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    Characterization of stable matchings as extreme points of a polytope (1992)
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    Mathematical programming 54 (1992), S. 57-67 
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    ISSN: 1436-4646
    Keywords: Matchings ; stability ; extreme points ; polytope
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Computer Science , Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract The purpose of this paper is to extend a modified version of a recent result of Vande Vate (1989) which characterizes stable matchings as the extreme points of a certain polytope. Our proofs are simpler and more transparent than those of Vande Vate.
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    Phthalocyanine-containing polymers (1992)
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    Journal of inorganic and organometallic polymers and materials 2 (1992), S. 79-85 
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    ISSN: 1572-8870
    Keywords: Phthalocyanines ; polymers ; siloxanes ; conductivity ; stability
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The author's work on the incorporation of phthalocyanines into inorganic polymers is reviewed. The synthesis of poly(siloxane phthalocyanines) and the synthesis and characterization of fluoro(phthalocyanine) Group III compounds and their conducting derivatives are described.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00696537
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    Analytical relationships between the ionization of 1,3-dicarbonylic ligands and stability of their Cr(III), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) 1∶1 chelates (1992)
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    Journal of solution chemistry 21 (1992), S. 1145-1152 
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    ISSN: 1572-8927
    Keywords: Chromium(III) ; β-diketones ; β-diketonates ; chelation ; complexation ; correlation ; stability ; equilibrium
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract It has been demonstrated that the logarithm of the stability constant of some monochelated chromium(III) compounds, with structurally similar 1,3-dicarbonylic species, is linearly related to the negative logarithm of the acid ionization constant of the ligand. Graphical and analytical correlations which could be useful in predicting equilibrium constants of chromium(III)-β-diketonates, as well as other first-row transition metal derivatives, have been developed. A quantitative evaluation of the complexes stability has been carried out, providing information about the effects of ligand substituents on the equilibrium constants.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00651860
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    Interval stability and interval covering property in finite posets (1992)
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    Order 9 (1992), S. 163-175 
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    ISSN: 1572-9273
    Keywords: Primary 06A07 ; secondary 05C70 ; Partial order ; interval ; stability ; covering ; Sperner property ; symmetric chains ; NP-completeness
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    Topics: Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract Given a finite ranked posetP, let α(P) be the maximum size of a subset ofP such that no two elements of it belong simultaneously to some interval ofP and let ϱ(P) be the minimum number of intervals covering all elements ofP. We say thatP has the strong interval stability property (resp. the strong interval covering property) if for each subposetP′ induced by consecutive levels ofP, i.e.,P′=P (l)∪...∪P (u), one has α(P′)=max{|P (l)|, |P (u)|} (resp. ϱ(P′)=max{|P (l)|, |P (u)|}). We prove these properties for several classes of posets and discuss some general facts concerning the numbers α(P) and ϱ(P), e.g., NP-completeness and min-max relations.
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    Stationary waiting time derivatives (1992)
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    Queueing systems 12 (1992), S. 369-389 
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    ISSN: 1572-9443
    Keywords: Perturbation analysis ; stability ; stochastic difference equations ; simulation
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    Topics: Computer Science
    Notes: Abstract We investigate the stability of waiting-time derivatives when inputs to a queueing system-service times and interarrival times-depend on a parameter. We give conditions under which the sequence of waiting-time derivatives admits a stationary distribution, and under which the derivatives converge to the stationary regime from all initial conditions. Further hypotheses ensure that the expectation of a stationary waiting-time derivative is, in fact, the derivative of the expected stationary waiting time. This validates the use of simulation-based infinitesimal perturbation analysis estimates with a variety of queueing processes. We examine waiting-time sequences satisfying recursive equations. Our basic assumption is that the input and its derivatives are stationary and ergodic. Under monotonicity conditions, the method of Loynes establishes the convergence of the derivatives. Even without such conditions, the derivatives obey a linear difference equation with random coefficients, and we exploit this fact to find stability conditions.
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    Stability of token passing rings (1992)
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    Queueing systems 11 (1992), S. 7-33 
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    ISSN: 1572-9443
    Keywords: Token passing rings ; stability ; substability ; ergodicity ; Markov chains ; Loynes' scheme ; stochastically dominant ; Little's formula ; regenerative processes
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    Topics: Computer Science
    Notes: Abstract A sufficient stability condition for the standard token passing ring has been “known” since the seminal paper by Kuehn in 1979. However, this condition was derived without formal proof, and the proof seems to be of considerable interest to the research community. In fact, Watson observed that in the performance evaluation of token passing rings, “it is convenient to derive stability conditions ... (without proof)”. Our intention is to fill this gap, and to provide a formal proof of thesufficient and necessary stability condition for the token passing ring. In this paper, we present the case when the arrival process to each queue is Poisson but service times and switchover times are generally distributed. We consider in depth a gatedl-limited (l≤ ∞) service discipline for each station. We also indicate that the basic steps of our technique can be used to study the stability of some other multiqueue systems.
