珠江口脊尾白虾的一些生物学观察

脊尾白虾Palaemon(Exopalaemon)carinicauda是珠江口咸淡水水域中重要的经济虾类,具有广温性、广盐性、广食性的特点,对酸碱度变化适应较强,耐低氧,繁殖力强,生长快,有的地方已作为一种养殖对象。鉴于此,笔者于1986—1988年在珠江口的福永、西乡、沙井对其生物学进行了一些观察。材料和方法每月(有时季度)在河口地带和池塘捞取30—50尾脊尾白虾,用解剖镜和显微镜进行形态和食性等观察,并计数卵数。为观察白虾对水环境因子的适应性,变化水温观察白虾对温度的适应能力,以比重计测海水比重再换算为盐度观测白虾对盐度的适应能力,并以比色法测…     

浙江乐清湾脊尾白虾的繁殖和世代的初步研究

脊尾白虾分布很广,普见我国沿海,是我国特有的三种经济虾类之一,也是人工养殖对虾的主要竞争生物。 本文探讨了浙江乐清湾所产脊尾白虾的繁殖习性和种群世代;并提出了减少或控制人工养殖对虾塘内脊尾白虾的混生数量,从而提高人工养殖对虾产量以及发展脊尾白虾人工养殖的关键性措施。     

脊尾白虾肠道微生物菌群结构

【目的】研究海水池塘养殖条件下的脊尾白虾肠道微生物菌群组成及多样性。【方法】采用PCR-RFLP技术,以直接提取的脊尾白虾肠道细菌总DNA为模板进行16S rRNA 基因扩增,产物与T载体连接建立质粒文库,从RFLP建立的文库中筛选出不同细菌来源的克隆子,将测定的差异克隆子16S rRNA片段序列与GenBank数据库进行比对。【结果】从脊尾白虾肠道的菌群文库中共获得114个克隆子,Hae Ⅲ和Msp I双酶切得到11种差异克隆子;对差异克隆子测序后,其中8个差异序列与已知细菌具有较高的同源性,分别是假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、肠杆菌属(Enterobater)、冰冻小杆菌属(Frigoribacterium)、褐杆菌属(Phaeobacter)、弧菌属(Vibrio)、赤杆菌属(Erythrobacter)、气单胞菌属(Aeromonas)、葡萄球菌属(Staphylococcus)和其他未培养细菌。【结论】初步揭示了脊尾白虾肠道微生物菌群结构的组成,为开发脊尾白虾专用微生态制剂提供基础资料。     

不同温度对脊尾白虾胚胎发育与幼体变态存活的影响

选用实验室内人工控制交尾的脊尾白虾,研究了不同温度对脊尾白虾胚胎发育及幼体变态、存活的影响。结果表明,在盐度为31的条件下,脊尾白虾胚胎发育的生物学零度为12.18℃,有效积温为3828.27℃.h。在15.3—28.1℃范围内,胚胎发育时间随着温度升高而呈双曲线性缩短,而胚胎发育速度随着温度的升高而呈直线性加快,但当温度超过30℃时,胚胎无法正常完成发育。脊尾白虾幼体变态发育速度随着温度的升高而加快,18、20、22、24、26、28℃各实验组开始出现仔虾的时间依次为17、14、11、9、8和8 d,各组90%以上幼体变态为仔虾的时间依次为21、18、15、14、11和11 d。各实验组在幼体变态过程中存活率都呈明显的阶梯式下降趋势,且28℃组的存活率下降最快,但当存活幼体全部变为仔虾时,各实验组间的存活率并无显著性差异(P>0.05)。18℃组仔虾干质量明显高于其它各组(P<0.05),28℃组仔虾干质量最低,但与20、22、24、26℃组无显著性差异(P>0.05)。因此在脊尾白虾育苗中,幼体孵化温度不应低于12℃,最高不超过28℃为宜;幼体培育温度,建议控制在22—26℃为最佳。     

