒）的塔玛亚历山大藻（ATHK）投喂紫贻贝（Mytilus edulis���，研究了麻痹性贝毒在紫贻贝体内的累积、转化与排出规律。结果表明，在八天的累积实验阶段，紫贻贝消化腺和肌肉组织中的毒素含量均随实验时间的延长而逐渐增加；累积实验结束时，平均每只贝体内的毒素量为13.40nmol，累积率为12.45％（以每只贝的总染毒量为107.67nmol计），毒性水平为12.24μgSTXeq／100g，还未达到国际上公认的贝类食用卫生标准（80μgSTXeq／100g）；贻贝消化腺的累积能力远远高于肌肉组织，累积实验结束时，消化腺中的毒素含量为13.07nmol，累积率为12.14％，而肌肉组织中的毒素量只有0.33nmol，累积率只有0.31％。消化腺中累积的毒素占贝体内毒素总量的97.5％。在八天的排出实验阶段贝体内的毒素总量有下降的趋势，只有进一步延长自净的时间，才能得到更明了的排出规律。

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.

Effects of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate and sodium dodecyl sulfate on the Mytilus galloprovincialis biomarker system

The effects of in vivo exposure of Mytilus galloprovincialis to two anionic surfactants (SDBS and SDS) on the molecular biomarker system were studied. After continuous exposure for 72 days, activities/levels of GST, GPx and GSH were significantly higher than in corresponding control groups following exposure to 3.000 mg/L SDS and SDBS. Activities of SOD and CAT were significantly inhibited by experimental SDBS (except CAT in 0.100 mg/L group), but not by SDS. Statistical analysis of enzyme activities/levels suggested that there were significant positive relationships between GST and GPx, and negative relationships were found between GSH and CAT, GSH and SOD. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) results showed that a greater genotoxic effect was observed for SDBS than for SDS. Based on the above results, the biomarker system of mussels can be affected by the two anionic surfactants (>= 3.000 mg/L); it was more easily affected by SDBS than by SDS. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

以营养动力学为基础的种间竞争模型的建立

本文从生物种群增长的营养动力学理论出发，建立了一个新的种间竞争的数学模型，这是单种群增长的崔-Iawson模型在种间竞争中的发展和推广。二者有着共同的比较真实可靠的理论基础。新的种间竞争模型在特殊条件下转化为经典的Lotka-Volterra竞争方程，二者有着相同的定性行为，但是，用作者提出的种群竞争力指数，新的种间竞争模型能够能够给予种间竞争结局一个符合生物、生态学原理的解，而且，新的种间竞争模型在定量行为上大大扩充了Lotka-Volterra竞争方程，例如，以非线性种内，种间竞争功能反应代替了Lotka-Volterra竞争方程线性种内、种间竞争功能反应。因此，新的种间竞争模型是对经典的Lotka-Volterra竞争方程的扩充。对Gause的原生Paramecium和caudatum Stylonychia mytilus种竞争实验的数据拟合表明，新的种间竞争模型与种间竞争实验结果达到非常好的吻合，相反，Lotka-Volterra竞争方程拟合效果很差。将新的种间竞争模型尝试性地应用于长白山北坡岳桦云冷杉林的优势树种的动态特性分析和预测，也得到良好的结果。本项研究弥补了生物种群增长的营养动力学研究在种间竞争方面的不足；克服了经典的Lotka-Volterra竞争方程及其他种间竞争模型的局限，发展和完善了种间竞争的理论；这对于促进生态学向成熟发展具有重要意义。

Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

This article documents the addition of 512 microsatellite marker loci and nine pairs of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) sequencing primers to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia, Bashania fangiana, Bashania fargesii, Chaetodon vagabundus, Colletes floralis, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, Coptotermes gestroi, Crotophaga major, Cyprinella lutrensis, Danaus plexippus, Fagus grandifolia, Falco tinnunculus, Fletcherimyia fletcheri, Hydrilla verticillata, Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus, Leavenworthia alabamica, Marmosops incanus, Miichthys miiuy, Nasua nasua, Noturus exilis, Odontesthes bonariensis, Quadrula fragosa, Pinctada maxima, Pseudaletia separata, Pseudoperonospora cubensis, Podocarpus elatus, Portunus trituberculatus, Rhagoletis cerasi, Rhinella schneideri, Sarracenia alata, Skeletonema marinoi, Sminthurus viridis, Syngnathus abaster, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis, Verticillium dahliae, Wasmannia auropunctata, and Zygochlamys patagonica. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Chaetodon baronessa, Falco columbarius, Falco eleonorae, Falco naumanni, Falco peregrinus, Falco subbuteo, Didelphis aurita, Gracilinanus microtarsus, Marmosops paulensis, Monodelphis Americana, Odontesthes hatcheri, Podocarpus grayi, Podocarpus lawrencei, Podocarpus smithii, Portunus pelagicus, Syngnathus acus, Syngnathus typhle,Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvauceli and Verticillium albo-atrum. This article also documents the addition of nine sequencing primer pairs and sixteen allele specific primers or probes for Oncorhynchus mykiss and Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; these primers and assays were cross-tested in both species.