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    Stable steady state of some population models (1992)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 4 (1992), S. 161-190 
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    ISSN: 1572-9222
    Keywords: Delay differential equations ; equilibrium ; stability ; limiting equations ; population dynamics ; 34K20 ; 34K25 ; 92A15
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    Topics: Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract Applying an analytical method and several limiting equations arguments, some sufficient conditions are provided for the existence of a unique positive equilibriumK for the delay differential equationx=−γx+D(x t ), which is the general form of many population models. The results are concerned with the global attractivity, uniform stability, and uniform asymptotic stability ofK. Application of the results to some known population models, which shows the effectiveness of the methods applied here, is also presented.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01048159
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    Stability estimates in inverse scattering (1992)
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    Acta applicandae mathematicae 28 (1992), S. 1-42 
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    ISSN: 1572-9036
    Keywords: 35R30 ; Inverse scattering ; stability ; noisy data
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    Topics: Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract An algorithm is given for calculating the solution to the 3D inverse scattering problem with noisy discrete fixed energy data. The error estimates for the calculated solution are derived. The methods developed are of a general nature and can be used in many applications: in nondestructive evaluation and remote sensing, in geophysical exploration, medical diagnostics, and technology.
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    A new interpolation procedure for adapting Runge-Kutta methods to delay differential equations (1992)
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    BIT 32 (1992), S. 634-649 
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    ISSN: 1572-9125
    Keywords: AMS(MOS): 65L20 ; CR: 5.17 ; delay differential equations ; numerical solution ; Runge-Kutta methods ; interpolation procedures ; stability
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    Topics: Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract This paper deals with adapting Runge-Kutta methods to differential equations with a lagging argument. A new interpolation procedure is introduced which leads to numerical processes that satisfy an important asymptotic stability condition related to the class of testproblemsU′(t)=λU(t)+μU(t−τ) with λ, μ ε C, Re(λ)〈−|μ|, and τ〉0. Ifc i denotes theith abscissa of a given Runge-Kutta method, then in thenth stept n−1→t n :=t n−1+h of the numerical process our interpolation procedure computes an approximation toU(t n−1+c i h−τ) from approximations that have already been generated by the process at pointst j−1+c i h(j=1,2,3,...). For two of these new processes and a standard process we shall consider the convergence behaviour in an actual application to a given, stiff problem.
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    On a class of variational equations transformable to the Gauss hypergeometric equation (1992)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 53 (1992), S. 145-150 
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    ISSN: 1572-9478
    Keywords: Monodromy matrix ; Gauss hypergeometric equation ; stability
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    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Abstract A new class of linear ordinary differential equations with periodic coefficients is found which can be transformed to the Gauss hypergeometric equation, and therefore the monodromy matrices are computable explicitly. These equations appear as the variational equations around a straight-line solution in Hamiltonian systems of the form H = T(p) + V(q), where T(p) and V(q) are homogeneous functions of p and q, respectively.
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    Effects of small external forces on the planar oscillation of a cable connected satellites system (1992)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 53 (1992), S. 219-226 
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    ISSN: 1572-9478
    Keywords: Artificial satellite ; dissipative forces ; stability
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    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Abstract The effects of small external dissipative and disturbing forces on the non-linear planar oscillation of a cable connected satellites system in the central gravitational field of earth have been studied. Typical non-linear oscillation's phenomena arizing from the aforesaid external forces are shown to take place. The presence of these forces enables the application of asymptotic methods of the theory of non-linear oscillations due to Bogoliubov and Mitropolsky to the equation characterizing the non-linear oscillation of the system.
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    Measurement of total dissolved phosphorus in small volumes of iron rich interstitial water (1992)
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    Aquatic sciences 54 (1992), S. 1-9 
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    ISSN: 1420-9055
    Keywords: Sediment ; interstitial water ; phosphorus ; iron ; persulfate digestion
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract It is shown that sorption of orthophosphate to iron compounds, formed during persulfate digestion, can cause a significant underestimation of total dissolved phosphorus in interstitial waters rich in iron and poor in phosphorus. Labelling the samples with carrier free32PO4 before digestion allows to correct for these losses.
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    Unusual organizational features of the Drosophila Gart locus are not conserved within diptera (1992)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 35 (1992), S. 51-59 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Drosophila ; Gart locus ; Chironomus tentans ; Purine nucleotide biosynthesis
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The Drosophila Gart locus consists of two genes. One gene encodes three enzymes in the de novo purine nucleotide biosynthesis pathway [glycinamide ribonucleotide synthetase (GARS), aminoimidazole ribonucleotide synthetase (AIRS), and glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase (GART)]. The second gene lies within an intron of the purine gene and encodes a cuticle protein. To investigate the evolution of the Gart locus, the Chironomus tentans homolog was cloned by screening a genomic DNA library with a polymerase chain reaction product. This study shows that the interesting structural features of this locus conserved in two distant Drosophila species are not found in the Chironomus homolog. These features include the cuticle protein gene nested within an intron and the existence of an alternative transcript to yield a monofunctional enzyme. In addition, the extremely rapid divergence of coding sequence seen for members of the tandemly duplicated AIRS domain in Drosophila is found to be much less rapid in Chironomus.
