青州南部山区冬季鸟类群落生态的初步研究

青州南部山区冬季鸟类群落生态的初步研究丛建国（山东潍坊教育学院生物系,青州２６２５００）ＣｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｙＥｃｏｌｏｇｙｏｆＷｉｎｔｅｒＢｉｒｄｓｉｎＳｏｕｔｈｅｒｎＭｏｕｎｔｏｉｎｏｕｓＤｉｓｔｒｉｃｔｏｆＱｉｎｇｚｈｏｕ￥ＣｏｎｇＪｏａｎｇｕｏ（Ｄｅ－ｐａｒｔｍｅｎｔｏｆＢｉｏｌｏｇｙ,ＷｅｉｆａｎｇＥｄｕｃａｔｉｏｎａｌＣｏｌｌｅｇｅ,ＳｈａｎｄｏｎｇＰｒｏｖｉｎｃｅ,Ｑｉｎｇｚｈｏｕ２６２５００）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒ－ｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏＬｙｙ,１９９３,１２（５）：５２－５５。ＡｓｕｒｖｅｙｏｎｂｉｒｄｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｉｅｓｉｎｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎｏｕｓｄｉｓｔａｎｃｅｏｆＱｉｎｇＺｈｏｕ,ＳｈａｎｄｏｎｇＰｒｏｖｉｎｃｅ,ｉｓｃｏｕｄｕｃｔｅｄ３０ｓｐｅｃｉｅｓａｒｅｆｏｕｎｄａｎｄ４ｔｉｍｅ;ｄｏｍｉｎａｎｔｓｐｅｃｉｅａ,Ｔｈｅｎｕｍｂｅｒｏｆｓｐｅｃｉｅｓａｎｄｄｅｎｓｉｔｙｏｆｂｉｒｄｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｙａｒｅｖａｒｉｅｄｗｉｔｈｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔｈａｂｉｔａｔｓ,ＵｓｉｎｇＦｕｚｚｙａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｍｅｔｈｏｄ,６ｂｉｒｄ．Ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｉｅｓａｒｅｃｌａｓｓｉｔｉｅｄ     

豆科牧草与冬小麦间作的农田生态效应

豆科牧草与冬小麦间作的农田生态效应毛凯,周寿荣（四川农业大学,雅安６２５０１４）ＥｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌＥｆｆｅｃｔｏｆＩｎｔｅｒｃｒｏｐｐｉｎｇＦｏｒａｇｅＬｅｇｕｍｅｓｗｉｔｈＷｉｎｔｅｒＷｈｅａｔ￥．ＭａｏＫａｉ,ＺｈｏｕＳｈｏｕｒｏｎｇ（ＳｉｃｈｕａｎＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｌｙ,Ｙａａｎ６２５０１４）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（４）：５５－５７．Ｅｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌｒｅｓｅａｒｃｈｅｓｏｎｔｈｅｉｎｔｅｒｃｒｏｐｐｉｎｇｏｆｆｏｒａｇｅｓｗｉｔｈｗｈｅａｔｗｅｒｅｃａｒｒｉｅｄｏｕｔｄｕｒｉｎｇ１９８９－１９９０．Ｔｈｅｉｔｅｍｓｉｎｃｌｕｄｅｒｅｌａｔｉｖｅｌｉｇｈｔｉｎｔｅｎｓｉｔｙ,ｔｅｍｐｅｒａｔｕｒｅ,ｔｅｍｐｅｒａｔｕｒａｌｖａｒｉａｔｉｏｎ,ｒｅｌａｔｉｖｅｈｕｍｉｄｉｔｙａｎｄｓｏｉｌｒｎｏｉｓ－ｔｕｒｅａｎｄｎｕｔｒｉｅｎｔｃｏｎｔｅｎｔｓ．Ｔｈｅｒｅｓｕｌｔｓａｒｅｓｕｍｍａｒｉｚｅｄｉｎｄｅｔａｉｌａｎｄｅｆｆｅｃｔｉｖｅｍｅａｓｕｒｅｓｆｏｒｓｏｉｌｐｒｏｔｅｃｔｉｏｎａｒｅｍｅｎｔｉｏｎｅｄ．Ｋｅｙｗｏｒｄｓ：ｅｃｏｌｏｇ     

