Diel Changes in Vertical Distribution and Feeding Conditions of the Chaetognath Parasagitta elegans (Verill) in the Subarctic Pacific in Summer

Diel changes in vertical distribution and feeding conditions of the chaetognath Parasagitta elegans (Verill) were observed in three regions of the subarctic North Pacific in the summer of 1997. Samples were collected by repeated vertical hauls with a Vertical Multiple Plankton Sampler (VMPS) for 15–45 hours by demarcating the 0–500 m water column into four sampling layers. Integrated abundance through the entire water column and the proportion of juveniles were higher in the Bering Sea than the western and eastern subarctic Pacific. Juveniles always inhabited the surface layer in the western subarctic Pacific and Bering Sea, but they inhabited the underlying layer in the eastern subarctic Pacific. Stages I–III concentrated into the upper 150 m in the western subarctic Pacific but were distributed widely from 20–300 m in the Bering Sea. Among them, Stages II and III migrated rather synchronously over a wide vertical range in the eastern subarctic Pacific. The feeding rate of P. elegans was calculated to be 0.18 prey/chaetognath/day in the western subarctic Pacific, 0.27 prey/chaetognath/day in the Bering Sea and 0.07 prey/chaetognath/day in the eastern subarctic Pacific.     

Emergence Patterns of Small Subtidal Arthropods in Relation to Day/Night, Tidal, and Surface/Bottom Factors: Investigations in the Boreal Sea, Japan (Akkeshi, Hokkaido)

The emergence of small arthropods was studied in the boreal sea, Japan (Akkeshi, Hokkaido). In the shallow subtidal zone, two impeller pumps were set in the surface and bottom waters. The pumps ran continuously for 25 days (22 August-16 September, 1998), and invertebrates were sampled using a nylon net (300 to 500 m in mesh size). The small arthropods collected with the net belonged to 16 orders comprising about 60 taxa. In the dominant 23 taxa, a two-way ANOVA was applied to determine whether there was any significant difference in abundance between day and night and between surface and bottom. While emergence of 15 taxa (65%) was significantly different with regard to the day/night factor, that of the other 8 taxa (35%) was not. As to the difference between the two depths, the distribution of 15 taxa (65%) was significantly different. Furthermore, in 25 taxa for which over 100 specimens were collected in each of the two depths of water, emergence patterns were examined with regard to the synchrony with day/night and tidal cycles. There were various nocturnal patterns, and the strength of the synchrony with the day/night cycle was different for each species or group. Within the same taxa, nocturnal patterns were more clearly manifested in the surface water than in the bottom water. A tidal rhythm of emergence was only seen in zoeas of shrimp. Variations of the emergence patterns of benthic crustaceans are accounted for by a hypothesis that the frequency of swimming during day versus at night is different in each species. On the other hand, the emergence patterns of some zooplankton reflect by the daily rhythm of vertical migration or dispersal in the water column.     

镁铁-超镁铁层状侵入体研究现状

本文主要探讨了镁铁 -超镁铁层状侵入体的一般特征及成因机制 ,并对世界上著名的斯开利戛德、布什维尔德、斯蒂尔沃特层状侵入体和我国攀西层状侵入体的岩石学和地球化学特征进行了总结和对比。     

河北平泉中元古代高于庄组震积岩及地震节律

在河北平泉中元古代高于庄组中鉴别出一系列震积岩 ,包括直立板状裂隙、液化泥晶脉、震褶岩及震积砾屑灰岩等 ,这是目前在中国所发现的最低层位的碳酸盐岩震动液化事件。震积岩主要发育于高于庄组一段上部、二段下部及三段中部 ,据此得出地震活跃期之间具有周期长度为 65Ma±的节律 ,认为此地震节律反映的是燕山裂隙槽北部边缘的断裂活动规律 ,这对于研究燕山裂陷槽的构造演化具有重要的意义。     

The Rhythm of Earthquake Activity and an Analysis on the Earthquake Tendency of the World, the Chinese Continent and North China

Based on the Morlet complex wavelet transformation, the authors put forward a kind of new method for distinguishing periods of seismic activity and quietude and a new physical thought on the time-dependent wavelet accumulation energy spectrum with periods, the time-frequency distribution of wavelet vibration period spectrum and period-specific wavelet vibration spectrum. By applying the above methods to a time series which is composed of earthquake accumulation energy per year for the world, the Chinese continent and North China,respectively, we obtained some new information about the rhythm of shallow earthquake activity. Considering the historic earthquakes and the rhythm characteristics of current strong earthquake activity, the earthquake tendency in the next years is discussed.     

