华鳈的繁殖生物学

根据野外调查和室内养殖的结果,华鳈一龄即达性成熟,绝对怀卵量在1040—5580粒之间,相对怀卵量为83.3—209.6;繁殖季节为4月下旬至7月中旬,繁殖高峰期在5月中下旬;繁殖群体主要由一、二龄组成,雌雄性比为1:1;精母细胞和卵母细胞都有分批成熟现象;卵分批产于流水中,为漂流性。最后对其繁殖习性进行了较为详细的分析。

江豚背部小齿的超微结构与功能

长江江豚背部皮肤表面有一长条小齿,由1—3排组成。它是由表皮向体表突起而成。小齿区皮肤中的乳头深深伸入表皮,几达表面,它的高度在成体约占整个表皮厚度的70—80％,新生幼儿为84.6％。经研究,我们发现在小齿区皮肤中存在着大量类似于人类皮肤中的环层小体那样的被囊神经末梢和几种有鞘神经纤维束。根据这些结构,我们认为小齿是一种感觉器官,它并不能起到防止幼儿从母体背部滑落的作用。

Polychromatic single-shot spectroscopy on SOI-FET trapped electrons

The behavior of trapped electrons, in a dielectric close to the channel of a silicon SOI-FET, is studied by cryogenic microwave spectroscopy. On-resonance microwave excitation causes one of these trapped electrons to undergo spatial Rabi oscillations between widely separated trap sites. This charge displacement causes a change in the drain current of the transistor, resulting in high quality factor resonances in continuous wave spectroscopy. The potential of this effect for non-classical information processing is investigated through polychromatic single-shot spectroscopy, using on-resonance and difference frequencies. Interaction between different trapped electrons is seen in the post excitation behavior and the possibilities of quantum gate operations are discussed. © The Electrochemical Society.

Encoding of mixtures in a simple olfactory system.

Natural odors are usually mixtures; yet, humans and animals can experience them as unitary percepts. Olfaction also enables stimulus categorization and generalization. We studied how these computations are performed with the responses of 168 locust antennal lobe projection neurons (PNs) to varying mixtures of two monomolecular odors, and of 174 PNs and 209 mushroom body Kenyon cells (KCs) to mixtures of up to eight monomolecular odors. Single-PN responses showed strong hypoadditivity and population trajectories clustered by odor concentration and mixture similarity. KC responses were much sparser on average than those of PNs and often signaled the presence of single components in mixtures. Linear classifiers could read out the responses of both populations in single time bins to perform odor identification, categorization, and generalization. Our results suggest that odor representations in the mushroom body may result from competing optimization constraints to facilitate memorization (sparseness) while enabling identification, classification, and generalization.

Encoding of mixtures in a simple olfactory system

Natural odors are usually mixtures; yet, humans and animals can experience them as unitary percepts. Olfaction also enables stimulus categorization and generalization. We studied how these computations are performed with the responses of 168 locust antennal lobe projection neurons (PNs) to varying mixtures of two monomolecular odors, and of 174 PNs and 209 mushroom body Kenyon cells (KCs) to mixtures of up to eight monomolecular odors. Single-PN responses showed strong hypoadditivity and population trajectories clustered by odor concentration and mixture similarity. KC responses were much sparser on average than those of PNs and often signaled the presence of single components in mixtures. Linear classifiers could read out the responses of both populations in single time bins to perform odor identification, categorization, and generalization. Our results suggest that odor representations in the mushroom body may result from competing optimization constraints to facilitate memorization (sparseness) while enabling identification, classification, and generalization

用浮游植物的生产量估算武昌东湖鲢鳙生产潜力与鱼种放养量的探讨

本文根据浮游植物生产量求得对鲢、鳙的供饵能力,并通过浮游植物对鲢、鳙转化效率的计算,估算出武昌东湖鲢、鳙的生产潜力,进而求得武昌东湖鲢、鳙的合理投放量。作者求得东湖浮游植物全年对鲢、鳙的供饵能力是61,153吨(鲜重);由此估算出东湖鲢、鳙的生产潜力是789公斤/公顷以上,每年鱼种(四寸以上)的合理投放量,鲢是 209万尾,鳙是 110万尾。

中国粒鲇属Akysis鱼类二新种

<正> 粒鲇科Akyisidae鱼类是分布在东南亚地区的小型鱼类,包括三个属。其中大粒鲇属Achrochodomchthys Bleeker只产于苏门答腊岛、爪哇岛和加里曼丹岛。狭尾粒鲇属Breitensteinia Steindachner只产于苏门答腊岛和加里曼丹岛。粒鲇属Akysis Bleeker鱼类已记录的有下列8种:Akysis variegatus(Bleeker),1846;Akysis macronemus Bleeker,1860;Akysis pictus Gnther,1883;A

黑龙江流域鲫鱼的种群变异和生态资料

<正> 黑龙江流域的鲫鱼,是渔获物中的主要粗成之一,约占总产量的20%。黑龙江流域的水利枢扭建成后,它将成为水库中的主要养殖对象,因此,调查研究鲫鱼的生活习性及其种群变异,对于今后的渔业利用是有很大益处的。一、种群的变异鲫鱼在黑龙江流域的分布极其广泛,各种不同的水体中都能棲息生存。在额尔古纳河,鲫鱼是捕捞的主要对象;在黑龙江,则主要是分布在干流相通的附属水体中。其它如达赖湖、镜泊湖、小兴凯湖、五大连池等湖泊里均有相当数量的鱼群。

