甘肃省经济增长与环境压力关系动态变化的结构分解分析

基于宏观环境经济学思想,建立了以污染物排放为表征的环境压力函数,并运用结构分解分析（SDA）模型,结合“修正后的Laspeyres方法”,构建了用于分析和解释“经济增长-环境压力”关系动态变化的驱动因子及其影响程度的方法,并分析了1990-2005年甘肃省经济增长与环境压力之间时序关系的变化趋势以及各驱动因素对时序关系变化的影响程度.结果表明：研究期间,甘肃省由污染物排放所产生的环境压力主要是由经济增长过程中产生的废气和工业固体废弃物所致,且环境压力在后期呈现出较快的增长趋势;人口因素对甘肃省环境压力变化的影响不大,经济增长因素对环境压力增大具有明显的正向效应,而技术因素则相对表现出抑制效应,但不足以抵消经济增长带来的正向效应,且经济增长和技术因素对环境压力的影响程度视不同类型污染物而有所差异.     

太行山猕猴颅骨变量的波动不对称性

探讨了太行山猕猴Macaca mulatta颅骨变量波动不对称特征及影响因素。猕猴颅骨标本62例(♀43,♂19),按性别和年龄分组。选择颅骨两侧对称的24个变量,转换为标准波动不对称值(FA)。数据用SPSS 20.0进行处理。结果显示:大部分颅骨变量的FA值在性别组间和年龄组间没有统计学差异(P>0.05);不同变量的FA值大小不同;FA值的变化趋势是雌性大于雄性,亚成体组大于成体组。结果提示猕猴颅骨波动不对称特征可能与它们的肢骨不对称特征不同,可能在某种程度上反映了猕猴的生长发育及环境刺激对不对称的影响。     

不同Bt棉种植年代棉铃虫种群的波动性不对称

波动性不对称 (Fluctuating asymm etry,FA)是指相对于生物两侧对称发育的一种细微的随机偏离 ,通常用来指示生物在外界环境压力下发育的稳定性程度。 2 0 0 2年在我国北方棉区 1 3个具有 1～ 5 a转 Bt基因棉种植史的市、县采集了棉铃虫上灯蛾 ,测定了各点成虫后足腿节的波动性不对称 (Fluctuating asymmetry,FA)。结果表明 ,1 2个采集地的棉铃虫后足腿节均表现出 FA;相关性分析发现 ,各采集点的 FA值与 Bt棉的种植年代间存在着显著的负相关关系 (r=- 0 .77) ,显示出棉铃虫自然种群对 Bt棉的适应性随着 Bt棉种植时间延长而渐增的趋势。讨论了棉铃虫对 Bt棉的适应以及 FA作为棉铃虫田间种群对 Bt棉早期抗性监测指标的可能性     

城市胁迫生境下二球悬铃木叶片的发育稳定度及其环境指示功能

对采自上海市区14个样点的二球悬铃木叶片发育稳定度、叶片气孔密度和气孔长径进行研究。结果表明,在3个采样时期,根据叶片宽度确定的非稳态不对称指数(FA1)和根据叶片侧脉长度确定的偏向性不对称指数(RDA1)在不同环境胁迫程度(UESL)下均表现出显著的差异,但进一步分析表明,各样点FA1与环境胁迫程度UESL之间呈显著的非线性回归关系,而RDA1与环境胁迫程度之间却未显示类似关系。此外,FA1与叶片气孔密度和气孔长径之间的显著相关关系表明,它们可共同作为指示小尺度上环境胁迫的有效指标,而RDA1是叶片的一种正常发育状态参数,并不适于反映环境胁迫状态。     

