青海湖裸鲤体腔寄生蠕虫群落研究

青海湖裸鲤体腔为三种寄生蠕虫寄生,即裂头绦虫裂头蚴,舌状绦虫裂头蚴和对盲囊缄虫的三期幼虫,这几种蠕虫不同大小的青海湖裸鲤中数量差异很大,将其看作一个组分群落,并根据其发生数量进行模糊聚类和极点排序,结果将其分为二个亚组分群落,即体长小于１５０ｍｍ的青海湖裸鲤体腔蠕虫亚组分群落和体长大于１５０ｍｍ的个体的体腔蠕虫亚组分群落。这与宿主的行为和食性改变有密切关系,舌状绦虫与另两种蠕虫间有显著负协调关系。     

青海湖裸鲤性腺发育的组织学研究

采用石蜡组织切片法,对青海湖裸鲤的性腺发育进行组织学研究,系统地描述了各期卵巢和精巢的形态结构、特征及变化。结果表明:(1)青海湖裸鲤性腺的发育可分为六个时期,卵母细胞从第3时相发育到第4时相基本同步。第Ⅳ期末卵巢,第4时相卵母细胞的卵径大小比较整齐,卵径平均值为2.3mm,第4时相卵母细胞占切面上卵数的85%以上,占切片面积的96%以上,第2、3时相卵母细胞已很少;(2)产后卵巢的组织结构逐步由第Ⅵ期回复到第Ⅱ期,再由第Ⅱ期到第Ⅲ期向第Ⅳ期过渡;(3)性成熟个体有68.12%的雌鱼和83.9%的雄鱼以第Ⅳ期性腺越冬,另有21.01%的雌鱼和10.7%的雄鱼以第Ⅲ期性腺越冬,还有10.87%的雌鱼和5.4%的雄鱼以第Ⅱ期性腺越冬。根据青海湖裸鲤各季节性腺发育情况,作者认为青海湖裸鲤已达到性成熟的个体并不是每年都参与繁殖活动,存在生殖间断性。这反映了青海湖裸鲤的繁殖习性对高原寒冷多变气候的适应性。还对卵黄核和核仁在卵黄形成中的作用以及青海湖裸鲤的产卵类型和生殖间断性进行了讨论。     

五条河流青海湖裸鲤的同工酶变异

为全面了解青海湖裸鲤遗传多样性现状,采用水平淀粉凝胶电泳技术分析了青海湖裸鲤[样品采自青海湖的五条支流,分别为泉吉河(QJ)、沙柳河(SL)、哈尔盖河(HEG)、布哈河(BH)以及甘子河(GZ)]的13种同工酶,共记录26个位点,统计了基因频率,计算了其遗传多样性。结果表明:26个基因位点中多态位点6个,分别为Pgm、Hk、Cat、Gdh、Es-t1、S-Mdh,多态位点比例(P0.99)为23.08%,表明青海湖裸鲤的五个群体皆具有较高的遗传多样性水平;分别计算了五个群体的平均杂合度(H)为0.1161(HEG)、0.1178(GZ)、0.1304(SL)、0.1305(BH)、0.1287(QJ),多态位点比例(Ae)分别为1.3112(BH)、1.3069(SL)、1.2542(GZ)、1.2492(HEG)、1.2453(QJ);除泉吉河群体外,其它四个群体的遗传偏离指数均为负数,表明多数群体处于一定程度的杂合子缺失状态;计算了五个群体间的遗传距离以及遗传相似度,结果显示群体间遗传距离与遗传相似度与各个河流的地理位置具有很强的相关性;根据五个群体的遗传距离进行了聚类分析,通过构建系统树图将其基本分为两大种群,甘子河与哈尔盖河两群体为一类群,另外三个群体分为一个类群;计算群体间的基因流(Nm)为7.2013,说明河道之间具有较为广泛的基因交流,并计算了两两群体间的基因流,其中布哈河群体与其它群体间的基因交流都较为广泛。     

