Preliminary Study of Microzooplankton Grazing and Community Composition in the North of South China Sea in Autumn

Microzoopiankton community composition in the north of South China Sea was investigated during autumn （between September and October）, 2004. Dilution technique using chlorophyll a （Chl a） was employed to estimate grazing rates and grazing pressure. The results showed that Polymenophorea Oligotrichida was the dominant group with 16 species, and there were 4 species in Oligotrichina and 11 species in Tintinnina. The ciliates abundance ranged from 9 to 102 ind/m^3, instantaneous growth rates of phytoplankton （k） varied from 0.03 / d to 2.13 / d. Grazing rates of microzooplankton（g） ranged between 0.01 / d and 1.06 / d. The grazing pressure on initial phytoplankton stock （Pi） and primary production （Pp） was 0.089 % - 65.23 % and 33.63 % - 86.04 %, respectively. The grazing of microzooplankton was mainly limited by ciliates abundance. Results of grazing pressure on primary production indicated that microzooplankton played an improtant role in transmitting primary production in the north of South China Sea.

Syntheses of Novel Macrocyclic Polyarylate Oligomers Based on Phenolphthalein and m-Phthaloyl dichloride

Novel macrocyclic oligomers were synthesized through the condensation of phenolphthalein and m phthaloyl dichloride with triethylamine as catalyst in the mixed solution of methylene chloride and THF via pseudo high dilution technique. The oligomers were characterized by IR, 1H NMR , MS, WAXD, TGA and DSC. It was found that the 3∶3 adduct(molar ratio of phenolphthalein to m phthaloyl dichloride) and the 4∶4 adduct were the main products and there was a small amount of crystalline in the macrocyclic mixtures. When the mixtures were heated to 360 ℃ , the crystalline disappeared.

Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing in the central and northern South China Sea in the spring intermonsoon season of 2017

Phytoplankton growth rates and mortality rates were experimentally examined at 21 stations during the 2017 spring intermonsoon(April to early May)in the northern and central South China Sea(SCS)using the dilution technique,with emphasis on a comparison between the northern and central SCS areas which had different environmental factors.There had been higher temperature but lower nutrients and chlorophyll a concentrations in the central SCS than those in the northern SCS.The mean rates of phytoplankton growth(μ0)and microzooplankton grazing(m)were(0.88±0.33)d–1 and(0.55±0.22)d–1 in the central SCS,and both higher than those in the northern SCS with the values ofμ0((0.81±0.16)d–1)and m((0.30±0.09)d–1),respectively.Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing rates were significantly coupled in both areas.The microzooplankton grazing impact(m/μ0)on phytoplankton was also higher in the central SCS(0.63±0.12)than that in the northern SCS(0.37±0.06).The microzooplankton abundance was significantly correlated with temperature in the surface.Temperature might more effectively promote the microzooplankton grazing rate than phytoplankton growth rate,which might contribute to higher m and m/μ0 in the central SCS.Compared with temperature,nutrients mainly affected the growth rate of phytoplankton.In the nutrient enrichment treatment,the phytoplankton growth rate(μn)was higher thanμ0 in the central SCS,suggesting phytoplankton growth in the central SCS was nutrient limited.The ratio ofμ0/μn was significantly correlated with nutrients concentrations in the both areas,indicating the limitation of nutrients was related to the concentrations of background nutrients in the study stations.

Convenient Synthesis of Host Molecule Containing Se-Se Bond

Key intermediate bis[2-amino-4,5-(15-crown-5)phenyl]diselenide was obtained by the convenient redox method. Crown-ether type host molecule containing Se-Se bond 2,11-dioxo-4,5:8,9-di(benzo[4',5']-15-crown-5)-6,7-diselena-3,10,16-triazabicyclo[10,3,1]hexadeca-1(16), 4, 8, 12, 14-pentaene was synthesized with high dillution technique.