Temporal and spatial variations in the species composition, distribution, and abundance of protozoa in East Dongting lake, China

Investigations of protozoa were carried out during four surveys of East Dongting Lake, China. A total of 160 protozoan species belonging to 71 genera was identified, of which 53 were flagellates, 37 sarcodines, and 70 ciliates. Among them, Peritrichida (32.6% of frequency), Arcellinida (16.2%), Volvocales (13.61/6), Peridiniales (13.1%), and Chrysomonadales (9.1%) were the main groups and contributed to 84.5% of the overall species. Ciliates were mainly composed of sessile species and small species. The total protozoan abundance varied from 2,400 cells L-1 to 20,250 cells L-1. The highest protozoan abundance occurred in spring; the lowest number was in autumn. The highest abundance of ciliates occurred in spring and winter, whereas flagellates developed the highest abundance in,summer and autumn. Pearson correlation analysis and linear regressions indicated that chlorophyll a and water velocity were the main factors affecting ternporal and spatial variations of the protozoan abundance.

Effects of iron on growth, pigment content, photosystem II efficiency, and siderophores production of Microcystis aeruginosa and Microcystis wesenbergii

Changes in growth, photosynthetic pigments, and photosystem II (PS II) photochemical efficiency as well as production of siderophores of Microcystis aeruginosa and Microcystis wesenbergii were determined in this experiment. Results showed growths of M. aeruginosa and M. wesenbergii, measured by means of optical density at 665 nm, were severely inhibited under an iron-limited condition, whereas they thrived under an iron-replete condition. The contents of chlorophyll-a, carotenoid, phycocyanin, and allophycocyanin under an iron-limited condition were lower than those under an iron-replete condition, and they all reached maximal contents on day 4 under the iron-limited condition. PS II photochemical efficiencies (maximal PS II quantum yield), saturating light levels (I-k ) and maximal electron transport rates (ETRmax) of M. aeruginosa and M. wesenbergii declined sharply under the iron-limited condition. The PS II photochemical efficiency and ETRmax of M. aeruginosa rose , whereas in the strain of M. wesenbergii, they declined gradually under the iron-replete condition. In addition, I-k of M. aeruginosa and M. wesenbergii under the iron-replete condition did not change obviously. Siderophore production of M. aeruginosa was higher than that of M. wesenbergii under the iron-limited condition. It was concluded that M. aeruginosa requires higher iron concentration for physiological and biochemical processes compared with M. wesenbergii, but its tolerance against too high a concentration of iron is weaker than M. wesenbergii.

Top down scale-up of semiconducting nanostructures for large area electronics

In this paper, we present a study on electrical and optical characteristics of n-type tin-oxide nanowires integrated based on top-down scale-up strategy. Through a combination of contact printing and plasma based back-channel passivation, we have achieved stable electrical characteristics with standard deviation in mobility and threshold voltage of 9.1% and 25%, respectively, for a large area of 1× 1 cm2 area. Through use of contact printing, high alignment of nanowires was achieved thus minimizing the number of nanowire-nanowire junctions, which serve to limit carrier transport in the channel. In addition, persistent photoconductivity has been observed, which we attribute to oxygen vacancy ionization and subsequent elimination using a gate pulse driving scheme. © 2014 IEEE.

Molecular cytogenetic detection of paternal chromosome fragments in allogynogenetic gibel carp, Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch

In gynogenesis, sperm from related species activates egg and embryonic development, but normally does not contribute genetically to the offspring. In gibel carp, Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch, however, gynogenetic offspring often show some phenotypes apparently derived from the heterologous sperm donor. This paternal effect of allogynogenesis is outstanding in an artificial clone F produced by cold treatment of clone E eggs after insemination with blunt-nose black bream (Megaloabrama amblycephala Yin) sperm. Karyotype analysis revealed 5-15 supernumerary microchromosomes in different individuals of clone F in addition to 156 normal chromosomes inherited from the maternal clone E. A painting probe was prepared from the microdissected microchromosomes, and used to investigate the origin of these microchromosomes. Strong positive signals were detected on each microchromosomes of clone F and on 4 pairs of chromosomes in blunt-nose black bream, whereas no signals were detected on the chromosomes of clone E. This result indicates that some paternal chromosome fragments of blunt-nose black bream have been incorporated into the artificial clone F. Therefore, the manipulation of allogynogenesis may provide a unique method to transfer DNA between diverse species for fish breeding.

