The life history and sexual biology of Pseudunciola obliquua (crustacea: amphipoda) in the New York Bight

Pseudunciola obliquua is the most abundant subtidal amphipod of the near-shore macrobenthos in the New York Bight south of Fire Island. It has an annual life-cycle. Breeding occurs in March and April, and a single brood of between 8 and 20 eggs per female is produced. Fecundity is linearly proportional to maternal length. The eggs take about two months to develop; the juveniles emerge in June and July. Initial recruitment in the study area was estimated to be 2980 and 5850 per m² for the 1979–1980 and 1980–1981 year classes, respectively. Of the initial recruits only about 10% survive to form the reproductive stock of the following spring.Females and males grow at similar rates and are equally abundant as juveniles and initially as adults, until they reach sexual maturity. After breeding, the abundance of males decreases rapidly due to post-reproductive death. Females continue to live, carrying the developing eggs in their brood pouches. Mean female growth increases throughout the brooding period until the young are released, shortly after which adult females also die. The entire generation of reproductive adults has died by September.     

Population Dynamics and Life History Characteristics of the Blue Crabs Callinectes similis and C. sapidus in Bay Environments of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Abstract. The population dynamics and life history characteristics of Callinectes similis and C. sapidus in the Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound estuarine system of the northern Gulf of Mexico were studied. We report that C. similis is numerically dominant in open-bays, while C. sapidus is more abundant in shallow salt marshes. Juvenile C. similis recruit into both open-bays and salt marshes, but juvenile C. sapidus primarily recruit into shallow salt marshes. Sex ratios of C. similis and C. sapidus were generally skewed towards higher proportions of males than females. Callinectes similis appears to have a life cycle similar to that of C. sapidus. Egg-carrying C. similis migrate to higher salinity waters and presumably release larvae to nearshore shelf waters; following development, the larvae re-invade estuaries as megalopae. Juvenile C. similis grow more slowly than C. sapidus. This may be attributable to reduced feeding rates. Marked differences in fecundity and reproductive effort were found between these species. Callinectes similis and C. sapidus , respectively, produced 2.4–5.5 times 10⁵ and 2.1–3.2 times 10⁶ eggs and invested 24–49 and 171–372 kJ per brood. Rhizocephalan barnacle infestation by Loxothylacus texanus was encountered in C. sapidus , while sympatric C. similis were free of this rhizocephalan parasite.     

基于剩余强度衰减的混凝土疲劳寿命估算方法

从疲劳过程中材料静载强度不断退化的本质出发，提出一个混凝土剩余强度衰减模型，模型的参数可简单地由试验S—N曲线确定。将模型应用于复杂多级疲劳荷载作用下的混凝土剩余疲劳寿命估算时，可以得到令人满意的结果。     

内流对海底管线涡致振动与疲劳寿命的影响

在复杂的海洋环境条件下，管道的动力学特性受到内外部流体的作用而呈现出新的特点。本文通过对处在海底平稳流动作用下的悬跨管道的涡致振动进行分析，特别地考虑到管道内部流动的作用，给出了内流速度对管道响应幅度的影响，进而指出其对管道疲劳的意义。     

“Methane on Mars: A product of H2O photolysis in the presence of CO”: Response to V.A. Krasnopolsky