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    Evolution of the threonine-glycine repeat region of the period gene in the melanogaster species subgroup of drosophila (1992)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 35 (1992), S. 411-419 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Drosophila ; per gene ; Threonine-Glycine ; repeat sequence ; melanogaster subgroup phylogeny
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The Threonine-Glycine (Thr-Gly) region of the period gene (per) in Drosophila was compared in the eight species of the D. melanogaster subgroup. This region can be divided into a diverged variable-length segment which is flanked by more conserved sequences. The number of amino acids encoded in the variable-length region ranges from 40 in D. teissieri to 69 in D. mauritiana. This is similar to the range found within natural populations of D. melanogaster. It was possible to derive a Thr-Gly “allele” of one species from that of another by invoking hypothetical Thr-Gly intermediates. A phylogeny based on the more conserved flanking sequences was produced. The results highlighted some of the problems which are encountered when highly polymorphic genes are used to infer phylogenies of closely related species.
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    Complementary DNA-DNA hybridization in Drosophila (1992)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 34 (1992), S. 130-140 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Drosophila ; Sophophora ; cDNA-DNA hybridization ; Phylogenetics
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary We have performed DNA-DNA hybridization experiments among several species of Drosophila using the evolutionarily conserved portion of the genome representing sequences coding for amino acids of proteins. This was done by using as tracer, radioactively labeled complementary DNA that was reverse transcribed from adult mRNA. We show that this procedure extends phylogenetically the distance over which the technique can be applied to fast-evolving groups such as Drosophila. The major phylogenetic conclusions are (1) the subgenus Sophophora is a monophyletic lineage; (2) within Sophophora the melanogaster subgroup is closer to the obscura group than either group is to the willistoni group; (3) the subgenus Drosophila is complex with most major lineages originating deep in the phylogeny; the subgenus may not be monophyletic; (4) as with most groups classically placed in Drosophila, the Hawaiian Drosophila originate early, supporting the notion that this lineage is older than the extant islands; and (5) the virilis/repleta lineage is monophyletic within Drosophila.
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    The determination of phosphonate base scale inhibitors in brines by plasma spectrometry (1992)
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    Microchimica acta 109 (1992), S. 201-209 
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    ISSN: 1436-5073
    Keywords: phosphonate base scale inhibitor ; brine ; direct current plasma ; inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry ; phosphorus
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The determination of phosphonate base scale inhibitors in brines by direct current plasma (DCP) and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) is described. The first method is based on a direct nebulization of the brine samples and plasma using the phosphorus line at 213.618 nm. The second method involves extraction of phosphorus as phospho-antimonyl molybdate complex into methylisobutyl ketone (MIBK) phase and analysis of the extract for molybdenum using the Mo 313.260 nm line. Comparison between the proposed methods and an established recommended method [1] shows excellent agreement between the results in addition to the sensitivity and ease of automation provided by AES.
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    Real-time feedback scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems (1992)
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    Journal of intelligent and robotic systems 6 (1992), S. 51-63 
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    ISSN: 1573-0409
    Keywords: Scheduling ; flexible manufacturing systems ; stability ; feedback
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    Topics: Computer Science , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract A genetic manufacturing environment is considered. The emphasis is on small-lot, discrete, and asynchronous type of manufacturing systems rather than high volume and continuous type. Two classes of scheduling policies are proposed to render the machine stable. The policies are of feedback type. The decision is made in real-time and on-line.
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    Force control of robots with nonlinearities (1992)
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    Journal of intelligent and robotic systems 6 (1992), S. 219-240 
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    ISSN: 1573-0409
    Keywords: Force control ; slip-stick friction ; stability
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    Topics: Computer Science , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract This paper explores two practical issues related to the force control of manipulators. The first issue examined is how system stability is effected by commonly occurring manipulator nonlinearities, such as sampled-data, control signal saturation and slip-stick friction. It is shown that discretely implemented force control algorithms can drive the feedback force controlled manipulator into a limit cycle, even for a very small sampling period that by far satisfies Shannon's sampling theorem. The bounds of stability are enhanced by the presence of control signal saturation and slip stick friction. The second issue investigated is the inclusion of a high gain inner position loop as a means to minimize the unpredictability in the steady state error due to slip-stick friction. In order to support the theoretical conclusions, experiments were performed with the PUMP 560 industrial robot testbed facility developed at Colorado State University.
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    A structural approach to robust stability of polynomials (1992)
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    Multidimensional systems and signal processing 3 (1992), S. 421-425 
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    ISSN: 1573-0824
    Keywords: Convex combination ; polynomial ; stability
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    Topics: Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: Abstract A sufficient condition for Hurwitz stability of a convex combination of two stable polynomials is obtained.
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    Fertilizer value of pig slurries processed by the Promest procedure (1992)
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    Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 32 (1992), S. 61-70 
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    ISSN: 1573-0867
    Keywords: Pig slurry ; processing ; relative efficiency index ; N ; P ; K ; organic carbon ; stability
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract In the Netherlands, pig slurries are processed to improve their fertilizer value as well as handling and application. The relative efficiency index (REI) of N, P and K and the stability of organic carbon (C) in test products of processed pig slurries (PPS) were determined in pot and incubation experiments. The dry and easily manageable PPS were produced according to the Promest procedure. The mineral fraction of total N varied from 60 to 88%. It consisted mainly of nitrate. About 25% of the organic N was rapidly mineralized. The REI of N varied from 66 to 92%. After application REI of P from pelletized PPS varied from 41 to 62% in the first half year. The REI of P in ground but non-pelletized PPS varied from 81 to 100%. The REI of K was estimated to be 100%. PPS contained less easily decomposable organic C than untreated pig slurry due to the anaerobic digestion step in the processing procedure. About 34% of the organic C disappeared as methane and carbon dioxide during processing. It was concluded that processing improved the fertilizer value of PPS compared with that of untreated pig slurry.
