Distribution and Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matter in Mangrove Sediment Pore Waters along the Coastline of French Guiana

Mangroves represent a major environment of tropical coasts. They are highly productive, and act both as a source and a sink of organic carbon. Concentrations and characteristics (fluorescence and hydrophobic–hydrophilic fractions) of dissolved organic matter (DOM) were investigated in relation to the organic content of sediments and to the chemistry of pore waters along the coastline of French Guiana. The pore waters studied were extracted (centrifugation, soil moisture sampler) from sediments cored beneath A. germinans mangrove stands representative of development stages: pioneer, mature and senescent. In order to asses the effects of seasonal changes, two cores were performed in each location, just after dry and wet seasons, respectively. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in pore waters of the upper sediment were found to increase, from 0.7 mmol l⁻¹ under the pioneers to 9 under senescent mangroves. The evolution of sedimentary organic carbon (SedOC) in the same sediment paralleled that of DOC, increasing from 0.7 to 28%. On the contrary, in the lower parts of sediment cores SedOC and DOC displayed contrasting vertical trends: SedOC decreased sharply with depth while DOC increased, reaching concentrations up to 30 mmol l⁻¹ at 50 cm in the older, senescent mangroves. In addition, the Fluorescence/DOC ratios and the hydrophobic contents of DOC were higher at greater depths in most cores, expressing changes in the DOC composition. These results suggest that the DOC of the upper layers originated directly from the SedOC of the enclosing sediment, while the hydrophobic and fluorescent DOC accumulated in the anoxic bottom layer. The mechanisms responsible for this accumulation at depth requires additional research to be fully understood. However, the anoxic conditions and high pH values prevailing in the lower sediment, by lessening DOM sorption and enhancing SedOC dissolution, may be partly responsible for the high DOC concentrations and fluorescences at depth. In addition, seasonal variation may be involved. During the rainy season, water sources were mixed resulting in lower DOC concentrations in the upper sediment, whereas during the dry season, increased evapotranspiration concentrate salts and DOC, which are transported vertically with percolating water.     

施氮对半湿润农田冬小麦冠层叶片氮素含量和叶绿素相对值垂直分布的影响

选用半湿润地区土垫旱耕人为土和冬小麦品种‘小偃22’,通过田间试验研究了在不同施氮水平下冬小麦不同生育期冠层叶片含氮量、叶绿素相对值的垂直分布规律,并分析了它们与小麦穗粒重的相关性。结果表明,小麦各生育期冠层叶片含氮量从上至下呈明显递减规律,并且均随施氮量增加含氮量逐渐提高,倒一叶平均比倒二叶高15.83%,倒二叶平均比倒三叶高25.79%;随着施氮量增加,各叶位间叶片含氮量梯度差在拔节期和孕穗期相对稳定,而倒二叶与倒三叶含氮量梯度在成熟期逐渐加大。冠层叶片叶绿素相对值的垂直分布规律与含氮量相似,倒一叶平均比倒二叶高6.5%,倒二叶平均比倒三叶高27.43%。叶片叶绿素相对值与其含氮量呈极显著正相关(r=0.744**,n=234),其间的一元饱和回归方程为ySPAD=87.90xN/(2.29 xN)(R2=0.710);各叶位叶绿素相对值、叶片含氮量均与其穗粒重大多呈显著正相关,并以倒一叶的相关性最密切。研究发现,施氮能提高小麦冠层叶片的含氮量和叶绿素相对值以及它们在叶片间的梯度差,但不能改变它们自上而下逐渐递减的垂直分布规律。     

基于神经网络的马尾松叶绿素含量高光谱估算模型

分析不同生长期的马尾松冠层反射光谱特征与相应叶绿素含量的相关关系.利用36个红边参数逐一筛选,最终确定7个与叶绿素含量相关性较高的红边参数作为光谱特征参数,分别应用逐步分析法与BP神经网络构建叶绿素含量的高光谱估算模型;同样,筛选出4个植被指数作为光谱特征参数,同时,将对原始光谱进行主成分分析降维后的前4个主成分作为BP神经网络的输入变量,分别应用逐步分析法与BP神经网络构建叶绿素含量的高光谱估算模型.结果表明: 将红边参数作为输入变量建立的逐步回归模型和BP神经网络模型的决定系数(R²)分别为0.5205、0.7253,均方根误差(RMSE)分别为0.1004、0.0848,相对误差分别为6.3%、5.7%.将植被指数作为输入变量建立的逐步回归模型和BP神经网络模型的R²分别为0.5392、0.7064,RMSE分别为0.0978、0.0871,相对误差分别为6.2%、6.0%.基于主成分分析的BP神经网络模型的预测效果最好,R²为0.7475,RMSE为0.0540,相对误差为4.8%.     