脂肪族类两亲物对肌浆网膜蛋白结构的影响

本文观察和比较了六种C_(18)脂肪族类两亲物(fatty amphiphile,FA),包括硬脂酸(stearic acid)、硬脂胺(stearyl amine)、硬脂醇(stearyl alcohol)、油酸(oleic acid)、油胺(oleylamine)和油醇(oleyl alcohol),对肌浆网(sarcoplasmic reticulum,SR)钙泵蛋白结构的影响。当FA∶SR(μmol∶mg)的比例为2.67∶1—21.33∶1时,除油醇(oleyl alcohol)外,其余五种FA引起天然兔骨骼肌肌浆网蛋白内源荧光强度降低。随FA∶SR比例升高,降低幅度加大。五种FA的最大降低幅度在10—32％之间。其中带电荷FA比不带电荷FA的作用强,但均未见峰位位移。当FA∶SR的比例为2.67∶1时,除硬脂醇(stearyl alcohol)外,其余五种FA使N-(3-芘)-马来酰胺(N-(3-pyrene)maleimide,N-(3-p)-M)修饰的SR蛋白巯基荧光强度分别上升9％,40％,150％,193％和5％,但也未见峰位位移。ATP可减弱胺类FA引起的SR蛋白内源荧光降低和巯基荧光升高的幅度。油酸、油胺和硬脂胺既抑制SRCa~(2+),Mg~(2+)-ATPase活力和SR钙蓄积,又使SR钙泵蛋白的巯基修饰荧光显著上升。提示C_(18)脂肪族类两亲物使SR功能受损与其引起钙泵蛋白构象的显著变化有关。     

酸雨和采食模拟胁迫下克隆整合对空心莲子草生长的影响

研究表明克隆整合可以显著提升异质环境中克隆植物的生长,然而当克隆植物遭受均质环境压力时,整合对植物生长影响的研究相对较少。本文以典型入侵克隆植物空心莲子草（Alternanthera philoxeroides）为例,研究均质环境压力酸雨和采食模拟胁迫对空心莲子草生长的影响,以及克隆整合在空心莲子草适应不利环境过程中所起的作用。酸雨设3种浓度梯度：pH值3.5 、pH值4.5和 pH值6.5（对照）;采食设3种水平：不去叶、去叶50%和去叶90%;整合水平：匍匐茎切断和连接。结果表明：无论保持或切断匍匐茎的连接,酸雨处理都不影响空心莲子草生物量。当保持匍匐茎连接时,pH值4.5酸雨处理增加了空心莲子草匍匐茎长度和分株数目,因此,低度酸雨可能对空心莲子草生长有一定的促进作用。同样,无论匍匐茎是否被切断,采食处理都显著降低了空心莲子草克隆片段生物量,而显著增加了叶片数目。当切断匍匐茎连接时,采食处理使空心莲子草分株数目显著增加。本文得出的结论是：空心莲子草能较好地适应酸雨和采食的环境压力,当空心莲子草全部克隆分株遭受均质环境胁迫时,克隆整合并不能显著改善它的生长。     

基于能值生态足迹的粤港澳大湾区环境压力与经济发展脱钩效应

为了更好地反映区域可持续发展能力的问题,选取粤港澳大湾区作为研究区域,利用一套结合遥感技术方法的基于能量流的能值生态足迹模型,精确评估该地区1994—2018年的能值承载力、能值生态足迹以及环境压力的演变过程,并利用脱钩模型和对数平均迪氏指数(LMDI)分解模型进一步揭示经济增长方式对环境压力的影响程度和作用机制。结果显示:1)25年以来,在区域尺度,粤港澳大湾区环境压力增长了超过两倍,生态安全等级由较安全逐渐转变为轻度不安全。2)在城市尺度,珠海的环境压力在11个城市中最低,生态环境一直处于安全状态,与其相反的是佛山的环境压力很高,生态环境甚至由重度不安全恶化为极度不安全。而惠州生态安全等级变化最大,由安全转变为轻度不安全。3)生态安全等级的演变与产业结构和能源结构变化有着密切的关系,而与经济增长的关系则经历了弱脱钩到扩张型负脱钩到弱脱钩再到强脱钩的过程,可见环境压力受经济增长影响的作用在逐渐减弱,究其原因主要是人口密度下降所带来的人口效应和技术进步所带来的技术效应促进了环境压力脱钩。因此未来可以进一步通过合理控制建设用地扩张,大力发展科学技术,减少人口压力有效提高粤港澳大湾区的可持...     