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    The interpretation of Olsen extractable P values in relation to recommendations for the fertilizer requirements of crops (1992)
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    Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 32 (1992), S. 223-227 
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    ISSN: 1573-0867
    Keywords: Soil testing ; phosphorus ; relative yield
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract A greenhouse experiment, with Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) as the test crop, was conducted on twenty-one soils ranging in Olsen's extractable phosphorus from 1.8 to 15.5µg Pg−1 soil. The experiment was conducted at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. The soils were nonsaline with pH ranging from 7.7 to 8.6. A critical level of 2.55µg Pg−1 soil was predicted by Cate and Nelson's (1971) statistical procedure. Because of a wide range in relative yields, this value did not accurately predict response to applied P. An approach to compute minimum response to applied fertilizer, which is likely to be obtained at a particular Olsen P level, has been presented. It involves calculation of lower 60 percent confidence limits for relative yield and fitting loge-linear regression to the transformed data. The regression was tested on a published data set and was found to hold well.
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    Two post thinning fertilizer trials inPinus radiata in New South Wales, Australia (1992)
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    Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 32 (1992), S. 259-267 
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    ISSN: 1573-0867
    Keywords: Nitrogen ; phosphorus ; timber increment ; fertilization ; Pinus radiata
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Two trials inPinus radiata growing on different sites in N.S.W. allowed consideration of fertilizer applications after 2nd or 3rd thinning. The trials included factorial applications of N and P at a single thinning intensity plus a further treatment which allowed assessment of different thinning intensities. The most significant growth responses were obtained by application of N and P in combination. The largest response (additional productivity compared with the unfertilized control) occurred 4 years after application and after 7 years there was no additional absolute response for either of the two sites. The largest fertilizer response was 70 m3 ha−1 over 7 years on one site and 36 m3 ha−1 on the other, indicating differences in absolute responses between sites. It was concluded that in planning treatments the most responsive sites near the end of the rotation should be selected to maximise economic returns. Foliage analyses indicated differences between sites at the commencement of the study. It was concluded that either a single year of foliage analyses at study commencement is of value, or sampling every year of the study should be used to analyse responses, but a single year of analysis during or at the end of the study would not be of value.
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    Insecticidal effects of essential oils. A study of the effects of essential oils extracted from eleven Greek aromatic plants onDrosophila auraria (1992)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 48 (1992), S. 616-619 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Aromatic plants ; essential oils ; Drosophila ; insecticides
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Effects of the essential oils (EOs) extracted from eleven aromatic plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family (common in the Greek flora) were examined upon three different developmental stages ofDrosophila auraria. All of the EOs examined exhibited insecticidal effects, either by preventing egg hatching, or by causing the death of larvae and adult flies. In several cases, malformation and/or prohibition of puparium formation was also observed.
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    Nutrient-chlorophyll trajectories across trophic gradients (1992)
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    Aquatic sciences 54 (1992), S. 58-76 
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    ISSN: 1420-9055
    Keywords: Eutrophication ; lake management ; phosphorus ; nitrogen ; chlorophyll-a ; slope estimator
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    Notes: Abstract We estimate the response of chl-a (mg · m−3) to changes in concentrations of total phosphorus (TP) by calculating the slopeS = Δchl-a/ΔTP in chl-a =f(TP) graphs. Results show that in years where algae are P-limited oligotrophic lakes respond less (median slope 0.21) to changes in nutrient concentrations than eutrophic lakes, (median slope 0.31) and these again less than hypereutrophic lakes, (median slope 1.02). We find no saturation value for the slope within the TP range considered (6–480 mg · m−3). Chl-a in eutrophic lakes responds more frequently to non-nutrient factors than oligotrophic and hypereutrophic lakes. Results obtained by replacing TP with a new nutrient parameter, TP′ = 0.056 · TP · IN0.226, in which inorganic nitrogen, IN, is factored in, suggest that nitrogen has an influence on chl-a in oligotrophic lakes. Blue-green algae respond less to changes in TP than other algal species, e.g., diatoms.
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    Possibilities and limitations of lake restoration: Conclusions for Lake Lugano (1992)
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    Aquatic sciences 54 (1992), S. 381-390 
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    Keywords: Eutrophication ; phosphorus ; lake restoration ; internal restoration measures for lakes ; Swiss lakes ; Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano)
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    Notes: Abstract In most lakes eutrophication is linked to an excessive input of phosphorus. Lake restoration by reduction of P-input (external measure) has led to a considerable drop of the P-concentration in all major Swiss lakes as well as in many other lakes. Internal restoration measures such as artificial mixing, drainage of hypolimnetic water, flushing, aeration, biomanipulation and others serve to improve and accelerate the response of a lake to external measures. For the case of Lago di Lugano, a simple two-box model is employed to demonstrate that a reduction of the P-input to about 25% of the present values is necessary to reach the “P-criterion” (P-concentration below 30 µg/l). Internal measures could possibly accelerate the extremely slow response of the northern basin.
