安徽虫瘟霉在侵染潜伏期内对桃蚜无翅成蚜生殖力的影响

在8个剂量（0．48－61．15个孢子.mm^-2)下测定安徽虫瘟霉F97029菌株对桃蚜（Myzus persicae (Sulzer))2-3龄若蚜（57－84头／剂量（的毒力,接种后第3－7d的半致死剂量LD50分别为3．09,.88,1.33,1.28,1.26个孢子／mm2,致死中时LT50为2－6d,随剂量增大而缩短,将该菌株按60个孢子.mm^-2的剂量接种桃蚜的无翅成蚜,在10,15,20,25℃下其侵染潜伏期分别为7．2,5．3,4．9,3．9d,温度与潜伏期呈显著负相关（r^2=0.94),在相同梯度温度下,接种成蚜在病害潜伏期内平均产若蚜7．97头,11．20头,11．86头和11．20头,与同期对照相比依次下降56．45％,41．58％,39．98％,49．02％,根据日观察数据建立接种后潜伏期内45．54％（15℃）,43．11％（20℃）,和50．84％（25℃）,内禀增长率（rm)比对照分别下降24．28％,16．98％,14．12％和20．13％,表明安徽虫瘟霉感染引发的真菌病害对桃蚜种群增长具有显著的抑制作用。     

不同温度条件对棉蚜、棉长管蚜种间竞争关系的影响

【目的】棉蚜Aphis gossypii和棉长管蚜Acyrthosiphon gossypii是棉花上的共存种,本文拟明确不同恒温条件下两种蚜虫单种和共存时的种群动态、有翅蚜发生及在棉株上的分布情况,探讨温度对两者种间竞争的作用。【方法】棉蚜、棉长管蚜单种、混合初始等蚜量设置,分别置于室内21、24和27℃恒温条件下,系统调查记录各处理种群数量、有翅蚜数量及在棉株上的分布,应用内禀增长率rm、空间分布情况、有翅蚜比例为竞争判别指标。【结果】棉蚜单种种群过程的rm均大于棉长管蚜,共存条件下一种对另一种蚜虫的rm均没有显著影响;棉蚜种群97%以上在叶片活动,棉长管蚜在叶片的比例为55%~75%;同一温度条件,两种共存不影响对方在棉花叶片和茎秆上的分布;棉蚜和棉长管蚜主要分布于棉花中上部。随温度升高,共存种群中棉蚜向棉株下部移动的比例增加,单种和共存种群棉长管蚜趋向于棉株上部移动。同一温度条件下,共存对棉蚜上下分布没有明显影响。21℃和27℃棉蚜的存在对棉长管蚜没有显著影响,但24℃时共存可使棉长管蚜在下部的比例明显增加;随温度的升高,棉蚜有翅蚜比例下降显著,而棉长管蚜无显著变化。【结论】适温范围内,两种蚜虫种间竞争的存在不影响彼此的内在繁殖能力,棉蚜比棉长管蚜具有更强的内在竞争能力;温度对棉蚜在竞争活动空间上的影响不明显,而对棉长管蚜的上下位置的选择有一定作用;种间竞争和种内竞争加速棉蚜有翅蚜的发生。     

温度对桃蚜和萝卜蚜种群增长的影响

测定了桃蚜Myzus persicae(Sulzer)、萝卜蚜Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach)非全周期孤雌胎生型在13个恒温、3组自然变温下的发育、存活和生殖情况.结果表明:(1)温度对两种蚜虫的发育速率(以及桃蚜的翅型分化)、寿命和存活率;生殖力和生殖率都有直接的影响;(2)两种蚜虫能生存繁衍的温度广度基本一致,恒温下限到上限约相距23℃,但所对应的具体温度范围桃蚜的比萝卜蚜的约低3—4℃;(3)在较低的温度下,桃蚜的发育速率、若虫期存活率、生殖力和生殖率都比萝卜蚜的高,而在较高温度下则是萝卜蚜的比桃蚜的高;(4)两种蚜虫的内禀增长能力r_m均随温度升高呈二次抛物线变化,在16—24℃范围内两种蚜虫的r_m基本一致,低于16℃桃蚜的比萝卜蚜的高,高于24℃则萝卜蚜的比桃蚜的高;(5)在变温下两种蚜虫能适应的低温范围都比在恒温下明显要低.     

