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The zooxanthellate octocoral Sinularia flexibilis is a producer of potential pharmaceutically important metabolites such as antimicrobial and cytotoxic substances. Controlled
rearing of the coral, as an alternative for commercial exploitation of these compounds, requires the study of species-specific
growth requirements. In this study, phototrophic vs. heterotrophic daily energy demands of S. flexibilis was investigated through light and Artemia feeding trials in the laboratory. Rate of photosynthetic oxygen by zooxanthellae in light (≈200 μmol quanta m−2 s−1) was measured for the coral colonies with and without feeding on Artemia nauplii. Respiratory oxygen was measured in the dark, again with and without Artemia nauplii. Photosynthesis–irradiance curve at light intensities of 0, 50, 100, 200, and 400 μmol quanta m−2 s−1 showed an increase in photosynthetic oxygen production up to a light intensity between 100 and 200 μmol quanta m−2 s−1. The photosynthesis to respiration ratio (P/R > 1) confirmed phototrophy of S. flexibilis. Both fed and non-fed colonies in the light showed high carbon contribution by zooxanthellae to animal (host) respiration
values of 111–127%. Carbon energy equivalents allocated to the coral growth averaged 6–12% of total photosynthesis energy
(mg C g
−
1 buoyant weight day
−
1) and about 0.02% of the total daily radiant energy. “Light utilization efficiency (ε)” estimated an average ε value of 75%
12 h
−
1 for coral practical energetics. This study shows that besides a fundamental role of phototrophy vs. heterotrophy in daily
energy budget of S. flexibilis, an efficient fraction of irradiance is converted to useable energy. 相似文献
2.
A spectacular mound-like reef formation (126 m in circumference, 10 m high) dominated by highly arched and record-size colonies
of the unattached mushroom coral Halomitra pileus, along with 17 other species of the family Fungiidae, occurs in 31 m of water on the sedimentary lagoon floor of the Great
Astrolabe Reef, Fiji. Core samples show radiocarbon dates which indicate that the formation hypothetically began building
∼4500 y ago, with a calculated mean accretion rate of 2.2 mm ⋅ y-1. The majority of fossil and living material is contributed by H. pileus colonies between 40–70 cm mean diameter, with some individuals up to 1.5 m in diameter. The size, fungiid diversity, and
geological history of the bioherm is unprecedented and represents the first example of a coral reef constructed almost entirely
by Fungiidae.
Accepted: 29 July 1996 相似文献
3.
P. J. Edmunds 《Coral reefs (Online)》2000,19(1):69-74
To determine what happens to scleractinian corals that have been killed by black band disease (BBD), massive corals with
BBD were monitored for 11 years on a shallow reef (<10 m depth) in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Small quadrats (0.039 m2) were used to compare the rates of scleractinian recruitment to the skeletons of corals killed by either BBD or physical
disturbance (Hurricane Hugo 1989). Coral recruitment was also quantified on the adjacent fringing reef using larger quadrats
(0.25 m2) to detect possible biases associated with using small, permanent quadrats to assess recruitment to BBD-killed corals. Of
28 tagged colonies with BBD in 1988, 43% were lost to Hurricane Hugo in 1989, 7% were lost to unknown causes between 1991
and 1992, and 14 were monitored annually for 11 years; of these, 71% were dead and still in their original growth position
in 1998. Between 1988 and 1997, corals recruited to the BBD-killed surfaces at a rate of 1.1 ± 0.3 recruits · 0.039 m−2 · decade−1 (mean ± SE, n = 14), although mortality reduced the density to 0.3 ± 0.2 recruits · 0.039 m−2 by 1997. The rate of recruitment and the taxonomic composition of the coral recruits to BBD-killed corals were indistinguishable
statistically from those to corals killed by Hurricane Hugo. This demonstrates that BBD creates space that is functionally
the same as other dead coral surfaces in providing a substratum for coral recruitment. However, because coral recruits are
dispersed widely, clumped in distribution and temporally variable in density on the fringing reef as a whole, it is unlikely
that they will be found on monitored coral colonies that have been killed by BBD. While this hypothesis is consistent with
the higher density of recruits on the fringing reef compared with BBD-killed corals, further studies are required to investigate
alternative explanations such as the role of substratum age in favoring recruitment to surfaces other than those killed recently
by BBD.
