Compensatory growth in hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus×O. niloticus) reared in seawater, following restricted feeding

1 INTRODUCTION Compensatory growth or catch-up growth is a phase of unusual rapid growth induced by a period of environmental restriction; it had been demon-strated in a wide range of fish species following food deprivation (Bilton and Robins, 1973; Dobson and Holmes, 1984; Miglavs and Jobling, 1989; Quinton and Blake, 990; Wieser et al., 1992; Reim-ers et al., 1993; Kim and Lovell, 1995; Paul et al., 1995), restricted feeding (Weatherley and Gill, 1981; Jobling and Koskela, 1996; P…     

Measurements of Beam Pattern Perturbation in Corrugated Feed Horn Arrays for CMB Observations

An experimental study on the perturbation of the angular response of a W-band corrugated horn produced by nearby feeds, reproducing a typical situation of multi-feed arrays commonly used in high sensitivity Cosmic Microwave Background instruments, is reported in this paper. The effects for different positions of the scattering horn in the two principal polarisation planes were measured. We analyze the effects on both the side-lobe level and on the main beam. In particular, these results allowed us to validate design criterion for the multi-frequency focal array of the ESA PLANCK mission.This revised version was published online in July 2005. The first author’s e-mail address was removed.     

Millimeter and Submillimeter Emissions from Galactic and Extragalactic Photodissociation Regions

The galactic and Extragalactic photodissociation regions are primarily heated by photoelectrons ejected from the surface of interstellar dust grains by Far-ultraviolet (FUV) photons. But there is no direct mechanism to measure the photoelectric heating efficiency. To understand the role of dust grains in processing the Interstellar Radiation Field (ISRF) and heating the gas, we compare the intensities I _CII, I _CO and I _FIR for (² P _3/2→² P _1/2) & (J = 1→ 0) line emission of CII & CO at 158 μm & 2.6 mm and integrated far-infrared from number of photodissociation regions, HII regions, planetary nebulae, reflection nebulae and high latitude translucent clouds (HLCs). It is found that I _CII is linearly correlated with I _FIR. In the cold medium where cloud is exposed to weak radiations temperature is low and most of the cooling is due to [CII] emissions. As a result the ratio of I _CII/I _FIR provide indirect method to evaluate the photoelectric heating efficiency. For the neutral cold medium it is evaluated to be ∼0.028. The FUV radiation field G ₀ are estimated through the model calculation of I _CII and I _CO for different galactic and photodissociation regions. The intensity of FIR radiation I _FIR are well represented as 1.23×10⁻⁴ G ₀(ergs cm⁻² s⁻¹ sr⁻¹) almost same as estimated for HLCs by Ingalls et al (2002). Hydrogen density for each source has also been estimated.     

Ingestion of Domoic Acid and Its Impact on King Scallop（Pecten maximus,Linnaeus 1758）

A simple method for spiking formulated feed with domoic acid （DA） was developed in this study. DA feed was prepared by mixing 0.15 mL 100 μg mL-1 DA with 0.1 g formulated feed, and drying the mixture at room temperature for 2 h. The prepared DA feed contained 0.19 pg DA per particle. Of the added DA, 46.72% was retained in the feed. Relatively high DA retention （about 50%） was recorded after DA feed was soaked in water for 2h. Exposure to DA feed for 7d did not cause the increase of tissue DA level of adult king scallop （Pecten maximus） significantly in 60 d. The increase of their gonad index after DA exposure was not significantly different from the control. No significant change in DA level was found in spermary, ovary or fertilized eggs after DA exposure. These results indicated that DA excretion may be more efficient than DA accumulation under the current experimental conditions, and the mechanism of domoic acid incorporation in P. maximus may involve intracellular biotransformation.     

Crystalline silicates in comets: How did they form?

Two processes have been proposed to explain observations of crystalline silicate minerals in comets and in protostellar sources, both of which rely on the thermal annealing of amorphous grains. First, high temperatures generated by nebular shock processes can rapidly produce crystalline magnesium silicate grains and will simultaneously produce a population of crystalline iron silicates whose average grain size is ∼10-15% that of the magnesium silicate minerals. Second, exposure of amorphous silicate grains to hot nebular environments can produce crystalline magnesium silicates that might then be transported outward to regions of comet formation. At the higher temperatures required for annealing amorphous iron silicates to crystallinity the evaporative lifetime of the grains is much shorter than a single orbital period where such temperatures are found in the nebula. Thermal annealing is therefore unable to produce crystalline iron silicate grains for inclusion into comets unless such grains are very quickly transported away from the hot inner nebula. It follows that observation of pure crystalline magnesium silicate minerals in comets or protostars is a direct measure of the importance of simple thermal annealing of grains in the innermost regions of protostellar nebulae followed by dust and gas transport to the outer nebula. The presence of crystalline iron silicates would signal the action of transient processes such as shock heating that can produce crystalline iron, magnesium and mixed iron-magnesium silicate minerals. These different scenarios result in very different predictions for the organic content of protostellar systems.     