温度对胡萝卜微管蚜生长发育繁殖的影响

【目标】明确温度对胡萝卜微管蚜Semiaphis heraclei(Takahashi)生长发育和繁殖的影响。【方法】在室内5个温度梯度下(19、22、25、28、31℃)观察并比较胡萝卜微管蚜的发育历期、存活率、存活寿命及产仔量。【结果】在19?31℃范围内,胡萝卜微管蚜各龄期及完整世代的发育历期均随着温度的升高而缩短,完成一个世代分别需要22.17、17.13、12.57、10.03和7.83 d。温度与发育速率呈极显著相关(P<0.01,r>0.8),温度越高发育速率越快。胡萝卜微管蚜4个若蚜期和世代的发育起点分别为14.15、13.87、13.64、15.06、12.92℃,有效积温分别为29.98、29.30、28.54、24.00和144.21日?度。建立了胡萝卜微管蚜各个发育阶段的历期预测式。在5个恒温下胡萝卜微管蚜1?4龄及世代的存活率随温度的变化而小幅波动。在19?31℃范围内,该蚜虫世代的存活率分别为40.0%、52.5%、62.5%、60.0%和47.5%。25℃该蚜虫的存活率相对较高,1?4龄及世代的存活率分别为82.5%、81.8%、92.6%、100%和62.5%。在相同温度条件下该蚜虫不同发育阶段的存活率存在差异。存活寿命随着温度的升高而缩短,19℃时寿命最长,为33.30 d,31℃时寿命最短,为15.40 d。产仔期随着温度的升高而缩短,19℃时产仔期为11.13 d,31℃时为7.57 d。在19?31℃范围内,该蚜虫的单雌产仔总量分别为26.33、27.93、32.53、27.13和17.93头。【结论】温度是影响胡萝卜微管蚜的生长发育、存活和繁殖的重要因素。25℃时胡萝卜微管蚜各龄期及世代的发育历期较短,存活率较高,单雌产仔总量最大。25℃较适合该蚜虫生长发育和繁殖。     

影响麦长管蚜体色变化的主导因素

研究麦长管蚜Macrosiphum avenae(Fabricius)体色变化生态主导因素,田间红色麦长管蚜种群对不同抗蚜性寄主的反应和自然条件下,不同体色麦长管蚜的生殖力以及后代种群体色变化情况。结果显示:在实验温度范围内,麦长管蚜种群中红体色蚜虫所占比例随温度升高而增加,在28,29,30,31℃时,红体色蚜虫所占比例分别为6.66%,38.30%,70.60%和65.24%。麦长管蚜体色变化过程中,温度起到重要的作用,而与光周期和寄主营养的关系甚微。红体色麦长管蚜在不同抗蚜性的品种上其种群消长情况存在差异。田间红绿体色麦长管蚜经2代观测,平均蚜量比值分别为9.96和15.85,生殖力差异不显著。在小麦抽穗期到乳熟期红体色麦长管蚜个体比例随着田间条件的改变逐代升高(分别由第1代的17.55%和14.70%增至第2代的29.80%和42.2%)。     

恒温下大戟长管蚜的发育起点温度和有效积温

在16,19,22,25,28和31℃恒温条件下以花卉一串红(Salvia splendens)饲养大戟长管蚜Macrosiphum euphorbiae(Thomas),测得该蚜虫的各龄历期和产仔前期,得出全若虫期的历期。依据有效积温法则计算的1～4龄若蚜和全若虫期的发育起点分别是12.5,7.8,10.3,4.1和9.3℃,有效积温分别是14.6,43.9,29.9,31.9和117.2日.度。大戟长管蚜适合生长发育的温度是19～28℃,最适合温度为25℃。     

温度对麦双尾蚜发育、存活和繁殖的影响

实验室内测定麦双尾蚜Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) 在9个恒温下取食小麦叶片时的生长发育数据。麦双尾蚜发育起点温度为3.27℃,发育适温区为15～20℃,有效积温为152.55日·度。在较低温度下 (7.5℃、10℃、15℃) 各发育阶段的总存活率较高,说明低温对麦双尾蚜生长有利,但1～2龄若蚜的存活率略低于3～4龄,说明低龄若蚜的抗逆性稍差。在15～24℃下麦双尾蚜单雌产仔量高,为繁殖最适温区。     

