Basileia III e os dilemas da supervisão do sistema bancário internacional

A regulação e supervisão do sistema financeiro sempre foram motivos de apreensão por parte das principais autoridades econômicas mundiais. A globalização, o processo de liberalização financeira e a consequente interconexão econômica entre países maximizaram o risco sistêmico, aumentando a necessidade de marco regulatório e fiscalização mais eficientes. Assim, com a eclosão da crise norte-americana em 2008, o G-20 começou a atuar de forma mais ativa em prol da manutenção da higidez do sistema financeiro mundial. Para os bancos, o G-20 instruiu as principais instituições reguladoras como o Fundo Monetário Internacional, o Conselho de Estabilidade Financeira e o Comitê de Basileia (BCBS) a desenvolverem recomendações a fim de se solucionar o considerado principal problema da regulação dos mercados, o fato destes atualmente serem pró-cíclicos. Diante de tal cenário, em dezembro de 2009, o Comitê publicou um documento que considerou uma série de medidas a fim de solucionar tal problema, entre estas estava a inclusão do buffer de capital contracíclicodo novo marco regulatório proposto pelo Comitê, o Basileia III. O intuito do presente estudo é estudar esse buffer e analisar sua aplicabilidade no sistema bancário brasileiro e, porventura, sugerir metodologias alternativas de cálculo.