贝藻混养系统中贝类食物来源的定量分析

应用稳定碳、氮同位素比值法和脂肪酸标志分析法，较为系统地研究了贝藻混养系统中滤食性贝类的食物来源，评估了大型藻类对混养系统及滤食性贝类的物质贡献。主要研究结果如下： 1.综述了典型生态系统中大型藻类和滤食性贝类各自的生态学地位和作用，大型藻类与滤食性贝类不仅在水体营养盐方面存在互利关系，二者在物质循环与收支方面同样具有耦合性，大型藻类提供的颗粒态有机质可以为滤食性贝类提供饵料来源。 2.总结了稳定同位素比值法和脂肪酸标志法在海洋生态系统食物来源及食物网分析中的应用，并建立了两种方法的具体操作规程。 3.分析了栉孔扇贝Chlamys farreri和海带Laminaria japonica混养系统中海带碎屑形成及释放不同阶段的生态学特征，评估了碎屑对扇贝的饵料贡献。海带在6周内释放了自身约27％的碳；碎屑形成及释放过程中C:N比值显著下降，同时伴随着旺盛的细菌降解，碎屑中也发现有大量硅藻类和原生动物存在。稳定同位素分析证实海带碎屑是混养期间扇贝的主要食物来源。 4.查明了春季胶州湾潮间带自然分布的长牡蛎Crassostrea gigas、紫贻贝Mytilus galloprovincialis和湾内浅海筏式养殖栉孔扇贝的可能食物来源。湾内栉孔扇贝饵料组成中浮游硅藻类为最主要部分，同时混杂有陆源有机质和细菌类物质；潮间带自然生长的牡蛎和贻贝饵料组成中，浮游植物占86.2-89.0％，种类组成中除硅藻外还包括一定比例的金藻和甲藻类；潮间带繁盛的孔石莼Ulva pertusa藻床为两种贝类提供了8.7-11.0％的补充食物来源。 5.揭示了桑沟湾贝藻混养海区春、夏季栉孔扇贝饵料来源组成情况及其季节变化，评估了海带养殖区碎屑碳量季节变化及海带来源碳对扇贝组织碳的贡献。结果表明，湾内贝藻混养区碎屑碳量为75.52-265.19 μg l-1，其在水体总颗粒态有机碳中的比例为25.6-73.8％。海带来源碎屑碳对栉孔扇贝组织碳的贡献比例为14.1-42.8％，且与水体碎屑碳比例的季节变化存在极显著相关性(F=0.992, P=0.004)。5月份湾外海带养殖区水体碎屑碳量为110.12-144.71 μg l-1，显著高于湾内无海带区（75.52 μg l-1），湾外养殖的扇贝组织中海带来源碳比例为22.0-24.1％，显著高于湾内单养区扇贝（9.6％）。估算结果表明，桑沟湾每年收获的6967吨（总湿重）栉孔扇贝中，海带提供了约57.1吨碳，换算为海带干物质为219.6吨。脂肪酸标志分析结果表明，2月份至8月份硅藻类在扇贝饵料组成中比例逐渐下降，而细菌类比例逐渐升高。整个采样期间，EPA/DHA比例较低，说明扇贝饵料组成中可能包括高DHA含量的组分。

