三峡水库香溪河库湾夏季藻类水华的时空动态及其影响因素

2008年6-8月,三峡水库香溪河库湾相继暴发蓝藻和绿藻水华.依据香溪河库湾夏季的每周监测,对研究区2次水华分别进行聚类和判别分析,研究了2次水华的时空动态及其影响因素.结果表明：研究区2次水华过程均可划分为无水华组、过渡组和水华组;2次水华的暴发对可溶性硅(DSi)、硝态氮与亚硝态氮(NO₃--N+NO₂^--N)和磷酸盐(PO₄^3--P)3种营养盐的吸收程度不同;蓝藻水华暴发期间的DSi、总氮/总磷(TN/TP)、DSi/TN和DSi/TP值均低于绿藻水华;判别蓝藻水华暴发的参数为叶绿素a(Chl a)、TN和PO₄^3--P,而Chl a和DSi则是绿藻水华暴发的判别因子,将2次水华过程划分为水华组和无水华组的判别效果更好;判断蓝藻和绿藻水华暴发的叶绿素a临界浓度分别为40和20 μg·L^-1.     

北缘地区柑桔生态区划模糊决策系统

以年平均极端最低气温、活动积温、最冷月平均气温、年平均气温等作为区划决策的重要指标,综合年降水量、最低气温≤-9℃年平均日数及地貌与海拔、水体调节、冷风屏障和土壤营养丰度、PH值等立地条件,建立了北缘地区柑桔生态区划决策系统．引入L-R型模糊数,确立了模糊识别模式,并把模糊推理模型放在知识库里,将精确推理与模糊推理置于同一系统中进行复合推理,使决策系统具有更广泛的实用性．以安徽柑桔生态区划为例,对系统进行了验证．本系统的开发为北缘地区发展柑桔生产提供了决策工具．     

家蚕化学诱变剂及诱导突变体的筛选

在家蚕Bombyx mori基因组计划完成之后,其功能基因组研究成为该领域的最重要课题。突变体是功能基因组学研究的重要材料,因此,通过人为诱导获取大量的突变系统是及其重要的手段。本研究用化学诱变剂ENU、MNU、DES、5-BU、EMS诱导处理家蚕标准品种C108,筛选获得了非滞育红卵,长圆筒茧、小茧、丝胶茧及绵茧突变体,致死突变体及无鳞毛蛾翅突变体。结果还表明： MNU、DES诱变家蚕的突变效率高,注射翅原基比腹部更方便且效果好,化学诱导雄体比雌体的效果好; 在时期上,注射蛹和蛾都有诱导效果。上述突变体大多为致死性突变,推测其可能与致死性基因突变有关。同时,本研究为应用TILLING技术鉴定家蚕更多目的基因突变体提供了有效的材料。     

高山林线急尖长苞冷杉不同器官的稳定碳同位素组成分布特征

通过分析青藏高原东南部色季拉山林线物种急尖长苞冷杉不同年龄叶片、嫩枝、枝条、树干及根系的稳定碳同位素比值（6BC）及其空间分布特征,研究了植物光合作用后稳定碳同位素分馏及其影响因素．结果表明：植物不同器官δ^13C值差异显著（P〈0．001）,为树干（-24．19‰）〉枝条（-24．56‰）〉根部（-25．05‰）〉嫩枝（-25．12‰）〉叶片（-27．25‰）,说明从光合作用器官到非光合作用器官有明显的碳同位素分馏,且非光合作用器官之间也存在差异．随着急尖长苞冷杉叶片或嫩枝年龄的增加,叶片δ^13C值降低,而嫩枝δ^13C值升高（P〈0．01）．冠层上部叶片δ^13C值明显高于冠层下部（P〈0．01）,嫩枝δ^13C值则无显著性差异（P〉0．05）．远离树干2．5m的枝条δ^13C值有明显的高度变化（P〈0．01）,而离树干较近（1．5或0．5m）的枝条及树干在不同高度之间无差异（P〉0．05）．在同一冠层高度,随着与树干距离加大,枝条δ^13C值降低,且在中部和下部枝条尤为明显．说明林线地区冷杉光合作用后存在明显的碳同位素分馏;特定冠层高度树干与枝条生长所需的碳并不是全部来源于同高度的叶片光合作用合成的碳．     

