海南岛异极藻属(硅藻门)中国新记录

报道了采自海南岛的异极藻属(硅藻门)中国新记录植物5种,分别为:雅德维加异极藻Gomphonema jadwigiae Lange-BertalotReichardt、假棍棒异极藻G.pseudoclavatum Lange-BertalotReichardt、假具球异极藻G.pseudosphaerophorum Ehrenberg、萨拉异极藻G.salae Lange-BertalotReichardt和乌拉圭异极藻G.uruguayense Metzeltin,Lange-BertalotGarcía-Rodríguez。对每个种的形态分类学特征进行了详细描述并与相似种进行了比较,为我国藻类分类学研究提供了基础资料。     

大兴安岭桥弯藻科、异极藻科中国新记录植物

在对大兴安岭沼泽硅藻进行分类学研究的过程中,观察到桥弯藻科中国新记录8个分类单位,分别为平截盘状藻Placoneis explanata(Hust.)Lange-Bertalot、类冰川盘状藻Placoneis interglacialis(Hust.)Cox、近北极桥弯藻Cymbella subarctica Krammer、佛罗伦萨弯肋藻Cymbopleura florentina(Grun.)Krammer、新异肋弯肋藻Cymbopleura neoheteropleura Krammer、近尖头弯肋藻Cymbopleura subcuspidata(Krammer)Kram-mer、近喙头弯肋藻Cymbopleura subrostrata(Cl.)Krammer、埃尔金内丝藻Encyonema elginense(Krammer)Mann。异极藻科中国新记录7个分类单位,分别为英吉利异极藻Gomphonema anglicum Ehrenb.、远距异极藻Gomphonema distans(Cl.-Eul.)Lange-Bertalot&Reichardt、肯特异极藻Gomphonema khentiiense Metzeltin,Lange-Bertalot&Nergui、李氏异极藻Gomphonema liyanlingae Metzeltin&Lange-Bertalot、铲形异极藻Gomphonema pala Reichardt、假弱小异极藻Gomphonema pseudopusillum Reichardt、箭形异极藻Gompho-nema sagitta Schumann。文章对这些种类的形态特征进行了观察,对这些种类与相似种类之间的形态差异进行了比较研究,并初步探讨了这些种类的生态分布特点。对盘状藻属Placoneis Mereschkowsky、内丝藻属Encyonema Kützing和弯肋藻属Cymbopleura(Krammer)Krammer的分类特征进行了详细的描述。     

异极藻属(硅藻门)5种中国新记录

对采自海南省三亚亚龙湾国家森林公园,湖北省神农架大九湖湿地和黑龙江省兴凯湖湿地的硅藻标本进行分类学研究,发现异极藻属植物中国新记录5种,分别是狭状披针异极藻(Gomphonema acidoclinatum LangeBertalotReichardt)、矛形异极藻(Gomphonema hasta D.Metzeltin)、林氏异极藻(Gomphonema kobayashiae MetzeltinLange-Bertalot)、宽缘异极藻(Gomphonema latipes E.Reichardt)和隐形异极藻(Gomphonema occultum ReichardtLange-Bertalot)。对相似种类之间的形态差异进行比较,为中国异极藻属植物的分类学研究提供基本资料。     

异极藻科八个分类单位的分类学问题初探

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对东北异极藻科植物３属８个分类单位即：异极藻属２种２变种１变型：细异极藻箭头变处Ｇ．ｓａｂｔｉｌｅ ｖａｒ．ｓａｇｇｉｔａ（Ｓｃｈｕｍ．．）Ｃｌ．Ｋ．,缢缩异极藻头状变种意大利变型Ｇ．ｃｏｎｓｔｒｉｃｔｕｍ ｖａｒ．ｃａｐｉｔａｔｕｍ ｆ．ｉｔａｌｌｉｃａ Ｍａｙｅｒ．,柔弱异极藻Ｇ．ｔｅｎｅｌｌｕｍ Ｋｕｔｚ．,半孔异极藻Ｇ．ｓｅｍｉａｐｅｒｔｕｍ Ｇｒｕｎ．长异极藻延长     