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    Mutations in a steroid hormone-regulated gene disrupt the metamorphosis of internal tissues in Drosophila: salivary glands, muscle, and gut (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 221-234 
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    Keywords: Muscle ; Salivary glands ; Gut ; Programmed cell death ; Steroid hormones ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Summary In holometabolous insects, the steroid molting hormone 20-OH-ecdysone (ecdysterone) orchestrates the diverse developmental events of metamorphosis, in large part by regulating gene expression. In Drosophila, the Broad Complex (BR-C) is one of the first loci to be induced by ecdysterone at the end of larval life, and is essential for translating the hormonal signal into the behavioral and anatomical events which herald the onset of metamorphosis. BR-C products are believed to act by binding to and modifying the transcriptional activities of other hormone-sensitive genes. In addition to abnormalities of the epidermis, BR-C mutants dying during metamorphosis manifest a syndrome of multiple internal tissue defects which represent a failure of the larval-to-adult transition. We have reported features of central nervous system metamorphosis requiring BR-C function, notably morphogenetic movements and optic lobe organization. In this paper we describe defective development of salivary glands, flight muscles, and gut in BR-C mutants, including: persistence of larval salivary glands; failure of the adult salivary glands to extend into the thorax; abnormalities of midgut transition and of proventriculus structure and location; and absence of dorsal-ventral indirect flight muscles. Some of these abnormalities represent defects in programmed cell death. Distinct patterns of phenotypes were seen in mutants of each of the three lethal complementation groups comprising the BR-C. The patterns of phenotypes suggest overlapping but distinct functions encoded by this complex locus.
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    The spatial expression ofDrosophila rotund gene reveals that the imaginal discs are organized in domains along the proximal-distal axis (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 284-295 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Imaginal discs ; Pattern formation ; rotund
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    Notes: Summary InDrosophila imaginal discs, pattern formation requires the activity of three positional information systems, antero-posterior (A/P), dorso-ventral (D/V) and proximo-distal (P/D). Three genes,Decapentaplegic, Distal-less androtund (rn), involved in pattern formation along the P/D axis have been characterized. Thern gene is required in a sub-distal region, localized at a similar position along the P/D axis in all appendages; it encodes two major transcripts, m1.7 and m5.3, both expressed in the central region of all the major imaginal discs. The present study of these transcripts in severalrn mutant favours m5.3 as encodingrn morphogenetic function in the imaginal discs. The fine characterization of its distribution partitions all major imaginal discs in domains along the P/D axis. The ventral and dorsal discs appear to be similarly but not identically organized: two P/D domains are evident in the wing and haltere discs whilst the leg and antenna discs appear to be composed of at least three. We also show that m5.3 is sex-regulated in the genital disc and thatrn function is required for proper development of a sub-distal structure of the female genitalia. This suggests that the primordia of the female genitalia may be organized in a similar way to the other imaginal discs, and strongly supports the hypothesis thatrn function is specific to pattern formation along the P/D axis and that it may be involved in the establishment or maintenance of this pattern.
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    Whole-embryo culture of Drosophila : development of embryonic tissues in vitro (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 364-375 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Tissue culture ; In vitro ; Invertebrate embryogenesis
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    Notes: Summary We have devised techniques to culture whole, dissected embryos of Drosophila melanogaster. We examine multiple aspects of the morphological and physiological development of the epidermis, musculature, nervous system, and internal organs in this cultured preparation, and show that in vitro development closely parallels normal embryogenesis. These techniques permit a wide range of experimental manipulations during embryogenesis and allow us to extend observations through late embryonic stages, after cuticle deposition. Applications of this technique are presented.
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    Gradual acquisition of the developmental capacity to differentiate adult structures by the genital disc of Drosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 105-112 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Genital disc ; tra-2 ts ; Differentiation
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    Notes: Summary Diplo-X flies homozygous for the transform-er-2 ts (tra-2 ts) mutation develop into females at 16° C, while they develop into males at 29° C (Belote and Baker 1982). By means of this conditional mutation, we have carried out a detailed analysis of the development of the genital disc. Temperature shifts between 16 and 29° C, in both directions, and temperature pulses at 29° C, have been applied during the larval growth of tra-2 ts homozygous diplo-X flies, and the external derivatives of the genital disc have been analysed. Genital discs shifted from 16 to 29° C rapidly lose their capacity to differentiate female genital structures, while they become able to differentiate male genital structures whose inventory is more complete the earlier in larval development the temperature shift is carried out; moreover, duplicated male genital structures were observed. In the shift from 29 to 16° C, the genital disc loses its capacity to differentiate male genital structures, while it becomes able to differentiate female genital structures. The inventory of male structures is smaller, and the inventory of the female structures is more complete, the earlier in larval development the temperature is shifted. No duplicated female or male genital structures were observed in the downshift experiment. With respect to the analia, the shift from 16 to 29° C resulted in the quick formation of pure male anal plates, while in the opposite shift the formation of pure female anal plates occurred gradually. Moreover, the time course for the dorsal and ventral anal plates to show normal female phenotype was different: when the dorsal anal plates were completely normal, it was still possible to find incomplete ventral anal plates. In the pulse experiment at 29° C, the genital disc is able to differentiate both female and male genital structures, although the inventory of the latter ones was not complete. In addition, the capacity of the genital disc to differentiate male genital structures depended on the duration of the temperature pulse. The anal plates were always female, although they showed a reduction in their size, the ventral female anal plate being more affected than the dorsal one. No male anal plates were observed. The results have revealed that the genital disc follows a sequence in its capacity to differentiate female or male adult structures. We suggest that this sequence reflects the sequence of determination events occurring in the genital disc during its larval growth. In addition, results shown here provide evidence for the existence in the female genital primordium of a set of cells capable of giving rise either to female genital structures (ventral vaginal plates) or to male genital structures (hypandrium and penis apparatus). We also present evidence supporting the previous idea of two primordia for the anal plates.
