An experimental examination of female preference patterns for components of the male advertisement call in the quacking frog,<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Crinia georgiana</Emphasis>

Even though females prefer particular components of a male display, their preferences may not be expressed during mate choice. Here, we quantified female preference patterns in the frog Crinia georgiana for call rate, pulse number and dominant frequency using two-speaker trials. Females typically chose signals emitted at a higher rate, with more pulses (when variation was extreme) and with an average dominant frequency. The results for pulse number and call rate agree with a previous field study which found that these two call components explained significant variation in male mating success. In contrast, the strong preferences for average dominant frequencies detected here disagree with the previous field study which failed to find any relationship between dominant frequency and male mating success. To explain the discrepancy we investigated whether the patterns of female preference for dominant frequency changed when another property, call rate, was varied simultaneously. Most females chose the call with an average dominant frequency when offered a choice between a call with an average dominant frequency and call rate or a non-average dominant frequency (±2 SD) and high call rate. When the differences in dominant frequency were reduced (±1 SD), females showed no clear preference for either signal. Accordingly, female preference patterns for one call component can vary with the expression of another. These results do not explain why dominant frequency did not account for any variation in male mating success under field conditions.Communicated by T. Beschlitz     

Spatial analysis of plant detritus processing in a Mediterranean river type: the case of the River Tirso Basin,Sardinia, Italy

The river continuum concept represents the most general framework addressing the spatial variation of both structure and function in river ecosystems.In the Mediterranean ecoregion,summer drought events and dams constitute the main sources of local disturbance to the structure and functioning of river ecosystems occurring in the river basin.In this study,we analysed patterns of spatial variation of detritus processing in a 7th order river of the Mediterranean ecoregion(River Tirso,Sardinia0Italy)and in three 4th order sub-basins which were exposed to different summer drought pressures.The study was carried out on phragmites australis and Alnus glutionsa leaf detritus at 31 field sites in seasonal field experiment Detritus processing rates were higher for Alnus glutionsa than for Phragmites australis plant detritus.Processing rates of Alnus glutionsa leaves varied among seasons and study sites from 0.006d^-1 to 0.189d^-1 and those of Phragmites australis leaves ranged from 0.0008d^-1 to 0.102d^-1,with the lowest values occurring at sites exposed to summer drought.Seasons and sites accounted for a significant proportion of such variability.Alder detritus decay rates generally decreased with increasing stream order,while reed detritus decay rates generallyincreased on the same spatial gradient.Summer drought events affected these spatial patterns of variation by influencing significantly the decay rates of both plant detritus.The comparisons among and within sub-basins showed strong negative influence of summer drought on detritus processing rates.Similarly,in the entire River Tirso basin decay rates were always lower at disturbed than at undisturbed sites for each stream order;decay rates of reed detritus remained lower at those sites even after the end of the disturbance events,while alder decay rates recovered rapidly from the summer drought perturbations.The different recovery of the processing rates of the two leaves could also explain the different patterns of spatial variation observed between the two leaves.     

Cultivated cells from mid-trimester amniotic fluids. IV. Cell type identification via one and two-dimensional electrophoresis of clonal whole cell homogenates

Clones of cultivated amniotic fluid cells that have distinct morphologic and growth characteristics (F, AF and E-type) were examined by one-dimensional SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and by two-dimensional electrophoresis employing isoelectric focusing and SDS-PAGE (IEF-PAGE). No qualitative differences in band pattern were observed in SDS-PAGE between the various amniotic fluid cell types, but consistent quantitative differences in the ratios of four bands of presumed filamentous proteins provided good distinction between amniotic fluid cells and postnatal skin fibroblast-like cells. By adding separation on the basis of electrical charge to that of molecular size (IEF-PAGE), we observed reproducible qualitative differences in the protein spot patterns between F and both AF and E-type amniotic fluid cells. At least eight discrete proteins appear not to be synthesized by prenatal F-type cells in comparison with their isogenic AF and E counterparts under identical culture conditions. The two-dimensional electrophoretic patterns thus confirm that F and AF amniotic cells, in spite of their morphologic and growth kinetic similarities, are developmentally distinct cell types that retain their differentiated states in culture.     

厦门市船舶控制区大气污染物排放清单与污染特征

以船舶自动识别系统(automatic identification system,AIS)数据,结合大量厦门港口实地调查信息,采用自下而上的动力法对在控制区内航行的船舶进行逐艘计算,得出2018年厦门市船舶控制区大气污染物排放清单,并详细分析了其污染物排放特征及时空分布.结果表明, 2018年厦门市船舶控制区内船舶污染物排放总量共16 413 t,其中进出港船舶污染物排放占82.2%,未进港船舶占17.8%,各污染物中以NO_x的排放量最大,占比达64.2%,不同航行状态下污染物排放量的顺序为停泊巡航低速巡航机动操控锚泊,控制区内船舶的主要污染来源于货船,并以集装箱船的污染物排放量为最大; 1 d中09:00～16:00处于船舶污染物排放高峰期,1 a中以2月的排放量为最低, 3月和5月出现排放峰值;空间特征上各污染物排放高值主要分布于主航道和港区海岸线.     

