Biomass management targets and the conservation and economic benefits of marine reserves     

Satoshi Yamazaki  Quentin R Grafton  Tom Kompas  Sarah Jennings 《Fish and Fisheries》2014,15(2):196-208

The establishment of no‐take marine reserves has been increasingly promoted as a key measure to achieve conservation and sustainability goals in fisheries. Regardless of the wide range of benefits cited, the effectiveness of reserve establishment depends critically on fisheries management outside the reserves. We construct a bioeconomic model of a fishery that allows for the establishment of a no‐take marine reserve and evaluate how the choice of the off‐reserve management target influences the effectiveness of reserve establishment. We evaluate two biomass targets: (i) B_MSY or the biomass that produces the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and (ii) B_MEY or the biomass that maximizes the net present value of the returns to fishing. The parameterized model shows that, for a wide range of scenarios, the fishery will be better off in terms of both conservation and economic objectives when the no‐take reserve is established in conjunction with the B_MEY target rather than with the B_MSY target. Model results further show that the opportunity cost of securing additional fish biomass, in both deterministic and stochastic environments, is lower when the reserve size is increased under the B_MEY target. This finding is important because marine reserves have been established as a key measure to restore depleted fish stocks, and the results suggest that this objective can be achieved with lower economic costs in a B_MEY managed fishery.  相似文献   

Aluminum toxicity of synthetic aluminum–humus complexes derived from non-allophanic and allophanic Andosols and its amelioration with allophanic materials     

Kiyoshi ITO  Tadashi TAKAHASHI  Masami NANZYO 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2009,55(1):35-41

Natural non-allophanic Andosols often show aluminum (Al) toxicity to Al-sensitive plant roots. The significance of Al–humus complexes to Al toxicity has been emphasized. Allophanic Andosols also possess Al–humus complexes, but they rarely show any toxicity. In the present study, using model substances, we tested the toxicity of Al–humus complexes and its amelioration with allophanic materials. We extracted humic substances from the A horizons of a non-allophanic Andosol and an allophanic Andosol using a NaOH solution, and reacted the humic substances and partially neutralized AlCl₃ solution at pH 4. Allophanic material was purified from commercial Kanuma pumice. Plant growth tests were conducted using a medium containing the Al–humus complexes (50 g kg⁻¹), the allophanic material (0, 90, 180 and 360 g kg⁻¹) and perlite. The root growth of barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) and burdock ( Arctium lappa ) was reduced in the media containing the Al–humus complexes derived from both the non-allophanic and allophanic Andosols when the allophanic material was not added. With the addition of the allophanic materials, particularly in the 360 g kg⁻¹ treatment, the growth of the barley roots was improved markedly. Although the root growth of the burdock tended to improve with allophanic materials, the effect was weaker than that for barley. Monomeric Al in a solution of the medium was not detected (< 0.05 mg L⁻¹) following the addition of 360 g kg⁻¹ of allophanic materials, whereas 0.8–1.7 mg L⁻¹ Al was recorded without the allophanic material.  相似文献   

恒温高温调节对赤点石斑鱼幼鱼的生长、性腺发育以及gnrh、fshβ和lhβ基因表达的影响     

徐文刚  唐永政  张建柏  真鍋颯一郎  征矢野清  邹华锋 《中国水产科学》2021,28(1):19-28

为了解恒定高温对赤点石斑鱼(Epinephelus akaara)生长和繁殖的影响, 以孵化后120~420 日龄的幼鱼为研究对象, 对性腺发育以及与繁殖相关的基因gnrh、fshβ和lhβ表达进行了研究。对照组为自然水温(13.2~27.1 ℃)饲养, 实验组为26 ℃恒温饲养。每隔30 d或40 d采样1次, 比较两组中鱼的体长、体重、性腺指数(GSI)、性腺发育情况以及gnrh、fshβ和lhβ基因表达的差异。结果表明, 从240日龄开始, 实验组鱼的体长和体重均显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。实验结束时, 实验组体长约为对照组的1.3倍, 体重约为对照组的2倍。对照组GSI一直维持在0.25%以下的低值, 实验组GSI在330日龄前处于0.4%以下, 但在360日龄时出现GSI 1%以上的个体。在360、390和420日龄的个体中, 实验组GSI显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。实验结束时, 对照组中未检测到具有卵黄形成期卵母细胞的个体, 但实验组在330、360和390日龄出现了具有卵黄成熟期卵母细胞的个体。对照组和实验组间幼鱼脑中gnrh基因表达在各年龄段均无显著性差异(P>0.05), 但脑垂体中fshβ表达在360、390和420日龄, lhβ在390和420日龄时, 实验组均显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。研究表明, 26 ℃恒温调节不仅能促进赤点石斑鱼幼鱼体长、体重和GSI的增加, 同时也能显著提高脑垂体中fshβ和lhβ基因含量, 从而加速性腺发育成熟。  相似文献   

