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Leonardo K. Miyashita Mayza Pompeu Salvador A. Gaeta Rubens M. Lopes 《Marine Biology》2010,157(11):2511-2519
We studied the population dynamics and the reproductive biology of Penilia avirostris during three consecutive years on the inner shelf off Ubatuba, Brazil. Penilia avirostris individuals and its eggs and embryos were counted, measured, and classified into stages. The species occurred throughout
the studied period, in a wide temperature range (14.8–28.2°C). Cladoceran densities were usually higher (>2,000 ind m−3) in warm seasons, when the water column was stratified as a consequence of bottom intrusions of the cold- and nutrient-rich
South Atlantic Central Water. Juveniles, non-reproducing females, and parthenogenic females were the dominant developmental
stages. Males and gamogenic females were rare and only occurred when females reached peak abundances. This suggests that in
tropical and subtropical coastal seas gamogenesis in P. avirostris is not as common as in temperate seas, but may play a significant role in the density-dependent control of the population
preceding unfavourable periods. 相似文献
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Web spiders are considered to have expanded their habitats from dim to bright environments during the evolutionary history.
Because they are sedentary predators exposed to the sun, they may have developed a suite of adaptive traits to cope with thermal
stress. We examined the critical thermal maximum, spectral reflectance of solar energy by the body surface, and surface–volume
ratio (SVR) for 11 spider species. Analysis of the four genera having a pair of species inhabiting both bright and dim environments
showed that species in bright environments exhibited higher lethal temperatures, but spectral reflectance and SVR did not
differ. Independent contrasts using the 11 species indicated that critical thermal maximum was positively correlated with
spectral reflectance and spectral reflectance was negatively correlated with SVR. These results suggest that physiological
tolerance to high temperatures and a biophysical mechanism to reduce heat gain evolved jointly during the history of habitat
expansion in araneoid spiders. 相似文献
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The concentrations of bisphenol A (BPA) contained in landfill leachates from solid waste disposal sites were measured. The
concentrations of BPA contained in leachates from industrial waste sites were in the range below the detection limit to 2800 μg/l,
while those from municipal sites were in the range 26–8400 μg/l. The leachates from ash-rich sites contained relatively lower
concentrations of BPA compared with organic-rich leachates. It is suggested that BPA concentration increases with time after
the completion of reclamation in the case of ash-rich sites, whereas the concentration of BPA decreases with time in the case
of organic-rich sites. A 7-year survey on a site in Japan showed neither a decrease nor an increase in the concentration of
BPA during on-going reclamation. A leachate from a site in the Philippines contained high concentrations of BPA. A slight
positive correlation was found between BPA concentrations and total organic carbon (TOC). A major portion of the BPA in leachates
was found in dissolved and organic unassociated fractions, which cannot be precipitated by coagulation. More than 99.9% of
the BPA contained in raw leachates was removed by a conventional series of treatment processes consisting of biological treatment,
coagulation, sedimentation, sand filtration, and activated carbon adsorption.
Received: May 29, 2002 / Accepted: October 17, 2002 相似文献
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Although provisioning of habitat by ecosystem engineers is one of the most common biological interactions, previous studies have mostly focused on facilitative or bottom-up processes. Here we show that engineering effects can indirectly strengthen top-down effects mediated by predator abundance. We conducted a small-scale manipulative field experiment and broad-scale field observations of the plant, web spider, and detrital insect system in forest understory habitats. In the field experiment, artificially increasing architectural elements enhanced the abundance of spiders by providing physical support for web building. Moreover, aerial insects derived from the detrital food web decreased in response to increased spider abundance. As artificial architecture per se did not affect aerial detritivores, these results indicate that ecosystem engineering indirectly strengthens top-down effects mediated by predators. In field observations conducted in 12 cedar forests, path analyses supported the importance of an indirect pathway originating from understory vegetation complexity to spider abundance and to aerial detritivores. The effect size of spiders on detrital insects was similar in the field experiment and in the observations. These results indicate that the engineering effects of plants cascade to detrital insects through web spiders across different scales. 相似文献
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Metabolites of methoxychlor such as 2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (mono-OH-MXC) and 2,2-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (bis-OH-MXC), have estrogenic activity. Mono-OH-MXC is a chiral compound in which the carbon atom bridging two benzene rings is the chiral centre. In previous studies the estrogenic activity of racemic mono-OH-MXC has been measured, and the activity of each enantiomer of this compound has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we evaluated the estrogen receptor-binding activity of each enantiomer of mono-OH-MXC to clarify the enantioselective recognition by the estrogen receptor. (S)-mono-OH-MXC showed 3-fold higher binding activity than that of the (R) enantiomer. The activity of bis-OH-MXC was only 1.7-fold higher than that of (S)-mono-OH-MXC. This result suggests that the one hydroxy group and the orientation of the CCl3 group of mono- and bis-OH-MXCs are important for the interaction with the estrogen receptor. The result also points out the estrogenic activity of methoxychlor after metabolic activation in vivo, which predominantly produces the (S)-mono-OH-MXC, may be higher than estimated from the in vitro activity of racemic mixtures. 相似文献
