Distribution of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, purse-seine sets and catches from southern New England to North Carolina, 1985-96

Sets and catches of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, made in 1985-96 by purse-seine vessels from Virginia and North Carolina were studied by digitizing and analyzing Captain's Daily Fishing Reports (CDFR's), daily logs of fishing activities completed by captains of menhaden vessels. 33,674 CDFR's were processed, representing 125,858 purse-seine sets. On average, the fleet made 10,488 sets annually. Virginia vessels made at least one purse-seine set on 67%-83% of available fishing days between May and December. In most years, five was the median number of sets attempted each fishing day. Mean set duration ranged from 34 to 43 minutes, and median catch per set ranged from 15 to 30 metric tons (t). Spotter aircraft assisted in over 83% of sets overall. Average annual catch in Chesapeake Bay (149,500 t) surpassed all other fishing areas, and accounted for 52% of the fleet's catch. Annual catch from North Carolina waters (49,100 t) ranked a distant second. Fishing activity in ocean waters clustered off the Mid-Atlantic states in June-September, and off North Carolina in November-January. Delaware Bay and the New Jersey coast were important alternate fishing grounds during summer. Across all ocean fishing areas, most sets and catch occurred within 3 mi. of shore, but in Chesapeake Bay about half of all fishing activity occurred farther offshore. In Virginia, areas adjacent to fish factories tended to be heavily fished. Recent regulatory initiatives in various coastal states threaten the Atlantic menhaden fleet's access to traditional nearshore fishing grounds. (PDF file contains 26 pages.)

Untersuchungen der Industriefischerei 1995/96

Information on the impact of industrial fishery on sandeel and sprat is given. First results of experimental fishing on board RV "Walther Herwig III" and results of studies aboard commercial vessels within the German Economic Zone are presented.

Untersuchungen am Köhler in der Nordsee - (95. und 96. Reise FFS "Walther Herwig")

Während der 95. Reise, die wir im Rahmen des Internationalen Jungfischprogramms des Internationalen Rates für Meeresforschung (ICES)durchführten, wurde auch zwischen dem Westabhang der Norwegischen Rinne und den Shetlands gefischt. Verwendet wurde dabei das GOV-Netz mit Innensteert.

Contributions to the knowledge of larval development in Cyclops leuckarti Claus [Translation from: Natura, Milano 19, 89-96, 1928]

Taxonomic observations on the larval forms of Cyclops leuckarti are being discussed and compared with Cyclops oithonoides var. hyalina. Observations include Nauplius and Metanauplius stages. The author concludes that specific differences are recognisable even in the nauplius stages.

On the toxicity of some pesticides for fish [Translation from: Izv.gos.nauchno-issled.Inst.ozern.rybn.Khoz. 121, 95-96, 1977]

In the piscicide laboratory of GosNIORKh over a series of years was carried out the ichthyological evaluation of different agricultural pesticides, used both in our country and abroad. In all more than 300 different chemical substances were tested. Here, it was established that around 10% of them possessed high ichthyotoxic properties. Experiments were conducted under laboratory conditions on aquarium fish in groups, and also on representatives of different species of lake ichthyofauna. The basic criterion of evaluation of toxicity was the death of experimental fish during 120 hours. This short paper summarises the findings of this reasearch and offers a table presenting acute toxicity of pesticides for fish.

Três décadas de Prado e Barreto: a política municipal em Sobral, do golpe militar à Nova República (1963-96)

O presente estudo investiga a história política de Sobral no período entre 1963-1996. Ao longo dessas décadas, o executivo municipal esteve sob a liderança dos grupos políticos Prado e Barreto que se revezaram na direção do poder local na vigência do Regime Militar no Brasil, sobrevivendo ainda uma década do fim da ditadura. Para alguns analistas, foram três décadas de estagnação econômica e política, mas para outros, foi um período de importantes investimentos infraestruturais, com resultados positivos ainda hoje. O objetivo desta tese é compreender as mudanças e permanências ocorridas na cidade de Sobral ao longo da gestão desses administradores. A investigação está balizada pelo referencial teórico-metodológico da Nova História Política que, embora não tenha a pretensão de afirmar que tudo é político, compreende que o político é o lugar para onde conflui a maioria das atividades humanas. O conceito de cultura política, pensada como conjunto coerente de elementos que permite definir uma forma de identidade do indivíduo que dela se reclama; é aqui o instrumento de análise do objeto proposto. As fontes analisadas foram documentos do Poder Executivo, do Poder Legislativo e do Judiciário, além de periódicos, peça de teatro, fotografias, vídeos, depoimentos, entre muitos outros materiais que permitiram elucidar as questões propostas a esta investigação.