华南泥盆纪植物原蕨属的发现和原真蕨亚纲的研究

本文详细研究在我国华南泥盆系地层中发现的一种新的原真蕨植物—原蕨属（新属）propterophyton gen. nov.并详细探讨原真蕨植物的分类问题。 原真蕨植物在早期陆地维管植物系统发育中占有十分重要的地位。它是处于原始的裸蕨植物和进步的真蕨植物之间的一种过渡类型，兼具这两类植物的主要特征。 原始蕨植物的研究已有几十年的历史。但往往由于化石材料的奇缺和破碎，限制人们对它的正确认识，因而研究工作的进展一直十分缓慢。近二十多年来，一方面随着原裸子植物的确认和原裸子植物纲（progymospermopsida）的建立，一些所谓的原真蕨植物经研究后被转移到这个新钢里。另一方面，特别是近十年来，世界各国尤其是欧美的古植物学家对新发现的不少珍贵的原真蕨植物化石进行了深入研究，而使人们对这类灭绝植物的认识得以深化，并就它的分类问题，古植物学家不断提出新的见解。 在我国首次发现的原蕨属的标本十分丰富，保存完整。经过深入细致的研究，使我们对这种植物的外部形态和内部结构有了较全面的认识。并由此涉及到对整个原真蕨植物的认识得以进一步的完善，从而提出一个有关原真蕨植物的新概念。在此研究的基础上，综合国际植物学界人士近二十多年来对原真蕨植物研究的资料，本文拟把原真蕨植物归入原真蕨亚纲（primofilices）置于真蕨纲（Filicopsida）之下，与真蕨亚纲（Filices）并列。 大部分原蕨属的标本采自湖北省汉阳县米粮山采石场。化石层位于上泥盆统珞珈山群的下部，距该群底界与下伏中志留统地层之间的假整合面大约有9米。该层为—巨大的粘土岩透镜体，夹在厚至巨厚层的石英砂岩中。依据分散孢子组合的资料，这种植物的地质时代不会晚于晚泥盆世早期，即弗拉斯期（Frasnian）。另有一部分标本则采自湖南市长沙县跳马涧。其时代大约是中泥盆世晚期，即吉维特期（Givetian）。 原蕨属的化石主要保存为炭化的压型标本，部分黄铁矿化。这些标本经过精心修整，采用多种技术处理，并运用扫描电子显微镜观察，显示出了这种植物主要的外部形态和内部组织的特性。 泥盆原蕨（proptrophyton devonicum sp. Nov.）由根状茎、蕨叶和不定根三部分组成。根状茎横生地下，以细而少分枝的不定根固着于土壤中。蕨叶中仅有一枚直接由根状茎顶部生出，余为侧生，以螺旋排列为主。蕨叶由三次羽状分枝的枝系组成，单轴，不具叶片。成对的羽片在叶轴两侧互生。小羽片也以同样的方式成对互生在羽轴两侧。从而形成一种立体生长的四列式蕨叶。小羽片多为六次等二岐式分枝，没有蹼化。生殖小羽片顶部生出成对孢子囊。估计每枚小羽片上可以生长六十四个孢子囊。幼小的孢子囊圆至纺锤形，下垂。成熟的孢子囊弯眉形，直立。两个孢子囊在小羽片顶部排列成山羊角状。四个孢子囊成两对着生，形成一束。孢子囊沿囊壁内面纵裂，不具环带。孢子同型，具三裂缝。蕨叶具轴有两侧对称的维管结构：两个椭圆柱状的维管束在一侧相连，形成一个v字型结构。在维管束的另一侧具有原生木质部腔（lacuna）。后生木质部管胞放射状相连，具有梯形，椭圆形至圆形的具缘纹孔。成对的小羽片迹由两个维管束不相连的一侧交互产生。皮层分为具薄壁组织的外层和具后角组织的内层。表皮上的气孔器很小，散生，气孔与轴行，无副卫细胞。 泥盆原蕨的蕨叶由不具叶片的枝系组成，立体方式生长。小羽片等二岐式分枝。根状茎顶部直接生长一枚蕨叶。孢子囊定生，纵向开裂。这些属于裸蕨植物的原始性状，明显地不同于真蕨植物。但根、茎、叶的初步分化、蕨叶的单轴生长和羽片在叶轴两侧排列以及与之相对应的蕨叶轴内两侧对称的维管结构，表明泥盆原蕨已部分发展到真蕨植物的水平。由此可见，原蕨属即具有裸蕨植物的原始性状，又具有真蕨植物的进步性状，属于一种典型的原真蕨植物。 综合原蕨属及其它原真蕨植物如指蕨属（pseudosporochnus）,羽裂蕨属（Rhacophyton）和十字蕨属（Stauropteris）的特征，归纳出原真蕨植物的孢子体具有以下主要性状：（1）植物体由茎、蕨叶和不定根组成。（2）茎直立或匍伏生长，具放射状对称的内部结构。（3）不定根自茎生出，有的也从叶柄或叶轴生出。（4）蕨叶由完整的羽状分枝的枝系组成。由此形成的蕨叶与枝系在形态上的差异不甚明显。（5）蕨叶单轴式生长，一次多次羽状，呈背腹状或至少叶轴具备背腹性。（6）羽片和小羽片成对的或单个的侧生在轴两侧，形成立体或平面生长的蕨叶。（7）小羽片等二岐式分枝，不具叶片。（8）叶轴和羽轴具两侧对称的，中始式的维管结构。（9）孢子囊远端位着生，无环带，具简单的开裂机制。(10)孢子多为同形，稀有大小两种。简言之，原真蕨植物是一类蕨叶由羽状枝系组成，不具叶片和孢子囊不具环带的原始的真蕨植物。 这种原真蕨植物的新概念为原真蕨植物的分类和蕨叶的起源提供新的解释。 裸蕨植物与原真蕨植物的主要区别，在于后者已经出现根、茎、叶的初步分化，在系统发育中达到一个新的演化水平。但是，原真蕨植物的蕨叶仅由枝系组成，还没有形成叶片，孢子囊叶不具环带，这些特征在系统发育中又低于真蕨植物所达到的一般水平。因此，有无蕨叶叶片和孢子囊有无环带作为区分原真蕨植物和真蕨植物的主要标志。原真蕨植物应以蕨叶未形成叶片和孢子囊不具环带为特征。而真蕨植物则至少应以有叶片的蕨叶或孢子囊具环带为特征。 原真蕨植物，原裸子植物和原始楔叶植物都起源于裸蕨植物，是共同生活在泥盆，演化水平彼此接近的三大分类群。它们之间的区别主要在于叶器官和生殖器官的不同。这里又涉及到蕨叶起源的问题。 历史人们认为蕨叶（复合叶）起源于一个等二岐式分枝的侧枝。但根据已发现的化石资料，特别是原蕨属所表现的性状，蕨叶可能直接起源于具有完整的至少一次羽状分枝枝系的植物。枝系的扁化和蹼化则发生在以后的演化过程中，逐步形成具叶片的枝状复合蕨叶。而仅仅由一个等二岐式分枝的侧枝起源的叶则应归属于简单的枝状叶。本文所讨论的原裸蕨子植物和原始楔叶植物的叶，就是在茎上螺旋排列或轮生的单叶。