Wetlands are one of the ecosystems most easily and severely invaded by alien species. Biological invasions can have significant impacts on local plant communities and ecosystem functioning. While numerous studies have assessed the impacts of biological invasions on wetlands, relatively few have been conducted in protected areas such as national wetland parks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBamboo charcoal, a type of manufactured biochar, is produced by pyrolyzing bamboo residue under anoxic conditions. Its beneficial properties in absorption, catalyst support, and agricultural function have attracted significant attention; however, relatively few studies have examined its effects on the soil microbiota. In this study, we analyzed the effects of bamboo charcoal on soil physicochemical properties, enzymes, and microbial community structure in tea plantations and investigated the optimal amount of bamboo charcoal to be added to organic fertilizer.
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December 2022
Intermuscular bones (IBs), which are little, bony spicules in muscle, are embedded in lower teleosts' myosepta. Despite the importance of studying IB development in freshwater aquaculture species, the genes associated with IB development need to be further explored. In the present study, we identified four stages of IB development in barbel steed (Hemibarbus labeo), namely stage 1: IBs have not emerged, stage 2: a few small IBs have emerged in the tail, stage 3: longer IBs gradually emerged in the tail and stage 4: all of the IBs in the tail are mature and long, via Alizarin red staining.
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March 2014
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of adding different amounts of wheat straw (0 g x kg(-1), N0; 2.08 g x kg(-1), N1) and phosphorus (0 mg x kg(-1), P0; 100 mg x kg(-1), P1; 200 mg x kg(-1), P2; 400 mg x kg(-1), P3) on microorganism community in a soil of low-phosphorus. Adding straw and phosphorus had significant effects on the soil microbial total biomass (MTB), bacterial biomass (MB), fungal biomass (FB), and fungi to bacteria ratio (F/B), which all decreased in order of N1P1>N1P0>N1P2>N1P3>N0P1>N0P2>N0P3.
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