Announcing the release of FishBase 96

FishBase is a computerized encyclopedia of fishes developed at International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) with the support of the European Commission and in collaboration with a large number of institutions throughout the world, notably FAO, and available since 1995 as CD-ROM. Major improvements since version 1.2 have now allowed for the release of FishBase 96, whose name indicates the intention to update FishBase annually. Some of the major improvements of FishBase 96 are: (a) 3,000 more species (total 15,000) and 3,000 more pictures (total 9,000); (b) complete marine checklists for 48 countries, and freshwater checklists for 60 countries; (c) a new user module to document local knowledge of fishes; (d) a stand-alone glossary defining 2,500 ichthyological and related terms; (e) new databases on brain weights (from R. Beauchot and colleagues at the University of Paris VII), on ciguatera (from P. Dalzell, South Pacific Commission, Noumea), and on recruitment (from R.A. Myers and colleagues at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, St. John's); and (f) new graphs to display quantitative data: through time series, pie charts and bivariate plots. As before, FishBase is available free to collaborators, for US$50 as update to registered users of previous versions, and for US$95 for new users.

利用96孔板和重组基因酵母筛选环境内分泌干扰物

重组基因酵母筛选法因其快速灵敏、廉价易行和高通量而成为较为广泛应用的内分泌干扰物筛选法之一 .采用 96孔培养板替代三角锥瓶对酵母筛选法进行了改进 .改进后的方法更加简便 ,节省了大量试剂

A CMOS front-end circuit for SONET OC-96 receiver

An optical receiver front-end for SONET OC-96 receivers was analyzed and designed in 0.18 mu m CMOS process. It consists of a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a limiting amplifier (LA). The TIA takes a fully differential configuration, and regulated cascode (RGC) input stage is implemented. The LA was realized by five cascaded identical gain stages with active inductor load. The TIA achieved 4.2GHz bandwidth for 0.5pF photodiode (PD) capacitance and 1.2k 0 transimpedance gain. The LA achieved 5.4GHz bandwidth and 29dB voltage gain. The optical sensitivity is -19dBm at 5-Gb/s for a bit-error rate of 10(-12), and it dissipates 45.5mW for I.8V supply.

截止波长12μm的InAs0.04Sb0.96/GaAs的熔体外延生长及特性研究

用熔体外延(ME)法在半绝缘(100)GaAs衬底上成功生长出了截止波长为12 μm的InAs0.04Sb0.96外延层.傅立叶变换红外(FTIR)透射光谱揭示,InAsSb合金的禁带宽度被强烈变窄.通过分析InAs0.04Sb0.96外延层载流子浓度的温度依存性表明,其室温禁带宽度为0.105 5 eV,与透射光谱测得的数值很好地一致.通过测量12～300 K的吸收光谱,研究了InAs0.04Sb0.96/GaAs的禁带宽度的温度依存性.霍尔测量得出300 K下样品的电子迁移率为4.47×104 cm2/Vs,载流子浓度为8.77×1015 cm-3;77 K下电子迁移率为2.15×104 cm2/Vs,载流子浓度为1.57×1015 cm-3;245 K下的峰值迁移率为4.80×104 cm2/Vs.

96 MEV能量下~(16)O + ~(94)Ni反应机制研究

The pro sectile-like fragments of ~(16)O + ~(64)Ni Reaction (Elab = 96 MeV) were measured by using ionization chamber telescopes. The countour plots of d~36/dndEdz in TKE-θ plane angular distribution integrating over different TKE window. The z-distribution and angular distributions of different fragments from He to O were obtained. The main mechanisms dominating in this reaction were discussed