利用原位连续测定水汽δ~(18)O值和Keeling Plot方法 区分麦田蒸散组分

利用稳定同位素技术和Keeling Plot方法可以有效分割地表蒸散量,进而加深对陆地生态系统水循环的理解.该研究通过原位连续测定麦田的水汽同位素数据,评价Keeling Plot方法在分割地表蒸散中的应用,并揭示华北冬小麦(Triticum aes-tivum)蒸腾在总蒸散中的比例.实验于2008年3-5月在中国科学院栾城农业生态站进行,利用国际上先进的H_2~(18)O、HD~(16)O激光痕量气体分析仪(TDLAS)为基础构建的大气水汽~(18)O/~(16)O和D/H同位素比原位连续观测系统,同时利用涡度相关技术、真空抽提技术、同位素质谱仪技术,获取了必要的数据.研究分析了一天中不同时间段的连续的大气水汽δ~(18)O与水汽浓度倒数拟合Keeling Plot曲线的差异和可能的原因.结果显示,中午时段的拟合结果较好,这也暗示中午时段蒸腾速率高时最可能满足植物蒸腾的同位素稳定态假设.进一步的分析发现植物蒸腾的同位素稳定态并不总是成立,尤其是水分胁迫下进入成熟期的小麦,其蒸腾水汽同位素一般处于非稳定态.利用同位素分割结果显示,生长盛期麦田94%-99%的蒸散来源于植物蒸腾.     

O值和Keeling Plot方法区分麦田蒸散组分

利用稳定同位素技术和Keeling Plot方法可以有效分割地表蒸散量, 进而加深对陆地生态系统水循环的理解。该研究通过原位连续测定麦田的水汽同位素数据, 评价Keeling Plot方法在分割地表蒸散中的应用, 并揭示华北冬小麦(Triticum aestivum)蒸腾在总蒸散中的比例。实验于2008年3–5月在中国科学院栾城农业生态站进行, 利用国际上先进的H₂¹⁸O、HD¹⁶O激光痕量气体分析仪(TDLAS)为基础构建的大气水汽¹⁸O/¹⁶O和D/H同位素比原位连续观测系统, 同时利用涡度相关技术、真空抽提技术、同位素质谱仪技术, 获取了必要的数据。研究分析了一天中不同时间段的连续的大气水汽δ¹⁸O与水汽浓度倒数拟合Keeling Plot曲线的差异和可能的原因。结果显示, 中午时段的拟合结果较好, 这也暗示中午时段蒸腾速率高时最可能满足植物蒸腾的同位素稳定态假设。进一步的分析发现植物蒸腾的同位素稳定态并不总是成立, 尤其是水分胁迫下进入成熟期的小麦, 其蒸腾水汽同位素一般处于非稳定态。利用同位素分割结果显示, 生长盛期麦田94%–99%的蒸散来源于植物蒸腾。     

利用原位连续测定水汽δ18O值和Keeling Plot方法区分麦田蒸散组分

 利用稳定同位素技术和Keeling Plot方法可以有效分割地表蒸散量, 进而加深对陆地生态系统水循环的理解。该研究通过原位连续测定麦田的水汽同位素数据, 评价Keeling Plot方法在分割地表蒸散中的应用, 并揭示华北冬小麦(Triticum aestivum)蒸腾在总蒸散中的比例。实验于2008年3–5月在中国科学院栾城农业生态站进行, 利用国际上先进的H₂¹⁸O、HD¹⁶O激光痕量气体分析仪(TDLAS)为基础构建的大气水汽¹⁸O/¹⁶O和D/H同位素比原位连续观测系统, 同时利用涡度相关技术、真空抽提技术、同位素质谱仪技术, 获取了必要的数据。研究分析了一天中不同时间段的连续的大气水汽δ¹⁸O与水汽浓度倒数拟合Keeling Plot曲线的差异和可能的原因。结果显示, 中午时段的拟合结果较好, 这也暗示中午时段蒸腾速率高时最可能满足植物蒸腾的同位素稳定态假设。进一步的分析发现植物蒸腾的同位素稳定态并不总是成立, 尤其是水分胁迫下进入成熟期的小麦, 其蒸腾水汽同位素一般处于非稳定态。利用同位素分割结果显示, 生长盛期麦田94%–99%的蒸散来源于植物蒸腾。     