Accepted: 26 August 1999 相似文献
4.
To ascertain the feeding habits of benthic juvenile yellowfin goby Acanthogobius flavimanus, the gut contents of 599 specimens (15–41 mm in standard length, SL), collected on a tidal mudflat in the Tama River estuary
throughout the diel cycle, were examined. The major prey items changed from harpacticoid copepods to errant and sedentary
polychaetes at ca. 20 mm SL. Prey width increased with fish size. Fish of 26–28 mm SL fed mainly from sunset to morning, with
highest feeding intensity during twilight hours and/or high tide. Based on the gut evacuation rate estimated from a forced
feeding experiment in the laboratory and data for the diel change of mean gut-content volume in the field, the daily ration
of juvenile yellowfin goby (26–28 mm SL) was calculated to be 13.8 mm3 fish−1 day−1. This volume is approximately equivalent to 3.9 individuals of the errant polychaete Ceratonereis erythraeensis (9.7 mm in body length, BL) or 8.1 individuals of the sedentary polychaete Prionospio japonica (14.8 mm BL), both species occurring abundantly on the mudflat during the study. 相似文献
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J. N. Harney E. E. Grossman B. M. Richmond C. H. Fletcher III 《Coral reefs (Online)》2000,19(2):141-154
The origin, age, and dynamics of carbonate sediments in Kailua Bay on Oahu, Hawaii, are described. The shoreface (from shoreline
to 4 km offshore) consists of a broad (5 km2) fringing coral reef ecosystem bisected by a sinuous, shore-normal, sand-filled paleostream channel 200–300 m wide. The median
grain diameter of surface sands is finest on the beach face (<0.3 mm) and increases offshore along the channel axis. Kailua
sands are >90% biogenic carbonate, dominated by skeletal fragments of coralline algae (e.g. Porolithon, up to 50%) followed by the calcareous green alga Halimeda (up to 32%), coral fragments (1–24%), mollusc fragments (6–21%), and benthic foraminifera (1–10%). Sand composition and age
across the shoreface are correlated to carbonate production. Corals and coralline algae, principal builders of the reef framework,
are younger and more abundant in sands along the channel axis and in offshore reefal areas, while Halimeda, molluscs, and foraminifera are younger and more dominant in nearshore waters shoreward of the main region of framework building.
Shoreface sediments are relatively old. Of 20 calibrated radiocarbon dates on skeletal constituents of sand, only three are
younger than 500 years b.p.; six are 500–1000 years b.p.; six are 1000–2000 years b.p.; and five are 2000–5000 years b.p. Dated fine sands are older than medium to coarse sands and hence may constitute a reservoir of fossil carbonate that is
distributed over the entire shoreface. Dominance of fossiliferous sand indicates long storage times for carbonate grains,
which tend to decrease in size with age, such that the entire period of relative sea-level inundation (∼5000 years) is represented
in the sediment. Despite an apparently healthy modern coral ecosystem, the surficial sand pool of Kailua Bay is dominated
by sand reflecting an antecedent system, possibly one that existed under a +1–2 m sea-level high stand during the mid- to
late Holocene.
Accepted: 20 December 1999 相似文献
6.
Previous mechanical studies using algae have concentrated on cell extension and growth using creep-type experiments, but
there appears to be no published study of their failure properties. The mechanical strength of single large internode cell
walls (up to 2 mm diameter and 100 mm in length) of the charophyte (giant alga) Chara corallina was determined by dissecting cells to give sheets of cell wall, which were then notched and fractured under tension. Tensile
tests, using a range of notch sizes, were conducted on cell walls of varying age and maturity to establish their notch sensitivity
and to investigate the propagation of cracks in plant cell walls. The thickness and stiffness of the walls increased with
age whereas their strength was little affected. The strength of unnotched walls was estimated as 47 ± 13 MPa, comparable to
that of some grasses but an order of magnitude higher than that published for model bacterial cellulose composite walls. The
strength was notch-sensitive and the critical stress intensity factor K
1c was estimated to be 0.63 ± 0.19 MNm−3/2, comparable to published values for grasses.
