苏沪沿海瘤背石磺的形态和习性

瘤背石磺(Onchidium struma)是生活在潮间带高潮区的一种肺螺类。属软体动物门(Mollusca)腹足纲(Gastropoda)肺螺亚纲(Pulmonata)柄眼目(Stylommatophora)石磺     

两种石磺齿舌形态差异分析

显微观察了瘤背石磺(Onchidiumstruma)和石磺(O. verruculatum)齿舌的形态结构。运用差异系数法对两种石磺齿舌参数进行比较分析。利用SPSS10.0对瘤背石磺、石磺齿舌参数(齿舌长、齿舌头宽、齿舌中宽、齿舌尾宽、横列数、每排最少齿片数和每排最多齿片数)与个体参数(体长、体宽、体高、足长、足宽和体重)作回归分析。结果表明,两种石磺齿舌都很发达,外观呈长统靴状;齿片排成许多横列,每一横列均有中央齿一枚,侧齿若干无缘齿;两种石磺的齿舌头宽、齿舌中宽和齿舌尾宽差异极显著,但差异系数小于1.28,认为两种石磺的齿片形态存在明显的种间差异,但齿舌参数不适合作为石磺属贝类的分类依据;瘤背石磺的体宽和石磺的体重在评估各自齿舌生物学性状方面起到比较重要的作用。     

瘤背石磺的形态、习性和生殖行为

2003年5月～2004年5月研究了上海崇明瘤背石磺(Onchidium struma)的形态特征、生活习性,分别对其消化、呼吸、循环、排泄、生殖、神经等六大系统进行了阐述。结果表明,瘤背石磺生活在潮间带高潮区滩涂的芦苇丛里,摄食泥滩上的有机质和单胞藻类;雌雄同体、异体交配、卵生。生殖系统包括生殖器和雌、雄交接器三部分：生殖器由两性腺、卵黄腺和蛋白腺组成;雄性交接器由输精管、附性腺、阴茎、刺激器等组成,雄性生殖孔位于右侧第一触角中部;雌性交接器由输卵管、受精囊、阴道等组成,雌性生殖孔位于肛门右侧约5．0mm处的腹足与外套膜的交界处。本文并详细描述了石磺的交配行为。     

石磺科3种贝类皮肤显微结构比较

应用石蜡切片和H.E染色技术,对石磺科(Onchidiidae)3个属的代表物种:瘤背石磺(Onchidium struma)、平疣桑椹石磺(Platevindex mortoni)和里氏拟石磺(Paraoncidium reevesii)的皮肤进行了组织学观察及参数测量比较。结果表明,3种石磺的皮肤虽然厚度不一,但基本结构相似,均由角质膜、表皮和真皮构成。角质膜是一层覆盖于表皮角质层上的蛋白质薄膜;表皮由多层上皮细胞构成,包括角质层、颗粒层和生发层;真皮包括疏松层和致密层,疏松层中嵌有颗粒腺和黏液腺两种腺体。3种石磺的皮肤厚度、各组织相对厚度及腺体数量等均存在差异。将结构差异与石磺的栖息环境进行比较分析后得到:陆栖为主的瘤背石磺皮肤表皮角质化程度高,颗粒腺发达;以水栖为主的里氏拟石磺表皮角质化程度相对低,黏液腺发达;而水陆两栖的平疣桑椹石磺,皮肤角质化程度介于前述二者之间,颗粒腺与黏液腺均不发达。研究结果体现了三者不同的生态适应特征,也为深入探讨海洋无脊椎动物从海洋向陆地进化的研究提供形态学依据。     