基于多种同位素模型的侧柏林生态系统蒸散组分定量拆分

为了全面认识森林生态系统蒸散各组分及其对蒸散的贡献率在日尺度上的变化规律,本研究利用同位素稳态和非稳态假设理论结合水同位素分析仪系统,对生长季侧柏林生态系统蒸散各组分进行了定量拆分和比较。结果表明: 4个测定日(2016年8月5、8、10、11日)不同来源水体的¹⁸O都呈现表层土壤水氧同位素组成(δ_S)＞枝条水氧同位素组成(δ_X)＞大气水汽氧同位素组成(δ_V),说明三者可能因同位素分馏效应表现出明显的差异。土壤蒸发水汽氧同位素组成(δ_E)在日尺度上为-26.89‰～-59.68‰,整体上呈现出先上升后下降的变化趋势;森林生态系统蒸散水汽氧同位素组成(δ_ET)为-15.99‰～-10.04‰,稳态(ISS)下植物蒸腾水汽氧同位素组成(δ_T-ISS)为-12.10‰～-9.51‰,而非稳态(NSS)下植物蒸腾水汽氧同位素组成(δ_T-NSS)为-13.02‰～-7.23‰,在日时间尺度上δ_ET与δ_T-NSS全天的变化趋势一致,在11:00—17:00 δ_ET、δ_T-ISS与δ_T-NSS三者的变化趋势近似一致。总体上,植物蒸腾量对蒸散量的贡献率表现为F_T-ISS 79.1%～98.7%,而F_T-NSS 88.7%～93.7%。这表明研究区土壤蒸发耗水远小于植被蒸腾耗水,植被蒸腾在林地蒸散中起主导作用。     

太行山南麓山区栓皮栎-扁担杆生态系统水分利用策略

分析了太行山南麓低丘山区降水、泉水、地下水、土壤水以及栓皮栎、扁担杆的氢氧稳定同位素特征,结合Iso Source模型确定了栓皮栎和扁担杆水分来源的季节性差异,并对栓皮栎和扁担杆水分利用策略进行分析。结果表明,同一生态系统中的栓皮栎和扁担杆枝条水的δ18O和δD值差别明显。雨季中栓皮栎和扁担杆水分来源较浅,以0—20 cm土壤水分为主,但旱季中栓皮栎和扁担杆水分主要来源均比雨季明显加深,其中栓皮栎主要利用40—60 cm土壤水分,扁担杆则主要利用20—40 cm土壤水分。此外,旱季后期栓皮栎还利用部分泉水,其比例达到了19.6%。二者水分来源的不同,使得栓皮栎与扁担杆在旱季期间能避开用水冲突。旱季中生长在生态系统上层的栓皮栎中午部分气孔关闭,蒸腾速率下降,生长在生态系统下层的扁担杆日均蒸腾速率、气孔导度则分别比栓皮栎下降了46.94%和30.58%。栓皮栎和扁担杆分别采取了深水源及部分气孔关闭和浅水源及低蒸腾耗散的水分利用策略来利用旱季中有限的水分,因而其组成的生态系统表现出较强地适合太行山南麓脆弱环境的生态适应性。     

