生态因子的波动对多刺裸腹溞雄体发生的影响

采用克隆培养法,研究了几种主要生态因子的波动对多刺裸腹氵蚤雄体发生的影响和该氵蚤对上述生态因子波动的敏感程度.结果表明,无论是一次性剧烈刺激,还是持续性渐进刺激,该氵蚤均未能直接产生雄体,即氵蚤的孤雌生殖雌体不能直接转变为混交雌体(两性生殖雌体);在光照、温度、饵料密度、pH值持续性渐进波动时,该氵蚤种群的内禀增长率分别为0.7748、0.7481、0.6539和0.6310d-1ind-1,比对照组降低0.9%、4.0%、16.4%和19.3%,表明该氵蚤对饵料密度和pH值的波动较为敏感,对温度的敏感性次之     

种群起始密度对萼花臂尾轮虫休眠卵形成的影响

应用群体累积培养法,研究了种群起始密度对萼花臂尾轮虫休眠卵的形成及之相关的混交雌体百分率和受精率的影响,结果表明,在连续１１ｄ的培养中,轮虫休眠卵的产量和形成效率以及种群中的平均混交雌体百分率以种群起始密度为１．０－１０．０ｉｎｄ．ｍｌ＾－１组最大,２０．０ｉｎｄ．ｍｌ＾－１组次之,５０．０ｉｎｄ．ｍｌ＾－１组最小,各组间的平均混交雌体受精率则无显著差异,对轮虫休卢卵最大形成效率及其出现的时间以及     

东北地区生态环境中的Se及其生态效应

对东北地区不同环境要素Ｓｅ的分布与转化规律的研究表明,基岩、土壤、粮食和动物毛Ｓｅ含量分别为０．１２、０．１５０－０．５４０、０．００９６－０．０７６５和０．０４０５－０．１４１４μｇ．ｇ＾－１;城市和农村儿童发Ｓｅ含量为０．４６０和０．１８２μｇ．ｇ＾－１。根据不同要素Ｓｅ含量和生态效应,可将该区分为Ｓｅ适宜区、缺乏区和过渡区３个１级区,每个１级区又分为高Ｓｅ源区的低Ｓｅ源区。     

AgNO3对大白菜子叶芽再生的促进作用

以大白菜“０２号杂交早皇白”无菌苗的子叶为材料,用附加ＢＡ２．０ｍｇＬ＾－１、ＮＡＡ０．１～１．０ｍｇＬ％－１的ＭＳ培养基培养,能直接放导分化 出芽,最适激素比例为ＢＡ２．０ｍｇＬ＾－１、ＮＡ０．５ｍｇＬ＾－１,芽的分化率为３１．６％,在上述培养基里活加２ｍｇＬ＾－１的ＡｇＮＯ３能使芽的再生频率提高至８６．５％。     

深山含笑的组织培养和快速繁殖

组织培养深山含笑的实验结果表明：利用休眠芽和种子萌发时实生苗的上胚轴及下胚轴为外植体均能诱导出愈伤组织和不定芽,其中无菌实生苗的上胚轴最易诱导出不定芽,无菌实生苗的下胚轴最易诱导出愈伤组织。外体植体在ＭＳ＋１．０－２．０ｍｇ Ｌ＾－１ ２,４－Ｄ培养基上只产生愈伤组织;在ＭＳ＋３．０ｍｇ Ｌ＾－１ ＢＡ＋０．２ｍｇ Ｌ＾－１ ＮＡＡ培养基上产生较多的不定芽和较多的愈伤组织;在ＭＳ＋２．０ｍｇ Ｌ＾     

EDTA对Cu参水生微宇宙中的毒性和分布的影响

利用实验人工合成培养微宇宙,研究了不同浓度ＥＤＴＡ对微宇宙中Ｃｕ的毒性及Ｃｕ的分布,结果表明,在微宇宙运行过程中,投加２．９ｍｇ·Ｌ＾－１Ｃｕ后,ＥＤＴＡ浓度为０．０ｍｇ·Ｌ＾Ｓ－１试验组中大型溲种群大小、叶绿素ａ浓度及总初级生产力与总呼吸的比值（Ｐ／Ｒ）随时间变动曲线,明显低于其它试验组的曲线,ＥＤＴＡ的存在削弱了Ｃｕ对大型溲和藻类的毒性作用,并缓解了Ｃｕ对生态系统代谢功能的干扰;同时改变了微宇     