环境因子对L型、S型褶皱臂尾轮虫生长的影响

在实验室条件下,通过种群累积培养的方法,研究了不同盐度和小球藻(Chorellavulgaris)、亚心形扁藻(Platymonassubcordiformis)、微绿球藻(Nannochlorisoculata)、波吉卵囊藻(Oocystisborgei)等不同饵料微藻对L型褶皱臂尾轮虫(BrachionusPlicatilistipicus)和S型褶皱臂尾轮虫(BrachionusPlicatilisrotundiformis)生长的影响,探讨这两种轮虫在生态条件上的差异。结果表明:L型和S型褶皱臂尾轮虫对盐度的适应有显著的差异,生长的最适盐度分别为15和20,大水体培养时,其适宜生长的盐度范围分别是15~20和10 ~30。饵料微藻对L型和S型褶皱臂尾轮虫生长的影响一致。小球藻培养效果在4种饵料微藻中最好,其生长率明显高于微绿球藻和亚心形扁藻,波吉卵囊藻培养效果较差。     

Variations of some heavy minerals in recent beach sands

The influence of shape, size, and specific gravity of mineral grains on the variation of the content of these minerals in beach sands has been investigated for fixed conditions of sedimentation on the beaches of the Baltic Sea and Michigan Lake. The coefficient of variation was used as a measure of the variance. Linear models tested by the analysis of variance were applied and revealed that the shape of grains and the combined effect of the size and specific gravity are responsible for the main part of the variation.     

Mechanisms for avulsion on alluvial fans: Insights from high-frequency topographic data

Avulsion is a key process in building alluvial fans, but it is also a formidable natural hazard. Based on laboratory experiments monitored with novel high-frequency photogrammetry, we present a new model for avulsion on widely graded gravel fans. Previous experimental studies of alluvial fans have suggested that avulsion occurs in a periodic autogenic cycle, that is thought to be mediated by the gradient of the fan and fan-channel. However, those studies measured gradients at low spatial or temporal resolutions, which capture temporally or spatially averaged topographic evolution. Here, we present high-resolution (1 mm), high-frequency (1-minute) topographic data and orthophotos from an alluvial fan experiment. Avulsions in the experiment were rapid and, in contrast to some previous experimental studies, avulsion occurrence was aperiodic. Moreover, we found little evidence of the back-filling observed at coarser temporal and spatial resolutions. Our observations suggest that avulsion is disproportionately affected by sediment accumulation in the channel, particularly around larger, less mobile grains. Such in-channel deposition can cause channel shifting that interrupts the autogenic avulsion cycle, so that avulsions are aperiodic and their timing is more difficult to predict.     

允饲植物源复方制剂对草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)组织形态和生长性能的作用研究

为了进一步评估由白芍(Radix paeoniae Alba)、杜仲(Eucommia ulmoides)和知母(Rhizoma anemarrhenae)组成且具有免疫增强作用的复方制剂A、B、C对草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)组织形态和生长性能方面可能存在的风险,本试验将二龄草鱼随机分成12个试验组和2个对照组,分别连续投喂含有不同复方制剂的饲料和空白饲料,在试验第7、14、21、28天分别随机从对应试验组中采集5尾草鱼肝胰脏、脾脏、肾脏和肠道进行切片制作和组织形态分析;在试验第0、29天分别随机从对应试验组中采集10尾草鱼进行肥满度、增重率、特定生长率、脏体比和肠道承重力测定。结果表明,分别以2%、4%剂量添加于草鱼饲料中的复方制剂A、B、C对试验草鱼阶段增重率、特定生长率、饵料系数、肝胰体比、肾体比和肠道承重力系列指标均无异常影响。组织形态分析方面,复方制剂A对草鱼肝胰脏、脾脏、肾脏和肠道具有良好的安全性,而复方制剂B、C经连续投喂21天起,对应剂量组草鱼肝胰脏、肾脏逐渐呈现不同程度的组织病变。本文得出结论认为,即使完全符合允饲要求的天然植物品种,缺乏基于较全面的评价维度试验证明其具有使用安全性,则容易仅关注允饲天然植物在效果表达的表象,而忽略其诱发的组织病变造成组织器官的功能衰退。     

山东七宝山隐爆角砾岩型金铜矿床含矿蚀变斑岩石英颗粒中高温高盐度沸腾包裹体的发现及其意义

山东七宝山隐爆角砾岩型金铜矿床一直以来被认为是浅成低温、低盐度热液型矿床。本研究通过对该矿床含矿蚀变斑岩石英颗粒中流体包裹体的研究,发现存在大量多相包裹体与气体包裹体、气液两相包裹体共生。显微测温显示这些包裹体具有相似的均一温度(374～404℃),盐度高达48%NaCleqv。激光拉曼光谱和扫描电镜能谱分析显示,多相包裹体中的子矿物除了石盐外,还有赤铁矿、重晶石、黄铜矿与黄铁矿等。这些捕获有高温高盐度沸腾包裹体的石英颗粒可能是早期成矿流体在硅化交代蚀变的过程中重结晶形成的,而不是斑岩体的斑晶。这一结果表明该矿床深部存在高温、高盐度的沸腾包裹体。这种高温高盐度的沸腾流体包裹体及多相包裹体中黄铜矿、黄铁矿等子矿物是斑岩型矿床的典型特征,因此该发现表明山东七宝山隐爆角砾岩型金铜矿在深部可能转变为斑岩型矿床。