稳定性同位素技术与Keeling曲线法在陆地生态系统碳/水交换研究中的应用

稳定性同位素技术和Keeling曲线法是现代生态学研究的重要手段和方法之一。稳定性同位素能够整合生态系统复杂的生物学、生态学和生物地球化学过程在时间和空间尺度上对环境变化的响应。Keeling曲线法是以生物过程前后物质平衡理论为基础,将CO₂或H₂O的同位素组成(δD、δ¹³C或δ¹⁸O)与其对应浓度测量结合起来,将生态系统净碳通量区分为光合固定和呼吸释放通量,或将整个生态系统水分蒸散区分为植物蒸腾和土壤蒸发。在全球尺度上,稳定性同位素技术、Keeling曲线法与全球尺度陆地生态系统模型相结合,还可区分陆地生态系统和海洋生态系统对全球碳通量的贡献以及不同植被类型(C₃或C₄)在全球CO₂同化量中所占的比例。然而,生态系统的异质性使得稳定性同位素技术和Keeling曲线法从冠层尺度外推到生态系统、区域或全球尺度时存在有一定程度的不确定性。此外,取样时间、地点的选取也会影响最终的研究结果。尽管如此,随着分析手段的不断精确和研究方法的日趋完善,稳定性同位素技术和Keeling曲线法与其它测量方法(如微气象法)的有机结合将成为未来陆地生态系统碳/水交换研究的重要手段和方法之一。     

加拿大温带落叶林生态系统氢氧同位素组成研究

陆地生态系统氢氧稳定同位素能为陆地与大气的水分交换和陆地生态系统水文循环研究提供独特的示踪信息。基于2009年生长季加拿大落叶林生态系统氢氧稳定同位素组成及环境要素的观测数据,分析了生态系统不同来源液态水和大气水汽同位素组成的时空变化特征,分析了生态系统蒸散与土壤蒸发的同位素组成和同位素通量(Isoflux)的变化特征,并讨论了主要的环境控制因素。结果表明,生态系统中不同来源液态水的同位素组成差别较大,与枝条水和土壤水相比,叶片水同位素组成最富集且变化幅度最大。大气水汽H_2~(18)O和HDO同位素组成随着高度升高而降低,水汽同位素值日变化呈"W"型分布,上午水汽同位素值降低,正午有一定的起伏,傍晚回升。水汽同位素组成与大气湿度有显著的相关性,大气水汽过量氘下午均值与表面相对湿度和水汽混合比的相关系数分别为-0.61(P0.01)和-0.57(P0.01)。受蒸腾速率和叶水同位素富集程度的共同作用,白天蒸散H_2~(18)O组成在正午和傍晚高,下午低。Isoflux的计算结果表明白天下垫面蒸散有助于大气水汽同位素富集,蒸散同位素通量最高可达147.5 mmol m~(-2)s~(-1)‰。本研究结果能为同位素水文模型提供数据支持和理论参考。     

华北低丘山地人工林蒸散的季节变化及环境影响要素

蒸散（ET）是生态系统水分平衡和能量平衡的重要组分,中国人工林对区域水分循环及平衡发挥着重要作用。本文基于2007—2008年涡度相关观测资料,分析了华北低丘山地近30年生栓皮栎-刺槐-侧柏人工林生态系统蒸散的变化特征及其环境影响要素。结果表明,2007—2008年实验区气候较常年偏暖、偏旱。ET表现出单峰季节变化特征,秋冬季节较低,春夏季节（4—9月）蒸散旺盛。全年最高值出现在每年5月份,日峰值出现于午后13时左右。2007—2008年平均蒸散量为546.1 mm,降水量为354.1 mm,夏季（7—8月）和冬季（12—1月）的日蒸散量分别为2.19 mm/d和0.44 mm/d。温度是驱动ET季节变化的主要环境因子,饱和差也是影响蒸散季节变化的重要环境要素。土壤含水量对ET季节变化的影响并不显著,有近1/3日数的土壤含水量为0.16—0.18 m3/m3,期间日蒸散量平均值为1.0 mm/d。年蒸散量均高于降水量,蒸散量高于降水量的部分来自深层土壤水分的供给。     