杂草抗药性研究的进展

杂草抗药性研究的进展钱希（江苏省国营黄海农场,响水县２２４６２４）ＡｄｖａｎｃｅｓｉｎＲｅｓｅａｒｃｈｅｓｏｆＨｅｒｂｉｃｉｄｅｓ＿ｒｅｓｉｓｔａｎｃｅＷｅｅｄｓ．ＱｉａｎＸｉ（ＴｈｅＹｅｌｏｗＳｅａＳｔａｔｅＦａｒｍ,ＸｉａｎｇｓｈｕｉＣｏｕｎｔ...     

农业系统生产力（ASP）的量化及其现状分析

农业系统生产力（ＡＳＰ）的量化及其现状分析卢进登,韩纯儒（北京农业大学农学系,１０００９４）ＱｕａｎｔｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎｏｆＡｇｒｏｓｙｓｔｅｍＰｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｖｉｔｙ（ＡＳＰ）ａｎｄＡｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｎｉｔｓＣｕｒｒｅｎｔＳｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎｉｎＣｂｉｎａ￥．ＬｕＪｉｎ－ｄｅｎｇ;ＨａｎＣｈｕｎｒｕ（ＢｅｉｊｉｎｇＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙｆＢｅｉｊｉｎｇ１０００９４）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（２）：２１－２２．ＢａｓｅｄｏｎａｂｒｉｅｆａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｎｔｈｅｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｏｆＡＳＰ,ｉｔｓｃｏｎｃｅｐｔｉｓｄｅｓｃｒｉｂｅｄａｎｄａｎｉｎｔｅｇｒａｔｅｄｉｎｄｉ－ｃａｔｏｒｆｏｒｉｔｓｑｕａｎｔｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ—ＡＳＰ２ｉｓｐｕｔｆｏｒｗａｒｄｓ．Ｆｒｏｍｔｈｏｓｅ,ｔｈｅＡＳＰｌｅｖｅｌｓｉｎｖａｒｉｏｕｓｒｅｇｉｏｎｓｏｆＣｈｉｎａａｒｅａｎａｌｙｚｅｄａｎｄ８ｌｅｖｅｌｓａｒｅｄｉｖｉｄｅｄｂｙｕｓｉｎｇ．Ｈｉｅｒａｒｃｈｉｃｃｌｕｓｔｅｒｉｎｇｍｅｔｈｏｄ．Ｉｔ’ｓ：ｃｌａｒｉｆｉｅｄｔｈａｔＡＳ－ＰＩｉｓａｍｏｒｅ     

中国兰科植物新资料

本文报道了２个新种（元阳石豆兰ＢｕｌｂｏｐｈｙｌｌｕｍｙｕａｎｙａｎｇｅｎｓｅＴｓｕｉ,长帽隔距兰ＣｌｅｉｓｏｓｔｏｍａｌｏｎｇｉｏｐｅｒｃｕｌａｔｕｍＴｓｉ）、２个新组合（翼萼卷瓣兰ＢｕｌｂｏｐｈｙｌｌｕｍｒｅｔｕｓｉｕｓｃｕｌｕｍＲｃｈｂ．ｆ．ｖａｒ．ｏｒｅｏｇｅｎｅｓ（Ｗ．Ｗ．Ｓｍｉｔｈ）Ｔｓｉ,角萼卷瓣兰Ｂ．ｒｅｔｕｓｉｕｓｃｕｌｕｍＲｃｈｂ．ｆ．ｖａｒ．ｔｉｇｒｉｄｕｍ（Ｈａｎｃｅ）Ｔｓｉ）和１个新命名（细茎毛兰ＥｒｉａｔｅｎｕｉｃａｕｌｉｓＳ．Ｃ．ＣｈｅｎｅｔＴｓｉ）。     

