藻类批量培养中的比增长率最大值

批量培养谷皮菱形藻、莱茵衣藻、粉核小球藻、斜生栅藻、羊角月牙藻和铜绿微囊藻等六种藻类,在对数生长期,逐日计数而确定比增长率最大值（μｍａｒ）,发现（μｍａｒ）值出现的时间在各种藻类中不同。同时讨论了每种藻类的（μｍａｒ）与营养物质、光强、温度和起始浓度之间的关系。铜绿微囊藻的（μｍａｒ）在一定的总磷（ＴＰ）浓度范围内随ＴＰ浓度呈上升趋势。根据获得增大率最大值的条件,对它们在浮游植物群落中的生态位作     

Environmental influences on fecundity, egg viability and egg cannibalism in the scale insect predator, Chilocorus nigritus

The effects of temperature on age-specific fecundity, egg viability and egg cannibalism were examined in the coccidophagous coccinellid, Chilocorus nigritus being fed on the cyanophyllum scale, Abgrallaspis cyanophylli. There were no significant differences in lifetime fecundity or oviposition rate at constant temperatures in the range of 20 to 30°C although there was a trend for both parameters to increase with increasing temperatures. Total fecundity ranged from five to 1890 eggs per female whilst the oviposition rate varied from 0.2–12.1 eggs day^-1. Egg viability was significantly greater at 26 and 30°C (63 and 74%, respectively) than at lower temperatures (18 to 30%) whilst egg cannibalism was highest at 24 and 26°C (being the mid range of the temperatures tested). Mean pre-oviposition periods varied from 54 days at 20°C to 8.2 days at 30°C. The effect of relative humidities in the range of 33% to 75% on oviposition rate, egg viability and egg cannibalism was measured and found to have no significant effect on either parameter.     

Exopolysaccharide production by the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047 in batch and continuous culture

The halotolerant, filamentous, heterocystous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047 released, during the stationary growth phase in batch culture and, at low dilution rate, in continuous culture, large amounts of an exopolysaccharide (EPS) to the culture medium. Different environmental, nutritional and physical parameters affected production and accumulation of the EPS. The presence of either a combined nitrogen source or NaCl at high concentration led to decreased EPS production, without affecting cell growth. In contrast, generation of the EPS was markedly enhanced in response to an increase in either air flow rate, temperature or irradiance. In continuous culture, accumulation of EPS in the medium increased in response to a decrease in the dilution rate, with maximal EPS productivity being reached at a dilution rate of 0.03 h⁻¹.     

Feeding through artificial membranes reduces fecundity for females of the blood‐feeding insect,Rhodnius prolixus

The blood‐feeding insect, Rhodnius prolixus, has been raised in the laboratory for close to 100 years. Various feeding techniques have been employed ranging from the use of warm‐blooded hosts, to the use of previously collected blood offered through artificial membranes. This study compared the fecundity in mated and unmated females fed rabbit blood directly from the shaved belly of a rabbit to that of females fed defibrinated rabbit blood through an artificial membrane. These results confirm previous reports that this insect's feeding efficacy is reduced using an artificial membrane. It also demonstrates for the first time that the fecundity index, which measures the efficiency of turning the blood meal into eggs, is significantly reduced. We suggest that the natural feeding on a warm‐blooded host may provide cues that have the short‐term effect of enhancing the act of feeding and the long‐term effect of increasing egg production efficiency. Until an artificial feeding method that does not interfere with feeding and fecundity is devised, experiments on reproduction in R. prolixus warrant the use of a warm‐blooded host to emulate feeding in its natural setting. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Spatial and temporal patterns in maternal energetic traits of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Lake Erie

1. For many fish species, survival during early life stages is linked to the size and energetic condition of females prior to reproduction. For example, females in good energetic condition are often more fecund and produce larger eggs and offspring than those in poor condition. 2. We measured the characteristics of female yellow perch (Perca flavescens) that may influence annual population fluctuations. From 2005 to 2007, we measured spatial variation in female reproductive traits, such as age, length, mass and energy density (J g^?1) of somatic tissues and ovaries among four spawning aggregations of yellow perch in western and central Lake Erie. 3. Maternal traits, such as somatic energy density and spawner age distribution, differed between the western and central basin, whereas reproductive traits, such as fecundity and ovarian energy density, differed across years. 4. To understand the implications of observed differences in demographic rates (growth and mortality rates) between basins, we developed a deterministic model to simulate the total egg production in the western and central basins under different scenarios of fishing mortality. 5. High growth rates and low mortality rates combined to produce higher modelled estimates of total egg production in the central than in the western basin, and a larger proportion of eggs were produced by old age classes in the central basin than in the western basin. 6. Our results demonstrate that changing harvest levels for populations with different demographic rates can influence total reproductive output through complex interactions between age‐specific mortality, growth and size‐specific fecundity, which has implications for the population dynamics of yellow perch and related species across a broad geographic range.     