湖北省异极藻属的新种类

作者在对湖北省的异极藻科植物进行系统分类学研究时,观察到一些新种类,本文报道其中的异极藻属（Gomphonema）2新种。l长阳异极藻新种图1：lGomphonemachangyanglcumsp．nov．壳面棒状披针形,两端钝圆,长33—37pm,宽5—7pm。中轴区多数略宽,几乎与中心区共同形成一个边缘呈波状的披针形区域,其宽度约为壳面的1／3;有时略窄,与中心区界限明显。中心区略膨大成椭圆形,在接近壳缝处有一明显孤点。线纹略短,大部分为放射状,在中部近于平行;在10pm内,中部具11—13条,端部具13—16条。产地长阳县永和坪镇,采于水塘中,水温24℃…     

桥弯藻科和异极藻科（硅藻门）植物中国7种新记录

对采自黑龙江省东南部兴凯湖湿地的100余号硅藻标本进行分类研究,共发现桥弯藻科、异极藻科（硅藻门）中国新记录植物5种2变种,分别为亚粗糙桥弯藻（Cymbella peraspera Krammer）、尖头弯肋藻［Cymbopleura cuspidata (Kützing) Krammer］、不显内丝藻高山变种（Encyonema obscurum var.alpina Krammer）、西里西亚内丝藻翼形变种（Encyonema silesiacum var.lata Krammer）、耳状异极藻（Gomphonema auritum Braun & Kützing）、棍棒异极藻（Gomphonema clava Reichardt）、极细异极藻［Gomphonema exilissimum (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot & Reichardt］。对其分类学特征进行了详细的描述,与同属中相似的种类进行了比较与讨论,为今后该区域的藻类研究提供了基础的资料。     

中国黑龙江省异极藻科植物研究

报道了采自中国黑龙江省（包括吉林、内蒙古的部分地区）的异极藻科植物３属２５种２４变种６变型。其中２种７变种３变型为中国新记录。我们初步探讨了黑龙江省异极藻科植物的分布特征并对这些新记录进行了描述和讨论,此外还附有全部分类单位的照片及其生境和分布一览表。     

青海省异极藻属和桥弯藻属(硅藻门)的新变种

本文对来自青海省异极藻属和桥弯藻属(硅藻门)的三个新变种进行描述,它们是:橄榄异极藻短纹变种(Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kuetzing var. brevistriatum Li Y. L. et Shi, var. nov.);十字异极藻矩形变种(Gomphonema staurophorum (Pant.) Cleve-Euler var oblongum Li Y. L. et Shi, var. nov)和亚贝桥弯藻具点变种(Cymbella yabe Skvortzow var. punctata Li Y. L. et Shi, var. nov).       

中国淡水硅藻新记录——偏肿内丝藻兴凯变种

于2016年5月对浙江省仙居国家公园进行藻类多样性调查时,发现了中国淡水硅藻的1个新记录种——偏肿内丝藻兴凯变种[Encyonema ventricosum var.hankensis(Skvortzov) RodionovaPomazkina]。该文采用光镜和扫描电镜对偏肿内丝藻兴凯变种浙江种群的形态特征进行了观察和描述,并将其与该种的其他地理种群及内丝藻属其他相似物种的形态特征进行比较,同时讨论了该物种的生境特征。结果表明:(1)偏肿内丝藻兴凯变种壳面均具明显背腹之分,背缘明显拱起,腹缘轻微波曲;端部呈头状至喙状。(2)偏肿内丝藻兴凯变种浙江地理种群在背部中央区域具一孤点,而其兴凯种群对孤点这一特征未有描述。(3)偏肿内丝藻兴凯变种在俄罗斯的兴凯湖和贝加尔湖等地有分布,该种在中国是首次报道。     

