Macroinvertebrate community structure and feeding interactions along a pollution gradient in Gilgel Gibe watershed,Ethiopia: Implications for biomonitoring

Feeding interactions among functional feeding groups (FFGs) of macroinvertebrates are robust indicators of aquatic ecosystem interactions. They provide information regarding organic matter processing, habitat condition and trophic dynamics. In tropical rivers with pronounced wet and dry seasons, macroinvertebrate based ecological monitoring tools are explicitly focused on metrics and indices, while ignoring interactions of FFGs. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the functional feeding type metrics, diversity indices and feeding interactions among FFGs of macroinvertebrates along the water pollution gradient in Gilgel Gibe watershed, Ethiopia. Water quality parameters and macroinvertebrate community attributes were assessed for samples collected from upstream sites (15 sites), urban-impacted stretches (12 sites) and wetland-affected river zones (7 sites) of the watershed during the rainy (July) and dry (February) seasons. To understand the effect of pollution on the feeding interactions, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes were analyzed. Macroinvertebrate-based diversity indices and functional feeding type metric showed deterioration of ecological integrity at the urban-impacted sites and substantial recovery in the wetland-affected downstream sites. Omnivorous feeding behavior of macroinvertebrates was noted for the upstream sites, whereas clear trophic guilds of FFGs were suggested for the wetland-affected river zones by the stable isotope results. The results of pollution gradient analysis and feeding interactions among FFGs revealed that the urban-impacted sites showed weaker interactions when compared to upstream and wetland influenced sites. This affirms the potential importance of feeding interactions among FFGs of macroinvertebrates in water quality monitoring.     

General elastic analysis of piles and pile groups

This paper describes the development of a boundary element analysis for the behaviour of single piles and pile groups subjected to general three‐dimensional loading and to vertical and lateral ground movements. Each pile is discretized into a series of cylindrical elements, each of which is divided into several sub‐elements. Compatibility of vertical, lateral and rotational movements is imposed in order to obtain the necessary equations for the pile response. Via hierarchical structures, 12 non‐zero sub‐matrices in a global matrix are derived for the basic influence factors. Solutions are presented for a series of cases involving single piles and pile groups. In each case, the solutions are compared with those from more simplified existing pile analyses such as those developed by Randolph and by Poulos. It is shown that for direct loading effects (e.g. the settlement of piles due to vertical loading), the simplified analyses work well. However, for ‘off‐line’ response (such as the lateral movement due to vertical loading) the differences are greater, and it is believed that the present analysis gives more reliable estimates. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Catalogue of Shakhbazian compact groups of galaxies. IX

The nineth part of the catalogue of Shakhbazian groups contains the positions and references of all the galaxies of the following 48 groups (north of δ < +2°30'): Shkh 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 328, 338, 339, 340, 340a. For the estimation of the coordinates the Digitized Sky Survey was used.     

Catalogue of Shakhbazian compact groups of galaxies. VIII

The eighth part of the catalogue of Shakhbazian groups contains the positions and references of all the galaxies of the following 48 groups (north of δ > + 2°30'): Shkh 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215. For the estimation of the coordinates the Digitized Sky Survey was used.     

On the completeness of the lists of Compact Galaxy Groups

It is shown that the lists of Shakhbazian Compact Galaxy Groups (SCGGs) are not complete. The number of the detected groups in the strip between b = ±30° and b = ±20° is by four to five times smaller than expected. The most probable reason is that during the search for SCGGs it was hard to distinguish images of compact galaxies from that of stars on the POSS prints in dense areas of the sky at lower galactic latitudes. There is some deficit of the detected groups between 60° and 40° of the north galactic latitudes. The surface density of SCGGs in the southern galactic hemisphere between b = −50° and b = −30° is by about three times less than it is expected. Obviously, the southern sky has not been searched properly. The list of Hickson's groups is complete down to galactic latitude ±30°. However, some excess of HCGs is found in the southern hemisphere, where the surface density of the found groups is by about two times higher than that of in the northern hemisphere.     

重视主导化石门类,推进国际地层表的应用--对我国区域地质工作的几点建议

在国际地层委员会的领导下,经各国科学家的努力,已确定了显生宙各地质时代的主导化石门类。中国区域地质调查工作应注重主导化石门类,以便更有效地解决地层问题。国际地层表（2004）已有很大进展,并正在完善,中国科学家对此做出了重要贡献。应大力倡导国际地层表在区域地质和其他领域的应用,与国际接轨;但也要科学地、有区别地对待和使用。     

贵州省江口县硒、锗特色耕地资源分布规律研究

雨天城市道路交通拥堵频发,交通运行在道路网络各路段间的交互影响较晴天明显增强。本文针对传统出行时间预算模型应用的局限性,考虑雨天各路段间行车延误的相互影响,改进了走行时间方差的计算方法,提出一种雨天城市道路交通拥堵概率预测方法。选取南京市某行车路径进行验证,通过4种工况、3种模型走行时间的比较,发现考虑相关性的分段组合模型更接近整体路径分布情况,且拥堵概率预测准确率大于90%。研究结果表明：本文提出的预测模型能有效预测城市道路雨天拥堵情况,可为雨天道路适应性评价和交通管控提供依据。     