Received: 4 April 2000 / Accepted: 21 July 2000 相似文献
7.
The chromosomes of 31 species of Passiflora, distributed throughout the subgenera Astrophea, Calopathanthus, Distephana, Dysosmia, Passiflora, Plectostemma and Tacsonia were analysed. Three different karyotypes were observed: 2n = 12, 24, 36; 2n = 18, 72 and 2n = 20. The karyotype of these
species was almost always constituted of metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes with variable karyotype symmetry. In the
group with x = 6, represented by the subgenus Plectostemma, six diploid species with 2n = 12, one tetraploid with 2n = 24 (P. suberosa) and an intraspecific polyploid with 2n = 12, 36 (P. misera) were analysed. P. pentagona (subgenus Astrophea) may also be included in this karyological group since it presents 2n = 24 and may be of polyploid origin, with x = 6. The
interphase nuclei in this group were areticulate, except those of P. morifolia and P. pentagona with semi-reticulate characteristics. Two small terminal heterochromatic blocks, positive for chromomycin A3, were identified in the largest chromosome pair of P. capsularis and P. rubra, species very closely related, while P. tricuspis displayed four chromosomes with proximal blocks. In the group with x = 9, represented mainly by subgenus Passiflora, 20 species with 2n = 18 and one with 2n = 72 were studied. They presented chromosomes larger than those species with x = 6
and interphase nuclei of semi-reticulate type, except for P. mixta with areticulate nuclei. Four terminal CMA+ blocks were observed in P. edulis, six blocks in P. caerulea and P. racemosa, while five blocks were observed in the single P. amethystina plant analysed. P. foetida (subgenus Dysosmia), the only species with 2n = 20, exhibited six chromosomes with CMA+ blocks and interphase nuclei of the areticulate type. The meiotic analysis of representatives of the three groups (P. foetida, P. suberosa, P. cincinnata and P. racemosa) always presented regular pairing and regular chromosome segregation, except in P. jilekii where a tetravalent was observed. The analysis of the chromosome variation within the genus and the family suggests that
the base number of Passiflora may be x1 = 6 or x1 = 12, whereas x2 = 9 is only an important secondary base number.
Received April 11, 2000 Accepted October 5, 2000 相似文献
8.
Schizopygopsis younghusbandi younghusbandi is an endemic species whose distribution is restricted to the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, being one of the
most important commercial fishes in this area. Age and growth of 606 specimens captured between October 2002 and April 2005
were studied. The range in standard length (L) was 65.7–387.3 mm and total weight (W) was 3.3–772.0 g. The relationship between
L and W was W = 0.000909L2.2493 for males and W = 0.000259L2.4781 for females. Age, determined from anal scales and lapillus otoliths, ranged from 3 to 18 years. The parameters of von Bertalanffy
growth functions, estimated by back-calculated length, were L¥ = 442.7mm LL_\infty = 442.7mm\;L, k = 0.0738 year−1 and t
0
= −1.4 year for males, and L¥ = 471.4mm LL_\infty = 471.4mm\;L, k = 0.0789 year−1 and t
0 = 0.2 year for females. Males and females exhibited statistically significant differences in growth. χ
2-test indicated that von Bertalanffy growth functions could well describe the growth of S. y. younghusbandi. The longevities were 39.2 and 38.2 years for males and females, respectively. Growth inflexion points were 10.2 and 12.0 years
for males and females, respectively, but 84.8% of the captures were at the smaller ages. So conservation and management schemes
for this population should be considered urgently. In addition, we found that populations from the upstream of the Lhasa River,
the downstream of the Lhasa River and the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River showed statistically significant differences
in growth patterns. 相似文献
9.