青海湖裸鲤生长特征的研究

对2002年5月—2003年7月采自青海湖的1174尾青海湖裸鲤样本年龄进行了耳石鉴定,并依据年龄推算了生长率。青海湖裸鲤体长与体重的关系为:W=0.000174×L2.4990(♀)、W=0.0000402×L2.7538(♂),雌、雄个体生长差异显著。其体长Von Bertalanffy生长方程为:Lt=551.9301(1-e-0.0711(t 0.3044))(♀),Lt=682.8688(1-e-0.0530(t 0.4240))(♂);体重Von Bertalanffy生长方程为:Wt=1237.3431(1-e-0.0711(t 0.3044))2.4990(♀),Wt=2567.3242×(1-e-0.0530(t 0.4240))2.7538(♂)。其雌、雄生长拐点分别为12.57龄和18.67龄。     

6个地区青海湖裸鲤肌肉营养成分分析

采用常规生化分析方法,测定青海湖6个不同地区的青海湖裸鲤(Gymnocypris przew alskii)肌肉主要营养成分,对其营养价值进行评价。结果表明,淡水青海湖裸鲤肌肉中脂肪含量显著大于(P<0.05)其他5个地区,蛋白含量显著大于(P<0.05)黑马河青海湖裸鲤肌肉的蛋白含量,6个地区青海湖裸鲤肌肉营养成分存在一定的地区差异。总体上,青海湖裸鲤肌肉(鲜样)中粗蛋白含量为17.26%~18.87%;粗脂肪含量为1.51%~3.37%;灰分含量为1.42%~1.61%;18种氨基酸总量15.48%~17.16%,其中除色氨酸外7种人体必需氨基酸总量6.38%~7.05%,4种鲜味氨基酸总量5.82%~6.49%。青海湖裸鲤肌肉中蛋白质含量较高,氨基酸种类齐全,必需氨基酸与鲜味氨基酸含量较高,尤其是淡水青海湖裸鲤品质更佳,淡水的生态环境可能更适合青海湖裸鲤的生长。     

青海湖裸鲤mtDNA遗传多样性的初步研究

本用Bcl、AvaⅠ,BamHⅠ,PstⅠ,KpnⅠ,PvuⅡ共6种限制性内切核酶,分析了15尾青海湖裸鲤mtDNA的限制片段长度多态性,共检测出20个酶切位点,发现BclⅠ,BamHⅠ和PvuⅡ三种酶切类型具有多态性。根据不同个体mtDNA的酶切类,青海湖裸鲤存在4种mtDNA单位型,计算mtDNA多态度π值为0．0043,初步认为青海湖裸鲤在线粒体DNA上存在较丰富的群体内变异。     

青海湖不同支流中青海湖裸鲤的AFLP遗传多样性分析

为研究青海湖不同支流中青海湖裸鲤(Gymnocypris przewalskii)群体间的遗传差异,我们对采自于不同支流中的群体进行了扩增片段长度多态性分析(AFLP)。应用10对多态性引物在6个青海湖裸鲤群体中共扩增位点348个,其中多态性位点184个,多态性条带占总扩增条带的比例为52.9%;筛选得到79个特异位点,构建了AFLP指纹图谱,根据谱带特征可以将不同支流中的青海湖裸鲤准确区分。遗传聚类分析对比结果表明:当遗传相似系数为0.87时,将六条河流的裸鲤归为为四支,沙柳河、甘子河、黑马河各归一支,哈尔盖河、泉吉河、布哈河为同一支。研究结果为青海湖裸鲤遗传多样性检测和亲本选育提供了技术参数,对青海湖裸鲤资源保护和人工增殖放流工作中野生亲鱼的选择策略具有指导意义。     

青海湖裸鲤寄生舌状绦虫的空间格局研究

舌状绦虫裂头蚴只寄生在体长小于２２０ｍｍ的青海湖裸鲤中,其种群在宿主种群中呈聚集分布。其聚集分布的强度随寄生虫种群平均密度的增加而降低。由于舌状绦虫在宿主体腔生长,产生明显的空间拥挤效应,可能导致宿主死亡或被食鱼鸟类捕食而转移到终末宿主中。在体长小于１２０ｍｍ的宿主中,密度依赖的死亡过程可能是使聚集强度降低的原因;而体长１４０－２００ｍｍ的鱼中,则是非密度依赖的全死过程使聚集强度增加．     

