Relationship of Caspian tern foraging ecology to nesting success in the Columbia River estuary, Oregon, USA

The prevalence of juvenile salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) and marine forage fishes in the diet of Caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia) nesting in the Columbia River estuary has been established, but the relationship between diet composition, foraging distribution, and productivity of these birds has received little attention. We used radio-telemetry and on-colony observations to relate changes in off-colony distribution to patterns of colony attendance, diet composition, and productivity of adult terns nesting on East Sand Island during two years of different river and prey conditions. Average distance from the East Sand Island colony (located in the marine zone of the estuary) was 38% (6.6 km) greater in 2000 compared to 2001, associated with lower availability of marine forage fish near East Sand Island and lower prevalence of marine prey in tern diets. Colony attendance was much lower (37.0% vs. 62.5% of daylight hours), average trip duration was 40% longer (38.9 min), and nesting success was much lower (0.57 young fledged pair⁻¹ vs. 1.40 young fledged pair⁻¹) in 2000 compared to 2001. Higher proportions of juvenile salmonids in the diet were associated with relatively high use of the freshwater zone of the estuary by radio-tagged terns, which occurred prior to chick-rearing and when out-migrating salmonid smolts were relatively abundant. Lower availability of marine prey in 2000 apparently limited Caspian tern nesting success by markedly reducing colony attendance and lengthening foraging trips by nesting terns, thereby increasing chick mortality rates from predation, exposure, and starvation.     

马氏珠母贝养殖群体的生长特性研究

从养殖于深圳大亚湾海区的3月龄马氏珠母贝Pinctada martensii养殖群体中挑出较大和较小个体的贝分为2个组,分别命名为大个体组和小个体组,以同样的方式进行养殖,在3—12月龄间每隔1—2月对其生长进行测量;同时取12月龄的贝200个编号进行个体生长测量,到16月龄结束。经t检验,大个体组贝在各个测量阶段4个性状(壳长、高、宽和体重)都显著大于小个体组(p<0.01),大个体组日增长幅度在3—9月龄也大于小个体组;经最小显著差法分析,个体测量的3个亚组间大小存在显著差异(p<0.01),顺序为Ⅰ(Ⅰ’)<Ⅱ(Ⅱ’)<Ⅲ(Ⅲ’),但其日增长量为Ⅰ(Ⅰ’)>Ⅱ(Ⅱ’)>Ⅲ(Ⅲ’),同时显示出初始值较大的个体在后期仍有较大的增长趋势,但个别初始值较小的个体增长快,在生长后期个体也很大。3—9月龄贝的大小平均增长率大于11—16月龄贝,而体重增长要小于11—16月龄贝。该研究结果对选择育种中亲本的选留、珍珠生产中植核贝的选留具有较大的指导作用。     

Movement patterns and trajectories of ovigerous blue crabs Callinectes sapidus during the spawning migration

Female blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) migrate from low salinity estuarine regions to high salinity regions near the ocean to release larvae. During this migration, ovigerous females use ebb-tide transport, a vertical migratory behavior in which they ascend into the water column during ebb tides, to move seaward to larval release areas. In order to determine the relationship of ebb-tide vertical migrations to local currents and the influence of these vertical migrations on the horizontal transport of blue crabs in the estuary, ovigerous females with mature embryos (1–3 days from hatching) were tracked near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina (USA), in July and August 2001 and 2002. Crabs were tagged and tracked using ultrasonic telemetry, and currents near the crabs were measured simultaneously with a shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler.During the two seasons, eight crabs were successfully tracked for periods ranging from 3.9–37.0 h and for distances ranging from 1.9–10.6 km. All crabs migrated seaward during the tracking periods. Crabs moved episodically during all tidal phases with periods of movement on the order of minutes to an hour. They moved with local currents in terms of both speed and direction during ebb tides, consistent with ebb-tide transport, and moved down-estuary (seaward) in opposition to local currents during flood tides. The percentage of time that crabs were active was higher during night ebb tides than during day ebb tides or flood tides and increased with increasing ebb-tide current speed. Mean migratory speeds were 0.11, 0.04, 0.08 and 0.02 m s⁻¹ during night ebb, night flood, day ebb and day flood tides, respectively, and net migratory speeds were on the order of 5 km day⁻¹. Due to the episodic nature of the crabs' movements, the total distances that crabs traveled during ebb tides ranged from 10–40% of the distances that passive particles could have traveled under the same conditions.     

