The U.S. Wholesale Market for Marine Ornamentals     

Sherry L. Larkin  Robert L. Degner 《Aquarium Sciences and Conservation》2001,3(1-3):13-24

The market for marine ornamentals encompasses all live marine species (fish and invertebrates) destined for the aquarium trade. In 1998, U.S. imports and exports were valued at approximately US $1.5 billion at the border (all dollar values cited in this paper are $US). In Florida, cultured freshwater and collected saltwater species accounted for $70 million and $4 million, respectively, in annual dockside revenue. To help explain Florida's marine landings and provide suggestions for future resource management and market campaigns that reflect the perceptions of the industry, a survey of wholesalers was initiated in 1999. Preliminary results indicate that there are several intermediate wholesale markets. Florida firms are closer to the supply as many also collect. Wholesalers in other states handle more freshwater product, are larger, and tend to import a larger share of their inventory. Consolidation is expected to continue, but niche markets for eco-friendly firms are expected to grow. In Florida, marketing strategies should focus on the observed higher survival rates and increasing supply of the popular invertebrate species. Many wholesalers are concerned about additional regulations that could reduce the number of collectors and thereby increase supply variability, a noted weakness of the Florida industry.  相似文献   

Total and free thyroid hormones in plasma of tropical marine teleost fish     

J. G. Eales  S. Shostak 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》1987,3(3):127-131

Plasma levels of L-thyroxine (T₄) and 3,5,3-triiodo-L-thyronine (T₃) and the percentage of plasma T₄ and T₃ present in the free (dialyzable) form (%FT₄ and %FT₃) were measured in 16 species (11 families) of tropical marine teleosts from an inshore Barbados reef. Mean plasma T₄ varied from 0.2 ng/ml to 42 ng/ml; mean plasma T₃ varied from < 0.2 ng/ml to 50 ng/ml. The highest T₄ and T₃ levels were recorded in parrot-fish and the lowest levels in filefish. The %oFT₄ and %FT₃ varied from 0.05–3.41%. Estimated levels of plasma free T₄ and free T₃ levels ranged from 0.4–466 pg/ml. The extremely wide inter- and intra-species ranges in levels of free T₄ and T₃ do not support a previous suggestion, based on temperate freshwater salmonid species, that free T₄ and T₃ levels in fish may fall within a relatively range narrow comparable to that of homeothermic vertebrates.  相似文献   

热带水稻优异种质资源的表型遗传多样性分析     

贺治洲  尹明  谢振宇  沈建凯 《热带作物学报》2014,34(9):37-42

有效管理和充分挖掘遗传多样性丰富的稻种资源对水稻育种具有重要意义。利用15个表型性状对来自9个热带国家和地区的127份热带水稻育种优异种质进行综合评价,比较分析不同来源热带水稻优异种质的表型差异和遗传多样性指数。结果表明：热带水稻种质资源表型性状差异明显,数量性状的变异系数为7.0%～23.8%,平均为12.04%,其中单株穗数比较大,谷粒长较小;Shannon-Wiener多样性指数分析结果表明,15个表型性状遗传多样性指数变化为0.603～2.066,平均为1.579,其中每穗总粒数比较高,穗型较小;9个不同来源地的热带水稻资源多样性指数为0.780～1.547,平均为1.219。不同来源的热带水稻种质各性状变异范围较大,各性状间存在显著差异,遗传多样性指数较高,可进一步发掘优异资源和有利基因,为培育和筛选优良热带水稻品种提供亲本来源。  相似文献   

国家重要热带作物工程技术研究中心运行机制探讨     

赵子博  王凯丽  李琼 《热带作物学报》2014,(4):51-54

从国家重要热带作物工程技术研究中心现状出发,探讨工程中心的运行机制,提出了加快构建热带农业工程技术研究中心运行机制的对策和建议。  相似文献   

Spatial variability of surface peat properties and carbon emissions in a tropical peatland oil palm monoculture during a dry season     

Selva Dhandapani  Nicholas T. Girkin  Stephanie Evers 《Soil Use and Management》2022,38(1):381-395

The expansion of oil palm monocultures into globally important Southeast Asian tropical peatlands has caused severe environmental damage. Despite much of the current focus of environmental impacts being directed at industrial scale plantations, over half of oil palm land-use cover in Southeast Asia is from smallholder plantations. We differentiated a first generation smallholder oil palm monoculture into 8 different sampling zones, and further divided the 8 sampling zones into oil palm root influenced (Proximal) and reduced root influence (Distal) areas, to assess how peat properties regulate in situ carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) fluxes. We found that all the physico-chemical properties and nutrient concentrations except sulphur varied significantly among sampling zones. All physico-chemical properties except electrical conductivity, and all nutrient content except nitrogen and potassium varied significantly between Proximal and Distal areas. Mean CO₂ fluxes (ranged between 382 and 1191 mg m⁻² h⁻¹) varied significantly among sampling zones, and between Proximal and Distal areas, with notably high emissions in Dead Wood and Path zones, and consistently higher emissions in Proximal areas compared to Distal areas within almost all the zones. CH₄ fluxes (ranged between −32 and 243 µg m⁻² h⁻¹) did not significantly vary between Proximal and Distal areas, however significantly varied amongst sampling zones. CH₄ flux was notably high in Canal Edge and Understorey Ferns zones, and negative in Dead Wood zone. The results demonstrate the high heterogeneity of peat properties within oil palm monoculture, strengthening the need for intensive sampling to characterize a land use in the tropical peatlands.  相似文献   