在蕨叶中，只有小羽片才是由等二岐式分枝的侧枝起源，排列在羽轴两侧。因此，在系统发育中，原裸子植物和原始楔叶植物的茎及其着生的单叶与原真蕨植物的复合蕨叶是同源的。而单叶则与小羽片同源。 根据上述对原真蕨植物的概念和蕨叶及单叶起源的观点，结合化石植物形态学和解剖学两方面的性状，特别是以生殖器官的性状作为分类的依据，纵观几十年来原真蕨植物的分类，大致经历了三个时期。 第一个阶段于本世纪六十年代以前。这个时期的原真蕨植物的分类，受材料限制，研究的程度不够深入，基本上仅以解剖性状作为分类的主要依据。这一时期归属原真蕨植物的“蕨状植物”包括原始蕨类（protopterids）,枝木类（cladoxylaeans）和合生蕨类（coenopterids）这实际上是一个庞杂的类群，包括了后来分出的原裸子植物，原始楔叶植物以及真蕨植物。 第三个阶段从六十年代至七十年代末。由于美国 C. B. Beck博士的重大发现和深入研究的结果，不仅确立了原裸子植物是一类处于裸蕨植物和裸子植物之间的过渡类型，而且为古植物学的研究提供了很好的范例。即化石植物的正确分类也必须依据形态学和解剖学两方面的证据。生活在中泥盆世至晚泥盆世的原裸子植物既有原始维管植物自由孢子生殖的特征，又具有裸子植物木材的组织特征，即次生木质部的管胞具有典型的松柏类的圆形具缘纹孔。一些所谓的“蕨状植物”经过细致地研究被证实应属于原裸子植物，从而被转移到原裸子植物纲内。 六十年代中期，比利时古植物学家 S. Leclercq 和西德古植物学家H. J. Schweitzer 发现芦形木（Cala-mophyton）的维管结构为枝木形。因而将原来归属于原始楔叶植物叉叶目（Hyeniales）的芦形木和叉叶（Hyenia）转移到枝木目中，作为蕨状植物看待。对此，国际古植物学界尚有不同的看法。主要是由于这两种植物的生殖器官业已分化为原始的孢子囊梗，而且单叶的排列也由螺旋着生演化到假轮生的水平。 在此期间，合生蕨植物的自然分类的问题日趋被人重视。 第三个阶段开始于本世纪八十年代。这个时期有关原真蕨植物分类的核心问题。是如何确定芦形木等属的正确的分类位置和如何对合生蕨植物进行更接近于自然的分类。 枝木目(Cladoxylales）目1 9 2 7年建立以来，主要包含了一些生活在早石炭世的植物。这些植物的轴具有多维管束的组织结构。而植物体的整体形态不详。归入此目的有具枝木型维管结构的中泥盆植物指蕨，帚枝木(Cladoxylon scoparium )和芦形木都显示出相似的掌状分枝的外形．但是指蕨的叶为羽状蕨叶，小羽片两侧排列，孢子囊纺锤形，成对顶生，纵向开裂。而帚枝木和芦形术的叶为螺旋排列在茎上的单叶。芦形木的孢子囊已形成了雏形孢囊梗。帚枝木的生殖器官最初被认为是扇状深裂叶具边缘着生的孢子囊。但是1 9 8 0年Scheitger 和Giestn重新研究后，发现它的生殖结构类似芦形木，为原始的孢子囊梗。帚枝木，芦形木和叉叶的单叶与原其蕨植物的蕨叶不仅形态上截然不问，而且在排列上已趋向于轮生。与此同时，孢子囊梗已初步形成。这些性状表明这些植物与楔叶植物有密切的亲缘关系。本文不仅赞同J．E．Skog 及L. P. Banks （1973年）和W．N. Stevart （1983年）将芦形木和叉叶仍归回原始楔叶植物叉叶目，而且将蒂枝木也归入同—个目内。另外，指蕨属根据蕨叶和孢子囊的性状应属于原真蕨植物。到此为止，枝木目（狭义的）只包括具有多维管束的硅化轴的器官属，其分类位置不明。 合生蕨目（Coenopteridales)历来被认为是原真蕨植物的主要代表。过去对这类植物的认识主要建立在解剖材料上，特别是依据叶轴维管结构的形态。在某种程度上，这个目也是一个庞杂的类群。随着合生蕨的生殖结构的不断发现，人们对这类植物的分类，逐渐转移到以孢子囊的性状作为主要的分类依据。本文赞同根据孢子囊的结构，特别是依据环带的形态结构，把该目中的五个科Botryoptoridaceae, Anacboropteridaceae,　Sermaytaceae, Tedeleacoae 和 Psallxochlaenacoae转移到真蕨亚纲的真蕨目(Filicales ）内。另外本文还对比了该目中的孪生蕨科（Zygopteridaceae )的几个属的囊群，孢子囊及环带的性状与莲座目(Marattiales )中莲座科的一个化石属和一个现代属（Angiopteris ）的生殖器官的性状。根据它们之间的相似程度，建议将孪生蕨科移至莲座目。Iridopterids曾被认为是合生蕨植物。根据新的研究资料， lridopterids 与原始楔叶植物的关系比与其它植物的关系更为密切。合生蕨植物中的羽裂蕨属和十字蕨属因蕨叶不具叶片和孢子囊不具环带，似应归入原真蕨亚纲，置于各目的目下。至此为止，合生蕨植物分别归属不同类群而使该目趋于解体。 原真蕨亚纲包括四个目(指蕨目Pseudosporochnales，原蕨目Propterophytales，羽裂蕨目Rhacophytales，十字蕨目Stauropteridales)六个属( Pseudosporochrmus, Propterophyton, Rhacophyton，Protocaphalopteris, Chlidanophyton, Stauropteris) 代表两条演化路线。指蕨目独自代表一条路线。蕨叶为两度空间生长的二列式蕨叶，即单个羽片侧生在叶轴上，与现代蕨叶相似。但与现代真蕨植物之间的演化关系不详。原厥目，羽裂蕨目和十字蕨目代表另一条路线。蕨叶为立体的四列式蕨叶，即成对的羽片侧生在叶轴上。在后一条演化路线中，原蕨目处于较原始的水平。原蕨属可能直接起源于一种与裸蕨植物Pertica 相近似的祖先。羽裂蕨目较为进化。而十字蕨目则达到极为特化，即蕨叶高度简化，出现异形孢子的水平。真蕨亚纲的祖先植物可能自后一条路线中产生。