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    Spatial and temporal expression of an Antennapedia/lac Z gene construct integrated into the endogenous Antennapedia gene of Drosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 65-80 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Homeotic gene regulation ; Antennapedia ; Development ; β-galactosidase
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    Notes: Summary In order to study the regulation of spatial and temporal expression of the homeotic gene Antennapedia (Antp) in Drosophila melanogaster, we have constructed fusion genes which contain Antp sequences linked to the reporter gene lac Z of Escherichia coli. In one case of P-element transformation, a fusion gene construct integrated into the endogenous Antp gene close to one of the two promoters (P1). The spatial expression from the reporter gene in this transformant line, as analysed by the detection of β-galactosidase activity, was found to exactly mimic the normal expression from the P1 promoter of the Antp gene. We have used this unique transformant as a tool for studying the expression of the P1 promoter in embryonic, larval and adult development. Parallel lines transformed with the same fusion gene construct did not confer a correct P1 pattern of expression. The position in the genome was, therefore, crucial for the expression pattern of the reporter gene. Experiments aiming at the detection of autoregulatory control of Antp gene expression were designed. The results did not, however, support models of positive or negative autoregulation of P1 expression by Amp protein.
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    The expression of PS integrins in Drosophila melanogaster imaginal disc cell lines (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 120-123 
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    Keywords: Integrin ; Drosophila ; In vitro ; Imaginal disc
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    Notes: Summary Drosophila imaginal disc cell lines show a characteristic pattern of aggregation in culture, which appears to be due to cell-cell rather than cell-substrate interactions. We have examined the distribution of PS integrins in wing and leg cell lines, and find that these integrin homologues are expressed preferentially in aggregates. Cell sheets, small cell clumps and chains of cells express antigen at points of cell-cell contact only.
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    Expression of gooseberry-proximal in the Drosophila developing nervous system responds to cues provided by segment polarity genes (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 157-168 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Pattern formation ; Segment polarity genes ; gooseberry ; Cell interactions
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    Notes: Summary Segment polarity genes define the cell states that are required for proper organization of each metameric unit of the Drosophila embryo. Among these, the gooseberry locus has been shown to be composed of two closely related genes which are expressed in an overlapping single-segment periodicity. We have used specific antibodies raised against the protein product of the gooseberry proximal (gsb-p) gene to determine the spatial distribution of this antigen in wild type embryos, and to monitor the effects of segment polarity mutants on the pattern of the gsb-p protein distribution. We find that the gsb-p protein accumulates beneath each posterior axonal commissure in the progeny of neuroblasts deriving from the epidermal compartments of wingless (wg) and engrailed (en) expression. The results of this analysis support the idea that gsb-p has a specific role in the control of cell fates during neurogenesis, and indicate that en and wg provide critical positional cues to define the domain in which gsbp will be activated. Furthermore, these data suggest that, in order to be expressed in the embryonic CNS, gsb-p may preliminarily require activity of the gooseberry-distal gene in the epidermis.
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    Cell lineage of flight muscle fibers in Drosophila: a fate map of the induced shibire phenotype in mosaics (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 88-94 
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    Keywords: Fate map ; Drosophila ; Flight muscle ; Mosaics ; Cell lineage
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    Notes: Summary A blastoderm fate map has been prepared for Drosophila, using mosaics of a temperature-sensitive mutation, shibire (shi). The mutation can cause abnormal flight muscle morphology, inducible only by a short heat pulse in early metamorphosis. Thus muscle lineage and development are unperturbed until the heat pulse in the early pupa. The developmental focus of the shi muscle phenotype maps to the ventral thorax at the expected site of thoracic mesoderm, and probably indicates the blastoderm progenitors of the adult flight muscle. The fate map provides greater detail than previously available for the dorsolongitudinal fibers (DLM) of flight muscle, showing wide separation of the fibers of flight muscle. DLM fibers a and b map close together, and far anterior to fibers e and f, which also map together. On a fate map, common developmental focus indicates a common blastoderm origin. Thus, the observed pattern for DLM fibers suggests that the blastoderm progenitors for each of these syncytial fiber pairs (a, b; e, f) include only one or two cells. It follows that there is usually a single genotype within each fiber pair (a, b; e, f), and that this genotype is directly reflected in the fiber phenotype. In a large number of cases, DLM fibers a and b differ in phenotype from other DLM fibers, in parallel with their other differences (e.g., timing of development in pupa, innervation, motor activity). The separation of fate map locations of the developmental focus for DLM fibers within mesoderm suggests that specific fibers of flight muscle may, in normal development, originate in all three thoracic mesodermal parasegments.