瘤背石磺和里氏拟石磺背部皮肤蛋白质组差异分析

从蛋白质水平探讨瘤背石磺和里氏拟石磺背部皮肤蛋白质组差异表达,为完善石磺科贝类从海洋到陆地进化的研究以及解释两种石磺不同的环境适应性提供蛋白质依据。应用Label-free非标定量蛋白质组学技术,结合软件Sequest HT和Proteome Discoverer (Thermo),对瘤背石磺和里氏拟石磺的背部皮肤进行蛋白质组搜库鉴定及定量分析,其中瘤背石磺中鉴定到1 491个蛋白质,里氏拟石磺中鉴定到1 030个蛋白质;用Pfind软件对表达图谱进行同源序列的鉴定及定量分析,检测到928个同源蛋白表达量有差异,瘤背石磺较里氏拟石磺上调表达406个(p0.05, FC1.5),下调表达339个(p0.05, FC0.5)。适应水下生活的里氏拟石磺背部皮肤角质化程度较低,差异同源蛋白序列分析显示与角质形成、细胞凋亡相关蛋白在里氏拟石磺背部皮肤中高表达,与皮肤保湿性能相关的神经酰胺类物质在瘤背石磺中高表达;KEGG分析显示,嘌呤代谢通路中存在的差异蛋白最多,共73个,其中瘤背石磺较里氏拟石磺上调表达22个,下调表达21个。蛋白组差异分析显示关键酶尿素酶在陆栖性较强的瘤背石磺中高表达,与前人所做动物从水生到陆生进化过程中尿素酶基因完全丢失的研究结论有所出入,属于特殊物种。里氏拟石磺的皮肤辅助呼吸能力和血窦数目均高于瘤背石磺,且背部皮肤中肌纤维更加粗壮,此生理现象在蛋白质组上的表现为两种石磺能量代谢及氧离子运输相关蛋白的差别较大;瘤背石磺背部皮肤中对环境污染反应灵敏的谷胱甘肽S转移酶和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶的表达量高于里氏拟石磺,推测其与瘤背石磺较强的皮肤免疫能力和环境适应性相关。蛋白表达谱中928个差异表达同源序列为两种石磺表现差异和环境适应的分子机制研究提供了有意义的蛋白质组的基础数据。     

石磺消化系统的组织学观察

对石磺消化系统各部分结构进行组织学观察.石磺的消化系统由消化道和消化腺两部分组成.消化道包括口、食道、贲门胃、幽门胃、中肠和后肠,不具吻;消化腺包括肝胰腺、唾液腺和肛门腺.在光学显微镜下,消化道由粘膜层、粘膜下层、肌层和外膜4层组成;肌层主要为环肌,粘膜层主要为柱状细胞.肝胰腺甚为发达,组织结构显示肝胰腺由很多分支的腺管组成,腺管由腺细胞、分泌细胞等组成.唾液腺和肛门腺发达.     

基于18S rRNA的中国大陆沿海石磺科贝类分类的初步分析

对采自上海崇明、福建宁德、海南海口等沿海地区9个群体的石磺科贝类进行外部形态特征差异分析和内部结构比较,在初步分类基础上利用核糖体小亚基18S rRNA基因部分序列对9个群体进行系统发育分析,以菊花螺为外群,结合GenBank上石磺科4个18S rRNA基因序列构建系统发生树来探讨我国大陆沿海石磺科属种间的亲缘关系.结果显示:我国石磺科贝类南方沿海种类多于北方沿海;除报道的瘤背石磺(Onchidium struma)和石磺(O.verruculatum)外,可能还有新记录5种:Onchidium属1种、Platevindex属2种、Peronia属1种和Paraoncidium属1种.分子系统发生树显示,我囝大陆沿海石磺科9个群体可分为4个亚群,分别为Onchidium、Platevindex、Paraoncidium、Peronia,其中Peronia亚群的置信度较高;Onchidium verruculatum应更名为Peronia verruculata.     

