Fatigue Crack Propagation in Steel A131 Under Ice Loading of Crushing,Bending and Buckling

Three types of ice loading, which are most commonly present when ice acts on structures, are chosen and simulated for use of fatigue crack propagation tests on offshore structural steel A131. The three types of ice categorized in accordance with the failure modes when acting on structures called crushing ice, bending ice, and buckling ice, respectively. This paper presents an experimental investigation on the fatigue crack propagation behavior of widely used high strength steel A131 for offshore jackets in the loading environment of ice crushing, bending, and buckling. The test results of fatigue crack propagation in steel A131 under these simulated ice loading at temperature 292K. are presented and analyzed in detail in this paper. The amplitude root mean square stress intensity factor is optimized to be the fundamental parameter of fatigue crack propagation for all types of ice loading histories. The results are also compared with constant amplitude fatigue crack propagation conclusions as in wave loa     

十二烷基硫酸钠对卤虫生长和发育的影响

以卤虫初孵幼体为试验材料,研究了十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)对其生长和发育的影响。96h试验期间内测得的结果显示,SDS在24h,48h,72h及96h对卤虫生长的无可见影响浓度(NOEC)分别为11.4,8.7,<8.7,<8.7mg/L;对卤虫发育的无可见影响浓度分别为19.2,19.2,<8.7,<8.7mg/L;SDS可以抑制卤虫胸部分节及胸肢的分化,但不影响复眼的形成。试验结果表明,卤虫生长指标较发育指标敏感,可以将其作为毒性检验的观测指标。     

Cloning of cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) genes from the hermaphrodite fish Rivulus marmoratus and the Japanese medaka Oryzias latipes

To use two small fish Rivulus marmoratus (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae) and the Japanese medaka Oryzias latipes (Belloniformes) as testing models in molecular ecotoxicology, we have cloned the cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) gene after screening of both genomic DNA libraries, and sequenced 11,863 and 7,243 bp including all the exons and introns with promoter regions, respectively. The Rivulus and the medaka CYP1A gene consisted of seven exons (including non-coding exons) with high homology to mammals. In the promoter region, Rivulus CYP1A gene has seven xenobiotic response elements (XREs) and two metal response elements (MREs), while the Japanese medaka CYP1A gene has six XREs and four MREs. Interestingly, medaka CYP1A gene has a number of MREs at the promoter, which may affect its response on metal exposure. We describe here the gene structure of both fish CYP1A genes.     

辽东湾沿岸海水及贝类中甲肝病毒分布的研究

用RT-PCR方法检测辽东湾几个重点沿岸海域表层海水和几种经济贝类样品中甲肝病毒的分布。结果表明,6个重点沿岸海域表层海水中均检出甲肝病毒(Hepatitis A virus,HAV),6种经济贝类样品中有4个样品检出甲肝病毒。检测结果显示,辽东湾某些重点沿岸海域受陆源生活污水影响严重,有关部门应加强海洋环境和海产贝类卫生安全监测和管理,以避免引发甲型肝炎暴发流行。     

Statistical analysis of the distribution of fish eggs and larvae on the southeastern U.S. continental shelf with comments on oceanographic processes that may affect larval survival

Data collected in 1953 and 1954 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were statistically analyzed to ascertain where and when fish eggs and larvae are most abundant on the southeastern U.S. continental shelf. The results are related to some oceanographic processes that might affect the survival of larval fish. Along-shelf differences in numbers of eggs and larvae are minimal compared with differences that occur across the shelf. Highest numbers of fish larvae are found on the outer shelf during fall, winter and spring, but larvae are evenly distributed across the shelf in summer.Upwelling strongly influences the dynamics of plankton production on the outer shelf, and thus during most seasons of the year upwelling may be the most important process controlling the amount of food available to larval fish. During winter and spring, mean winds do not favor shoreward transport of larval fish from the outer shelf if the larvae are located in near-surface waters. Thus, during these seasons variability of winds on the ‘event’ time scale may be more important to onshore and offshore transport of larval fish than the mean strength and direction of monthly or seasonally averaged winds.     

