Effect of Cu toxicity at different salinity on selective group of juvenile pompano Trachinotus ovatus

Effects of copper toxicity and salinity shock on selective group of juvenile pompano Trachinotus ovatus were investigated.The fish were exposed to different Cu2+ concentrations of 0(blank),0.02(C1),0.05(C2),0.10(C3),and 0.15 mg·L–1(C4)at a salinity of 10‰ or 40‰ for 96 h,with the salinity of 29‰ as the control.The results showed that the effects of the acute salinity stimulation to survival rates of pompano between control(29‰)and lower or higher salinity for 96 h were not significant(p0.05).However,the survival rates in each treatment were decreased with the increase of Cu2+ concentration.The dominant factor influencing body moisture of the fish was salinity,and there was no sign that body moisture was correlated with exposure to Cu2+.The gill lamellas in high level of Cu2+ concentration(C4 treatments)were abnormal under the salinity of 40‰ and extremely curly under the salinity of 10‰.Hemorrhage in gill was observed in the two C4 treatments.Under transmission electron microscope,pillar cells in gill lamellas appeared deformed and ruptured in some areas of the epithelia in the higher concentration of Cu2+,resulting in the death of the fish due to the destruction of gill tissue,elevation of the arithmetic mean distance from water to blood,the decrease of oxygen diffusion capacity,and other physiological functions.These findings indicate that the pompano might suffer much more pressure when encountered with Cu2+ pollution and low salinity.     

2011年湖南一次强暴雨过程中尺度分析

以LAPS局地分析资料为主,综合利用卫星云图、地面自动站资料和NCEP提供的全球分析资料,对2011年6月9—10日湖南一次特大暴雨过程进行了分析,结果表明:降水主要发生在对流云团中亮温TBB-70℃的区域的偏西一侧,在TBB-80℃的区域内降水最强;锋前暖区中的对流云团,在中低层是以条件不稳定机制为主的垂直上升运动,而在中高层,是以条件对称不稳定机制为主的垂直上升运动。中尺度对流系统在不断东移南压的过程中,受高层的辐散性流场的抽吸作用和低层的对流不稳定而发展加强。强气旋性切变和正涡度平流触发中尺度气旋发生、发展,β中尺度涡旋是此次特大暴雨过程的直接影响系统。对整层的高度场和流场进行滤波分析发现,此次暴雨过程中的中尺度气旋活跃,强降水雨团与中尺度低层辐合、高层辐散中心基本重合。利用高(低)层中尺度辐散(合)中心位置确定暴雨中心有一定的预报指导作用。     

一次梅雨期台风远距离暴雨的分析研究

用NCEP 1°×1°再分析资料、MICAPS系统地面站资料、TRMM卫星降水资料以及自动站雨量资料分析了2011年梅雨后期发生在江苏省南京市的一次暴雨过程。结果表明:此次暴雨发生在中高层高空深槽前部、低空切变线附近、低层低涡和地面低压的东北部,是西风带低值系统及其引导的低层低涡与西进北上的"马鞍"台风共同作用产生的。925 h Pa上中国东南沿海位于低层低涡东北部的东南偏东气流影响下,将来自于西太平洋的水汽源源不断向暴雨区输送,为暴雨的发生提供了良好的水汽条件。不仅如此,此东南偏东气流还使得华南和东南沿海地区暖平流明显。低层暖平流输送伴随的小幅增温和水汽输送导致的湿度层增厚,导致南京附近大气层结不稳定是暴雨发生的热力环境。随着"马鞍"台风的西进北上,其北侧副高中的干空气逐渐被卷至中国东南沿海附近,与大陆上的暖湿气流形成明显对比,形成了一条明显的能量锋。与此同时,在长江中游地区,残余的梅雨锋也表现为一条能量锋,两条能量锋在南京附近相接,造成明显的上升运动,从而触发了暴雨的发生。     

