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The temperate anemone Anthopleura elegantissima hosts two phylogenetically different symbiotic microalgae, a dinoflagellate Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae, ZX) and a chlorophyte (zoochlorellae, ZC), throughout certain regions of its latitudinal range. Because of the broad intertidal and geographic range of this anemone, we examined the role of irradiance to ascertain which specific symbiotic parameters are affected and whether light intensity governs the observed distributions of natural populations of ZX and ZC. Irradiance appears to be a key factor in regulating both the photophysiology and metabolism of this alga-cnidarian association. Regardless of light intensity, algal densities remained stable for anemones harboring ZX or ZC, whereas the mitotic indices of ZX and ZC both varied directly with light intensity. The chlorophyll content of ZX remained fairly constant regardless of irradiance; in contrast, ZC chlorophyll content was inversely proportional to light intensity. Regardless of irradiance, the carotenoid content of both symbionts was constant; however, ZX carotenoid levels were higher than those of ZC. Net photosynthesis was directly related to light intensity for both algal symbionts and ZX photosynthetic rates were consistently higher than those of ZC. Similarly, the potential carbon contribution of ZX and ZC to animal respiration (CZAR) displayed a direct relationship with light intensity, peaking at 800 µmol·m-2·s-1, then subsequently declined. Lower ZX growth rates, coupled with higher photosynthetic rates and higher CZAR estimates, compared to ZC, suggest that the ZX should be the dominant symbiont as light intensity increases; this may explain the high densities of anemones in the field containing ZX where the levels of irradiance are naturally high. These results support the interpretation that irradiance is a significant environmental parameter that dictates the microhabitat and latitudinal distribution of the two symbiotic algal taxa. This is the second in a series of papers examining the physical parameters that influence the distribution of ZX- and ZC-bearing A. elegantissima. 相似文献
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Roadless and Low-Traffic Areas as Conservation Targets in Europe 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Selva N Kreft S Kati V Schluck M Jonsson BG Mihok B Okarma H Ibisch PL 《Environmental management》2011,48(5):865-877
With increasing road encroachment, habitat fragmentation by transport infrastructures has been a serious threat for European
biodiversity. Areas with no roads or little traffic (“roadless and low-traffic areas”) represent relatively undisturbed natural
habitats and functioning ecosystems. They provide many benefits for biodiversity and human societies (e.g., landscape connectivity,
barrier against pests and invasions, ecosystem services). Roadless and low-traffic areas, with a lower level of anthropogenic
disturbances, are of special relevance in Europe because of their rarity and, in the context of climate change, because of
their contribution to higher resilience and buffering capacity within landscape ecosystems. An analysis of European legal
instruments illustrates that, although most laws aimed at protecting targets which are inherent to fragmentation, like connectivity,
ecosystem processes or integrity, roadless areas are widely neglected as a legal target. A case study in Germany underlines
this finding. Although the Natura 2000 network covers a significant proportion of the country (16%), Natura 2000 sites are
highly fragmented and most low-traffic areas (75%) lie unprotected outside this network. This proportion is even higher for
the old Federal States (western Germany), where only 20% of the low-traffic areas are protected. We propose that the few remaining
roadless and low-traffic areas in Europe should be an important focus of conservation efforts; they should be urgently inventoried,
included more explicitly in the law and accounted for in transport and urban planning. Considering them as complementary conservation
targets would represent a concrete step towards the strengthening and adaptation of the Natura 2000 network to climate change. 相似文献
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Throughout its geographic range, the temperate-zone anemone Anthopleura elegantissima is the host of one or both of two distinctively different symbiotic microalgae: a dinoflagellate Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae, ZX) and a chlorophyte (zoochlorellae, ZC). Given the broad vertical intertidal and latitudinal range of this
anemone, we investigated the role of temperature in determining whether A. elegantissima supports one algal symbiont over the other and whether temperature regulates the observed distributions of natural populations
of ZX and ZC. Temperature appears to be a key factor in regulating both the photophysiology and metabolism of this algal–cnidarian
association. In anemones containing ZX, neither algal densities nor chlorophyll content varied with temperature (6–24 °C);
in contrast, anemones with ZC displayed reduced densities and chlorophyll content at the highest temperature treatment (24 °C).