麦长管蚜抗吡虫啉品系和敏感品系的生殖力比较

通过建立抗性品系和敏感品系的种群生命表,比较麦长管蚜Sitobion avenae(Fabricius)抗吡虫啉品系和敏感品系的生殖力差异,结果表明,抗性品系适合度显著下降,世代历期延长,成蚜寿命缩短;在繁殖上表现为产仔量下降,生殖期缩短。以净生殖率(R0)和内禀增长率(rm)来评价抗性品系的相对生物适合度,抗性品系分别是敏感品系的0.5200和0.7481。因此,麦长管蚜对吡虫啉的抗性品系存在显著的生殖劣势。     

紫外长期胁迫对高世代麦长管蚜生命表参数的影响

为了评估紫外连续处理对第20代以后麦长管蚜Sitobion avenae (Fabricius)种群动态的影响,采用特定年龄生命表方法,设置不同强度(0,0.50,0.70 m W/cm2) UV-B连续多代处理麦长管蚜成虫,统计经紫外处理后的麦长管蚜第22代,第27代,第32代,第37代麦长管蚜生命表种群参数的变化并总结了1—37代麦长管蚜内禀增长率的变化规律。结果表明:(1)处理组供试麦长管蚜平均世代周期(T)呈先显著升高后下降的趋势。(2)低强度处理组内禀增长率(rm)、净增殖率(R0)、周限增长率(λ)均呈先升高后下降又升高的趋势,高强度处理组供试麦长管蚜内禀增长率(rm)、净增殖率(R0)、周限增长率(λ)呈先下降后显著升高的的趋势,且均在G37达到最大值。(3) 1—37代处理组麦长管蚜rm呈现先显著增高后下降又升高又下降又显著升高的变化规律,且均在G37达到最大值。由此可见:麦长管蚜经过多代的UV-B胁迫后,对其生命表参数的影响依然显著,在G37麦长管蚜对紫外的适应能力最强。本研究的创新点在于解析了第22代以后紫外胁迫对麦长管蚜种群动态的影响,从而为全面深入的阐述紫外胁迫对麦长管蚜生长繁殖的影响规律,掌握不同紫外胁迫下的剂量效应关系及麦长管蚜的适应性提供实验基础和理论依据。     

桃蚜抗吡虫啉品系和敏感品系某些生物学特性比较

室内连续筛选15代,桃蚜Myzuspersicae(Sulzer)对吡虫啉产生了一定水平的抗性,抗性倍数是14.34倍。通过建立抗性品系和敏感品系的生命表,比较了抗性品系和敏感品系的发育历期和生殖力的差异。结果表明,抗性品系适合度显著下降,若蚜存活率降低,若蚜历期延长,成蚜寿命缩短;在繁殖上表现为产仔量下降,生殖期缩短。以净生殖率(Ro)和内禀增长率(rm)来评价抗性品系的相对生物适合度,与敏感品系相比,吡虫啉抗性品系的相对适合度分别为0.699和0.897。     

温度对深点食螨瓢虫实验种群的影响

在５种温度下观察了深点食螨瓢虫各虫态的生长发育及成虫产卵的情况,由此拟合了各虫态的发育速率和温度的关系模型,求出了各阶段的发育起点温度和有效积温,组建了４种温度下的实验种群繁殖特征生命表,并算出了内禀增长能力、稳定年龄组配、瞬时出生率和瞬时死亡率等参数值。     

