Changes in Dogger Bank macrofauna communities in the 20th century caused by fishing and climate

The macrofauna communities on the Dogger Bank (North Sea) from the 1920s, the 1950s and the 1980s to the 2000s were compared and identified five communities with similar spatial distribution throughout the 20th century. The abundance of dominant species in the five communities varied with time. Most obvious in the 1950s was the loss of the extensive Spisula and Mactra patches, which covered most of the shallow parts of the Bank in the 1920s. Since the 1980s, they have been found only as juveniles. The biological regime shift in the late 1980s caused an increase in macrofauna abundance, species numbers, diversity and southern species in most of the communities. The climate regime shift in 2001 had opposite effects in which the abundance, species numbers, diversity and southern species decreased in most of the communities. The increase in interface-feeding species and the decrease in sand-licking amphipods in the 2000s especially in the shallow Bank Community give evidence for climate driven changes in water masses, currents, storms, turbidity and food availability via planktonic or benthic primary production. Both fishing impact and climate change are hypothesised as explaining the changes in the Dogger Bank macrofauna communities.     

港口疏浚泥在海涂围垦工程中资源化利用研究

针对巴艚渔港和华润浙江苍南发电厂工程产生的大量疏浚量,提出疏浚量在江南海涂围垦工程资源化利用方案.通过对巴艚渔港工程地质条件和粒度成分分析,并进行疏浚泥落淤试验,提出了疏浚泥吹填软基真空预压联合堆载加固实施方案,并利用有限元技术对真空预压联合堆载处理软基进行沉降计算,结果表明:本工程疏浚泥可以在海涂围垦工程中资源化利用...     

Integrated biological control of water hyacinths, Eichhornia crassipes by a novel combination of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844), and the weevil, Neochetina spp.

The efficacy of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cyprinidae) and weevils Neochetina spp. (Curculionidae) to control the aquatic weed, water hyacinth, is investigated in a square net cage (happas) setting at a farm in Cuddalore District, South India. This novel combination of insects and fish is found to be superior to individual treatments for controlling the weed growth within 110 d. The biomass of the weed, number of plants, percentage of flowered plants and chlorophyll contents were studied. The weed ...     

基于连续沥取的富钴结壳成因机制的探讨

根据连续沥取实验结果及相关文献,富钴结壳的生长可用一个双阶段胶体-化学吸附模型来说明.第一阶段是混合胶体的形成及元素的清除与富集,富氧的底层水与缺氧、富Mn2＋的中层水体混合,Mn2＋被氧化而形成MnO2胶体,并与水柱中的Fe（OH）3、Al（OH）3、SiO2、Ti（OH）4等胶体形成多种混合胶体[MnO2-Fe（OH）3、Fe（OH）3-Ti（OH）4和Fe（OH）3-Al（OH）3-SiO2],后者根据各自的表面物理化学特征吸附和富集不同的元素;第二阶段是混合胶体的沉积及富钴结壳的生长,第一阶段形成的混合胶体在海山基岩上以氧化物或氢氧化物的形式沉积,吸附的元素结合进矿物点阵,然后通过自催化或自反馈的方式生长.在富钴结壳生长中,生物起着重要的作用,包括为富钴结壳的生长提供大量的成矿物质、对Mn2＋的催化氧化作用及在铁锰胶体的沉淀及富钴结壳壳层的生长过程中的媒介作用.     

毛乌素沙地生物结皮层藓类植物培育试验研究

 通过对毛乌素沙地不同发育程度的藓结皮进行养分分析,根据其N、P、K含量,对Knop培养液进行修正,按照正交试验设计方法进行室内培育实验,研究最适合毛乌素沙地藓类植株茎叶碎段生长发育的温度、培养液浓度以及培养液使用量。结果表明,当温度为15 ℃,培养液为low Knop,加液体量为12 ml时,藓结皮的生长发育状况良好,其株密度为329株·皿-1,平均株高为4.5 mm; 25 ℃时处理间差异不显著,生长情况不及15 ℃,而35 ℃高温下没有茎叶碎段生长繁殖。根据所有处理株高随时间的变化,得出了藓类植株生长拟合曲线。本实验可为野外培育藓结皮尤其是毛乌素沙地生物结皮的人工修复提供了一定的参考。     

不同成因类型堰塞湖的应急处置措施比较

在对堰塞湖所造成的危害和成因类型分析的基础上,将堰塞湖分为:滑坡型堰塞湖、崩塌型堰塞湖和泥石流型堰塞湖,并对这三种类型堰塞湖所具有的特征和采取的应急处置措施进行了比较.对于不同成因类型、不同特征的堰塞湖,都要在尽可能降低堰塞湖危害的前提下,充分考虑各种因素、因地制宜的选取应急处置方式.     

COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON STRUCTURAL FEATURE OF AGAR POLYSACCHARIDES FROM PORPHYRA HAITANENSIS GROWN IN SOUTH AND NORTH CHINA

The structural feature of agar polysaccharides from Porphyra haitanensis grown in south China and transplanted to the north was investigated by fractioriation on DEAE - Sephadex A 50, chemical analysis, and infrared and 13C - NMR spectroscopy.The agars composed mainly of Charged molecules were eluted from DEAE - Sephadex A 50 with 1.0 mol/L- NaCl solution from the southern P. haitanensis and with 0.5 mol/L NaCl from the northern one. The 13C-NMR spectra showed that agarobiose [(1 -3)- B D - galactopyranosyl - (1 -4)-3,6-anhydro-a-L-galactopyranose] and the biological precursor of agarobiose [(1-3} B-D-galactopyra nosyl- (1-4)- 6- sulfate-a- L-galactopyranose ] were the major disaccharide repeating units in the charged fractions. The content of the biological precur sor in the agar polysaccharides from southern P. haitanensis was higher than that in the northern one, the content of the biological precursor extracted from cold water was higher than that from hot water, and the content of 6- OMe-D-galactos     

矿井涌水量数值法预测井筒处理方法探讨

矿井涌水量预测对于矿山开采具有重要意义。本文采用解析法和数值法计算了尕马庄矿区主、副井的井筒涌水量。重点讨论了数值法模型中井筒处理方法，通过对三种处理措施比较发现将井点作为节点，以含水层底板标高为其固定水头计算最大井筒涌水量，具有剖分简单、计算工作量小、结果较精确等优点。     

马氏珠母贝的术前处理试验

本试验根据马氏珠母贝手术贝的不同生理状态，分别用控制海水流量、饵料等抑制贝的生殖腺发育，或促进生殖腺发育并诱导产卵排精的方法，对手术贝进行术前处理，结果表明：手术后休养期成活率平均为９２．９％，最高的达９５．３％；育珠期成活率平均为７５．３％。最高的一组达８５．３％；平均每个贝留核数１．０６粒，最高的达１．１７粒，同时珍珠质量明显提高。用术前处理方法，产量和产值可提高５２．３％。     

UAV RGB,thermal infrared and multispectral imagery used to investigate the control of terrain on the spatial distribution of dryland biocrust

Biocrusts (topsoil communities formed by mosses, lichens, bacteria, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria) are a key biotic component of dryland ecosystems. Whilst climate patterns control the distribution of biocrusts in drylands worldwide, terrain and soil attributes can influence biocrust distribution at landscape scale. Multi-source unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery was used to map and study biocrust ecology in a typical dryland ecosystem in central Spain. Red, green and blue (RGB) imagery was processed using structure-from-motion techniques to map terrain attributes related to microclimate and terrain stability. Multispectral imagery was used to produce accurate maps (accuracy > 80%) of dryland ecosystem components (vegetation, bare soil and biocrust composition). Finally, thermal infrared (TIR) and multispectral imagery was used to calculate the apparent thermal inertia (ATI) of soil and to evaluate how ATI was related to soil moisture (r² = 0.83). The relationship between soil properties and UAV-derived variables was first evaluated at the field plot level. Then, the maps obtained were used to explore the relationship between biocrusts and terrain attributes at ecosystem level through a redundancy analysis. The most significant variables that explain biocrust distribution are: ATI (34.4% of variance, F = 130.75; p < 0.001), Elevation (25.8%, F = 97.6; p < 0.001), and potential solar incoming radiation (PSIR) (52.9%, F = 200.1; p < 0.001). Differences were found between areas dominated by lichens and mosses. Lichen-dominated biocrusts were associated with areas with high slopes and low values of ATI, with soil characterized by a higher amount of soluble salts, and lower amount of organic carbon, total phosphorus (P_tot) and total nitrogen (N_tot). Biocrust-forming mosses dominated lower and moister areas, characterized by gentler slopes and higher values of ATI with soils with higher contents of organic carbon, P_tot and N_tot. This study shows the potential to use UAVs to improve our understanding of drylands and to evaluate the control that the terrain has on biocrust distribution.