Knowledge of dietary compositions is essential to the recovery of the dwindling populations of horseshoe crabs in China.The feeding habits of Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpis rotundicauda of Pearl Bay in sout...Knowledge of dietary compositions is essential to the recovery of the dwindling populations of horseshoe crabs in China.The feeding habits of Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpis rotundicauda of Pearl Bay in southwestern China were studied by stable isotope analysis.Hemolymph samples of the two species were obtained from two age groups living in different habitats(inner,central,and outer Bay).In addition,their potential food source samples were collected in May 2019.Results showed that the mean values ofδ^(13)C andδ^(15)N in C.rotundicauda individuals ranged from−19.01‰to−16.47‰and from 10.49‰to 13.5‰,respectively,and those of T.tridentatus ranged from−19.12‰to−14.96‰and from 8.78‰to 13.48‰,respectively.These values indicated that the horseshoe crabs have a wide variety of food sources and therefore are highly omnivorous.No remarkably correlations were found betweenδ^(13)C andδ^(15)N values and individual widths in the two species.Thirteen potential food sources were selected,in which Sipunculus nudus,Batillaria zonalisi,and Ulva lactuca contributed largely to the dietary compositions of the two species of horseshoe crabs.No significant correlation was found between the feeding habits and habitat geochemical characteristics of the horseshoe crabs.All these results possibly indicate the high diversity of their food sources and the indiscriminate dietary compositions of the two Asian horseshoe crabs.展开更多
A phosphorus-containing bio-based epoxy resin(EADI)was synthesized from itaconic acid(IA)and 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene 10-oxide(DOPO).As a matrix,its cured epoxy network with methyl hexahydrophthalic a...A phosphorus-containing bio-based epoxy resin(EADI)was synthesized from itaconic acid(IA)and 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene 10-oxide(DOPO).As a matrix,its cured epoxy network with methyl hexahydrophthalic anhydride(MHHPA)as the curing agent showed comparable glass-transition temperature and mechanical properties to diglycidyl ether in a bisphenol A(DGEBA)system as well as good flame retardancy with UL94 V-0 grade during a vertical burning test.As a reactive flame retardant,its flame-resistant effect on DGEBA/MHHPA system as well as its influence on the curing behavior and the thermal and mechanical properties of the modified epoxy resin were investigated.Results showed that after the introduction of EADI,not only were the flame retardancy determined by vertical burning test,LOI measurement,and thermogravimetric analysis significantly improved,but also the curing reactivity,glass transition temperature(T g),initial degradation temperature for 5%weight loss(T d(5%)),and flexural modulus of the cured system improved as well.EADI has great potential to be used as a green flame retardant in epoxy resin systems.展开更多
基金the Scientific Research Project of Huaqiao University(No.605-50X18005)Guangxi Bagui Youth Scholars ProgrammeGuangxi Recruitment Program of 100 Global Experts。
文摘Knowledge of dietary compositions is essential to the recovery of the dwindling populations of horseshoe crabs in China.The feeding habits of Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpis rotundicauda of Pearl Bay in southwestern China were studied by stable isotope analysis.Hemolymph samples of the two species were obtained from two age groups living in different habitats(inner,central,and outer Bay).In addition,their potential food source samples were collected in May 2019.Results showed that the mean values ofδ^(13)C andδ^(15)N in C.rotundicauda individuals ranged from−19.01‰to−16.47‰and from 10.49‰to 13.5‰,respectively,and those of T.tridentatus ranged from−19.12‰to−14.96‰and from 8.78‰to 13.48‰,respectively.These values indicated that the horseshoe crabs have a wide variety of food sources and therefore are highly omnivorous.No remarkably correlations were found betweenδ^(13)C andδ^(15)N values and individual widths in the two species.Thirteen potential food sources were selected,in which Sipunculus nudus,Batillaria zonalisi,and Ulva lactuca contributed largely to the dietary compositions of the two species of horseshoe crabs.No significant correlation was found between the feeding habits and habitat geochemical characteristics of the horseshoe crabs.All these results possibly indicate the high diversity of their food sources and the indiscriminate dietary compositions of the two Asian horseshoe crabs.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51203176)the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB631100)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo(2012A610095)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2013M-540504)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(Bsh1201011)the Director Funds of the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y20224-QF06)
文摘A phosphorus-containing bio-based epoxy resin(EADI)was synthesized from itaconic acid(IA)and 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene 10-oxide(DOPO).As a matrix,its cured epoxy network with methyl hexahydrophthalic anhydride(MHHPA)as the curing agent showed comparable glass-transition temperature and mechanical properties to diglycidyl ether in a bisphenol A(DGEBA)system as well as good flame retardancy with UL94 V-0 grade during a vertical burning test.As a reactive flame retardant,its flame-resistant effect on DGEBA/MHHPA system as well as its influence on the curing behavior and the thermal and mechanical properties of the modified epoxy resin were investigated.Results showed that after the introduction of EADI,not only were the flame retardancy determined by vertical burning test,LOI measurement,and thermogravimetric analysis significantly improved,but also the curing reactivity,glass transition temperature(T g),initial degradation temperature for 5%weight loss(T d(5%)),and flexural modulus of the cured system improved as well.EADI has great potential to be used as a green flame retardant in epoxy resin systems.