六种石磺科贝类超氧化物歧化酶和酯酶同工酶分析

采用聚丙烯酰胺垂直板凝胶电泳分离技术对中国东南沿海的石磺科6种石磺的腹足、肝胰脏两种组织的超氧化物歧化酶和酯酶同工酶进行分析.明确了其酶谱的特征及分布,并利用聚类分析方法对种间的亲缘关系进行了研究.同工酶聚类分析显示,紫色疣石磺(Peronia verruculata)和小紫疣石磺(Peronia sp.)的亲缘关系最近;里氏拟石磺(Paraoncidium reevesii)和白底拟石磺(Paraoncidium sp.)聚为一类;平疣桑椹石磺(Platevindex mortoni)和瘤背石磺(Onchidium struma)聚为一类.种间的个体酶谱表型有差异,同属的种间差异小于不同属的种间差异.酶谱的差异程度与形态分类学中的亲缘关系相近.利用超氧化物歧化酶同工酶和酯酶同工酶酶谱表型也可以作为一种蛋白分子标记应用于石磺科属种的分类鉴定.     

瘤背石磺的精子结构

用光学显微镜和透射电子显微镜技术研究了瘤背石磺精子的结构特点,分析了其生理生态适应性以及在肺螺亚纲系统演化中的意义。瘤背石磺的精子由头部、中段和末段组成。头部由奶嘴形的顶体和长圆筒状的细胞核构成。顶体包括顶体囊和顶体构架体两部分;两者的内含物都分布均匀,电子密度稍低于细胞核;顶体基部平整,与核前端之间有一空隙,内含物电子密度极低。细胞核由电子密度高的均匀颗粒物质组成,并出现核泡;核的后端有一"杯形"的凹陷,称为核后窝。中段结构复杂,主要包括一对位于核后窝内的中心粒、轴丝、质膜、线粒体及由线粒体衍生的糖原质螺旋体、基质层和类晶体层等。末段由"9 2"结构的轴丝及外包的质膜组成,无糖原质螺旋体和其它线粒体衍生物。比较瘤背石磺精子与肺螺亚纲其它物种的精子结构,我们认为该物种的精子属于"进化型",是一类在进化地位中比基眼目高等的动物。     

中国沿海瘤背石磺不同地理群体遗传多样性的ISSR标记研究

研究以盐城(YC)、上海(SH)、温州(WZ)、厦门(XM)、深圳(SZ)、海南(HN)6个不同地理群体的瘤背石磺为试验材料,利用ISSR分子标记进行了遗传多样性研究。结果表明,6个地理群体的多态位点百分率在54.20%-70.99%之间,Nei’s基因多样性指数和Shannon’s信息指数分别在0.156 4-0.219 1和0.242 1-0.332 4之间。AMOVA分子变异分析表明,瘤背石磺47.25%的变异发生在群体间,52.75%的变异发生在群体内,居群内的遗传变异大于居群间的遗传变异。平均Fst值为0.4725,种间分化系数(Gst)为0.370 5,基因流(Nm)为0.849 7,表明6个地理群体间已经发生了较大程度的遗传分化,其中推断遗传漂变可能是影响群体分化的主要因素之一。     

马氏正钳蝎的形态和结构特征

马氏正钳蝎(Mesobuthus martensii)又称东亚钳蝎,是中国最常见的蝎种。针对该蝎种系统性研究相对薄弱的现状,本文通过扫描电子显微镜、体视显微镜、解剖学等手段对马氏正钳蝎的形态结构进行了研究,全面系统地描述了马氏正钳蝎的外部形态和内部结构特征,完善了该蝎种生物学特征的基础数据,特别是对其呼吸系统、生殖系统及毒腺的结构进行了详细的研究,观察和分析了马氏正钳蝎的螯肢、眼睛、步足及听毛、生殖孔、栉齿感受器、书肺、毒腺等结构特征及相关功能,探讨了不同视觉蛋白的差异性表达、感光功能差异性与蝎子生存进化的相关性。     

