A guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon. Supplement 3

This supplement to the “Guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon” by A. S. Mendis and C. H. Fernando. Bull Fish. Res. Stn. Ceylon 12, 160 pp. (1962) includes a number of additional records to the fauna and nomenclatural changes designed to bring the names of the Rotifera, and Hydracarina up to date. This latter involves a complete change in naming of Rotifera to keep in line with modern nomenclature synonymizing species where necessary. A major study on the water mites of India by Cook (1067) has necessitated considerable changes in the naming of Ceylonese species. Besides the Rotifera and Hydracarina the Ilemiptera-Heteroptera have received attention as regards the Corixidae and new generic and specific records from published and unpublished material has been included. A major difficulty in studying freshwater animals (for that matter any animals) is the lack of suitable illustrations of local forms. An attempt has been made to fill this gap for the Rotifera and Turbellaria, It is hoped that in future supplements other groups can be similarly dealt with.

云南省澜沧江自然保护区鸟类资源调查

2005年3～4月,对云南省临沧地区澜沧江自然保护区的鸟类资源进行了调查.通过观察和网捕调查,共计采集记录105种鸟类.结合中国科学院昆明动物研究所鸟类标本室收藏的临沧地区的207种鸟类标本,以及该地区的有关文献资料记录的84种,保护区内共有396种鸟类,隶属55 科(另4亚科)19 目,占云南省所录鸟类种数848种的47%,全国鸟类种数1331种的30%.其中国家一级保护物种2种,二级保护物种39种.保护区内记录的鸟类有留鸟307种,占所录鸟类的78%.区系成分以东洋界物种为主,有292种,占繁殖鸟类总种数的83%.亚区级区系分析表明保护区内的鸟类以滇南山地亚区和西南山地亚区的种类为主,前者成分稍多于后者,说明该地区处于由滇南山地亚区向西南山地亚区过渡的地带.结合该区鸟类垂直分布的特点,提出应加强对原生及次生阔叶林的保护,尤其是对成熟次生林的保护,因为它们对保存该保护区的大多数物种具有重要的价值.

Ultrafast sputtered ZnO thin films with high kT for acousticwave device applications

The fabrication of high frequency acoustic wave devices requires thedevelopment of thin films of piezoelectric materials with improved morphologicaland electro-acoustical properties. In particular, the crystalline orientationof the films, surface morphology, film stress and electrical resistivity are keyissues for the piezoelectric response. In the work reported here, ZnO thinfilms were deposited at high rates (>50 nm/min) using a novel process knownas the High Target Utilisation Sputtering (HiTUS). The films deposited possessexcellent crystallographic orientation, high resistivity (>109ωm), and exhibit surface roughness and film stress one order of magnitudelower than films grown with standard magnetron sputtering. The electromechanicalcoupling coefficient of the films, kT, was precisely calculated byimplementing the resonant spectrum method, and was found to be at least 6%higher than any previously reported kT of magnetron sputtered filmsto the Authors' knowledge. The low film stress of the film is deemed as one ofthe most important factors responsible for the high k T valueobtained. © 2010 IEEE.

Innovative fabrication of PZT pillar arrays by a colloidal approach

An innovative approach for fabricating pillar arrays for ultrasonic transducer applications is disclosed. It involves the preparation of concentrated piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) suspensions in aqueous solutions of epoxy resin and its polymerization upon adding a polyamine based hardener. Zeta potential and rheological measurements revealed that 1wt.% dispersant, 20wt.% of epoxy resin and a hardener/epoxy resin ratio of 0.275mLg -1, were the optimized contents to obtain strong PZT samples with high green strength (35.21±0.39MPa). Excellent ellipsoidal and semi-circle shaped pillar arrays presenting lateral dimensions lower than 10μm and 100μm height were successfully achieved. The organics burning off was conducted at 500°C for 2h at a heating rate of 1°Cmin -1. Sintering was then carried out in the same heating cycle at 1200°C for 1h. The microstructures of the green and sintered ceramics were homogeneous and no large defects could be detected. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

Numerical simulation of single-stream jets from a serrated nozzle

Hybrid large-eddy type simulations for cold jet flows from a serrated nozzle are performed at an acoustic Mach number Ma ac = 0.9 and Re = 1.03×10 6. Since the solver being used tends towards having dissipative qualities, the subgrid scale (SGS) model is omitted, giving a numerical type LES (NLES) or implicit LES (ILES) reminiscent procedure. To overcome near wall streak resolution problems a near wall RANS (Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes) model is smoothly blended to the LES making a hybrid RANS-ILES. The geometric complexity of the serrated nozzle is fully considered without simplification or emulation. An improved but still modest hexahedral multi-block grid with circa 20 million grid points (with respect to 12.5 million in Xia et al.; Int J Heat Fluid Flow 30:1067-1079, 2009) is used. Despite the modest grid size, encouraging and improved results are obtained. Directly resolved mean and second-order fluctuating quantities along the jet centerline and in the jet shear layer compare favorably with measurements. The radiated far-field sound predicted using the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings (FW-H) surface integral method shows good agreement with the measurements in directivity and sound spectra. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