鸭前胰岛素原基因多态性及其与屠体性状的关联分析

以384只北京鸭 (Z2系、Z4系、Z2×Z4杂交系)和樱桃谷鸭为材料, 利用PCR-SSCP结合测序技术, 对前胰岛素原基因外显子2与部分内含子的多态性进行了研究, 并分析对屠体性状的遗传效应。结果发现存在2个单核苷酸突变位点, 即在第179位和第195位分别发生了T→C和C→T的突变。适合性χ2检验结果表明, 北京鸭各品系和樱桃谷鸭均处于Hardy-Weinberg平衡状态(P>0.05)。最小二乘分析SNPs与屠体性状的关系表明, 在北京鸭3个品系中, 基因型 BB 在胴体重、全净膛重和胸肌重上极显著(P<0.01)高于基因型AA和AB, 在腿肌重和皮脂重上极显著(P<0.01)高于基因型AB; 基因型AA在皮脂率和全净膛重上极显著(P<0.01)和显著(P<0.05)高于基因型AB。而对于樱桃谷鸭, 只有AB型在皮脂重和腹脂重上显著(P<0.05)高于基因型AA。研究结果表明, 鸭前胰岛素原基因多态性与鸭的部分屠体性状存在显著相关性, 且B等位基因有利于增加鸭的胴体重和胸肌重。     

普通小麦-纤毛鹅观草染色体异附加系的分子标记鉴定

随机选取定位于小麦和大麦7个部分同源群上的135对EST、27对STS和253对SSR引物对24个可能的普通小麦-纤毛鹅观草二体异附加系的基因组DNA进行扩增。结果表明, 55对引物在亲本普通小麦中国春、Inayama Komugi、纤毛鹅观草和Inayama Komugi-纤毛鹅观草双二倍体间有多态性扩增, 其中31对引物可以在异附加系中扩增到纤毛鹅观草特异条带。根据PCR扩增结果, 异附加系07K02、07K06、07K39、07K201、07K202、07K255和07K256所添加的纤毛鹅观草染色体归属小麦第1部分同源群; 07K07、07K08、07K09、07K11、07K14和07K17所添加的纤毛鹅观草染色体归属小麦第2部分同源群; 07K15、07K16、07K21和07K47所添加的纤毛鹅观草染色体归属小麦第6部分同源群。     

济南市城市绿地可达性分析

以济南市1989、1996和2004年SPOT遥感卫星影像数据解译的城市绿地分类图、道路图和水系图为基础数据资料,在遥感(RS)和地理信息系统(GIS)技术支持下,运用景观可达性的概念与原理,采用费用加权距离方法,对济南市整体绿地系统和公园与广场绿地可达性的时空动态变化及其原因进行了分析。研究结果表明:1)济南市城市绿地的可达性不断提高与改善;2)济南市城市绿地可达性的空间格局变化明显,但仍不均衡、不太合理;3)城市绿地面积和斑块数量的不断增加、绿地分布格局的日益均衡和道路网的日臻完善是可达性不断提高的主要原因;4)城市绿地可达性分析是衡量城市绿地服务功能社会公平性的有力手段,充分体现城市建设“以人为本”的理念,是目前生态城市评价指标体系的必要补充。因此,城市绿地可达性分析结果可为合理调整与设计城市绿地系统提供科学依据。     

鱼类物种特征尺寸控制因素研究进展

早在1927 年的时候, Haldane 就指出: 动物不同物种之间最明显的差异就是尺寸差异, 不知何故一直没有引起动物学家们的研究兴趣1 。如果Haldane 在当时提出这一问题有点超前的话, 那么现在重新提出这一问题就显得很适时宜。       

Effects of Flowering on Photosynthesis and Allocation of Assimilation Product in Two Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) Species

Two Cypripedium species ( C. flavum , C. tibeticum) were selected to investigate the effects of flowering on photosynthesis and allocation of assimilation product by measuring leaf gas exchange, actual quantum efficiency of photosystemⅡ photochemistry (ΦPSⅡ ) and allocation of 14 C. Both ΦPSⅡ and light-saturated rate of electron transport ( Jmax ) were significantly higher in flowering plants than those in nonflowering plants , suggesting that higher photosynthetic rate in flowering plants resulted from the increasing rate of electron transport . Respiratory rate of C. tibeticum was 112% higher inflowering plants than in nonflowering plants, however , the flowering plants of C. flavum only showed an increase of respiratory rate by 22% . This result indicated that flowering of C. tibeticum was expending more energy than that of C. flavum, so there was no significant increase of maximal net photosynthetic rate (Amax ) in flowering C. tibeticum . 14 C allocation showed that the flower and the belowground parts including rhizomes and buds competed each other for assimilation product. Therefore the proportion of assimilation product transferred to the underground parts was reduced by flowering .     

