General Chemical Properties of Brown Forest Soils Developed from Different Parent Materials in the Submontane Zone of the Kanto and Chubu Districts, Japan   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Akihiro Imaya  Seiichi Ohta  Nagaharu Tanaka  Yoshiyuki Inagaki 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2005,51(6):873-884

It is essential to analyze chemical properties including the amount of various materials and the soil colloid characteristics in forest soils to forecast wood production and the distribution of and variations in the environmental functions of forest soils, such as conservation of stream water and carbon sequestration. Approximately 70% of the forest soils in Japan consists of Brown Forest Soils (BFS), which are considered to be typical zonal soils under the humid-temperate and warm-temperate regime of Japan. BFS were subclassifled into several groups according to the soil moisture environment along the slope and morphological properties. However, even the same type of soil may display different properties depending on the climatic conditions, parent materials and vegetation types. In the present study, the variations in the carbon content, nitrogen content, cation exchange capacity and some properties depending on the parent materials, were clarified by using 34 sola of BFS, and 3 sola of black soils (BLS) for comparison, which were distributed in the submontane zone of the Kanto and Chubu districts in central Japan under the same climatic conditions. We observed differences in the pH, cation exchange capacity, base saturation and clay content among BFS samples derived from various parent materials. The BFS derived from volcanic ash contained obviously larger amounts of carbon and nitrogen than the BFS derived from other parent materials. However, the BFS derived from volcanic ash differed from the BLS derived from volcanic ash in the vertical distribution pattern of carbon and nitrogen. Thus, even in the submontane zone of the Kanto and Chubu districts, the chemical properties of BFS varied considerably with the parent materials. It was concluded that the classification of BFS by the parent materials was useful for evaluating the ability of the BFS, that cover 70% of the forests in Japan, to store various materials.  相似文献   

溶解度作为啤酒大麦品质筛选指标有效性研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

杨煜峰  佐佐木昭 《作物学报》1995,21(3):346-350

大麦制麦芽期间，胚乳的溶解是从近胚端向远胚端发展，从亚糊粉层向中心移动，溶解作用主要在发芽的有５天内完成，溶解度大致以每天２０－３０％的速度增加，品种间差异明显，麦芽溶解率的提高与β－葡聚糖含量的下降以及浸出率、糖化力和可溶性氮的增加表现为同步变化，此外，对３６个品种的分析表明，麦芽溶解度与浸出率成极显著正相关，与麦芽硬度和蛋白质含量呈显著负相关，可见，溶解度是反映麦芽品质的一个极好的综合性指标，  相似文献   

Seasonal fluctuations in the flux of particulate organic matter discharged from net pens for fish farming     

Hiroaki Tsutsumi  Sarawut Srithongouthal  Akihiro Inoue  Ayako Sato  Daigo Hama 《Fisheries Science》2006,72(1):119-127

ABSTRACT:   Fish farming using net pens consumes large amounts of food for the reared fish, resulting in organic enrichment of the sediment below the fish farm from organic discharge in the forms of fish feces and food residues. Sediment traps were set at a net pen within and outside a fish farm, and organic flux on the sea floor was compared. The year-mean organic flux to the sea floor caused by fish farming from September 2003 to September 2004 was estimated at 2.11 gC/m²/day in total organic carbon (TOC) and 0.26 gN/m²/day in total nitrogen (TN), which were 2.5 times (TOC flux) and 2.2 times (TN flux) larger than that for natural organic flux outside the fish farm. The seasonal fluctuation patterns of organic flux to the sea floor below the fish farm did not necessarily coincide with those for the amount of food spent for the fish farming. The largest organic flux to the sea floor occurred in the autumn, when the vertical mixing of the water had just started. Therefore, organic enrichment of the sediment on the sea floor of a fish farm proceeded during this season.  相似文献   

Control of dissolved oxygen levels of water in net pens for fish farming by a microscopic bubble generating system     

Sarawut Srithongouthai  Akira Endo  Akihiro Inoue  Kyoko Kinoshita  Miho Yoshioka  Ayako Sato  Takaaki Iwasaki  Ichiro Teshiba  Hisatsune Nashiki  Daigo Hama  Hiroaki Tsutsumi 《Fisheries Science》2006,72(3):485-493

