Molecular characterization and expression analysis of Lily-type lectin (SmLTL) in turbot Scophthalmus maximus,and its response to Vibrio anguillarum

A full-length lily-type lectin(Sm LTL) was identified from turbot(Scophthalmus maximus) in this study. By searching database for protein identification and function prediction, Sm LTL were confirmed. The full-length c DNA of Sm LTL is composed of 569 bp and contains a 339 bp ORF that encodes 112 amino acid residues. The Sm LTL peptide is characterized by a specific β-prism architecture and contains three mannose binding sites in a three-fold internal repeat between amino acids 30–99; two of the repeats share the classical mannose binding domain(Qx Dx Nx Vx Y) while the third binding site was similar to other fish-specific binding motifs(Tx Tx Gx Rx V). The primary, secondary, and tertiary structures of Sm LTL were predicted and analyzed, indicating that the S m LTL protein was hydrophilic, contained 5.36% α-helices, 39.29% extended strands, 16.07% β-folds, and 39.29% random coils, and three β-folds. Quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction(qPCR) analysis revealed that the Sm LTL mRNA was abundantly expressed in skin, gill, and intestine. Low levels of Sm LTL expression were observed in other tissues. The expression of Sm LTL in gill, skin and intestine increased at m RNA level after stimulation of V ibrio anguillarum, our results suggest that Sm LTL serve as the first line of defence against microbial infections and play a pivotal role in the innate mucosal immune system. The current study indicates that Sm LTL is a member of the lilytype lectin family and the information reported here will provide an important foundation for future research on the role of this protein.     

An international program on Silk Road Disaster Risk Reduction——a Belt and Road initiative (2016-2020)

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a Chinese national strategy which calls for cooperative economic, political and cultural exchange at the global level along the ancient Silk Road. The overwhelming natural hazards located along the belt and road bring great challenges to the success of BRI. In this framework, a 5-year international program was launched to address issues related to hazards assessment and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The first workshop of this program was held in Beijing with international experts from over 15 countries. Risk conditions on Belt and Road Countries (BRCs) have been shared and science and technology advancements on DRR have been disseminated during the workshop. Under this program, six task forces have been setup to carry out collaborative research works and three prioritized study areas have been established. This workshop announced the launching of this program which involved partners from different countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Russia, Italy, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan. The program adopted the objectives of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 and United Nation Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and was implemented to assess disaster risk in BRCs and to propose suitable measures for disaster control which can be appropriate both for an individual country and for specific sites. This paper deals with the outcomes of the workshop and points out opportunities for the near future international cooperation on this matter.     

基于ADCP反演渤海湾悬浮体浓度年变化

基于座底ADCP实测回波强度信号,结合短期实测悬浮体质量浓度,反演长时间序列悬浮体质量浓度,定量分析了渤海湾近一年悬浮体质量浓度变化特征及其影响因素。结果表明:受风浪影响,该区悬浮体质量浓度具有明显季节性变化特征,风浪作用强烈的季节其悬浮体浓度表现为相对高值。悬浮体净输运同样具明显季节性变化,秋冬强风浪作用下,悬浮体的净输运量明显增加;而在不同季节,月净输运方向具有不同的主输运方向。悬浮体质量浓度日变化受潮流控制明显,长周期变化则主要与风场的变化有关。潮流涨急过程与风致大浪过程均可引起沉积物再悬浮,导致悬浮体浓度明显增高。     

Experimental study on the hydrodynamic performance of rectangular floating breakwater influenced by reef areas

Abstract

In this paper, series of experimental studies under regular wave actions to investigate the hydrodynamic performance of the rectangular floating breakwater (FB) affected by reefs with different slopes were carried out in a wave flume. The wave transmission coefficients, motion responses and mooring forces can be calculated on the basis of the data obtained from the experiments. A comparative experiment of the only rectangular FB is also conducted. The experimental results reveal that the rectangular FB with different reefs can make more positive effects on wave energy dissipation than that of the only rectangular FB, especially for short-period waves. The characteristics of three degrees of freedom of the rectangular FB affected by reefs are also observed, which can be used to further explain the variation tendency appeared in transmission coefficients. The roll motion of the FB influenced by reefs is intenser than that of the only FB and the changes of slopes have limited effects on the sway motion of the FB. Furthermore, the heave motion of the only rectangular FB is intenser than that of the FB affected by reefs for short-period waves and vice versa for long-period waves.     

Upper Miocene–Pliocene provenance evolution of the Central Canyon in northwestern South China Sea

Provenance studies of the Central Canyon, Qiongdongnan Basin has provided significant insights into paleographic and sedimentology research of the South China Sea (SCS). A suite of geochemical approaches mainly including rare earth elemental (REE) analysis and detrital zircon U–Pb dating has been systematically applied to the “source-to-sink” system involving our upper Miocene–Pliocene Central Canyon sediments and surrounding potential source areas. Based on samples tracing the entire course of the Central Canyon, REE distribution patterns indicate that the western channel was generally characterized by positive Eu anomalies in larger proportion, in contrast to the dominance of negative values of its eastern side during late Miocene–Pliocene. Additionally, for the whole canyon and farther regions of Qiongdongnan Basin, the number of samples bearing negative Eu anomalies tended to increase within younger geological strata. On the other hand, U–Pb geochronology results suggest a wide Proterozoic to Mesozoic age range with peak complexity in Yanshanian, Indosinian, Caledonian and Jinningian periods. However in detail, age combination of most western samples displayed older-age signatures than the eastern. To make it more evidently, western boreholes of the Central Canyon are mainly characterized with confined Indosinian and Caledonian clusters which show great comparability with mafic-to-ultramafic source of Kontum Massif of Central Vietnam, while eastern samples largely bear with distinguishable Yanshanian and Indosinian peaks which more resemble with Hainan Island. Based on geochemistry and geochronology analyses, two significant suppliers and sedimentary infilling processes are generated: (1) the Indosinian collision orogenic belt in central-northern Vietnam, Indochina has ever played significant role in Central Canyon sedimentary evolution, (2) Hainan Island once as a typical provenance restricted within eastern Central Canyon, has been enlarging its influence into the whole channel, even into the farther western regions of Qiongdongnan Basin.

