Diversity,endemism and conservation of the freshwater crabs of China (Brachyura: Potamidae and Gecarcinucidae)     

Neil CUMBERLIDGE  Peter K. L. NG  Darren C. J. YEO  Tohru NARUSE  Kirstin S. MEYER  Lara J. ESSER 《Integrative zoology》2011,6(1):45-55

China lies at the heart of the global center of freshwater crab diversity in tropical Asia, where the 2 most diverse families occur: Potamidae (505 species, 95 genera) and Gecarcinucidae (344 species, 59 genera). China stands out as the country with the highest species richness of freshwater crabs globally. Its fauna comprises 243 species in 37 genera and in 2 families, and species discovery is still progressing at a rapid pace. The vast majority of the species are distributed in southwest, south central and eastern China in the Oriental zoogeographical region. China also stands out as having a highly endemic freshwater crab fauna at the species level (96%) and at the genus level (78%). Although the recent International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list conservation assessment found only 6 out of 228 species (2%) to be threatened (5 potamids and 1 gecarcinucid), the majority (more than 75%) of Chinese species are regarded as data deficient, so the number of threatened species is likely to be a serious underestimate. Threats from increasing habitat destruction and pollution are a major concern due to the rapidly growing economy and massive developments taking place in China. There is therefore an urgent need for increased species exploration and for the development of a conservation strategy for China's threatened (and potentially threatened) endemic freshwater crab species.  相似文献   

日粮核苷酸对早期断奶小鼠肝脏基因表达的影响     

王兰芳  乐国伟  虞泽鹏  施用晖 《上海交通大学学报(农业科学版)》2006,24(4):341-344,348

研究了日粮核苷酸对早期断奶小鼠肝脏基因表达的影响:选取16～17日龄健康BALB/C雄性小鼠60只,分成对照组和实验组,分别饲喂添加0、0.25%核苷酸的无核苷酸基础日粮,在实验的第2、4、10天采用差异显示技术分离小鼠肝脏中差异表达的基因。结果表明:采用6对引物分离到4条差异表达的基因片断。采用差异显示技术初步分离到4个受核苷酸影响差异表达的基因,这些片段需要做进一步的验证。  相似文献   

受冷害和未受冷害黄瓜中氨基酸含量的变化     

冯双庆  Y.T.Yao  J.Buchaman-smith&E.C.Lougheed 《中国农业大学学报》1994,(3):251-256

本文研究了贮藏在0℃下黄瓜的冷害与时间的关系,测定了0℃和20℃下黄瓜中氨基酸种类、含量及其贮藏中的变化,结果表明,上述2种温度对谷氨酸、丙氨酸及总氨基酸含量的影响最大,0℃下受冷害黄瓜中丙氨酸含量及丙氨酸占总游离氨基酸的百分比要比在20℃下贮藏的高,而谷氨酸含量及其占总氨基酸含量的百分比却比20℃下的要低。  相似文献   

Estimating the ideal dietary indispensable amino acid pattern for growth of white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus (Richardson)   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

W. K. NG  S. S.O. HUNG 《Aquaculture Nutrition》1995,1(2):85-94

Juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus, Richardson) were fed or starved for 4 weeks, and their whole body amino acid composition determined at the beginning and the end of the study. The amino acid compositions of muscle, liver, gill and gastrointestinal tract, and the free amino acids in plasma of fed and starved fish were also determined. Very little variation was observed in the amino acid compositions of all the tissues examined after starvation. However, the plasma free amino acids were significantly (P < 0.05) decreased following starvation. On the basis of the amino acid composition and nitrogen retention values of the whole fish, daily indispensable amino acid requirements for protein accretion and obligatory nitrogen losses (mg amino acid 100 g body weighr^?1 day^?1) were estimated. The pattern of indispensable amino acids required for each of these is different, with the pattern for protein accretion containing much higher levels of lysine, but lower levels of tryptophan and sulfur amino acids. Individual amino acid retention rates varied from 33.3% of dietary tryptophan to 80.2% for arginine. The estimated dietary indispensable amino acid pattern for young growing white sturgeon (expressed as a percentage of total indispensable amino acids plus cystine and tyrosine) is: arginine, 14.0; histidine, 6.6; isoleucine, 8.8; leucine, 12.5; lysine, 15.8; methionine (plus cystine), 6.6; phenylalanine (plus tyrosine), 15.5; threonine, 9.7; tryptophan, 0.8; and valine, 9.7.  相似文献   