环境因子对养殖生物白斑综合症传播和分子生物标志物系统的影响研究

本文研究了海洋微藻在白斑综合症(white spot syndrome)暴发中的可能作用，以及阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)和十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)长期暴露对紫贻贝(Mytilus galloprovincialis)生物标志物系统的影响(72 d)。 1．海洋微藻在养殖对虾白斑综合症传播中的作用研究 为了证实海洋微藻是否是养殖对虾白斑综合症的传播途径，我们首先将六种海洋微藻：球定边金藻(Isochrysis galbana)、中肋骨条藻(Skeletonema costatum)、小球藻(Chlorella sp. )、赤潮异湾藻(Heterosigma akashiwo)、锥状斯氏藻(Scrippsiella trochoidea)和盐藻(Dunaliella salina)，与人工注射感染白斑病毒(white spot syndrome virus)的成体日本囊对虾共同培养，用套氏PCR方法检测共培养的微藻能否携带白斑病毒。在此基础上，进一步研究了共培养后的海洋微藻是否能感染幼体日本囊对虾。研究结果表明，除了H. akashiwo，实验海洋微藻均可携带白斑病毒，但它们携带病毒的能力有明显差异，Chlorella sp.和S. trochoidea携带白斑病毒的能力较强；但是，与白斑病毒的其他携带者（如桡足类等）不同，携带病毒的海洋微藻10天后病毒检测结果均呈阴性。共培养后小球藻组可感染幼体日本囊对虾，但幼体携带病毒的量只能通过二步PCR方法才能检测到。上述结果表明，海洋微藻在WSSV的水平传播途径中具有一定的作用。 2．表面活性剂对紫贻贝生物标志物系统的影响研究 以青岛胶州湾现场调查数据为依据，选择阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)和十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)作为污染物、以近海底栖生物紫贻贝为受试生物，研究了长期暴露后紫贻贝生化指标(SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx, GST, iNOS, AKP)和遗传毒理指标(AFLP指纹图谱)的变化。实验结果发现: 经过72d不同浓度暴露后，SDBS实验组紫贻贝体内的SOD、CAT和iNOS活性均有显著下降（除CAT 0.1mg/L组外），GSH、GST和GPx在3.0mg /L SDS、SDBS组较各自对照组均有显著升高。SDBS对紫贻贝生化指标影响的显著性水平大于SDS。统计分析显示，SDBS暴露组下GST与GPx呈显著正相关关系，iNOS与SOD也表现出一定正相关,但GSH与CAT、GSH与SOD呈现显著负相关关系。SDS浓度与GST呈显著正相关，而SDBS浓度与CAT呈显著负相关。另外，实验结果发现后闭壳肌中iNOS是一个具有应用前景的阴离子表面活性剂暴露生物标志物。AFLP标记结果统计显示，在实验给定的污染物浓度下，SDBS基因毒性要大于SDS；不同的DNA指纹图谱以及遗传距离图显示不同的污染物造成的DNA损伤是不同的。结果表明，在长期暴露条件(72 d)下，一定浓度的阴离子表面活性剂可以对岗哨生物紫贻贝的SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx, GST, iNOS和AFLP指纹图谱一组指标产生显著影响。

海洋经济动物精子超低温保存的研究

从1949年以来经过近五十年的发展，超低温保存种质细胞技术已经趋于成熟，特别是在家畜推广良种化的过程中发挥重要作用。对海洋动物种质细胞保存研究的范围主要集中在鲑鳟鱼类和牡蛎等少数几种海洋生物上。本研究结合“国家自然科学基金”研究项目，进行了三种贝类和两种鱼类精子的超低温保存实验，得到了它们在液氮（－196 ℃）条件下的适宜保存条件。栉孔扇贝（Chlamys farreri）冻精解冻后复苏比例、受精率和孵化率最高可达到49.39％、42.06％和12.15睦栉孔扇贝精子超低温保存时发生冷冻伤害的温度范围在－30 ℃～－60 ℃；其低温保存的最适降温速率为20 ℃／min；使用抗冻剂二甲基亚砜（DMSO）的最适浓度为5 ℃，其保存效果优于甘油；样品保存的最佳体积为0.6ml～1ml；解冻精子的最适水温为35 ℃，50 ℃次之，20 ℃最差；用自然海水激活解冻后精子的效果好于低盐度溶液；在0 ℃进行预处理平衡时间不宜太长；在抗冻液中加入蛋黄对保存效果没有改善，并且会对冻精的孵化率有抑制作用；用20 ℃／min和5％DMSO冷冻精子，液氮中保存栉孔扇贝精子55天后其复苏比例达到42.17％。超低温保存紫贻贝（Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck）精子，解冻后其复苏比例、受精率和孵化率最高可达到41.63％、69.52％和54.74％。保存紫贻贝精子最适降温速率为5 ℃／min，发生冻伤的温度范围是－20 ℃～－60 ℃；使用抗冻剂DMSO的保存效果好于甘油，且使用抗冻剂DMSO的最适浓度为15％；利用自然海水激活冻精效果好于低盐度或高pH值的溶液；样品体积（在0.2～1ml之间）对保存效果没有影响；采用15％DMSO和5 ℃／min的降温速率处理精子，液氮中保存90天后复苏比例仍达到41.8％。保存菲律宾蛤仔（Ruditapes philippinarum （Adams and Reeve））精子的最适降温速率为5 ℃／min，发生冻伤的温度范围是－30 ℃～－60 ℃；抗冻剂DMSO的保存效果好于甘油，也用DMSO与甘油混合使用，使用抗冻剂DMSO的最适浓度为10％；利用自然海水激活冻精效果好于低盐度或高pH的溶液；样品体积（在0.2％～1.6ml之间）对保存效果有显著影响。冷冻保存后精子复苏比例、受精率和孵化率最高达到40.84％、68.87％和47.17％；以最适降温速率和抗冻剂浓度处理精子，并在液氮中保存36天后冻精复苏比例仍可以达到38.54％。黑鲷（Sparus macrocephalus）精子经过超低温保存后复苏率、存活率最高可以达到61.37％和61.4。保存黑鲷精子时发生冷冻伤害的温度范围是－20 ℃～－60 ℃，适宜的降温速率为20 ℃／min；使用抗冻剂DMSO的适宜浓度为20％；样品体积对保存效果有相关性；利用自然海水激活冻精效果好于低盐度或高pH值的溶液；使用20％DMSO和20 ℃／min降温速率处理，在液氮中保存黑鲷精子66天后解冻，其复苏率和存活率分别为59.81％和58.45％。在液氮中保存真鲷（Pagrosomus major）精子时发生冷冻伤害的温域为－30 ℃～－60 ℃，适宜的降温速率为20 ℃／min；使用抗冻剂DMSO的适宜浓度为20％；采用低盐度或高pH值的溶液激活冻精的效果不如自然海水。真鲷冻精的复苏率和存活率最高可达到50.73％和62.5；以20 ℃／min和20％DMSO处理真鲷精子，保存在液氮中46天后冻精复苏率和存活率为50.63％和61.02％。通过对多种贝类和鱼类精子的超低温保存实验，不仅获得超低温保存基本条件，并且通过显微镜观察结合前人的研究，对产生冻伤的原因和保护的机理提出了一个模式。