A surveillance strategy for invasive species of concern in deepwater habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

This report describes a surveillance strategy to detect deepwater invasive species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. A need for this strategy was identified in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Management Plan and the Monument’s Draft Natural Resources Science Plan. This strategy focuses on detecting two species of concern, the octocoral Carijoa riisei and the red alga Hypnea musciformis. Most research on invasive species in the Hawaiian archipelago has focused on shallow water habitats within the limits of conventional SCUBA (0-30 m). Deeper habitats such as mesophotic reefs are much more difficult to access and consequently little is known about the distribution of deepwater invasive species or their impacts. Recent deepwater (>30 m) sightings of H. musciformis and C. riisei, in and near NWHI, respectively, have prompted a call for further research and surveillance of invasive species in deepwater habitats. This report compiles the most up to date information about these two species of concern in deepwater habitats. A literature search and conversations with subject matter experts was used to identify their current distribution, preferred habitat types, optimal detection methods and ways to efficiently sample the vast extent of NWHI. The proposed sampling strategy prioritizes survey effort where C. riisei and H. musciformis are most likely to be found. At coarse spatial scales (tens to hundreds of kilometers), opportunistic observations and distance from the Main Hawaiian Islands, a principal propagule source, are used to identify high-risk islands and banks. At fine spatial scales (meters to tens of kilometers) a habitat suitability model was developed to identify high-risk habitats. The habitat suitability model focused on habitat preferences of C. riisei, since the species is well studied and adequate data exists to map habitats. There was insufficient information to identify suitable habitat for H. muscifomis. Habitat preferences for the algae are poorly understood and there is a lack of data at relevant spatial scales to map those preferences which are known. The principal habitats identified by the habitat suitability model were ledges and the edges of rugose coral reefs, where the shade loving octocoral would likely be found. Habitat suitability maps were developed for seven atolls and banks to aid in survey site selection. The protocol relied on technical divers to conduct visual surveys of benthic habitats. It was developed to increase the efficiency of surveys, maximize the probability of detection, identify important information relevant to future surveys and standardize results. The strategy, model and protocol were tested during a field mission in 2009 at several atolls and islands in NWHI. The field mission did not detect any invasive species among deepwater habitats and much was learned to improve future surveys. Data gaps and improvements are discussed.

An investigation of survey technologies and modeling techniques for improving deepwater surveys of nonindigenous species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Nonindigenous species (NIS) are a major threat to marine ecosystems, with possible dramatic effects on biodiversity, biological productivity, habitat structure and fisheries. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) has taken active steps to mitigate the threats of NIS in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Of particular concern are the 13 NIS already detected in NWHI and two invasive species found among the main Hawaiian Islands, snowflake coral (Carijoa riseii) and a red alga (Hypnea musciformis). Much of the information regarding NIS in NWHI has been collected or informed by surveys using conventional SCUBA or fishing gear. These technologies have significant drawbacks. SCUBA is generally constrained to depths shallower than 40 m and several NIS of concern have been detected well below this limit (e.g., L. kasmira – 256 m) and fishing gear is highly selective. Consequently, not all habitats or species can be properly represented. Effective management of NIS requires knowledge of their spatial distribution and abundance over their entire range. Surveys which provide this requisite information can be expensive, especially in the marine environment and even more so in deepwater. Technologies which minimize costs, increase the probability of detection and are capable of satisfying multiple objectives simultaneously are desired. This report examines survey technologies, with a focus on towed camera systems (TCSs), and modeling techniques which can increase NIS detection and sampling efficiency in deepwater habitats of NWHI; thus filling a critical data gap in present datasets. A pilot study conducted in 2008 at French Frigate Shoals and Brooks Banks was used to investigate the application of TCSs for surveying NIS in habitats deeper than 40 m. Cost and data quality were assessed. Over 100 hours of video was collected, in which 124 sightings of NIS were made among benthic habitats from 20 to 250 m. Most sightings were of a single cosmopolitan species, Lutjanus kasmira, but Cephalopholis argus, and Lutjanus fulvus, were also detected. The data expand the spatial distributions of observed NIS into deepwater habitats, identify algal plain as an important habitat and complement existing data collected using SCUBA and fishing gear. The technology’s principal drawback was its inability to identify organisms of particular concern, such as Carijoa riseii and Hypnea musciformis due to inadequate camera resolution and inability to thoroughly inspect sites. To solve this issue we recommend incorporating high-resolution cameras into TCSs, or using alternative technologies, such as technical SCUBA diving or remotely operated vehicles, in place of TCSs. We compared several different survey technologies by cost and their ability to detect NIS and these results are summarized in Table 3.

