Invertebrate communities,sediment parameters and food availability of intertidal soft-sediment ecosystems on the north coast of British Columbia,Canada

ABSTRACT

The Skeena River estuary supports commercial and culturally important salmon fisheries. However, considerable development has occurred in the area, and more has been proposed. If anthropogenic development degrades this critical habitat, the Skeena salmon run, that every year contributes $110 million to local economies, may be negatively impacted. Benthic invertebrates are common indicator species, as they often respond to disturbances before commercial species, warning of potential impacts. Unfortunately, invertebrates in the Skeena estuary have not been extensively studied, and we lack the detailed understanding of their community structure and dynamics for them to serve as indicator species in this region. Therefore, present conditions of the Skeena estuary are established here (invertebrate community, sediment conditions and food availability), in order to provide the data required both to anticipate changes associated with potential anthropogenic disturbances and to detect changes in this system if development occurs.     

A new species of Himalayapotamon Pretzmann, 1966 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) marking the westernmost distribution of the genus,with notes on its geographical range evolution

ABSTRACT

We describe a new species of freshwater crab, Himalayapotamon robertsianum sp. nov. from Punjab province of Pakistan, based on morphological characters of the carapace and the first gonopod. The new species demarcates the westernmost distribution limit of the genus. Additionally, we analysed partial sequences of the 16S rRNA locus for some species of the genus Himalayapotamon (p-distances, Bayesian phylogenetical inference), indicating that Himalayapotamon separates into an eastern and a western clade. Based on these results, we propose a biogeographical scenario that can explain the occurrence of the genera Himalayapotamon and Potamon within the same river system: we assume an ancestral widespread distribution of Himalayapotamon in the palaeo-Ganges. When drainage rearrangement diverted the western tributaries of the Ganges into the Indus since the latest Miocene, Himalayapotamon diverged into two clades. Consequently, the western clade is now sharing the Indus drainage with Potamon.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:80B52E6C-0120-4669-A6B0-9F0DA5918EE3     

嫩江——齐齐哈尔江段水质污染状况的生物调查与评价

本文通过对嫩江——齐齐哈尔江段浮游植物与底栖动物指标的分析,为评价嫩江水质污染状况提供依据.     

浙江瓯江口地区平原形成过程

在对瓯江口地区的野外调查的基础上,参阅了有关的考古资料和文献,从沉积学、地貌学、考古学等角度,综合论述了本区包括海湾充填、平原塑造以及岸线变迁的成陆过程。     

山区积温分布推算方法的研究

积温是农业气候热量资源的重要指标。本文提出了山区积温的推算方法、得出了各种小地形的积温效应值。该方法在福建省沙溪流域山区实际应用的结果是令人满意的。     

黄河决徙与黄河冲积扇发育关系初探

在论证黄河冲积扇仍处于建造时期当中,得出决徙是建扇过程发生的自然现象.下游河道历史上两期安流跟两期暖湿气侯背景的出现不无联系.治河方向应以滞缓建扇过程和保护河口海岸为原则,这样才符合自然规律.     

下荆江河道水力几何形态的研究

根据1950－1980年下荆江监利（姚圻脑）站的水文测验资料,运用L.B.Leopld河床水力几何形态原理,建立下荆江河道的河相关系式,研究该河道不力几何形态的特点及变化,研究表明,下荆江河道河宽指数b随流量的变化较小,而水深指数f随流量的变化较大,河床横断面具有窄深的特点。     

基于数字散斑技术的水泥净浆微观蠕变与收缩

摘 要：为探究大型试件水汽平衡较长引起额外收缩开裂的问题,提出了一种新型原位微观力学试验方法对水泥净浆的微观蠕变与收缩进行研究。研究结合DIC（数字散斑技术digital image correlation）进行观测,在ESEM（environmental scanning electron microscope）环境扫描电镜和CC（climate chamber气候试验箱)中对薄水泥块分别进行单轴-双轴压缩蠕变和收缩试验。试验结果表明,相较于传统测试方法,新的测试框架显著缩短了干燥时间,至少缩短了200倍,从而有效减小了开裂的风险。水泥净浆的自由干燥收缩与RH（相对湿度relative humidity）高于60%时的质量损失之间存在高度线性相关性。在相对湿度50%-60%之间,水的空化作用对干燥收缩产生影响。ESEM中的干燥条件与气候试验箱中的环境空气干燥条件相比,气压较低,引发了强制对流流动,导致干燥速率显著增加,但在相对湿度为20%RH的平衡状态下,两者的收缩变形基本保持一致。快速干燥的试件与缓慢干燥的试件相比具有更大的孔隙,且未加载试件的孔隙大于加载试件。在单轴压缩试验中,干燥蠕变随干燥收缩的变化呈现出双线性的趋势;在双轴压缩试验中,干燥蠕变呈现出线性关系。干燥蠕变的泊松比在两种压缩试验中均表现出负值,在蠕变泊松比处于-0.1到0之间时,CC试验所得的蠕变性能与ESEM方法的结果基本一致。     

历史时期长江三峡粮食作物嬗替的特征、成因及其影响--与川西平原、江南地区相比

长江三峡地区因地理环境、自然条件、地质结构等因素的限制，历史上，其农业生产水平与两侧的川西平原和江南地区相比，一直较为低下。就粮食作物嬗替这方面而言，也表现出相对落后的一些特征，这些特征曾给三峡农业发展带来了深远影响，不少影响还延续至今。     

浉河信阳市段水体水质控制与其综合利用

本文在分析河信阳市段水体的水文特征与水质现状的基础上，提出了用水利工程结合生物防治的方式控制该段水体水质的思想，设计了利用该段水体的可能途径，并对其可能产生的效益进行了预估。