中国淡水鱼寄生桡足类鳋科的研究

<正> 一.绪言桡足类的主要组成部分是自由生活的剑水溞(Cyclopoida)和镖水溞(Calanoida),它们都是鱼类的优良食料。另一部分就是营寄生生活的种类,其中有些对于鱼类的危害性很大。鳋科(Ergasilidae)是一群由自由生活的剑水溞演变成寄生生活的过渡类型,其幼虫及雄虫完全营自由生活,只有雌性的成虫始寄生在鱼体上。因此过去如 Gurney氏等认为它们是半寄生性的种类,是很正确的论断。

An integrated 2-D model of a lithium ion battery: The effect of material parameters and morphology on storage particle stress

An integrated 2-D model of a lithium ion battery is developed to study the mechanical stress in storage particles as a function of material properties. A previously developed coupled stress-diffusion model for storage particles is implemented in 2-D and integrated into a complete battery system. The effect of morphology on the stress and lithium concentration is studied for the case of extraction of lithium in terms of previously developed non-dimensional parameters. These non-dimensional parameters include the material properties of the storage particles in the system, among other variables. We examine particles functioning in isolation as well as in closely-packed systems. Our results show that the particle distance from the separator, in combination with the material properties of the particle, is critical in predicting the stress generated within the particle. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.

Performance of joints in reinforced concrete slabs for two-way spanning action

A series of tests on filigree slab joints was performed with the aim of assessing whether such joints can be reliably used in the construction of two-way spanning reinforced concrete slabs. The test results were compared with code requirements. Adequate joint performance is shown to be achievable when the joints are appropriately detailed. Further research is recommended for the formulation of a more generic understanding when the design parameters are varied from those studied in this work.

Localization and tracking of phonating finless porpoises using towed stereo acoustic data-loggers

Cetaceans produce sound signals frequently. Usually, acoustic localization of cetaceans was made by cable hydrophone arrays and multichannel recording systems. In this study, a simple and relatively inexpensive towed acoustic system consisting of two miniature stereo acoustic data-loggers is described for localization and tracking of finless porpoises in a mobile survey. Among 204 porpoises detected acoustically, 34 individuals (similar to 17%) were localized, and 4 of the 34 localized individuals were tracked. The accuracy of the localization is considered to be fairly high, as the upper bounds of relative distance errors were less than 41% within 173 m. With the location information, source levels of finless porpoise clicks were estimated to range from 180 to 209 dB re 1 mu Pa pp at 1 m with an average of 197 dB (N=34), which is over 20 dB higher than that estimated previously from animals in enclosed waters. For the four tracked porpoises, two-dimensional swimming trajectories relative to the moving survey boat, absolute swimming speed, and absolute heading direction are deduced by assuming the animal movements are straight and at constant speed in the segment between two consecutive locations.

Floral survey of the diatom genera Cymbella and Gomphonema (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyta) from the Jolmolungma mountain region of China

We report on taxa from the diatom genera Gomphonema and Cymbella (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyta) found in the Jolmolungma Mountain region of China. This region is unique for its diversity of habitats, which include rivers, springs, moist soil, snowfields, swamps and lakes. We re-examine diatom taxa found in samples first documented in 1973 (Jao et A, 1973) and incorporate recent taxonomic revisions from the literature. In the genera Gomphonema and Cymbella we report 113 species and varieties. Of these 113 taxa, 59 are new record for China; 1 new combination, Encyonema jolmolungmensis, is made. Morphometric data and habitat features are reported for each taxon. Their distribution is strongly correlated to their microhabitats.

Crustacean zooplankton size structure in aquaculture lakes: is larger size structure always associated with higher grazing pressure?

Crustacean zooplankton size structure in 27 aquaculture lakes was studied to test the hypothesis that larger size structure is associated with higher grazing pressure. Mean body length of crustaceans was positively correlated with increasing Chl a (r(2) = 0.40, P = 0.000) and TP (r(2) = 0.38, P = 0.000), contrary to the empirical studies. However, the ratio of zooplankton to phytoplankton biomass decreased significantly with increasing TP (r(2) = 0.27, P = 0.005) and mean body length (r(2) = 0.46, P = 0.000). Meanwhile, size structure showed no significant effect in explaining residual variations of phosphorus-chlorophyll relationship (P = 0.231). These results indicate that larger size structure was not always associated with higher zooplankton grazing pressure. It is likely that in aquaculture lakes crustacean zooplankton size structure was of minor importance in control of phytoplankton biomass, and it was mainly regulated by fish predation. The results showed in our study and the empirical studies might be a reflection of two different stages of lake eutrophication and fish predation intensity.

The functional divergence of two glgP homologues in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803

Glycogen phosphorylase (GlgP, EC 2.4.1.1) catalyzes the cleavage of glycogen into glucose-1-phosphate (Glc-1-P), the first step in glycogen catabolism. Two glgP homologues are found in the genome of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, a unicellular cyanobacterium: sll1356 and slr1367. We report on the different functions of these glgP homologues. sll1356, rather than slr1367, is essential for growth at high temperatures. On the other hand, when CO2-fixation and the supply of glucose are both limited, slr1367 is the key factor in glycogen metabolism. In cells growing autotrophically, sll1356 plays a more important role in glycogen digestion than slr1367. This functional divergence is also supported by a phylogenetic analysis of glgP homologues in cyanobacteria.