Examination of the foraging habits of Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) to describe their use of the Umpqua River, Oregon, and their predation on salmonids

The increase in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) abundance, concurrent with the decrease in salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.) and other fish stocks, raises concerns about the potential negative impact of seals on fish populations. Although harbor seals are found in rivers and estuaries, their presence is not necessarily indicative of exclusive or predominant feeding in these systems. We examined the diet of harbor seals in the Umpqua River, Oregon, during 1997 and 1998 to indirectly assess whether or not they were feeding in the river. Fish otoliths and other skeletal structures were recovered from 651 scats and used to identify seal prey. The use of all diagnostic prey structures, rather than just otoliths, increased our estimates of the number of taxa, the minimum number of individuals and percent frequency of occurrence (%FO) of prey consumed. The %FO indicated that the most common prey were pleuronectids, Pacific hake (Merluccius productus), Pacific stag-horn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus), osmerids, and shiner surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata). The majority (76%) of prey were fish that inhabit marine waters exclusively and fish found in marine and estuarine areas (e.g. anadromous spp.) which would indicate that seals forage predominantly at sea and use the estuary for resting and opportunistic feeding. Salmonid remains were encountered in 39 samples (6%); two samples contained identifiable otoliths, which were determined to be from chi-nook salmon (O. tshawytscha). Because of the complex salmonid composition in the Umpqua River, we used molecular genetic techniques on salmonid bones retrieved from scat to discern species that were rare from those that were abundant. Of the 37 scats with salmonid bones but no otoliths, bones were identified genetically as chinook or coho (O. kisutch) salmon, or steelhead trout (O. mykiss) in 90% of the samples.

Diets of thornback ray (Raja clavata) and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the bottom longline fishery of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic

Tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) and thornback ray (Raja clavata) are the two most captured elasmobranch species by the Azorean bottom longline fishery. In order to better understand the trophic dynamics of these species in the Azores, the diets of thornback ray and tope shark caught in this area during 1996 and 1997 were analyzed to describe feeding patterns and to investigate the effect of sex, size, and depth and area of capture on diet. Thornback rays fed mainly upon fishes and reptants, but also upon polychaetes, mysids, natant crustaceans, isopods, and cephalopods. In the Azores, this species preyed more heavily upon fish compared with the predation patterns described in other areas. Differences in the diet may be due to differences in the environments (e.g. in the Azores, seamounts and oceanic islands are the major topographic features, whereas in all other studies, continental shelves have been the major topographic feature). No differences were observed in the major prey consumed between the sexes or between size classes (49−60, 61−70, 71−80, and 81−93 cm TL). Our study indicates that rays inhabiting different depths and areas (coastal or offshore banks) prey upon different resources. This appears to be related to the relative abundance of prey with habitat. Tope sharks were found to prey almost exclusively upon teleost fish: small shoaling fish, mainly boarfish (Capros aper) and snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax), were the most frequent prey. This study illustrates that thornback rays and tope sharks are top predators in waters off the Azores.

Spatial and temporal patterns in the demersal fish community on the shelf and upper slope regions of the Gulf of Alaska

We analyzed data from National Marine Fisheries Service bottom trawl surveys carried out triennially from 1984 to 1996 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). The continental shelf and upper slope (0–500 m) of the GOA support a rich demersal fish fauna dominated by arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias), walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), and Pacific Ocean perch (Sebastes alutus). Average catch per unit of effort (CPUE) of all groundfish species combined increased with depth and had a significant peak near the shelf break at 150–200 m. Species richness and diversity had significant peaks at 200–300 m. The western GOA was characterized by higher CPUEs and lower species richness and diversity than the eastern GOA. Highest CPUEs were observed in Shelikof Strait, along the shelf break and upper slope south of Kodiak Island, and on the banks and in the gullies northeast of Kodiak Island. Significant differences in total CPUE among surveys suggest a 40% increase in total groundfish biomass between 1984 and 1996. A multivariate analysis of the CPUE of 72 groundfish taxa revealed strong gradients in species composition with depth and from east to west, and a weak but significant trend in species composition over time. The trend over time was associated with increases in the frequency of occurrence and CPUE of at least eight taxa, including skates (Rajidae), capelin (Mallotus villosus), three flatfish species, and Pacific Ocean perch, and decreases in frequency of occurrence and CPUE of several sculpin (Myoxocephalus spp.) species. Results are discussed in terms of spatial and temporal patterns in productivity and in the context of their ecological and management implications.