脊尾白虾组织蛋白酶L基因的克隆及其表达分析

根据本实验室构建的脊尾白虾(Exopalaemon carinicauda)血细胞全长cDNA文库获得的EST序列,利用RACE技术克隆获得脊尾白虾组织蛋白酶L基因的cDNA全长,命名为EcCatL基因.该序列全长1136 bp,包括5'非编码区24 bp,开放阅读框960 bp和3'非编码区152 bp,开放阅读框共编码319个氨基酸,预测相对分子量为35.30×103,理论等电点为5.27.同源性分析表明,脊尾白虾组织蛋白酶LEcCatL氨基酸序列与其它甲壳动物高度保守,与变色小长臂虾(Palaemonetes varians)及北极甜虾(Pandalus borealis) CatL的同源性分别为92％和76％.系统进化分析表明,EcCatL基因氨基酸序列与变色小长臂虾的CatL聚为一支.荧光定量PCR分析结果表明,EcCatL基因在血细胞、鳃、肝胰腺、肌肉、卵巢、肠、胃及眼柄中均有表达,其中肝胰腺中的相对表达量最高.感染鳗弧菌及WSSV后6h和12h,脊尾白虾血细胞和肝胰腺中EcCatL的表达量较对照组均极显著增加(P＜0.01),且具有明显的时间差异性,表明EcCatL基因在脊尾白虾免疫反应中具有重要作用.     

盐度对脊尾白虾亲虾抱卵及其子代生长发育的影响

选用室内人工培育的性腺已发育到Ⅱ期的脊尾白虾亲虾,经逐级淡化后,盐度稳定在2、5、10、15、20、25、30,研究了盐度对雌虾抱卵、胚胎发育及子代生长发育的影响.结果表明： 在试验盐度范围内脊尾白虾性腺均可发育成熟,但在盐度2时无法完成抱卵,最适抱卵盐度为10~20;在抱卵盐度范围内,胚胎均可正常发育,盐度对胚胎发育速率影响显著,15、20、25盐度下的孵化时间显著低于其他盐度组;盐度对脊尾白虾幼体后的变态和存活无显著影响,但对仔虾的个体干质量影响显著,15和20盐度下仔虾的干质量显著高于其他盐度组;盐度对20日龄脊尾白虾的生长影响显著,其特定生长率随着盐度升高而逐渐增大,在盐度20时达到最大,之后开始降低;鳃Na⁺-K⁺ ATPase的mRNA相对表达量在高盐或低盐时均较高,表达量最低时的理论盐度为17.5,可能为脊尾白虾的等渗点.研究表明,脊尾白虾亲虾可在较广盐度范围内繁殖,20日龄脊尾白虾在其理论等渗点附近具有较快的生长速度.
     

通径分析在脊尾白虾育种形态性状选择中的应用

选择胶州湾134只野生脊尾白虾（Exopalaemon carinicauda）,对其体长、全长、头胸甲长及体重等24项性状进行测量,采用相关分析和通径分析的方法,分析了形态性状对体重的影响效果,并构建形态性状与体重的多元回归方程.结果表明,各形态性状与体重的相关系数均达到了极显著水平（P<0.01）;全长、头胸甲宽、头胸甲高、第一腹长、第二腹高、第三腹宽对体重的通径系数达到显著水平（P<0.05）;所选形态性状与体重的复相关指数R²=0.954;多元回归分析建立了全长、头胸甲宽、头胸甲高、第一腹长、第二腹高、第三腹宽对体重的回归方程Y=-2.783+0.014X₁+0.130X4+0.095X₁₃+0.126X5+0.045X6+0.149X11.试验结果为脊尾白虾良种选育研究提供了理想的测度指标.     

盐度渐变与骤变对脊尾白虾渗透、代谢及免疫相关酶活力的影响

为探讨盐度变化对脊尾白虾(Exopalaemon carinicauda)渗透、代谢及免疫相关酶活力的影响,实验设置了盐度渐变和骤变两个实验。渐变实验,设置5、10、15、20、25、30、33(CK)、40和45共9个盐度梯度;骤变实验,盐度从33突变至0、5、15、25和45,检测血清ATP酶(包括Na+/K+-ATP酶和总ATP酶)、碱性磷酸酶(AKP)、酸性磷酸酶(ACP)及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活力。结果表明,渐变情况下,盐度为5时,ATP酶活力出现最高值,然后随着盐度的升高表现出先降低后升高的趋势。总ATP酶活力在盐度为15—30之间较稳定,并在此范围内达到最低值。AKP和ACP活力几乎不受盐度渐变的影响。SOD活力随盐度的升高,先上升后下降,并在盐度为33时达到最大值。骤变情况下,ATP酶活力随时间波动较大,AKP和SOD随时间波动较小,而ACP几乎不受影响。结果说明,盐度骤变对脊尾白虾酶活力的影响较盐度渐变明显,ATPase和SOD活力更易随盐度而变化,代谢酶(AKP、ACP)受盐度变化的影响较小,说明渗透调节和免疫相关酶活力对盐度变化反应敏感,养殖过程中应尽量保持盐度稳定。     

