Water-level fluctuations, emersion regimes, and variations of echinoid populations on a Caribbean reef flat     

John D. Cubit  Donald M. Windsor  Ricardo C. Thompson  Jeff M. Burgett 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》1986,22(6)

This paper examines fluctuations in water level over a Caribbean reef flat at Punta Galeta, Panamá. In an analysis of approximately ten years of records, the mean diurnal range of the tides was 24·5 cm and varied <2 cm from year to year. Daily mean water levels varied erratically over a range of approximately 30 cm. Monthly mean water levels fluctuated seasonally over a range of about 10 cm and were consistently higher than those at the regional tidal reference station at Cristóbal. On days with more wave action, water levels at Galeta increased relative to those at Cristóbal, suggesting that waves were ‘pumping’ water onto the reef flat. The monthly mean water levels at the two sites were not correlated, indicating that tidal data from conventional stations in deeper water cannot be extrapolated to reef flats, except as estimates of minimum potential water levels.Most of the reef flat was within 6 cm vertical span just below mean lower low water. The highest elevations within this range were exposed above water level for an average of 918 hours per year, as compared with 144 hours per year at the lowest elevation. Most exposures lasted less than 10 hours, with a modal duration of 3–5 hours; however, exposures longer than 12 hours occurred at nearly all elevations in all years. Exposures of the reef flat were most frequent between February and June and between August and November, a pattern apparently caused by a combination of seasonal oscillations of regional sea levels, the annual pattern of the solstitial tides, and waves generated by seasonal trade winds.The fluctuations in water levels apparently affected the abundances of some species of sea urchins on the reef flat. Populations of Lytechinus variegatus and Diadema antillarum declined or disappeared from the reef flat during seasons of repeated subaerial exposures, but recolonized the habitat in periods of higher water levels. Although they are reported to suffer heavy mortality during emersion, Echinometra lucunter and E. viridis did not exhibit reductions in abundance that were synchronous with the seasonal exposures of the reef flat.  相似文献   

Biogeography of the genusArtemia (Crustacea,Branchiopoda, Anostraca) in Spain     

F. Amat  C. Barata  F. Hontoria  J. C. Navarro  I. Varó 《International Journal of Salt Lake Research》1994,3(2):175-190

This is an updated study on the biogeographic distribution of the populations of the genusArtemia (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) in Spain, with special focus on populations inhabiting salt lagoons and inland salterns. The populations recorded (40) belong to the bisexual speciesA. tunisiana and to the asexual groupA. parthenogenetica (diploid and tetraploid strains). They usually appear in three different hypersaline ecosystems: solar salterns and lagoons filled with sea water, solar salterns and lagoons containing brines of diluted mineral salts, and lagoons filled with athalassic (endorheic) brines. The brines in salinas are chemically characterized by high Cl^– concentrations, especially in inland salinas, whose brine sources are geologically associated with evaporitic formations developed in the Triassic and Lower Liassic of eastern Spain. Brines in athalassic lagoons, geologically associated with Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods, show higher levels of sulfate (up to 40–50%) as well as Mg²⁺. From a geographical point of view, bisexual and diploid asexual populations are mainly found in coastal and inland salinas or lagoons below 40° N, while asexual tetraploid populations are found in inland salinas and athalassic lagoons above that latitude. These populations have been biologically characterized by the morphology of their adults through multivariate analysis.  相似文献   

一种自适应两阶段卡尔曼滤波算法     

CAO Yi-zhi  SUI Li-fen 《测绘学院学报》2008,(6)

当动力学模型存在未知的随机系统偏差时,两阶段卡尔曼滤波要优于标准卡尔曼滤波。两阶段卡尔曼滤波的基础是准确的知道随机系统偏差的统计特性,这在实际过程中是很难做到的。提出了基于新息向量的自适应两阶段卡尔曼滤波。它不仅能够很好的估计随机系统偏差,而且在随机系统偏差的先验统计特性不准确时也能取得良好的效果。最后通过一个仿真算例,验证了自适应两阶段卡尔曼滤波的适用性。  相似文献   

山东沿海菲律宾蛤仔不同地理群体遗传多样性的AFLP分析     

邹琰  李莉  张良  吕芳  辛美丽  张少春  邱兆星  刘洪军 《海洋科学》2014,(1)