斜纹夜蛾核多角体病毒几丁质酶基因的克隆及序列分析

以苜蓿丫纹夜蛾核多角体病毒（Ａｕｔｏｇｒａｐｈａ ｃａｌｉｔｉｒｎｉｃａ ｍｕｌｔｉｎｕｃｌｅｏｃａｐｓｉｄ ｎｕｃｌｅａｒ ｐｏｌｙｈｅｄｒｏｓｉｓ ｖｉｒｕｓ,ＡｃＭＮ－ＰＶ）基因组含几丁质酶基因（ｃｈｉＡ）的ｐｓｔＩ Ｍ片段为探针,通过Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交将斜纹夜蛾核多角体病毒（Ｓｐｏｄｏｐｔｅｒａ ｌｉｔｕｒａ ｎｕｃｌｅａｒ ｐｏｌｙｈｅｄｒｏｓｉｓ ｖｉｒｕｓ,ＳｐｌｔＮＰＶ）的ｃｈｉ     

樟科(Lauraceae)部分属种雌蕊群维管分布格局及其系统学意义

运用石蜡切片技术,对樟科的紫楠（Ｐｈｏｅｂｅ ｓｈｅａｒｅｒｉ（Ｈｅｍｓｌ．）Ｇａｍｂｌｅ）,浙江楠（Ｐｈ．ｃｈｅｋｉａｎｇｅｎｓｉｓ Ｓ．Ｂ．Ｓｈａｎｇ）香樟（Ｃｉｎｎａｍｏｍｕｍ ｃａｍｐｈｏｒａ （Ｌｉｎｎ．）Ｐｒｅｓｌ．）浙江桂（Ｃ．ｃｈｅｋｉａｎｇｅｎｓｉｓ Ｎａｋａｉ）,细叶香桂（Ｃ．ｓｕｂａｖｅｎｉｕｍＭｉｑ．）、江浙山胡椒（Ｌｉｎｄｅｒａ ｃｈｉｅｎｉｉ Ｃｈｅｎｇ）、钓樟（Ｌ．ｒ     

集约高产过程中土壤有机质动态初探

集约高产过程中土壤有机质动态初探崔玉亭,韩纯儒（北京农业大学,１０００９４）ＤｙｎａｍｉｃｓｏｆＳｏｉｌＯｒｇａｎｉｃＭａｔｔｅｒ（ＳＯＭ）ｉｎｔｈｅＰｒｏｃｅｓｓｏｆＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＩｎｔｅｎｓｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ￥．ＣｕｉＹｕｔｉｎｇ;ＨａｎＣｈｕｎｒｕ（ＢｅｉｊｉｎｇＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ,１０００９４）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（２）：３７—３８．Ｉｎｔｈｉｓｐａｐｅｒ,ｔｈｅｂａｌａｎｃｅｏｆｓｏｉｌｏｒｇａｎｉｃｍａｔｔｅｒ（ＳＯＭ）ｉｎｔｈｅｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｏｆａｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌｉｎｔｅｎｓｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎｉｎＣｈａｎｇｚｈｏｕｒｅｇｉｏｎｉｓｓｔｕｄｉｅｄａｎｄａｍｅｄｉｕｍ－ａｎｄｌｏｎｇ－ｔｅｒｍｐｒｅｄｉｃｔｉｏｎｏｆｉｔｓｄｙｎａｍｉｃｓｉｓｍａｄｅ。Ｔｈｅｒｅ－ｓｕｌｔｓｓｈｏｗｔｈａｔｄｕｒｉｎｇｔｈｉｓｐｒｏｃｅｓｓ,ｔｈｅｂａｌａｎｃｅｏｆＳＯＭｉｓｇｅｔｔｉｎｇｂｅｔｔｅｒ,ａｎｄａｆｔｅｒａｍｅｄｉｕｍｏｒｌｏｎｇｐｅ－ｒｉｏｄ（ｅ．ｇ,１０—２０ｙｅａｔｓ）,ｔｈｅＳＯＭｃｏｎｔｅｎｔｃａｎｇｅｔｔ     