脊尾白虾血蓝蛋白大亚基基因的克隆及表达分析

应用RACE技术克隆脊尾白虾血蓝蛋白大亚基基因, 并通过攻毒实验揭示脊尾白虾血蓝蛋白基因的先天免疫防御作用, 为脊尾白虾(Exopalaemon carinicauda)的免疫防治研究提供依据和思路。研究成功克隆了脊尾白虾血蓝蛋白大亚基基因全长cDNA序列, 该大亚基cDNA全长 2192 bp, 开放式阅读框长 2034 bp, 5′非编码区长 21 bp, 3′非编码区长 137 bp, 将该基因命名为 EcHcL。EcHcL编码 667 个氨基酸, 前 21 个氨基酸组成信号肽, 推测成熟肽的分子量为 78.5 kD。Blast比对结果显示, 由脊尾白虾血蓝蛋白EcHcL序列推导的氨基酸序列与日本沼虾、凡纳滨对虾血蓝蛋白氨基酸序列的同源性分别达到 87%、73%, 其M结构域氨基酸序列与斑节对虾、日本对虾等物种同源性性高达 90% 左右, 由此推断该cDNA序列属于血蓝蛋白家族。组织表达分析结果显示, EcHcL基因在脊尾白虾鳃、卵巢、肝胰腺、心脏、肠、肌肉、胃、腹神经节、眼柄、血细胞中均有表达, 肝胰腺中相对表达量最高。Real-time PCR分析发现EcHcL基因在金黄色葡萄球菌、副溶血弧菌和对虾白斑综合征病毒(WSSV)感染后脊尾白虾肝胰腺和血细胞中的表达量显著增加, 并具有不同的时空表达模式, 推测脊尾白虾EcHcL基因在免疫防御中具有重要作用。     

脊尾白虾2种血蓝蛋白大亚基变体的克隆及功能分析

为了探究血蓝蛋白的分子多样性, 对脊尾白虾(Exopalaemon carinicauda)血蓝蛋白大亚基变体进行了研究。基于脊尾白虾转录组文库血蓝蛋白大亚基变体EcHcL1和2序列, 利用RACE和生物信息学技术, 对2种变体进行全长cDNA扩增和序列分析。结果发现EcHcL1和2 cDNA 全长分别为2239和2132 bp, 编码685和676个氨基酸。EcHcL1和2氨基酸序列在进化上相对保守, 且均具有血蓝蛋白的典型结构域, 包括铜离子结合区域、保守His位点和Ig-like区等, 其中EcHcL1多了一个酪氨酸酶结构域, 推测可能与色素代谢及酚氧化酶活性有关。组织表达分布结果显示EcHcL1和2在血细胞、肝胰腺、肠、腹神经节、心脏、卵巢、眼柄、胃、鳃和肌肉等组织中均有表达, 且均在肝胰腺和血细胞中表达较高。采用Real-time PCR方法对病原感染后2种变体的mRNA表达情况进行分析。结果发现, EcHcL1在金黄色葡萄球菌、副溶血弧菌和白斑综合征病毒(WSSV)胁迫脊尾白虾12—48h中出现较高表达量, 最高表达量约为对照组的1.5—4倍; EcHcL2在胁迫后24—48h后, 与对照组相比, 表达量约上升2—9倍。由此说明, 脊尾白虾血蓝蛋白大亚基变体与免疫防御密切相关, 可能在抵抗病原微生物感染中发挥作用。     

体质量和水温对太湖秀丽白虾人工驯养子代耗氧率和排氨率的影响

以太湖秀丽白虾(Exopalaemon modestus)人工驯养子代为实验样本,实验共设置6个体质量梯度及7个温度梯度,样本体质量范围为(0.12±0.01)～(1.93±0.05)g,实验温度范围为12℃～30℃,研究了体质量及水温对耗氧率和排氨率的影响。结果表明:秀丽白虾耗氧率变幅为0.1497～0.9053mg·g-1·h-1,均值为0.3901mg·g-1·h-1;排氨率变幅为0.0165～0.0866mg·g-1·h-1,均值为0.0379mg·g-1·h-1。体质量、水温及两者的交互效应均对耗氧率和排氨率具有极显著的影响(P0.01)。体质量与耗氧率和排氨率之间的回归关系分别符合幂函数方程Ro=0.3114W-0.2414(r=-0.436)和Rn=0.0307W-0.3007(r=-0.653);水温与耗氧率和排氨率之间的回归关系分别符合指数方程Ro=0.0711e0.0749t(r=0.877)和Rn=0.0113e0.0530t(r=0.747);体质量、水温与耗氧率及排氨率的二元回归方程分别为Ro=0.028T-0.147W-0.053(r=0.948)和Rn=0.002T-0.017W+0.013(r=0.922)。耗氧率和排氨率Q10变幅分别为1.17～4.20和1.15～2.29,均值分别为2.10和1.64。在实验温度范围内,氧氮比均随着水温的上升而增大,变幅为7.42～13.62,均值为10.04。秀丽白虾在低温阶段(12℃～18℃)主要以蛋白质为供能物质,在高温阶段(21℃～30℃)对脂肪的利用有所增加,中等规格个体的脂肪代谢率最高。     

