A ‘mathematical’ spider living on gravel plains of the Namib Desert     

G. Costa  A. Petralia  E. Conti  C. Hnel 《Journal of Arid Environments》1995,29(4)

In certain areas of the Namib gravel plains a new Ariadna sp. was discovered. It rims its vertical burrow with a stone circle, made on average of seven quartz stones. Some mathematical relationships between hole diameter, stone sizes and weight, and animal size were studied. A correlation was found, and stone selection by this spider postulated. Different hypotheses on the adaptive value of stone circle are suggested.  相似文献   

Comparative analysis of cladoceran microfossils in the Don and Scarborough Formations,Toronto, Canada     

B. J. Hann  P. F. Karrow 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1993,9(3):223-241

Pleistocene deposits at Toronto, consisting of Don Formation (considered to be of Sangamonian interglacial age) and Scarborough Formation (interpreted to be Early Wisconsinan, >50 000 years B.P.) were examined at three sites: Don Valley Brickyard, Leaside, and at the south end of Brimley Road at the foot of the Scarborough Bluffs. Comparison of the cladoceran microfossil assemblages described from these sites has enabled reconstruction of the lacustrine environment of the region.Cladoceran microfossil evidence from each site confirmed the disparity in community composition and structure, and in environmental conditions that existed during deposition of the Don and Scarborough Formations. Cladocera community composition averaged 40–45% remains of littoral species in the warmer Don interval at all three sites. The Scarborough Formation contained a more homogeneous cladoceran assemblage, with higher community similarity across sites than observed in the Don Formation. However, there was greater variation in the littoral: planktonic ratio among sites, ranging from >0.90 at Leaside to <0.10 at Brimley Road.Stratigraphically constrained cluster analysis of cladoceran microfossil assemblages clearly separated the communities in the Don Formation from those in the Scarborough Formation at each site. During the interglacial, the Don Brickyard site appears to have been a shallow, protected embayment on the lake shore, whereas the other sites are more distinctly lacustrine. The Scarborough assemblage at each site is representative of deeper, oligotrophic, subarctic lakes.  相似文献   

Emission of aliphatic amines from animal husbandry and their reactions: Potential source of N2O and HCN     

Gunnar W. Schade  Paul J. Crutzen 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1995,22(3):319-346

We measured the emissions of volatile aliphatic amines and ammonia produced by the manure of beef cattle, dairy cows, swine, laying hens and horses in livestock buildings. The amine emissions consisted almost exclusively of the three methylamines and correlated with those of ammonia. The molar emission ratios of the methylamines to ammonia, and data on NH₃ emissions from animal husbandry in Europe, together with global statistics on domestic animals, were used to estimate the global emissions of amines. Annual global methylamine-N input to the atmosphere from animal husbandry in 1988 was 0.15±0.06 TgN (Tg=10¹² g). Almost 3/4 of these emissions consisted of trimethylamine-N. This represents about half of all methylamine emissions to the atmosphere. Other sources are marine coastal waters and biomass burning.Possible reaction pathways for atmospheric methylamines are shown. Among various speculative but possible products N₂O and HCN are of interest because the emission of methylamines could contribute to the global budgets of these compounds. Maximum atmospheric N₂O production from methylamines are below 0.4 Tg N/year, which is less than 10% of the annual N₂O growth rate. Although we do not expect the methylamine emissions to contribute in a major way to the atmospheric N₂O budget, more studies are needed to establish this conclusion beyond doubt. Similar conclusions hold for HCN.  相似文献   

贵州瓮安震旦纪陡山沱期磷酸盐化球状化石的新观察   总被引：16，自引：2，他引：16       下载免费PDF全文

尹崇玉  高林志等 《地质学报》2001,75(2):145-150,T001,T002

我国贵州瓮安陡山沱期磷块岩中的磷酸盐化球状化石是近年来受到广泛关注的一类微体化石。对于它们的生物亲缘认识，长期以来存在着动植物之争，特别是近年来一些学者发现，部分磷酸盐化球状化石内部保存了2、4、8、16等几何级数增长的细胞特征，根据化石的大小、细胞排列方式和表面纹饰可与现生甲壳类动物的胚胎比较，认为它们很可能是运动胚胎化石，但另一些学者却持截然不同的观点，认为它们不是动物胚胎化石的观察与研究，同时结合相同层位岩石薄片所发现的大量同类化石微细结构的对比。特别是把磷块岩中的化石与燧石中发现的化石详细比较，对一些磷酸盐化球状化石的归属和亲缘关系进行探讨，研究表明贵州瓮安陡山沱期燧石中发现的化石详细比较，对一些磷酸盐化球状化石的归属和亲缘关系进行探讨。研究表明贵州瓮安陡山沱期磷酸盐化微体化石群具有多样性特征，包含不同门类，是迄今为止全球保存最好的晚新元古代磷酸盐化的化石库。  相似文献   

南方集约农区农牧结合对农业可持续发展的作用   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

张卫建  谭淑豪  冯金侠  章熙谷 《地域研究与开发》1998,17(2):24-27

为寻求该区农业可持续发展的途径,作者在分析其农业可持续发展的主要制约因素基础上,对农牧结合在实现农业可持续发展中的功能作了全面论述。结果表明,农牧结合是实现该区农业可持续发展的一条有效途径。最后还提出了该农区农牧结合的可行途径及有效措施  相似文献   