Nelusetta ayraudi (the ocean leatherjacket) is an endemic Australian monacanthid species distributed from North West Cape (Western Australia)
south to southern Queensland. The commercial and recreational fisheries targeting Nelusetta ayraudi have expanded substantially along the coast of New South Wales (NSW) in recent years but there exists little biological information
on which to base effective management of this growing fishery. World-wide, only a few studies have aged monacanthids. Of these,
researchers have interpreted periodic increments in bony structures such as vertebrae and anterior dorsal spines in preference
to those found in otoliths. In this study we estimated age of N. ayraudi by counting growth increments in sectioned otoliths. The periodicity of increment formation was validated using a vital stain,
(oxy-tetracycline), injected into young-of-the-year fish. Growth was rapid especially as juveniles with N. ayraudi attaining approximately 220 mm after 1 year and 340 mm after 2 years. No differences in growth rates were detected between
sexes or between fish captured at different latitudes (zones). The largest male (605 mm, Total Length—TL) and female (656 mm,
TL) were both recorded from northern NSW, with both sexes attaining the maximum age of 6+ years from northern and southern
NSW. The von Bertalanffy parameters describing growth for N. ayraudi were L¥ {L_\infty } = 591 mm (TL), k = 0.377 year−1 and t
o = −0.247 years. 相似文献
10.
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Rainfall partitioning into throughfall and stemflow was studied in a diverse and in a mono specific stand of secondary vegetation
in Eastern Amazonia. The nutrient concentrations in the water were analysed in order to quantify the related hydrochemical
fluxes. Secondary vegetation forms the fallow in the local shifting cultivation system and is usually dominated by shrubs
and trees. Phenakospermum guyannense (Strelitziaceae), a banana-like herb, is one of the predominant non-woody species. The study was conducted during an 18-month
period in a 2.5-year-old relatively species-rich stand and a 10-year-old stand dominated by P. guyannense. In a year with 1956 mm of rainfall 65% (1281 mm) of this quantity reached the soil as throughfall in the diverse stand and
38% (743 mm) in the mono specific stand. Stemflow was estimated to be 23% and 41% respectively. P. guyannense and Banara guianensis (Flacourtiaceae), a tree species, were causing these high funnelling effects. In the young diverse stand B. guianensis had a stemflow of more than 200 l year−1 and P. guyannense had a median flux of 77 l year−1 per pseudostem. In the older stand the taller plants of P.␣guyannense collected 644 l year−1 per pseudostem on the median. The reason for these high values could be the banana-like growth form of P. guyannense and the crown morphology of B. guianensis, which has inclined branches. The low proportion of throughfall and the high stemflow values differ from all previous studies
in Amazonian primary forests. The proximity to the Atlantic Ocean strongly influenced the nutrient fluxes via rainfall at
our study site. This becomes obvious from the high Na and Cl fluxes with rainfall (19.7 kg Na ha−1 year−1, 37.2 kg Cl ha−1 year−1) which were approximately equal to the Na and Cl fluxes with the sum of throughfall and stemflow for both stands. K fluxes
in throughfall and stemflow in both stands were higher than in rainfall by a factor of 8. The high K enrichment during the
crown passage is assumed to be caused by a␣high K concentration in the leaf tissue resulting in enhanced leaching from the
leaves. In months with low␣rainfall the concentrations of Ca, Mg, S and Cl in throughfall of the diverse stand were significantly
higher than in months with high rainfall. This was mainly due to vegetation burns in the dry period, which resulted in ash
deposition on the canopy and subsequent wash-off and solution of ash particles.
Received: 11 May 1997 / Accepted: 2 November 1997 相似文献
12.
A. I. Pilyavskii A. V. Maznychenko V. A. Maiskii V. V. Korneyev A. I. Kostyukov 《Neurophysiology》2011,43(3):240-243
Vibrational stimulation of the tendon of the mm.gastrocnemius+soleus (100 sec–1) in rats anesthetized with chloral hydrate (400 mg/kg) resulted in the appearance of considerable Fos immunoreactivity in
the lumbar spinal cord (L1-L6), as compared with that in intact animals. Total densities of Fos-immunopositive (Fos-ip) neurons in each of the examined
segments were higher than 40 units per 40-μm-thick slice; the respective index reached the maximum at the L4 level (78.9 ± 2.3 cells). Most Fos-ip neurons were localized in laminae 4 to 7 of the gray matter, both ipsi- and contralaterally
with respect to the side of stimulation (28.5 ± 0.6 and 28.4 ± 0.6, respectively). Single Fos-ip motoneurons were found bilaterally
in the ventral horn motor nuclei. Thus, activation of muscle spindle receptors induced by vibrational stimulation applied
to the Achilles tendon induces noticeable bilateral c-fos expression in spinal neuronal networks related to transmission of proprioceptive muscle-born impulsation. 相似文献
13.