两种抗旱剂对大叶黄杨光合特性的耦合效应

通过田间试验,研究了FA旱地龙和BGA两种新型抗旱剂对大叶黄杨叶片光合特性的耦合影响.结果表明:FA旱地龙和BGA均能使大叶黄杨叶片的气孔导度(g_s) 和蒸腾速率（T_r）缩小,净光合速率（P_n）和P_n/T_r增加;受BGA影响,FA旱地龙对未施用BGA叶片g_s和T_r的抑制作用比对施用BGA叶片的抑制作用显著;FA旱地龙对未施用BGA叶片的P_n和P_n/T_r有促进作用,对施用BGA叶片的P_n和P_n/T_r有抑制作用;FA旱地龙对未施用BGA叶片的作用时间明显比对施用BGA叶片的作用时间长.BGA对FA旱地龙作用效果的影响原因可能与BGA和植物本身的光合特性有关.未施用BGA大叶黄杨适宜的FA旱地龙喷施浓度为2 g·L^-1,FA旱地龙不适宜于施用BGA的大叶黄杨.     

植物叶的波动性不对称对空气污染的响应及其指示功能

植物发育的波动性不对称(fluctuating asymmetry,FA)与环境之间具有密切的关系。该研究以城市常用绿化树种大叶女贞(Ligustrum lucidum Ait.)和小叶女贞(Ligustrum quihoui Carr.)为对象,在西安市区9个空气质量监测点采集了两树种成熟叶片样品,以叶脉为对称轴测定叶左右两边的半宽度、半周长和半面积,计算其相应FA,考察植物叶片FA对空气环境条件变化的响应特征,探讨叶FA作为空气质量指标的可行性。结果表明:大叶女贞叶周长(FAP)、宽度(FAW)和面积(FAA)波动性不对称分别为0.051、0.063和0.082,小叶女贞分别为0.043、0.082和0.102,均以FAA最大,FAP最小;FAP、FAW和FAA在树种间、立地环境间均具有极显著的差异;两树种的FAP与空气中SO_2浓度之间存在显著相关性。可见,大叶女贞和小叶女贞叶的波动性不对称特征对不同环境条件具有敏感的反应,具有作为生物监测指标的潜力,但在合适监测物种和叶特征指标的选择、样本数确定以及FA与空气特征污染物的关系等方面有待深入探讨。     

黄腐酸对水稻幼苗根系生长的影响及其与生长素的关系北大核心CSCD

该研究以水稻品种‘宁粳6号’为材料,通过外源使用黄腐酸(FA)与生长素抑制剂共同处理水稻,探究FA对水稻根系生长的影响及其与生长素之间的关系。结果表明:(1)50~800 mg·L^(-1) FA处理水稻幼苗6 d后,当FA浓度超过100 mg·L^(-1)时显著促进水稻种子根的伸长生长;FA浓度超过400 mg·L^(-1)时,与对照组相比水稻的平均侧根长和侧根密度显著增加。(2)与对照相比,低浓度FA处理对水稻幼苗根尖生长素的含量无显著影响,但400 mg·L^(-1) FA处理后显著提高了内源生长素的含量。(3)3μmol·L^(-1)生长素合成抑制剂4-联苯硼酸(BBo)、4-苯氧基苯基硼酸(PPBo)或30μmol·L^(-1)生长素信号转导抑制剂2-(对-氯苯氧)-异丁酸(PCIB)处理均可显著抑制水稻根和侧根的发生;1μmol·L^(-1)生长素极性运输抑制剂三碘苯甲酸(TIBA)可显著抑制水稻种子根的伸长生长与侧根发生,但对侧根长度无显著作用。(4)FA与BBo或PPBo共同处理可显著抑制FA对水稻根系伸长生长与侧根发生的促进作用;TIBA和PCIB分别和FA共同处理水稻,可显著抑制FA对种子根伸长生长的促进作用,且PCIB可显著抑制FA对侧根发生的促进作用,但TIBA对此没有显著影响。研究发现,外源FA可能通过调控植物内源生长素的合成、极性运输或信号转导来调控水稻根的伸长生长和侧根的发育。     