干旱和坡向互作对栓皮栎和侧柏生长的影响

用年轮学方法测定了不同坡向的栓皮栎和侧柏的年轮宽度及相应的年树干面积增长量,同时测定了旱季碳稳定同位素比值(δ13C)及不同坡向之间的微气象指标差异,分析了不同坡向两种树木径向生长与旱季降雨量的关系,目的是探索在华北石质山区季节性干旱条件下坡向对栓皮栎和侧柏生长的影响。结果显示阴坡栓皮栎和侧柏年轮和年增加的截面积显著大于阳坡,两个树种都表现出阳坡δ13C值显著(P<0.05)大于阴坡,阳坡栓皮栎δ13C值比阴坡高1.17,而阳坡侧柏的δ13C值比阴坡高0.56。白天,阳坡气温高于阴坡、相对湿度低于阴坡、饱和蒸汽压匮缺高于阴坡。分析显示旱季降雨量和栓皮栎的树干截面积年增长量显著(P<0.05)相关,而旱季的降雨量和侧柏的截面积年生长没有显著关系。结果表明:相对于侧柏,干旱条件更严重的影响到栓皮栎生长和叶片水分利用效率,反映出这两种树木耐旱能力的差异,以及应对干旱策略的不同。华北石质山区的土壤储水能力低,阳坡较大的蒸散加剧了干旱对树木生长的不利影响。     

叶片水H2^18O富集的研究进展

植物叶片水H2^18O富集对大气中O2和CO2的^18O收支有着重要影响。蒸腾作用使植物叶片水H2^18O富集,而植物叶片水H2^18O富集的程度主要受大气水汽δ^18O和植物蒸腾水汽δ^18O的影响。过去,通过引入稳态假设（蒸腾δ^18O等于茎水δ^18O）得到Craig-Gordon模型的闭合形式,或将植物整个叶片水δ^18O经过Peclet效应校正后得到植物叶片水δ^18O的富集程度。然而,在几分钟到几小时的短时间尺度上,植物叶片蒸腾δ^18O是变化的,稳态假设是无法满足的。最近成功地实现了对大气水汽δ^18O和δD的原位连续观测,观测精度（小时尺度）可达到甚至优于稳定同位素质谱仪的观测精度。在非破坏性条件下,高时间分辨率和连续的大气水汽δ^18O和蒸腾δ^18O的动态观测,将提高植物叶片水H2^18O富集的预测能力。该文综述了植物叶片水H2^18O富集的理论研究的新进展、研究焦点和观测方法所存在的问题,旨在进一步加深理解植物叶片水H2^18O富集的过程及其机制。     

Characterization of SSEA-1 glycolipids from the brain of a patient with fucosidosis

Neutral glycolipids from the brain of a patient with Fucosidosis were analyzed and two complex glycolipids containing five and eight sugars were isolated from the cortical grey matter. These two glycolipids reacted with antibodies recognizing the SSEA-1 [Le^x(X)] carbohydrate determinant. SSEA-1 glycolipids are normally expressed in human embryonic brain but are found in only small amounts in postnatal human brain. The accumulation of the two SSEA-1 glycolipids in Fucosidosis brain thus represents a defect which affects the normal developmentally regulated decrease in postnatal, expression of these glycolipids, and may be a contributing factor in the abnormal brain development associated with the disease. Chemical characterization of the two isolated glycolipids by gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric analyses has identified the two glycolipids as lacto-N-fucopentaosylceramide (III) and difucosyl-neolactonorhexaosylceramide.Abbreviations DCl direct chemical ionization - FAB tastatiom bombardment - GC gas chromatography - GSLs glycosphingolipids - MS mass spectrometry - SSEA-1 stage specific embryonic antigen-1 - TLC thin layer chromatographys     

Elucidation of Structure of Lipid A from the Marine Gram-Negative Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis ATCC 14393T