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Masami Obuchi Yoshihisa Fujita Yoshikatsu Nakano Tsuyoshi Uehara Tatsuo Motokawa 《Marine Biology》2010,157(6):1191-1201
Reproduction and larval/post-larval development of the one of the smallest known comatulid Dorometra sesokonis were studied on the coral reefs of Sesoko-jima Island, Okinawa, Japan. Breeding individuals were found every month from May
2003 to April 2004 indicating continuous reproduction. Individuals possessed both mature ovaries and testes, and were therefore
characterized as simultaneous hermaphrodites. This species was observed to be an external brooder in which the embryos developed
on the surface of parental genital pinnules until the doliolaria larval stage, and subsequently released doliolariae settled
on substrata within 4 days after hatching. Larvae then metamorphosed into the post-larval cystidean stage, which lasted for
more than a month. The reproductive features of this species are unique among crinoids, and, together with juvenile morphological
features observed in adults, can be interpreted as adaptations to their cryptic habitat, which is subject to frequent natural
disturbances. 相似文献
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Bioremediation of cadmium contaminated soil using symbiosis between leguminous plant and recombinant rhizobia with the MTL4 and the PCS genes 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Cadmium contamination in rice grains is one of the important issues in Asian countries. We have developed a novel bio-remediation system based on the symbiosis between leguminous plant and genetically engineered rhizobia. We designed two types of recombinant rhizobia, carrying two genes, synthetic tetrameric metallothionein (MTL4) and cDNA encoding phytochelatin synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtPCS). The MTL4 and AtPCS genes were transferred to Mesorhizobium huakuii subsp. rengei B3, which can infect and form nodules on Chinese milk vetch, Astragalus sinicus. The two genes were fused to the nolB or nifH promoter, which generated nodule specific expression of these genes in strain B3. The two recombinant strains, B3(pMPnolBMTL4nifHPCS) and B3::nifHMTL4(pMPnifHPCS), showed 25 and 12-fold increase in Cd concentration, in the free-living cells, respectively. When these recombinant strains established the symbiotic relationship with A. sinicus, the symbionts increased Cd accumulation in nodules by two-fold in hydroponic culture. The expression of the both MTL4 and AtPCS genes showed additive effect on cadmium accumulation in nodules. We also applied these recombinant bacteria to rice paddy soil polluted with Cd (1mgkg(-1) dry weight soil). The accumulation of Cd increased not only in nodules but also in the roots of A. sinicus infected by the recombinant rhizobia. The accumulation of Cd in the plant roots infected by B3(pMPnolBMTL4nifHPCS) achieved three-fold than that by the wild-type B3. After two months of cultivation of the symbiont, a maximum of 9% of Cd in paddy soil was removed. Thus, the symbiosis will be useful in phytoremediation for heavy metals. 相似文献
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Todaka T Hirakawa H Kajiwara J Onozuka D Sasaki S Miyashita C Yoshioka E Yuasa M Kishi R Iida T Uchi H Furue M 《Chemosphere》2011,85(11):1694-1700
We measured the concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and non-dioxin-like PCBs in paired samples of blood and breast milk collected from 67 secundiparas in Sapporo City, Japan, and combined this data with those of the 30 secundiparas previously measured. The arithmetic mean total toxic equivalents (TEQ-WHO) concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, non-ortho PCBs, and mono-ortho PCBs in blood and breast milk of the 97 secundiparous subjects were 3.0-23 (mean: 13, median: 14) and 2.7-20 (mean: 8.6, median: 8.5) pg TEQ g−1 lipid, respectively. The sums of the concentrations of 56 non-dioxin-like PCB congeners that were measured in the subjects’ blood and breast milk were 16-326 (mean: 107, median: 100) and 12-252 (mean: 73, median: 67) ng g−1 lipid, respectively. The partitioning ratios of individual congeners of PCDDs, PCDFs, dioxin-like PCBs, and non-dioxin-like PCBs from blood to breast milk in secundiparas were almost the same as those of primiparas that have been recently reported, suggesting that the partitioning ratios of these compounds from maternal blood to breast milk in women is little affected by delivery. Furthermore, the partition of PCB congeners with chlorine at the 2-, 3-, 4′-, and 5-positions or the 2-, 4-, 4′-, and 5-positions of the biphenyl ring from the blood to the breast milk tended to occur at a higher level than that of other congeners. In particular, the levels of tetraCB-74 and hexaCB-146 in the breast milk for both primiparous and secundiparous mothers were slightly higher than those in the blood. 相似文献
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Yuki G. Baba Miki Kusahara Yasunori Maezono Tadashi Miyashita 《Die Naturwissenschaften》2014,101(7):587-593
Cyrtarachne is an orb-weaving spider belonging to the subfamily Cyrtarachninae (Araneidae) which includes triangular-web-building Pasilobus and bolas spiders. The Cyrtarachninae is a group of spiders specialized in catching moths, which is thought to have evolved from ordinary orb-weaving araneids. Although the web-building time of nocturnal spiders is in general related to the time of sunset, anecdotal evidence has suggested variability of web-building time in Cyrtarachne and its closely related genera. This study has examined the effects of temperature, humidity, moonlight intensity, and prey (moths) availability on web-building time of Cyrtarachne bufo, Cyrtarachne akirai, and Cyrtarachne nagasakiensis. Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) have revealed that humidity, and not prey availability, was the essential variable that explained the daily variability of web-building time. Experiments measuring thread stickiness under different humidities showed that, although the thread of Cyrtarachne was found to have strong stickiness under high humidity, low humidity caused a marked decrease of thread stickiness. By contrast, no obvious change in stickiness was seen in an ordinary orb-weaving spider, Larinia argiopiformis. These findings suggest that Cyrtarachne adjusts its web-building time to favorable conditions of high humidity maintaining strong stickiness, which enables the threads to work efficiently for capturing prey. 相似文献
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