The Driftnet Fishery in the Fort Pierce-Port Salerno Area off Southeast Florida

From May through September 1987, observations were made on 38 trips in the driftnet fishery off the Fort Pierce-Port Salerno area off southeast Florida. Of the number and weight of fish landed on observed trips, 91.6 percent consisted of king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, the targeted species. Over 33 species of fishes were observed among the discarded by-catch. The most frequently occurring species in the discards was little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus, which made up 67.0 percent by number of the discarded by-catch. Total landings for all commercial gear from Saint Lucie and Martin counties (the counties of the study area) increased 516,741 pounds from 1986 to 1987. In 1986, 55 percent of the catch was from handline and 45 percent from driftnet landings. In 1987, 78 percent was from driftnet and 22 percent from handline landings. A comparison of lengths from recreational and commercial landings showed recreationally caught fish to be, on the average, smaller. No marine mammals, birds, or turtles were entangled in the net on observed trips. Data on cost of nets. fuel, and supplies plus the distribution of earnings among the crew were obtained for five driftnet boats.

Seventh European Control Conference (ECC03)

The European Control Conferences (ECC) are held every two years, under the auspices of the European Union Control Association (EUCA). The conference is held at the Faculty of Law on the campus of Cambridge University with the exception of the opening planery talks, which is held at the Corn Exchange in the City Center. The scientific program for the ECC03 included 606 regular papers, three plenary talks, six semiplenary talks, three minicourses, and two roundtable sessions.

Control of motorcycle steering instabilities

Modern high performance motorcycles often employ a steering damper producing a moment that opposes the angular velocity of the steering assembly relative to the main frame. When modeling the motorcycle in a conventional manner, the steering damper is included as an integral part of the machine. The reduction in the wobble-mode frequency is caused by the effective increase in the steering system's moment of inertia. The compensators show the potential to significantly improve the damping of both wobble and weave modes simultaneously. The dynamic characteristics of high-performance motorcycles can be improved by replacing the conventional steering damper with a passive mechanical steering compensator. The design methodology adopted uses Nyquist frequency response ideas, root-locus analysis and loop-shaping design to obtain a preliminary choice of parameters.

A FEniCS-based programming framework for modeling turbulent flow by the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations

Finding an appropriate turbulence model for a given flow case usually calls for extensive experimentation with both models and numerical solution methods. This work presents the design and implementation of a flexible, programmable software framework for assisting with numerical experiments in computational turbulence. The framework targets Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes models, discretized by finite element methods. The novel implementation makes use of Python and the FEniCS package, the combination of which leads to compact and reusable code, where model- and solver-specific code resemble closely the mathematical formulation of equations and algorithms. The presented ideas and programming techniques are also applicable to other fields that involve systems of nonlinear partial differential equations. We demonstrate the framework in two applications and investigate the impact of various linearizations on the convergence properties of nonlinear solvers for a Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes model. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

Morphometric measurements as an index for estimating yield of meat of shell fishes, 1. Crab (Scylla serrata) Forskal

Sixty one observations on length-breadth and whole weight-meat weight relations of India crab (Scylla serrata) were made. From the length of crab (cm) the whole weight (gm) can be computed by the equation: log W=-0.1708+2.3341 log L. Similarly for any given length (cm) the meat weight (gm) can be found by the relation, log w=-1.5745+3.0148 log L.

长壮蝎蝽假死行为的初步研究

对长壮蝎蝽(Laccotrephes robustusStal)成虫在水体内外的假死行为以及控制假死行为的关键部位进行了研究。结果表明:(1)水体外假死时长明显高于水体中;(2)对不同捕食压力的适应导致蝎蝽在水体内外假死行为的差别,并能够提高自身的适合度;(3)蝎蝽的假死行为并不完全受脑或某一神经节控制,胸部各体节均有独立完成假死动作的可能。

硫酸盐还原菌对汞的甲基化作用及其影响因子

从受氯碱化工废水严重污染的湖北鸭儿湖 1号氧化塘底泥中分离获得了硫酸盐还原菌 ,研究了其生理特性和环境因子对其生长的影响。并在实验室条件下建立了模拟厌氧水环境 ,通过正交实验获得汞甲基化的最佳条件 ,研究了该条件下硫酸盐还原菌在好氧和厌氧状况下对汞的甲基化作用 ,以及非生物甲基化作用。同时又分别作了单因素实验 ,并用高效液相色谱法测定了水样中不同形态的汞。结果显示 ,该硫酸盐还原菌营厌氧生活 ,在35℃、pH7 0、0 7%的盐度、0 5g/LFe2 + 和不含硫化物等条件下 ,可达到最佳生长状态。水环境

黄河干流水生态系统关键物种的识别

关键物种的保护是维持黄河健康的重要措施之一。以黄河干流不同年代生物调查资料为依据,首先根据黄河干流各个河段水生生态系统的食物结构,计算水生生态系统中各类种群的关键性指数,比较各类种群的关键性指数的大小,识别出关键种群;然后计算种群中物种保护的次序,优先保护的物种就是关键物种。研究结果表明,鱼、北方铜鱼、黄河鲤鱼及花斑裸鲤是黄河干流水生态系统中关键物种。