The use of MODIS data to derive acreage estimations for larger fields: A case study in the south-western Rostov region of Russia

Recent developments in remote sensing technology, in particular improved spatial and temporal resolution, open new possibilities for estimating crop acreage over larger areas. Remotely sensed data allow in some cases the estimation of crop acreage statistics independently of sub-national survey statistics, which are sometimes biased and incomplete. This work focuses on the use of MODIS data acquired in 2001/2002 over the Rostov Oblast in Russia, by the Azov Sea. The region is characterised by large agricultural fields of around 75 ha on average. This paper presents a methodology to estimate crop acreage using the MODIS 16-day composite NDVI product. Particular emphasis is placed on a good quality crop mask and a good quality validation dataset. In order to have a second dataset which can be used for cross-checking the MODIS classification a Landsat ETM time series for four different dates in the season of 2002 was acquired and classified. We attempted to distinguish five different crop types and achieved satisfactory and good results for winter crops. Three hundred and sixty fields were identified to be suitable for the training and validation of the MODIS classification using a maximum likelihood classification. A novel method based on a pure pixel field sampling is introduced. This novel method is compared with the traditional hard classification of mixed pixels and was found to be superior.     

Decline of Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda, Calanoida) in two water bodies located in the Senegal River hydrosystem (West Africa): Hypotheses and perspectives

Pseudodiaptomus hessei is a key species in many water bodies in the Senegal River hydrosystem but it became rare or completely disappeared from two ecosystems (Lake Guiers and Dakar Bango Reservoir; Senegal, West Africa) after major hydrological changes caused by human action, mainly impoundments on the river in 1985, and the opening of a new estuary mouth in 2003. Kâ et al. [Kâ, S., Pagano, M., Ba, N., Bouvy, M., Leboulanger, C., Arfi, R., Thiaw, O.T., Ndour, E.H.M., Corbin, D., Defaye, D., Cuoc, C., Kouassi, E., 2006. Zooplankton distribution related to environmental factors and phytoplankton in a shallow tropical lake (Lake Guiers, Senegal, West Africa). International Review of Hydrobiology 91(5), 389–405] put forward several hypotheses to explain the reasons for this decline: salinity and chemical changes in the water, predation by a cyclopid predator Mesocyclops ogunnus and/or the inhibiting effects of cyanobacteria and/or diatoms (allelopathy). This study assessed these hypotheses by studying the distribution of P. hessei in 13 stations (including the Dakar Bango reservoir and Lake Guiers) in relation to physical, chemical and biological (phyto- and zooplanktons) factors at each station. We produced a distribution pattern for this species in the Senegal River hydrosystem. Rank correlations and principal component analysis showed that P. hessei was not correlated with conductivity but was positively correlated with pH and alkalinity, suggesting chemical effects. The clear association with two filamentous cyanobacteria (Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Anabaena sp.) did not appear to support the hypothesis of cyanobacteria inhibition but blooming conditions were never encountered during the study. Negative correlation with diatoms (especially with Fragilaria sp.) suggested that aldehyde producing diatoms had a negative effect. Negative correlations with cyclopids such as Mesocyclops supported the hypothesis of cyclopid predation to explain the decline of P. hessei. This study proposes several lines of research for future studies to test these hypotheses.     

Stochasticity of planetary orbits in double star systems. II

Cosmogonical theories as well as recent observations allow us to expect the existence of numerous exo-planets, including in binaries. Then arises the dynamical problem of stability for planetary orbits in double star systems. Modern computations have shown that many such stable orbits do exist, among which we consider orbits around one component of the binary (called S-type orbits). Within the framework of the elliptic plane restricted three-body problem, the phase space of initial conditions for fictitious S-type planetary orbits is systematically explored, and limits for stability had been previously established for four nearby binaries which components are nearly of solar type. Among stable orbits, found up to distance of their sun of the order of half the binarys periastron distance, nearly-circular ones exist for the three binaries (among the four) having a not too high orbital eccentricity. In the first part of the present paper, we compare these previous results with orbits around a 16 Cyg B-like binarys component with varied eccentricities, and we confirm the existence of stable nearly-circular S-type planetary orbits but for very high binarys eccentricity. It is well-known that chaos may destroy this stability after a very long time (several millions years or more). In a first paper, we had shown that a stable planetary orbit, although chaotic, could keep its stability for more than a billion years (confined chaos). Then, in the second part of the present paper, we investigate the chaotic behaviour of two sets of planetary orbits among the stable ones found around 16 Cyg B-like components in the first part, one set of strongly stable orbits and the other near the limit of stability. Our results show that the stability of the first set is not destroyed when the binarys eccentricity increases even to very high values (0.95), but that the stability of the second set is destroyed as soon as the eccentricity reaches the value 0.8.     