沈阳市东陵区丘陵坡地坡面太阳直射光的分布及其分析

沈阳市东陵区丘陵坡地坡面太阳直射光的分布及其分析郭林海（中国科学院沈阳应用生态研究所,１１００１５）ＤｉｓｔｒｉｂｕｔｉｏｎｏｆＤｉｒｅｃｔＳｏｌａｒＲａｄｉａｔｉｏｎｏｎＨｉｌｌｙＳｌｏｐｅｓｏｆＤｏｎｇｌｉｎｇＤｉｓｔｒｉｃｔｏｆＳｈｅｎｙａｎｇＭｕｎｉｃｉｐａｌｉｔｙａｎｄＩｔｓＡｎａｌｙｓｉｓ￥ＧｕｏＬｉｎｈａｉ（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＡｐｐｌｉｅｄＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,ＡｃａｄｅｍｉａＳｉｎｉｃａ,Ｓｈｅｎｙａｎｇ１１００１５）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（１）：５９－６１．Ｂａｓｅｄｏｎｔｈｅｌａｔｅｓｔ１：５００００ｔｏｐｏｇｒａｐｈｉｃｍａｐ,ｔｈｅ１：１０００００ｓｌｏｐｅｇｒａｄａｔｉｏｎｍａｐｉｓｄｒａｗｎｏｕｔａｎｄａｒｅａｃａｌｃｕｌａｔｉｏｎｉｓｍａｄｅ．Ｔｈｅｄｉｒｅｃｔｓｏｌａｒｒａｄｉａｔｉｏｎｉｎｔｙｐｉｃａｌｓｉｔｅｓｏｆｔｈｅｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔｉｓｍｅａｓｕｒｅｄａｎｄｃａｌｃｕｌａｔｅｄ,ａｎｄｔｈｅｖａｒｉａｔｉｏｎｃｕｒｖｅｓｏｆａｎｎｕａｌｆｌｕｘｏｆｄｉｒｅｃｔｓｏｌａｒｒａｄｉａｔｉｏｎｏｎｖａｒｉｏｕｓｓｌｏｐｅｄｉｒｅｃｔｉ     

沈阳市东陵区景观生态潜力研究

沈阳市东陵区景观生态潜力研究赵羿,吴彦明（中国科学院沈阳应用生态研究所,１１００１５）邓百祥（辽宁省水利水电勘测设计研究院,沈阳１１０００６）ＥｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌＰｏｔｅｎｔｉａｌｏｆＬａｕｄｓｃａｐｅｉｎＤｏｎｇｌｉｎｇＤｉｓｔｒｉｃｔｏｆＳｈｅｎｙａｎｇ￥ＺｈａｏＹｉ;ＷｕＹａｎｍｉｎｇ（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＡｐｐｌｉｅｄＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,ＡｃａｄｅｍｉａＳｉｎｉｃａ,Ｓｈｅｎｙａｎｇ１１００１５）,ＤｅｎｇＢａｉｘｉａｎｇ（ＬｉａｏｎｉｎｇＡｃａｄｅｍｙｏｆＷａｔｅｒＣｏｎ－ｓｅｒｖａｎｃｙａｎｄＷａｔｅｒＰｏｗｅｒＳｕｒｅｅｙｉｎｇａｎｄＤｅｓｉｇｎｉｎｇ,Ｓｈｅｎｙａｎｇ１１０００６）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（５）：１－８。Ｅｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌｐｏｔｅｎｔｉａｌｏｆｌａｕｄｓｃａｐｅｃｏｎｓｉｓｔｓｏｆｉｔｓｐｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｖｅｐｏｔｅｎｔｉａｌ,ｅｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌｐｏｔｅｎｔｉａｌａｎｄｐｒｉｃｅｌｅｓｓｐｏ－ｔｅｎｔｉａｌ．Ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈｃａｌｃｕｌａｔｉｎｇｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔｐｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｖｅｐｏｔｅｎｔｉａｌｓ（ｐｈｏｔｏｓｙｎｔｈｅｔｉｃｐｏｔ     

