粉红色红拟抱球虫在冲绳海槽区的发现及地层意义

近年来,我们在冲绳海槽区进行大量工作.本文就Z14-6孔(27°07′N127°27′E)首次发现粉红色红拟抱球虫,及稳定同位素测定,进行对比研究,证明了Thompson等1979年所提出的粉红色拟抱球虫在印度-太平洋海域灭绝时代在距今120000年左右的观点.     

2100公里南北向深层地震反射剖面反映的中印度洋板内缩短

自中印度洋被确认为是大洋岩石圈活动压缩变形的场所以来，人们已经竭尽全力来确定该地区的缩短量．其目的是了解在很高压应力下的板内变形会对周围板块的运动学起什么作用以及大洋岩石圈的机械反映．使用了下面4种不同的方法来定量分析变形速率：     

包埋脱水法冷冻保存裙带菜配子体克隆的研究

将裙带菜配子体克隆包埋在含3%褐藻酸钙的胶球中,研究了预培养中的蔗糖浓度和培养时间,脱水过程中的脱水速率和胶球含水量以及化冻速度对配子体克隆的存活率和发育能力的影响,结果表明含裙带菜配子体克隆的胶球在0.3 mol/dm3的蔗糖培养基中培养9 h可以获得较高的存活率;胶球最适平均脱水速率为含水量的5%每小时,最适含水量为25%;较快的化冻速度可以显著提高配子体克隆的存活率,在优化条件下存活率可高达66%;经过冷冻保存的裙带菜配子体克隆在适合发育的条件下能够正常形成孢子体.     

Morphological and molecular evidence supports the first occurrence of two fishes,Siganus sutor(Valenciennes, 1835)and Seriolina nigrofasciata(Rüppell, 1829)(Actinopterygii:Perciformes), from marine waters of Odisha coast,Bay of Bengal,India

Marine ecosystems provide a wide variety of diverse habitats that frequently promote migration and ecological adaptation. The extent to which the geographic distribution of marine organism has reshaped by human activities remains underappreciated. The limitations intrinsic to morphology-based identification systems have engendered an urgent need for reliable genetic methods that enable the unequivocal recognition of fish species,particularly those that are prone to overexploitation and/or market substitution. In the present study, however, an attempt has been taken to identify two locally adapted fish species, Siganus sutor(Valenciennes, 1835) and Seriolina nigrofasciata(Rüppell, 1829) of order Perciformes, which happens to be the first record in Odisha coast,Bay of Bengal. The diagnostic characteristics of Siganus sutor are: dorsal fin XIII-10, anal fin VII-9, pectoral fin 15,pelvic fin II-3, while that of Seriolina nigrofasciata dorsal fin VI-I-35, anal fin I-17, pectoral fin 16, pelvic fin 5. All COI barcodes generated in this study were matched with reference sequences of expected species, according to morphological identification. Bayesian and likelihood phylogenetic trees were drawn based on DNA barcodes and all the specimens clustered in agreement with their taxonomic classification at the species level. The phylogeographic studies based on haplotype network and migration rates suggest that both the species were not panmitic and the high-frequency population distribution indicates successful migration. The result of this study provides an important validation of the use of DNA barcode sequences for monitoring species diversity and changes within a complex marine ecosystem.     

3厘米扫描成像微波辐射计在海洋感感中的初次应用

所有物体都不断地发出电磁辐射,在微波谱段内黑体的辐射量B_bb可用瑞利—金斯公式表示:B_bb=2KT/λ2。     

海洋环境质量评价的生物学指标

海洋,一望无际,广漠无垠;波涛汹涌,怒吼咆哮,自古以来就引人入胜。著名唐代诗人白居易曾以“海漫漫,直下无底旁无边”的诗句来描述海洋广袤深沉的气势。因此很久以来,为探索海洋的密秘不少勇敢的人付出了惊人的代价;海洋也以她富饶的资源为人类的生产实践和科学试验提供了广阔的场所,海洋对人类的生存、世界的发展不断作出贡献。     

Cytochrome P450 differences in normal and imposex-affected female whelk Buccinum undatum from the open North Sea

Normal and imposex-affected female Buccinum undatum were sampled from the open North Sea at three locations, one with low, and two with high shipping densities. Cytochrome P450 components and P450 aromatase activity were determined in the microsomal fractions isolated from pooled digestive gland/gonads. Cytochrome P450 aromatase activity was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in normal females collected in the low shipping density area (1,325 +/- 295 fmol/h/mg protein) than levels from imposex animals from a high shipping density area (620 +/- 287 fmol/h/mg protein). A negative correlation was found between aromatase activity and organotin body burden (r = -0.99). Levels of CYP450, cytochrome b5 and NADPH cytochrome c reductase activity did not show differences among groups. This is the first field evidence of depressed aromatase activity in imposex affected females, although additional research under laboratory controlled conditions is required to fully understand the mechanisms underlying the development of imposex in this species.