Der Schichtaufbau des tieferen Lias am Egge-Osthang zwischen Horn und Langeland

Am Osthang des Eggegebirges zwischen Horn-Bad-Meinberg und Langeland ist der Lias vom Hettangium bis zum Sinemurium in meist lückenhaften Aufschlüssen erhalten. Aus den Teilprofilen wurde in dieser Arbeit ein Normalprofil zusammengestellt. Die Liasschichten sind ihrer beckenrandnahen Lage entsprechend kalkig, mergelig und tonig mit unterschiedlich hohen Anteilen von terrigenem Detritus ausgebildet. Aufgrund lithologischer Unterschiede wurden verschiedene Gesteinstypen klassifiziert und beschrieben und das Normalprofil in fünf petrographische Abschnitte unterteilt. Die orthostratigraphische Einstufung erfolgte mit Ammoniten.

Influence of Foliar Exposure, Adjuvants, and Rain-free Period on the Efficacy of Glyphosate for Torpedograss Control

The proportion of torpedograss tissue exposed to glyphosate at application rates of 0.28, 0.56, 1.12, 2.24, and 4.48 kg/ha affected control as measured by regrowth. The effect of tissue exposure was more pronounced as application rate decreased. This study suggests that higher rates of glyphosate need to be used during higher water levels, when less torpedograss tissue is exposed to herbicide spray and lower rates may be used during periods of low water levels. Addition of the water conditioning agent Quest (R) (0.25% v/v) to glyphosate spray mixtures diminished the influence of simulated rain events following glyphosate application. Twelve other adjuvants did not influence the effect of simulated rain events.

Comparison of Experimental Strategies to Control Torpedograss

Studies were conducted to evaluate whether the herbicide imazapyr or a combination of imazapyr and fluridone could be used effectively to control torpedograss ( Panicum repens L.), an exotic perennial plant that has replaced more than 6,000 ha of native vegetation and degraded quality wildlife habitat in Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Torpedograss was controlled for more than one year in some areas following a single aerial treatment using 0.56, 0.84, or 1.12 kg acid equivalents (ae) imazapyr/ha. Combining imazapyr and fluridone did not increase the level of torpedograss control. In areas where plant biomass was reduced by fire prior to being treated with 0.84 or 1.12 kg ae imazapyr/ha, torpedograss was controlled for more than two years and native plant species, including duck potato ( Sagittaria lancifolia L.) and pickerelweed ( Pontederia cordata L.) became the dominant vegetation in less than one year. Although torpedograss was controlled in some areas, little or no long-term control was observed at 16 of the 26 treatment locations. To reduce the uncertainty associated with predicting long-term treatment affects, additional studies are needed to determine whether environmental factors such as periphyton mats, plant thatch, hydroperiod and water depth affect treatment efficacy. , he

Contribution to the knowlegde of Galician xenoflora (NW Iberian Peninsula, Spain).

Information on 12 exotic plants of diverse interest for the Galician flora are presented. All of them were collected in Ribeira council (SW of the A Coruña province). The total includes 8 novelties at a regional level (Aeonium haworthii, Aloe mitriformis, Brugmansia × candida, Nephrolepis cordifolia, Osteospermum ecklonis, Pelargonium capitatum, Sedum mexicanum, Sparaxis tricolor), and 2 provincial novelties. In addition, information on two taxa hardly mentioned in the literature on Galician vascular flora is also included. All the cited specimens are deposited at the SANT Herbarium.

Lamprey Dlx genes and early vertebrate evolution

Gnathostome vertebrates have multiple members of the Dlx family of transcription factors that are expressed during the development of several tissues considered to be vertebrate synapomorphies, including the forebrain, cranial neural crest, placodes, and pharyngeal arches. The Dlx gene family thus presents an ideal system in which to examine the relationship between gene duplication and morphological innovation during vertebrate evolution. Toward this end, we have cloned Dlx genes from the lamprey Petromyzon marinus, an agnathan vertebrate that occupies a critical phylogenetic position between cephalochordates and gnathostomes. We have identified four Dlx genes in P. marinus, whose orthology with gnathostome Dlx genes provides a model for how this gene family evolved in the vertebrate lineage. Differential expression of these lamprey Dlx genes in the forebrain, cranial neural crest, pharyngeal arches, and sensory placodes of lamprey embryos provides insight into the developmental evolution of these structures as well as a model of regulatory evolution after Dlx gene duplication events.

Ontogenie und Phylogenie der Belemnitenart Hibolites jaculoides SWINNERTON, 1937, aus dem Hauterivium (Unterkreide) von NW-Deutschland (Sarstedt) und NE England (Speeton)

The belemnite species Hibolites jaculoides Swinnerton, 1937 is redefined on the basis of a bed by bed collection of 2100 rostrums from the Upper Hauterivian (Cretaceous deposits of NW Germany and Yorkshire, England. According to the variate-statistical evaluation of the data gathered, definite phylotic changes are disdernible within the species. All characters measured indicate a definite tendency towards reduction in size. Large-sized, club-shaped specimens are typical for the stratigraphically older beds, delicate and slender-built forms dominate in the upper Upper Hauterivian. Comparison of the material from England and Germany yielded that three of the varieties described by Swinnerton are limited mainly to the lower Upper Hauterivian of England.