The detection of CH₄ in the martian atmosphere, at a mixing ratio of about 10 ppb, prompted Krasnopolsky et al. [Krasnopolsky, V.A., Maillard, J.P., Owen, T.C., 2004. Icarus 172, 537-547] and Krasnopolsky [Krasnopolsky, V.A., 2006. Icarus 180, 359-367] to propose that the CH₄ is of biogenic origin. Bar-Nun and Dimitrov [Bar-Nun, A., Dimitrov, V., 2006. Icarus 181, 320-322] proposed that CH₄ can be formed in the martian atmosphere by photolysis of H₂O in the presence of CO. We based our arguments on a clear demonstration that CH₄ is formed in our experiments, and on thermodynamic equilibrium calculations, which show that CH₄ formation is favored even in the presence of oxygen at a mixing ratio 1.3×¹⁰⁻³, as observed on Mars. In the present comment, Krasnopolsky [Krasnopolsky, V.A., 2007. Icarus, in press (this issue)] presents his arguments against the suggestion of Bar-Nun and Dimitrov [Bar-Nun, A., Dimitrov, V., 2006. Icarus 181, 320-322], based on the effect of O₂ on CH₄ formation, the absence of kinetic pathways for CH₄ formation and on the inadequacy of thermodynamic equilibrium calculations to describe the martian atmosphere. In this rebuttal we demonstrate that experiments with molecular oxygen at a ratio of O₂/CO₂=(8.9-17)×¹⁰⁻³, exceeding the martian ratio, still form CH₄. Thermodynamic equilibrium calculations replicate the experimental CH₄ mixing ratio to within a factor of 1.9 and demonstrate that CH₄ production is favored in the martian atmosphere, which is obviously not in thermodynamic equilibrium. Consequently, we do not find the presence of methane to be a sign of biological activity on Mars.     

矿山灾害应急救援生命保障孔钻井工艺研究

近年来国内外开展的救援钻孔实践推动了矿山和地下工程应急救援技术的发展,探索出的“小直径生命保障孔+大直径救生孔”模式是进行矿山和地下工程灾害救援的一种有效途径。本文以矿山灾害救援地面生命保障孔钻井工艺为主线,分析了小直径生命保障孔井身结构设计和套管选用方法;分别介绍了泥浆正循环钻进工艺和空气潜孔锤正循环钻进工艺,并以山东栖霞笏山金矿生命救援孔钻进实例分析了当前生命保障孔钻井工艺难点。依据轨迹设计理论,针对笏山金矿救援3号生命保障孔出现的偏斜问题,创新提出了超短距离螺旋纠偏技术,并取得了良好的应用效果,为后续生命保障孔施工积累了宝贵经验。     

Ø215.9 mm四牙轮取心钻头设计与应用

针对硬岩及复杂地层取心钻进效率低、钻头寿命短的问题,依托“深海钻探技术与工程支撑”项目研制了?215.9 mm四牙轮取心钻头。通过合理布置牙轮角度与分布、优化取心结构,有效提高岩心采取率,保证钻头在硬岩中的钻进速度与可靠性。在之前进行了陆地试验和海洋试验并不断优化改进的基础上,本次在内蒙古自治区呼和浩特市清水河县首次进行了实验性的地热勘探取心施工,全段地层均为高研磨性、高硬度花岗岩,取心困难。采用?215.9 mm牙轮取心钻头配合常规的取心钻具,钻进效率达1.2 m/h,岩心采取率为70%~90%,取得了较好的应用效果,为海洋钻探硬岩取心提供了技术保障。     

血卵涡鞭虫感染三疣梭子蟹的病原形态学及组织病理学变化

血卵涡鞭虫是一类主要感染海产甲壳类的致病性寄生性甲藻。近年来,该寄生性病原在我国沿海主要经济蟹类养殖区域流行性发病,给当地蟹类养殖业造成了严重经济损失。为厘清血卵涡鞭虫的生活史形态,了解宿主的病理损伤机制,本文通过血涂片法和HE染色法系统研究了感染过程中该寄生虫的形态变化和宿主的组织病理变化。结果表明,血卵涡鞭虫在感染过程中经历丝状滋养体、单核/双核/多核滋养体、团聚体、蛛网状滋养体、孢子前细胞及孢子等不同生活史阶段。感染导致三疣梭子蟹发生系统性病理变化,肝胰腺、心脏、鳃、肌肉等器官和组织在不同感染阶段均发生相应程度的组织病理变化,主要表现为体细胞破损或坏死、细胞间隙模糊、疏松结缔组织充斥大量寄生虫细胞。最终由于寄生虫在宿主主要器官组织间隙内大量增殖,导致重度感染的梭子蟹器官或组织功能破坏、丧失而死亡。