Probabilistic aspects of micropaleontologic assemblage zones

A micropaleontologic assemblage zone is defined by occurrence of some characteristic species among many coeval species. When number of assemblage-defining species and total number of species observed are designated as Aand N,respectively, the ratio, A/N,is strongly dependent on duration of the assemblage. Theoretical consideration on the basis of a micropaleontologic cohort model shows that, when origination rate and extinction rate of species are obtained, the most reasonable ratio (A/N) and duration of the assemblage can be determined. The probabilistic model described in this paper provides a theoretical relation between the ratio and the duration. Inaccuracy in correlating micropaleontologic data to certain assemblage zones established can not be avoided because of many natural sorting and artificial biases. Ambiguity arising when data with a small number of characteristic species are correlated with a certain assemblage is numerically estimated.     

中国乡村长寿现象与人居环境研究——以湖北钟祥为例

乡村长寿现象与人居环境的关系,是地理学与相关学科关注的课题。本文基于人文地理学与人居科学、环境科学和乡村社会等多学科视野,根据世界长寿之乡和中国百岁老人的分布规律,阐述了乡村长寿现象的涵义,分析了客观存在的乡村长寿现象及其成因。同时,以湖北钟祥为案例,运用模糊评价法、综合评价法和比较研究法,系统考究了乡村长寿现象与优越自然生态环境、和谐人文社会环境以及舒适人工居住环境的关系,归纳了乡村长寿现象的客观必然性和成因的综合性、长寿与人居环境的正相关性、山区与平原乡村长寿现象的同质性以及人类诉求健康长寿的永恒性等五个可供思考的重要命题,并对建设有利于"居民健康长寿"的乡村人居环境提出了相关政策建议。     

湖北省百岁人口分布与长寿区自然环境背景

基于人口普查数据,运用ArcGIS 空间分析以及SPSS 数理统计方法,对湖北省百岁人口分布与相对长寿区的自然环境背景进行研究,结果表明：过去50 a 来,湖北省百岁人口数量不断增加,百岁人口比率不断提高,但其百岁人口总数在全国的占比一直低于人口总数的占比,百岁人口比率与全国平均水平的差距越来越大;县域百岁人口比率空间差异明显,鄂北岗地稳居前茅,鄂西南山地、江汉平原、鄂东南丘陵百岁人口比率增长相对迅速;百岁人口重心向东南迁移并向省域几何中心和总人口重心靠近。湖北省的相对长寿区包括29 个县域,主要分布在鄂北岗地和江汉平原外缘的平原丘陵交错带,其自然环境背景是：气候温和、夏无酷暑、冬无严寒、雨量适中、阳光充足、空气流动性好、海拔较低、地形平缓,土壤中富含钼、锰、锌等微量元素。     

构建“大南岳旅游圈”背景下的南岳衡山竹文化旅游开发研究

南岳衡山素以云海、林海、花海而称胜。在国民生活方式和行为意识由"小康型"向"生态型"升华,并以竹文化生态旅游为时尚的当今世界,南岳衡山对游客的吸引力日渐凸显。因其具有毛竹生产的适宜生态环境、竹文化旅游开发的交通区位优势,同时具有竹林面积大而分布相对集中、竹品开发历史悠久而用途广泛、竹文化工艺品位高且知名度大等资源特色,预示着其竹文化旅游市场前景广阔。但必须保证重点、择优开发、规划先行、科学兴竹,且宜于主打"中华寿岳"竹文化品牌,重点发展竹文化长寿养生休闲度假旅游,优先开发后山竹文化旅游资源。     

Age,growth, and sexual maturity of two New Zealand endemic skates,Dipturus nasutus and D. innominatus

Abstract

Rough and smooth skates (Dipturus nasutus (Banks 1841) and/), innominatus (Garrick &; Paul 1974)) were aged by counting growth bands on X‐rays of thick sections of vertebral centra. Band counts were imprecise, but there was no between‐reader bias. Age estimates were not validated. The oldest rough skate was 9 years old, but few were more than 6 years old. Females may live longer than males. The combined sexes von Bertalanffy growth curve was L_r = 91.3 (1 ‐ e^?0.16[^{t + 1.20}]). Half the males matured by c. 52 cm pelvic length (PL) and 4 years, and females by 59 cm PL and 6 years. The oldest smooth skate in the sample was 24 years, but longevity probably exceeds that. Females appear to live longer than males. The combined sexes von Bertalanffy growth curve was: L_t = 150.5 (1 ‐ e^{?0.095[t + 1.06]}). Half the males matured by c. 93 cm PL and 8 years, and females by 112 cm PL and 13 years. Smooth skate are late maturing and long‐lived relative to other skates, whereas rough skate are early maturing with a moderate life span.     