贵州省沿河县耕地土壤元素地球化学特征及其特色耕地利用建议

针对现有烟包上包机存在的占地面积过大,易发生掉包以及移动困难等问题,设计了一种基于可编程逻辑控制器（PLC)控制的新型烟包上包机。该设备采用提升链条为输送装置,可以对烟包进行垂直运输,从而减小占地面积;以托盘作为烟包输送的载体,可以使烟包在上包过程中放置平稳,减小掉包的可能性。利用SolidWorks软件完成整机机械结构的三维建模,采用PLC控制系统来控制烟包上包机的上包作业流程。与传统的烟包上包机相比,该新型烟包上包机具有占地面积小,上包作业过程运行平稳,操作简单轻便等优点,可适应多种工作场所。     

基于功能群对比分析黔中普定水库和桂家湖水库浮游植物群落结构特征

为了解黔中地区浮游植物群落结构特征,同时为了研究功能群对水环境的指示,选取黔中2座典型水库——普定水库和桂家湖水库,分别于2015年的枯水期(1月)和丰水期(8月)进行浮游植物采样分析.结果表明:(1)2座水库营养盐无显著性差异,水动力学参数(水温、混合层深度、透明度、真光层深度、水柱相对稳定性、光的可获得性)存在显著性差异.(2)普定水库共归类出18个功能类群,桂家湖水库共归类出15个功能类群.普定水库优势功能群水期分布特征:枯水期LO→丰水期B+P;桂家湖水库优势功能群水期分布特征:枯水期B+J+Y→丰水期B+J.垂直层面上,普定水库枯水期以甲藻组成的优势功能群LO在三岔街采样点表层藻类生物量达到峰值(18529μg/L),远高于中层和底层水体以及其他采样点,与该点水文特性以及组成LO的甲藻特征有关.丰水期以硅藻组成的功能群P在小河采样点的中层藻类生物量最大(2741μg/L),远高于该点的表层水体及其他采样点,与P类群耐受低光有关.而桂家湖水库由于面积小、水位浅且少有人为干扰,故样点间环境因子差异小,整个水体优势功能群分布高度一致.(3)经RDA分析,水动力学参数、营养盐、p H和电导率是影响普定水库浮游植物群落分布的主要环境因子;桂家湖水库仅水动力学参数(水温和水柱相对稳定性)是主要因子.(4)从浮游植物功能群适宜生境来看,普定水库为富营养水体,桂家湖水库为中到富营养水体.由分析得出隶属于不同水域的2座水库浮游植物群落结构及水环境均存在显著性差异.     

Structural architecture of Neoproterozoic rifting depression groups in the Tarim Basin and their formation dynamics

The Tarim Basin is the largest, oil-bearing, superimposed basin in the northwest of China. The evolution and tectonic properties of the initial Tarim Basin have been hotly disputed and remain enigmatic. The Neoproterozoic basin is covered by a vast desert and a huge-thickness of sedimentary strata, has experienced multiple tectonic movements, had a low signal to noise ratios(SNRs) of deep seismic reflection data, all of which have posed critical obstacles to research. We analysed four field outcrops, 18 wells distributed throughout the basin, 27 reprocessed seismic reflection profiles with higher SNRs across the basin and many ancillary local 2D and 3D profiles and aeromagnetic data. We found about 20 normal fault-controlled rifting depressions of the Cryogenian and Ediacaran scattered throughout the basin, which developed on the Precambrian metamorphic and crystalline basement. The structural framework is clearly different from that of the overlying Phanerozoic. The rifting depressions consist of mainly half grabens, symmetrical troughs and horst-grabens. From the northeast to southwest of the basin,they are divided into three rifting depression groups with the WNW, ENE, and NW-trends that are mainly controlled by normal faults. The maximum thicknesses of the strata are up to 4100 m. From the Cryogenian to Ediacaran, most of the main inherited faults to active and eventually ceased at the end of the Ediacaran or Early Cambrian, while subsidence centres appeared and migrated eastward along the faults. They revealed that the different parts of the Tarim continental block were in NNE-SSWoriented and NNW-SSE-oriented extensional paleo-stress fields(relative to the present) during the Neoproterozoic, and were accompanied by clockwise shearing. According to the analysis of the activities of syn-sedimentary faults, filling sediments,magmatic events, and coordination with aeromagnetic anomalies, the tectonic properties of the fault depressions are different and are primarily continental rifts or intra-continental fault-controlled basins. The rifting phases mainly occurred from 0.8–0.61 Ga.The formation of the rifting depression was associated with the initial opening of the South Altun-West Kunlun Ocean and the South Tianshan Ocean, which were located at the northern and southern margins of the Tarim Block, respectively, in response to the break-up of the Supercontinent Rodinia and the initial opening of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.