Both ZX and ZC photosynthetic rates were directly related to temperature, as were anemone respiration rates. The higher photosynthetic
rates, maintenance of a stable algal density and chlorophyll content, and higher potential contribution of algal carbon toward
animal respiration (CZAR) suggest that the ZX are the more viable symbiont as temperature increases, but we suggest alternative
reasons why ZC are preserved in this symbiotic association. Elevated temperatures reduce ZC densities and chlorophyll, suggesting
that higher temperatures affect this relationship in a negative fashion, presumably due to a higher cost of maintaining ZC
by the association; alternatively, these costs may be affiliated with the deterioration of the ZC themselves. These results
suggest that temperature may be one of the most significant environmental parameters that sets the intertidal microhabitat
and latitudinal distribution patterns of the two algal taxa observed in the field.
Received: 2 November 1998 / Accepted: 25 October 2000 相似文献
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The relationship between anemones and anemonefishes is an oft-cited and endearing example of a mutualistic symbiosis. Current
research on mutualistic symbioses suggests these relationships are more commonplace and have greater importance at the ecosystem
level on nutrient dynamics and evolutionary processes than previously thought. Using stable isotopes 15N and 13C, both field and laboratory experiments were designed to investigate whether nutrient transfer from two species of resident
anemonefishes (Amphiprion perideraion and A. clarkii) to host anemones (Heteractis crispa) occurs. Mass spectroscopy indicated that both 15N and 13C were significantly elevated in the tissues of anemonefishes and in both host anemone and zooxanthellae fractions. These
experiments provide the first direct empirical evidence of nitrogen and carbon transfer from resident anemonefishes to host
anemones and endosymbiotic zooxanthellae. Such transfer of elements within this intriguing tripartite association underscores
the central role that nutrient dynamics contributes to the evolutionary processes of these marine symbioses. 相似文献
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Jacqueline Selva Jean Philippe Wolf Patricia Rince Daniel Rodrigues René Frydman Pierre Jouannet 《黑龙江环境通报》1993,13(5):311-321
Subzonal insemination has been proposed to achieve fertilization in cases where standard in vitro fertilization has failed. We present the results of chromosome analysis of oocytes after subzonal insemination. Our data suggest that the main cause (76 per cent) of the absence of cleavage after subzonal insemination is the total absence of sperm nucleus evolution of the injected spermatozoa. Our results also suggest that spermatozoa chromatin development is normal after subzonal insemination. Aneuploidy does not seem to be increased in zygotes after subzonal insemination. However, polyploidy was often more important than predicted by the observation of pronuclei (PN). Pronucleus development might be asynchronous and can appear earlier or later than after standard IVF. The cytogenetic risk after subzonal insemination might therefore be triploidy (if a triploid egg is transferred, because only 2 PN were seen) rather than aneuploidy or structural abnormalities. 相似文献
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Environmental assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments of the Santander Bay,Northern Spain 总被引:17,自引:0,他引:17
Samples of intertidal surface sediments (0-2 cm) were collected in 17 stations of the Santander Bay, Cantabric Sea, Northern Spain. The concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 16, were analysed by HPLC and MS detection. Surface sediments show a good linear correlation among the parameters of the experimental organic matter evaluation, where total carbon (TC) and loss on ignition (LOI) are approximately 2.5 and 5 times total organic carbon (TOC). A wide range of TOC from 0.08% to 4.1%, and a broad distribution of the sum of sigma16PAHs, from 0.02 to 344.6 microg/g d.w., which can be correlated by an exponential equation to the TOC, has been identified. A qualitative relationship may be established between the industrial input along the rivers and the concentration of sigma6PAHs in the sediments of the estuaries: Boo estuary (8404-4631 microg/g OC), Solia-San Salvador estuaries (305-113 microg/g OC) and Cubas estuary (31-32 microg/g OC). This work shows a dramatic change in the spatial distribution in the concentration of PAHs of intertidal surface sediments. The left edge of the Bay has the main traffic around the city and the major source of PAHs is from combustion processes and estuarine inputs, leading to medium values of PAHs in the sediments; the right edge of the Bay has much lesser anthropogenic activities leading to lower values of PAHs in sediments. The distribution of individual PAHs in sediments varies widely depending on their structure and molecular weight; the 4-6 ring aromatics predominate in polluted sediments due to their higher persistence. The isomer ratio does not allow any clear identification of the PAHs origin. Environmental evaluation according to Dutch guidelines and consensus sediment quality guidelines based on ecotoxicological data leads to the same conclusion, sediments in the Santander Bay show a very different environmental quality depending on the spatial position from heavily polluted/medium effects to non-polluted/below threshold effects. These results indicate that local sources of PAHs, especially estuary discharges, lead to very different qualities of sediments in coastal zones, where traffic and industrial activities take place. 相似文献