东灵山辽东栎林啮齿动物群落组成及多样性

1999～ 2 0 0 1年采用标记重捕法对东灵山小龙门林场辽东栎林啮齿动物群落进行了 1 2次调查。共布 2 93 6笼日 ,捕得啮齿动物 2 68只 ,平均捕获率为 9%。啮齿动物群落包括三科四属 ,由朝鲜姬鼠(Apodemuspeninsulae)、社鼠 (Niviventerconfucianus)、棕背 (Clethrionomysrufocanus)和花鼠 (Eotamiassibiricus)组成 ,分别占群落的 85 5 %、8 6%、3 0 %和 2 6%;朝鲜姬鼠为优势鼠种。标记重捕调查表明朝鲜姬鼠重捕率无性别差异 (t =0 91 3 ,P >0 0 5 )。啮齿动物物种多样性指数和均匀度指数均呈“低 高 低”年间波动趋势 ,差异不显著 (t=0 1 65 ,P >0 0 5 ) ;生态优势度指数变化趋势反之 ,样地间无显著差异(t=0 0 64,P >0 0 5 )。可以认为该地区辽东栎林中啮齿动物群落结构较稳定。     

啮齿动物的巢区面积估算法

巢区(Home range)是动物在其巢附近进行取食、生殖、育幼等日常活动的区域(Burt 1940)。标志流放法是应用最广的调查啮齿动物巢区的方法,尤其是按方格式布笼。但对同一野外调查结果,由于估算方法不同,巢区估算值相差很大,并且至今尚无学者提出一致公认的估算法。1980年5-10月,我们在青海省门源县的高寒草甸生态系统定位站调查根田鼠的巢区,按多种估算法对同一批实际调查结果估计了巢区面积,并对结果进行了分析比较,检查其特点和优缺点,并提出修正平均值法,作为我们今后讨论根田鼠巢区动态的基础。 对方格式布笼的调查结果进行巢区的估算方法,基本上分二大类,图形法和概率性模型法。图形法是按照捕点分布划出巢区,并直接求出巢区面积,如最小面积法,包括或不包括周边地带法,最大距离法和复合散布图法。     

海南吊罗山国家级自然保护区黄额闭壳龟种群密度调查

2005年7～9月(雨季)和2006年2～4月(旱季),对海南吊罗山国家级自然保护区海拔900～1100 m地区的黄额闭壳龟Cuora galbinifrons种群密度进行了调查.在调查样区内根据植被类型随机选取6个调查样区,424个布笼点,6360个笼捕日,调查面积6.36 km2,捕获黄额闭壳龟5只,其中,人工林中...     

种群密度调查——标志重捕法的模拟实验

种群密度是生物种群最基本的数量特征．标志重捕法是估算动物种群密度的常用方法．在野生动物保护、农林业害虫、害兽的监控与防治、渔业资源的评估、利用与保护上有重要应用。鉴于在中学现有条件下。对兽鸟鱼虫进行实际的标志重捕实验难以展开,在新课程教学实践中,我们反复研究了几种版本中标志重捕法的说明,设计并实施了如下标志重捕法的模拟实验,教学效果反馈很好。     

Jolly—Seber法中种群存活率估算的探讨

在Jolly-Seber法中,存活率为其核心参数之一。一些作者指出,采用Jolly-Seber法估算标志重捕数据有时候会出现存活率大于1的情形。本文就这一情形做了相应的分析,认为产生这一现象的原因为标志个体间不具有等捕性或等存活率所致。在设计标志重捕取样的野外调查中,应设法提高重捕率以增加估计精度。     

Jolly-Seber法中种群存活率估算的探讨

在Jolly Seber法中 ,存活率为其核心参数之一。一些作者指出 ,采用Jolly Seber法估算标志重捕数据有时候会出现存活率大于 1的情形。本文就这一情形做了相应的分析 ,认为产生这一现象的原因为标志个体间不具有等捕性或等存活率所致。在设计标志重捕取样的野外调查中 ,应设法提高重捕率以增加估计精度     

八大公山自然保护区地栖性小兽多样性初步研究

湖南省八大公山自然保护区自1982年设立以来, 尚未进行过兽类资源的深入研究。为此, 作者于2012年9–10月, 采用笼捕法、陷阱法和红外相机法等对保护区内森林动态永久监测样地及周边常见植被类型中的地栖性小型兽类多样性进行了初步研究。共捕获小型兽类12种, 其中啮齿目8种, 食虫目4种。结合以往记录, 该保护区现已记录的小型兽类有20种, 而本次调查新增分布记录物种6种, 即黑腹绒鼠(Eothenomys melanogaster)、猪尾鼠(Typhlomys cinereus)、中华姬鼠(Apodemus draco)、四川短尾鼩(Anourosorex squamipes)、灰黑齿鼩鼱(Blarinella griselda)和藏鼩鼱(Sorex thibetanus)。陷阱法所捕获个体的体重显著小于笼捕法。此外, 不同生境类型对小兽多样性有重要影响。建议综合采用多种调查方法对整个保护区兽类多样性资源进行深入监测与研究。     