放牧对内蒙古草原群落和土壤种子库的影响及两者关系的研究

选取内蒙古草原三种主要草原类型（草甸草原、典型草原和荒漠草原）代表性群落羊草杂类草群落、羊草群落和大针茅群落、小针茅群落，应用样线法沿水分梯度研究放牧对内蒙古草原不同植物群落功能群组成、多样性、生产力以及多样性与生产力关系的影响和放牧对土壤种子库组成、大小以及多样性的影响，在此基础上，研究土壤种子库与地上植被间的关系。主要结论如下： 1 放牧对植物群落的影响 荒漠草原的放牧演替规律为小针茅群落→猪毛菜 + 小针茅群落→猪毛菜群落;典型草原为羊草或大针茅群落→糙隐子草 + 大针茅群落或克氏针茅群落→星毛委陵菜 + 糙隐子草群落;草甸草原为羊草杂类草群落→羊草 + 贝加尔针茅群落，这是不同物种对牧压的不同适应结果造成的。 放牧使4种草原群落生活型功能群组分间发生强烈的生态替代作用，但不同的群落生态替代模式不同：放牧使小针茅群落多年生丛生禾草作用减弱，一二年生草本作用增强;羊草群落和大针茅群落多年生丛生禾草、多年生根茎禾草作用减弱，多年生杂类草作用增强;羊草杂类草群落多年生根茎禾草作用减弱，多年生丛生禾草作用增强。放牧使非旱生和C3植物作用减弱，而旱生、C4植物作用增强。 放牧对4种群落物种和功能群多样性的影响随不同的群落而表现不同：物种丰富度、物种多样性、生活型多样性 和水分生态类型多样性除羊草杂类草群落外随放牧强度的加大而降低，但适度放牧增加了羊草杂类草群落的上述多样性指标。 群落地上现存量一般随放牧强度的增大而下降，但小针茅群落反之，主要与一年生植物猪毛菜的生物量迅速增加有关。除羊草群落外，0~10 cm 地下生物量随放牧强度的变化不显著;除大针茅群落外，放牧显著降低0~30 cm 地下生物量。 放牧影响下内蒙古草原植物群落生物量随水分生态类型多样性的升高而升高，其回归方程为：Y = 809 + 774x （R2=0.84, P<0.001），其中Y代表群落地上现存量和地下生物量之和，x代表群落水分生态类型多样性。 2 放牧对土壤种子库的影响 小针茅群落、大针茅群落、羊草群落和羊草杂类草群落土壤种子库组成中均以多年生杂类草为主，分别占各自群落种子库总物种数的40%、52%、54%和67%。 生活型功能群种子库密度除羊草杂类草群落外，均以一二年生草本占优势。中度放牧升高了除小针茅群落外多年生禾草种子库密度;放牧增大了小针茅群落和羊草杂类草群落一二年生草本种子库密度;除羊草杂类草群落外，放牧对多年生杂类草种子库密度影响不大;总种子库组成中，灌木半灌木和小半灌木种子库密度不大，不随取样时间和牧压而变化。 中度放牧种子库总密度最大，小针茅群落在重度放牧最大，主要是由于猪毛菜种子库密度在重度放牧突增所致。总体上，内蒙古草原4种群落在不同取样时间不同牧压下种子库总密度波动在20.8~3819.2粒/m2。 土壤种子库物种丰富度最大值一般出现在10月份，除羊草杂类草群落外，不放牧群落较放牧群落为高，中度放牧使羊草杂类草群落土壤种子库物种丰富度增加。中度放牧增加了小针茅群落、大针茅群落7月份和羊草杂类草群落各取样时间土壤种子库物种多样性。 3 地上植被与土壤种子库的关系 土壤种子库的优势种在特定时间特定放牧强度下与地上现有植被优势种一致，但一致率仅为三次取样时间不同放牧强度下总体的23.3%。 地上植被与土壤种子库物种组成相似性指数受不同取样时间的影响，一般的10月取样最大。不同放牧强度对二者间的相似性亦有影响，中度放牧提高了小针茅群落、羊草杂类草群落各取样时间和大针茅群落、羊草群落4月份的相似性指数。隔年二次萌发法提高了二者间的相似性水平。总体上相似性指数变动在0.1~0.75之间。 地上植被现存量、总密度与各取样时间土壤种子库总密度之间不存在显著的相关性。 4 对于估计土壤种子库密度、物种组成和确定种子库与地上植被间的关系，隔年二次萌发法对于弥补直接萌发法本身所具有的不足不失为一种有益的尝试。

