evaluation of a measurement method for forest vegetation in a large-scale ecological survey

We evaluate a field method for determining species richness andcanopy cover of vascular plants for the Forest Health MonitoringProgram (FHM), an ecological survey of U.S. forests. Measurementsare taken within 12 1-m² quadrats on 1/15 ha plots in FHM.Species richness and cover are determined for four height classes(strata) within each quadrat and aggregated by stratum over the entireplot. We estimated (1) the agreement between experienced trainers andinexperienced technicians who collected the data on this survey(accuracy) and (2) the agreement among the technicians (precision) forresults on species richness and cover from 3 test plots at 3 timeintervals. The methods appear to be highly precise, although somediscrepancies with the values obtained by the trainers were found.Trainers found significantly more species in the ground stratum (0–0.6 m) and measured significantly more cover in the uppermost stratum(>4.9 m). The proportion of variation due to measurement error andtemporal variability was less than 13% for species richness (all strata)and cover (all but one stratum). This indicates that the method issuitable for monitoring changes in species richness and canopy coverfor a large-scale synoptic monitoring project such as FHM.     

植物遗传资源保护与利用的市场化机制和国际制度

随着植物物种资源的不断减少和因生物技术迅猛发展对植物遗传资源需求的不断增加 ,植物遗传资源正逐步由公共物品转变为稀缺物品。坚持《生物多样性公约》所确立的遗传资源效益公平分享原则 ,完善现有国际多边体系 ,促进以“遗传编码功能”价值概念和遗传资源保护效应“内部化”与“补偿”方案为基础的植物遗传资源市场化保护与利用机制的形成 ,建立“植物遗传资源交易所”和“生物多样性合作社” ,将有助于提高世界各国尤其是发展中国家保护植物遗传资源的积极性 ,实现全球植物遗传资源的可持续利用     

论DNA分子标记在家畜遗传多样性保护中的应用

本文就ＤＮＡ分子遗传标记在家畜遗传多样性保护中应用的可行性及途径进行了探讨，提出了家畜遗传多样性标记辅助保护新策略。     

试论凝灰熔岩——碎斑熔岩——花岗斑岩的成因联系

本文从岩相岩石学特征、地球化学演化,讨论了凝灰熔岩、碎斑熔岩、花岗斑岩三者之间的成因联系:它们是同源岩浆经分异结晶,形成岩浆房成分梯度和分带后,分别代表岩浆房从上到下不同部位成分岩浆依次侵位、在不同成岩条件下形成的一套岩石,可建立“三位一体”成岩模式.     

乔治王岛菲尔德斯半岛火山岩岩石学特征及岩浆成因与演化

菲尔德斯半岛出露一套第三纪岛孤火山岩,包括高铝玄武岩、玄武安山岩、及少量安山岩与英安岩,从早到晚可划分为碧玉山段、玛瑙滩段、化石山段和岩块山段四个岩性段.它们属于同一钙碱性岩浆演化系列,其中高铝玄武岩是其它火山岩的母岩.高铝玄武岩的形成过程可分两个阶段:首先是上地幔楔经过20～25％的部分熔融生成原生橄榄拉斑玄武质岩浆,然后原生岩浆再经40％的矿物分离结晶作用(其中橄榄石占30％,单斜辉石占70％)而分异形成高铝玄武岩浆.     

论遗传资源保护的国家战略

“遗传资源取得”是《生物多样性公约》的核心论题,是发展中国家和发达国家在《公约》谈判中争论的焦点。为保护和持续利用遗传资源,本文根据《公约》第１５条规定,结合中国在遗传资源保护方面的现状,提出：国家需要建立处理“遗传资源取得”问题的法规、政策及专利制度；进一步开展国内遗传资源的收集保护和科学研究；通过交换和参与合作研究,尽可能从国际农业研究机构和其他国家获取更多的遗传资源。     

Genetic amniocentesis following multifetal pregnancy reduction to twins: Assessing the risk

Fifty-three patients who elected to reduce their pregnancies to a twin gestation in our centre are known to have subsequently undergone genetic amniocentesis. Five of these patients lost their entire pregnancy following the genetic amniocentesis procedure. This is equivalent to a 9·4 per cent pregnancy loss rate for reduced twin gestations in comparison with an expected loss rate of 2 per cent for non-reduced twin gestations.     

Degradation of Populus euphratica community in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China

IntroductionRiparian systems are aquatic-terrestrial ecotones withunique biotic , biophysical and landscape characteristics(Gregory, 1991 ; Naiman, 1997 ; Wiens , 2002) and areshaped by fluvial geomorphic processes . Riparian plantcommunities perform an i…     

饮用水源中三卤甲烷含量及与遗传毒性的相关性研究

通过对某市饮用水源中不同点位的三卤甲烷浓度测试,同时采用SOS/ Umu 试验对水体进行生物遗传毒性分析,结果表明:采用液氯消毒工艺的地表水厂在消毒后水样和用户端水样中检出的三卤甲烷含量较高,而采用二氧化氯消毒的地下水厂的出水中挥发性有机物仅略有上升;进行三卤甲烷浓度和生物遗传毒性之间的相关性分析得知,三卤甲烷和间接遗传毒性的相关性较好.     

Total nitrogen and community turnover determine phosphorus use efficiency of phytoplankton along nutrient gradients in plateau lakes

Numerous studies support that biodiversity predict most to ecosystem functioning, but whether other factors display a more significant direct impact on ecosystem functioning than biodiversity remains to be studied. We investigated 398 samples of the phytoplankton phosphorus resource use efficiency (RUE_P = chlorophyll-a concentration/dissolved phosphate) across two seasons in nine plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, China. We identified the main contributors to phytoplankton RUE_P and analyzed their potential influences on RUE_P at different lake trophic states. The results showed that total nitrogen (TN) contributed the most to RUE_P among the nine lakes, whereas community turnover (measured as community dissimilarity) explained the most to RUE_P variation across the two seasons. Moreover, TN also influenced RUE_P by affecting biodiversity. Species richness (SR), functional attribute diversity (FAD2), and dendrogram-based functional diversity (FDc) were positively correlated with RUE_P in both seasons, while evenness was negatively correlated with RUE_P at the end of the rainy season. We also found that the effects of biodiversity and turnover on RUE_P depended on the lake trophic states. SR and FAD2 were positively correlated with RUE_P in all three trophic states. Evenness showed a negative correlation with RUE_P at the eutrophic and oligotrophic levels, but a positive correlation at the mesotrophic level. Turnover had a negative influence on RUE_P at the eutrophic level, but a positive influence at the mesotrophic and oligotrophic levels. Overall, our results suggested that multiple factors and nutrient states need to be considered when the ecosystem functioning predictors and the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships are investigated.