[Residues and potential ecological risk assessment of metal in sediments from lower reaches and estuary of Pearl River].

In order to investigate the heavy metal concentrations and their potential ecological risks in surface sediments of lower reaches and estuary of Pearl River, 21 bottom sediment samples were collected from lower reaches and estuary of Pearl River. Total contents of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd, Sb, Pb and Hg in these samples were measured by the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and the atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS) and using the index of geoaccumulation and the potential ecological risk index to evaluate the pollution degree of heavy metals in the sediments. Results indicated that the concentration of total Fe and total Mn were 41658.

Interferon regulatory factor-2 in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides): gene, inductive expression pattern and subcellular localization.

Interferon regulatory factor 2 (IRF-2) is a multifunctional transcription factor which exhibits both transcriptional activating and repressing activities in the IRF family. In this study, we report an IRF-2 gene isolated from orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides). The 1854bp full-length cDNA sequence of EcIRF-2 has been cloned, encoding a putative peptide of 336 amino acids which is highly consistent with the feature of IRF family members.

[Investigation of quinolones in aquaculture environment of the Pearl River Delta].

The concentrations and distributions of three sorts of quinolones (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin and enorfloxacin) in water, sediments and the tissues of 8 kinds of fishes from 7 sites in Pearl River Delta aquaculture regions (freshwater and marine) were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detector. Results showed that no quinolones were found in either fresh waterborne or marine water. Norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin and enorfloxacin in sediments collected from freshwater aquaculture region ranged from 5.