The use of fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of environmentally induced developmental instability: A meta-analysis

Random and subtle deviations from bilateral symmetry (fluctuating asymmetry) have long been of interest to biologists who wish to study the susceptibility of organisms to changes in environmental quality. However, the reliability of FA as a biomarker has come under question due to inconsistent results in the literature. We conducted a meta-analysis of published literature to test the hypothesis that FA is a reliable biomarker of environmental stress in insects and identify possible sources of variation amongst studies. We expected studies to detect larger, positive magnitudes of effect on FA in lab populations due to the lack of confounding effects from other environmental factors compared to wild populations. Additionally, we predicted that studies that used geometric morphometric approaches to FA in shape and size would be more sensitive to changes in environmental quality compared to linear and meristic measures and thus show larger effects on FA. We also expected anthropogenic stressors to generate significantly larger effects on FA compared to naturally occurring stressors due to the organisms’ inability to buffer developmental pathways against a novel stressor. Finally, we predicted comparatively larger magnitudes of effect in studies that verified the environmental factor acting on the organism was a stressor by detecting negative effects on fitness-related traits. Overall, we found that FA is a sensitive biomarker of environmental stress. Environmental stressors explained 36% of the variation of effect on FA across studies. Studies that demonstrated a negative effect of the stressor on fitness-related traits showed significantly larger, positive magnitudes of effect on FA compared to studies that did not detect an effect from the environmental stressor. Additionally, studies conducted under laboratory conditions detected significantly larger, effects on FA compared to field-based studies. The kind of trait measured and the novelty of the stressor did not significantly account for differences amongst studies. Thus, the use of FA as a biomarker of environmental stress is a legitimate tool particularly when studies verify the biological relevance of stressors for the study organism.     

Fluctuating asymmetry as an ecological indicator of heavy metal stress in Lythrum salicaria

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), a measure of random deviation of organismal traits from perfect bilateral symmetry, can be induced by environmental and/or genetic stress. We have conducted a replicated experiment to test the effect of a locally abundant heavy metal pollutant, lead, on the FA of a common wetland invasive species, Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife). The exposure to lead significantly reduced the shoot length, number and length of leaves as well as the biomass, but increased FA of L. salicaria leaves. The investigation suggests that FA in L. salicaria may be used as an ecological indicator to identify environmental stress caused by certain heavy metal pollutants. However, more studies are needed for the use of FA in L. salicaria as a comprehensive tool for biomonitoring of a wider array of environmental pollutants.     

Is phenotypic canalization involved in the decline of the endemic Aquilegia thalictrifolia? Rethinking relationships between fluctuating asymmetry and species conservation status

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), the deviation from the normal symmetrical condition of a morphological trait having specific morphological symmetry, increases in response to environmental and genetic stress, is related to phenotypic plasticity and is considered a tool for monitoring a species conservation status. However, FA–stress relations are dependent on measured traits or species‐specific characteristics such as mating system and habitat. This study investigates the relationships between FA, genetic diversity, population size, density and individual fitness traits (plant height, fruit and seed set), in the endemic Aquilegia thalictrifolia, a mixed breeder that is declining, but maintaining high levels of heterozygosity. Leaf and flower FA and other traits were investigated in 10 populations of A. thalictrifolia, the whole species range. As a result, we found similar patterns of FA in leaves and flowers between populations, indicating a homogenous level of stress between populations that differed for other traits. FA and the other traits were not related, including heterozygosity. Heterozygosity was not related to individual fitness traits with the exception of plant height. In accordance with other studies, we found that the role of FA as a tool for assessing the conservation status of a species or population should be reconsidered. However, we conclude that a low level of FA should not automatically be considered an indicator of good conservation status or low level of stress, because in species that evolved in highly stable environments it may indicate a scarce ability to plastically respond to environmental changes, as a consequence of environmental and genetic canalization. Further investigation of this point is needed.     