Severe bacterial neonatal infections in Madagascar,Senegal, and Cambodia: A multicentric community-based cohort study

BackgroundSevere bacterial infections (SBIs) are a leading cause of neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, most data came from hospitals, which do not include neonates who did not seek care or were treated outside the hospital. Studies from the community are scarce, and few among those available were conducted with high-quality microbiological techniques. The burden of SBI at the community level is therefore largely unknown. We aimed here to describe the incidence, etiology, risk factors, and antibiotic resistance profiles of community-acquired neonatal SBI in 3 LMICs.Methods and findingsThe BIRDY study is a prospective multicentric community-based mother and child cohort study and was conducted in both urban and rural areas in Madagascar (2012 to 2018), Cambodia (2014 to 2018), and Senegal (2014 to 2018). All pregnant women within a geographically defined population were identified and enrolled. Their neonates were actively followed from birth to 28 days to document all episodes of SBI. A total of 3,858 pregnant women (2,273 (58.9%) in Madagascar, 814 (21.1%) in Cambodia, and 771 (20.0%) in Senegal) were enrolled in the study, and, of these, 31.2% were primigravidae. Women enrolled in the urban sites represented 39.6% (900/2,273), 45.5% (370/814), and 61.9% (477/771), and those enrolled in the rural sites represented 60.4% (1,373/2,273), 54.5% (444/814), and 38.1% (294/771) of the total in Madagascar, Cambodia, and Senegal, respectively. Among the 3,688 recruited newborns, 49.6% were male and 8.7% were low birth weight (LBW). The incidence of possible severe bacterial infection (pSBI; clinical diagnosis based on WHO guidelines of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) was 196.3 [95% confidence interval (CI) 176.5 to 218.2], 110.1 [88.3 to 137.3], and 78.3 [59.5 to 103] per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, Cambodia, and Senegal, respectively. The incidence of pSBI differed between urban and rural sites in all study countries. In Madagascar, we estimated an incidence of 161.0 pSBI per 1,000 live births [133.5 to 194] in the urban site and 219.0 [192.6 to 249.1] pSBI per 1,000 live births in the rural site (p = 0.008). In Cambodia, estimated incidences were 141.1 [105.4 to 189.0] and 85.3 [61.0 to 119.4] pSBI per 1,000 live births in urban and rural sites, respectively (p = 0.025), while in Senegal, we estimated 103.6 [76.0 to 141.2] pSBI and 41.5 [23.0 to 75.0] pSBI per 1,000 live births in urban and rural sites, respectively (p = 0.006). The incidences of culture-confirmed SBI were 15.2 [10.6 to 21.8], 6.5 [2.7 to 15.6], and 10.2 [4.8 to 21.3] per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, Cambodia, and Senegal, respectively, with no difference between urban and rural sites in each country. The great majority of early-onset infections occurred during the first 3 days of life (72.7%). The 3 main pathogens isolated were Klebsiella spp. (11/45, 24.4%), Escherichia coli (10/45, 22.2%), and Staphylococcus spp. (11/45, 24.4%). Among the 13 gram-positive isolates, 5 were resistant to gentamicin, and, among the 29 gram-negative isolates, 13 were resistant to gentamicin, with only 1 E. coli out of 10 sensitive to ampicillin. Almost one-third of the isolates were resistant to both first-line drugs recommended for the management of neonatal sepsis (ampicillin and gentamicin). Overall, 38 deaths occurred among neonates with SBI (possible and culture-confirmed SBI together). LBW and foul-smelling amniotic fluid at delivery were common risk factors for early pSBI in all 3 countries. A main limitation of the study was the lack of samples from a significant proportion of infants with pBSI including 35 neonatal deaths. Without these samples, bacterial infection and resistance profiles could not be confirmed.ConclusionsIn this study, we observed a high incidence of neonatal SBI, particularly in the first 3 days of life, in the community of 3 LMICs. The current treatment for the management of neonatal infection is hindered by antimicrobial resistance. Our findings suggest that microbiological diagnosis of SBI remains a challenge in these settings and support more research on causes of neonatal death and the implementation of early interventions (e.g., follow-up of at-risk newborns during the first days of life) to decrease the burden of neonatal SBI and associated mortality and help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.

In a community-based, prospective cohort study, Bich-Tram Huynh and colleagues investigate the incidence and factors associated with several bacterial infections among neonates in rural and urban areas of three low-middle income countries.