Association patterns of sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna): alternative hypotheses

Individuals may associate with each other due to a variety of selective forces, such as intra- and intersexual selection, and conspecific recognition. Previous studies have concluded that mate choice governs association behavior in polygynous species of fish. I examined whether mate choice underlies the preference for larger individuals by examining preference for association (time spent in proximity to a fish) not only between opposite-sex individuals but also between same-sex individuals of the live-bearing sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna). Males and females from three size classes were tested with a large and a small object fish of the same and opposite sex. Females preferred to associate with larger over smaller males. Males also preferred to associate with larger over smaller females, as expected. The same female and male test fish also preferred to associate with larger over smaller fish of the same sex. Moreover, females demonstrated no significant difference in their strength of preference (large–small) when offered males or females. The same held true for males. When males and females were subsequently tested with one large male and one large female, females tended to prefer large males while males showed no significant preference for association based on sex. In another experiment, females were tested with a large female and a small male, and significantly preferred the former. These findings suggest that association patterns may have arisen under a variety of conditions, such as predation pressures, shoaling behavior, and associative preference behavior. The assumption that association behavior is a uniformly sufficient predictor of mate choice in fish needs to be re-examined for P. latipinna and other species. Received: 6 November 1998 / Received in revised form: 12 May 1999 / Accepted: 12 May 1999     

NZ-1型数字管道风速仪及其现场试验

NZ-Ⅰ型数字管道风速仪能显示不同压力、温度下管道气体流速值。     

动态浸出模拟实验系统与静态浸出试验的对比

建立了动态浸出试验－－小柱模拟实验系统,研究在非饱和水条件下危险物质在填埋场中的迁移和浸出规律,并和静肪浸出实验进行比较,结果表明,在非饱和入渗条件下危险物质的浸出浓度要比静态浸出实验的结果小１００倍左右,危险发的浸出速率也远小于静实验的结果,同时,危险物质的浸出速率随废物层饮水度的增加而迅速增加。     

生物炭基缓释肥的制备及其对土壤理化性质的影响

通过淋溶试验分析生物炭热解温度、生物炭与尿素比例、粘结剂含量对生物炭基缓释肥缓释性能的影响,采用土壤培育试验研究生物炭基缓释肥对土壤理化性质的影响。结果表明,600 ℃下热解而成的生物炭缓释性能优于300 ℃下热解形成的生物炭;生物炭添加比例和粘结剂含量的增加能提升生物炭基缓释肥的缓释性能;生物炭基缓释肥的加入可降低培育土壤的容重,增大土壤的饱和导水率,提高土壤pH值和土壤有机质含量。     

物化生化联合工艺处理城市废水生产试验研究

采用物化生化联合工艺进行了城市污水处理的生产性试验 ,试验结果表明 :联合工艺同时具有物化法和生化法的优点 ,用它来处理城市污水时 ,处理效率高 ,时间短 ,运行费用低 ,COD、BOD5、SS、NH3-N、T -P的平均去除率分别为 70 .4 %、83 .2 %、87.1 %、58.6 %、92 .3 % ,污水的总停留时间约 3h,处理每吨污水的运行费用为 0 .33元。污水经处理后出水指标达到国家GB8979- 1 996及广州GD4437- 90城市污水排放一级标准     

用有证标准样品进行能力验证的方法探讨

探讨了采用多组有证标准样品进行能力验证的方法 ,该方法对同一个项目选择几种不同标准值的有证标准物质作为测试样品 ,将测试结果统一用偏离度p作为能力量进行评定 ,p =(测试值 -标准值 ) /标准值的不确定度。将该方法应用于湖北省环境监测系统2 0 0 3年能力验证 ,结果表明 ,p具有可比性和统计意义 ,采用多组有证标准物质进行能力验证的方法是可行的     

粉煤灰浸出特性试验研究

以太原二电厂粉煤灰浸出试验为例,对火电厂粉煤灰长期堆放造成水环境污染的规律进行研究.试验结果表明：粉煤灰水中的酸碱性受灰中 SO3与碱性金属氧化物含量的影响;粉煤灰浸出液 pH值越低,越利于粉煤灰中微量元素的浸出;同时粉煤灰的粒径越小,各元素的浸出浓度较高.     

密闭压力容器小型循环试验结果

在联合国危险品运输试验和标准建议书(桔皮书)中,系列E涉及评价物质在密闭容器中对剧烈加热的热爆炸敏感性的标准。但是人们一直希望并致力于发展一种定量,可靠,重复性好的方法来评价物质的热爆炸敏感性。本文介绍了一种小型密闭压力容器循环试验的研究及其作为一种筛选试验向联合国提案的最新进展。实验结果表明,几种物质在不同实验室的重复性非常好,其(dP／dt)max平均偏差率在20％以内,表明该小型密闭压力容器作为评价物质热反应危险性的测试方法具有较高的可靠性。     

低压配电线路剩余电流断路器动作判据的研究

为了改善剩余电流断路器频繁误动作的问题,提出以偶次谐波变化率最小值阈值、工频变化量阈值、剩余电流动作整定值相结合的三重判据.首先,搭建活体触电试验平台,获取活体不同部位的多组触电试验数据,利用S变换提取触电波形谐波特征,并计算出触电时刻偶次谐波变比率最小值阈值和工频变化量阈值.其次,搭建人体触电仿真模型,发现存在相似的...     

Artemia salina as test organism for assessment of acute toxicity of leachate water from landfills

Artemia salina has, for the first time, been used as test organism for acute toxicity of leachate water from three landfills (the municipal landfills at Kristianstad, Sweden and Siauliai, Lithuania, and an industrial landfill at Stena fragmenting AB, Halmstad, as well as for leachate from Kristianstad treated in different ways in a pilot plan). Artemia can tolerate the high concentrations of chloride ions found in such waters. Large differences in toxicities were found, the leachate from Siauliai being the most toxic one. To increase the selectivity in the measurements, a fractionation was done by using ion exchange to separate ammonium/ammonia and metal ions from the leachate, and activated carbon adsorbents for organic pollutants. The influence of some metals and phenol compounds on the toxicity was investigated separately. It was found that most of the toxicity emanated from the ammonium/ammonia components in the leachate. However, there was also a significant contribution from organic pollutants, other than phenol compounds, since separate experiments had in this latter case indicated negligible impact. The concentrations of metals were at a level, shown by separate experiments, where only small contribution to the toxicity could be expected.