风和竞争对毛乌素沙地４种植物的影响

自然生境中，风是一种重要的生态/环境因子，已经引起生态学家的广泛兴趣。然而，目前对风和竞争如何共同影响植物行为的理解还很少。本文基于野外控制实验，研究赖草（Leymus secalinus）、黍（Panicum miliaceum）、油蒿（Artemisia ordosica）和雾冰藜（Bassia dasyphylla）四种沙生植物生长和形态特征对风和竞争的综合反应，以及降雨量变化是否修饰风和竞争的生态学效应。 风和竞争显著影响赖草和黍的生长和形态特征。赖草和黍的总生物量和分蘖数受密度效应影响较大，没有竞争的植株生物量和分蘖数都显著高于有竞争的植株。赖草和黍的根冠比和株高则受风因素的显著影响：风速越大，植株越趋向于降低株高并将更多的生物量分配到地下部分。除赖草株高显著外，竞争和风对两种植物生长和形态特征的交互作用不明显。 在风、竞争和水分实验中，风、竞争及其交互作用对油蒿和雾冰藜形态特征均有显著影响。油蒿株高在中风环境中最大，而雾冰藜株高在大风环境中最小;油蒿基径在弱风环境中最小，而雾冰藜则相反。种内竞争情况下的油蒿株高和基径显著高于种间竞争，而雾冰藜则相反。种内竞争情况下的油蒿株高和基径随风速的增大而减小;种间竞争情况下的油蒿株高和基径在弱风环境中最小，中等风区最大。油蒿和雾冰藜的分枝数都受竞争的显著影响，种间竞争情况下的油蒿分枝数显著高于种内竞争，而雾冰藜则相反。风显著影响油蒿的茎重比和雾冰藜的冠重比。油蒿的茎重比随风速的降低而降低。弱风环境中，雾冰藜的冠重比显著高于强风环境下的。风和竞争的交互作用显著影响油蒿生物量。种内竞争情况下，油蒿生物量在大风环境中最大，中风环境中最小;种间竞争情况下，油蒿生物量在中风环境中最大，弱风环境最小。水分显著影响油蒿的茎重比，以及雾冰藜的根冠比和基径，而对这两个种的其他生长和形态特征无显著影响。低水分情况下，油蒿的茎重比显著较高，雾冰藜的基径显著较低，并且分配更多生物量到地上部分。 这些结果初步表明，单优群落中的优势种或呈聚集分布的种群中，植株的生长符合“密度效应”原则，即密度越大，单株植物的生物量越小;并且在大风环境中，趋向于分配更多生物量到地下部分。种内竞争情况下油蒿幼苗的竞争能力强于种间竞争，这可能是自然群落中的油蒿不是聚集分布的一个原因。

China, India, and the Environment

This work was supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2007CB411600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30621092, 30623007), and Bureau of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province.

抗HIV p24多肽单克隆抗体和抗血清的制备及初步应用

检测p2 4抗原的诊断试剂在AIDS研究和防治方面具有重要意义。为研制国产HIVp2 4抗原诊断试剂 ,根据国内外文献 ,合成了HIVp2 4抗原的六个肽段 :G -A 12 ,D -R 16 ,P -S 18,A -G 2 3(HIV - 2ROD) ,P -S 18,N -I 15以及D -C 2 2。六个肽段中 ,N -I 15肽和D -C 2 2肽用于制备McAb ,其余 4个用于制备山羊抗血清。除D -R 16肽的滴度较低 (1∶2 0 0 0 )外 ,其余三个肽的抗血清滴度都在 1∶10 0 0 0以上。McAb中 ,N -I 15肽的反应比D -C 2 2肽要强 ,但两者的腹水滴度相同 ,均为 1∶10 0 0。单抗铺板检测病毒 p2 4抗原的非特异性反应比较强。用山羊抗血清铺板 ,1∶80 0 0的稀释度检测效果最好。用我们研制的抗体检测不出裂解HIV - 1ⅢB中 p2 4 ,却能够测出Abbott公司p2 4抗原诊断试剂盒的阳性对照 (HIVAG - 1)。用北海道大学免疫科学研究所研制的单抗和人阳性血清做的交叉对照实验表明 ,可能是由于合成肽免疫产生的抗体与裂解病毒p2 4的亲和力较差引...