     

基于磁矩分解的运动舰船磁场模型研究

当前的舰船磁场模型大都是通过其静态特性而构建的,现实适用性较差。围绕运动舰船磁场不同航向、不同航区的适应性模型展开研究。首先分析了舰船磁场建模的等效源方法,接着研究了运动舰船磁场磁矩分解的原理与方法。主要思路是先测量舰船在东、西、南、北 4 个航向上的舰船下方 1 个平面的磁场三分量数据,将这 4 组数据分别作为同一舰船在不同磁化状态下的边界条件,求解出舰船在东、西、南、北 4 种不同磁化状态下的磁矩参数,最后联合求解磁源的固定磁矩和感磁磁矩参数。通过以上过程便可计算出舰船在任意航向、任意航行地点的磁矩,利用磁矩解算磁场得到运动舰船磁场模型。     

闽浙沿岸流扩展范围的季节特征及其对典型海湾的影响

根据2006~2007年春、夏、秋、冬季4个航次的监测数据分析闽浙沿岸流扩展范围和温度、盐度、营养盐含量平面分布季节变化特征,结果显示:调查期间,闽浙沿岸流主要分布于浙闽沿岸海域,具有明显的季节变化特征,冬季闽浙沿岸流扩展范围最大,可影响至广东南澳岛海域,秋季次之,可影响至厦门湾、东山湾海域,春季可扩展至泉州湾附近海域,夏季影响范围最小,仅局限于浙江北部沿岸海域.选取福建罗源湾、厦门湾和东山湾,分析闽浙沿岸流对典型海湾的影响,结果显示:冬季闽浙沿岸流给福建典型海湾带来了大量的营养盐物质,罗源湾、厦门湾和东山湾均受其影响,海水营养盐含量明显提高,秋季次之,春季影响略小,夏季基本不受闽浙沿岸流影响.     

青藏高原东南缘兰坪—思茅地体晚始新世以来差异性地壳变形的成因讨论

印支地块北部地壳的侧向挤出逃逸方式和动力机制仍存在争议,本文通过兰坪盆地晚始新世红层的构造磁学和磁倾角偏低矫正研究,探讨了青藏高原东南缘大陆变形的成因等关键问题。磁倾角偏低矫正后的原生特征剩磁分量为D_s=264.5°,I_s=-39.4°,k=21.4,α_(95)=9.6°,N=12。结果表明自晚始新世以来,位于印支地块西北部的兰坪—思茅地体,其北部相对于东亚古地磁参考极发生了80.3°±8.9°的顺时针旋转运动,同时发生了5.8°±7.2°(638±792 km)的不显著南向运动。综合前人的古地磁研究结果,表明兰坪—思茅地体北部和中部地区存在显著的差异性旋转变形。本文提出地体北部～80°的顺时针旋转变形与印度板块东端和西缅甸地块向北揳入欧亚大陆联合作用造成的北东—东向挤压作用相关,而地体中部复杂的差异性旋转变形则与川滇地体的南向挤压和临沧花岗岩带的阻挡作用所导致的局部地壳构造变形相关。因此,兰坪—思茅地体北部和中部的差异性旋转运动是地体整体性顺时针旋转运动和局部差异性旋转变形相叠加的结果,与下地壳粘性通道流的驱动并无直接关联,而与相邻地块间的差异性运动所导致的地块间的挤压作用相关。自晚始新世以来,在兰坪—思茅地体北部地区上地壳沿大型走滑断裂带发生的东南向挤出逃逸运动和下地壳通道流所导致的上地壳韧性变形作用可能共存,而地体中南部地区沿大形走滑断裂带发生整体性侧向挤出逃逸模型可能占据主导地位。     

Effects of windblown sand damage on desert highway guardrails

Natural Hazards - Barriers, which are normally used as highway safety instruments, cause adverse sand deposition damage to pavements along desert highways. To select a suitable barrier type for...     

南海北部深海盆地上中新统浊积砂体物源分析*

IODP367/368航次在南海北部深海盆地多个站位发现上中新统厚达数百米的大规模深海浊积岩。采用碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱系分析方法对U1500站上中新统浊积砂体进行源汇对比分析。研究结果表明U1500站上中新统浊积岩碎屑锆石年龄谱系与其西侧琼东南盆地和北侧珠江口盆地中新世沉积物特征类似。多维排列分析(MDS)结果也显示,该站位样品与珠江口盆地、琼东南盆地沉积物关系密切,表明南海北部深海盆地内厚达数百米的上中新统浊积砂体为南海北部物源和南海西部物源混合堆积形成。南海西部陆源输入物质以浊流搬运的方式,沿中央峡谷从西到东搬运至南海东部深海盆地;南海北部珠江物源以重力流的形式,经南海北部陆坡峡谷搬运至深海盆地中,两种来源的沉积物在深海盆地发生混合沉积,形成U1500站厚达数百米的浊积砂体。南海北部深海盆地厚层浊积砂体物质来源的准确识别,对深刻理解南海新生代盆地的构造演化、沉积物充填过程、物源演变以及古地理特征均具有重要意义。