Food sources of three bivalves living in two habitats of Jiaozhou Bay (Qingdao, China): Indicated by lipid biomarkers and stable isotope analysis

Food Sources of three filter-feeding bivalves from two habitats (intertidal oyster Crassostrea gigas, mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. and subtidal cultured scallop Chlamys farreri) of Jiaozhou Bay (Qingdao,China) were determined by fatty acid and stable isotope in analysis. Cultured scallop was characterized by significant diatom markets such as 16:1/16:0 close to 1 and high ratio of 20:5(n - 3)/22:6(n - 3), hence we assume that the scallop mainly feeds on diatoms. Fatty acid biomarkers specific to bacteria and terrestrial materials were also found in considerable amounts in scallop tissue, which suggested that there were Substantial bacterial and terrestrial input into the food of the species. Intertidal oyster and mussel, however, exhibited significant flagellate marker. 22:6(n - 3). and lower level of diatom markers. which indicated that flagellates are also part of intertidal bivalves' Planktonic food Sources: meanwhile, high level of Chlorophyta fatty acid marker, Sigma 18:2(n - 6) + 18:3(n - 3), suggested that Ulva pertusa (Chlorophyta) seaweed bed supplied important food sources to intertidal bivalves. Additionally, result of stable isotope analysis showed that phytoplankton contributed 86.2 to 89.0% to intertidal bivalves' carbon budget; macroalga U. pertusa origin source had a contribution of MIX, to 11.0%, which indicated its role Lis in important supplemental food source to intertidal bivalves. From this study. it is concluded that the dietary difference of three bivalves probably relates to the different potential food sources in the scallop farm and intertidal zone in Jiaozhou Bay.

Its length polymorphism in oysters and its use in species identification

In an effort to develop genetic markers for oyster identification, we studied length polymorphism in internal transcribed spacers (ITS) between major ribosomal RNA genes in 12 common species of Ostreidae: Crassostrea virginica, C. rhizophorae, C. gigas, C. angulata, C. sikamea, C. ariakensis, C. hongkongensis, Saccostrea echinata, S. glomerata, Ostrea angasi, O. edulis, and O. conchaphila. We designed two pairs of primers and optimized PCR conditions for simultaneous amplification of ITS 1 and ITS2 in a single PCR. Amplification was successful in all 12 species, and PCR products were visualized on high-resolution agarose gels. ITS2 was longer than ITS 1 in all Crassostrea and Saccostrea species, whereas they were about the same size in the three Ostrea species. No intraspecific variation in ITS length was detected. Among species, the length of ITS I and ITS2 was polymorphic and provided unique identification of 8 species or species pairs: C. ariakensis, C. hongkongensis, C. sikamea, O. conchaphila, C. virginica/C. rhizophorae, C. gigas/C. angulata, S. echinata/S. glonzerata, and O. angasi/O. edulis. The ITS assay provides simple, rapid and effective identification of C. ariakensis and several other oyster species. Because the primer sequences are conserved, the ITS assay may be useful in the identification of other bivalve species.