紫茎泽兰种子库及幼苗动态特征

紫茎泽兰（Eupatorium adenophorum）是臭名昭著的世界性恶草之一，目前已对全世界30多个国家和地区造成入侵危害，大约在20世纪30年代入侵我国，在我国西南地区造成了严重的危害。本文以四川省攀枝花市遭受紫茎泽兰入侵危害严重的生态系统为研究对象，分别对不同生境下的紫茎泽兰土壤种子库进行调查，以探究紫茎泽兰土壤种子库的结构，并分析人类干扰对土壤种子库结构的影响。并在种子库调查的基础上设计了两项盆栽实验，研究紫茎泽兰土壤种子库的结构的改变导致的紫茎泽兰种子环境因子的改变，从而影响紫茎泽兰种子的萌发、幼苗的命运，以期阐明人类干扰对紫茎泽兰入侵的影响。另外连续测定紫茎泽兰早期生长的生物量，研究紫茎泽兰生物量增长、分配规律，并与其它几种本地种相比较，说明紫茎泽兰能够入侵成功的原因。 在攀枝花紫茎泽兰入侵严重的地区，通过取样研究果园、放牧灌丛以及禁牧灌丛3种不同生境紫茎泽兰土壤种子库特征，发现这3种生境的土壤种子库大小分别为10422粒m-2，3522粒m-2和2889粒m-2 。果园、放牧灌丛和禁牧灌丛等3种干扰程度不同生境的深层种子量占总种子量的比例分别为56.44%，46.96%，24.86%（p=0.006）。从干扰程度上来说，由于果园>放牧灌丛>禁牧灌丛，这一结果表明土壤深层种子量大小与干扰成正比，干扰越大，深层次紫茎泽兰种子量占总种子量的比重越大。由此可以推测，人类的干扰使得紫茎泽兰土壤种子库结构发生了改变，一方面人类干扰导致生境植被覆盖不同，干扰越大，植被覆盖度越小，土壤种子库越大，另一方面人类活动对土壤的直接扰动，使土壤种子库结构发生变化，在放牧灌丛和果园2种生境中，由于人类活动的影响，促使了紫茎泽兰土壤种子库表层种子向下层转移，而且转移量与干扰程度成正相关。由于一定深度埋藏的紫茎泽兰种子萌发的幼苗具有较低的死亡率，进入土壤深层的紫茎泽兰种子越多，紫茎泽兰的长久性土壤种子库就越大，对紫茎泽兰幼苗的补充和定居越有利，入侵也就越难以治理。 初步研究了光照、水分和种子在土壤中的埋藏深度等对紫茎泽兰幼苗的影响，结果发现，1) 播种在0cm、2cm、5cm深度的种子萌发率分别为64.67%、22.67%、13.33%，即种子埋藏越深，萌发率越低，不同层次种子萌发率差异极显著(p=0.00)；幼苗死亡率分别为27.95%、0、0，表层种子萌发的幼苗有较高的死亡率，而由埋藏在深层种子萌发的幼苗没有死亡，土壤表层发芽的幼苗与不同埋藏深度种子萌发的幼苗之间死亡率差异极显著(p=0.00)；2) 在无遮蔽、半遮蔽、全遮蔽3种不同情况下，紫茎泽兰幼苗的死亡率分别为72.15%、30.38%、4.87%，定居率分别为6.66%、33.99%、46.67%，即遮蔽程度越高，死亡率越低，定居率越高，不同处理之间死亡率和定居率差异均极显著（p=0.00）；3) 在浇水、不浇水这2种水分条件下紫茎泽兰的萌发率分别为41.56%、32% (p=0.021)；死亡率分别为35.8%、35.23% (p=0.934)；定居率分别为29.11%、22.66% (p=0.083)，说明水分因子对萌发率的影响显著，对死亡率、定居率的影响不显著。上述结果表明，土壤埋藏深度、光照和水分都是影响紫茎泽兰幼苗萌发的重要因素：一定深度的土壤埋藏能够有效降低紫茎泽兰幼苗的死亡率；光照强度与紫茎泽兰幼苗死亡率成正相关；而水分对紫茎泽兰幼苗的存活影响不显著。 通过跟踪调查紫茎泽兰的早期生长的生物量，发现紫茎泽兰生物量和高度增加迅速,且生物量的增加主要来自地上部分量的增加，而本地灌木却生长缓慢。与本地种相比，紫茎泽兰的根冠比很小，在生殖分配上，紫茎泽兰与本地灌木相比又比较大。另一方面，在生长季到来的时候，紫茎泽兰能够迅速生长，并将大部分生物量分配到地上部分；而在旱季，当许多本地本植物由于枯死、休眠进入休眠状态时，紫茎泽兰却能继续生长，从而确保其在竞争中的空间优势。 综上所述，人类活动的干扰可能导致更多的紫茎泽兰种子进入土壤深层，从而改变了紫茎泽兰土壤种子库的结构；种子萌发后强光直射可能是导致紫茎泽兰幼苗死亡的重要原因；由于土壤深层种子比表层种子具有更强的抵抗强光照射等不良环境因子影响的能力，所萌发的幼苗成活率高，表明其具有更高的繁殖效率。因此可以说是人类活动的干扰不但加剧了紫茎泽兰的入侵，也使得紫茎泽兰入侵后难以根除。