福建平潭岛海岸不同演化阶段草丛沙堆表面老鼠艻叶水势日变化特征

以福建省平潭岛海岸不同演化阶段草丛沙堆表面典型沙生植物老鼠艻为对象,研究其叶水势日变化特征及其影响因素.结果表明: 老鼠艻叶水势日变化以“W”型为主,午间出现短暂升高现象.发育阶段沙堆表面老鼠艻叶水势日均值较稳定阶段高,且夜间水分恢复能力更强;老鼠艻叶水势与大气水势和相对湿度呈显著正相关,与气温呈显著负相关,但与不同深度土壤水势无显著相关性;发育阶段沙堆丘间地老鼠艻叶水势在10:00—16:00皆高于迎风坡和背风坡,迎风坡除10:00和12:00外皆低于背风坡.不同坡位叶水势日变异程度表现为背风坡>迎风坡>丘间地,但无显著差异.沙堆迎风坡老鼠艻叶水势与大气水势和相对湿度呈显著正相关,与气温呈显著负相关;沙堆背风坡和丘间地老鼠艻叶水势与气象因子有一定相关性,但不显著.     

Hydrogeochemical evolution and risk assessment of human health in a riverbank filtration site,northeastern China

Intensive agriculture and industrial activities have resulted in contamination in rivers and groundwater quality, which threatens human health. In this study, we used comprehensive physiochemical indicators to assess the quality of groundwater used for drinking and irrigation in addition to the potential risks to local residents in a riverbank filtration site. Human health risks through drinking water intake and dermal contact were also estimated. Moreover, we analyzed the spatial distribution regularities of health risk values in a riverbank filtration site. The assessment results revealed that NH₄–N, NO₂–N, F^?, Mn, and As are main contaminants affecting groundwater quality and that 62% of the total samples is suitable for a variety of purposes. All groundwater in the study area is suitable for irrigation based on the sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), Na percentage (%Na), and U.S. Salinity Laboratory (USSL) and Wilcox diagrams. The health risk assessment suggests that residents in the study area are at high health risk, and women and children face higher risk than men in both non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks. The spatial distribution regularities of health risk values suggest that the human health risk value of each groundwater sample is different in the study area and has certain regularity. Therefore, effective measurements must be taken to address the groundwater contamination and to reduce the human health risks.     

艳山姜果实的生药学及气相色谱研究

艳山姜为姜科山姜属植物,艳山姜(Alpinia zerumbet)的干燥成熟果实,是贵州少数民族地区的传统习用药物,艳山姜在贵州省的种植面积已超过130 hm~2,是贵州"南药"的第一大宗产品,也是治理石漠化的重要经济植物,其自然资源非常丰富,亦是民间常用的香料植物资源。该研究采用性状、显微及理化鉴定方法,对艳山姜果实进行了系统的生药学研究,并对α-蒎烯、莰烯、β-蒎烯及1,8-桉叶油醇四个主要心血管药理活性成分进行含量分析。结果表明:艳山姜果实性状鉴别特征为果皮见12~20条纵棱隆起,顶端具花被残基突起,种子团由白色隔膜分为3瓣,每瓣具种子8~20粒不等,较易散落。显微鉴别特征为:种子横切面具1~2列油细胞,外胚乳细胞含淀粉粒,并可见细小草酸钙方晶;果实粉末可见螺纹导管、草酸钙方晶、淀粉粒、石细胞等。气相色谱法测得艳山姜果实挥发油中α-蒎烯、莰烯、β-蒎烯及1,8-桉叶油醇的平均含量分别为4.292%、3.966%、9.703%、27.171%。该研究的性状、显微鉴别方法准确、简单、易行,可作为艳山姜药材的鉴别依据;气相色谱含量测定方法重现性好,测定结果精确可靠,可用于艳山姜果实挥发油的含量测定。该研究结果为艳山姜药材的鉴定及进一步开发利用提供科学参考。     