Thermoregulation in the Red-beillied Blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus (Elapidae)

Cold Pseudechis porphyriacus aid heating by basking, flattening and tilting. When body temperatures are higher, thermoregulation is achieved by shuttling between sun and shade. A warm snake in a cooling environment frequently coils.
The major factors associated with rate of temperature change in the body core were (1) horizontal gradient between body and neck, (2) posture and (3) vertical gradients from body core to body surface.
The role of behavioral, physiological and physical factors in thermoregulation are discussed.     

Thermoregulation by Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi and potential effects on overwintering biology

In North Carolina, southern corn rootworm (SCR), Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber, adults of both sexes (diapausing and nondiapausing) elevate body temperature (Tb) above ambient air temperature (Ta) by basking in direct sunlight on clear fall and winter days when Ta<13°C (Tb-Ta range: 0.8–13.3°C). On cloudy days, SCR adults did not exhibit basking behavior and Tb was more highly correlated with Ta, ground temperature (Tg), and substrate temperature (Ts) than on clear days. Ts was the best predictor of Tb regardless of Ta and the presence or absence of adult basking behavior (fall basking SCR, Ts vs. Tb: R²=0.94, Ta vs. Tb: R²=0.41; fall nonbasking SCR, Ts vs. Tb: R²=0.85, Ta vs. Tb: R²=0.55).These results suggest that SCR thermoregulation at low Ta is ectothermic regulation by microhabitat selection. Elevation of Tb by thermoregulation was often of sufficient magnitude to affect SCR behavior (flight, feeding, mating) and preovipositional development rate. This could explain why gravid SCR females have been found in North Carolina by 6 January when Ta's were too low for development. The relationship of Tb to Ta on cold sunny days would be important to include in any predictive day-degree model of SCR postdiapause development or SCR endoparasite development in the field.

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Résumé En Caroline du Nord, les adultes diapausants ou non des deux sexes de Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (SCR) élèvent la température de leurs corps (Tb) au-dessus de la température de l'air ambiant (Ta) en lézardant en plein soleil par jours clairs du printemps et de l'hiver, quand Ta<13°C (Tb-Ta de 0.8 à 13.3°C). Par temps nuageux, les adultes ne lézardent pas, et Tb dépend beaucoup plus de Ta, de la température du sol (Tg), et de la température du substrat (Ts), que par temps clair. Ts fournit la meilleure idée de Ta que les adultes lézardent ou non; quand SCR lézarde au printemps la corrélation de Ts avec Tb est R²=0.94, de Ta avec Tb:R²=0.41; au printemps, quand ils ne lézardent pas; Ts avec TbR²=0.85 et Ta avec Tb:R²=0.55. Ces résultats suggerent que la thermorégulation de SCR aux basses Ta est une régulation ectothermique par sélection du microhabitat. L'augmentation de Tb par thermorégulation est souvent suffisante pour modifier le comportement de SCR (vol, prise de nourriture, accouplement) et un développement préponte. Ceci pourrait expliquer pourquoi des femelles gravides ont été trouvées un 6 janvier en Caroline du Nord quand Ta était trop basse pour permettre le développement. II paraît important d'inclure la relation entre Tb et Ta par temps nuageux froid, dans tout modèle prédictif, basé sur la notion de degrés-jours, sur le développement de SCR après la diapause ou le dévelopment d'endoparasites de SCR dans la nature.

     

Changes of Body Temperature and Thermoregulation in the Course of the Ovarian Cycle in Laboratory Mice

In the course of the ovarian cycle, numerous physiological functions, particularly body temperature, undergo pronounced changes. The role played in cycle-dependent changes by activity is still a matter of debate. In female laboratory mice, body temperature and motor activity have been measured telemetrically, every 10 min for one month, while the stage of the estrous cycle was determined by means of vaginal smears. The circadian rhythm of body temperature underwent regular infradian changes corresponding to the sexual cycle, with body temperature higher on the days of estrous. Also, the level of motor activity was slightly elevated on days of estrous, though less consistently so. As shown by the method of purification, the temperature increase on the days of estrous was not caused by the higher activity but, presumably, rather by hormonal changes around the time of ovulation. After removing the direct effect of motor activity on the body temperature, the difference between estrous and non-estrous days was even more marked. The purification method also enabled the gradient of temperature change per unit activity, a measure of thermoregulatory efficiency, to be estimated. This gradient was lower on the days of estrous, mainly because of the higher temperatures then, but also partly due to changed thermoregulatory mechanisms. Thus, it would seem that hormones not only increase the body temperature in estrous but also promote-heat loss mechanisms. Despite the quite marked cycle-dependent changes in body temperature, it was not possible to use the temperature profile on a particular day to classify that day as an estrous or a non-estrous day; only a consideration of data from several consecutive days allowed this determination to be made.     