ABSTRACT:   A microscopic bubble generating system (MBGS) has been developed to control dissolved oxygen (DO) levels suitable for fish farming. The MBGS has been tested to confirm its capability in net pens. Water conditions in a fish farm were monitored every two hours from June to October 2004 by setting an online vertical profiling system (OVPS) close to the net pen. DO in the net pen water decreased to physiologically stressful levels for the fish during the night (4.84–5.51 mg/L), while the DO was kept in saturated conditions during the day, due to oxygen supply from phytoplankton. The MBGS was operated from the evening to the morning of the next day for 16 h, to successfully create DO-saturated conditions in the net pen water at night. By using microscopic bubbles during the warm seasons, DO levels in the net pen water could be improved to a level suitable for fish farming. However, the low DO levels (<5.0 mg/L) of the bottom water occasionally extended to the net pen layers, despite the supply of microscopic bubbles to the water. To maintain the DO of the net pen water at levels suitable for fish farming, DO supply to the net pen water and the bottom water needs to be increased, and the organically enriched sediment just below the net pens needs to be treated.  相似文献   

Inbreeding depression traits in pacific abalone Haliotis discus hannai by factorial mating experiments   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Choulji Park  Qi Li  Toshimasa Kobayashi  Akihiro Kijima 《Fisheries Science》2006,72(4):774-780

ABSTRACT:   'Inbreeding depression' may be an avoidable phenomenon for abalone culture. However, only a few studies have been carried out on inbreeding depression. In the present study, using six families produced in 1994, a factorial mating system including inbreeding and outbreeding was constructed in order to demonstrate inbreeding depression traits of the Pacific abalone. In total, 24 inbreeding and 21 outbreeding crosses were produced during three years (1999–2001) and these offspring were reared for approximately one year. Significant differences in fertilization rate and growth were not observed between inbreeding and outbreeding crosses. However, the deformity rate of veliger larvae was always higher in inbreeding crosses than that of outbreeding crosses in all experiments. Moreover, a significantly high deformity rate was observed in some full-sib families of inbreeding. Alternatively, the survival rates of inbreeding crosses were much lower than for outbreeding crosses after about 4 months and one year in two rearing localities. These results indicate that inbreeding depression is observed in the traits of deformity rate and survival, but not in fertilization rate nor growth in the first generation of a full-sib family of the Pacific abalone.  相似文献   

Lysozyme in the ovary of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus): its purification and some biological properties     

Akihiro Takemura  Kazunori Takano 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》1995,14(5):415-421

Lysozyme was purified from the ovary of tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, with two steps, chitin coated-cellulose and Sephadex G-100, and its biological properties were investigated. Purified lysozyme had a molecular mass of 15kDa on SDS-PAGE under reducing condition. Analyses with antibody (a-EL) against the purified lysozyme revealed that serum and egg extract reacted with a-EL and the precipitin lines fused completely. The enzyme activities in serum and egg extract were inhibited by adding serially diluted a-EL. Therefore, egg extract and serum lysozyme was immunologically identical. Immunohistochemically, lysozyme was observed in the ooplasm of the oocytes laden with yolk but not in the follicle layers, egg envelope or immature oocytes (the peri-nucleolus stage). In addition, the enzyme activity in the large oocytes was higher than that in the small ones. These results suggest that lysozyme detected in the oocytes is derived from extra-ovarian tissue and transfers from the maternal circulation. Lysozyme activity in the serum of female tilapia increased with oocyte development, suggesting that the change in the enzyme level may be partially related to the reproductive events (especially vitellogenesis) of the female fish.  相似文献   

Lunar cycles and reproductive activity in reef fishes with particular attention to rabbitfishes   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Akihiro Takemura  Md. Saydur Rahman  Sigeo Nakamura  Young Ju Park  & Kazunori Takano 《Fish and Fisheries》2004,5(4):317-328