太平洋牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)担轮幼虫的超低温保存研究

本文研究了六种抗冻保护剂GLY(甘油)、DMSO(二甲基亚砜)、PG(丙二醇)、EG(乙二醇)、DMA(二甲基乙酰胺)和Me OH(甲醇)在三种不同浓度下(5%、10%、15%,v/v)对太平洋牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)担轮幼虫的毒性作用及冷冻保存的影响。太平洋牡蛎担轮幼虫毒性实验证明:抗冻保护剂的种类和浓度对太平洋牡蛎担轮幼虫产生的毒性强弱不同,在抗冻保护剂浓度为5%时,GLY、DMSO、PG、EG对太平洋牡蛎的毒性作用显著低于其他抗冻保护剂(P0.05);随着抗冻保护剂浓度增加到10%,GLY、DMSO、EG、Me OH对太平洋牡蛎担轮幼虫的毒性作用显著低于其他抗冻保护剂(P0.05);而抗冻保护剂浓度为15%时,GLY、DMSO对太平洋牡蛎担轮幼虫的毒性作用显著低于其他抗冻保护剂(P0.05),且随着抗冻保护剂浓度的升高,其对太平洋牡蛎担轮幼虫的毒性作用也增大。太平洋牡蛎担轮幼虫的超低温冷冻保存实验证明:以10%DMSO作为抗冻保护剂,采用分布降温法冷冻保存太平洋牡蛎担轮幼虫,28°C水浴解冻后担轮幼虫运动率达到(73.00±2.00)%,显著高于其他实验组(P0.05),其次为GLY组,且各浓度间差异不显著(P0.05)。该研究为太平洋牡蛎及其他贝类胚胎保存提供了科学依据,在贝类遗传育种和生物技术等方面具有一定的应用前景,具有重要的生产实践价值。     

Provenance signal variations caused by facies and tectonics: Zircon age and heavy mineral evidence from Miocene sand in the north-eastern North Sea Basin

The provenance of the Danish Miocene sands has been deduced from zircon ages and heavy minerals integrated with an existing detailed stratigraphic model of the fluvio-deltaic sand successions that prograded into the North Sea Basin in large delta lobes. The stratigraphic model allowed interpretation of the depositional ages of the samples, which were used to reconstruct the outline of the river pathway system for each time slice. The contribution from individual source areas to a specific position in the Miocene succession was controlled by depositional environment and tectonics. The major rivers each flowed separately to the sea, so mixing between supplies from different sources could only have occurred in the marine environment, where a wave-induced shallow current and a tidally-induced deeper current transported the sediment along the shore in opposite directions. Changes in grain size parameters and mineral assemblages across Denmark showed that the overall sediment transport direction for southern Scandinavia was to the south-west. They also showed that the sediments are immature with regards to transport length, so the high maturity of the heavy mineral suite suggests that kaolinisation has been a widespread phenomenon in the source areas. Rapid uplift and/or extensive denudation may have been revealed by an apparent eastward migration of the dominating provenance area, which was observed in the zircon age data for two consecutive time spans; the early Miocene first tectonic pulse and the intra-early Miocene tectonic phase. Comparison of the zircon age distributions with age markers defined using the published ages of the Scandinavian basement terranes shows that most of the sand came from several Sveconorwegian source areas in south-eastern Norway and south-western Sweden. Contributions from the Svecofennian Orogen, the Caledonian belt and the Oslo Rift are also found and the presence of Archaean zircon grains suggests that contributions to the river systems came from as far away as Finland.     

Organic geochemical identification of reservoir oil–gas–water layers in the Junggar Basin,NW China

The identification of reservoir oil–gas–water layers is a fundamental task in petroleum exploration and exploitation, but is difficult, especially in cases of complex hydrocarbon migration and accumulation. In such cases, hydrocarbon remigration and dysmigration take place very commonly, leading to the presence of residual or paleo-oil accumulations and layers, which cannot be easily identified or misinterpreted as oil layers by conventional logging and geophysical data. In this paper, based on a case study in the Luxi area of the central Junggar Basin, NW China, we seek to characterize such layers in terms of organic geochemistry. We suggest specific indicator parameters of organic geochemistry such as the chloroform bitumen content of reservoir extracts, which is usually >1.0% in oil layers. We explore the application of grains containing oil inclusions (GOI) (the ratio of mineral grains containing oil inclusions to the total number of mineral grains) for the identification of oil–gas–water layers in the Junggar Basin for the first time; this method has been used elsewhere. The maximum GOI values for the oil layers, oil–water layers, water layers and dry layers are >11%, 7%–11%, 6%–7% and <6%, respectively. In addition, gas layers and heavy-oil layers that are difficult to identify by conventional organic geochemical parameters were identified using biomarkers. The typical characteristics of the soluble reservoir bitumen in the gas layers include a much greater abundance of tricyclic terpanes (two times in general) relative to pentacyclic terpanes and a tricyclic terpane distribution of C₂₀ > C₂₁ > C₂₃. In contrast, the typical characteristic of the heavy-oil layers is the presence of 25-norhopanes in reservoir bitumen extracts. These specific indicators can be applied in the Junggar Basin and in similar settings elsewhere.     