P. L. Jokiel K. S. Rodgers I. B. Kuffner A. J. Andersson E. F. Cox F. T. Mackenzie 《Coral reefs (Online)》2008,27(3):473-483
A long-term (10 months) controlled experiment was conducted to test the impact of increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide
(pCO2) on common calcifying coral reef organisms. The experiment was conducted in replicate continuous flow coral reef mesocosms
flushed with unfiltered sea water from Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. Mesocosms were located in full sunlight and experienced
diurnal and seasonal fluctuations in temperature and sea water chemistry characteristic of the adjacent reef flat. Treatment
mesocosms were manipulated to simulate an increase in pCO2 to levels expected in this century [midday pCO2 levels exceeding control mesocosms by 365 ± 130 μatm (mean ± sd)]. Acidification had a profound impact on the development
and growth of crustose coralline algae (CCA) populations. During the experiment, CCA developed 25% cover in the control mesocosms
and only 4% in the acidified mesocosms, representing an 86% relative reduction. Free-living associations of CCA known as rhodoliths
living in the control mesocosms grew at a rate of 0.6 g buoyant weight year−1 while those in the acidified experimental treatment decreased in weight at a rate of 0.9 g buoyant weight year−1, representing a 250% difference. CCA play an important role in the growth and stabilization of carbonate reefs, so future
changes of this magnitude could greatly impact coral reefs throughout the world. Coral calcification decreased between 15%
and 20% under acidified conditions. Linear extension decreased by 14% under acidified conditions in one experiment. Larvae
of the coral Pocillopora damicornis were able to recruit under the acidified conditions. In addition, there was no significant difference in production of gametes
by the coral Montipora capitata after 6 months of exposure to the treatments. 相似文献
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The growth rate, reproductive aspects, and natural mortality of chimaeras and ratfish are poorly known. In this study, life-history
parameters for cockfish Callorhinchus callorhynchus (Holocephali—Callorhinchidae) are estimated, which is an important fish resource exploited in Chile. Specimens were sampled
from the artisanal fishery captures, from November 2006 to November 2007. The standard length (SL) of males fluctuated between
20 and 62 cm, and between 21 and 70 cm for females. Von Bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated through length-frequency
data analysis using MULTIFAN. The length-weight relationship and von Bertalanffy growth parameters were significantly different
for males and females, as well as the length at 50% maturity. For males a model with 5 age-classes was the best, with asymptotic
length L
∞ = 52 cm SL, growth coefficient K = 0.473 yr−1, and age at length zero t
0 = −0.690 yrs. For females the best model was represented by 10 age-classes (L
∞ = 70.3 cm SL, K = 0.193 yr−1, t
0 = −1.158 yrs) in the length-frequency data sets. Length at 50% maturity of males was estimated in 43.7 cm SL, and in 50.2 cm
SL for females. The natural mortality rate fluctuated between 0.42 and 0.82 yr−1 for males and between 0.12 and 0.37 yr−1 for females, depending upon the method used. It is concluded that C. callorhynchus is a species with life-history parameters significantly different between males and females, and such differences should
be taken into account in future population dynamics analysis. 相似文献
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The bioerosive potential of the intertidal chiton Acanthopleura gemmata on One Tree Reef was determined by quantification of CaCO3 in daily faecal pellet production of individuals transplanted into mesocosms after nocturnal-feeding forays. Mean bioerosive
potential was estimated at 0.16 kg CaCO3 chiton−1 yr−1. Bioerosion rates were estimated for populations on two distinct chiton habitats, reef margin (0.013 kg CaCO3 m−2 yr−1) and beachrock platform (0.25 kg CaCO3 m−2 yr−1). Chiton density on the platform was orders of magnitude greater than on the reef margin. The surface-lowering rate (0.16
mm m−2 yr) due to bioerosion by the beachrock population is a substantial contribution to the total surface-lowering rate of 2 mm
m−2 yr−1 previously reported for One Tree Reef across all erosive agents. At high densities, the contribution of A. gemmata to coral reef bioerosion budgets may be comparable to other important bioeroders such as echinoids and fish. 相似文献
16.
