Effect of an escape vent in accordion-shaped traps on the catch and size of Asian paddle crabs <Emphasis Type="Italic">Charybdis japonica</Emphasis> in an artificial reef area

Accordion-shaped traps are widely used in China to catch the Asian paddle crab Charybdis japonica but traps of conventional design often catch juvenile crabs. A new type of accordion-shaped trap with an escape vent (L×W=4.3 cm×3.0 cm) was designed and a comparative study between the newly designed and conventional traps was performed in the artificial reef area of Zhuwang, Laizhou Bay, China from June to August 2012. The mean catch per unit effort (CPUE) of undersized crabs was significantly lower in the vented traps than in the conventional traps (paired t -test, n=30, P<0.001), while the CPUE of marketable crabs was significantly higher in the vented traps (paired t-test, n=30, P<0.001). The mean size of crabs (carapace length) caught in the vented traps was significantly larger than in conventional traps (paired t-test, n=29, P<0.001). The ratio of undersized crabs was 35.05±2.57% in conventional traps and 12.53±0.69% in vented traps (significantly lower, paired t-test, n=29, P<0.001). Therefore, a 4.3 cm×3.0 cm escape vent was considered appropriate for C. japonica fishing in the artificial reef area. This finding will assist the development of more sustainable and efficient crab fishing methods using accordion-shaped traps.     

应用天文地层学方法对山东昌潍北部新生代不整合时间和剥蚀量的计算及其意义

为进一步推动山东昌潍北部地区的新生代油气勘探,应用潍北、牛头镇和侯镇等3个凹陷9个层段的天文地层年龄分析,计算出新生代不整合时间和剥蚀量。天文地层学计算方法主要包括:地层分层,测井频谱分析,寻找40万年周期和旋回的对比。得到结果:孔三段-孔二段界线的年龄为61.819Ma,孔二段-孔一段界线的年龄为54.638Ma,孔一段-沙四下亚段界线的年龄为48.448Ma,沙四下-沙四上亚段界线的年龄为43.516Ma,沙四上亚段顶的年龄为40.362Ma,馆陶组-明化镇组界线的年龄大约为35.778—31.896Ma。通过剥蚀的时间和沉积环境的分析提出如下观点:1)大约在48.448Ma以前,昌潍坳陷北部的沉积是全盆地的、稳定的,其中包括:约长达4Myr期间孔三段断断续续出现玄武岩喷发,大约7Myr时间内孔二段出现沼泽和浅湖相的沉积,约6Myr时间内孔一段主要为干旱相的小水塘、水坑"红色"沉积;2)从沙河街组开始(48.448Ma)至东营组末(23.03Ma)期间,也即大约25Myr期间,潍北的昌参1、昌1等井的中心部位,仍然是不断下陷、沉积;3)馆陶组沉积期间(大约23.03—13Ma)盆地全区上升。因此在大约10Myr的剥蚀时间过程中,不仅没有沉积,而把原沉积的沙三亚段至东营组不断‘反剥’到沙四段下部;4)馆陶组末(大约13Ma)到明化镇组顶(2.588Ma)沉积期间,全区开始以河流泛滥平原相为主的泥岩和泥质粉细砂岩的沉积,形成盖层。根据天文地层方法的剥蚀量计算,潍北凹陷中有3个"反剥高点"。这些"反剥高点"在始新世末至渐新世的沉积和构造上升和剥蚀过程中,可能造成砂岩回弹和孔隙扩张,形成好的储集区。根据计算,最大的"反剥高点"是在昌36—央5—昌8井一带,剥蚀厚度约达1800—3000m,与多年油田勘探取得成果是一致的。     

草原覆盖区隐伏金属矿体定位预测——以大兴安岭中南段某铅锌矿点为例

草原区一般第四纪覆盖严重,为在草原浅层覆盖区有效地寻找、定位隐伏矿体,利用甚低频电磁法和EH4电磁成像系统开展了地球物理勘查工作。研究表明,甚低频电磁测量和EH4连续电导率剖面测量均能确定出明显的异常,且由两种技术手段得出的异常相互对应。说明甚低频电磁法和EH4电磁成像系统的联合应用是草原浅层覆盖区找寻隐伏矿体的有效技术方法。