A comparative ecological study on internationally important wetlands of Khoor-e-Kolahy and Tiab

Ecological study on Kolahy and 'flab estuaries were carried out during 1996-1997. Water and sediment sampling was done seasonally. In order to study the physical and chemical characteristic of the water, various animal fauna from different material niches including planktons and fish from water, benthousi from the sediment , and surface living animal such as Arthropod (Crabs) and Waterbirds were identified. I he result shoved, that water salinity of both estuaries was the same as the general salinity existing its the Persian Gulf water, and its variation is same IN those waters Minimum water salinity in both estuaries are seen during Bahairdan or early winter mooth(Jaa.), which is about 31ppt and Maximum is during .rirldlun.) or summer mouth at about 19 ppt. Dissolved otygen and pH are slime as the general Persian Gulf waters., Dissolve Oxygen being directly associated to temperature and its fluctuation is between 7- Sing/I and pH between 7.5-LS. The animals of both estuaries are almost similar having a sal factory species diversity . The birds of the region are often seasonal migrants , the maximum population of which occurs in winter season and the minimum during summer month. Nam coverage is richer in Tiab than Kolahy estuary, where in Kolahy a signal Mangrove tree is in exigence. 'Ile total coverage of Mangrove forest in Tiab is estimated about -29 hec.Both estuaries are included with in the international Ramsar Convention sites in 1971. Due to national importance of these estuaries inproviding refugee for various birds species and also hinting grounds and access traffic for local fishing vehicles, Actiog as an important access for various inhabitancy living with these area of the Persian Gulf. Due to importance or prawn aquacultur for the economical well being of local inhabitance, these areas provide a suitable grandees for prawn production. I-test statistics show, there are no significant difference among various invertebrate and vertebrate animals. In over all out look 21) phytoplankton genera, 21) zeoplankton genera 17 miafauna and 32 roaerofauna genera , 11 different species Carcineacearions and 119 species of walerbirds were identified with in the Tiab and Kolahy estuariesregioos. The X statistic show that the animal density is directly associated to season. Where density of miofauna and maerofauna in both estuaries are in maiticrourn during summer and the minimums existing during the winter season. In addition the bentic invertebrate population density in closlly association to birds population density since , the later, feeds on the former animals. Where the increasing in bird population density during the winter season, the bentic invertebrate animal population density decreases. The over all trend of animal population density in winter tend to increased towards the summer seasons, which this is due to climatic conditions of the region. The bird population on the contrary to other animals of both estuaries tend to increase from summer towards the winter seasons and which this bird population density is in maximum in winter with in the region.

Elevated ability to compete for limited food resources by 'all-fish' growth hormone transgenic common carp Cyprinus carpio

Food consumption, number of movements and feeding hierarchy of juvenile transgenic common carp Cyprinus carpio and their size-matched non-transgenic conspecifics were measured under conditions of limited food supply. Transgenic fish exhibited 73 center dot 3% more movements as well as a higher feeding order, and consumed 1 center dot 86 times as many food pellets as their non-transgenic counterparts. After the 10 day experiment, transgenic C. carpio had still not realized their higher growth potential, which may be partly explained by the higher frequency of movements of transgenics and the 'sneaky' feeding strategy used by the non-transgenics. The results indicate that these transgenic fish possess an elevated ability to compete for limited food resources, which could be advantageous after an escape into the wild. It may be that other factors in the natural environment (i.e. predation risk and food distribution), however, would offset this advantage. Thus, these results need to be assessed with caution.