中国东部沿海水仙归化群体的遗传多样性

为揭示我国东部归化水仙(Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis)的群体遗传多样性,利用2个叶绿体基因mat K和trn H-psb A片段对采自沪、浙、闽的5个代表群体的49株水仙进行了评估。结果表明,双基因联合序列的总长为1443bp,共定义6个单倍型,各归化群体的遗传多样性水平为DLSYPTDNJD=ZZCMD。AMOVA分析表明,群体内变异为遗传变异的主要来源(91.98%),群体间的遗传分化较低(Fst=0.080 22)。群体物种水平上的谱系结构不显著(Nst=0.020Gst=0.031;P0.05)。Mantel检验表明水仙群体间的遗传距离与地理距离呈显著的线性相关(r=0.929,P=0.02 0.05)。中性检验和错配分布分析结果均暗示水仙群体背离了快速扩张模型的假设。单倍型分布的中介网络图结合系统发育NJ树均将所有群体划分为2大分支。因此,我国东部沿海水仙归化群体整体遗传多样性水平较低,各群体间遗传分化较弱,遗传变异主要来自群体内,物种近期未经历扩张事件,可能是基因流受海岛隔离、自身生物学特征、生境异质性与及人为干扰的综合作用影响。     

鸟类跗跖骨远端形态的两种模式及其栖息行为

通过对大量现生鸟类的跗跖骨进行对比研究,得出鸟类的跗跖骨远端特征可以被用来作为判断鸟类栖息习性的依据。地栖性鸟类的跗跖骨远端由第Ⅱ、第Ⅲ、第Ⅳ跖骨滑车组成典型的“三角”模式,而树栖性鸟类的跗跖骨远端则是由位于同一平面位置的第Ⅱ、第Ⅲ、第Ⅳ跖骨滑车组成典型的“滚轴”模式。由此还尝试对中生代鸟类的栖息习性和功能作了检验和判定,依此鉴定与借助其他依据识别的结果比较一致。鸟类跗跖骨远端形态结构的观察与研究,对评判古鸟的栖息习性以及鸟类的栖息演化历史都具有重要意义。     

Effects of habitat differences on feeding behaviors of Japanese monkeys: Comparison between Yakushima and Kinkazan

Feeding behaviors of Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) were compared between a warm temperate habitat (Yakushima Island: 30°N, 131°E) and a cool temperate habitat (Kinkazan Island: 38°N, 141°E). The composition of diet and the activity budget in the two habitats were very different. Time spent feeding on Kinkazan Island was 1.7 times that on Yakushima Island. Two factors seem to be responsible for these: (1) the energy required for thermoregulation of monkeys on Kinkazan Island is greater than that on Yakushima Island; and (2) the food quality, which affects the intake speed of available energy, is lower on Kinkazan Island. However, monkeys in both habitats increased their moving time and decreased their feeding time when they fed on foods of relatively high quality. Such foraging strategies are predicted by optimal foraging models. Time spent social grooming on Yakushima Island was 1.9 times that on Kinkazan Island, although there were slight seasonal changes in both areas. The difference in time spent social grooming might be explained by the overall difference in feeding time and day length between the two habitats.     

Comparison of deep-sea sediment microbial communities in the Eastern Mediterranean

Bacterial and archaeal communities in sediments obtained from three geographically-distant mud volcanoes, a control site and a microbial mat in the Eastern Mediterranean deep-sea were characterized using direct 16S rRNA gene analyses. The data were thus in relation to the chemical characteristics of the (stratified) habitats to infer community structure-habitat relationships. The bacterial sequences in the different habitats were related to those of Actinobacteria, Bacilli, Chloroflexi, Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-, Delta- and Epsilonproteobacteria and unclassified bacteria, including the JS1 group. The archaeal sequences found were affiliated with those of the Methanosarcinales, Thermoplasmales, Halobacteriales and Crenarchaea belonging to marine benthic group I and B, as well as MCG group archaea. In each sample, the communities were diverse and unique at the phylotype level. However, at higher taxonomic levels, similar groups were found in different sediments, and similar depth layers tended to contain similar communities. The sequences that dominated in all top layers (as well as in the mat) probably represented organisms involved in aerobic heterotrophy, sulfide-based chemoautotrophy and methanotrophy and/or methylotrophy. Sequences of organisms most likely involved in anaerobic methane oxidation, sulfate reduction and anaerobic heterotrophy were predominantly found in deeper layers. The data supported the notion of (1) uniqueness of each habitat at fine taxonomic levels, (2) stratification in depth and (3) conservation of function in the sediments.     