Biomass compensation: Behind the diversity gradients of tidepool fishes

Species richness is unevenly distributed on the Earth, with biodiversity gradients of various spatial scales supposedly being affected by abiotic as well as biotic factors including community traits such as body size spectra and relative abundance patterns. To explore large-scale spatial variation in species diversity and their processes, tidepool fish communities were investigated through an intensive field work conducted on 55 shore sites in south-western Japan. Multiple ecological measures were taken into account to assess changes in local community structures with changes in the number of species. Biomass (total fish wet weight) per unit area showed no systematic change with latitude, while taxa richness and number of individuals tended to increase toward lower latitudes. In addition, median fish body weight scaled positively with latitude, which was more conspicuous in Blenniidae than in Gobiidae. The latitudinal gradient of diversity in tidepool fish assemblages appears to be characterized by partitioning of total biomass that tends to stay constant across latitudes, suggesting the phenomenon of “biomass compensation” whereby body size and abundance/diversity change in opposite directions with latitude. Our study highlights that biomass compensation can be part of processes involved in generating gradients of species richness even without an apparent energy/resource gradient.     

Predation drives recurrent convergence of an interspecies mutualism

Mutualisms are important ecological interactions that underpin much of the world's biodiversity. Predation risk has been shown to regulate mutualism dynamics in species‐specific case studies; however, we lack studies which investigate whether predation can also explain broader patterns of mutualism evolution. We report that fish‐anemone mutualisms have evolved on at least 55 occasions across 16 fish families over the past 60 million years and that adult body size is associated with the ontogenetic stage of anemone mutualisms: larger‐bodied species partner with anemones as juveniles, while smaller‐bodied species partner with anemones throughout their lives. Field and laboratory studies show that predators target smaller prey, that smaller fishes associate more with anemones, and that these relationships confer protection to small fishes. Our results indicate that predation is likely driving the recurrent convergent evolution of fish‐anemone mutualisms and suggest that similar ecological processes may have selected convergence in interspecies interactions in other animal clades.     

Pattern and process in the geographical ranges of freshwater fishes

North American freshwater fishes were studied to determine whether they displayed the same relationships between log (geographical range size) and log (body size) and the same pattern of range shape as found among North American birds and mammals. The forces that produce these patterns were also investigated. The log (geographical range size) : log (body size) relationship was analysed for 121 North American freshwater fish species. Thirty‐two imperilled species were compared with 89 non‐imperilled species to determine if the overall relationship could result from differential extinction. Range geometries were analysed, within and among habitat guilds, to determine if general patterns could be detected. The log (geographical range size) : log (body size) pattern among freshwater fish species was triangular and qualitatively similar to that found for North American birds and mammals. The results suggest that below a minimum geographical range, the likelihood of extinction increases dramatically for freshwater fishes and that this minimum range size increases with body size. The pattern of fish species’ range shapes differs from that found for other North American vertebrate taxa because, on average, fish possess much smaller ranges than terrestrial species and most fish species’ geographical ranges extend further on a north–south axis than on an east–west axis. The log (geographical range size) : log (body size) pattern reveals that fish species’ geographical ranges are more constrained than those of terrestrial species. The triangular relationship may be caused by differential extinction of species with large bodies and small geographical ranges as well as higher speciation rates of small‐bodied fish. The restricted geographical ranges of freshwater fishes gives them much in common with terrestrial species on oceanic islands. Range shape patterns within habitat guilds reflect guild‐specific historical and current ecological forces. The overall pattern of range shapes emerges from the combination of ecologically different subunits.     

