Under artificial LD cycles(6,12,18 L),the elvers of Japanese eel,Anguilla japonica,showed a 24 h cycle of locomotor activity rhythm being most active at light transitions:the eels' activity rose to a primary peak after lights-off,followed by a quiescent period during which they buried into the shelters or lying motionlessly on sand for most of the time,and then reached a secondary peak before lights-on.Elvers could resynchronize their activity rhythm with a new photo cycle within 4 d.Moreover,their activity level at dark phase significantly increased as the light period was prolonged:higher activity levels during shorter dark period.However,the elvers did not display clearly the existence of a circadian rhythm under constant light or dark conditions.The timing of daily activity rhythm evidenced in the Japanese eels may occur through the action of the LD cycles with a weak participation of an endogenous circadian system.In all the LD cycles,over 99% of the activity occurred in the dark phase,indicating that the eels were always nocturnally active no matter what time of day it might be.Under 12 L conditions,the eels' activity level and the time outside sand were significantly elevated both at light and dark phases as temperature increased from 10~15 to 20~25 ℃.The activity rhythm pattern(i.e.,two peaks occurring around light transitions) did not apparently change among temperatures.However,in contrast with the primary activity peaks immediately after lights-off at 20 and 25 ℃,the timing of the primary peaks at 10 and 15 ℃ showed a latency of a few hours following lights-off,indicating the inhibiting effect of low temperature on the eels' activity. 相似文献
Iron fertilization of nutrient-rich surface waters of the ocean is one possible way to help slow the rising levels of atmospheric
CO2 by sequestering it in the oceans via biological carbon export. Here, I use an ocean general circulation model to simulate
a patch of nutrient depletion in the subpolar northwest Pacific under various scenarios. Model results confirm that surface
fertilization is an inefficient way to sequester carbon from the atmosphere (Gnanadesikan et al., 2003), since only about 20% of the exported carbon comes initially from the atmosphere. Fertilization reduces future production
and thus CO2 uptake by utilizing nutrients that would otherwise be available later. Effectively, this can be considered as leakage when
compared to a control run. This “effective” leakage and the actual leakage of sequestered CO2 cause a significant, rapid decrease in carbon retention (only 30–45% retained after 10 years and less than 20% after 50 years).
This contrasts markedly with the almost 100% retention efficiency for the same duration using the same model, when carbon
is disposed directly into the northwest Pacific (Matsumoto and Mignone, 2005). As a consequence, the economic effectiveness
of patch fertilization is poor in two limiting cases of the future price path of carbon. Sequestered carbon in patch fertilization
is lost to the atmosphere at increasingly remote places as time passes, which would make monitoring exceedingly difficult.
If all organic carbon from one-time fertilization reached the ocean bottom and remineralized there, acidification would be
about −0.05 pH unit with O2 depletion about −20 μmol kg−1. These anomalies are probably too small to seriously threaten deep sea biota, but they are underestimated in the model because
of its large grid size. The results from this study offer little to advocate purposeful surface fertilization as a serious
means to address the anthropogenic carbon problem. 相似文献
Migration characteristics of dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) in the subsurface can be expressed as a water–DNAPL two-phase system based on mainly the k–S–p relations, which describe the relations among relative permeability (k), degree of water saturation (S), and capillary pressure head (p). The aims of this research are to develop an experimental system with new type of probes, such as the electrical conductivity probe for measuring the degree of water saturation and the hydrophilic and hydrophobic tensiometer for measuring the pore water and DNAPL pressures, and also to estimate the results obtained from the developed experimental system. From these tests, the excellent k–S–p relations were obtained and the efficiency and validity of this developed experimental system have been confirmed in terms of the concept of the scaling coefficient calculated by interfacial tensions. 相似文献
A rich foraminiferal assemblage, consisting of abundant Aulotortus sinuosus and A. tumidus in association with Lamelliconus multispirus, Endoteba ex gr. controversa, E. ex gr. badouxi, Endotebanella kocaeliensis, Endotriada tyrrhenica, Endotriadella wirzi, Malayspirina fontainei, Ammobaculites rhaeticus, Diplotremina astrofimbriata, Agathammina austroalpina, and others, was found in the Doi Long Formation of the Triassic Lampang Group, Northern Thailand. These foraminifers suggest that the formation is referable to the Carnian (early Late Triassic), which is consistent with the age estimated by ammonoids. In microfacies, peloidal grainstone, bioclastic grainstone, sponge-microbial boundstone, and oolitic grainstone were recognized in the Doi Long Formation. Based on microfacies, three depositional facies, the lagoon facies, reef facies, and shoal facies, are recognized in this formation. These lines of evidence are suggestive that the Doi Long Formation was deposited in a reef or bank setting rather than a ramp setting. 相似文献
Thorium isotopes in the airborne dust collected at Tsukuba Science City in Japan from January 1981 to December 1982 show clear seasonal variations. Especially228Th in the airborne particles have a typical maximum cincentration between February and April, which is about an order of magnitude higher than during the remainder of the year. According to the result of size distribution of thorium isotope-bearing particles in the air, about 53% of228Th is associated with the particles less than 1.6 μm aerodynamic diameter. These results reveal that228Th in the airborne particles is present in fine soily matters originating from the East Asian deserts. 相似文献
Summary. The magnetization of the Cambrian Wichita Mountains basement complex consists of several components, two of which are shown to be significant. The residual primary remanence is associated with the original titanomagnetite and the dominant secondary component is carried by minerals of the ilmenite-haematite series. The latter has been acquired at temperatures up to 300°C as a result of the regional hydrothermal alteration during late Palaeozoic. The secondary remanence is of thermochemical origin and carries a memory of a variable ambient field direction which may be modelled as a resultant of the geomagnetic field direction contemporaneous with the hydrothermal process and of the direction of the magneto-static field of the primary titanomagnetite. Although the destruction of the original presumably Cambrian remanence has been extreme, in a few cases its direction appears to have been recovered. The results are complicated by the possibility of a self-reversal of secondary remanence as well as geomagnetic field reversal. An issue unresolved by the investigation relates to the possibility of generation of magnetite by heat treatment of rock material in the laboratory. It is generally concluded that it is difficult to recover the original cooling thermoremanence direction in an igneous intrusion which has been subjected later in its life to extreme conditions of hydrothermal alteration. 相似文献