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    The response of Drosophila imaginal disc cell lines to ecdysteroids (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 202 (1992), S. 23-35 
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    Keywords: Ecdysteroid ; Imaginal disc ; Drosophila ; Cell line
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    Notes: Summary We have investigated the action of the moulting hormone 20-hydroxy ecdysone (20-HOE) on our leg and wing imaginal disc cell lines. At the morphological level, cells stop dividing and there is some cell death. The remaining cells elongate and aggregate, often producing long processes which form connections between different aggregates. 20-HOE acts within the first one or two days of a passage, at an optimum concentration of 10 ng/ml, this being about 1/100 of the optimum for ecdysone. One cloned wing cell line, C9, has been found to be relatively insensitive to the action of 20-HOE. We have been able to select for resistance to 20-HOE by growing cells in gradually increasing concentrations of hormone followed by passages in hormone-free medium. This has enabled us to isolate a wing cell line C1.8R from its parent cloned line C1.8+. This shows no response to 20-HOE, and cell growth continues even at hormone concentrations as high as 150 ng/ml. We have measured chitin synthesis by the incorporation of radioactive glucosamine into a cell fraction resistant to extensive alkali hydrolysis. The residue was incubated with chitinase, which resulted in a 50% reduction in labelled product. Treatment with 10 ng/ml of 20-HOE dramatically increased chitin synthesis in line C1.8+, but had no effect in the line C1.8R, selected for resistance to hormone.
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    Second-site modifiers of the Delta wing phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 202 (1992), S. 49-60 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Delta ; Enhancers ; Suppressors ; Neurogenesis
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    Notes: Summary We have screened for dominant enhancers and suppressors of the wing phenotype associated with two Delta alleles: Dl 9P39, an amorphic allele, and Dl FE32, an antimorphic allele. The interactions of some of the modifiers with Delta are due to haplo-insufficient expression of the corresponding genes. Although not explicitly shown for the remaining cases, we assume that haploin-sufficiency is also the basis for the relationships of these genes to Delta, since no allele specific interactions were observed. The modifiers found define 22 genes with pleiotropic expression, which can be classified into two groups: genes required for wing vein pattern formation and for neurogenesis, and genes which are not required for neurogenesis. Among the genes of the first group, Hairless and Star were previously known to participate in neural development. One further modifier was found which may correspond to a new neurogenic gene. The second group of genes is larger and includes already known loci, e.g., Plexate, blistered, plexus, etc, as well as other previously unidentified genes, which function during wing morphogenesis.
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    Regulatory signals and signal molecules in early neurogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 1-11 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Neurogenesis ; Signals ; Delta ; Notch
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    Notes: Summary The ectodermal germ layer of Drosophila melanogaster gives rise to two major cell lineages, the neural and the epidermal. Progenitor cells for each of these lineages arise from groups of cells, whose elements must decide between taking on either fate. Commitment of the progenitor cells to one of the developmental fates implies two factors. One is intrinsic to the ectodermal cells and determines a propensity to take on neural fate; this factor is probably represented by the products of the so-called proneural genes, which are differentially distributed throughout the ectoderm. The other factor in the cells' decision to adopt one of the two alternative fates is intercellular communication, which is mediated by the products of the so-called neurogenic genes. Two types of interactions, one inhibiting and the other stimulating neural development, have been inferred. We discuss here the assumed role of various neurogenic genes, in particular Notch and Delta, in these processes.
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    Studying Drosophila embryogenesis with P-lacZ enhancer trap lines (1992)
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    Development genes and evolution 201 (1992), S. 194-220 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Enhancer trap lines ; Embryogenesis
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    Notes: Summary Embryos of 171 Drosophila lines carrying a P-lacZ insertion on the second or third chromosome were analyzed regarding their pattern of lacZ expression. All lines were selected from a larger screen of about 4000 lines (Bier et al. 1989). Tissue specificity and time of onset of lacZ expression was documented for each line. Thereby, a comprehensive list of markers for the various tissue and cell types of the Drosophila embryo could be assembled. With the help of several P-lacZ lines the development of a number of structures was studied which so far had been described only insufficiently or not at all. In particular, the embryonic origin and early development of the oenocytes, imaginal discs, histoblasts, fat body, dorsal vessel, and perineurial cells was analyzed. Several previously unknown cell types associated with the dorsal vessel, trachea, and epidermis were discovered. By combining data regarding the origin of the different mesodermally derived organs it was possible to generate in some detail a fate map of the mesoderm of the stage 11 Drosophila embryo.
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    Heat shock response inDrosophila (1992)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 48 (1992), S. 623-629 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; heat shock ; stress ; heat shock protein ; gene regulation
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    Notes: Abstract Major alterations in genetic activity have been observed in every organism after exposure to abnormally high temperatures. This phenomenon, called the heat shock response, was discovered in the fruit flyDrosophila. Studies with this organism led to the discovery of the heat shock proteins, whose genes were among the first eukaryotic genes to be cloned. Several of the most important aspects of the regulation of the heat shock response and of the functions of the heat shock proteins have been unraveled inDrosophila.