青海湖裸鲤寄生对盲囊线虫的种群生态研究

对盲囊线虫的三期幼虫寄生在青海湖裸鲁的体腔,以扁平的透明薄囊包被,附于肠壁和肠系膜间,其种群平均密度随突主体长的增加呈指数形式增加,寄生虫种群在突主种群中呈聚集分布,且其聚集强度随寄生虫的种群平均密度增加而增加。这种分布形式与其第一中间突主锯缘真剑水蚤在青海湖中分布的不均匀性和鱼类宿主在生长过程中的食性分化有关。具体机制无法用数学模式描述,感染率的显著增加引起分布的聚集强度降低。     

Hydroacoustic study of spatial and temporal distribution of Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler, 1876) in Qinghai Lake, China

Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler 1876) is an endangered and state-protected rare fish species in Qinghai Lake, China. To further understand the life history and distribution of this fish, five surveys were carried out in Qinghai Lake between 2002–2006. Results of these surveys indicate that fishes were predominantly distributed about 2 m under the surface. In July, significant differences in fish density were found between surface and bottom layers (P = 0.001), and/or between middle and bottom layers (P = 0.025). Fish density was the greatest in the surface layer. In August and October, no significant differences were found between the different layers, but the bottom layer had a greater fish density. Furthermore, there were very large differences among different zones in fish distribution density. Differences in horizontal distribution were not significantly correlated to factors such as water depth and inshore distance, possibly because of very low and uniform fish density. Feeding, changes in water temperature, over-wintering and spawning appeared to influence fish distribution. Hydroacoustic estimates of G. przewalskii biomass in Qinghai Lake increased significantly between 2002 and 2006. We attribute this increase to the management measures put in place to protect this species.     

青海湖裸鲤体外肝胰细胞原代与传代培养

采用组织块移植培养技术,分别用DMEM和RPM11640培养基对青海湖裸鲤肝胰组织细胞进行原代培养。培养48h组织块周围有细胞迁出,并形成生长晕。培养一周可形成单层细胞。对原代培养的单层细胞用胰蛋白酶-EDTA消化后,传代培养至第四代。确立青海湖裸鲤肝胰细胞培养条件为：培养基为DMEM,培养温度为27℃,pH值为7．0—7．5,原代培养血清浓度为20％,传代培养的血清浓度为10％,无需通入CO2和添加细胞生长因子。     

Life History Studies on the Genus Trillium (Liliaceae) I. Reproductive Biology of Four Japanese Species

Abstract Four Japanese Trillium (Liliaceae) species which are representative perennial herbs of the temperate deciduous forests— Trillium kamtschaticum (2x), T. apetalon (4x), T. tschonoskii (4x) and T. smallii (6x)—were studied for their reproductive characteristics, e.g., patterns of reproductive resource allocation and reproductive output.
In spite of the differences in ploidy levels (from 2x to 6x), all four species showed very similar reproductive traits. It became evident that in response to the increase in reproductive allocation to total reproductive organs (RA), the number of seeds produced per plant (P_N) clearly increased. This trend is well in accord with the relationship found in four North American species and also several temperate woodland perennial herbs which occur in closed, stable and predictable environments, and possess typical xenogamous breeding systems. Although there is no conspicuous trend between ploidy levels and P_N, one of the significant differences noted in this study was in seed weight, which ranged from 2.93 mg in diploids, to 3.42–3.45 mg in tetraploids, and to 4.47 mg in hexaploids.     

Life History Traits of Two Chaetonotids (Gastrotricha) Under Different Experimental Conditions

Summary

A marine and a freshwater species of Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha) were reared under laboratory conditions. Their life tables and principal demographic parameters were determined at 2 different temperatures (20°and 25°C). At 25°C the data relative to the marine species were collected from 5 cohorts kept at 5 different salinity levels (15, 25, 35, 45, 55°/oo).

