Evidence of estuarine nursery origin of five coastal fish species along the Portuguese coast through otolith elemental fingerprints

Connectivity is a critical property of marine populations, particularly for species with segregated juvenile and adult habitats. Knowledge of this link is fundamental in understanding population structure and dynamics. Young adults of commercially important fish species Solea solea, Solea senegalensis, Platichthys flesus, Diplodus vulgaris and Dicentrarchus labrax were sampled off the Portuguese coast in order to establish preliminary evidence of estuarine nursery origins through otolith elemental fingerprints. Concentrations of Li, Na, Mg, K, Mn, Cu, Zn, Sr, Ba and Pb in the otolith section corresponding to juvenile's nursery life period were determined through laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Element: Ca ratios in coastal fish differed significantly amongst collection areas, except for Platichthys flesus, and were compared with the elemental fingerprints previously defined for age 0 juveniles in the main estuarine nurseries of the Portuguese coast. Identification of nursery estuaries was achieved for four of the species. Assigned nursery origins varied amongst species and differences in the spatial scale of fish dispersal were also found. Diplodus vulgaris was not reliably assigned to any of the defined nurseries. Overall, results give evidence of the applicability of estuarine habitat tags in future assessments of estuarine nursery role. Research developments on the links between juvenile and adult habitats should contribute for the integrated management and conservation of nurseries and coastal stocks.     

四川盆地油气化探应用效果

总结了四川盆地内不同类型油气藏的综合化探异常模式,发现了白马—松华气田及其它10多个油气藏,并在油气化探产层预测方面取得重大突破,发现了须家河组和蓬莱镇组产气层的地球化学指纹指标,取得了巨大的经济效益和社会效益,获取了丰硕科研成果。     

微量元素“指纹”研究及在泰山玉鉴定中的应用—以甘肃省武山县鸳鸯玉为例

在开展泰山玉鉴定"指纹"研究中,系统采集了全国蛇纹石玉产地样品,对微量元素进行了测试,发现不同产地样品和泰山玉微量元素之间,有着类似于人类"指纹"的差异,可以用以鉴定泰山玉。该文以甘肃省武山县鸳鸯玉为例,利用中国超镁铁质岩元素平均丰度值,对两个产地样品的微量元素含量值进行标准化并作蛛网图进行对比,认为V,Sc,Sb,Tl,Zn等5个元素在两个产地样品中有着普遍的差异性;可作为鉴定两地玉石的"指纹"依据。其他产地蛇纹石玉和泰山玉之间,也因产出地质环境的差异,可用微量元素"指纹"与泰山玉进行区别。     

应用PCR-DGGE指纹技术分析高温季节仿刺参养殖水环境中菌群多样性

采用16S rDNA的PCR-DGGE基因指纹技术,于6~9月间,对辽宁普兰店湾2个相邻的刺参养殖池塘进行了养殖水环境中菌群多样性的分析,首先用2216E固体培养基对仿刺参养殖水环境中的细菌总数进行统计,再采用PCR-DGGE指纹技术分析菌群多样性。结果表明,池塘水环境中较高水平的细菌数,且9月为6月的3倍;高温季节刺参养殖水环境中细菌种群较为丰富,其中大多数属于变形菌门;6~9月份样品具有一致的优势菌群,分别为Pseudomonas sp.,Uncul-tureddelta bacterium,Ostreococcus sp.以及Unculturedalpha proteobacterium。同时发现,同一时间采集的样品,有一定的菌群相似性,并在聚类分析图中分别成簇,检测样品的细菌多样性指数在1.7至2.5之间。     

A map-matching algorithm dealing with sparse cellular fingerprint observations

ABSTRACT

The widespread availability of mobile communication makes mobile devices a resource for the collection of data about mobile infrastructures and user mobility. In these contexts, the problem of reconstructing the most likely trajectory of a device on the road network on the basis of the sequence of observed locations (map-matching problem) turns out to be particularly relevant. Different contributions have demonstrated that the reconstruction of the trajectory of a device with good accuracy is technically feasible even when only a sparse set of GNSS positions is available. In this paper, we face the problem of coping with sparse sequences of cellular fingerprints. Compared to GNSS positions, cellular fingerprints provide coarser spatial information, but they work even when a device is missing GNSS positions or is operating in an energy saving mode. We devise a new map-matching algorithm, that exploits the well-known Hidden Markov Model and Random Forests to successfully deal with noisy and sparse cellular observations. The performance of the proposed solution has been tested over a medium-sized Italian city urban environment by varying both the sampling of the observations and the density of the fingerprint map as well as by including some GPS positions into the sequence of fingerprint observations.     