利用AFLP技术对山东沿海菲律宾蛤仔（Ruditapes philippinarum）4个野生群体（乳山、无棣、牟平、即墨）进行了遗传多样性分析。采用6对引物组合对4个群体进行扩增,共得到356个位点,乳山群体、无棣群体、牟平群体和即墨群体的多态位点比例依次为74.40%、70.50%、72.80%、74.70%,具有较高的遗传多样性水平。其中,即墨群体多态性比例最高,无棣群体多态性比例最低。聚类分析表明,各群体间的遗传距离在0.0263～0.0448之间,乳山群体和无棣群体间的遗传距离最近(0.0263),两群体首先聚在一起,随后与牟平群体和即墨群体聚在一起。  相似文献   

UV and optical spectral properties in early-type galaxies     

Stefan J. Kautsch  Werner W. Zeilinger 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):929-932

We investigate UV and optical spectra of a sample of nearby early-type galaxies with evidence of nuclear line emission. The spectral signatures of various contributors to the UV, such as the interstellar medium and various stellar populations are analyzed and compared with the optical spectral properties. We discuss the impact of these effects on the observational properties of galaxy evolution. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Symbiotic Stars in the Context of Binary Evolution and Metallicity     

Laurits Leedjärv 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2006,304(1-4):105-107

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Larval life span,larval settlement,and early growth of Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes)     

M. M. Walker 《新西兰海洋与淡水研究杂志》2013,47(4):393-397

Development, settlement, and subsequent metamorphosis on several substrata were observed in cultures of Evechinus chloroticus larvae. The period from fertilisation to metamorphosis ranged between 30 and 63 days for larvae collected from spawnings induced at 3 different times. Newly settled sea urchins collected from the field grew about 1 mm per month in aquaria. Correlation of the larval life span with the growth rate of newly settled sea urchins suggested that the earliest spawning could occur was mid‐November. This finding corroborates the results of previous histo‐logical studies of the gonads of adult sea urchins in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand.  相似文献   

斑节对虾4个地理群体遗传多样性的AFLP分析     

孙苗苗  杨其彬  陈百尧  朱彩艳  黄建华  江世贵  周发林 《海洋科学》2017,41(3):41-47

为研究斑节对虾(Penaeus monodon)4个地理群体的遗传背景,作者应用AFLP分子标记技术对非洲(F)、中国三亚(S)、泰国(T)和印度尼西亚(Y)的斑节对虾群体进行遗传多样性分析。选取8对引物组合对斑节对虾4个群体共128个个体进行分析比较,共获得1 000个位点,其中多态性位点数为830个,各群体多态位点比率为47.8%~58.5%;群体Nei’s遗传多样性指数为0.0917~0.1271,Shannon’s信息指数为0.1484~0.2032。4个群体间的遗传距离,Y与F之间最大,为0.331,T与S之间最小,为0.217。4个群体UPGMA聚类时,S、T与Y聚为一支,F为单独一支;128个个体的UPGMA聚类结果表明,F群体除4个个体外其余个体聚为一大支,S、T、Y群体的部分个体互相混杂。AMOVA分析发现,35.92%的变异来自于群体间,64.08%的变异来自于群体内,群体间的遗传分化系数为0.3592,表明4个群体间的遗传分化程度很大。本研究为斑节对虾遗传育种提供了种质遗传背景资料,并为斑节对虾资源的开发与利用提供基础数据。  相似文献   

A one-dimensional integral approach to calculating the failure probability of geotechnical engineering structures     

《Computers and Geotechnics》2017

This study focuses on the geotechnical engineering structures with implicit or unknown expressions of performance functions. A one-dimensional integral approach (ODIA) consisting of sampling, evaluation of statistical moments for multivariable functions, probability density function fitting, and simple integration of failure probability was developed through system integration. A convergence study of an illustrative example was conducted, and the error analysis revealed that the accuracy of ODIA is equivalent to that of the second-order reliability method. Applications of ODIA to a slope and surrounding rock of an excavation were presented to further confirm the accuracy, efficiency, and practicability of the approach.  相似文献   

Genetic changes from artificial propagation of Pacific salmon affect the productivity and viability of supplemented populations   总被引：7，自引：1，他引：6  

Reisenbichler  R. R.; Rubin  S. P. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1999,56(4):459-466

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