Soil C and N dynamics, nutrient leaching and fertility in a pine plantation amended with wood ash under Mediterranean climate     

María Xesús Gómez-Rey  Manuel Madeira  João Coutinho 《European Journal of Forest Research》2013,132(2):281-295

Wood ash addition to forest soils can balance exported nutrients by tree harvesting and decrease soil acidity, but its effectiveness in Mediterranean areas has been scarcely evaluated. The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of wood ash application on soil C and N dynamics, nutrient leaching and fertility in a pine stand. Treatments were loose and pelleted ash application (11 Mg ha^?1), alone or combined with N fertilizer, and a control treatment. Nutrient leaching and soil chemical and biological properties were periodically evaluated for a 30-month period. Wood ash increased leaching of base cations (Ca, Mg, Na and K) and P, mainly at the beginning of the study. The effect was more pronounced for the loose formulation. As a consequence, a positive effect on soil nutrient availability (exchangeable base cations and extractable P) and soil acidity reduction was observed for the loose formulation in the 0–10-cm soil layer. Carbon and N dynamics were only affected when ash was applied with N fertilizer, which enhanced CO₂ flux during the study period.  相似文献   

乐山市中心城区越冬水鸟群落结构的变迁     

杨培培  思超  周博 《安徽农业科学》2016,44(24)

[目的]研究近年来乐山市中心城区越冬水鸟群落结构的变迁。[方法]于2008年1月和2014年1月分别对乐山市中心城区越冬水鸟群落结构进行了调查。[结果]伴随城市化的快速发展,乐山市中心城区“三江”水鸟的群落结构发生了明显变化,以红嘴鸥(Larus ridibundus)和崖沙燕(Riparia riparia)等为代表的中小型鸟类逐步取代大中型的鸭科(Anatidae)鸟类成为群落优势种。[结论]该研究可为评估经济活动和生态环境对乐山市中心城区水鸟群落的影响奠定基础。  相似文献   

Do harrowing and fertilisation at middle rotation improve tree growth and site quality in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Eucalyptus globulus</Emphasis> Labill. plantations in Mediterranean conditions?     

Manuel Madeira  António Fabião  Marta Carneiro 《European Journal of Forest Research》2012,131(3):583-596

Effects of harrowing and fertilisation on tree growth, understory vegetation, forest floor litter and soil properties were studied in a field experiment installed in a 5-year-old first rotation eucalypt plantation. The treatments were harrowing (H), fertilisation (F), harrowing and fertilisation (HF) and a control without any treatments (C), with four replicates. Tree growth, root mass, tree nutrition status, understory vegetation, mass of forest floor litter and soil physical and chemical properties were monitored till the end of the rotation (stand was 14-year old). Effects of treatments on tree growth, root mass and timber production were not significant. Root nutrient concentration differed between treatments only few months after the beginning of the experiment, while differences regarding specific root length and area were observed during the first year. Harrowing (H and HF) led to significantly smaller biomass of understory vegetation (<13.4 g m⁻²) than other treatments (33−61 g m⁻²) during the first 3 years, but at the end of the experiment differences were less important. Forest floor litter mass after 3 years and at the end of the experiment were similar among treatments. Soil bulk density significantly decreased by harrowing (H and HF treatments), but 16 months after treatments were similar. Although soil chemical properties were not significantly affected by treatments, a decrease in base cations occurred during the rotation period. Fertiliser application is a questionable practice under the economic point of view, whereas harrowing can reduce the fuel load only during a short period, without negative effects on productivity and soil quality.  相似文献   

Carbon fractions as indicators of organic matter dynamics in chestnut orchards under different soil management practices     