中国濒危兽类栖息地评估与保护研究进展与展望

目前全球物种正以前所未有的速度灭绝,对野生动物栖息地开展有效的评估与科学的保护是阻止濒危物种走向灭绝,保持其可持续生存与发展的重要前提和手段。本文针对我国的食肉类、有蹄类、灵长类、小型兽类、海洋兽类5个类别的濒危兽类,综述了其栖息地评估与保护研究进展的现状和成果,对相关学术成果进行了归纳与分析,以期为栖息地的科学保护与管理梳理出系统、可供借鉴的研究方法和技术手段,并对其理论和技术的挑战进行了展望,提出了我国濒危兽类栖息地评估和保护研究应走向整体化、定量化、智能化,以及多学科交叉融合应用的“精准化”发展方向,为国家生态建设工程的有效实施提供重要技术支撑。     

岷山黑熊生境选择的初步分析

1998 年3 月末至9 月, 作者在岷山山系对黑熊的生境选择进行了研究。野外工作中共设置了40 个20 ×20 m²样方和15 个生态因子, 以此为基准进行了定量分析。黑熊生境喜好程度分析表明, 黑熊喜欢选择向阳、坡度较大、避风性适中、郁闭度在30 %～50 %之间的山嵴或山坡面, 选择乔木密度和灌木密度适中、倒木密度和树桩密度较小的生境, 其他如乔木距离、灌木距离、倒木距离和树桩距离以适中为准。主成分分析表明,影响黑熊生境选择的主要因子有5 种, 依次为: 食物丰富度因子(包括乔木密度、灌木密度、乔木距离和灌木距离) 、干扰因子(包括倒木密度、树桩密度、倒木距离和树桩距离) 、地形因子(包括郁闭度、地理性和坡位) 、气候因子(包括避风性和坡向) 和海拔因子。其最适生境状况为: 乔木密度为1 226～1 625根/ hm², 灌木密度为1 425～1 976 根/ hm², 倒木密度为120～240 根/ hm² , 树桩密度为110～230 根/ hm² , 郁闭度为3519 %～4315 % , 地理性为0.6～0.7 (山坡面) , 坡位为0.5～0.7 (中坡位) , 避风性为0.4～0.7 (适中) , 坡向为49.8°～153°(东坡) , 海拔高度为1 993～2 276 m (阔叶林和针阔混交林带) 。     

Coast of change: habitat loss and transformations in the Wadden Sea

In the southern North Sea, coastal people commenced with habitat conversions 1,000 years ago. Partly interrupted in late medieval times by large-scale inundations of marshland, progressive embankments transformed the landward half of the amphibic transition zone between a limno-terrestric and a brackish-marine ecosystem into arable land and freshwater lakes. Sea walls rigidly separated the land from the sea. Dynamic transitional habitats have vanished. Areal loss has diminished the capacity of the Wadden Sea to dissipate wave and tidal energy. A coastal ecosystem once rich in marsh plants, seagrass and diatoms on mud flats became transformed into one with less autochthonous phototroph production, dominated by sandy tidal flats, and dependent primarily on allochthonous plankton supply. The large estuaries have been dredged to serve as shipping canals, and have lost most of their former retention and filter capacity. Riverine loads are now flushed right into the North Sea. Symptoms of a syndromatic coastal habitat degradation are diagnosed, leading to a decline in natural habitat diversity. The conventional on-line coastal protection may not achieve a sustainable coastal habitat configuration. At sedimentary coasts immobilised by dikes and petrified shores, a more flexible response to sea level rise is recommended.     