吉林长白山北坡天然林鼠害调查

吉林省长白山北坡天然林是我国重要的红松Pinus koraiensis种源基地,近年鼠害严重。2015年4—6月、9—10月,在阔叶林、针阔混交林、针叶林、暗针叶林及岳桦Betula ermanii林中调查鼠害发生情况,统计危害发生的树种和部位,并在危害发生林型中采用笼捕法和陷阱法调查鼠类的组成。结果表明:1)鼠害主要发生在春季海拔800~1 100 m的针阔混交林;2)受害树种主要为椴树Tilia tuan(3.61%±1.05%)、假色槭Acer pseudo-sieboldianum(3.00%±0.63%)、红松(1.73%±0.31%)、色木槭A.mono(1.28%±0.14%)等重要经济林木,受害部位主要集中于林木基部(58.90%)和裸露根部(37.99%);3)长白山北坡林区春季鼠类捕获率较高,秋季较低;4)捕获的主要鼠种为棕背Myodes rufocanus、朝鲜姬鼠Apodemus peninsulae和红背M.rutilus,陷阱法对棕背的捕获率远高于笼捕法,但对朝鲜姬鼠和红背的捕获率较笼捕法低。     

应用阳离子磁珠捕集法快速检测奶粉中阪崎肠杆菌

目的:研究应用阳离子磁珠捕集法检测奶粉中阪崎肠杆菌,缩短阪崎肠杆菌检测周期,提高效率.方法:对阳离子磁珠捕集法检测阪崎肠杆菌的检测限和抗干扰性进行了实验,并通过检测乳粉样品与传统培养法相进行比较.结果:阳离子磁珠捕集法检测阪崎肠杆菌的检测限达到20～30 CFU/250ml,抗干扰性能强,检测周期比传统培养法缩短28 h～36 h,检测结果与传统培养法保持一致.结论:应用阳离子磁珠捕集法检测奶粉中的阪崎肠杆菌的方法是完全可行的.     

Jolly-Seber法对大仓鼠和黑线仓鼠种群若干参数的估算

本文利用Jolly-Seber法估算了1986和1988年河北省饶阳县大仓鼠和黑线仓鼠的种群大小、存留率等参数。结果表明,大仓鼠的存留率比黑线仓鼠小,而且和密度负相关。大仓鼠和黑线仓鼠对铁丝活捕笼均不存在非等捕性。该方法对大仓鼠和黑线仓鼠种群参数估计是可行的。     

Numerical simulation of local blood flow in the carotid and cerebral arteries under altered gravity

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach was presented to model the blood flows in the carotid bifurcation and the brain arteries under altered gravity. Physical models required for CFD simulation were introduced including a model for arterial wall motion due to fluid-wall interactions, a shear thinning fluid model of blood, a vascular bed model for outflow boundary conditions, and a model for autoregulation mechanism. The three-dimensional unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with these models were solved iteratively using the pseudocompressibility method and dual time stepping. Gravity source terms were added to the Navier-Stokes equations to take the effect of gravity into account. For the treatment of complex geometry, a chimera overset grid technique was adopted to obtain connectivity between arterial branches. For code validation, computed results were compared with experimental data for both steady-state and time-dependent flows. This computational approach was then applied to blood flows through a realistic carotid bifurcation and two Circle of Willis models, one using an idealized geometry and the other using an anatomical data set. A three-dimensional Circle of Willis configuration was reconstructed from subject-specific magnetic resonance images using an image segmentation method. Through the numerical simulation of blood flow in two model problems, namely, the carotid bifurcation and the brain arteries, it was observed that the altered gravity has considerable effects on arterial contraction/dilatation and consequent changes in flow conditions.     

A comparison of trunk muscle activation: Ab Circle vs. traditional modalities

The purpose of this study was to compare the activation of the rectus abdominis (RA), external oblique abdominis (EO), lower abdominal stabilizers (LASs), and lumbar erector spinae (LES) during performance of 3 traditional trunk exercises vs. exercise on the Ab Circle device. Surface electromyography was used to assess 12 subjects (6 men, 6 women) for 6 exercise conditions, including: abdominal crunch, side bridge, quadruped, and Ab Circle levels 1-3. For the RA, the abdominal crunch elicited significantly greater activity vs. the Ab Circle level 1, and the side bridge elicited significantly greater activity vs. the Ab Circle levels 1 and 2. For the EO, the side bridge elicited significantly greater activity vs. the quadruped. No significant differences were noted between conditions for the LASs. For the LES, the side bridge and quadruped elicited significantly greater activity vs. the abdominal crunch. The results of this study indicate that the anterior, posterior, and lateral trunk musculature can be activated to similar or even greater levels by performing the 3 traditional trunk exercises vs. the Ab Circle. This was particularly evident for the side bridge exercise, which elicited significantly greater activity of the RA vs. the Ab Circle levels 1 and 2, and elicited similar activity of the EO, LASs, and LES at all 3 Ab Circle levels.     