The chemical structure of lipid A, from the marine -proteobacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis 14393, a main product of lipopolysaccharide hydrolysis (1% AcOH), was determined using chemical methods and NMR spectroscopy. The lipid A was shown to be -1,6-glucosaminobiose 1,4-diphosphate acylated with two (R)-3-hydroxyalkanoic acid residues at C3 and C3 and amidated with one (R)-3-hydroxydodecanoyl and one (R)-3-dodecanoyloxydodecanoyl residue at N2 and N2, respectively.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Identification of novel oocyte and granulosa cell markers

Here we present novel gene expression patterns in the ovary as part of an ongoing assessment of published micro-array data from mouse oocytes and embryos. We present the expression patterns of 13 genes that had been determined by micro-array to be expressed in the mature egg, but not during subsequent preimplantation development. In-situ hybridization of sectioned ovaries revealed that these genes were expressed in one of two distinct patterns: (1) oocyte-specific or (2) expressed in both the oocyte and surrounding granulosa cells. Despite the fact that micro-array data demonstrated expression in the egg, several of these genes are expressed at low levels in the oocyte, but strongly expressed in granulosa cells. Eleven of these genes have no reported function or expression during oogenesis, indicating that this approach is a necessary step towards functional annotation of the genome. Also of note is that while some of these gene products have been well characterized in other tissues and cell types, others are relatively unstudied in the literature. Our results provide novel gene expression information that may provide insights into the molecular mechanisms of follicular recruitment, oocyte maturation and ovulation and will direct further experimentation into the role these genes play during oogenesis.     

Structural Peculiarities of Na+,K+-ATPase Isozymes from the Calf Brain

Functionally active preparations of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase isozymes from calf brain that contain catalytic subunits of three types (1, 2, and 3) were obtained using two approaches: a selective removal of contaminating proteins by the Jorgensen method and a selective solubilization of the enzyme with subsequent reconstitution of their membrane structure by the Esmann method. The ouabain inhibition constants were determined for the isozymes. The real isozyme composition of the Na⁺ pump from the grey matter containing glial cells and the brain stem containing neurons was determined. The plasma membranes of glial cells were shown to contain mainly Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase of the 11 type and minor amounts of isozymes of the 22(1) and the 31(2) type. The axolemma contains 21 and 31 isozymes. A carbohydrate analysis indicated that 11 enzyme preparations from the brain grey matter substantially differ from the renal enzymes of the same composition in the glycosylation of the 1 isoform. An enhanced sensitivity of the 3 catalytic subunit of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase from neurons to endogenous proteolysis was found. A point of specific proteolysis in the amino acid sequence PNDNR⁴⁹² Y⁴⁹³ was localized (residue numbering is that of the human 3 subunit). This sequence corresponds to one of the regions of the greatest variability in 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-subunits, but at the same time, it is characteristic of the 3 isoforms of various species. The presence of the 3 isoform of tubulin (cytoskeletal protein) was found for the first time in the high-molecular-mass Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase 31 isozyme complex isolated from the axolemma of brain stem neurons, and its binding to the 3 catalytic subunit was shown.     

N-andO-glycosylation of glycoprotein C synthesized by Herpes simplex virus type 1-infected ricin resistant cells

The progeny of Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) grown in ricin-resistant 14 cells (Ric^R14) lackingN-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I was released in the extracellular medium at a very low rate. By using a monoclonal antibody immobilized on Sepharose we purified from HSV-1-infected Ric^R14 cells a viral glycoprotein (gC), which carries bothN-andO-linked oligosaccharides. Glycopeptides obtained from [³H]mannoselabeled gC by Pronase digestion were entirely susceptible to endo--N-acetylglucosaminidase H, and the major oligosaccharide released was Man₄GlcNAc. The accumulation of this high-mannose species was related to the enzymic defect of the host cells and to the long retention of the viral glycoprotein within the cells. The extent ofO-glycosylation evaluated in [¹⁴C]glucosamine-labeled gC from Ric^R14 cells as compared to that of gC from wild type cells did not appear to be significantly modified.Abbreviations Con A concanavalin A - BHK cells baby hamster kidney cells - HSV Herpes simplex virus     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.