环境规制对碳排放时空格局演变的作用路径研究——基于东北三省地级市实证分析

基于2005-2016年东北三省36个地级市面板数据,定性分析环境规制与碳排放的时空格局演变特征,并利用中介效应分析法定量研究环境规制对碳排放的影响及作用路径。结果表明：（1）从各城市对比来看,环境规制强度呈现出明显的市域差异,碳排放量呈先增加后减小态势。（2）从空间格局来看,环境规制强度呈现由北向南逐渐增强的态势,区域间差异逐渐增大。环境规制的高水平类型分布集中,城市数量最多;低水平类型均位于黑龙江省北部,城市数量最少。碳排放量的高水平类型集中分布在辽东半岛以及大庆市和吉林市等石油型、冶金型城市,低水平类型城市数量呈波动增加,主要分布在东北北部,且向南逐渐扩散。（3）东北三省严格的环境规制不仅直接抑制碳排放,也可以通过优化产业结构和精简粗放投资间接抑制碳排放,地方政府竞争则会减弱环境规制对碳排放的抑制效应。     

覆膜方式和灌溉对夏玉米产量及农田碳排放强度的影响

为探讨不同覆膜方式和灌溉对夏玉米农田产量和温室气体排放的影响,本研究设计了雨养(R)和灌溉(I)这两个主处理,对照(CK)、半膜覆盖(HM)和全膜覆盖(FM)这3个副处理,利用静态暗箱-气相色谱法监测了2014和2015年土壤CO_2、CH_4和N_2O的排放通量,并借助碳排放强度(GHGI)指标进一步评价了不同覆膜方式的固碳减排效果.结果表明,与RCK相比,RHM和RFM在2014年增产作用不明显,而2015年分别增加19. 6%和26. 8%;与ICK相比,IHM增产作用不显著,而IFM在2014和2015年均显著增产,达到14. 1%和55. 8%.灌溉仅对2015年CO_2排放有显著促进作用(P 0. 01),同一主处理下覆膜方式对CO_2排放没有显著影响(P 0. 05).灌溉对CH_4吸收没有显著影响(P 0. 05),覆膜对CH_4吸收具有抑制作用. ICK相比RCK,N_2O排放量仅在2015年存在显著性差异,显著减少了22. 3%;与RCK相比,RHM和RFM在2014年N_2O排放量差异不显著,2015年分别显著降低了50. 7%和51. 4%; IHM和IFM与ICK相比,2014年N_2O排放分别显著减少了47. 5%和54. 2%,2015年分别减少了9. 6%和52. 2%.灌溉可以通过提高产量从而显著降低GHGI;与RCK相比,RHM和RFM的GHGI仅在2015年显著降低,分别达到60. 1%和61. 7%;与ICK相比,IHM和IFM在2014年GHGI分别显著降低了39. 7%和53. 2%,2015年分别降低了22. 2%和67. 5%,即全膜覆盖降低GHGI的效果优于半膜覆盖.因此,对夏玉米种植而言,灌溉条件下全膜覆盖能保证作物高产稳产并降低农田碳排放强度.     

广西PM2.5时空分布特征及污染天气类型

研究区域ρ（PM_2.5）的时空分布特征和污染天气类型的关系是开展大气污染防治和空气质量预报预警的关键支撑技术之一.基于2015—2016年广西14个城市环境空气质量日监测数据和相关气象资料,分析了2015—2016年广西空气质量概况和污染的基本特征,采用EOF（经验正交函数）分析和后向轨迹聚类分析方法表征了广西ρ（PM_2.5）时空分布模态,统计了广西两年间24次区域范围（3个及以上连片城市）大气轻度及以上污染过程,分析了不同污染过程的天气类型和空气质量变化特点.结果表明:PM_2.5是广西大气污染首要污染物,ρ（PM_2.5）年均值呈北高南低的区域特征,月际变化基本呈正V字型分布;EOF分析和后向轨迹聚类分析显示,广西ρ（PM_2.5）的时空结构主要有3种模态,其方差贡献率分别为78.9%、5.7%和3.7%,基本反映了广西ρ（PM_2.5）变化的时空模态的主要特征,桂林和玉林两年间的后向轨迹聚类很好地解释了第二和第三模态的南北浓度和东西浓度异常反相位分布特征;广西14个城市两年间PM_2.5区域性污染天气类型主要有10种,其中污染天气类型中占比较大的是弱冷高压脊型（24.4%）、均压场型（20.2%）、高压后部型（16.1%）和高压后部配合西南暖低压型（8.5%）,是引发广西大范围大气污染的典型天气类型.研究显示,广西大气污染具有地域性、季节性和南北输送特征,污染过程的天气形势变化具有一定规律性.      