盐度和温度对不同规格虎斑乌贼幼体的耗氧率、排氨率和窒息点的影响

为探究体重、盐度和温度对不同规格的虎斑乌贼(Sepia pharaonis)幼体耗氧率、排氨率以及其窒息点的影响。采用单因子试验设计和密闭静水法, 对不同体重下(0.212、0.385、0.476、0.597、0.754和0.946 g)虎斑乌贼幼体的耗氧率和排氨率, 以及不同体重(0.476、0.673、1.341、3.873和4.205 g)幼体的窒息点进行了测定, 同时研究了不同盐度(19‰、22‰、25‰、28‰和31‰)和温度(18、21、24、27和30℃)对不同规格[A: 体重(0.366±0.042) g, B: 体重(0.556±0.038) g, C: 体重(0.844±0.051) g]的虎斑乌贼幼体耗氧率(R_O)和排氨率(R_N)的影响。结果表明: (1)虎斑乌贼幼体体重对耗氧率和排氨率均影响显著(P<0.05)。随着幼体体重的增长, 耗氧率和排氨率显著下降, 个体越小耗氧率和排氨率越大; (2)盐度对幼体的耗氧率和排氨率有显著影响(P<0.05), 均随着盐度的增加呈先下降后上升的趋势, 其中, A规格和B规格的幼体在盐度25‰时, 耗氧率和排氨率显著低于盐度19‰、22‰和31‰时的3个试验组(P<0.05), 而与盐度28‰时无显著差异(P>0.05); C规格幼体的耗氧率在盐度28‰时显著低于盐度19‰组(P<0.05), 而排氨率在盐度25‰时显著低于盐度19‰和31‰两组(P<0.05)。盐度对A规格幼体的氧氮比(O/N)值有显著影响(P<0.05), 而对B规格和C规格的幼体无显著影响(P>0.05)。(3)温度对不同规格幼体的耗氧率和排氨率有显著影响(P<0.05), 均随温度的增长, 呈先上升后下降的趋势。其中, A规格和C规格幼体的耗氧率在27℃时, 显著高于18和30℃两组(P<0.05), B规格的在水温24℃时显著高于18和30℃(P<0.05); A规格和B规格幼体的排氨率分别在24和27℃时, 显著高于其他温度组(P<0.05), C规格的在温度27℃时, 显著高于18和30℃两组(P<0.05); 温度对A规格幼体的O/N值有显著影响(P<0.05), 而对B规格和C规格的幼体无显著影响(P>0.05)。(4)虎斑乌贼幼体的窒息点为0.84—1.62 mg/L, 随着体重的增加而逐渐降低。     

关养密度和成年雄鼠填充物的气味对黄毛鼠(Rattus rattoides)的发育和性成熟的影响(英文)

黄毛鼠（Ｒａｔｔｕｓ ｒａｔｔｉｄｅｓ）在群居（４只／笼）时体重及性器官,如睾丸和附睾的增长都受到了极大的抑制;血清中睾酮含量的迅速上升以及成熟精子在附睾的曲细精管中出现的时间也比单独关养的晚。成年雄鼠的笼填充物的气味能够诱导幼年雄鼠体重,睾丸的总量和长度以及血清中睾酮的含量的增加。     

长江靖江段沿岸日本鳗鲡丰度的时间格局及生物学研究

于2002—2017年在长江靖江段沿岸对日本鳗鲡资源量进行长期调查, 对其丰度的时间格局特征及环境影响因素等进行了分析。结果显示, 在近16年519次调查中, 采集到日本鳗鲡137尾, 平均年龄(1.8±1.0)龄, 平均全长和体质量分别为(31.1±9.8) cm和(57.64±91.94) g, 89.1%的个体未性成熟, 94.9%的个体处于黄鳗期。全长与体质量关系式为: W=0.0002415×L3.483 (r2=0.9537, n=137)。日本鳗鲡在靖江段渔获物中的数量百分比与重量百分比分别仅为0.08%和0.69%, 且丰度和出现率在年间均呈波动式递减趋势。同时发现靖江段日本鳗鲡丰度年际波动与长江口鳗苗群体补充无关, 其出现率受水温及水质因子氨氮和浑浊度的影响。     

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FINE STRUCTURE OF YOUNG AND ADULT INDIVIDUALS OF DUNALIELLA SALINA (POLYBLEPHARIDACEAE,CHLOROPHYCEAE) WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FLAGELLAR APPARATUS1