包头西6.4级地震临震前宏观异常的研究     

张志刚  马桂芳 《华北地震科学》1998,16(1):55-60

通过对包头６．４级地震临震前动物、地下水等宏观异常时、空、强分布特征的研究,提出了利用动物、地下水震前宏观异常加强短临追综研究,进行短临预报的思路和方法。  相似文献   

Average Annual Temperature Changes in the Holocene in China     

BI Fuzhi  YUAN Youshen Peking University  Cheng Ze Yuan  Beijing 《《地质学报》英文版》1998,72(3):321-328

In 1876 Blytt proposed a post-glacial climatic classification, maintaining that the then temperature fluctuated 1- 2℃ higher or lower than that today. Lamb (1969) held that in Europe " the axis of the subtropical high pressure belt was generally displaced north by about 10° latitudes" during the Hypsithermal and that the temperature was three to six times higher than that in the postglacial period.In China, there appear relict beachrocks (living fossils) in tropical tidal zones from the Bohai Bay (40° N) to coastal areas in South China. Many relict tropical marine fossils were discovered, such as Ostrea gigas in Tianjin (which is larger than that found today in Hainan), Placuna placenta in Zhejiang and Spondylus sp. in Fujian. In Hebei, Henan and Zhejiang provinces and Guilin of Guangxi, such tropical fossil animals as Elephas maximus and Rhinoceros sp, were discovered, and in Hebei and Jiangsu provinces such fresh water fossils as Unio douglasiae were found. Their living species are still seen in So  相似文献   

半滑舌鳎(Cynoglossus semilaevis)双链RNA依赖的蛋白激酶R(PKR)基因克隆和实时定量表达分析     

沙珍霞  王启龙  李敏  公光业  梁卓  陈松林 《海洋与湖沼》2013,44(4):1024-1032

采用RACE方法克隆了半滑舌鳎(Cynoglossus semilaevis)PKR基因(CsPKR), 获得了CsPKR全长cDNA序列为2907bp, 其中包含1959bp的开放阅读框, 100bp的5′非编码区和848bp的3′非编码区。保守结构域分析显示推导的CsPKR氨基酸在N端存在两个特异的dsRBD(dsRNA binding domain dsRBD)结构域, 在C端具有多个保守的激酶活性位点, 包括ATP结合位点和底物配体结合位点, 以及活性环结构A-loop。系统进化树分析显示鱼类、两栖类、鸟类及哺乳类的PKR具有共同的进化起源, CsPKR与牙鲆PKR的亲缘关系最为密切。荧光定量PCR结果显示, CsPKR基因在健康鱼多个组织中广泛表达, 在脑中的表达最高, 头肾中表达最低。经鳗弧菌和淋巴囊肿病毒分别感染后, CsPKR基因在免疫相关组织中呈现上调表达趋势, 其中感染鳗弧菌12h后在血液中表达量较对照组上升了9.28倍, 在感染淋巴囊肿病毒24h后, 在肝脏中的表达达到最大, 为对照组的9.97倍。以上结果暗示CsPKR基因在半滑舌鳎响应细菌和病毒免疫应答中起重要作用。  相似文献   

The Econo-techno-social Design of Invasive Animal Management: costs and benefits or beneficiaries and benefactors?     

Carla Meurk 《The Australian geographer》2014,45(1):37-52

This paper examines invasive animal management institutions, using theories at the interstices of anthropology and geography, to question current approaches to management based on neoclassical and neoliberal economic rationales. I present an analysis of two feral pig management regimes in Far North Queensland, Australia: (i) bounty systems of payment for feral pig control; and (ii) a community-based feral pig trapping program. I show how these management methods reshape important social and cultural processes through their overlapping technological and economic elements. On the basis of this analysis, I propose a conceptual framework for invasive animal management planning that incorporates a beneficiary–benefactor analysis alongside cost–benefit analyses. I argue that ecological-economic theories of pest management may be usefully enhanced by addressing the links between economic and social behaviours.  相似文献   

甲氨基阿维菌素苯甲酸盐对黑土区农田土壤动物群落的影响     

沙迪  翟清明  张雪萍  高梅香 《地理研究》2015,34(5)

甲维盐属高效半合成抗生素杀虫剂。在哈尔滨市典型黑土农田区,研究不同浓度甲维盐处理对土壤动物群落结构的影响。结果表明:甲维盐处理显著降低了土壤动物群落的个体密度和类群数量,且这种趋势随着甲维盐浓度的增加而增强;显著改变了群落的垂直分布格局,表聚性特征被削弱,使动物较多地聚集于5~15 cm土层;改变了群落多样性特征,其中螨类和跳虫对多样性的贡献相对较大;显著改变了表层土壤化学性质,但不同动物类群对土壤环境变化的响应规律不同,螨类和跳虫对甲维盐干扰具有较强的适应能力。甲维盐处理可以显著改变黑土区农田土壤动物群落结构,浓度是影响该过程的重要因素,施用杀虫剂时需慎重评价其生态后果。  相似文献