S. F. Perry C. J. Montpetit A. E. Julio K. Moore 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1999,169(4-5):335-343
The effect of long-term (7 day) anaemia on catecholamine release was examined in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in vivo during acute exposure to hypoxia and in situ using a perfused post-cardinal vein preparation. The first goal was
to distinguish among reductions in blood O2 partial pressure, O2 concentration and haemoglobin percentage saturation as potential stimuli for, or correlates of, catecholamine secretion during
hypoxia. The second goal was to elucidate the role of these factors in promoting enhanced chromaffin cell responsiveness in
trout subjected to chronic hypoxia (Montpetit and Perry 1998). Anaemic fish (haematocrit lowered from 28.4±2.4% to 11.9±1.6%)
displayed a marked reduction in haemoglobin-O2 binding affinity [P
50 (P
aO2 at 50% Hb-O2 saturation) was increased from 14.7 mm Hg to 24.3 mm Hg]. Upon exposure to hypoxia, the anaemic fish released catecholamines
into their circulation at higher values of arterial O2 partial pressure (∼52 mm Hg versus ∼18 mm Hg) and haemoglobin O2 saturation (<70% versus <55%) than did control fish. In addition, anaemic fish achieved significantly greater circulating
levels of total catecholamines (noradrenaline plus adrenaline) during acute hypoxia (294.8±67.3 versus 107.0±35.6 nmol l−1). These results do not support the view that catecholamine release is triggered by a reduction in haemoglobin O2 saturation or arterial PO2, per se. Nor are they consistent with the idea that catecholamine release occurs at a threshold value of arterial PO2 corresponding to a critical reduction in blood O2 concentration. The effects of the non-selective cholinergic receptor carbachol on catecholamine secretion from chromaffin
tissue were assessed using perfused posterior cardinal vein preparations derived from control or anaemic fish. For adrenaline
secretion, there was no statistically significant change in the ED50 (dose eliciting 50% response). For noradrenaline secretion however, preparations originating from anaemic fish displayed
an enhanced responsiveness to carbachol as indicated by a significant 4.5-fold reduction in the carbachol ED50 value from 2.53 × 10−6 mol kg−1 to 5.67 × 10−7 mol kg−1. These results demonstrate that anaemia-induced hypoxaemia, in the absence of any lowering of PO2, is able to modulate the responsiveness of chromaffin cells to cholinergic stimulation.
Accepted: 21 April 1999 相似文献
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M. Graf A. Brunella M. Kittelmann K. Laumen O. Ghisalba 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》1997,47(6):650-657
A new amidohydrolase deacetylating several N-acetyl-1-phenylethylamine derivatives (R)-specifically was found in Arthrobacter aurescens AcR5b. The strain was isolated from a wet haystack by enrichment culture with (R)-N-acetyl-1-phenylethylamine as the sole carbon source. (R) and (S )-N-acetyl-1-phenylethylamine do not serve as inducers for acylase formation. By improving the growth conditions the enzyme production
was increased 47-fold. The amidohydrolase was purified to homogeneity leading to a 5.2-fold increase of the specific activity
with a recovery of 67%. A molecular mass of 220 kDa was estimated by gel filtration. Sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide
gel electrophorosis shows two subunits with molecular masses of 16 kDa and 89 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature were pH 8
and 50 °C, respectively. The enzyme was stable in the range of pH 7–9 and at temperatures up to 30 °C. The enzyme activity
was inhibited by Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+, and Zn2+, and this inhibition was reversed by EDTA.M
Received: 20 September 1996 / Received version: 23 December 1996 / Accepted: 30 December 1996 相似文献
18.