Individuals of Dunaliella salina (Dunal.) Teod. change their shape during ontogenesis. Here we describe the fine structure of this species with emphasis on distinctions between young and adult individuals. The cell coat is present at early stages of cell development and may be synthesized by vesicles of nuclear membrane-associated endoplasmic reticulum. Scanning electron microscopical observations show differences in the surface pattern of the cell coat in young and adult cells. The nucleus of young cells is more or less spherical, whereas that of adult cells is pyriform. The Golgi apparatus is positioned immediately under the basal bodies and consists of three dictyosomes in young cells and six to eight dictyosomes in adult cells. The flagellar apparatuses of young and adult cells have a 1/7 o'clock (i.e. clockwise) displacement of basal bodies and are grossly similar, but there are subtle differences between specific components. Two non-axonemic basal bodies (1′, 2′) appear in a plane perpendicular to that determined by the flagella-bearing basal bodies (1, 2). The cruciate microtubular rootlet system has a 4–2–4–2 alternation pattern. In adult cells, rhizoplasts emerge from each terminal body and run parallel to the four rootlets.     

PATTERNS OF PARENTAL CARE AND PARENTAL INVESTMENT IN MARSUPIALS

I. Information on growth, development and care of young has been assembled for 62 species of marsupial. 2. During gestation, development of the marsupial embryo proceeds only so far as to allow the neonate to make its way from the urogenital opening to the mammary area on the abdomen of the female where it attaches to a teat. Specific structural adaptations keep the neonate firmly attached to the teat for at least the first month after birth. 3. Six types of pouch are distinguished ranging from lateral folds of skin, which do not cover the mammary area or enclose the developing young, to a fold of skin that covers the mammary area and forms a deep pouch, completely enclosing the developing young. 4. Although the young is very small at birth and birth is rapid, specific changes in the behaviour of females occur around the time of birth, and a specific birth position is adopted. 5. The time at which marsupial young leave the pouch cannot be equated with birth in eutherians, because of the considerable variations in the type of pouch and in patterns of parental care. From a consideration of the functional development of the young in the pouch, it is suggested that the nearest equivalent to eutherian birth is the time at which the marsupial young achieves homeostasis, when it is well furred and endothermic. 6. Maternal behaviour is influenced by the type of pouch. In all species, the mother keeps the young and the pouch clean by licking, especially when the young are wholly within the pouch or attached to the abdomen. In species with reduced pouches where young are left in a nest at an early stage of development, maternal behaviour includes nest building, defence, and retrieving and carrying the young. These functions are performed by the pouch itself in species with large deep pouches in which the young is carried for a much larger part of its development, and other specific maternal behaviours are infrequent. 7. The patterns of parental care are reviewed over all families of marsupial. Not all members of a family have the same pattern of parental care, which appears to be influenced by many factors including body size, type of pouch, diet, litter size and other aspects of life history strategy. 8. Three patterns of parental care are distinguished: (A) As soon as young begin to release the teat they are no longer carried by the mother, and are left in a nest when still barely furred, ectothermic and before the eyes open. This pattern is found in species with large litter size and a pouch reduced or absent, e.g. some Dasyuridae and some Didelphidae. (B) Young remain in the pouch after they begin to release the teat but are left in a nest, at a later stage of development than in A, when well furred, endothermic and with eyes open. After first pouch exit, there is generally a period when young return to the pouch from time to time. This pattern is found in species with well developed pouches and litters of I or > 1 e.g. Peramelidae, some Didelphidae. (C) Young remain in the pouch after they begin to release the teat. At first pouch exit, the young is well furred and endothermic, and leaves the pouch only for brief periods, gradually spending more time out until permanent pouch exit. It is not usually left in a nest. This pattern is found in species with well developed pouches and litters of one, e.g. Macropodidae. 9. Pattern A is seen particularly in the smaller species in any family, where large litter size means that by the time young release the teat, the litter is about 50% of maternal body weight and a considerable burden. In such species, young are left in a nest as soon as possible. In larger species with patterns B or C, litter size is smaller, and by the time they are no longer carried by the female, the litter is still only 20% of maternal weight. 10. Whatever the pattern of parental care, mortality from birth to permanent pouch exit is not unusually high in marsupials in comparison with eutherians. 