Density dependence of developmental instability in a dimorphic ungulate

The use of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) for biomonitoring environmental stress is limited by the lack of work on how FA in particular traits responds to specific stresses. Here, by manipulating the number of individuals in an enclosed fallow deer (Dama dama) population, we describe, for the first time, clear density dependence in the FA of juvenile jaw morphology. The impact of high population density on FA was strong for both sexes, supporting the use of FA for indexing environmental stress. In addition, there was some indication that the change in FA was greater in males (43.6%) than females (28.5%). Finally, the ability to buffer density-dependent stress was independent of body condition. We suggest that, under highly limiting conditions, whole cohorts may be unable to buffer against developmental error, irrespective of individual quality.     

Environmental stress increases skeletal fluctuating asymmetry in the moor frog Rana arvalis

Whether fluctuating asymmetry (FA) provides a useful metric indicator of the degree of environmental stress experienced by populations is still a contentious issue. We investigated whether the degree of FA in skeletal elements is useful in elucidating the degree of environmental stress experienced by frog populations, and further, tested the proposition that a trait’s sensitivity to stress—as reflected in the degree of FA—is related to the degree of directional selection experienced by the given trait. We compared the degree of FA in four bilateral skeletal elements of male and female moor frogs (Rana arvalis) originating from low (acidified) and neutral pH populations. While the degree of uncorrected FA was unrelated to the degree of acidity, the growth rate and age of the individuals, the size-corrected FA was significantly higher in low than in neutral pH populations and decreased with individual ages and growth rates. In addition, both measures of FA were significantly higher in males and in particular in traits presumably under high sexual selection as indicated by the degree of sexual size dimorphism. All in all, the results indicate that individuals from acidified localities are smaller, younger and exhibit a significantly higher degree of FA than individuals from neutral pH populations. These results constitute the first assessment of FA in amphibians and suggest that the degree of FA in skeletal traits can be a useful indicator of the degree of environmental stress experienced by amphibian populations.     

Environmental stress as an indicator of anthropogenic impact across the African Albertine Rift: a case study using museum specimens

We examined fluctuating asymmetry (FA) and body condition (BC) as two measures of environmental stress using museum specimens of Lophuromys aquilus, a rodent species complex wide-spread across the African Albertine Rift. We related FA and BC to a spatially-derived index of anthropogenic impact using a principal components analysis (PCA). We found no relationship between the four PCA scores and mean FA or BC, but did find that FA variance was higher in areas with lower anthropogenic impact. There was also a negative, albeit non-significant, trend for PC3, suggesting that populations with higher than average BC were in areas with higher anthropogenic impact. Overall, our case study does not support FA and BC as effective predictors of environmental stress with low to moderate habitat disturbance. In fact, L. aquilus, as a habitat generalist, may be positively affected by some aspects of anthropogenic change. Studies relating environmental stress to anthropogenic impact should examine sites with a wide range of habitat qualities and human impact and utilize multiple measures of environmental stress to characterize the health of one or more populations.     

Temperature and genotypic effects on life history and fluctuating asymmetry in a field strain of Culex pipiens

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been proposed as a tool to measure levels of stress experienced by populations of organisms during development. To be of value as a bio-marker to highlight conditions at particular sites, it is important that variation in FA is due to environmental (eg pollution) variation and not genetic variation among populations and families, in other words heritability for FA should be very close to zero. A full-sib design was set up in which families of Culex pipiens mosquitoes collected from the field were reared at three different developmental temperatures. The effects of temperature and family on developmental rate, egg to adult survival and four wing morphological measures were assessed. There was both a temperature and a family effect on development rate and survival. Temperature affected all four wing traits, but an influence of family was only evident in two of the wing traits. Two separate measures of FA for each of the wing traits were obtained. The mean estimates of FA were mainly around 1% of the value of the character measured. There was evidence of an increase in FA with increase in temperature stress. Heritability was estimated for the wing traits and wing trait FA's using restricted estimation maximum likelihood. The estimates of heritability for the wing traits were small and, individually, did not differ significantly from zero. There was also no evidence of heritable genetic variation for any of the wing trait FA's. The results are discussed in relation to other studies where FA heritabilities have been estimated and in relation to the use of FA as an indicator of environmental stress.     