两株产铁锰氧化酶细菌的鉴定及系统发育分析

从福建紫金山铜矿矿井水及连城锰废矿坑泥石样中分离到两株具氧化Fe^2＋和Mn^2＋能力的细菌,分别命名为4-05和11-02,对其进行了形态特征、生理生化特性及16SrDNA序列分析．结果显示菌株4-05为假单胞菌属中的一个种．菌株11-02为不动杆菌的一个种．这两株菌的16SrDNA序列已被GenBank数据库收录,序列号分别为FJ805431和FJ8054322．本实验为后续进一步研究地下水的微生物治理奠定了基础．     

山东兖州煤田16号煤层的成煤植物研究

采取多种手段相结合的研究方法,对山东兖州煤田16号煤层的成煤植物进行了详细的研究。研究了16号煤层中的煤核植物群,还通过孢粉分析及分散角质层的研究,对成煤植物群及其在垂向上的演化进行了细致的研究。结合煤岩光片中煤植体的研究,并对照煤系地层大化石所反映的成煤期前后的植物群面貌恢复了16号煤层的成煤植物群。分析并讨论了上述研究方法在反映成煤植物及其演化方面的作用,认为只有通过这种综合研究才可以较准确地反映成煤植物群面貌及其在成煤过程中的变化。     

南海海域红斑后海螯虾(Metanephrops thomsoni)的分子识别与群体遗传分化

利用16S rRNA基因序列分子识别红斑后海螯虾,然后对海南附近海域(18°30′-19°00′N,111 °30′-112°30′ E)、北部湾口海域(15°41′ N,110°40′ E)和南沙群岛海域(5°20′-5°29′N,110°09′-111°26′E)三个地理群体进行ITS1的扩增测序.16S rRNA基因序列的结果表明所取样本准确;三个地理群体分别得到616-623bp、619bp和614bp的ITS1全长序列,A、G、T、C含量平均分别为22.3％、29.4％、17.8％和30.6％;其中562个保守位点,39个多态位点.ML和NJ聚类分析显示三个地理群体共聚为三个大支,其中海南群体有群体分化.表明红斑后海螯虾三个地理群体分化极其显著,且海南群体具有相对高的遗传多样性.     

四株鳖源致病性嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)的表型、分子鉴定及其毒力基因检测

采用生态毒理学、表观分类学及分子生物学方法, 对具白底板病典型症状濒死中华鳖内脏中分离获得的 4 株病原菌开展了以致病性、表型分析、分子鉴定及毒力基因检测为内容的实验研究, 结果表明: (1) 4 株病原菌均具致病性, 致死力由大到小依次为 ZHYYZ-2、ZHYYZ-4、ZHYYZ-1、ZHYYZ-3; (2) 4 株病原菌均为呈短杆状、具溶血活性的革兰氏阴性细菌, VITEK2 型全自动细菌鉴定与药敏系统和 ATB Expression 型细菌鉴定与药敏智能系统均显示为嗜水气单胞菌; (3) ZHYYZ-1、ZHYYZ-2、ZHYYZ-3、ZHYYZ-4 的 16S rDNA 序列长度分别为 1460、1464、1466、1461, 经 Blast同源性检索表明它们所扩增的16S rDNA序列与GenBank数据库中登记的71株嗜水气单胞菌的相似性均为 99%; (4) 经 PCR 特异性检测, 各实验菌均含有 Aha、AHH、AerA 和 OMP。根据 4 株实验菌的表型和分子生物学特征, 判定它们均为气单胞菌属的致病性嗜水气单胞菌。     

