2010-2019年不同海湾迁徙水鸟栖息地适宜性变化对比研究

滨海湿地是迁徙水鸟的重要迁飞通道和主要栖息地,评估沿海迁徙水鸟栖息地适宜性及变化态势能为栖息地的合理规划与管理提供科学参考,对迁徙水鸟的保护有重要意义。选择紧邻城市和乡村的深圳湾和雷州湾为研究区,在水鸟栖息地生态系统类型分类的基础上,通过层次分析法确定水鸟栖息地适宜性评价因子,设计栖息地、食物、水分、人类干扰条件及其子类的权重,对栖息地适宜性进行等级划分,分析比较2010-2019年迁徙水鸟栖息地适宜性的时空分布差异,探索适宜性变化差异的原因并给出合理化建议。结果表明：（1）2010-2019年深圳湾有193.4 hm²强干扰区域转变化为中等及弱干扰;雷州湾有16.36 hm²的中等干扰转化为弱、无干扰;（2）深圳湾栖息地适宜性以中等适宜类型为主,2010年和2019年面积占比分别为83.74%和88.71%;雷州湾栖息地适宜性主要以较适宜和中等适宜类型为主,2010年面积占比为86.72%,2010-2019年面积占比基本不变,总体适宜性高于深圳湾。（3）2010-2019年,深圳湾不适宜和较适宜面积分别减少245.54 hm²和26.37 hm²,均转化为中等适宜类型;雷州湾有24.31 hm²的中等和较适宜栖息地转化为适宜类型。     

Dominant role of local dipoles in stabilizing uncompensated charges on a sulfate sequestered in a periplasmic active transport protein.

Electrostatic interactions are among the key factors determining the structure and function of proteins. Here we report experimental results that illuminate the functional importance of local dipoles to these interactions. The refined 1.7-A X-ray structure of the liganded form of the sulfate-binding protein, a primary sulfate active transport receptor of Salmonella typhimurium, shows that the sulfate dianion is completely buried and bound by hydrogen bonds (mostly main-chain peptide NH groups) and van der Waals forces. The sulfate is also closely linked, via one of these peptide units, to a His residue. It is also adjacent to the N-termini of three alpha-helices, of which the two shortest have their C-termini "capped" by Arg residues. Site-directed mutagenesis of the recombinant Escherichia coli sulfate receptor had no effect on sulfate-binding activity when an Asn residue was substituted for the positively charged His and the two Arg (changed singly and together) residues. These results, combined with other observations, further solidify the idea that stabilization of uncompensated charges in a protein is a highly localized process that involves a collection of local dipoles, including those of peptide units confined to the first turns of helices. The contribution of helix macrodipoles appears insignificant.     

Do Geographically Isolated Grasslands Follow the Principle of Island Biogeography in a Landscape Scale? Taking Poyang Lake Grassland as an Example

As one of the basic theories of biodiversity conservation, island biogeography has been widely accepted in the past decades. Originally, island biogeography was put forward and applied in oceanic environments. But later on, it was found out that the application was not only limited to oceanic islands, but also in terrestrial environments with relatively isolated conditions. In terms of biodiversity level, island biogeography generally focuses on a small scale, such as species diversity and genetic diversity. The studies of biodiversity on a large-scale based on island biogeography, such as ecosystem and landscape scales, were seldomly conducted. Taking Poyang Lake, the largest fresh water lake in China as case study area, 30 grasslands were randomly selected to study whether island biogeography can be applied to grasslands at a landscape level from three island attributes (area, distance and shape), and the most important ecological variable (flooding) in Poyang Lake. The results showed that in general, grasslands have the property of an island, and follow the basic principle of island biogeography. We found the area and flooding duration were the two most important determinants of landscape diversity. There was a significant positive correlation between the grassland area and the landscape diversity, which could be well expressed by logarithmic function model (R² = 0.73). There was a negative correlation between flooding duration and landscape diversity, which could be described by an inverse model (R² = 0.206). The distance to mainland and the shape of grassland were correlated with landscape diversity, but the fitting result of the models was not as good as expected. The possible reason could be that Poyang Lake is a seasonal lake, the water level varies with hydrological conditions, so that the grasslands are not strongly isolated and their shape is not stable enough required by island biogeography. Furthermore, it indicates that besides area, distance and shape attributes, flooding strongly affects the biodiversity of grassland vegetation, and should not be ignored when applying island biogeography theory to Poyang Lake. This study is expected to be a supplement for island biogeography in terrestrial environments, and the results are expected to benefit for the biodiversity conservation in Poyang Lake.     