Availability of offloading from an LNG barge

Long-term data sets are discussed for three locations – a southern North Sea location, where sea states are typically dominated by wind-sea conditions, a Northwest Shelf of Australia location, where sea states are often a mix of wind-sea and swell conditions, and a Guinea Gulf location offshore Nigeria, where sea states are dominated by swell. Various types of sea state statistics that have application to availability studies are presented; but databases of these type that also include wind and current data can also be used to estimate response parameters, which can give a more direct assessment of availability, and some example statistics of these are also given. Finally, the availability of offloading an FLNG barge to carrier is evaluated for each of the data sets, for specific operability criteria. Two types of operability criteria are used in the availability evaluations, and the results compared.     

频率可切换的矩形缝隙环频率选择表面

基于金属屏上周期排列的缝隙单元结构的通带特性,提出矩形缝隙环(Rectangular Slot Ring,RSR)加载短路线的单元结构实现频率可调频率选择表面(Frequency Selective Surface,FSS)。谐振缝隙单元开路与短路时相对应的谐振频率分别为13 GHz和15 GHz。RSR-FSS选用Rogers RO4003介质作为基板,按照12×12的方阵进行周期排列,利用全波电磁仿真软件CST对其进行了电磁传输特性仿真。最终,通过实验验证了该频率选择表面在Ku波段通过连通和断开短路线可以进行频率的切换。     

厦门市房产测绘数据整理系统的研究与实现

对厦门市房产测绘数据进行了研究,介绍了厦门市房产测绘数据整理系统功能结构图,阐述了基于数组的比对分析输出算法,实现了厦门市房产测绘数据整理系统。实验数据表明,该算法有效地提高了测绘数据整理效率,加强了系统的可用性。     

GPS／GLoNASS／GALILEo组合导航DOP值及可用性分析

针对采用单卫星定位系统时,在城市高楼密集区和位于深山峡谷的水库、电站、矿山等环境下,GNSS用户接收到的卫星个数少且卫星分布不佳导致的可用性下降、定位精度较差的问题,提出多系统组合的定位方法。利用GPS、GLONASS及GALILE0系统的轨道参数模拟卫星星座,计算不同卫星高度角下单系统及组合系统的DOP值,根据DOP值分析其可用性。研究表明：在全球时空范围内、相同卫星高度角下,组合系统的可用性高于单系统,三系统组合的可用性高于双系统组合。     

气候变化背景下欧洲中部水资源供给的不稳定性评估——以易北河流域为例

 欧洲中部的易北河流域是典型的湿润半湿润地区。夏季的水资源供给是限制农业生产的因素之一,特别是在具有较高农业生产力水平,而年降水量只有500 mm的黄土地区。通过总结气候变化与水文循环（GLOWA-Elbe）项目第一阶段的成果,根据气候和土地利用变化的各种情景并考虑其不确定性,对未来50 a德国易北河流域水资源供给稳定性作出综合评估。研究表明,欧洲中部必须从自然和社会角度应对未来气候变化情景下产生水资源供给短缺的可能情况。     

Effect of the selective feeding ofGalaxias maculatus (Salmoniformes,Galaxiidae) on zooplankton of a South Andes lake

The effect of larval and juvenile predation ofGalaxias maculatus on a natural small-sized zooplankton was studied in a South Andes lake. Field data of zooplankton density and composition were combined with fish gut content analysis during a spring-summer season. Results showed thatGalaxias early stages ingested mostly planktonic preys. A shift was observed in prey electivity: larvae preferred copepod nauplii whereas juveniles preferred cladocerans. Larval predation provokes the failure of the summer cohort of the calanoid copepodBoeckella gracilipes. The effect of juveniles is more undefined, but seems to prevent the reappearance ofCeriodaphnia in the summer plankton.