内河螺蛳（Margaryamelanioides）对水环境中邻苯二甲酸酯类的富集

为探索内河底栖生物对水环境中PAEs的富集规律,采用气相色谱质谱法定量测定宁波城市内河回龙段水体、底泥、螺蛳肉与壳中DMP、DEP、DIPP、DPP、DBP、BBP、DEHP和DOP的浓度。结果表明研究河域底泥、水样、螺蛳（Margaryamelanioides）肉和螺壳样品主要存在DMP、DBP、DEHP3种PAEs,DMP的平均浓度分别为3．435μg／g、0．023μg／g、1．239μg／g和0．712μg／g,DBP为2．613μg／g、0．484μg／g、6．984μg／g和0．282μg／g;DEHP为13．891μg/g、0．030μg／g、4．938μg／g和0．156μg／g,∑PAEs表现为底泥〉螺蛳肉〉螺壳〉水样。螺蛳肉及螺蛳壳对酯类富集能力分别表现为DEHP〉DBP〉DMP,DMP〉DEHP〉DBP,且螺蛳肉的富集能力明显强于螺蛳壳。螺蛳肉与水样DMP浓度呈显著的正相关,DBP和DEHP不相关;螺蛳壳中3种PAEs均与采样位点水样的PAEs呈显著的相关性;螺蛳肉、螺蛳壳与底泥的PAEs浓度均呈显著的相关性;各位点的螺蛳肉与螺蛳壳富集的3种PAEs浓度均呈显著的正相关。     

干湿交替对福寿螺摄食和生长的影响

福寿螺（Pomacea canaliculata）被世界自然保护联盟列入世界100种恶性外来入侵物种黑名单,在我国南方已对水稻生产造成严重危害。为了探索通过水分调控来防治福寿螺的方法,本研究模拟福寿螺野外生存条件,探讨不同干湿交替条件下福寿螺摄食和生长的情况,来分析干旱胁迫对其体重增长率(Weight growth rate,WGR)、摄食率（Feeding rate,FR）、食物转化率(Food conversion ratio,FCR)、特定生长率（Specific growth rate,SGR）等的影响。结果表明：福寿螺在干湿交替条件下,其WGR、FR、FCR、SGR均受到明显抑制,甚至出现负值的情况;福寿螺的壳高随着有水时长的延长而增加,出现干旱时间越长,壳高增长越缓慢的现象;福寿螺在短时期干湿交替条件下发生部分补偿生长现象,这种补偿生长效应可能主要是通过饥饿后摄食水平提高而实现的,但超出一定限度时则不能补偿生长。根据上述结果,可以认为福寿螺在缺水条件下无法正常生长,且影响程度随着干旱时间的增加而增大。此外,福寿螺普遍会在旱后复水180min内钻出土壤,因此,可利用此时机防治福寿螺,及时避免其损伤水生作物。本研究结果可为稻田福寿螺的综合防治和水资源利用管理提供理论参考。     

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in invertebrate animals from a rural beach in Japan

PCDDs and PCDFs were analyzed by high resolution GC MS in several invertebrate animals collected from a rural beach in Japan. PCDDs and PCDFs were detected in all samples. Total concentration of PCDDs and PCDFs ranged 8.8–120 pg g⁻¹ wet and 3.5–38 pg g⁻¹ wet, respectively. TEQs of invertebrate animals examined ranged from 0.048 pg g⁻¹ wet in sea slug to 0.91 pg g⁻¹ wet in mussel. Isomer profiles in all samples were similar to each other despite of variety of species. Their major sources are estimated to be herbicides such as CNP and PCP, and combustion by using a statistical analysis of isomer profiles.     

B-type esterases in the snail Xeropicta derbentina: an enzymological analysis to evaluate their use as biomarkers of pesticide exposure

The study was prompted to characterize the B-type esterase activities in the terrestrial snail Xeropicta derbentina and to evaluate its sensitivity to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides. Specific cholinesterase and carboxylesterase activities were mainly obtained with acetylthiocholine (K_m = 77.2 mM; V_max = 38.2 mU/mg protein) and 1-naphthyl acetate (K_m = 222 mM, V_max = 1095 mU/mg protein) substrates, respectively. Acetylcholinesterase activity was concentration-dependently inhibited by chlorpyrifos-oxon, dichlorvos, carbaryl and carbofuran (IC50 = 1.35 × 10⁻⁵-3.80 × 10⁻⁸ M). The organophosphate-inhibited acetylcholinesterase activity was reactivated in the presence of pyridine-2-aldoxime methochloride. Carboxylesterase activity was inhibited by organophosphorus insecticides (IC50 = 1.20 × 10⁻⁵-2.98 × 10⁻⁸ M) but not by carbamates. B-esterase-specific differences in the inhibition by organophosphates and carbamates are discussed with respect to the buffering capacity of the carboxylesterase to reduce pesticide toxicity. These results suggest that B-type esterases in X. derbentina are suitable biomarkers of pesticide exposure and that this snail could be used as sentinel species in field monitoring of Mediterranean climate regions.     