Sequences of cytochrome b gene for primitive cyprinid fishes in East Asia and their phylogenetic concerning

1140 bp of cytochrome b gene were amplified and sequenced from 14 species of primitive cyprinid fishes in East Asia. Aligned with other ten cytochrome b gene sequences of cyprinid fish from Europe and North America retrieved from Gene bank, we obtained a matrix of 24 DNA sequences. A cladogram was generated by the method of Maximum likelihood for the primitive cyprinid fishes. The result indicated that subfamily Leuciscinae and Danioninae do not form a monophyletic group. In the subfamily Danioninae, Opsariichthys biden and Zacco platypus are very primitive and form a natural group and located at the root. But the genera in subfamily Danioninae are included in different groups and have not direct relationship. Among them, Aphyocypris chinensis and Yaoshanicus arcus form a monophyletic group. Tanichthys albonubes and Gobiocypris rarus have a close relation to Gobioninae. The genus Danio is far from other genera in Danioninae, In our cladogram, the genera in Leuciscinae were divided into two groups that have no direct relationship. The genera in Leuciscinae distributed in Europe, Sibera and North America, including Leuciscus, Rutilus, Phoxinus, N. crysole, Opsopoeodus emilae, form a monophyletic group. And the Leuciscinae in southern China including Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Mylopharyngodon piceus, Squalibarbus and Ochetobius elongatus have a common origination.

Mode splitting in photoluminescence spectra of a quantum-dot-embedded microcavity

A microcavity structure, containing self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots, is studied by angle-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. A doublet with the splitting energy of 0.5-1.5 nm appears when the detection angle is larger than 35degrees. This doublet is identified as mode splitting (not the Rabi splitting) by polarization measurements. We find that it is the considerable deviation of the cavity-mode frequency from the central frequency of the stop band that makes the TE and TM cavity modes split more discernibly. The inhomogeneous broadening of quantum dots gives the TE and TM cavity modes a chance to show up simultaneously in the PL spectra. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.

黄土高原沟壑区通量数据空间代表性研究

利用FSAM(Flux Source Area Model)模型,对中国科学院长武黄土高原农业生态试验站2004—2005年冬小麦生育期内的通量数据空间代表性进行了研究。结果发现,在90%贡献率水平下,整个冬小麦各生育期内通量源区范围动态变化明显,通量贡献最大点在距离观测点7.7~36.2m范围内变化。在盛行风向上,通量源区离观测点最近点为3.3 m,最远点可达172.8 m;在侧风向上,通量源区在38.1~128.4 m范围内变化。不同观测高度的对比研究表明,观测高度从1.86 m增加到12.17 m,盛行风向上源区距观测点最远距离从172.8 m增加到1 555.2 m;在侧风向上则从123.2 m增加到665.8 m,通量源区范围随高度的增加而增大。大气稳定度对通量贡献源区影响很大,在大气稳定状态下,通量源区面积最大,距观测点最远距离达到135.3 m;中性条件下次之,为101.7 m;在不稳定条件下面积最小,为36.3 m。同一日内,夜晚源区面积较白天大。在日和季尺度上,大气稳定度是影响通量源区范围的一个重要因素。