地球节律的成因

地球节律主要受地球内部能量间歇性的释放所控制。旋转系统有不同于非旋转系统的位能、热能和旋转能的相互转换方式。在重力分异和热对流过程中，地核不仅有巨量热能，而且有巨量的旋转能和放射性蜕变能。这是地球能量释放的内因。天文因素使地球内核周期性地南北振动，使地球轨道、体积，形状、自转速度、公转速度和差异旋转状态周期性地变化。这是地球能量间歇性释放的外因。对作差异旋转的内核而言，万有引力常数Ｇ的变化可以改变太阳辐射量和太阳系体积，影响核幔的角动量交换和地壳地幔容积，造成热幔柱的形成与喷发，控制了核幔边界的能量交换过程。这是天文周期与地质旋回一一对应的原因，也是地球节律产生的根本原因。这使人们可以从天文周期预测地质变动。     

地球历史的“开”、“合”节律与古地磁变化

地球历史的节律突出表现为“开”与“合”有规律的组合。“开”、“合”节律应根据地质、地球化学、地球物理、生物等各种信息综合分析而建立，一般可分为全球性、区域性、地区性、露头和微观五个级别的“开”、“合”旋回或韵律。文中综合各方面资料编制了全球“开”、“合”旋回演化简图。古地磁场强度、古地磁场极性倒转比例、古地磁场极性倒转频率和真极移速率在地史上均呈周期变化，与开合构造关系密切，同受全球性因素制约。因此，用“开”、“合”观点研究古地磁可以揭示古地磁的本质特征。通过古地磁的研究有助于确定“开”、“合”环境，恢复“开”、“合”历史，探索“开”、“合”机制。     

长江南京段末次盛冰期以来的古河谷沉积

末次冰期盛冰期海平面大幅度下降,长江发育古深槽。根据沉积物的颗粒状况,南京段古河谷的充填可以分为3期明显的由粗到细的沉积韵律:末次盛冰期深切古河谷,河床窄陡,沉积物颗粒粗,为卵砾石到中砂、粗砂;冰后期河床较宽,沉积物为砾石、粗砂到中砂、细砂;全新世,河流进一步展宽,沉积物为粗砂、中砂到细砂、粉砂,细砂沉积厚度很大。全新世中期河床有数次左右摆动,两侧形成了细砂—砂质黏土互层的沉积。根据不同时期沉积物的颗粒级配情况,推算出各时期河流的起动流速和平均流速,验证不同时期的沉积环境,认为剖面的深切河槽是局部深切的结果。各期河床形态和沉积物的特征,反映了末次盛冰期、冰后期、全新世的气候变化和环境演变。     

石斑鱼转录因子NR1D1和NR1D2在冷胁迫中的调控作用

NR1D1和NR1D2转录因子属于核受体转录因子家族,二者通过调控靶基因表达参与众多生物学过程,尤其在昼夜节律调节中发挥重要作用。本研究通过分析NR1D1和NR1D2的蛋白质分子特征以及在冷胁迫下珍珠龙胆石斑鱼(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂)的基因调控关系以及它们所参与的通路,揭示它们在鱼类低温环境中的功能作用。生物信息学比较分析显示〖STBX〗NR1D1和NR1D2〖ST〗基因序列均有23个开放阅读框,编码的蛋白质均属于不稳定的亲水性蛋白质。NR1D1和NR1D2蛋白质均含有ZF C4类锌脂蛋白结构域和Hormone_Recep核激素受体的配体结合域,主要配体为含铁原卟啉IX。这两种蛋白主要在细胞核中发挥调控基因表达的作用,且与昼夜节律通路的多个关键基因有直接作用关系。结果表明,在冷胁迫下NR1D1和NR1D2作为转录因子可通过调控靶基因的表达,参与昼夜节律调节并促进糖脂代谢、线粒体氧化等过程,为珍珠龙胆石斑鱼提供必要的能量,有助于增强其耐寒性。     

Sedimentation Rate Rhythms: Evidence from Filling of the Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Variations of sedimentation rate within a basin over geologic time are a time series that can be filtered into several cyclic wave curves. Based on back-stripping and the empirical mode decomposition method, the cores from 14 wells in the Tarim Basin were selected to do filtering analysis. Four cycles or quasi-cycles (33 Ma, 64.4 Ma, 103.6 Ma, and 224 Ma) were obtained. Among these, the 33 Ma period, which was related to the internal earth activity, an external force, or a combination of the two, was the most obvious. The 64.4 Ma period corresponded to the solar system crossing the galaxy plane or the periodic melting of inner-earth material. The 103.6 Ma period was related with plate collisional tectonism around the Tarim Plate. The 224 Ma period was related to one galaxy year and may also be related to the aesthenospherical convection cycle.