Biological features of the common fish species in Olyutorsky-Navarin region and the adjacent waters of the Bering Sea: 2. Families Macrouridae,Clupeidae, and Osmeridae

Biological features of the four common fish species, giant grenadier Albatrossia pectoralis (Macrouridae), Pacific herring Clupea pallasii (Clupeidae), Pacific rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax dentex, and Pacific capelin Mallotus villosus catervarius (Osmeridae), were studied under the 20-year dataset (1995?2015). These species inhabit the northwestern Bering Sea in the summer–autumn period and form the schoolings in the Olyutorsky-Navarin region. The size–age parameters of the fish caught by different sampling gear, as well as the peculiarities of the body length and body weight dynamics, spawning periods, spawning range, and conditions, were analyzed. The largest specimens of giant grenadier, Pacific herring, and Pacific rainbow smelt were observed in the catches performed by the bottom setline and the gill nets; the smallest fish were found in the trawl catches. The body length and body weight of Pacific herring were larger in the pelagic trawls compared to the bottom trawls; an opposite pattern was observed for the Pacific capelin. The abundant year-class in the species with short life cycle (capelin and herring) is well tracked on the longterm plots of the fish body size; this is accompanied by the decrease of their biological parameters. Herring stock covers large growing grounds; smaller body size was observed for the herring grazing in the coastal waters; young specimens dominate here.     

Some patterns of age and geographical variation in fish fecundity

Some patterns of age and geographical variation in fecundity indices were analyzed in three freshwater fishes (river perch, bream, and Sevan khramulya). A trend to increase in the ovarian relative weight and mature egg size with age has been revealed. Two species with a wide range (perch and bream) demonstrated a tendency to decrease in the ovarian relative weight and increase in the definitive oocyte weight in females of populations living in the geographical center of the range. The coefficient of correlation between the absolute individual fecundity and body weight of females was proposed as a population marker of the fish reproductive system.     

The determinants of species richness of a relatively young coral-reef ichthyofauna

Aim Unique topographic features left the Red Sea and its north‐eastern extension into the Gulf of Aqaba practically devoid of coral‐reef‐based organisms during the last glacial maximum. The current ichthyofauna in these two ‘regions’ thus represents the product of relatively recent colonization by species found in the Arabian Sea, which adjoins the Red Sea at its southern tip. We used this system to test why some marine species seemingly fail to extend their geographic range, thereby generating spatial heterogeneity in biodiversity. Location The Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba. Methods A list of coral‐reef‐associated fish species, belonging to the 10 most speciose families, was compiled for each region using published sources. The data were analysed (major axis regression, randomization tests) for taxonomic and body‐size‐dependent biases in colonization probabilities. A simple probabilistic model was used to examine the potential contribution of local (within‐region) extinctions to determining species composition in the Red Sea. Results Of the 462 reef‐associated species that inhabit the Arabian Sea, 69% have crossed successfully into the Red Sea; of these, 55% have crossed into the Gulf of Aqaba. A species’ probability of being found in either ‘target’ was independent of presumed innate differences, i.e. ecological correlates of taxonomic affiliation and body size. Similarly, local extinctions were found unlikely to have been of consequence over the past several thousand years. Main conclusions Present‐day differences in the species richness of reef‐associated fish species among the Arabian Sea, Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba appear to be the product of external, non‐selective constraints on colonization. The random nature of the colonization process is suggestive of ecological redundancy among coral‐reef fish species. Importantly, the study places a time frame on the processes that determine spatial patterns of biodiversity in reef fish.     

Systematics and body size: implications for feeding adaptations in New World monkeys.

