The relationship between soft-bottom macrobenthic communities and environmental variables off Ningjin, eastern Shandong Peninsula

Macrobenthic infauna and associated environmental factors influencing the benthic community in the eastern coastal region of Shandong Peninsula were analyzed in four seasonal surveys from January 2007 to October 2007 (30 stations in winter, 20 stations in other three seasons), in order to understand the community structure and the factors unfluencing the benthic distribution. PRIMER 6.0 and SPSS 15.0 software packages were adopted to analyze the environmental and macrobenthic data. The results show that there were 260 macrobenthic species in total collected from the research region. The composition of species is:Polychaeta (94 species), Crustacea (75), Mollusca (56) and Echinoderm (12), among which, only 23 species were common species in the cruises of every season. The dominant species varied from season to season; however, the polychaete species Paralacydonia paradoxa Fauvel and Echinoderm species Amphioplus japonicus (Matsumoto) were always present year-round. The abundance and biomass of the macrobenthos in the research region were variable from season to season. The results of CLUSTER and MDS analysis show that the similarities of macrobenthic structures between the stations were low; most of the similarities were at about 30% of similarity value, only two stations were up to 70%. In accordance with the similarity values of the macrobenthic structures, we divided the 20 stations into five groups by arbitrary similarity level of 30%. The ABC curve indicates that the marcofauna communities in the research region had not been disturbed massively, except two stations, SB1 and SB3. Ecologically, benthos were controlled by a combination of factors such as salinity, phytoplankton, zooplankton, SiO₃-Si and temperature, and no single factor could be considered as an ecological master factor.     

芙蓉岛秋季鸟类生物多样性研究

为了解芙蓉岛鸟类生态类群和多样性,本文以2019年9月芙蓉岛鸟类调查数据为基础,利用样点法对芙蓉岛鸟类的种类、生态类群、区系、居留型和鸟类多样性等进行了研究。结果表明：本次调查共记录鸟类5目15科31种,其中国家Ⅱ级保护鸟类7种,列入《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约及有效决议汇编》附录Ⅲ中的鸟类1种。从生态类群构成上：鸣禽19种,猛禽7种,涉禽4种,陆禽1种;从鸟类地理区系构成上：广布种23种,古北种7种,东洋界1种;从居留类型构成上：冬候鸟5种,留鸟3种,旅鸟17种,夏候鸟、冬候鸟和旅鸟混合类型6种。鸟类群落多样性指数（H’）为3.83,均匀度指数（J）为0.77。芙蓉岛鸟类优势种为红嘴鸥（Larus ridibundus）、家燕（Hirundo rustica）和树麻雀（Passer montanus）。本文对芙蓉岛鸟类生物多样性进行了报道,对芙蓉岛鸟类资源的本底调查以及该区域鸟类生物多样性保护具有重要意义。     

西班牙科学家发现最古老蜘蛛蟹化石

科学家最新考古发现显示,在西班牙北部的采石场中发现8种远古甲壳纲动物,其中包括迄今世界上最古老的蜘蛛蟹,它们的历史可追溯至1亿年前。据悉,在这个采石场共发现了36种十足类生物,这     

海洋生物灭绝风险

化石有什么用?化石是存留在岩石中的古生物遗体或遗迹,最常见的是骸骨和贝壳等。在历史上,古生物学家一直将他们的工作放在了解地球远古时期的地质记录。研究化石可以了解生物的演化并能帮助确定地层的年代。然而现在科学家们发现,化石生物信息能够帮助解释生物多样性以及生态环境     

水中大熊猫——中华白海豚

中华白海豚是世界上78种鲸类品种之一，一般称为“印度太平洋驼背豚”。中华白海豚属于鲸类的海豚科，是宽吻海豚及杀人鲸的近亲。素有“长江里的大熊猫”之称，属国家一级保护动物。清朝初期，广东珠江口一带称它为“卢亭”，也有渔民称之为“白忌”和“海猪”，其他俗名尚有粉红海豚、镇江鱼、白鼯等。     

南阳盆地恐龙蛋化石古地理环境初探

南阳盆地恐龙化石群的发现是我国科学界的又一重大发现。本文依据野外调查和已有的资料，在深入分析区域地质构造、地层特点和化石分布规律的基础上，深入探讨了当时的古地理环境及其演变过程。对区内古地貌轮廓，古气候与生物界，盆地沉积环境，恐龙灭绝的环境因素等进行了分析，并对“保存环境”提出保护措施。     

虎皮鹦鹉夜叫声量异常与地震关系的分析

本文根据江苏省东台市Ｊｉａｎｇ港农场综合地震测报点微观观测虎皮鹦鹉的实验资料，详细介绍了１９８５年以来记录到的两次地震前鹦鹉异常反应。并对观测条件和方法、资料的可靠性、异常指标的确定，地震前兆异常与非震异常特征及其鉴别方法等分别作了介绍和讨论，还对动物的微观观测可能成为监视地震的一种有希望的短临前兆手段，进行了估评。