The role of sense organs in the feeding behaviour of Chinese perch

Experiments were conducted to identify the rules of the individual sense organs in the feeding behaviour of Chinese perch Siniperca chuatsi by determining the consumption of natural food after selective removal or blocking of eyes, lateral lines and olfactory organs, and also by observing the behavioural response to visual, mechanical and chemical stimulation by artificial prey. Chinese perch were able to feed properly on live prey fish when either eyes or lateral lines were intact or functional, but could scarcely feed without these two senses. Chinese perch recognized its prey by vision through the perception of motion and shape, and showed a greater dependence on vision in predation when both visual and mechanical cues were available. Chemical stimulation by natural food could not elicit any feeding response in Chinese perch, and gustation was only important to the fish for the last stage of food discrimination in the oropharyngeal cavity. The sensory basis of Chinese perch in feeding is well adapted to its nocturnal stalking hunting strategy. and also explains its peculiar food habit of accepting live prey fish only and refusing dead prey fish or artificial diets. (C) 1998 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

Spin relaxation and dephasing mechanism in (Ga,Mn)As studied by time-resolved Kerr rotation

Spin dynamics in (Ga,Mn)As films grown on GaAs(001) was investigated by Time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect. The Kerr signal decay time of (Ga,Mn)As without external magnetic field applied was found to be several hundreds picoseconds, which suggested that photogenerated polarized holes and magnetic ions are coupled as a ferromagnetic system. Nonmonotonic temperature dependence of relaxation and dephasing (R&D) time and Larmor frequency manifests that Bir-Aronov-Pikus mechanism dominates the spin R&D time at low temperature, while D'yakonov-Perel mechanism dominates the spin R&D time at high temperature, and the crossover between the two regimes is Curie temperature.

真空集热管热损性能的实验研究

本文介绍了真空集热管热损过程的实验结果。得出了热损速率随真空度的变化规律和总热损系数随温差的变化关系。在传导区内，向真空隔层填充低热导率气体可降低热损失。

利用边发射光致发光谱研究垂直腔面发射激光器材料的特性

在室温下测量了GaInP/AlGanInP垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)的光致发光谱和反射谱，通过反射测量可以很容易得到激光器的腔模波长，但是用通常的背散射配置不能测得与有源区中量子阱有关的光致发光信号，用边激发配置可以测到量子阱的光致发光谱，但这样测得的光谱已经受到激光器中的分布布拉格反射镜(DBR)的调制。采用腐蚀去上DBR层的方法可以在背散射配置下测量子阱的光致光谱，但仍无法避免下DBR层对发光谱的调制作用，从而只有采用边激发-边发射模式才能测得VCSEL中量子阱的真实的光致发光谱。

森林生态系统服务功能评估及效益补偿分析-以长白山白河林业局为例

森林生态服务功能的评价及在人类采伐活动及对其影响的研究，是生态服务功能研究的重点内容，也是当前研究的重点方向。本文以白河林业局为研究区域，选择三个林场为典型代表，利用已有的模型，充分利用森林二类调查数据并结合FORESTAR决策支持系统，综合运用GIS技术和统计方法，研究了森林生态服务功能的时空变化，并通过采伐模拟决策，预测不同采伐方案对其服务功能的影响，旨在揭示采伐与森林生态服务功能间的关系；同时将经济补偿作为解决森林生态效益外部性问题的手段，建立了经济补偿的概念模型，较深入的探讨了补偿标准问题，得出以下主要结论：①森林的涵养水源、固土保肥、吸收二氧化碳、净化空气和抑制风沙的效益中，水源涵养功能单位价值量在各项效益价值量中贡献最大，在森林生态服务功能中占有极其重要的地位。②黄松蒲林场1987年和2000年森林服务功能变化主要是由于郁闭度和林龄的改变，森林资源空间分布的变化导致了生态服务功能的经济价值在20年间减少了近40％。③运用FORESTAR森林决策支持系统模拟不同采伐方案，采伐小班的各项单位效益值都有明显的下降；三个林场经过模拟采伐后总的经济价值分别减少了353.83元／hm~2、448.62元／hm~2和457.13元／hm~2。④将补偿标准用补偿系数和森林服务的价值量来表示，充分反映了在一定社会生产条件下人民生活水平下对森林这种公共产品的支付意愿和森林本身的性质，计算出的补偿系数为0.412，三个林场的补偿费年均分别为1067元/hm~2，1161元/hm~2和1314元/hm~2，同时对其与机会成本比较是单位面积机会成本的近3倍。⑤在补偿政策的实施中，建议建立和健全多层次的经济补偿制度，通过国家财政拨款、跨区域补偿以及当地税收调节等多种途径取得补偿资金，形成跨区域补偿以及在税收中加入生态税这一个项目，可以保证补偿资金来源。