基于DEM的热作区土地利用现状分析——以阳江农场为例     

章明  李玉华  曹蕾  钟菲 《热带农业科学》2014,(10)

在GIS空间分析功能的支持下,利用数字高程模型(Digital Elevation Model,DEM)提取阳江农场高程、坡度和坡向数据,计算橡胶林、农用地及未利用地等3种土地利用类型的分级分布指数,准确描述农场主要用地类型的空间分布频率,总结分布趋势,为进一步制定热作区农场发展规划提供参考。  相似文献   

海南岛热带针阔叶林交错区群落环境特征     

张俊艳  成克武  臧润国  丁易 《林业科学》2014,(8)

采用样带法,以海南岛霸王岭林区典型的热带针叶林与阔叶林交错区为研究对象,分析不同群落类型环境因子变化特征及研究区域内环境因子的综合特征。结果表明：随着林分经针阔交错区的变化,土壤 pH、土壤有机质含量、全氮含量、有效氮含量、有效磷含量和有效钾含量都表现为阔叶林区＞针阔交错区＞针叶林区,全钾含量、凋落物厚度和群落类型光因子表现为针叶林区＞针阔交错区＞阔叶林区,土壤含水量、全磷含量和土壤砂砾含量变化不显著;3种群落类型环境因子的相关性分析表明,除土壤含水量和全磷含量与其他环境因子之间无显著相关外,其他因子间都显著相关;3种群落类型环境因子的主成分分析表明,土壤 pH、土壤有机质含量、凋落物厚度和光因子对第1轴的贡献最大,全氮含量和有效磷含量对第2轴的贡献最大。  相似文献   

蚯蚓处理热带农业固体废弃物 木薯渣的适宜条件初探     

陈键  陈淼  刁晓平  俞花美  葛成军 《广东农业科学》2014,41(12):183-188

采用室内模拟培养的方法,利用蚯蚓处理热带农业固体废弃物木薯渣,研究处理过程中蚯蚓生长繁殖 状况及处理前后混合废弃物的理化性质,探讨蚯蚓处理热带农业废弃物的适宜条件。结果表明,热带农业废弃物木 薯渣和砖红壤的不同配比基质中赤子爱胜蚓的生长繁殖良好,各试验组蚯蚓的生长繁殖与基质性质及环境条件之 间存在明显关系,其在30%砖红壤+70%木薯渣的处理中繁殖情况最好,产茧数量最多。蚯蚓在温度25益、含水率 70%、pH 7.9、接种密度10 条/60g 干重基质时具有最好的生长繁殖效率,同时赤子爱胜蚓对此类热带农业废弃物也 具有较好的处理效果,不同配比基质经蚯蚓处理后速效氮和速效磷含量明显增加。  相似文献   

Fisheries of two tropical lagoons in Ghana, West Africa     

H. R. Dankwa  J. M. Shenker  & J. Lin  P. K. Ofori-Danson  Y. Ntiamoa-Baidu 《Fisheries Management and Ecology》2004,11(6):379-386

Abstract  The fisheries of two coastal lagoons, Keta and Songor, were studied as part of Ghana Coastal Wetlands Management Project (GCWMP) aimed at sustainable exploitation of wetland resources. Fish samples were obtained with seine nets and cast net as well as from local fishermen. Water quality parameters (pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature and turbidity) were similar in the two lagoons, except for salinity, which was significantly different ( P  < 0.001). Despite their close geographical proximity, the two lagoons supported different fish assemblages with the blackchin tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, and the redchin tilapia, Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker), being the most important commercial fishes in both lagoons. The number of individuals for each species in Songor Lagoon were far more abundant, with densities several orders of magnitude higher than in Keta Lagoon. However, both species were significantly larger ( P  < 0.01) in the latter [15–121 and 25–157 mm standard length (SL)] than in the former lagoon (30–102 and 15–95 mm SL) for S. melanotheron and T. guineensis respectively. Over-fishing, use of small-size mesh nets, limited mixing of marine and fresh water were some of the factors limiting fish production in both lagoons.  相似文献   

Fish species redundancy in estuaries: A major conservation concern in temperate estuaries under global change pressures     

Alan K. Whitfield  Trevor D. Harrison 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2021,31(4):979-983

1. Fish assemblages in estuaries have a much lower species richness (number of taxa) when compared with the combined numbers of freshwater and marine species from adjacent aquatic ecosystems. This is primarily because of the relatively harsh and fluctuating physico-chemical conditions in estuaries compared with the more stable freshwater and marine environments.
2. A comprehensive fish survey of estuaries in South Africa is used as a basis to determine fish species richness in subtropical, warm temperate, and cool temperate systems along the coast, and to assess the degree of redundancy in the different biogeographic regions.
3. In general, only one or two species belonging to each of the detritivorous, piscivorous, zoobenthivorous, and zooplanktivorous fish guilds are numerically well represented in the larger cool temperate estuaries, but between four and 10 species in each of these guilds are usually recorded in the larger subtropical estuaries.
4. Although the overall low redundancy of fish species groups in estuaries has already been formally recognized in the literature, this short note highlights the sensitivity of certain trophic guilds in temperate South African estuaries to any form of redundancy, a characteristic that may be equally applicable, based on declining species richness with increasing latitude, to temperate estuaries in other parts of the world.

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