湖南郴州发现岭南两头蛇

2022年8月,于湖南省郴州市永兴县湘阴渡镇（113°01′18′′E,26°11′87′′N,海拔174 m）采集到两头蛇活体标本1号,通过形态测量比较,发现所采集标本与中国广东省分布的岭南两头蛇（Calamariaarcana）形态特征基本一致;后基于线粒体Cytb基因片段进行分子系统发育分析,结果显示该标本与岭南两头蛇形成高支持率单系群（后验概率PP为1.00,自举值BS为100）,所采集标本与岭南两头蛇的遗传距离为1%。综合形态学和分子生物学证据,最终确定该标本为两头蛇科（Calamariidae）两头蛇属的岭南两头蛇,系湖南省蛇类分布新记录种。     

Terpenoids and Their Possible Role in Defense Against a Fungal Pathogen Alternaria tenuissima in Chrysanthemum morifolium Cultivars

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation - Terpenoids are a class of structurally diverse natural products involved in various plant biological processes. Their primary function is believed to provide...     

青天葵的人工栽培技术研究

本文报道青天葵的栽培研究结果。采用较大的种苗种植可获得较大的种茎;选用大中种茎,适当密植,在60—70%的荫蔽度条件下产量较高;适当推迟收获期,不但产量高,而且形成的球茎较大,有利于青天蔡的繁殖和生长。     

三疣梭子蟹卵巢发育过程中主要类胡萝卜素组成变化及其与抗氧化性能的关系

实验研究了三疣梭子蟹(Portunus trituberculatus)卵巢发育过程中(Ⅰ—V期)组织色泽、类胡萝卜素组成与含量、抗氧化和非特异性免疫指标的变化规律,进一步探讨了肝胰腺中类胡萝卜素含量变化与抗氧化指标的关系。结果表明:(1)卵巢发育期间,卵巢指数(GSI)显著增加(P<0.05),肝胰腺指数(HSI)整体呈先升后降的趋势;卵巢的红度(a*)值和黄度(b*)值、肝胰腺的亮度(L*)值和b*值均呈显著上升趋势,但卵巢中L*值呈下降趋势。(2)在卵巢发育过程中,卵巢中的总类胡萝卜素、虾青素、叶黄素和β-胡萝卜素含量均为先升后降的趋势,虾青素含量在Ⅳ期最高;肝胰腺中的虾青素含量呈上升趋势,而β-胡萝卜素含量为显著下降趋势;内表皮中的总类胡萝卜素、虾青素、叶黄素、海胆烯酮和β-胡萝卜素含量均呈现下降趋势;就不同组织中类胡萝卜素含量而言,内表皮中虾青素含量最高。卵巢和肝胰腺的L*值与总类胡萝卜素含量呈显著负相关,卵巢的a*值和b*值均与总类胡萝卜素、虾青素、叶黄素、海胆烯酮和β-胡萝卜素含量呈显著正相关。肝胰腺的a*值与各类胡萝卜素含量无显著相关性, b*值仅与虾青素含量呈显...     

淀粉麦芽寡糖酶的连续测活

通过用糊精(含8-12个D-葡萄糖残基)做底物,以碘显色,在460nm监测光吸收的变化,测定淀粉麦芽四糖酶活力的结果表明:测活体系中含有一定量的钙离子.酶的测活曲线(在A_(460)<0.08的吸收范围)有较好的线性,该方法比间断法简便,快速,并且在测定淀粉麦芽四糖酶盐酸胍变性的失活动力学过程中.具有较好的重复性,可能成为淀粉麦芽寡糖酶测活的常用方法.