种群外部及内部因子对东方田鼠巢区大小的效应

在野外围栏条件下, 采用重复的2×2×2析因实验, 测定外部和内部因子对东方田鼠(Microtus fortis)巢区大小的作用模式。研究结果表明, 雄体巢区大小显著大于雌体巢区大小。雄体巢区大小与体重存在显著的正相关, 而雌体巢区大小与体重的相关不显著; 雄体和雌体巢区大小与种群数量均呈显著的线性负相关。外部因子对东方田鼠雄体和雌体巢区大小的作用不一致。在排除内部因子种群数量及体重对雄体巢区大小作用的条件下, 食物对雄体巢区大小的作用显著; 而捕食及种间竞争的独立作用及其交互作用, 以及3 种外部因子的交互作用均不显著; 在排除种群数量对巢区大小作用的条件下, 食物与捕食的独立作用及3 种外部因子的交互作用对雌体巢区大小的效应均达到显著水平, 食物与种间竞争的交互作用接近显著, 而种间竞争的独立作用、食物和捕食的交互作用, 以及捕食与种间竞争的交互作用对雌体巢区大小的效应均不显著。本文结果验证了种群外部因子食物、捕食及种间竞争、种群内部因子种群数量及个体体重对田鼠种群巢区大小具有独立和交互作用的假设。     

GA3和BR对离体苎麻叶片中过氧化氢酶和过氧化物酶的影响及其…

经１．０ｍｇ·Ｌ＾－１ＧＡ３和０．１ｍｇ·Ｌ＾－１ＢＲ分别处理后的离体苎麻叶圆片中,过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性都有明显增加。过氧化物酶的最大增加值出现在１２ｈ;过氧化氢酶与超氧物歧化酶同步,最大增加值出现时间都在处理后３６ｈ。０．２ｍｍｏｌ·Ｌ＾－１Ｈ２Ｏ２处理的过氧化氢酶和超氧物歧化酶活性都增加;３．０ｍｇ·Ｌ＾－１ＮａＮ３处理的超氧物歧化酶活性明显增加;１９．５ｍｇ·Ｌ＾－１ＫＣＮ处理的过氧化     

草莓离体叶片脱分化与再分化过程中的生理生化变化(简报)

在１．０ｍｇ．Ｌ＾－１ＴＤＺ与１．０ｍｇ．Ｌ＾－１．ＩＡＡ（培养基Ａ）作用下,草莓离体叶组织呼吸速率、蛋白质、核酸和糖类含量以及过氧化氢酸酥和苯丙氨酸解氨酶活性迅速提高,随即很快下降水平,愈伤组织不分化,在２．５ｍｇ．Ｌ＾－１ＴＤＺ与０．１ｍｇ．Ｌ＾－１ＩＡＡ（培养基Ｂ）作用下,上述指标行工提高,并维持在同一水平直至愈伤组织形成,其后大幅度提高,在愈伤组织分化芽前或分化时达到最大值。     

西双版纳热带季节雨林6种树种幼树在林下的光合作用

本文研究了西双版纳热带季节６种树种幼树在林下的光合作用。６种树种的叶单位重量面积为１６．０２－２８．６７ｍ＾２．ｋｇ＾－１、光合作用光补偿点为３．８－６．５μｍｏｌ．ｍ＾－２．ｓ－１、光量子产率为０．０１８－０．０４４、最大净光合速率为１．９７－４．７１μｍｏｌＣＯ２．ｍ＾－２．ｓ＾－１ ４６．９９－９２．３３μｍｏｌＣＯ．ｋｇ＾－１．ｓ＾－１（以单位叶干重表示）、暗呼吸速率为０．１５－０．３１μ     

红褐斑腿蝗的食物消耗与利用及其对温度的依赖性

昆虫是变温动物 ,外界温度的波动会影响昆虫的体温 ,这也必然会影响昆虫的新陈代谢 ,从而引起一系列生理生化反应。红褐斑腿蝗 [Ｃａｔａｎｔｏｐｓｐｉｎ ｇｕｉｓ(Ｓｔａｌ) ]是浙江农田常见的蝗类害虫 ,分布广 ,数量多 ,常为害玉米 (Ｚｅａｍａｙｓ)、豆类 (Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅｍａｘ)及茶树 (Ｃａｍｌｌｉａｓｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ)。据作者观察 ,该种蝗虫常以成虫越冬 ,而浙江省冬季最冷的 1月份平均气温为 2 5～ 7 5℃ ,极端低温多年平均在 - 8℃以下。文献研究表明 ,红褐斑腿蝗的过冷却点可达 - 2 0℃以下 (有关结果拟另文发表 ) ,显示其具…     