Study on coastal wetland habitat quality evaluation in Quanzhou Bay, Fujian, China

Coastal wetland is located in the active interface between land and sea, which is one of the richest biodiversity habitats, while it is seriously disturbed and destroyed by anthropogenic activities in both terrestrial and marine parts. Habitat serves as the basis for organism survival, providing food, shelter, water, space and so on, and habitat degradation and loss caused by intense anthropogenic activities is widely considered as the main reason for biodiversity decline and loss. However, there is still limited study on the evaluating methods of coastal wetland habitats, especially for those in a large scale. In this study, methods for evaluating coastal wetland habitat quality, including selecting indicators, setting value assignment criteria and weights were discussed systematically, a method of coastal wetland habitat quality evaluation was established, and the habitat quality in Quanzhou Bay was also evaluated as a case study. The present study provided a new concept and method to assess quantitatively habitat status, indicate the ecological status and its change, and also reflect and predict indirectly the ecological impact of human activities.Referring to the habitat evaluation system (HES) developed by United States in the mid 1970s, the evaluation method was established by thorough analysis of the characteristics of coastal wetland. The habitat indicators were selected in terms of three habitat factors as follows: chemical factors, including dissolved oxygen (DO), phosphate in seawater, sulfide in sediment, and regional priority pollutants; physical factors, including landscape naturalness index and coastline artificialization index; biological factors, including invasive species risk and area ratio of invasive alien species. Weights were established by Analytic Hierarchy Process, combined with several-round expert evaluation. Evaluation criteria providing principles for value assignment of each indicator, were established referring to previous standards and related researches. The final result for assessing habitat quality was indicated and stated by the value of Habitat Quality Index (HQI), which is the weighted sum of each indicator. Habitat quality increased with the HQI value, with value ranging from 0 to 100.The established evaluating method was applied to assess the habitat quality of Quanzhou Bay, located in the southeast coastal zone of Fujian Province, with a total area of 136.4 km², which is an important bay in Fujian. Quanzhou Bay wetland is a typical coastal wetland with diverse wetland habitats, including mangrove, estuary, island, aquaculture ponds, salt pan, shallow sea, mud flat and so on. The Quanzhou Bay is now seriously suffering environmental problems, e.g. eutrophication due to great discharge of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastewater, rapid urbanization and reclamation resulting in decreased wetland area, and the invasion of alien species. The evaluation results showed that the habitat quality index value was 68.13, 57.99 and 51.23 in 1989, 2002 and 2008, respectively, indicating that the habitat degraded gradually. The five major factors that led to decline of HQI value were phosphate in seawater, lead in sediment, landscape naturalness index and coastline artificialization index and area ratio of invasive alien species. Therefore, in order to improve and maintain habitat quality, it is urgent to control pollution, large-scale reclamation and Spartina invasion in Quzhou Bay.     

The influence of predator presence on utilization of artificial seagrass habitats by juvenile walleye pollock,Theragra chalcogramma

Synopsis Behavioral preference for a structured habitat (artificial seagrass) by juvenile walleye pollock,Theragra chalcogramma, was tested in controlled laboratory experiments. We monitored position of fish in 2000 1 tanks with and without artificial seagrass present in one half of the tank. In addition, we exposed walleye pollock to a predator model, assessing their response when a grass plot was available or unavailable as a potential refuge. In the absence of predators, the fish avoided the artificial seagrass, displaying a preference for the open water side of the experimental tanks. In the presence of a predator model, however, juvenile walleye pollock readily entered the artificial seagrass plots. In addition, they often remained in the grass canopy in proximity to the predator instead of moving out of the grass to avoid the predator (when no grass was present they consistently moved to the opposite side of the tank from the predator). The behavioral choices exhibited in this study suggest that juvenile walleye pollock modify habitat selection in response to perceived predation risk, and recognize the structure provided by artificial seagrass as a potential refuge.