Cd2+和Cu2+对泥蚶的急性毒性和联合毒性试验

为了解重金属Cd2+和Cu2+对泥蚶的毒害程度和泥蚶对重金属Cd2+和Cu2+的解毒能力,用毒理学实验方法研究了Cd2+和Cu2+对泥蚶(Tegillarca granosa)的急性毒性和联合毒性效应。结果表明:Cd2+、Cu2+对泥蚶的96 h半致死质量浓度分别为6.189、0.460 mg/L;安全质量浓度分别为0.062、0.005 mg/L;相对毒性Cu2+Cd2+。在1︰1毒性单位的联合作用下,Cd2+和Cu2+对泥蚶96 h的半致死质量浓度分别为1.984、0.147 mg/L;安全质量浓度分别为0.020、0.001 mg/L。2种重金属离子的联合毒性大于任一重金属离子的毒性,联合毒性表现为协同作用。     

2013年6月26—29日江西暴雨过程的中尺度数值模拟分析

利用NCEP再分析资料和WRF模式,对2013年6月26—29日江西大范围暴雨过程进行了数值模拟分析。结果表明,西太平洋副热带高压脊线稳定维持在21°N附近,副高北侧强盛西南气流将水汽向江南北部地区输送是暴雨产生和稳定维持的主要原因。超低空偏南急流的建立、发展和维持是这次连续暴雨过程产生的一个重要因素,同时低空低涡南侧出现一串近似东西向排列的30～60km更小尺度的强对流系统,它们与大暴雨区相吻合;整层水汽通量密集区的南北界位置和暴雨区南北界位置基本吻合,整层水汽的大值中心的范围和大暴雨中心的范围具有明显的正相关关系;水汽通量散度最大辐合中心为暴雨的产生输送了大量的水汽,水汽辐合中心与暴雨的落区有很好的一致性;强降水落区与假相当位温最大值区相对应。     

Monitoring stress levels on rice with heavy metal pollution from hyperspectral reflectance data using wavelet-fractal analysis

Remote sensing allows monitoring heavy metal pollution in crops for agricultural production and food security. This paper presents an approach to wavelet-fractal analysis for exploring a set of sensitive spectral parameters to monitor the heavy metal pollution levels in rice crops from hyperspectral reflectance data. Hyperspectral and biochemical data were collected from three study farms in Changchun, Jilin Province, China. Our study explored the fractal dimension of reflectance with wavelet transform (FDWT) that demonstrated a better performance than other existing methods. Our results obtained in this study show that the red edge position (REP) was the most sensitive indicator for monitoring the heavy metal pollution levels in rice crops among common indices. As compared with REP, the FDWT is more sensitive to biochemical composition, namely with respect to chlorophyll concentrations, N, Cu and Cd. The established linear models showed a correlation coefficient (R²) above 0.70, model efficiency (ME) above 0.65 and a root mean square error (RMSE) below 3.5. Minimum FDWT values occurred in rice with Level II pollution followed by Level I pollution, and finally the safe level. This study suggests that wavelet transform is well suited as a spectral analysis method to eliminate noise and amplify the stress information from heavy metals. The wavelet transform in conjunction with fractal analysis is promising for detecting heavy metal-induced stress in rice crops.     

Evaluations of heavy metal pollution in sediment and Mullus barbatus from the Izmir Bay (Eastern Aegean) during 1997-2009

Izmir Bay is one of the great natural bays of the Mediterranean. The surface sediment and fish samples were collected during 1997-2009. The sediment concentrations of inner bay showed significant enrichments during sampling periods. Outer and middle bays exhibited low levels of metal enrichments except the estuary of Gediz River. The concentrations were generally higher than the background levels from the Mediterranean and Aegean except Cd and Pb levels gradually decreased. Metal EF is used as an index to evaluate anthropogenic influences of metals in sediments. Maximum metal enrichment was found for Hg in the outer bay, while Pb indicated maximum enrichment in the middle-inner bays. Metal levels were evaluated in sediments in accordance with the numerical SQG of the USEPA. The levels of fish tissues were lower than the results reported from polluted areas of the Mediterranean. The highest BAFs were detected for Hg and Cd in fish.