Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005

Background: The rising temperature of the world’s oceans has become a major threat to coral reefs globally as the severity and frequency of mass coral bleaching and mortality events increase. In 2005, high ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean resulted in the most severe bleaching event ever recorded in the basin. Methodology/Principal Findings: Satellite-based tools provided warnings for coral reef managers and scientists, guiding both the timing and location of researchers’ field observations as anomalously warm conditions developed and spread across the greater Caribbean region from June to October 2005. Field surveys of bleaching and mortality exceeded prior efforts in detail and extent, and provided a new standard for documenting the effects of bleaching and for testing nowcast and forecast products. Collaborators from 22 countries undertook the most comprehensive documentation of basin-scale bleaching to date and found that over 80% of corals bleached and over 40% died at many sites. The most severe bleaching coincided with waters nearest a western Atlantic warm pool that was centered off the northern end of the Lesser Antilles. Conclusions/Significance: Thermal stress during the 2005 event exceeded any observed from the Caribbean in the prior 20 years, and regionally-averaged temperatures were the warmest in over 150 years. Comparison of satellite data against field surveys demonstrated a significant predictive relationship between accumulated heat stress (measured using NOAA Coral Reef Watch’s Degree Heating Weeks) and bleaching intensity. This severe, widespread bleaching and mortality will undoubtedly have long-term consequences for reef ecosystems and suggests a troubled future for tropical marine ecosystems under a warming climate

1987 ecosystem view of management research in the Myakka River: review of Phase I and Phase II reports

This memorandum has four parts. The first is a review and partial synthesis of Phase 1 and Phase 2 Reports by Dr. Ernest Estevez of the Mote Marine Laboratory to the Board of County Commissioners of Sarasota County, Florida. The review and synthesis emphasizes identification of the most important aspects of the structure of the Myakka system in terms of forcing functions, biological components, and major energy flows. In this context, the dominant primary producers, dominant fish species and food habits, and major environmental variables were of articular interest. A major focus of the review and synthesis was on the river zonations provided in the report and based on salinity and various biological indicators. The second part of this memorandum is a review of a draft report by Mote Marine Laboratory on evaluation of potential water quality impacts on the Myakka River from proposed activities in the watershed. This Memorandum's third part is a review of resource-management related ecosystem models in the context of possible future models of the Myakka River Ecosystem. The final part of this memorandum is proposed future work as an extension of the initial reports.

姚虻纤维蛋白原水解酶tabfiblysin及其基因和应用

本发明涉及一种姚虻唾液腺蛋白酶tabfiblysin及其基因和应用，属于生物医学技术领域。本发明的姚虻蛋白酶tabfiblysin是从姚虻唾液腺中分离得到的一种活性蛋白质，分子量27145.5道尔顿，其全序列由255个氨基酸组成；姚虻蛋白酶tabfiblysin基因由871个核苷酸组成。本发明的姚虻唾液腺蛋白酶 tabfiblysin具有显著的水解纤维蛋白原和抑制血小板聚集的作用，能作为制备治疗血栓性疾病药物的应用。

无指盘臭蛙胰岛素释放促进肽和在制药中的应用

本发明涉及无指盘臭蛙胰岛素释放促进肽和在制药中的应用，属于生物医学技术领域。本发明通过常规的生物化学手段，从无指盘臭蛙皮肤分泌液中分离纯化得到胰岛素释放促进肽并测定其序列，按照所得的序列合成该多肽。无指盘臭蛙胰岛素释放促进肽是一种单链多肽，分子量2632.3道尔顿，等电点10.32，多肽全序列为：苯丙氨酸—亮氨酸—脯氨酸—亮氨酸—亮氨酸—丙氨酸—甘氨酸—亮氨酸—丙氨酸—丙氨酸—天冬酰胺—苯丙氨酸—亮氨酸—脯氨酸—赖氨酸—亮氨酸—苯丙氨酸—半胱苷酸—赖氨酸 —异亮氨酸—苏氨酸—精氨酸—赖氨酸—甘氨酸。本发明具有很好的促进胰岛素释放的作用，同时还具有无溶血活性、无血浆凝固活性等优点，可作为制备治疗糖尿病药物的应用。

生物入侵的进化生物学

中国科学院知识创新工程重大项目 (KSCXI SW 13 0 4) ; 国家重点基础研究发展计划 (2 0 0 3CB415 10 3 )资助

人工湿地基质中酶活性和细菌生理群的时空动态特征

对复合垂直流人工湿地基质中 6种酶酶活性和 5种细菌生理类群数量进行了测定 .结果表明各种酶酶活性在不同月份存在显著差异 (p <0 . 0 5 ) :纤维素酶、蛋白酶和磷酸酶在 6月、9月和 12月时都表现出较高的酶活性 ,并且都显著地高于 3月的酶活性 ;β 葡萄糖苷酶在 6月时酶活性显著地高于其它月 ;而脲酶活性在 9月和 12月时极显著地高于 3月和 6月 (p <0 . 0 1) ;脱氢酶酶活性在 6月和 12月时明显高于 3月和 9月 .相比较而言 ,6种酶酶活性的空间特征较为一致 ,下行流池