Salt activation and inhibition of membrane ATPase from roots of the halophyte Atriplex nummularia

Abstract Salt-stimulated ATPase activity in membrane preparations obtained from roots of Atriplex nummularia Lindl. at pH 5 was not suscep-tible to inhibition by KC1 or NaCl up to 450 mol m-3 but showed a broad peak of activity between 150 and 300 mol m^?3. At pH 8 stimulation occurred at 50 mol m^?3 but concentrations above 100 mol m^?3 depressed activity below the level of the MgATPase activity. By contrast, preparations from roots of Pisum sativum L. at pH 5 showed maximal stimulation at 25 to 50 mol m^?3 of NaCl or KC1; concentrations higher than 150 mol m^?3 depressed activity below that of MgATPase activity. At pH 8 maximal stimulation was observed at 5 to 10 mol m^?3 NaCl or KC1 while the threshold for inhibition was reduced to 15 mol m^?3. With increasing salt concentrations the pH profiles for NaCl stimulation of Atriplex ATPase activity (expressed as the difference between treatment and control) showed a progressive displacement of the apparent optimum towards lower pH. The shift was not apparent when stimulation was expressed as a percentage of MgATPase activity. This shift may be accounted for if NaCl stimulated the monovalent salt-activated ATPase activity but simultaneously inhibited MgATPase activity.     

Cohort effects in red squirrels: the influence of density, food abundance and temperature on future survival and reproductive success

1. Environmental conditions experienced early in life may have long-lasting effects on individual performance, thereby creating 'silver-spoon effects'. 2. We used 15 years of data from a North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben) population to investigate influences of food availability, density and spring temperature experienced early in life on reproduction and survival of female squirrels during adulthood. 3. We found that spring temperature and food availability did not affect female survival after 1 year of age, whereas higher squirrel densities led to lower survival, thereby affecting longevity and lifetime fitness. 4. In addition, both food availability experienced between birth and weaning, and spring temperature in the year of birth, had long-lasting positive effects on female reproductive success. These results emphasize the critical effect environmental conditions during the early life stages can have on the lifetime performance of small mammals. 5. These long-term effects of early food and temperature were apparent only once we controlled for conditions experienced during adulthood. This suggests that silver-spoon effects can be masked when conditions experienced early in life are correlated to some environmental conditions experienced later in life. 6. The general importance of silver-spoon effects for adult demographic performance might therefore be underestimated, and taking adult environment into account appears to be necessary when studying long-term cohort effects.     

Suspension density and accumulation ratio of sugars and amino acids in yeasts

Suspension density has a pronounced effect on the transport parameters of monosaccharides, disaccharides and amino acids in all ycast species tested. InLodderomyces elongisporus, the accumulation ratio of 6-deoxy-D-glucose, a nonmetabolized sugar, was as high as 560: 1 at 0.5 mg dry mass per mL but only 10: 1 at 50 mg dry mass per mL. In the low-density range, the temperature optimum was very pronounced (at about 40 °C) and the pH optimum was very clear at pH 4.6. Iodoacetamide (0.5 mmol/L), 2,4-dinitrophenol (0.5 mmol/L), uranyl ions (0.5 mmol/L) and 2-deoxy-D-glucose (10 mmol/L) depressed the accumulation in the low-density range by 42, 97, 96 and 98 %, respectively. Preincubation with 1% sucrose and 1% L-fructose stimulated subsequent accumulation by 40 and 105%, respectively. In the high-density range, there was a poorly pronounced temperature optimum, no pH optimum and little effects of inhibitors except 2,4-dinitrophenol and 2-deoxy-D-glucose which inhibited by 68 and 89% respectively. No stimulation by preincubation with sugars was observed. There was a difference of 0.3 pH units in the intracellular pH of high-density and low-density cells and the membrane potential was -31 mV and -78 mV, respectively, which could not account for the differences in accumulation. However, there was a fine correlation between this accumulation ratio and the activity of the plasma membrane H⁺ATPase.     