中国淡水硅藻新记录种——伊拉万短纹藻

于2013年对江苏茅山溪流水体进行藻类多样性调查时,发现了中国淡水硅藻的1个新记录种——伊拉万短纹藻[Brachysira irawanae(PodzorskiHakansson)Lange-BertalotPodzorski]。伊拉万短纹藻在世界范围内较为少见,此前仅在菲律宾和日本有过报道;早期文献仅简单描述了该种光镜下的形态特征。该研究对伊拉万短纹藻的光镜特征进行了详细描述,并首次用扫描电镜对其超微形态结构进行了观察。并对短纹藻属中7种外形相近的物种进行了比较,对中国报道的短纹藻属物种拉丁文名称进行了整理和修订,确认中国地区共报道短纹藻属7种1变种及其最新的物种名录。     

OBSERVATIONS ON NORTH AMERICAN GOMPHONEIS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE). I. VALVE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF G. MAMMILLA WITH COMMENT ON THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THE GENUS1,2

Recent questions concerning the taxonomic status of the diatom genus Gomphoneis Cleve have prompted critical examination of the valvar morphology of a species originally included in the genus. Light and electron microscopic observations on G. mammilla (Ehr.) Cl. show that the characteristics put forth by Cleve to delineate the genus are present in this taxon. Striae composed of two rows of simple areolae located in depressions on the valve and longitudinal lines formed by a broad internal axial plate were observed in G. mammilla. The presence of two apical spines on the headpole and the structure of a bilobed apical pore field located at the footpole are described, in addition to other valve features. Valve morphology of G. mammilla is compared with that of doubly-punctate Gomphonema species with the result that we recommend the two genera remain separate.     

VARIATION IN PATTERNS OF VALVE MORPHOGENESIS BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF SIX BIRAPHID DIATOM GENERA (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)

Scanning electron microscopic studies of silica valve formation in naviculoid diatoms representing six different genera revealed that the precise sequence of depositional events varied among genera. Valve deposition begins with the formation of the raphe sternum, from which virgae (lateral outgrowths) extend. Areolae (pores) are formed between the virgae by the fusion of cross-extensions (vimines). In most of the species studied ( Craticula ambigua (Kützing) D. G. Mann, Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) De Toni, Craspedostauros australis E. J. Cox, and Gomphonema truncatum Ehrenberg), areola (pore) formation began near the raphe sternum before completion of the valve margin, but in Pinnularia gibba Ehrenberg the valve margin fused before the areolae were formed. Silica deposition in all these taxa was mainly distal to proximal (with respect to the cytoplasm), but in Haslea sp. it was mainly proximal to distal. Haslea also differed in that areolae were defined as the valve margin was completed. These data have also contributed to the interpretation of taxonomically important features, such as raphe endings. In P. gibba the internal central raphe fissures were laterally deflected but subsequently obscured by additional silicification of the valve, whereas in G. truncatum they were initially straight, becoming laterally deflected as valves mature. External raphe fissures in Frustulia became Y-shaped only just before maturity; in immature valves they were dotlike, as in Amphipleura Kützing. The comparison of developmental pathways in diatoms is a useful adjunct to morphological and other approaches in diatom systematics and warrants renewed attention.     

Seasonality of macroalgae and epilithic diatoms in spring-fed streams in Texas, USA

A seasonal study of two spring-fed stream systems in south-central Texas was undertaken over a 15-month period from June 1996 to September 1997. Relative abundance of the epilithic diatom flora, percent cover of macroalgae, and several physical and chemical conditions were monitored in one 20-m stretch in each of the streams at approximately two-month intervals. Six additional spring-fed stream segments were sampled in May 1996 for macroalgae and measured for the same conditions, in order to determine how representative the macroalgal floras of the study sites were of south-central and western Texas. Conditions in the two stream segments were relatively constant over the 15 months, except for maximum depth; this finding is similar those reported for other spring-fed systems worldwide. Sixty-eight diatom taxa and nine macroalgae taxa were identified from the San Marcos River, which compares to 46 diatom taxa and six macroalgae taxa from the Comal River. Several diatom and macroalgae species were significantly correlated to stream conditions (e.g. Dichotomosiphon tuberosus and Hildenbrandia angolensis with daylength, and Amphora pediculus with maximum depth). Twenty-one macroalgal taxa were identified from the six additional spring-fed steam segments. Conditions in these streams were very similar to those measured in the San Marcos River and Comal River, except that they had a higher average pH _x= 8.1 versus _x= 7.6). The epilithic diatom flora of the San Marcos River and the Comal River contains many of the diatom and some macroalgal taxa commonly reported from springs globally. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