The regulation of brood reduction in Booted Eagles Hieraaetus pennatus through habitat heterogeneity

Brood reduction, the death of one or more chicks through siblicide or starvation, can occur through density‐dependence in fecundity. Brood reduction may arise in territorial breeding systems either as a response to a high level of territorial interference in a situation of high density or as a result of habitat heterogeneity. To test the predictions of the two main hypotheses that attempt to explain how density‐dependent fecundity is generated, the Habitat Heterogeneity Hypothesis (HHH) and the Individual Adjustment Hypothesis (IAH), we analysed the relationship between density and fecundity in an expanding population of Booted Eagles in Doñana National Park, Spain, using an 18‐year data series. We also studied the occurrence and frequency of brood reduction in the same Booted Eagle population to appreciate further its effects and the factors that influence its occurrence and frequency. Our results support the HHH in the present situation of high density, as fecundity in the better territories (older and more frequently occupied) was higher than in low quality territories and was not affected by population density in high density periods. Nevertheless, the fecundity of high quality territories was affected (although not significantly) by population density in periods of low density, suggesting that the IAH was supported when only high quality territories were occupied. Older territories were used more frequently and chicks in these areas hatched earlier and suffered lower mortality than in new territories. We found a significant negative relationship between mean fecundity and its skewness, a finding that also supports HHH. During years of food shortage, less frequently occupied territories suffered higher rates of brood reduction. Brood reduction in this Booted Eagle population was a consequence of the heterogeneous structure of the habitat, with some territories having a higher probability of brood reduction than others. Parental nutritional condition did not affect brood reduction. The effect of brood reduction on nestling quality and population dynamics is also discussed.     

Whole‐cell biotransformation of oleanolic acid by free and immobilized cells of Nocardia iowensis: Characterization of new metabolites

In this study, Nocardia iowensis was used to transform oleanolic acid (OA) into oleanane derivatives. The first derivative, which was found after 24 h of cultivation, was the known and already described OA methyl ester. After 1 week, two other derivatives (oleanonic acid methyl ester and an unknown metabolite) were identified as new products of a biotransformation by N. iowensis. These oleanane metabolites were characterized by HPLC, HPLC‐ESI‐MS, and HPLC‐¹H NMR spectroscopy. The biotransformation was performed by suspended and immobilized cells (ICs) of N. iowensis. Cells immobilized in alginate beads were used in order to prepare a continuous process. The substrate uptake of free and ICs was similar, whereas the peak area of OA methyl ester of the ICs was only about 10% of the native cells. However, the final product (oleanonic acid methyl ester) concentrations were similar in both approaches, whereas the unknown metabolite 3 was only detected transiently in the medium of ICs. Based on these results, a new biosynthetic pathway for the biotechnological production of oleanonic acid methyl ester is proposed.     

Predictions of matrix‐assisted refolding of α‐lactalbumin: Process efficiency versus batch dilution method

Protein refolding is an important technique to produce active recombinant proteins from inclusion bodies. Because of the complexity of the refolding process, a trial‐and‐error method is usually used for its design, which is ineffective and time consuming. Therefore, an efficient method for the process prediction is indispensable to optimize the operating conditions. In this article, we suggest a design procedure for matrix‐assisted protein refolding. Three different chromatographic techniques were considered exploiting hydrophobic interaction chromatography, ion‐exchange chromatography, and SEC media. The procedure consisted of quantification of refolding kinetics, analysis of the retention behavior of all protein forms involved in refolding, construction of a dynamic model, and the process simulation. Denatured bovine α‐lactalbumin was used as model protein. The refolding rate was measured for different protein concentration using the batch dilution method. A kinetic scheme for the protein refolding was suggested and incorporated into a dynamic model of chromatographic column and used for predicting the refolding performance. The productivity, yield, and buffer consumption were used as performance indicators for the refolding techniques considered. The matrix‐assisted protein refolding process outperformed batch dilution method with respect to all indicators provided that efficient method for the process design was used.     

Deterministic convergence of chaos injection-based gradient method for training feedforward neural networks

It has been shown that, by adding a chaotic sequence to the weight update during the training of neural networks, the chaos injection-based gradient method (CIBGM) is superior to the standard backpropagation algorithm. This paper presents the theoretical convergence analysis of CIBGM for training feedforward neural networks. We consider both the case of batch learning as well as the case of online learning. Under mild conditions, we prove the weak convergence, i.e., the training error tends to a constant and the gradient of the error function tends to zero. Moreover, the strong convergence of CIBGM is also obtained with the help of an extra condition. The theoretical results are substantiated by a simulation example.     

Invasiveness of plants is predicted by size and fecundity in the native range

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