A higher temperature increases reproductive activity while shortening its duration in both species, whereas the length of the lifespan remains unaffected. Extreme salinity values (15 and 55°/oo) reduce the maximum longevity of the marine species and have opposite effects on reproductive activity, which is higher at low salinity and becomes lower at high salinity. The postparthenogenetic phase is remarkably long relative to the life cycle: this was observed in all experimental conditions and may be related to the existence of a second reproductive phase, which is hermaphroditic and follows the parthenogenetic one, as recently postulated from morphological data.     

The Combined Effects of Food and Temperature on the Life History Parameters of Brachionus patulusMULLER (Rotifera)

The combined effects of different levels of temperature (15°, 25° and 35°C) and food Chlorella (1,2 and 4 × 10⁶ cells/ml) on the life history parameters (lifespan, life expectancy, net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase, developmental time, and generation time) of a laboratory population of the rotifer Brachionus patulus were investigated. Both food and temperature, independently and in interaction, significantly influenced nearly all the parameters. The reproductive performance was a direct function of the food level, but the magnitude of food effect was temperature-dependent. The observed temperature × food interaction effects are explained in terms of the energetics of resource apportionment between metabolism and reproduction.     

Experimental Life History and Biological Characteristics of Fasciola gigantica (Digenea: Fasciolidae)

This study was conducted to investigate the life history, morphology, and maturation of larval stages and adult worms of Fasciola gigantica in experimental mice. Lymnaea auricularia rubiginosa was used as the intermediate host, and Oryza sativa was used for encystment of the metacercariae, while Mus musculus was used as the definitive host for maturation study. Fresh eggs from the gall bladder of water buffaloes fully developed into embryonated ones and hatched out at days 11-12 after incubation at about 29ºC. Free-swimming miracidia rapidly penetrated into the snail host, and gradually developed into the next larval stages; sporocyst, redia, and daughter redia with cercariae. Fully-developed cercariae were separated from the redia and shed from the snails on day 39 post-infection (PI). Free-swimming cercariae were immediately allowed to adhere to rice plants, and capsules were constructed to protect metacercariae on rice plants. Juvenile worms were detected in intestines of mice at days 3 and 6 PI, but they were found in the bile duct from day 9 PI. Juvenile and adult flukes were recovered from 16 mice experimentally infected with metacercariae, with the average recovery rate of 35.8%. Sexually mature adult flukes were recovered from day 42 PI. It could be confirmed that experimentally encysted metacercariae could infect and develop to maturity in the experimental host. The present study reports for the first time the complete life history of F. gigantica by an experimental study in Thailand. The obtained information can be used as a guide for prevention, elimination, and treatment of F. gigantica at environment and in other hosts.     

Predaceous Behavior and Life History of Odontopharynx longicaudata (Diplogasterida)

The behavior of a California isolate of the predaceous nematode, Odontopharynx longicaudata de Man, was studied in water agar culture. When feeding on an Acrobeloides sp. the predator completed its life cycle in 13 to 14 days at 25 C. Optimum temperature for reproduction of the predator was 25 C, few individuals survived at 10 C, and 30 C was lethal. Males were necessary for reproduction, and at 25 C the sex ratio was about 1:1. All postembryonic stages were voracious feeders. A single female predator consumed 30 individuals of another Acrobeloides sp. in 1.5 days. Juveniles must feed in order to complete their development. Three modes of feeding were observed depending on the prey selected. A high degree of prey selectivity occurred; 6 of 17 nematode prey species were readily consumed by the predator, but there was little or no feeding on the remaining 11 species. Predation percentage varied with prey species. Consumption of Anguina pacificae and the two Acrobeloides spp. was almost 100%, consumption of A. amsinckiae, Pratylenchus vulnus, and Trichodorus sp. was 70-78%. Difference in final predator population densities was obtained after feeding on the two species of Acrobeloides. Final predator population densities increased linearly with increasing inoculum levels of the first Acrobeloides sp.