Prevalence and risk assessment of antibiotics in riverine estuarine waters of Larut and Sangga Besar River,Perak

Antibiotics released into the environment through anthropogenic activities exert selective pressure,driving bacteria towards increasing antimicrobial resistance.The prevalence of antibiotics and the ecological risks posed in the riverine estuarine of Larut River and Sangga Besar River,which included wastewater effluents from hospital,zoo,and poultry slaughterhouse sources were investigated.Solid phase extraction(SPE) followed by high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass chromatography(HPLC-MS/MS) were used to extract and quantify the antibiotic residues from 22 antibiotics belonging to six major antibiotic classes(sulfonamide,macrolide,fluoroquinolone,phenicol,trimethoprim,and tetracycline).Sixteen antibiotic residues were detected with concentrations ranging from limit of detection(LOD) to 1 262.3 ng/L.Fluoroquinolones and macrolides were the most frequently detected compounds.Erythromycin,clarithromycin and ofloxacin detected in hospital and zoo effluents posed a high risk to algae while tetracycline had low to medium ecological risks toward all the relevant organisms from aquatic environments(algae,invertebrate Daphnia magna,and fish).     

动物性饵料对脉红螺(Rapana venosa)幼体的吸引性研究

采用生态学方法进行了新鲜和煮熟的动物性饵料对脉红螺(Rapana venosa)浮游幼体的吸引作用研究。结果表明, 脉红螺浮游幼体在4螺层期是食性转换期, 且在幼体到达3螺层后期的第1—6天是投放附着基和动物性饵料的最佳时期。此外, 新鲜和熟的双壳贝类肉对脉红螺幼体有明显的吸引力, 吸附于新鲜贝肉上的4螺层幼体占吸附幼体总数的48.61%, 显著大于其它螺层幼体; 脉红螺幼体选择新鲜紫贻贝肉的比例为33.75%, 显著大于菲律宾蛤仔(24.08%)、中国蛤蜊(18.97%)和长牡蛎(23.19%); 而熟贝肉中, 长牡蛎对幼体的吸引作用显著大于紫贻贝、菲律宾蛤仔、中国蛤蜊、海湾扇贝边粉和空白对照; 新鲜紫贻贝和熟长牡蛎肉具有作为脉红螺幼体食性转换期动物性饵料的开发潜力。     

Probability distribution of the Murty‐Loomis tsunami magnitude

Abstract

In 1980, Murty and Loomis proposed a new, objective tsunami magnitude scale based on total tsunami energy. A list of 178 tsunamigenic earthquakes during the period 1815 to 1974 was given along with estimated tsunami magnitudes. In this study, we derived the probability distribution function of tsunami magnitudes based on the assumptions that (1) the occurrences of tsunamigenic earthquakes are a Poisson process, and (2) tsunami energy is a polynomial function of tsunami recurrence time. Using the data given by Murty and Loomis, the parameters of the distribution function are estimated. Comparison with the data shows that the derived distribution is a good representation of the distribution of the Murty‐Loomis tsunami magnitude.     

Sponges (Porifera) as living metazoan witnesses from the Neoproterozoic: biomineralization and the concept of their evolutionary success

The emergence of the Metazoa can be dated back to the Neoproterozoic Era which comprises the Cryogenian Period during which two major glaciations occurred, the Sturtian and the Varanger-Marinoan. At that time, the phylum Porifera (sponges) evolved as the first animals and developed a hard skeleton. The two classes of siliceous sponges, the Hexactinellida and the Demospongiae, are already provided with the major genetic repertoire and gene regulatory networks that also exist in modern multicellular animals. Besides these metazoan innovations, the siliceous sponges display one autapomorphic character, silicatein, an enzyme which mediates bio-silica formation. Well preserved siliceous sponge fossils have been excavated from the Cambrian Burgess Shale- and Chengjiang deposits. It is concluded that it was the hard skeleton of the siliceous sponges that contributed to the successful evolution and survival of the Porifera during the last 500 Ma.     

阿拉善地块南缘构造活动特征与青藏高原东北缘向外扩展的最新边界

青藏高原向北东方向扩展的方式及最新扩展边界的位置,是目前青藏高原东北缘构造变形研究的热点.基于近年来对阿拉善地块南缘及邻区活动构造运动特征调查和定量研究结果,重点总结了阿拉善地块南缘活动断裂几何图像及运动特征,指出以前普遍认为的稳定阿拉善地块内部在新生代晚期发育了一系列规模不等、运动性质各异的活动断裂,这些活动断裂是青...     

宜昌附近第四纪断层研究的新进展

通过野外地震地质调查，发现：（１）北东向新场—古老背断裂带的地表形迹和更新世多期活动的地层、构造岩证据；（２）近南北向虎牙第四纪断层及其粘滑快速断错的剩余形变特征；（３）北西向天阳坪断裂带南支早第四纪粘滑快速断错的剩余形变特征及其上覆晚更新世末期堆积（１４Ｃ１６４００±４３９年）未受断错所揭示的时间上限约束。     

Seasonal variability of eddy characteristics and energetics in the Kuroshio Extension

Ocean Dynamics - Based on the eddy-resolving Four-dimensional variational Ocean Re-Analysis for the Western North Pacific over 30 years (FORA-WNP30) product, this study investigates the...     

2020年1月24—25日贵州冰雹、雨雪共存天气机理分析

利用常规观测、NCEP再分析及FY-2G TBB等资料,对贵州2020年1月24—25日的冰雹、雨雪共存天气进行分析,结果表明:(1)此次复杂天气主要由南支槽前强上升运动把低空急流带来的充沛水汽强迫抬升至-10℃以上,前期能量集聚使得大气不稳定度迅速加大,滇黔静止锋触发贵州南部不稳定能量释放,共同造成了此次天气。(2)冰雹是由高架雷暴造成的,暖湿逆温层、强垂直风切变、强不稳定层结和合适的温度垂直分布是发生强对流的主要原因。(3)冷锋及深厚南支槽是降雪发生的主要环流形势,中层水汽辐合的强度及厚度不断增长、槽前动力抬升使得水汽伸展到-10℃以上,配合气温不断下降共同造成了暴雪天气。(4)贵州西部较充沛的外部水汽输送为降雨提供有利条件,高低空急流的有效叠加及典型的低层辐合、高层辐散加大降水强度。(5)强上升运动在降雪前8 h出现、涡度平流在降雪前24 h出现跃增,低层辐合的强度大于高层辐散;较之冰雹、暴雪区,大暴雪区饱和区伸展更高、上升运动更强、涡度平流更强,但水汽辐合稍弱;大暴雪区表现为稳定的低冷高暖,冰雹区、暴雪区则表现为由低到高的"冷—暖—冷"结构。(6)降雪区TBB纹理较均匀,大部在-20～-32℃,TBB低值区对应降雪强度较大,降雪最强时段TBB达-52℃。