广东鉴江尖紫蛤的生态调查

尖紫蛤分布于我国东南沿海,在广东鉴江它的栖息密度为3.5～7.0个/m~2。生活在比重1.0006～1.0007,水温19.2～30.8℃,pH 值6.9～7.2.流速0.243～0.704m/s,透明度为0.38～0.60m 的咸淡水交汇处,从低潮区至水深3m 的沙滩均有分布,栖息深度一般为0.30～0.50m,最深可达0.70m。食料以底栖硅藻和有机碎屑为主。雌雄异体,繁殖期在9～10月,一周龄个体平均大小为37.5mm×16.5mm×8.2mm。在鉴江尖紫蛤的年产量约5万kg。     

尖紫蛤的人工育苗

1997年 7月开始进行尖紫蛤人工育苗的研究 ,1999年 11月培育出壳长 4 mm左右的幼苗近30万只 ,首次获得尖紫蛤人工育苗的成功     

尖紫蛤生殖周期的研究

根据尖紫蛤Ｈｉａｔｕｌａａｃｕｔａ发育程度，将生殖腺发育过程分为增殖期、生长期、成熟期、排放期和休止期五个时期。尖紫蛤生殖期在福建省为９—１１月，生殖盛期在１０月．温度是影响性腺发育的主要因素。绝大多数个体为雌、雄异体。雌、雄同体的同一滤泡中，雌、雄生殖细胞分区域分布。较晚期的卵母细胞和成熟卵子的核仁变成双质核仁，组织化学实验结果表明，双质核仁染色深浅的两部分，是由于这两部分蛋白质含量不同的缘故。     

Within-reach spatial variability of snails and molluscivory by brown trout

Linking habitat distributions of prey to the probability of predation is important to understanding consumptive effects of predators on prey populations. This study reports how within-reach spatial variability of two snails, the hydrobiid Potamopyrgus antipodarum and the physid Physella acuta, was linked to habitat-based predation risk by young brown trout (Salmo trutta) of different age classes. Potamopyrgus is endemic to New Zealand streams and lakes, where it commonly co-exists with the invader P. acuta, but both snails are worldwide invaders to many freshwater systems. Examination of egested snails revealed Potamopyrgus and Physella were consumed in similar numbers within age classes. However, 10-month-old trout consumed, on average, fewer snails than 20-month-old trout, and 8-month-old trout ate essentially no snails, suggesting snails were a more important prey item for larger age-1 fish than smaller age-0 fish. No Physella were egested alive by any trout age class. However, 38% and 16% of the Potamopyrgus consumed were egested alive by 10- and 20-month-old trout, respectively, with some passing live after ~70 h in digestive tracts. Physella and the spiny-shell form of Potamopyrgus were significantly denser on macrophytes than on stony sediments in midchannel, and these habitat distributions affected their odds of consumption. Risk of consumption by trout was ~10 times greater for Physella than Potamopyrgus on stones, but their risk was similar in protective macrophytes. Odds of consumption were similar for spiny and smooth shell forms of Potamopyrgus on stones, suggesting spines do not provide protection from large predators like trout. My results suggest that brown trout can potentially exert stronger population regulatory effects on Physella than on Potamopyrgus and that these effects are partly mediated by macrophyte cover.