Pearl oyster survey, Gulf of Mannar, 1964

This note reports the results of the 1964 Pearl Bank Survey. These surveys are conducted annually by the Fisheries Department to assess the possibility of a fishery; for detailed accounts of past surveys see Sivalingam (1955, 1958) who has also provided (1962) a complete list of all literature on the Ceylon Pearl Banks. The 1964 survey was carried out with the Department's m. v. "North Star" (42') and m. v. "Seer" (45') and a 25' mechanised fishing boat as tender, between the 17th and 29th of April.

The 1958 pearl oyster fishery, Gulf of Mannar

The continental shelf between the three and twelve fathom lines, off the Ceylon coast in the Gulf of Mannar is popularly known as the Pearl Banks. Though the area of this plateau is extensive the pearl oysters are concentrated on restricted areas known as "paars". The more productive of these are the Cheval Group of paars and the Moderagam Paar. The Peria Paar and Twynam's Paar though covering larger areas are not dependable as oyster beds. The True Vankalai, Peria Paar Karai and Muthuvarathu Paars are small in extent, but have yielded oysters on a commercial scale. Although the Ceylon Pearl Banks has been commercially fished for centuries, the first scientific investigation of its pearl oysters on an intensive scale was started by Herdman in 1902 (1902-06) and later continued by Hornell (1905-41), Shipley (1904-06), Pearson (1911-33), Jameson (1912-13), Southwell (1910-14) and Malpas (1922-39).

Bibliography on pearl oysters

The preparation of this preliminary list was undertaken to meet the needs of the present investigation of the Pearl Banks, Gulf of Mannar. The recent repopulation of the Pearl Banks has revived interest in Ceylon's pearls and pearl fisheries. Successful fisheries have been held recently and surveys of the Pearl Banks are carried out regularly. The bibliography deals with all aspects of the biology of the pearl oyster, as well as the pearl fisheries. But its scope is limited by the library facilities available at the Fisheries Research Station, the Colombo Museum Library, the University of Ceylon Library and the Library of the Ceylon Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research. Annotation is not possible at this stage, for all publications are not available for reference.

A Review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon with description of additional forms

The beginning of our knowledge of the copepods parasitic on fish from Ceylon is due to Bassett-Smith (1898 a) who, in a paper on "Further New Parasitic Copepods found on Fish in the Indo-Tropical Region", included seven species collected at Trincomalee and Colombo. Later in the same year, in a paper on "Some New or Rare Parasitic Copepods from the Indo-Tropical Region", he (Bassett-Smith, 1898 b) included three more species from Ceylon. Soon after, more of these parasites were obtained from Ceylon during Herdmann's investigation of the Pearl Banks. From this collection, one lot consisting of eleven species was described by Thompson and Scott (1903) and a second lot consisting of seven species was described by Wilson (1906). At that stage the number of species recorded from Ceylon made up to a total of twenty-eight and there the matter rested for another quarter of a century until, quite by chance, while collecting marine animals on a reef, Mr Kirtisinghe came across a newly dead half-beak with a learned parasite projecting from its body. Since then, in a number of occasional papers (Kirtisinghe, 1932-35, 1937, 1950, 1956, 1960) he has described thirty-eight more species of parasitic copepods from Ceylon. However, his collection included many more species which were put aside for later attention. In the present paper, while dealing with those forms in his collection which he has not recorded or described earlier, he has put together all the known forms of parasitic copepods of fish from Ceylon. A list of the host fishes with their respective parasitic copepods is also provided, types of new species, at present in the author's private collection, will be deposited in the Fisheries Department, Colombo, Ceylon.

New ground rope for 238 ton stern trawlers

The sea bottom of the Wadge and Pedro Banks are covered with hard corals and rocks, which cause frequent damages to the net and sometimes total loss of the gear (Hamuro, 1966). This has been one of the main reasons why trawling had been restricted to a small area of the Wadge Bank until recent years.

Evaluation of stern trawler operation in the Wadge Bank for economic exploitation of its demersal fish resources

The records of the exploitation of demersal fish resources by trawlers during the past two decades indicated a decline in productivity and uneconomical fishing operations. The possible reasons for the decline can be deduced by analysis of the fishing records of trawlers that have fished in the banks. Such an analysis can also provide a basis for planned management in the exploitation of demersal stocks of fish. This paper attempts to provide such a basis for the Wadge Bank.