Cues from the moon influence synchrony in growth, feeding, migration, behaviour and reproduction of many reef fishes. Compared with comprehensive studies on the annual and daily activities of fish, few physiological studies have paid attention to the importance of lunar cues in reproductive activities. We review mutual and interesting relationships between fish reproduction and environmental changes induced by the moon, with particular emphasis on the reproductive activity of the rabbitfishes (Siganidae). Rabbitfish species exhibit, in nature, a definitive reproductive season, which differs among the tropical areas. During the reproductive season, synchronous spawning of rabbitfish is associated with a particular lunar phase. The lunar phase used by the respective species is similar in different regions on the earth. Histological observations revealed that gonads develop synchronously towards a peak around the spawning lunar phase, after which the gonads return to spent condition. Concomitant with gonadal development, sex steroid hormones were produced under the influence of gonadotropin (GtH). Injections of human chronic gonadotropin (hCG) to the fish that are undergoing active spermatogenesis accelerated testicular maturation. These results suggest that hormonal response in maturing the gonads in rabbitfish is under the regulation of GtH, and that pituitary secretion of GtH according to the lunar cycle accounts for the lunar rhythm in gonadal development. We speculate that the cues from the moon can be recognized by the higher parts of the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal axis. Possible relationships between exogenous environmental factors and the lunar‐reproductive rhythm are also discussed.  相似文献   

Reproductive cycle in reared male common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster     

T. Utoh  A. Okamura  Y. Yamada  S. Tanaka  N. Mikawa  A. Akazawa  N. Horie  H.P. Oka 《Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》2004,240(1-4):589-605

Annual changes in gonadal histology, gonadosomatic index (GSI), and plasma 11-ketotestosterone (11KT) levels were investigated in reared male common Japanese congers, Conger myriaster. Young fish, 20–30 cm in total length and around 20 g in body weight, caught in November 1996 (group 1) and in September 1999 (group 2) were reared for 3 years in seawater at temperatures ranging from 10 to 20 °C.

In most fish, only spermatogonia occupied the testes for 1 year and a few months after capture. Spermatocytes appeared in February, and both spermatids and spermatozoa appeared in March, in 1998 for group 1 and in 2001 for group 2. Spermiation was observed from May to September and reduction in testis was observed after October in both groups. GSI and plasma 11KT levels changed with progression of spermatogenesis. Although GSI was less than 1.0 and the plasma 11KT level less than 1.0 ng/ml, in the first year in most fish, both increased in the second year of rearing. GSI peaked in June 1998 (5.3±3.0; mean±standard deviation) in group 1 and May 2001 (2.3±1.3) in group 2, and bottomed in October (0.3±0.1) in both groups. Plasma 11KT levels peaked in March 1998 (5.8±1.9 ng/ml) in group 1 and May 2001 (4.4±2.4 ng/ml) in group 2, and bottomed in August in group 1 and September in group 2 (around 0.1 ng/ml in both groups). Spermatogenesis and changes in GSI and plasma 11KT levels were repeated the following year in both groups.

These observations indicate that males have an annual reproductive cycle under rearing conditions. It is possible that wild male common Japanese congers also have multiple spawning seasons in their lives.  相似文献   

Post-haemorrhagic anaemia in sea bass,Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), caused by blood feeding of Ceratothoa oestroides (Isopoda: Cymothoidae)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Horton T  Okamura B 《Journal of fish diseases》2003,26(7):401-406

The effects of the fish parasitic isopod, Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso), on haematological parameters of its cage-cultured sea bass host, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), were studied. Analyses of blood parameters (cell counts, haemoglobin content and haematocrit) were carried out on parasitized and unparasitized sea bass from a fish farm in Turkey. Parasitized fish had significantly lowered erythrocyte counts, haematocrit and haemoglobin values and significantly increased leucocyte counts. Blood feeding by C. oestroides thus produces a post-haemorrhagic anaemia and the fish appear to mount an immune response to the presence of parasites.  相似文献   

Genetic differentiation among three color variants of Japanese sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

Manami  KAN-NO  Akihiro  KIJIMA 《Fisheries Science》2003,69(4):806-812

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