Physiological interaction processes and radio-frequency energy absorption.

Because exposure to microwave fields at the resonant frequency may generate heat deep in the body, hyperthermia may result. This problem has been examined in an animal model to determine both the thresholds for response change and the steady-state thermoregulatory compensation for body heating during exposure at resonant (450 MHz) and supra-resonant (2,450 MHz) frequencies. Adult male squirrel monkeys, held in the far field of an antenna within an anechoic chamber, were exposed (10 min or 90 min) to either 450-MHz or 2,450-MHz CW fields (E polarization) in cool environments. Whole-body SARs ranged from 0-6 W/kg (450 MHz) and 0-9 W/kg (2,450 MHz). Colonic and several skin temperatures, metabolic heat production, and evaporative heat loss were monitored continuously. During brief RF exposures in the cold, the reduction of metabolic heat production was directly proportional to the SAR, but 2,450-MHz energy was a more efficient stimulus than was the resonant frequency. In the steady state, a regulated increase in deep body temperature accompanied exposure at resonance, not unlike that which occurs during exercise. Detailed analyses of the data indicate that temperature changes in the skin are the primary source of the neural signal for a change in physiological interaction processes during RF exposure in the cold.     

Some like it hot: Intra-Population Variation in behavioral Thermoregulation in Color-Polymorphic pygmy Grasshoppers

Ectothermic animals rely on external heat sources and behavioral thermoregulation to control body temperature, and are characterized by possessing physiological and behavioural traits which are temperature dependent. It has therefore been suggested that constraints on the range of body temperatures available to individuals imposed by phenotypic properties, such as coloration, may translate into differential fitness and selection against thermally inferior phenotypes. In this paper, I report an association between thermal preferences and thermal capacity (the ability to warm up when insolated) across different genetically coded color morphs of the pygmy grasshopper Tetrix subulata. Data on behavioral thermoregulation of individuals in a laboratory thermal gradient revealed a preference for higher body temperatures in females than in males, and significant variation among colour morphs in preferred body temperatures in females, but not in males. The variation in females was in perfect accordance with estimates of morph-specific differences in thermal capacity. Thus, dark morphs not only attain higher temperatures when exposed to augmented illumination, but also prefer higher body temperatures, compared to paler morphs. This intra-population divergence probably reflects an underlying variation among colour morphs in temperature optima, and is consistent with the notion that coloration, behaviour and physiology evolve in concert.     

Thermoregulation of foraging honeybees on flowering plants: seasonal variability and influence of radiative heat gain

1. During nectar and pollen foraging in a temperate climate, honeybees are exposed to a broad range of ambient temperatures, challenging their thermoregulatory ability. The body temperature that the bees exhibit results from endothermic heat production, exogenous heat gain from solar radiation, and heat loss. In addition to profitability of foraging, season was suggested to have a considerable influence on thermoregulation. To assess the relative importance of these factors, the thermoregulatory behaviour of foragers on 33 flowering plants in dependence on season and environmental factors was investigated.2. The bees (Apis mellifera carnica Pollman) were always endothermic. On average, the thorax surface temperature (T(th)) was regulated at a high and rather constant level over a broad range of ambient temperatures (T(th) = 33.7-35.7°C, T(a) = 10-27°C). However, at a certain T(a), T(th) showed a strong variation, depending on the plants from which the bees were foraging. At warmer conditions (T(a) = 27-32°C) the T(th) increased nearly linearly with T(a) to a maximal average level of 42.6 °C. The thorax temperature excess decreased strongly with increasing T(a) (T(th)-T(a) = 21.6 - 3.6°C).3. The bees used the heat gain from solar radiation to elevate the temperature excess of thorax, head, and abdomen. Seasonal dependance was reflected in a 2.7 °C higher mean T(th) in the spring than in the summer. An anova revealed that season had the greatest effect on T(th), followed by T(a) and radiation.4. It was presumed the foragers' motivational status to be the main factor responsible for the variation of T(th) between seasons and different plants.