Olga Borges  Fernando Raimundo  João Coutinho  Berta Gonçalves  Ivo Oliveira  Afonso Martins  Manuel Madeira 《Agroforestry Systems》2018,92(2):301-310

Several studies have emphasized the negative impact of the conventional soil management (CT) system on productivity and sustainability of chestnut orchards (Castanea sativa Mill.) when compared to no-tillage with grass cover (NT). However, scarce information is available regarding the effects of these soil management systems on soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics and soil quality. SOM or soil organic carbon is a key component of soil quality and has different fractions with different lability, namely, organic C (POC), active C (AC) and hot-water extractable carbon (HWC). These are considered as indicators of changes in management-induced soil quality. Thus, a study was carried out to evaluate the effects of NT and CT systems applied in the chestnut orchards on: (i) total amount of soil organic C (TOC), including C from both organic and mineral layers; (ii) soil organic C concentration of mineral horizons (OC); (iii) labile soil organic fractions (POC, AC, HWC); (iv) and soil mineral-associated C. The study was developed in two 30-year old chestnut orchards located in Northeast Portugal, that were kept under different soil management systems (NT or CT) during the preceding 17 years. Soil samples were taken at 0–10 and 10–20 cm soil depth. No significant differences in OC concentration were observed between NT and CT, while TOC was significantly higher in NT than in CT (22.54 and 12.17 Mg/ha or 34.16 and 22.90 Mg/ha, considering the organic layer plus mineral layers at 0–10 and 0–20 cm depth (set of two depths). The NT practice led to significantly higher concentration of labile C fractions (POC, AC and HWC) than CT at 0–10 cm soil depth. These results indicate that measurement of labile soil organic C fractions, such as POC, AC and HWC, may provide a sensitive and consistent indication of changes in soil C and SOM dynamics in response to soil management practices. Overall, NT seems to ensure better soil quality than CT in chestnut orchards under Mediterranean climate conditions.  相似文献   

Clinical and haematological features of haemangiosarcoma in dogs   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

C. Y. NG  J. N. MILLS 《Australian veterinary journal》1985,62(1):1-4

Canine haemangiosarcoma was studied retrospectively in 31 cases recorded among 2,871 dogs presented for necropsy (1.08%). The German Shepherd breed was more frequently represented than other breeds. Affected dogs were older than 5 years (mean 9.1 years). Nineteen were males. Presenting signs often included episodic lethargy and weakness, with depression, anorexia and mucosal pallor. Spleen and lungs were the most frequently affected sites. Haematological findings in 9 dogs with splenic or hepatic haemangiosarcoma included a mild to moderate normochromic anaemia, neutrophilia, thrombocytopaenia, poikilocytosis and increased target cells. Acanthocytes occurred in 90% of cases, schizocytes in 80% and keratocytes and metarubyricytes in 70%. Fibrin split products were increased in 2 of the 3 cases in which they were measured. The changes in erythrocyte morphology are considered to be useful diagnostic features of canine haemangiosarcoma.  相似文献   

The effect of time between doses on serological response to a recombinant multivalent pilus vaccine against footrot in sheep     

CL SCHWARTZKOFF  PR LEHRBACH  ML NG  A. POI 《Australian veterinary journal》1993,70(4):127-129

SUMMARY The response of sheep to a recombinant multivalent footrot vaccine containing pilus antigens was examined after the administration of two doses of vaccine at Intervals ranging from 2 to 52 weeks. Agglutinating antibody titres were measured 3 weeks after the second vaccination and showed that lengthening of the interdose interval results in higher agglutinin titres. The capability of sheep to mount an increasingly strong immune response as the interval between doses is increased provides an opportunity to maximise the usefulness of vaccination by administering the first dose well before an expected footrot transmission period. This advantage of increasing the interdose interval has not been reported for traditional, whole-cell footrot vaccines, and use of the new pilus vaccine in this manner may improve prospects for disease control. Furthermore, sheep given a third dose either 6 or 12 months after their initial two-dose vaccination program achieved significantly higher titres than those elicited after the second dose, suggesting the likelihood of further improvement in disease control in successive seasons.  相似文献