11. I suggest that the presence of the pouch and the associated patterns of parental care are important determinants of social organization in marsupials. For much of the period of dependence, the young is small, attached to a teat or in a pouch. The male can make little contribution to parental care, and there is little room for improvement in the care of young in complex social groups. In most species, the female on her own is sufficient caretaker. The male is most likely to increase his own biological fitness by going off to mate again and leaving the female to raise his offspring. 12. Patterns of energy expenditure on offspring by female marsupials were assessed throughout the development of young. Investment before birth was assessed by weight of the neonate, during development by growth rate and the time for which the young was carried (pouch life), and total investment by weight of young at weaning and time from birth to weaning. Regression of measures of investment against maternal body weight allowed comparison of investment in animals of different size. 13. Investment in young before birth is very small. Neonatal marsupials range in size from 0·01 to 1 g, and the largest is less than 0·2 % of the size of the mother. Larger mothers produce larger young which are smaller relative to the mother than are the young of smaller species. Individual young in the family Dasyuridae are particularly small. 14. Growth rates in g/d were calculated over the period from permanent pouch exit to weaning. There is a very close correlation between growth rate and maternal body weight - that of litters increases as the 0·78 power of body weight. During this period the growth rate of individuals is comparable with that of eutherian young during lactation, and in litters it is higher still, suggesting that the difference in patterns of growth are not due to the lower metabolic rate of marsupials. As in eutherians there is considerable individual variation in growth rate; it is very high in litters of small dasyurids, which have individual rates comparable to those of larger species. Young of the family Peramelidae grow and develop rapidly; those of the arboreal folivore Phascolarctos do both slowly. I 5. Pouch life, the period for which the young is carried by the mother, increases with body size; as expected, species with pattern A parental care have shorter pouch lives than species of the same size with patterns B or C, reflecting the early stage of development at which young are left in the nest in pattern A. 16. Time from birth to weaning is also longer in larger species. There is a close relationship of age at weaning with maternal weight, with some significant exceptions. For their size, the family Peramelidae have a very short time from birth to weaning, and the time from pouch exit to weaning is particularly short. Many arboreal species have longer periods of dependence than expected from their size. 17. The weight at weaning of individual young is closely related to MBW^0·71, but the weight of one young relative to maternal body weight shows no trend with size, and ranges from 25–61 %, with a mean of 42 %. 18. Parental Investment, as measured by the function Wt. of litter at weaning × 100/MBW, decreases with increasing size of mother as MBW^0·28. The highest levels of investment are found in very small species. In many small species of the family Dasyuridae, a litter at weaning is > 300% MBW. By contrast, investment in the family Peramelidae is low - at weaning a litter of three is about 50% MBW, comparable with investment in a single young of the family Macropodidae. 19. The evolution of patterns of parental care and investment appears to follow three main lines: (1) Species with large litter size, high levels of investment in litters and in individual young. Investment is directed to growth and not to carrying the young in the pouch, since young are left in a nest at an early stage. Typical of this group is the family Dasyuridae, in which many species make few reproductive attempts per year. (2) Species with litters of more than one, low levels of investment in litters and in individuals, but rapid growth and development of young. Because of the small relative size of young they are carried in the pouch for a large part of the period from birth to weaning. This pattern is shown by the family Peramelidae, and seen as an adaptation to rapid and repeated reproduction in an environment with an extended favourable season. (3) Species with small litter size, lower total investment, but investment in individual young is not low, and investment in carrying young to an advanced stage of development is high. Patterns of this type are found in the Diprotodonta, with extreme development in the Macropodidae. 20. Many of the measures of investment have been expressed as a power function of maternal body weight. The exponents of body weight in these functions are such as to suggest that an important underlying variable is metabolic rate. 21. It has been suggested elsewhere that the marsupial mode of reproduction evolved as an adaptation to environmental uncertainty, in that it allows a reproductive attempt to be abandoned at any time much more readily than in eutherians, thereby increasing the likelihood that a female will survive to reproduce again. I consider this suggestion in the light of patterns of parental investment. For small, short-lived species, any reproductive attempt represents a substantial part of its lifetime reproductive output. Investment in any one reproductive attempt is high, and the cost of replacing an abandoned attempt is so high that it seems unlikely that the desertion of offspring would be an important reproductive strategy in small ancestral marsupials, although it may be an important response to environmental uncertainty in certain large modern macropodids.     