四种植物提取物的杀螺效果研究

福寿螺是我国华南地区一种危害十分严重的外来入侵生物。采用分布广泛的四种植物：水蜈蚣（Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.）、红花酢浆草（Oxalis corymbosa DC）、红叶乌桕（Euphorbia cotinifolia L.）和辣蓼草（Polygonum flaccidum Meissn.）作为原料,在实验室内通过人工研磨方法提取植物体内的有效成分作为药剂,分别对福寿螺幼螺进行室内毒杀及刺激其上爬的效果研究。结果表明：水蜈蚣提取物的杀螺效果不明显,而红花酢浆草、红叶乌桕、辣蓼草等三种植物提取物具有较好的杀螺效果。72h的毒性实验表明,这三种植物提取物在质量浓度为400mg·L-1时,均能全部杀死福寿螺幼螺;其中,红花酢浆草的杀螺效果最强,质量浓度为100mg·L-1时的杀螺率就达到80%,200mg·L-1的质量浓度下已能全部杀死福寿螺,红叶乌桕在200mg·L-1质量浓度时的杀螺率为56.67%,而在此质量浓度下辣蓼草仅为26.67%。另外,提取物刺激福寿螺上爬实验结果表明,红花酢浆草和红叶乌桕均有刺激福寿螺向上爬的作用,且红花酢浆草刺激作用稍强于红叶乌桕。综合杀螺和刺激福寿螺上爬作用的效果,可以得出在控制福寿螺上红花酢浆草和红叶乌桕是比较理想的备选植物。     

6％密达颗粒不同剂型防治蔬菜地蜗牛田间对比试验研究

6％密达颗粒剂是一种杀螺剂,广泛用于蔬菜、棉花、水稻、烟草等作物上。通过对6％密达杀螺颗粒剂不同剂型防治蔬菜地蜗牛的田间对比试验,结果表明：在施药后,6％密达颗粒剂小颗粒型在不同时期优于耐水型、略高于原剂型的防治效果,被雨水冲刷后不易变形,并有一定的持效性和引诱能力;在整个实验过程中未发现该药剂对蔬菜有危害现象。因此,在使用6％原密达颗粒剂的基础上,可以进一步引用小颗粒型,提高防虫效果。     

Gender-role alternation in the simultaneously hermaphroditic freshwater snail <Emphasis Type="Italic">Physa acuta</Emphasis>: not with the same partner

In simultaneous hermaphrodites, gender conflicts that arise from two potential mates sharing the same gender preference may be solved through conditional reciprocity (or gamete trading). Conditional reciprocity had initially been considered widespread, but recent studies suggest that its real occurrence may have been overestimated, possibly because most mating observations have been performed on isolated pairs of individuals. Some resulting patterns (e.g., non-random alternation of sexual roles) were indeed compatible with conditional reciprocity but could also have stemmed from the two partners independently executing their own mating strategy and being experimentally enforced to do so with the same partner. Non-random alternation of gender roles was recently documented in the simultaneously hermaphroditic freshwater snail Physa acuta. To distinguish between conditional and unconditional gender alternations, we observed copulations of individually marked snails reared at three contrasted densities. We showed that density affected the overall frequency of copulations during the first 2 days of the experiment with high-density boxes showing more copulations than low density boxes, but it did not affect gender alternation patterns. A change in gender role was observed more often than expected by chance over two successive copulations by the same individual, confirming previous studies. However, gender switches did not preferentially occur with the same partner. We conclude that gender alternation is not due to conditional reciprocity in P. acuta. It may rather stem from each individual having a preference for gender alternation. We finally discuss the mechanisms and the potential extent of this unconditional reciprocity.     

湖沼型血吸虫病疫区钉螺空间自相关的样点尺寸效应

钉螺是血吸虫的唯一中间宿主,与众多地理因子一样,钉螺的空间自相关具有明显的尺度效应。在湖沼型血吸虫病疫区典型洲垸型草洲选择一块50 m×50 m的试验样地,采用推扫式全覆盖方法进行了钉螺普查。用全局空间自相关Moran I指数、局部空间自相关Moran散点图和局部Moran’s I指数,进行了钉螺分布空间自相关的样点尺寸效应研究。结果表明:所有样点尺寸钉螺数目的全局Moran’s I均为极显著空间正相关(P0.001);不同样点尺寸下的钉螺样点在局部自相关Moran散点图上绝大多数集中分布在象限1和象限3内,表明试验样地的钉螺呈空间聚集分布;钉螺样点尺寸越小,用局部Moran’s I指数对单个钉螺样点附近的空间自相关表现得越细微,表明全局Moran’s I指标会掩盖实际存在的局部空间自相关与全局不一致的现象。     

Subterranean freshwater gastropod biodiversity and conservation in the United States and Mexico

Many taxonomic groups successfully exploit groundwater environments and have adapted to a subterranean (stygobiotic) existence. Among these groups are freshwater gastropods (stygosnails), which represent a widespread and taxonomically diverse component of groundwater ecosystems in North America. However, owing to sampling difficulty and lack of targeted study, stygosnails remain among the most understudied of all subterranean groups. We conducted a literature review to assess the biodiversity and geographic associations of stygosnails, along with the threats, management activities, and policy considerations related to the groundwater systems they inhabit. We identified 39 stygosnail species known to occur in a range of groundwater habitats from karst regions in the United States and Mexico. Most stygosnails exhibit extreme narrow-range endemism, resulting in a high risk of extinction from a single catastrophic event. We found that anthropogenically driven changes to surface environments have led to changes in local hydrology and degradation of groundwater systems inhabited by stygosnails such as increased sedimentation, introduction of invasive species, groundwater extraction, or physical collapse of water-bearing passages. Consequently, 32 of the 39 described stygosnail species in the United States and Mexico have been assessed as imperiled under NatureServe criteria, and 10 species have been assessed as threatened under International Union for Conservation of Nature criteria. Compared with surface species of freshwater snails, stygosnail conservation is uniquely hindered by difficulties associated with accessing subterranean habitats for monitoring and management. Furthermore, only three species were found to have federal protection in either the United States or Mexico, and current laws regulating wildlife and water pollution at the state and federal level may be inadequate for protecting stygosnail habitats. As groundwater systems continue to be manipulated and relied on by humans, groundwater-restricted fauna such as stygosnails should be studied so unique biodiversity can be protected.