Age, growth, and reproductive biology of the Waigieu seaperch Psammoperca waigiensis were studied using 291 specimens obtained around Okinawa Island, Japan. Otolith opaque zones that formed every year correlated
with spawning activity and were thought to be annual rings. Growth of this species was rapid during the first 2 years, reaching
186.2–270.3 mm in standard length (SL). Females (196.6–334.0 mm SL) were larger than males (186.2–288.6 mm SL), caused by
differential growth between sexes, which started before 2 years of age. Most of the specimens were 1–11 years old and accounted
for 96% in total. Spawning season was estimated to be from April to October by gonadosomatic index (GSI) and histological
observation. The smallest mature female and male were 217.0 mm SL (2 years) and 206.0 mm SL (2 years), respectively. After
recruitment in rocky areas up to about 200.0 mm SL and 2 years of age, Psammoperca waigiensis were then found to soon mature. 相似文献
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Water conductance of the cuticular membrane (CM) of mature sweet cherry fruit (Prunus avium L. cv. Sam) was investigated by monitoring water loss from segments of the outer pericarp excised from the cheek of the fruit.
Segments consisted of epidermis, hypodermis and several cell layers of the mesocarp. Segments were mounted in stainless-steel
diffusion cells with the mesocarp surface in contact with water, while the outer cuticular surface was exposed to dry silica
(22 ± 1 °C). Conductance was calculated by dividing the amount of water transpired per unit area and time by the difference
in water vapour concentration across the segment. Conductance values had a log normal distribution with a median of 1.15 × 10−4 m s−1 (n=357). Transpiration increased linearly with time. Conductance remained constant and was not affected by metabolic inhibitors
(1 mM NaN3 or 0.1 mM carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone) or thickness of segments (range 0.8–2.8 mm). Storing fruit (up to 42 d, 1 °C) used as a source of
segments had no consistent effect on conductance. Conductance of the CM increased from cheek (1.16 ± 0.10 × 10−4 m s−1) to ventral suture (1.32 ± 0.07 × 10−4 m s−1) and to stylar end (2.53 ± 0.17 × 10−4 m s−1). There was a positive relationship (r2=0.066**; n=108) between conductance and stomatal density. From this relationship the cuticular conductance of a hypothetical astomatous
CM was estimated to be 0.97 ± 0.09 × 10−4 m s−1. Removal of epicuticular wax by stripping with cellulose acetate or extracting epicuticular plus cuticular wax by dipping
in CHCl3/methanol increased conductance 3.6- and 48.6-fold, respectively. Water fluxes increased with increasing temperature (range
10–39 °C) and energies of activation, calculated for the temperature range from 10 to 30 °C, were 64.8 ± 5.8 and 22.2 ± 5.0 kJ
mol−1 for flux and vapour-concentration-based conductance, respectively.
Received: 23 March 2000 / Accepted: 28 July 2000 相似文献
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The feeding dynamics and oxygen uptake of the bottom-dwelling caridean shrimp Nauticaris marionis were studied during the April/May 1984, 1996 and 1997 cruises to Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands, Southern Ocean). N. marionis is thought to have an opportunistic feeding mode. Prey composition varied considerably between the years and sites investigated.
Overall, benthic (mainly hydrozoans and bottom-dwelling polychaetes) and, at times, pelagic (largely euphausiids and copepods)
prey items dominated in the stomachs of N. marionis both by occurrence and by volume. Generally, pelagic prey contributed more to the diets of smaller shrimps, while benthic
prey was a more important component in the guts of larger specimens. Wet, dry and ash-free dry weight were determined for
specimens used in respiration experiments. The respiration rates of N. marionis females with carapace length 6.6–11.1 mm ranged from 80 to 250 μl O2 individual−1 · h−1, or from 0.588 to 2.756 μl O2 · mg−1 dry weight h−1. Regression analyses showed highly significant correlations between oxygen consumption and carapace length for N. marionis. Daily ingestion rates estimated using an in situ gut content analysis technique (4.4% of body dry weight) and an energy budget approach (average 4.7% of body dry weight,
range 2.0–7.5%) showed good agreement with each other.
Accepted: 29 July 1998 相似文献