南海ODP1148站深海相渐新统硅质成岩作用

南海ODP1148站分析结果显示，井深475-600m的硅质化石主要表现为蛋白石-CT。随着深度增加，硅质化石破壳率增大，蛋白石-CT的X射线衍射峰强度减弱，自生石英的衍射峰则相应增强，反应了蛋白石-CT向石英的转变，井深620m附近，硅质化石完全溶解，蛋白石-CT衍射峰消失，蛋白石-CT全部转变为石英，样品取心率从470m处的近100%降到485m处的8%，可能是硅质成岩作用，尤其是蛋白石-A向蛋白石-CT的转变影响所致，而取心率的降低，则是此井未能观察到蛋白石-A/蛋白石-CT转变界线的部分原因。     

Natural organics as fluorescent tracers of river-sea mixing

The use of dissolved organic matter fluorescence as a tracer of river-sea mixing was examined in two South Carolina estuaries. Fluorescence declined linearly with seawater dilution in laboratory mixing studies, and also behaved conservatively in an estuary where a single river emptied into a bay. Fluorescence-salinity relationships were also studied in another estuary where a piedmont river (high suspended sediment, low fluorescence) and a coastal plains river (low sediment, high fluorescence) mixed with ocean water. The factor of 2 or greater difference in fluorescence between the two rivers allowed their relative contribution to the estuarine water mass to be distinguished. Petroleum hydrocarbons, measured in estuarine water at 0·7-1·8 μg l⁻¹ concentrations, contributed negligibly to water fluorescence.     

Distribution of total Al,Cd, Co,Cu, Ni and Zn in the tongue of the ocean and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean

The elements Al, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni and Zn were concentrated from seawater using tetraethylenepentamine resin and analysed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The spatial distribution of these elements in the northwest Atlantic Ocean is discussed with respect to possible riverine inputs to the area from Puerto Rico.     

Inhibitory effects of divalent metal ions on liver microsomal 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity of leaping mullet

The purpose of the present study was to elucidate in vitro effects of Hg²⁺, Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺ and Cd²⁺ on cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) dependent EROD activities in leaping mullet liver microsomes. Fish captured from the most polluted part of Izmir Bay, had highly elevated EROD activities, and induced CYP1A1 protein levels as determined by Western blotting. Although all of the metal ions caused inhibition of the initial velocity of the reaction, Hg²⁺ and Cd²⁺ exhibited much higher inhibitory effect at lower concentrations and they were evidently more potent inhibitors than others. The inhibitor concentration giving 50% inhibition (IC₅₀ values) of Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cd²⁺ and Hg²⁺ of initial EROD activity were 107, 16, 1.3 and 0.15 micromolar, respectively. Glutathione (GSH) at 0.5 mM final concentration, completely reversed Ni²⁺ and Cd²⁺ inhibition of EROD activity indicating the protective action of GSH.     

C18键合硅胶柱在线富集/FIA-FAAS系统测定海水中痕量重金属

基于8-羟基喹啉金属螯合物在C_(18)键合硅胶上的吸附原理,在海水样品中加入少量8-羟基喹啉溶液,建立在线C_(18)键合硅胶柱富集,甲醇洗脱,洗脱液直接进入火焰的流动注射-火焰原子吸收光谱系统(FIA-FAAS)测定海水中痕量Cu,Ni,Cd和Zn的方法。富集倍数达80,进样频率为每小时30次。对Cu Ni,Cd和Zn测定的特征浓度分别为0.30,0.26,0.12和0.07μg/L;检出限(2σ)分别为0.07,0.05,0.02和0.01μg/L;相对标准偏差分别为2.7,2.1,2.8和2.5％;回收率分别为102,98,96和102％。本法快速简便,污染少,灵敏度高。