The phorbol ester TPA induces metamorphosis in Red Sea coral planulae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

Controlled experiments on the metamorphosis of marine invertebrate larvae require artificial inducers. These inducers can be used for studying the involvement of known signal transduction pathways in settlement and metamorphosis. The ability of the tumor-promoting phorbol ester TPA (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) to induce metamorphosis in planulae of the Red Sea soft coral speciesHeteroxenia fuscescens, Xenia umbellata, Dendronephthya hemprichii, Litophyton arboreum andParerythropodium fulvum fulvum, and the stony coralStylophora pistillata, was examined by using various concentrations of TPA. The chemical induced metamorphosis in all six species. The effect was unspecific and concentration-related. For all the corals except forX. umbellata the highest mean percentages of metamorphosis were obtained with 8.1×10^–7–10^–9 M TPA. ForX. umbellata, the percentage of metamorphosis was lower, and was obtained within a wider TPA concentration range. The present results, along with previous studies on Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa, demonstrate that TPA is the first common artificial inducer for these classes of Cnidaria. TPA is known to activate the enzyme protein kinase C (PKC) and therefore plays an important role in studying the phosphatidylinositol signal transduction system. Evidence for the involvement of this pathway in triggering metamorphosis has already been reported for Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa. Our results suggest that PKC is also involved in initiating metamorphosis in Anthozoa.     

Al（Ⅲ）—EGTA—PR—CPB显色体系的研究

在pH5.0-5.9的微酸性溶液中.铝(Al).乙二醇二乙醚二氨基四乙酸(EGTA)、邻苯三酚红(PR)和阳离子表面活性剂溴化十六烷基吡啶(CPB)迅速反应,形成一蓝色配位化合物,最大吸收波长于615nm处。该配位化合物的组成为Al(Ⅲ)∶EGTA∶PR∶CPB=1∶1∶3∶12,表观摩尔吸光系数为5.9×10~4dm~3·mol~(-1)·cm~(-1).25cm~3溶液中,0-8μg含量范围内的Al(Ⅲ)遵守比尔定律,17种常见离子和5种阴离子不干扰Al(Ⅲ)的测定。     

沉沙池在内蒙古准格尔旗能源基地供水工程中的应用

以内蒙古准格尔旗能源基地供水工程为例,分析了沉沙池在供水工程中的应用。     

皖南地区二叠纪茅口期岩相古地理研究

本文系统地讨论了茅口期沉积层的发育特征,确定了茅口期地层顶、底及亚期界线.以单因素图件为基础,结合其它成因标志,编制了茅口早亚期和晚亚期岩相古地理图,由此可以看出茅口期的岩相古地理特征及其演化历史.     

跨世纪的徐州市水运网建设布局研究

简单回溯徐州市水运发展历程，剖析其存在问题及原因，综合评价其战略地位和基本条件，根据航道及水运发展的基本原则，着重提出了跨世纪的市域航道建设与布局的“一个中心，两大通道，三片循环，四面出口”总格局．     

海面杂波的仿真

海浪引起的雷达反射信号即海面杂波对于欲探测目标的雷达图像造成干扰,此种干扰无法建立精确的数学模型。在舰船指控系统的陆基演练中,要求模拟海上战术环境,本文提出海情仿真的工程近似仿真方法。     

Deep crustal structure of Baiyun Sag,northern South China Sea revealed from deep seismic reflection profile

This paper discusses deep crustal architecture of the Baiyun Sag of the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea based on velocity analysis, time-depth conversion and seismic interpretation of the deep seismic reflection profile DSRP-2002. The profile was acquired and processed to 14 S TWT by the China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) in 2002. It extends across the Baiyun Sag of the Pearl River Mouth Basin, from the northern continental shelf of the SCS to the deepwater province. As the first deep seismic reflection profile in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, this profile reveals seismic phases from basement down to upper most mantle. The Moho surface appears in the profile as an undulating layer of varying thickness of 1-3 km. It is not a single reflector interface, but a velocity gradient or interconversion layer. The crust thins stepwisely from the shelf to the continental slope and the abyssal plain (from north to south), and also thins under depocenters. The crustal thickness is only 7 km in the depocenter of the main Baiyun Sag, which corresponds to a Moho upwelling mirroring the basement topography. In the lower slope and the ocean-continental transition zone of the southernmost portion of the profile, three sub-parallel, NW-dipping strong reflectors found at depths around 10--21 km are interpreted as indications of a subducted Mesozoic oceanic crust. Crustal faults exist in the northern and southern boundaries of the Baiyun Sag. The intense and persistent subsidence of the Baiyun Sag might be related to the long-term activity of the crustal faults.     

鄂尔多斯盆地富黄地区延长组长6储层成岩作用

根据砂岩薄片、铸体薄片、扫描电镜、X衍射等研究表明,富黄探区延长组长6储层砂岩为低孔低渗储集岩,其岩石类型为长石砂岩和岩屑长石砂岩,磨圆以次棱—次圆为主,颗粒间以线性接触和点—线接触为主,孔隙式和孔隙—薄膜式胶结为主,砂岩具有成分成熟度低,结构成熟度高的特点.储集砂岩经历的主要成岩作用为压实作用、胶结作用、溶蚀作用和破裂作用.压实作用是导致孔隙度丧失的主要原因,造成的平均孔隙度丧失为30.89%,胶结作用造成的平均孔隙度丧失为6.98%,碳酸盐胶结物和次生加大是造成储层物性降低的主要胶结物.而溶解作用对砂岩平均孔隙度的增加为1.22%,是改善砂岩物性的重要途径.     

Opening and evolution of the South China Sea constrained by studies on volcanic rocks: Preliminary results and a research design

The South China Sea (SCS) is characterized by abundant seamounts, which provide important information about the evolution of the SCS and related deep processes. Cenozoic volcanism in the SCS and its surroundings comprises three stages relative to the spreading of the SCS:prespreading (>32 Ma), syn-spreading (32-16 Ma), and post-spreading (<16 Ma). The pre-spreading magmatism predominantly occurs on the northern margin of the SCS and in South China coastal areas and shows a bi-modal affinity. The syn-spreading magmatic activity was very limited on the periphery of the SCS, but may be concentrated in the SCS. However, seafloor samples of this stage are not available yet because of overlying thick sedimentary deposits. Post-spreading magmatism is widespread in the central and southwest sub-basins of the SCS, Hainan Island, Leizhou Peninsula, Thailand, and Vietnam. These are mainly alkali basalts with subordinate tholeiites, and display OIB-type geochemical characteristics. The Dupal isotope anomaly and presence of high-magnesian olivine phenocrysts suggests their possible derivation from the Hainan mantle plume. The temporal and spatial distribution of Cenozoic volcanism in the SCS and its surroundings may be accounted for either by plate stress re-organization before and after SCS spreading, or by ridge suction of plume flow during opening of the SCS. If the latter is the case, the volcanic rocks within the SCS basin may not be typical mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB). It remains puz-zling, however, that the transition between the South China continental margin and the SCS basin does not have features typical of a volcanic rifted margin. Clearly, the relationship between mantle plume and SCS opening needs further evaluation. A better un-derstanding of the link between deep processes and opening of the SCS not only requires enhanced studies on igneous petrogene-sis, but also is heavily dependent on systematic sampling of seafloor rocks.