抚仙湖硅藻群落的时空变化特征及其与水环境的关系

抚仙湖是我国重要的深水型淡水湖泊且水体水质总体处于I类水平,近年来在流域开发、全球变暖等影响下其生态环境功能呈现退化的趋势,需要对湖泊生物的群落组成、分布模式及其驱动因子进行系统评价.本研究于2015年选取抚仙湖的南、中、北湖区共3个采样点开展了表层水体硅藻群落和水环境特征的逐月分析.样品中共发现硅藻31个属、166个种且以浮游类型为主,其中云南特有硅藻种Cyclotella rhomboideo-elliptica基本消失.硅藻群落结构的逐月变化在3个采样点中均呈现明显的季节演替特征,其中1、2月优势种主要为Fragilaria crotonensis,3月优势种为Aulacoseira granulata,4月C.ocellata与F.crotonensis同为优势种,而在其余月硅藻群落结构较为单一且优势物种皆为C.ocellata(相对丰度占~80%).而空间尺度上,硅藻优势属种分布和群落结构具有较高的一致性.主成分分析显示,不同湖区的硅藻群落结构组成和水体环境在时间尺度上存在较大差异,而在空间尺度上差异较小;冗余分析和变差分解等分析结果进一步表明,影响群落结构时空变化的主要驱动因子是气象与物理因子(包括水温、风速和透明度),共解释了硅藻群落变率的27.6%,表明了该深水湖泊水体热力分层的厚度与持续时间是影响硅藻群落构建的重要过程.同时,湖泊营养水平与水体离子浓度也对硅藻群落结构产生了明显影响,分别解释了硅藻群落变率的21.2%和9.4%.因此,持续的区域变暖和流域开发明显影响了抚仙湖的生物群落构建与生态系统健康,对抚仙湖的生态保护不仅需要控制营养盐等流域污染物的输入,同时应该积极应对气候变化的长期影响.     

武水河水质时空分布特征及污染成因的解析

运用主成分分析和聚类分析方法,对2013—2015年武水河流域7个监测断面的11个水质指标数据进行分析,揭示武水河水质时空分布差异性,辨识主要污染因子,解析污染成因.2013—2015年,流域水质整体较好,尚存在不达标断面.长河水库和黄岑水库出现NH_3-N超标现象,岑水桥和芙安河老桥断面出现重金属As超标现象,但NH_3-N和As浓度趋于降低.武水河流域监测断面水质由高到低的顺序为:水库断面支流断面干流断面.2013年,流域主要污染因子为NH_3-N、TN和As,主要源自农业面源污染和工业污染;2014年,流域主要污染因子为COD_(Mn)、NH_3-N、TP,主要源于生活污水和工业污染;2015年,流域主要污染因子为BOD_5、粪大肠杆菌、pH,主要来源生活污水和畜禽养殖.因此,流域内工业污染和农业面源污染对水质的影响逐年降低,生活污水和畜禽养殖对水质的影响逐年增大.流域内通过建设污水处理厂,实施重金属综合治理等项目,减少污染物排放,改善流域水环境质量.     

基于对应分析法的吉林西部地下水化学特征时空演化研究

运用对应分析方法,分析了吉林西部地下水化学特征随时间、空间的变化.对研究区进行了分区,分别确定了各区的主要影响因子,并分析了各区的主要因子随时间的变化趋势.最后,结合吉林西部的水文地质条件与人类活动,分析了地下水化学成分的来源及成因.结果显示,吉林西部地下水按照其水质特征可分为3个区:Ⅰ区,位于山前平原的通榆北部、长岭南部等地及盐碱区,阴离子主要为HCO-3,总碱度大,动态变化平稳;Ⅱ区,位于西部山前平原与中部低平原区间过渡带的洮南中部、通榆东北部等地,Ca2+、Mg2+含量高,硬度大,NO-3-N含量较高,且有增大趋势;Ⅲ区,位于低平原区的乾安、前郭、大安地区,主要为高矿化度水,阴离子主要为SO2-4、Cl-,阳离子为Na+,矿化度有增大趋势.上述分析结果符合当地实际.研究表明,地下水化学特征时空演化研究可为地下水污染的防治、生态环境的改善提供重要依据.