What does sexual trait FA tell us about stress?

There is widespread acceptance that fluctuating asymmetry (FA) increases under environmental and genetic stress. Fluctuating asymmetry in sexual traits is thought to be particularly sensitive to stress and to reflect genetic and phenotypic quality. Recent experimental studies show that the relationship between FA and stress is inconsistent, and there is little evidence that sexual traits are especially responsive to stress.     

Lizards from Urban Areas Are More Asymmetric: Using Fluctuating Asymmetry to Evaluate Environmental Disturbance

The increase in human activities that leads to wildlife decline and species extinction poses an urgent need for simple indicators of environmental stress in animal populations. Several studies have suggested that fluctuating asymmetry (FA) can be an easy, direct measure of developmental instability because it is associated to environmental stress and, as such, it can be a useful indicator of population disturbance. We examined three different morphological traits in urban and rural populations of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) to test whether anthropogenic disturbance causes an increase in FA. Compared to rural populations, urban ones showed higher levels of FA in all analyzed traits, thus providing evidence that FA can respond to anthropogenic disturbance. However, we also found significant differences in FA among traits, where femoral pores and subdigital lamellae, traits with a functional relevance, were more stable developmentally compared to supracilliar granules which have no evident function. Unsigned FA [abs(right-left)] exhibited significant, but weak, positive correlations among traits, indicating that developmental noise does not have a uniform effect across characters and thus questioning the view of developmental stability as an organism-wide property. The degree of signed FA (right-left) was more similar between structurally associated traits, possibly as an outcome of morphological integration. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that FA can be a reliable indicator of disturbance provided that it is analyzed on multiple traits simultaneously and examined at the population level.     

Does stress mess with rodents’ heads? Influence of habitat amount and genetic factors in mandible fluctuating asymmetry in South American water rats (Nectomys squamipes,Sigmodontinae) from Brazilian Atlantic rainforest remnants

Loss of developmental stability can lead to deviations from bilateral symmetry (i.e. Fluctuating Asymmetry ‐ FA), and is thought to be caused by environmental and genetic factors associated with habitat loss and stress. Therefore, levels of FA might be a valuable tool to monitor wild populations if FA serves as an indicator of exposure to stress due to impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation. In studies examining FA and habitat fragmentation, FA levels are often explained by loss of genetic variation, though few studies have addressed FA’s use as indicator of environmental impact. Here, we investigated whether habitat loss, genetic variation, and/or inbreeding affect the developmental instability in Brazilian Atlantic forest populations of a Neotropical water rat (Nectomys squamipes). We sampled individuals from eight sites within Atlantic forest remnants with different amounts of available forest habitat and assessed FA levels with geometric morphometric techniques using adult mandibles. We used observed heterozygosity (H_o) and inbreeding coefficient (F_is), from seven microsatellite markers, as a proxy of genetic variation at individual and population levels. Populations were not significantly different for shape or size FA levels. Furthermore, interindividual variation in both shape and size FA levels and interpopulational differences in size FA levels were best explained by chance. However, habitat amount was negatively associated with both interpopulational variance and average shape FA levels. This association was stronger in populations living in areas with <28% of forest cover, which presented higher variance and higher average FA, suggesting that Nectomys squamipes might have a tolerance threshold to small availability of habitat. Our work is one of the first to use FA to address environmental stress caused by habitat loss in small mammal populations from a Neotropical biome. We suggest that shape FA might serve as a conservation tool to monitor human impact on natural animal populations.