稀土铁双核配合物的合成

本文通过LnCl_3·nTHF和[C_5H_4(SiMe_3)]Na反应得到了两类配合物[C_5H_4(SiMe_3)] LnCl_2·nTHF (Ln = Nd，Sm，Gd；n = 0，1，2)、[C_5H_4(SiMe_3)] LnCl_2·HCl·nTHF (Ln = Nd，Sm，Gd；n = 1，2)。通过元素分析、红外分析、质谱、核磁共振和热重分析确定了配合物的分子组成，特别是带氯化氢的产品在红外光谱中有1250 cm~(-1)，835 cm~(-1)，748 cm~(-1)自的三甲基硅基特征吸收峰。对氯化稀上进行了结构分析，结果发现LnCl_3·4THF (Ln = Sm，Gd)是与NdCl_3·4THF之间存在着变态关系。GdCl_3·4THF。晶体属单斜晶系，空间群为P21/C，晶胞参数为a = 30.765(7)，b = 8.219(3)，C = 17.534(3)A~·，β = 93.71(2)°；SmCl_3·4THF。晶体属单斜晶系，空间群为P21/C，晶胞参数为a = 30.921(13)，b = 8.287(7)，C = 17.665(8)，β = 94.17(4)°。LnCl_3·4THF的单位晶胞中存在着八个分子，每对分子互相等同，但每对分子内部两个分子之间互不等同。SmCl_3·2THF·DME晶体属单斜晶系，空间群为P21/a，晶胞参数为a = 13.547(8)，b = 8.607(4)，C = 16.029(9)A°，β = 90.53(5)°。铲原子与三个氯原子。两个四氢呋喃中的氧原子以及DME中的两个氧原子键合，形成七配位的配合物，但是配位多面体不是理想的五角双锥，而是形成了比五角双锥(D_(5h))对称性更低的多面体(C_(3v))。它能看作是在正八面体的一个面的中心加上第七个原子的结果，而且这八面体主要受到决定上述那个面的三个原子伸展开的畸变。在制备C_5H_5SiMe_3时，如果不用减压蒸馏，而在常压下直接蒸馏，则得到的不是C_5H_5SiMe_3而是它的二聚体(C_5H_5SiMe_3)_2。用红外光谱和核磁共振确定了它的组成和结构，特别是在1650 cm~(-1)处出现(C_5H_5SiMe_3)_2的孤立双键吸收峰。用C_5H_5SiMe_3和Ee(CO)_5回流反应制得了[C_5H_4(SiMe_3) Ee(CO)_2]_2。经过元素分析，红外光谱，质谱，顺磁共振确定了配合物的组成，红外光谱中有桥羰基的吸收峰，质谱图中498的离子峰的出现标志着上述二聚体的存在。用[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]_2作为制备双金属配合物的原料，用Na/Hg并还原[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]_2。反应时间为6-7小时得到中间体[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]_2Na·4THF的深紫红色晶体。反应时间加长，中间体被破坏，反应到15小时时生成了[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]Na·TMEDA的黄色晶体，特别是中间体的获得及晶体结构的测定对我们解释反应的机理非常重要。[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]_2Na·4THF为单斜晶系，空间群为P21/n，晶胞参数为a = 10.155(5)，b = 17.121(4)，C = 18.667(6)A°，β = 97.61(3)°，V = 3216.9A°~3， 2 = 4。铁的配位数为七，钠的配位数为六，钠离子和桥连羰基氧以配位键结合，每个钠离子连结着两个[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]_2~-，而每个[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]_2~-又连结着两个钠离子，组成一个无限链状分子，键状分子间以Van de W力结合。[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]Na·TMEDA正交晶系，空间群为P_(2,2,2,)。晶胞参数为a = 6.001(4)，b = 10.644(6)，C = 24.214(11)A~·。α = β = r = 90°。z = 4 V = 1546·7A°~3，铁的配位数为五。钠的配位数为四，钠离子和羰基氧以配位键结合，每个钠离子连结着两个[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]~-，每个[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]~-又连结着两个钠离子，体系就是以这种连结方式或正负电荷交替的形式无限螺旋分子，每个链节存在着两个[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]Na·TMEDA分子，链节的长度为a轴的轴长，说明螺旋分子以a轴轴长向上平移。用LnCl_3·nTHF和[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]Na反应制得了[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2] LnCl_2·nTHF (Ln = Nd, Sm, Gd; n = 1, 2)，用[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2] LnCl_2和[C_5H_4(SiMe_3)]Na或用[C_5H-4(SiMe_3)] LnCl_2和[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]Na得到[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2] [C_5H_4(SiMe_3)] LnCl·nTHF (Ln = Nd, Sm, Gd; n = 0, 1, 3)，配合物[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2] LnCl_2·nTHF及[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2] [C_5H_4(SiMe_3)] LnCl·nTHF中存在着2000 cm~(-1)左右的终端羰基吸收峰及1766 cm~(-1)左右的桥连羰基吸收峰。说明稀土和铁之间是以羰基相连的。在TOTOE质谱仪上，配合物[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]Gd~·Cl·THF出现[C_5H_5Fe(CO)]GdCl_2、[Fe(CO)_2] Gd~+Cl_2的离子峰，配合物[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]-[C_5H_4(SiMe_3)] GdCl·THF出现[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2] [C_5H_4]Gd~+Cl、[C_5H_5Fe(CO)_2]Gd~+Cl·[C_5H_4C(SiMe_3)] Gd~+Cl等离子峰。所有稀土有机配合物都溶于四氢呋喃、苯，对空气和水敏感。