THE ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF GROWTH FORMS IN EPIBENTHIC DIATOMS 1

This paper evaluates the utilisation of space by epibenthic diatom cells, as a response to environmental variations. The aggregation pattern of five species of epibenthic diatoms was quantified and compared to provide evidence for the significance of cell motility as an adaptive mechanism for space occupation and monopoly. The epibenthic diatoms included (1) non-mobile colonial species forming either fan-shaped (Synedra tabulata (Ag)Kz.) or arborescent (Gomphonema kamtschaticum var. californicum Grun.) colonies; (2) slow-moving (Cocconeis costata Greg, and Amphora pusio Cl.), and (3) fast-moving (Navicula direct a (W. Sm.) Ra.) non-colonial species. The aggregation pattern of S. tabulata did not vary significantly among six different light intensities manipulated in nature. The major patterns of aggregation were identified using analysis of covariance and dummy-variable regression. Highly mobile N. directa are significantly less aggregated than the four other diatom species. Non-mobile and slow-moving species show a similar, highly aggregated pattern. The occurrence of two patterns of spatial dispersion indicates that growth forms bear far-ranging ecological implications with respect to colonization strategies, immigration, and possibly impact by grazers. An integrated model of growth form characteristics, biological properties, and ecological implications is presented for epibenthic diatoms.     

Diatom (Bacillariophyceae) assemblages in tidal environments of Vancouver Island,British Columbia,Canada

To understand distributions of coastal diatoms along Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, this paper describes diatom assemblages observed in 47 surface sediment samples from intertidal environments. One hundred and eighty-four diatom taxa were identified from five transects crossing tidal flats, salt marshes, and freshwater forests in Tofino, Ucluelet, and Port Alberni. Distributions of the diatom assemblages were consistent with those reported elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest, but a few diatom taxa show different trends in their distributions. For example, one benthic species Denticula subtilis shows widespread distributions along the transect in Tofino. An ordination shown by Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) using a combined dataset indicated overlapped scatter plots of diatom assemblages, suggesting that assemblages with similar species compositions are observed in more than one location. Hierarchical and k-means clustering analyses using Euclidean distance recognized unique small groups along each transect. Rank abundance curves show different trends for richness and evenness of diatom assemblages among the five transects.     

THE ROLE OF DIATOMS IN STROMATOLITE GROWTH: TWO EXAMPLES FROM MODERN FRESHWATER SETTINGS1

Some modern laminated and calcified stromatolitic structures are partially or completely formed by eukaryotes. Diatom populations in freshwater environments with elevated ionic concentrations contribute to calcite precipitation, and the formation of distinctive mineral-rich stromatolitic laminae. Two types of stromatolite-forming diatom populations were observed. In the first example, in stromatolies growing on a quarry ledge near Laegerdorf, North Germany, calcite crystals with biogenic imprints form around polysaccharide stalks of the diatom Gomphonema olivaceum var. calcarea (Cleve) Cleve-Euler. These individually precipitated crystals eventunally become cemented together in layers, forming rigid, laminated stromatolitic deposits which drape over the quarry ledge. In the second example, in stromatolites forming in a shallow stream near Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico, diatomaceous laminae also form by the accumulation of carbonate particles in a matrix of diatoms and their extracellular polysaccharide products. These laminae become thick enough to drape over individual stromatolite heads. The diatoms responsible for these deposits are Amphora aff. A. Katii Selva, Nitzschia denticula Grun., and six other species. At Cuatro Ciénegas, in addition to the diatomaceous laminae, carbonate-rich cyanobacterial layers, dominated by two cyanobacterial species with different fabrics and porosities, are also present and contribute substantially to the growth of the stromatolites. In both the Laegerdorf and Cuatro Ciénegas examples, entire stromatolites or thick laminations on stromatolites are built by a small number of diatom species which produce copious amounts of extracellular stalk, gel, and sheath material, a property they share with cyanobacterial stromatolite builders.     