Effect of simulated acid fog on membrane-bound calcium (mCa) in fir (Abies firma) and cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) mesophyll cells     

Ado Shigihara  Yuiko Matsumura  Kiyoshi Matsumoto  Manabu Igawa 《Journal of Forest Research》2009,14(3):188-192

The decline of virgin fir (Abies firma) forest at Mt. Oyama has been reported. Related field observations suggest that high acidity fog is linked with its decline. However, cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) in the same area shows no symptoms of decline. For assessing effects of acid fog on membrane-bound calcium (mCa) of the leaf mesophyll cells, 9-year-old seedlings of fir (Abies firma) and 8-year-old seedlings of cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) were exposed twice a week to simulated acid fog (SAF at pH 3 with pH 5 as control) for 2 h per day in a chamber during May–December 2007 (except August). Current and 1-year-old needles were collected from seedlings and analyzed at 1-month intervals. For current-year needles of fir, mCa levels in cells exposed to SAF at pH 3 were significantly lower than in cells exposed to pH 5, especially during September 2007–March 2008. In contrast, it is noteworthy that mCa levels of cedar were maintained as virtually constant irrespective of SAF acidity, indicating that fir is more sensitive to acid fog than is cedar. Based on these results, mCa loss by acid fog might also be caused in the declining virgin fir forest at Mt. Oyama.  相似文献   

The relationship between migration speed and release date for chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta fry exiting a 110-km northern Japanese river     

Kiyoshi Kasugai  Mitsuru Torao  Mitsuhiro Nagata  James R. Irvine 《Fisheries Science》2013,79(4):569-577

The relationship between release date and migration speed was examined for hatchery chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta fry exiting the Nishibetsu River in eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan so that future releases might be scheduled so that fry arrive at the ocean during periods favoring high survival. Separate marked groups of chum salmon released in early April, mid-April, and early May in 2008, late March and mid-April in 2009, and mid-April in 2010 were recaptured with a rotary screw trap 12 km above the river mouth. Chum salmon in later release groups tended to migrate downstream faster than fish in earlier release groups. Those released after mid-April arrived in the lower river on average 9 days after release, while those released before mid-April arrived on average 26–28 days after release. Most marked fish arrived in the lower river during late April to mid-May. These results suggest that chum salmon are adapted to adjust their migratory speed so as to arrive at the ocean during a relatively discrete period, presumably during a time of high productivity favoring good survival.  相似文献   

Two new tryptamine derivatives, leptoclinidamide and (-)-leptoclinidamine B, from an Indonesian ascidian Leptoclinides dubius     

Yamazaki H  Wewengkang DS  Nishikawa T  Rotinsulu H  Mangindaan RE  Namikoshi M 《Marine drugs》2012,10(2):349-357

Two new tryptamine-derived alkaloids, named as leptoclinidamide (1) and (-)-leptoclinidamine B (2), were isolated from an Indonesian ascidian Leptoclinides dubius together with C2-α-D-mannosylpyranosyl-L-tryptophan (3). The structure of 1 was assigned on the basis of spectroscopic data for 1 and its N-acetyl derivative (4). Compound 1 was an amide of tryptamine with two β-alanine units. Although the planar structure of 2 is identical to that of the known compound (+)-leptoclinidamine B (5), compound 2 was determined to be the enantiomer of 5 based on amino acid analysis using HPLC methods. Compounds 1 to 4 were evaluated for cytotoxicity against two human cancer cell lines, HCT-15 (colon) and Jurkat (T-cell lymphoma) cells, but none of the compounds showed activity.  相似文献   