杉木人工林细根寿命研究

林木细根（≤2mm）是树木水分和养分吸收的主要器官,是陆地生态系统净生产力的重要组成部分,深入理解细根生长过程及其寿命是建立全球碳及养分循环模型的关键．本试验采用微根管技术对11年生杉木（Cunninghamia lanceolata）人工林细根生长、衰老、死亡的动态过程进行了为期1年半的监测,运用Kaplan—Meier方法估计细根存活率及中值寿命（Median root longevity,MRL）,生成存活曲线（Survival curve）．用对数秩检验（Log—rank test）比较不同直径、不同土层、不同季节出生的细根寿命差异程度．结果表明,细根主要出．现在雨季（3q月）,以直径0～1mm的细根为主,并随观测期的延长,细根存活率下降,中值寿命为236d．直径0～1mm的细根累积存活率小于1～2mm的细根．土壤下层（20～40cm）的生存曲线在细根累积存活率达到50％以后始终高于上层（0～20cm）,上下层中值寿命分别为236d和243d,这可能与土壤环境因素的垂直分布相关,下层土壤有利于延长细根寿命．不同出生时间的细根寿命不同,雨季与干季出生的细根中值寿命分别为86d和270d．     

Etropus crossotus, an annual flatfish species; age and growth of the fringed flounder in South Carolina

Fringed flounder, Etropus crossotus, a small flatfish common along the southeastern coast of the US, were collected along the South Carolina coast in the fall of 1992, and in the North Inlet estuary from August 1992 until July 1994. Standard length was 82% of total length and the relationship between standard length and wet weight showed near-isometric growth with no significant differences between males and females. Dry weight was 21% of wet weight and ash-free dry weight 14% of wet weight with no significant differences between sexes. Daily increments in the sagittal otoliths were used for age determination. No annual structures could be identified. The maximum age was about 14.5 months. Age-at-length was not different between the sexes. The relationship between age and length was exponential, with age (in days) equalling an e power of 4.242 + 0.135 × standard length (in cm). Back-calculated hatch dates and catches of early juveniles indicated a spawning season that lasted from March to October. Females started to be sexually mature at 7 to 7.5 cm standard length, but 50% maturity was reached at 8 to 8.5 cm. Females could grow to that size within one spawning season. Individuals hatched early in the spawning season could produce eggs in the latter portion of that season's spawning period.     

黑河中游沙枣的传粉生物学研究

在甘肃省临泽县黑河中游的中国生态系统研究网络临泽内陆河流域研究站试验区对沙枣花粉育性、花粉-胚珠比(P/O)、花粉活力与寿命、花粉储存物类型等进行了观测。结果表明,沙枣花粉为全育的淀粉型花粉;晴天时,花药散粉后6 h内,花粉活力维持在90%以上;雨天时,花药散粉后,花粉活力即低于3%;三瓣花、四瓣花单花产生的花粉量无显著性差异,P/O分别为15 250±1 497、14 143±1 438。     

Reproductive and growth strategies of Idotea balthica basteri (Pallas, 1772) population in the Bizerte lagoon (Tunisia,Southern Mediterranean)

We analysed several life history traits of the marine isopod Idotea balthica basteri (Pallas, 1772) from the Bizerte lagoon, Southern Mediterranean Sea. Growth was continuous throughout the life of the animal with a high growth rate in the first life phase, and the growth curve was described according to von Bertalanffy's model. The lowest growth rate (0.23 mm) was recorded in winter (December, January and February) and the maximum rate (2.31 mm) between April and June. The total number of hatched eggs or embryos was positively correlated with the body length of ovigerous females. This population of I. balthica basteri was iteroparous, showing distinct strategies of reproduction. Large ovigerous females with high fecundity were collected during the whole sampling period, while breeding in smaller females with low fecundity was restricted to the period from late spring to early autumn, Manca size increased significantly with increasing female body size and there was also a significant trade‐off between manca size and the number of eggs per brood. Reproductive allocation, ranging between 17.1 ± 1.2% in winter and 23.2 ± 1.8% in summer, was positively correlated with female weight. Accordingly, parental investment in producing a juvenile varied between 1.02% per manca in winter to 3.38% in spring. Evaluated traits show that late summer and autumn cohorts have a K‐strategy, whereas cohorts born in winter and spring, and which exhibit a shorter life time, exhibit faster development, earlier reproduction and a smaller parental investment tending towards an r‐selected strategy.