Structure of skeletal muscles in leghorn type chicken from conservative and parent flocks

Intensive selection conducted within closed populations has led to the creation of specialized chicken strains that differ significantly in meat yield and reproduction performance. The effect of the selection conducted on the birds is differentiation identified not only on the molecular but also on the cellular level, among other things in the skeletal muscles. The aim of this study was to compare the structure of chosen homological skeletal muscles from Leghorn chickens (LSL), originating from parent flock, intensively selected for reproductive traits and from conservative flock (G99), unselected for many generations. The structure of musculus pectoralis superficialis and musculus biceps femoris (the thickness of the muscle fibres and the share of the fibre types in the bundle) in 8 and 20 week old chickens was compared. A significant impact of the origin on all examined slaughter parameters was recorded. Body weight before slaughter, carcass weight and the weight of breast and leg muscles in 8 weeks old LSL chicken made up from 60% to about 85% of the respective values in the G99 Leghorn. Lack of red fibres in the breast muscles of all the individuals from the parental flock (LSL) was noted, whereas in 12 individuals (among 24) from the conservative flock (G99), red fibres were observed in this muscle from 2.75% up to 7.09%. White fibres in 8 week old chicks were always thicker, both in pectoralis superficialis and biceps femoris muscle in birds with higher body weight as well as higher weight of breast and legs muscles, i.e. in chicks from conservative flock (G99), P<0.01. However, in 20 week old birds, the diameters of the white fibres were similar in both groups. Also the diameters of the red fibres in musculus biceps femoris in 8 week old chickens were higher in cockerels and pullets from conservative flock (G99).     

THE ROLE OF DIATOMS IN STROMATOLITE GROWTH: TWO EXAMPLES FORM MODERN FRESHWATER SETTINGS1

Some modern laminated find calcified stromatolitic structures are partially or completely formed by eukaryotes. Diatom populations in freshwater environments with elevated ionic concentrations contribute to calcite precipitation, and the formation of distinctive mineral-rich stromatolitic laminae. Two types of stromatolite-forming diatom populations were observed. In the first example, in stromatolites growing on a quarry ledge near Laegerdorf, North Germany, calcite crystals with biogenic imprints form around polysaccharide stalks of the diatom Gomphonema olivaceum var. calcarea (Cleve) Cleve-Euler. These individually precipitated crystals eventually become cemented together in layers, forming rigid, laminated stromatolitic deposits which drape over the quarry ledge. In the second example, in stromatolites forming in a shallow stream near Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico, diatomaceous laminae also form by the accumulation of carbonate particles in a matrix of diatoms and their extracellular polysaccharide products. These laminae become thick enough to drape over individual stromatolite heads. The diatoms responsible for these deposits are Amphora aff. A. katii Selva, Nitzschia denticula Grun., and six other species. At Cuatro Ciénegas, in addition to the diatomaceous laminae, carbonate-rich cyanobacterial layers, dominated by two cyanobacterial species with different fabrics and porosities, are also present and contribute substantially to the growth of the stromatolites. In both the Laegerdorf and Cuatro Ciénegas examples, entire stromatolites or thick laminations on stromatolites are built by a small number of diatom species which produce copious amounts of extracellular stalk, gel, and sheath material, a propertuy they share with cyanobacterial stromatolite builders.