Investigating the molecular systematic relationships amongst selected Plesionika (Decapoda: Pandalidae) from the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

Despite the high number of species and ecological diversity of pandalid shrimps, there has been no previous attempt to resolve evolutionary relationships of several genera using molecular tools. Although mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) is widely used in barcoding studies to delimit species boundaries, additional insights into phylogenetic affinities can be obtained, especially when used in combination with data from additional genes. The knowledge of molecular diversity is essential to understand phylogenetic relationships and will help systematic clarifications. Based on partial fragments of the 16S and COI genes, we have focused specifically on addressing the systematic relationships of the economically and ecologically important shrimp genus Plesionika within a framework of five genera from within the Pandalidae. Our results showed that species within Plesionika are substantially divergent when compared with other genera, exhibiting the highest average nucleotide divergence, with 0.1123 and 0.0846 in COI and 16S genes, respectively. In addition, sequence divergence was found to vary greatly within the genus Plesionika (COI/16S): 0.0247/0.0016 between Plesionika antigai and Plesionika heterocarpus and 0.1616/0.098 between Plesionika heterocarpus and Plesionika edwardsii. We did not find amino acid sequence divergence between P. heterocarpus and P. antigai compared with P. heterocarpus and P. edwardsii (8.10%, K2P distance). Three species of Plesionika (P. antigai, P. heterocarpus and Plesionika scopifera) appear well separated from other Plesionika species in both maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. The present study confirms the utility of COI over 16S as a genetic marker to resolve relationships between different species of Plesionika from the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, in addition to species delimitation. The findings highlight the need to further review paraphyly within Plesionika in an attempt to recognize a concordance in the evolutionary history of Plesionika with major ecological and geological events.     

藏南沙拉岗锑矿流体包裹体红外显微测温研究

沙拉岗锑矿是藏南金锑成矿带内最具有代表性的锑矿床。为了更直接地了解该矿床的流体物理化学特征,本文利用红外显微镜对辉锑矿及紧密共生石英中的流体包裹体进行了显微测温研究。红外显微测温分析结果表明,辉锑矿中包裹体均一温度在134.9～221.9℃,峰值在160～190℃之间,盐度在1.7%～7.3%NaCleqv,峰值在5.0%～6.0%NaCleqv之间,密度在0.879～0.958g/cm3之间,平均值为0.934g/cm3;共生石英中包裹体均一温度在142.5～205.6℃,峰值在160～190℃之间,盐度在2.3%～7.0%NaCleqv,峰值在4.0%～6.0%NaCleqv之间,密度在0.910～0.947g/cm3之间,平均值为0.929g/cm3。通过对比研究认为沙拉岗辉锑矿及共生石英形成于同一物理化学条件,捕获同一成矿流体。结合石英中单个流体包裹体激光拉曼成分分析认为成矿流体为含微量CO2、N2、CH4气体的低温、低盐度和低密度的NaCl-H2O热液体系。成矿流体的沸腾作用是辉锑矿大量沉淀主要原因。     

不同分辨率BCC_AGCM模式对东亚区域垂直云量的模拟

基于ISCCP(International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project)和NCEP(National Centers for Environmental Prediction)资料分析了BCC_AGCM2.1(Beijing Climate Center_Atmospheric General Circulation Model 2.1)和BCC_AGCM2.2模拟的云在东亚的垂直分布特点,并探讨了误差来源。两个模式大体上模拟出了总云量的分布形势,较好地模拟出了垂直方向上云量大值带随地形的变化特点,但模拟的总云量偏少。AGCM2.2模拟的云量整体上小于AGCM2.1,除复杂地形外AGCM2.2没有体现出高分辨率的优势。模式对中国东部环流场的模拟效果差导致模拟的云量偏少,尤其是AGCM2.2。模拟的对流层高层相对湿度明显偏大导致高层云量偏大。模式在近海面模拟的相对湿度偏小,四川盆地及周围地区冷季模拟的水汽含量偏少,因而模拟的云量偏少。模式云量对相对湿度的响应能力较好,模拟出了云量对垂直速度和稳定度的响应,但地区差异不明显。模式的云参数化方案中云与相对湿度的关系系数需要调整,应更利于云的生成。     

近800 ka以来南大洋区域经向海表温度差异及气候变化响应

南大洋地理位置关键,其海水热量变化往往会对区域或全球气候产生影响。通过对比南大西洋和南太平洋等南大洋关键海域近800 ka以来的海水表层温度（Sea Surface Temperature,简称SST）变化,同时结合南极冰芯记录的大气CO2浓度、大气温度及大洋底栖氧同位素等气候演变替代指标,对南大洋区域经向海表热量差异及气候响应进行分析,结果显示：1）南大洋不同海域近800 ka以来SST的演化具有明显的区域性。如相较于其他冰期,南大西洋ODP1090站SST值在MIS 12~10期的最低值出现约3.8℃的上升,南塔斯曼海ODP1170站SST冰期最低值则出现约1.3℃的下降;而西南印度洋的MD962077站SST冰期最低值在MIS 10期之后出现约2.2℃的上升。此外,滤波分析结果显示3个站位对"中更新世气候转型"（Mid-Pleistocene Transition,简称MPT）等全球性事件均响应明显;2）"中布容事件"（Mid-Brunhes Event,简称MBE）的发生对南大洋经向温度差异（ΔSST1090-1170）影响明显：MBE之前,ODP1090站位SST在冰期-间冰期旋回中的平均值或极值均比ODP1170站SST的平均值或极值低,但MBE发生期间及之后的MIS 5、MIS 2、MIS 1期,ODP1090站SST的平均值或极值均比ODP1170站SST的平均值或极值高。同时,南大洋经向SST差异（ΔSST1090-1170）在间冰期对气候变化的响应明显比冰期显著。显然,气候变化条件下的海洋锋面迁移及Agulhas流阶段性增强导致外部向南大西洋输入热量有所增加,最终使ΔSST1090-1170值偏正。因此,冰期-间冰期旋回中气候环境改变导致的海洋锋面移动幅度差异等是影响环南极海域经向温度差异变化的关键因素之一。     

ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUSTAINED TORRENTIAL RAINS IN JUNES DURING 1958-2000

Day-to-day precipitation data of Junes during the 43 years of 1958-2000 from stations to the south of Yangtze River are used to divide regions and run statistical analysis of sustained torrential rainfall processes. A preliminary analysis is then made based on it and the results show that June is the month in which torrential rains in the southern half of China take place frequently and sustained torrential rains occur at the same time in South China and the area to the south of Yangtze River. In addition, the analysis gives the basic features of sustained torrential rains of June in China and their interannual variability patterns, with the suggestion that the amount of these events increases significantly after the 1990s. Lastly, the sustained torrential rains occurring in Junes of 1994, 1998 and 2005 in the southern half of China are taken as examples in the research on the basic patterns and formation mechanisms of the evolution of double rain-bands during the rain season in South China and the area to the south of Yangtze River. The analysis shows that the large scale environment field in which sustained torrential rains occur is related to the stable sustaining of the South Asia High and upper level jet streams.     

青海南部地区煤炭资源勘查思路

青海南部及其毗邻地区,是青海省乃至全国工业基础最薄弱、社会经济最落后的地区。煤炭资源紧缺,是制约其经济发展的重要因素之一。查明煤炭资源赋存状况,探讨聚煤规律,指出进一步找煤勘探的方向,科学、合理地开发煤炭资源,以带动其它资源开发,使该区尽快脱贫致富,意义重大。     

Vegetation change of ecotone in west of Northeast China plain using time-series remote sensing data

Multi-temporal series of satellite SPOT-VEGETATION normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and normalized difference water index (NDWI) data from 1998 to 2007 were used for analyzing vegetation change of the ecotone in the west of the Northeast China Plain. The yearly and monthly maximal values,anomalies and change rates of NDVI and NDWI were calculated to reveal the interannual and seasonal changes in vegetation cover and vegetation water content. Linear regression method was adopted to characterize the trends in vegetation change. The yearly maximal NDVI decreased from 0.41 in 1998 to 0.37 in 2007,implying the decreasing trend of vegetation activity. There was a significant decrease of maximal NDVI in spring and summer over the study period,while an increase trend was observed in autumn. The vegetation-improved regions and vegetation-degraded regions occupied 17.03% and 20.30% of the study area,respectively. The maximal NDWI over growing season dropped by 0.027 in 1998–2007,and about 15.15% of the study area showed a decreasing trend of water content. Vegetation water stress in autumn was better than that in spring. Vegetation cover and water content variations were sensitive to annual precipitation,autumn precipitation and summer temperature. The vegetation degradation trend in this ecotone might be induced by the warm-drying climate especially continuous spring and summer drought in the recent ten years.     

Change of ancient hydrology net in Northeast China Plain

Comparing with lithofacies palaeogeography of several great plains, the authors analyzed four great plains in Quaternary diastrophism, the sedimentary facies, sedimentary environment and their evolution from the independent embryonic and river system of ancient Heilongjiang finally to the Halar highland, Songnen Plain, Sanjiang Plain, the Xingkai Lake Plain and various river systems, collected the unification outside the system of Heilongjiang River to release into the sea, south ancient Xialiao River finally piracy Dongliao River, Xialiao River had released into the sea the ancient water law vicissitude and the evolved rule.     

New tectonic map of Northern-Central-Eastern Asia:Position and evolution of Mesozoic sedimentary basins

The beginning of the XXI century was marked a new rising of the international tectonic cartography as a result of analysis and synthesis of a huge volume of geological information obtained for the territory of Asia especially during the last 30 years. The previous tectonic maps for Asia were created in the 1960 s--1970 s of the last century. Since that time,the national geological surveys have compiled tectonic maps exclusively in the limits of their own state boundaries. The international cooperation of five countries since 2002( Russia,China,Mongolia,Kazakhstan and Republic of Korea) gave a unique possibility to join the data into a united cartographic form as Atlas of Geological Maps( since 2002-Atlas of Geological Maps of Central Asia and since 2007-Atlas of Geological Maps of Northern-Central-Eastern Asia). Both atlases include four maps: geological,tectonic,metallogenic,and energy resources. Tectonic Map of Northern-Central-Eastern Asia and Adjacent Areas at scale 1 ∶ 2 500 000 was the key map for further compilation of the metallogenic and energy resources( coal,oil and gas) maps. By this reason,special attention was given to showing the structure and composition of the Mesozoic sedimentary basins in Northern-Central- Eastern Asia as the most perspective structures for oil-and-gas and coal prospect.     

王冠头虫的卷曲

笔者(1987,1988)在辽东半岛南部复州湾晚寒武世崮山组中发现卷曲的王冠头虫。卷曲的王冠头虫的卷曲器官为胸节和尾节,其中最重要的是胸节和尾节中轴的半环。三叶虫的卷曲显示了生物力学的作用,卷曲是生物与环境相适应的表现,由环节动物的侧曲到节肢动物三叶虫的卷曲是生物演化的规律。