The relationship between body size and feeding ecology is well established for primates. It is argued that the evolutionary history of modern New World monkeys and, in particular, the path to attainment of current body size is significant in understanding the similarities and differences between dietary strategies and other ecological parameters of similar-sized monkeys. Current interpretations of New World monkey evolutionary relationships are reviewed. Based on a synthesis of available body weights and the assumption that the earliest New World monkeys weighed close to 1 kg, similar to modern Aotus and Callicebus, predicted patterns of body size change in each lineage are given. Restrictions on directions of body size change in primates are discussed, and it is shown that "Stanley's Rule" offers a good explanation for differing body size ranges in New and Old World anthropoids. Predicted ecological correlates to body size drawn from the mammalian literature are offered and tested using data on New World monkeys, which show some concurrence and several interesting departures from predicted patterns. Sexual dimorphism in body weight of New World monkey species is reviewed, based on the new summary of body weight data given.     

Biological features of the common fish species in Olyutorsky-Navarin region and the adjacent waters of the Bering Sea: 1. Gadidae (cods) family

Biological features of the three common fish species, pollock Theragra chalcogramma, Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus, and saffron cod Eleginus gracilis (Gadidae), have been studied using a 20-year dataset (1995?2015). These species inhabit the northwestern Bering Sea in the summer–autumn period and form the schoolings in Olyutorsky-Navarin region. The size–age parameters, as well as the peculiarities of the body length and body weight dynamics, spawning periods, spawning range, and conditions, of the fish caught by different sampling gear have been analyzed. Due to the construction peculiarities and catch efficiency of the different catching gear, the largest specimens are found in the setlines and snurrevads; the fish caught by the trawls are characterized by the smallest size. The body length and body weight of pollock is greater in the pelagic trawl catches compared to the bottom trawl catches. The abundant brood of Gadidae may well be tracked on the multiyear dynamics graphs reflecting the size distribution, as well as by the decrease of biological parameters of the fish. The studied species inhabit the vast growth areas, so smaller body size of them in the coastal waters may be a result of a high ratio of the young specimens there.     

Patterns of reproduction in two populations of pumpkinseed sunfish,Lepomis gibbosus,with differing food resources

Synopsis The influence of available food resources on growth and patterns of reproduction was studied in two populations of pumpkinseed sunfish in adjacent lakes in southeastern Ontario. Ideally, mature individuals should be long-lived, attain a large size, and maintain a high reproductive effort. However, rarely are environmental conditions ideal and compromises are necessary. In the present study, there were smaller quantities of preferred prey items (gastropods), and total benthos available in one lake. Pumpkinseed in this population ate less in general, and were smaller in body size in the older age classes. These fish matured at a younger age and a smaller size than individuals in the other lake studied, and in populations in this geographic area reported in the literature. In addition, the relationships of both fecundity and ovary weight to total weight were different between lakes. Mean ovary weight, ripe egg size and lifetime fecundity were less in the population of small-bodies fish. Variation in patterns of reproduction between populations suggests that fish may be able to fine-tune responses to local environmental conditions.     

Egg size and larval development in Central Amazonian fish

The relationship between larval development and egg size was studied in 14 species of Central Amazonian fish (seven characiforms, five cichlids and two siluriforms). Egg size was measured as yolk dry weight at activation (egg minus chorion). Larval development was measured as larva] dry weight and age (h from activation) at the developmental stages. Egg size explained most of the variability of larval body weight and total larval weight at hatching, pectoral bud formation, eye pigmentation, jaw formation, swimbladder inflation, onset of swimming, first feeding and maximum weight attained with exclusively endogenous feeding. Larval ages at these developmental stages were poorly related to egg size. Other variables, such as the weight-specific yolk caloric content of the eggs (cal mg⁻¹), spawning site (river or lake) and phyletic relationships had no effect on the remaining variance. These results suggest that the developmental stages considered were conservative among the species examined and that a sequence of stages occurs in the larval development of Amazonian larval fish. The resistance of the larvae to starvation was not related to egg size.