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Turnip yellow mosaic virus</Emphasis> isolated from Chinese cabbage in Japan     

Namiko Kirino  Koji Inoue  Koji Tanina  Yuya Yamazaki  Satoshi T. Ohki 《Journal of General Plant Pathology》2008,74(4):331-334

A virus that caused a distinct yellow mosaic was isolated in Okayama, Japan from Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L., Pekinensis group). The virus, with spherical particles ca. 28 nm in diameter, was mechanically transmissible only to cruciferous species. From the host range, characteristic morphology of virus particles, serology and sequence analysis of coat protein gene, the causal virus was identified as Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV). Seed transmission of TYMV at 0–2.2% in Chinese cabbage was confirmed. This report is the first of TYMV from Chinese cabbage and in Japan. The nucleotide sequence data reported are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases as accessions AB358971 and AB358972.  相似文献   

Gene coding for SigA-binding protein from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Arabidopsis</Emphasis> appears to be transcriptionally up-regulated by salicylic acid and NPR1-dependent mechanisms     

Mari Narusaka  Kiyoshi Kawai  Norihiko Izawa  Motoaki Seki  Kazuo Shinozaki  Shigemi Seo  Masatomo Kobayashi  Tomonori Shiraishi  Yoshihiro Narusaka 《Journal of General Plant Pathology》2008,74(5):345-354

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Effects of cooling rate on post-thaw motility and fertility of Japanese pearl oyster <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinctada fucata martensii</Emphasis> spermatozoa     

Kahori Arita  Kiyoshi Isowa  Takashi Ishikawa  Hideo Aoki  Hiromi Ohta 《Fisheries Science》2012,78(3):625-630

The post-thaw motility and fertility of Japanese pearl oyster sperm show large variances, even among sperm samples obtained from the same individuals. This study aimed to clarify the factors that cause such differences. Spermatozoa were diluted 50 times with diluent comprising 10 % methanol, 18 % fetal bovine serum, and 72 % seawater, and dispensed into 0.25 ml straws. A total of 59 straws were cooled, one by one, at 11 different heights from the surface of liquid nitrogen (LN) to −50 °C, and then immediately immersed in LN. After thawing the straws, the relationships between the cooling rate and the post-thaw motility and post-thaw fertility of the spermatozoa were examined. Both the post-thaw motility and the post-thaw fertility showed a sharp peak when the straws were cooled at around −20 °C/min. There was a strong correlation between post-thaw motility and fertility (P < 0.001). There was a large difference in the cooling rates and the post-thaw motilities and fertilities of the spermatozoa, even between straws cooled at the same height. These results indicate that the optimum range for the cooling rate of oyster spermatozoa is quite narrow, and the method of cooling straws at a fixed distance from the LN surface is unsuitable for the cryopreservation of Japanese pearl oyster spermatozoa.  相似文献   

Quantitative trait loci associated with lodging tolerance in soybean cultivar ‘Toyoharuka’     

Naoya Yamaguchi  Takashi Sayama  Hiroyuki Yamazaki  Tomoaki Miyoshi  Masao Ishimoto  Hideyuki Funatsuki 《Breeding Science》2014,64(4):300-308

Lodging tolerance (LT) is an important trait for high yield and combine-harvesting efficiency in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Many previous studies have investigated quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for lodging score (LS) in soybean. Most of the investigated QTLs were located in the proximal region of maturity or growth habit loci. The aim of this study was to identify genetic factors for LT not associated with maturity or growth habit. QTL analysis was performed using a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from a cross between ‘Toyoharuka’ (TH), a lodging-tolerant cultivar, and ‘Toyomusume’ (TM). The genotypes of TH and TM were estimated as both e1e2E3E4 and dt1. The average LS over 4 years was used for QTL analysis, identifying a major and stable QTL, qLS19-1, on chromosome 19. The LS of the near-isogenic line (NIL) with the TH allele at Sat_099, the nearest marker to qLS19-1, was significantly lower than the NIL with the TM allele at that position. The TH allele at Sat_099 rarely had a negative influence on seed yield or other agronomic traits in both NILs and the TM-backcrossed lines. Our results suggest that marker-assisted selection for qLS19-1 is effective for improving LT in breeding programs.  相似文献