Numerical models of auto-regulation and blood flow in the cerebral circulation

A two-dimensional time-dependent computational fluid dynamics model of the Circle of Willis has been developed. To simulate, not only the peripheral resistance of the cerebrovascular tree but also its auto-regulation function, a new "active" boundary condition has been defined and developed using control theory to provide a model of the feedback mechanism. The model was then used to simulate different common abnormalities of the Circle of Willis while a pressure drop, simulating a rapid compression of the right internal carotid artery, was imposed. Test results using a simple tube compared excellently with experiment. The total time-dependent flux for each efferent artery was tabulated and showed the important relationship between geometrical variations in the Circle of Willis and the auto-regulation of blood flow by vascular vaso-dilation and contraction. From this study, it was found that the worst case seemed to be that of a missing or dysfunctional right A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery. The use of valid physiological models of the peripheral resistance allows for more realistic models of the blood flow in the Circle whilst allowing an easy extension to 3D patient specific simulations.     

Numerical Models of Auto-regulation and Blood Flow in the Cerebral Circulation

A two-dimensional time-dependent computational fluid dynamics model of the Circle of Willis has been developed. To simulate, not only the peripheral resistance of the cerebrovascular tree but also its auto-regulation function, a new "active" boundary condition has been defined and developed using control theory to provide a model of the feedback mechanism. The model was then used to simulate different common abnormalities of the Circle of Willis while a pressure drop, simulating a rapid compression of the right internal carotid artery, was imposed. Test results using a simple tube compared excellently with experiment. The total time-dependent flux for each efferent artery was tabulated and showed the important relationship between geometrical variations in the Circle of Willis and the auto-regulation of blood flow by vascular vaso-dilation and contraction. From this study, it was found that the worst case seemed to be that of a missing or dysfunctional right A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery. The use of valid physiological models of the peripheral resistance allows for more realistic models of the blood flow in the Circle whilst allowing an easy extension to 3D patient specific simulations.     

A second species of Arctic shark: Pacific sleeper shark<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Somniosus pacificus</Emphasis> from Point Hope,Alaska

We report a dead, 229-cm-long Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, discovered in 1998 along the shore at Point Hope, Alaska. This is the first definitive record of this species from within the Arctic Circle, the first definitive report of a shark from the Chukchi Sea, and the first report of a shark other than a Greenland shark from within the Arctic Circle.A. Kowunna Sr. is deceased     

Construction, replication, and chromatin structure of TRP1 RI circle, a multiple-copy synthetic plasmid derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosomal DNA.

Transformation studies with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (bakers' yeast) have identified DNA sequences which permit extrachromosomal maintenance of recombinant DNA plasmids in transformed cells. It has been hypothesized that such sequences (called ARS for autonomously replicating sequence) serve as initiation sites for DNA replication in recombinant DNA plasmids and that they represent the normal sites for initiation of replication in yeast chromosomal DNA. We have constructed a novel plasmid called TRP1 R1 Circle which consists solely of 1,453 base pairs of yeast chromosomal DNA. TRP1 RI Circle contains both the TRP1 gene and a sequence called ARS1. This plasmid is found in 100 to 200 copies per cell and is relatively stable during both mitotic and meiotic cell cycles. Replication of TRP1 RI Circle requires the products of the same genes (CDC28, CDC4, CDC7, and CDC8) required for replication of chromosomaL DNA. Like chromosomal DNA, its replication does not occur in cells arrested in the B1 phase of the cell cycle by incubation with the yeast pheromone alpha-factor. In addition, TRP1 RI Circle DNA is organized into nucleosomes whose size and spacing are indistinguishable from that of bulk yeast chromatin. These results indicate that TRP1 RI Circle has the replicative and structural properties expected for an origin of replication from yeast chromosomal DNA. Thus, this plasmid is a suitable model for further studies of yeast DNA replication in both cells and cell-free extracts.     

New modified Square Root and Schoolfield models for predicting bacterial growth rate as a function of temperature

Summary A new modified Square Root model and two new modified Schoolfield models were evaluated for their ability to predict the growth rate ofYersinia enterocolitica as a function of temperature. The new Square Root model fits the data better than both the original Square Root model and the Zwietering Square Root model. Both new Schoolfield models, a six-and a four-parameter equation, fit the data better than the original Schoolfield model. The new four-parameter Schoolfield model was developed by removing the term describing low temperature inactivation from the new six-parameter Schoolfield model. Inclusion of the two extra parameters in the new six-parameter Schoolfield model (F=318) did not significantly improve the fit compared to the new fourparameter Schoolfield model (F=488).     

Bilingual Education: A Dialogue with the Bakhtin Circle.

Bilingual Education: A Dialogue with the Bakhtin Circle. Marcia Moraes. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. 159 pp.     

Animal navigation: northern exposure

A recent study has found that sparrows moved gradually east above the Arctic Circle completely altered their migration strategy after encountering the massive natural change in declination near the magnetic pole. This should not happen--or should it?     

The effect of positive pressure breathing on the cerebral circulation and the content of catecholamines in hypothalamus and adrenals

Arterial pressures in the Circle of Willis were measured in dogs subjected to positive pressure breathing. Catecholamines in hypothalamus and adrenals were measured in sacrificed animals. Pathologic changes in brain tissue were demonstrated. Pressure changes and catecholamine variations are discussed.