Enzymatic activities in constructed wetlands and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) biodegradation

The bioaccumulation of phthalate acid esters (PAEs) from industrial products and their mutagenic action has been suggested to be a potential threat to human health. The effects of the most frequently identified PAE, Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), and its biodegradation, were examined by comparison of two small scale plots (SSP) of integrated vertical-flow constructed wetlands. The influent DBP concentration was 9.84 mg l(-1) in the treatment plot and the control plot received no DBP. Soil enzymatic activities of dehydrogenase, catalase, protease, phosphatase, urease, cellulase, beta-glucosidase, were measured in the two SSP after DBP application for 1 month and 2 months, and 1 month after the final application. Both treatment and control had significantly higher enzyme activity in the surface soil than in the subsurface soil (P < 0.001) and greater enzyme activity in the down-flow chamber than in the up-flow chamber (P < 0.05). In the constructed wetlands, DBP enhanced the activities of dehydrogenase, catalase, protease, phosphatase and inhibited the activities of urease, cellulase and beta-glucosidase. However, urease, cellulase, beta-glucosidase activities were restored 1 month following the final DBP addition. Degradation of DBP was greater in the surface soil and was reduced in sterile soil, indicating that this process may be mediated by aerobic microorgansims. DBP degradation fitted a first-order model, and the kinetic equation showed that the rate constant was 0.50 and 0.17 d(-1), the half-life was 1.39 and 4.02 d, and the r(2) was 0.99 and 0.98, in surface and subsurface soil, respectively. These results indicate that constructed wetlands are able to biodegrade organic PA-Es such as DBP. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Manopt, a matlab toolbox for optimization on manifolds

Optimization on manifolds is a rapidly developing branch of nonlinear optimization. Its focus is on problems where the smooth geometry of the search space can be leveraged to design effcient numerical algorithms. In particular, optimization on manifolds is well-suited to deal with rank and orthogonality constraints. Such structured constraints appear pervasively in machine learning applications, including low-rank matrix completion, sensor network localization, camera network registration, independent component analysis, metric learning, dimensionality reduction and so on. The Manopt toolbox, available at www.manopt.org, is a user-friendly, documented piece of software dedicated to simplify experimenting with state of the art Riemannian optimization algorithms. By dealing internally with most of the differential geometry, the package aims particularly at lowering the entrance barrier. © 2014 Nicolas Boumal.

Taxonomic revision of water-bloom-forming species of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria

A polyphasic approach was used to clarify the taxonomy of the water-bloom-forming oscillatorioid cyanobacteria. Seventy-five strains of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria were characterized by 16S rDNA sequence analysis, DNA base composition, DNA-DNA hybridization, fatty acid composition, phycobilin pigment composition, complementary chromatic adaptation, morphological characters, growth temperature and salinity tolerance. Phylogenetic analysis based on 165 rDNA sequences divided the strains into six groups, all of which were clearly separated from the type species of the genus Oscillatoria, Oscillatoria princeps Gomont NIVA CYA 150. Therefore, these strains should be classified into genera other than Oscillatoria. Groups I-III were closely related to one another and groups IV-VI were distinct from one another and from groups I to III. Group I was further divided into two subgroups, group I-pc, which includes strains containing only phycocyanin (PC), and group I-pe, which includes strains containing large amounts of phycoerythrin (PE) in addition to PC. This phenotypic distinction was supported by DNA-DNA hybridization studies. Based on the properties examined herein and data from traditional, botanical taxonomic studies, the groups and subgroups were classified into single species and we propose either emended or new taxonomic descriptions for Planktothrix agardhii (type strain NIES 204(T)), Planktothrix rubescens (type strain CCAP 1459/22(T)) Planktothrix pseudagardhii sp. nov. (type strain T1-8-4(T)), Planktothrix mougeotii (type strain TR1-5(T)), Planktothricoides raciborskii gen. nov., comb. nov. (type strain NIES 207(T)), Tychonema bourrellyi (type strain CCAP 1459/11B(T)) and Limnothrix redekei (type strain NIVA CYA 277/1(T)).

Optical microwave generation using two parallel DFB lasers integrated with Y-branch waveguide coupler

A new device of two parallel distributed feedback (DFB) lasers integrated monolithically with Y-branch waveguide coupler was fabricated by means of quantum well intermixing. Optical microwave signal was generated in the Y-branch waveguide coupler through frequency beating of the two laser modes coming from two DFB laser in parallel, which had a small difference in frequency. Continuous rapid tuning of optical microwave signal from 13 to 42 GHz were realized by adjusting independently the driving currents injected into the two DFB lasers.