羊栖菜养殖品系DNA指纹图谱的研究

对羊栖菜(Hizikia fusiformis (Harv) Okamura)养殖中常见的3个品系进行了DNA指纹分析及遗传变异的研究,构建了其遗传指纹图谱,分析了不同种群的遗传关系,为羊栖菜的种质鉴定及选育提供了理论依据.运用RAPD分子标记技术,对5个羊栖菜的种群中共125个个体进行了分析,从300个引物中筛选出12条随机扩增引物共扩增135个位点,多态位点比率为84.4%.从中选择了4个多态性位点,构建了DNA指纹图谱.相关结果对羊栖菜遗传选育和种质鉴定等有参考价值.     

HPLC指纹图谱技术用于市售刺参质量评价初探

以10批不同产地刺参HPLC指纹图谱中的6个共有峰为评价指标,结合相似度分析,对不同刺参质量进行评价和检验。结果表明:不同批次刺参样品的6个色谱峰在指纹图谱分析过程中色谱行为相同,峰面积大,特征性强,能反映刺参的固有化学特征。结合相似度分析,可用于刺参质量评价。     

Oscarella balibaloi,a new sponge species (Homoscleromorpha: Plakinidae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea: cytological description,reproductive cycle and ecology

A new homoscleromorph sponge species was observed for the first time in 2002 along the coast of Provence (France) and since then, several investigations have been implemented. The new homoscleromorph species is devoid of skeleton and it is thus related to the Oscarella genus. Oscarella balibaloi sp. nov. has been found in several littoral submarine caves of the Western Mediterranean Sea (France and Spain). After several years of monitoring, we show that this sponge is becoming abundant in several locations. The species has a peculiar habit, often overgrowing massive sponges, gorgonians or some erected bryozoans. Oscarella balibaloi sp. nov. is thinly encrusting, with an irregular morphology, lobate surface, and soft and very slimy consistency. Its color is white to orange. At the cytological level, this new species is characterized by three distinct types of cells with inclusions in its mesohyl: one with vacuoles and the others with paracrystalline inclusions. The reproduction pattern is very similar to other Oscarella species. We also present a specific metabolic fingerprint and compare it to that of other Mediterranean Oscarella species.     

Speeding Up the Analytical Workflow for Coltan Fingerprinting by an Integrated Mineral Liberation Analysis/LA‐ICP‐MS Approach

Coltan (the African trade name for columbite‐tantalite, a tantalum ore) is one of several raw materials that finance the civil wars in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To improve the transparency along the tantalum trade chain, a ‘certificate of origin’ for so‐called ‘conflict minerals’ has been recommended by the United Nations. Accordingly, the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) has developed an analytical fingerprint procedure for coltan. Mineral formation age, modal mineralogy and chemical composition are important fingerprint parameters. The original workflow to obtain these parameters was streamlined and is now based on mineral liberation analysis and LA‐ICP‐MS. The use of an ICP‐MS instrument with a detector system covering an extended linear dynamic range and the application of an internal standard‐independent calibration strategy allowed data for major and trace element determination and mineral formation age estimates to be obtained simultaneously. The analytical results of this new approach were compared with analytical techniques of the original workflow and showed excellent agreement in terms of mineralogical and chemical characterisation and mineral formation age of coltan samples. Within a test, samples of different origin were allocated correctly and simple, binary mixtures were also identified successfully.     

WiFi指纹定位中AP个数对定位精度的影响

基于RSSI的WiFi指纹定位算法离线建立指纹数据库阶段受AP个数影响,因此AP个数也将影响到指纹定位算法精度。为了探究AP个数对定位精度的影响,文中在室内环境下进行实验,选取不同的AP进行基于RSSI的WiFi指纹定位实验和分析,定位精度和可靠性作为定位结果的衡量指标。实验结果表明:在单个办公室内,5~6个AP时定位精度较高且定位结果可靠性达到最高。