The toxicity and decreased concentration of aflatoxin B in natural lactic acid fermented maize meal

AIMS: Aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1)) is a mycotoxin which is known to frequently contaminate poorly stored food products destined for human consumption. This study was carried out to investigate the potential activity of lactic acid fermentation in reducing AFB(1) level in fermented maize meal products. METHODS AND RESULTS: Maize meal was spiked with 60 mug g(-1) AFB(1) and fermented, with or without starter culture, for 4 days at 25 degrees C. Unbound AFB(1) in solution and the pH of the media were monitored daily. A significant decrease (P < 0.05) in the level of unbound AFB(1) was observed (75% in the fourth day). Simultaneously, a progressive decrease in the pH of the media from 6.5 to 3.1 was also observed. AFB(1) was below the detection limit in commercial fermented porridge (amahewu) samples. Cytotoxicity tests on AFB(1)-spiked fermented extracts showed that those with a starter culture were comparatively less toxic (30-36%) than those with no added starter culture (24-30%). However, this difference was not significant (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that lactic acid fermentation can significantly reduce the concentration of AFB(1) in maize to trace levels. However, the safety of fermented products has not been well studied, as the mechanism of AFB(1) removal is not well understood. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Natural fermentation may potentially reduce exposure to natural toxins occurring in food.     

Calcitonin-sensitive adenylate cyclase in rat renal tubular membranes.

1. Renal tubular membranes from rat kidneys were prepared, and adenylate cyclase activity was measured under basal conditions, after stimulation by NaF or salmon calcitonin. Apparent Km value of the enzyme for hormone-linked receptor was close to 1 x 10(-8) M. 2. The system was sensitive to temperature and pH. pH was found to act both on affinity for salmon calcitonin-linked receptor and maximum stimulation, suggesting an effect of pH on hormone-receptor binding and on a subsequent step. 3. KCl was without effect areas whereas CoCl and CaCl2 above 100 muM and MnCl2 above 1 muM inhibited F- -and salmon calcitonin-sensitive adenylate cyclase activities. The Ca2+ inhibition of the response reflected a fall in maximum stimulation and not a loss of affinity of salmon calcitonin-linked receptor for the enzyme. 4. The measurement of salmon calcitonin-sensitive adenylate cyclase activity as a function of ATP concentration showed that the hormone increases the maximum velocity of the adenylate cyclase. GTP, ITP and XTP at 200 muM did not modify basal, salmon calcitonin- and parathyroid hormone-sensitive adenylate cyclase activities. 5. Basal, salmon calcitonin- and F- -sensitive adenylate cyclase activities decreased at Mg2+ concentrations below 10 mM. High concentrations of Mg2+ (100 mM) led to an inhibition of the F- -stimulated enzyme. 6. Salmon calcitonin-linked receptor had a greater affinity for adenylate cyclase than human or porcine calcitonin-linked receptors. There was no additive effect of these three calcitonin peptides whereas parathyroid hormone added to salmon calcitonin increased adenylate cyclase activity, thus showing that both hormones bound to different membrane receptors. Human calcitonin fragments had no effect on adenylate cyclase activity. 7. Salmon calcitonin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity decreased with the preincubation time. This was due to progressive degradation of the hormone and not to the rate of binding to membrane receptors.     

Role of brain lactic acidosis in hypoxic depression of respiration

The role of lactic acidosis of progressive brain hypoxia (PBH) as both a central chemoreceptor stimulant and a general respiratory depressant was assessed by preventing lactate formation both locally and globally with dichloroacetate (DCA). Phrenic nerve activity (PN) and ventral medullary pH (Vm pH) responses to PBH (1% CO-40% O2-balance N2) were determined in anesthetized, paralyzed, peripherally chemodenervated, vagotomized cats while fraction of end-tidal CO2 (FETCO2) and mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) were maintained constant. Topical DCA near the central chemoreceptors prevented the progressive Vm acidosis of PBH and was associated with a slightly greater depression of PN for any given level of brain hypoxia [75 +/- 12% base-line mock cerebrospinal fluid compared with 63 +/- 11% base-line topical DCA at O2 content of arterial blood (CaO2) of 7.5 ml O2/dl]. Systemic DCA also prevented the progressive acidosis of PBH and significantly altered the profile of depression with PBH. Before DCA, PBH produced a progressive reduction in PN after reducing CaO2 by 20%. After DCA, PN was not significantly depressed until CaO2 was reduced to very low levels, whereupon there was a sharp decline in PN. Before DCA, reducing CaO2 to 6 ml O2/dl reduced PN by 41 +/- 16%, whereas after DCA there was no significant reduction in PN (4 +/- 5%). We conclude that 1) lactic acidosis near the central chemosensitive regions does produce a small stimulation of respiration during PBH but that 2) the overwhelming response to central lactic acidosis of PBH is respiratory depression.     