景宁木兰组织培养外植体选择与抗褐化研究

该研究以景宁木兰(Magnolia sinostellata)为材料,从外植体类型的选择、消毒时间、预处理方法、离体培养条件和抗褐化剂类型选择等方面进行综合研究,以期筛选出景宁木兰组织培养的最佳方案。结果表明:利用0.1%氯化汞(HgCl_2)浸泡处理14和8 min分别是景宁木兰叶片和带芽茎段、根部的最佳消毒时间;景宁木兰叶片及茎段的褐化率在暗培养7 d时,分别为60.00%和56.67%,14 d时显著升高,而根部则在暗培养14 d时褐化率最低(45%);利用1 g·L~(-1)聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)浸泡预处理景宁木兰外植体6 h可显著降低(P0.05)其褐化程度,处理后叶片、带芽茎段和根部的褐化率分别降至45.00%、28.33%和63.33%。不同的抗褐化剂均可减轻外植体的褐化程度,但针对不同外植体其效果不同。景宁木兰叶片最佳抗褐化剂为0.02 g·L~(-1)硝酸银(AgNO_3),可使其褐化率降低至16.67%,成活率为11.67%;带芽茎段和根部的最优抗褐化剂为2 g·L~(-1)柠檬酸(CA),褐化率分别降至30.00%和5.00%,成活率依次为50.00%和76.67%。综上所述,带芽茎段和根部抗褐化处理后褐化率较低且成活率较高,为景宁木兰组织培养最佳外植体。     

An X‐linked Myh11‐CreERT2 mouse line resulting from Y to X chromosome‐translocation of the Cre allele

The Myh11‐CreER^T2 mouse line (Cre⁺) has gained increasing application because of its high lineage specificity relative to other Cre drivers targeting smooth muscle cells (SMCs). This Cre allele, however, was initially inserted into the Y chromosome (X/Y^Cre+), which excluded its application in female mice. Our group established a Cre⁺ colony from male ancestors. Surprisingly, genotype screening identified female carriers that stably transmitted the Cre allele to the following generations. Crossbreeding experiments revealed a pattern of X‐linked inheritance for the transgene (k > 1000), indicating that these female carries acquired the Cre allele through a mechanism of Y to X chromosome translocation. Further characterization demonstrated that in hemizygous X/X^Cre+ mice Cre activity was restricted to a subset arterial SMCs, with Cre expression in arteries decreased by 50% compared to X/Y^Cre+ mice. This mosaicism, however, diminished in homozygous X^Cre+/X^Cre+ mice. In a model of aortic aneurysm induced by a SMC‐specific Tgfbr1 deletion, the homozygous X^Cre+/X^Cre+ Cre driver unmasked the aortic phenotype that is otherwise subclinical when driven by the hemizygous X/X^Cre+ Cre line. In conclusion, the Cre allele carried by this female mouse line is located on the X chromosome and subjected to X‐inactivation. The homozygous X^Cre+/X^Cre+ mice produce uniform Cre activity in arterial SMCs.     

IRBAS: An online database to collate,analyze, and synthesize data on the biodiversity and ecology of intermittent rivers worldwide

Key questions dominating contemporary ecological research and management concern interactions between biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and ecosystem services provision in the face of global change. This is particularly salient for freshwater biodiversity and in the context of river drying and flow‐regime change. Rivers that stop flowing and dry, herein intermittent rivers, are globally prevalent and dynamic ecosystems on which the body of research is expanding rapidly, consistent with the era of big data. However, the data encapsulated by this work remain largely fragmented, limiting our ability to answer the key questions beyond a case‐by‐case basis. To this end, the Intermittent River Biodiversity Analysis and Synthesis (IRBAS; http://irbas.cesab.org ) project has collated, analyzed, and synthesized data from across the world on the biodiversity and environmental characteristics of intermittent rivers. The IRBAS database integrates and provides free access to these data, contributing to the growing, and global, knowledge base on these ubiquitous and important river systems, for both theoretical and applied advancement. The IRBAS database currently houses over 2000 data samples collected from six countries across three continents, primarily describing aquatic invertebrate taxa inhabiting intermittent rivers during flowing hydrological phases. As such, there is room to expand the biogeographic and taxonomic coverage, for example, through addition of data collected during nonflowing and dry hydrological phases. We encourage contributions and provide guidance on how to contribute and access data. Ultimately, the IRBAS database serves as a portal, storage, standardization, and discovery tool, enabling collation, synthesis, and analysis of data to elucidate patterns in river biodiversity and guide management. Contribution creates high visibility for datasets, facilitating collaboration. The IRBAS database will grow in content as the study of intermittent rivers continues and data retrieval will allow for networking, meta‐analyses, and testing of generalizations across multiple systems, regions, and taxa.