两种体色三疣梭子蟹线粒体DNA 部分片段序列的比较分析

三疣梭子蟹(Portunus trituberculatus)作为重要的海洋经济动物,其常见体色(头胸甲)为茶绿色。近年来在我国沿海海域海捕三疣梭子蟹中开始出现体色为紫色的一类梭子蟹,除体色不同外,二者表型特征并无显著差异。对两种体色三疣梭子蟹不同个体的线粒体COI和16S rRNA基因进行了序列比对分析以判定二者之间的亲缘关系。结果发现COI和16S rRNA基因在两种体色三疣梭子蟹群体中的核苷酸序列一致性分别为99.87%和99.88%,表明紫色三疣梭子蟹并未发生亚种的分化,即紫色和茶绿色群体属于同一个种。并利用GenBank数据库检索了梭子蟹科其他15种海产蟹的16S rRNA序列,进行了序列同源性比对分析和分子系统学方面的探讨,为梭子蟹种属分类学研究提供分子依据。     

凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)病原副溶血弧菌(Vibrio parahaemolyticus)的表型及分子特征

采用常规的形态及生理生化特性检验及分子生物学等方法,对引起凡纳滨对虾幼虾发生毁灭性死亡的病原菌进行了致病性、表型生物学及分子生物学的系统研究。结果表明,分离菌为弧菌属(Vibrio Pacini 1954)的副溶血弧菌(Vibrio parahaemolyticus),对凡纳滨对虾、中国对虾及日本对虾仔虾均有强致病性。分离鉴定的4株副溶血弧菌具有淀粉酶、明胶酶、卵磷脂酶活性,但不具有蛋白酶、脂肪酶活性,KP溶血均呈阴性,且均具有K抗原;代表菌株(JGB080708-1株)的16S rRNA基因序列(长度为1456bp,GenBank登录号为GQ205448)和gyrB基因序列(长度为1195bp,GenBank登录号为GQ205453)与副溶血弧菌的两种基因序列相似性均可达98%以上。病原菌的耐药性检测结果显示,对供试49种抗菌药物中的林可霉素等6种药物耐药。     

半滑舌鳎病原鳗利斯顿氏菌表型及分子特征研究

2008年12月,江苏赣榆某渔场养殖半滑舌鳎出现大量死亡,症状主要表现为:头部、鳃盖及鳍基出血,尾鳍腐烂,腹腔膨胀并积有大量腹水,部分病鱼肠管脱出肛外。从病鱼肝脏、腹水中分离出大量优势生长的细菌,人工感染试验证明其对半滑舌鳎有较强的致病性。对3株分离菌进行了形态特征、理化特性、胞外酶及溶血素活性等表型生物学性状检验;测定了代表菌株的16S rRNA和gyrB基因序列,分析了16S rRNA和gyrB两种基因序列的同源性,并构建了系统发生树,比较了两种基因对分离菌的鉴定能力;结果表明gyrB基因用于细菌种间鉴定更具优越性;基于16S rRNA和gyrB基因的系统发育学分析表明分离菌与鳗利斯顿氏菌具有高同源性,根据分离菌的表型及分子特征,判定分离菌为利斯顿氏菌属(Listonella MacDonell and Colwell 1986)的鳗利斯顿氏菌[Listonella anguillarum (Bergeman 1909) MacDonell and Colwell 1986]。胞外酶活性及溶血活性检测表明3株分离菌均具有淀粉酶、蛋白酶、卵磷脂酶等胞外酶活性,在含7%家兔脱纤血液营养琼脂培养基上呈β型溶血,PCR检测3株供试菌均可扩增出大小约493 bp的溶血素基因和大小约248bp的金属蛋白酶基因。分离菌的耐药谱测定结果显示,对供试49种抗菌药物中的青霉素G等13种药物耐药,对羧苄青霉素等6种药物存在敏感与耐药的株间差异。