Poor water quality suppresses the cortisol response of salmonid fish to handling and confinement

Confinement of brown trout in small troughs of static water for 1 h at a density of six fish 251⁻¹ stimulated the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis and resulted in an elevation of plasma cortisol from basal levels (less than 2 ng m1⁻¹) to about 100 ng m1⁻¹, the degree of stimulation being dependent upon water temperature. Confinement at a density of 30 fish 251⁻¹ resulted in a 50% suppression of this response. It is demonstrated that this effect is mediated by changes in water chemistry and not by crowding per se . Experimental manipulation of the water chemistry showed that reduced pH (7.1 → 6.3), elevated free CO₂ (63 → 520 μmoll⁻¹) or elevated ammonia (8 → 1300 μg 1⁻¹ as total ammonia nitrogen) had no individual effects on the interrenal response to acute confinement. Elevated ammonia in combination with reduced pH significantly increased the plasma cortisol levels in response to acute confinement, whereas a combination of reduced oxygen (100 → 20% saturation), elevated free CO₂ and elevated ammonia markedly suppressed (∼ 50%) the cortisol response of both brown trout and rainbow trout to acute confinement in a manner similar to that observed with trout at high densities. A compensatory increase in plasma cortisol levels was observed during the subsequent recovery of fish which had been confined for 1 h in water of poor quality. These findings are discussed in relation to the exposure of fish to multiple stresses and to the role of corticosteroids in the stress response.     

Dynamics of springtail and mite populations: the role of density dependence, predation, and weather

Abstract 1. Ecological theory suggests that density‐dependent regulation of organism abundance will vary from exogenous to endogenous factors depending on trophic structure. Changes in abundance of soil arthropods were investigated at three trophic levels, springtails (Collembola), predaceous mites (Acari), and macro‐arthropods (spider, adult and larval beetles, centipedes). Predictions were that springtails are predator regulated and mites are food limited according to the Hairston et al. (1960) model, which predicts alternating regulation by competition and predation from fungi to springtails to mites to macro‐arthropods. The alternate hypothesis was based on the bottom‐up model of trophic dynamics, which predicts that each trophic level is regulated by competition for resources. 2. The relative contributions to springtail and mite population dynamics of endogenous (i.e. density‐dependent population growth related to food availability) and exogenous (i.e. predation and weather) factors were tested using time‐series analysis and experimental manipulation of water conditions. Box patterns were distributed within an aspen forest habitat located in the Canadian prairies and surveyed weekly from May to September 1997–1999. Each box depressed the leaf litter, creating a microhabitat island for soil arthropods that provided counts of invertebrates located immediately beneath the boxes. 3. Strong evidence was found for endogenous control of springtail and mite numbers, indicated by a reduction in population growth related to density in the previous week. Contrary to predictions, no evidence was found for regulation of springtail numbers by mites, or for regulation of mite numbers by macro‐arthropods. Springtail population growth rate was related positively to current springtail density (8 and 23% variation explained) and related negatively to 1‐week lagged density (85 and 58%), and related negatively to temperature (5 and 5%) for time‐series data and for experimental addition of water respectively. Mite population growth rate was related positively to current mite density (54%) and temperature (4%), and negatively to 1‐week lagged mite density (20%) and precipitation (6%) for time‐series analysis. For experimental addition of water, mite growth rate was related positively to current mite density (44%) and temperature (5%), and negatively to 1‐week lagged density (11%). Results differed from the Hairston et al. (1960) model predictions but were consistent with a bottom‐up view that springtail and mite populations were regulated intrinsically by competition for food and secondarily by temperature as a function of reproduction.