REPRODUCTION IN TWO SPECIES OF KANGAROO (MACROPUS ROBUSTUS AND MEGALEIA RUFA IN THE ARID PILBARA REGION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

The officiency of euro (Macropus robustus Gould) and marloo (Meguleia rufu Desmarest) reproduction was investigated on two pastoral leases, Mount Edgar and Mundabullangana, froni 1959 to 1961. Despite fluctuations in physical condition (due to seasonal changes in food availability and temperature), females of both species breod continuously and exhibit high lcvels of fertility and fecundity throughout tho year. The incidence of quioscent blast- ocysts has been documented in three populations of these kangaroos. A hypothesis is suggested that the ecological role of the quiescent blastocyst is to extend the sequence of parturitions under drought conditions. Three moasures of male fertility (test8is weight, density of sperm and total numbers of sperm in the ejaculato) showed no significant seasonal changes. Both species woro shown to have very much lower densities of sperm in the semen than any domestic eutherians. Female euros were aged by a dental index, and it was found that old females had a reduced fertility. The old malos of both species showed a reduced fertility. Continuous breeding and high reproductive efficiency in euros and marloos allows for a large recruitmcnt in these species. These phenomena seem to be related to the relatively long period of time between conception and weaning of tho young and the uncertainty of prediction of t'he optimal weaning season in an irregular desert environment.     

THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LIGHTING ON THE GROWTH AND PROMETAMORPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF LARVAL RANA PIPIENS

This study was designed to investigate whether the larval development of an anuran amphibian could be modified by raising the animals in continuous light or darkness instead of under conditions of diurnal illumination, and to quantify the effects of these treatments at various intervals during this period of development.
Larvae of the frog, Rana pipiens , were raised through metamorphosis under conditions of constant light, constant darkness, or diurnal lighting. As measured by stages of development, body weight, tail length and body length at 20-day intervals, no significant differences in growth rate or metamorphic change were observed until near the middle of the prometamorphic period, which began at approximately the 50th day of development. After midmetamorphosis, a significant acceleration in the measured parameters was seen for the animals raised in conditions of constant light in comparison with those in constant darkness. Those with diurnal lighting were intermediate.
These results suggested that light, or its absence, can respectively stimulate or retard amphibian metamorphosis in late larval stages after the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-thyroid axis has matured. Neither continuous light nor continuous darkness during larval development prevented the transformation from tadpole to frog.     

滇南热区光萼猪屎豆的栽培及其利用研究

本文探讨了光萼猪屎豆(Crotalaria usaramoensis Baker.f.)在滇南热区的裁培及其利用。试验中系统地观测了光萼猪屎豆在滇南热区的生长发育特性和生物学产量以及利用情况。研究结果表明,光萼猪屎豆具有适应性广,生长快,产草量高,根瘤多以及产粒多,繁殖系数大等特点。它系一种具有多用途的优良绿肥作物,对培肥土壤,控制杂草生长均有明显的效果,是建立良好的热带农业生态系统的重要途径,是改革现行不合理的刀耕火种游耕制,实现合理轮作的有效措施,所以值得在滇南热区大力推广。     

海水酸化及升温对刺参生长及能量收支的影响

以东亚浅海生态系统中的关键种——刺参(Apostichopus japonicus)为实验对象,研究了CO₂驱动的海水酸化及升温对其生长及能量收支的影响。实验设置对照组(大连近海水温, pCO₂ 400μatm)、升温组(大连近海水温+3℃, pCO₂ 400μatm)、酸化组(大连近海水温, pCO₂ 1100μatm)和酸化升温组(大连近海水温+3℃,pCO₂ 1100μatm)。结果表明:与对照组相比,温度升高3℃对刺参的生长无显著影响;酸化组刺参的特定生长率最低,较对照组降低0.19%/d,个体体重的变异系数最大;酸化升温组刺参的终末体重和特定生长率与对照组相较无显著差异,但其摄食率和排粪率均显著高于对照组。升温组和酸化组的刺参能量的分配模式与对照组相比未发生明显改变,但酸化升温组刺参的能量分配模式发生显著变化,其粪便能所占摄食能的比例显著升高。研究表明,海水酸化抑制了刺参的生长但未改变其能量的分配,生长的降低主要取决于摄食减少;而海水酸化与温度升高的共同作用可能会通过...