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    A reinforcement connectionist approach to robot path finding in non-maze-like environments (1992)
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    Machine learning 8 (1992), S. 363-395 
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    Keywords: Connectionism ; reinforcement learning ; robot path finding ; stability ; reactive systems
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    Notes: Abstract This paper presents a reinforcement connectionist system which finds and learns the suitable situation-action rules so as to generate feasible paths for a point robot in a 2D environment with circular obstacles. The basic reinforcement algorithm is extended with a strategy for discovering stable solution paths. Equipped with this strategy and a powerful codification scheme, the path-finder (i) learns quickly, (ii) deals with continuous-valued inputs and outputs, (iii) exhibits good noise-tolerance and generalization capabilities, (iv) copes with dynamic environments, and (v) solves an instance of the path finding problem with strong performance demands.
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    A Reinforcement Connectionist Approach to Robot Path Finding in Non-Maze-Like Environments (1992)
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    Machine learning 8 (1992), S. 363-395 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper presents a reinforcement connectionist system which finds and learns the suitable situation-action rules so as to generate feasible paths for a point robot in a 2D environment with circular obstacles. The basic reinforcement algorithm is extended with a strategy for discovering stable solution paths. Equipped with this strategy and a powerful codification scheme, the path-finder (i) learns quickly, (ii) deals with continuous-valued inputs and outputs, (iii) exhibits good noise-tolerance and generalization capabilities, (iv) copes with dynamic environments, and (v) solves an instance of the path finding problem with strong performance demands.
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    Attractiveness and exploitation of decaying herbage by Drosophila in temperate woodland (1992)
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    Oecologia 92 (1992), S. 183-187 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Resource exploitation ; Decaying-herbage breeding ; Host choice
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    Notes: Summary The Drosophila fauna of a deciduous flood plain forest rich in undergrowth near the river Isar, close to Munich, Germany, was surveyed in summer 1990. Decaying herbage baits (decay artificially induced) were set out to study the exploitation of that resource by Drosophila. Sixteen plant species belonging to several families dominant in the collecting area were tested. All attracted and produced drosophilid flies. Ten Drosophila species utilized decaying plant material as breeding sites; at least eight of the ten are polyphagous. Decaying stalks and leaves of Angelica sylvestris (Apiaceae) were examined in detail. In the case of the most frequent species of Drosophila attracted to A. sylvestris, the number of adults collected did not correlate with the number of flies emerging from the substrate. This was particularly true of D. limbata and D. phalerata. When oviposition and larval development of D. limbata and D. phalerata on A. sylvestris was tested in the laboratory, the number of offspring per female was the same in both species. The difference between these two species of the quinaria group in the exploitation of A. sylvestris in the field is therefore not due to differential suitability of the substrate.
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    Male sexual signaling is defective in mutants of theapterous gene ofDrosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Behavior genetics 22 (1992), S. 469-487 
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    Keywords: courtship ; pheromones ; Drosophila ; apterous ; juvenile hormone ; reproductive development ; sexual behavior
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    Notes: Abstract Theapterous (ap) gene ofDrosophila melanogaster exhibits extreme pleiotrophy: its functioning is essential for life, normal wing structure, juvenile hormone production, female fertility, and normal development of female sexual receptivity. Four mutantap alleles (ap 4,ap 56f,ap c, andap blt) were characterized for three additional phenotypes: male mating success, courtship behavior, and immature male sex appeal (the ability of males to stimulate homosexual cortship). Mating success with mature wild-type virgin females is reduced in males mutant for theap gene, the extreme case beingap 4/ap 4 males, which are behaviorally sterile. Inap mutants, nonwing courtship elements are qualitatively like those ofap +/ap + males. However, the mean rate of nonwing courtship directed toward virgin wild-type females (i.e., the mean temporal frequency of these displays) is reduced in males homozygous forap 4,ap 56f, orap c alleles. In contrast, theap blt allele makes for wild-type rates of nonwing courtship. Immature male sex appeal persists for at least 3 days in males homozygous forap c and, to a lesser extent, inap 56f orap 4 homozygotes;ap blt/ap blt and wild-type males lose immature male sex appeal after 1 day. All three male phenotypes map to theap locus, which is therefore essential for the development of normal levels of male courtship and male mating success and for the timely loss of immature male sex appeal. For each phenotype,ap + is dominant toap alleles making for behavioral abnormalities, with a single exception (for rate of nonwing courtship,ap +/ap c was low). For mating success and frequency of nonwing courtship, each allele pair exhibits at least partial complementation, except forap 4 andap 56f, which fail to complement. For immature male sex appeal,ap c,ap 4, andap 56f fall into the same complementation group. Juvenile hormone production is not correlated with effects on male reproductive behavior.
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    The homeotic genespineless-aristapedia affects geotaxis inDrosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Behavior genetics 22 (1992), S. 557-573 
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    Notes: Abstract The homeotic mutationspineless-aristapedia (ss a ) transforms the aristae into second tarsi. Flies with aSS a phenotype also show extremely positive geotaxis as measured in a Hirsch-type geotaxis maze. Other antennal mutants and flies with their aristae amputated do not show such extreme positive geotaxis. Deletion analysis has comapped the geotaxis effect withSS a in band 89C on the third chromosome. Finally, a biometrical analysis has detected additional genes on the X chromosome that also affects geotaxis.
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    Polymorphism in aDrosophila indirect flight muscle-specific tropomyosin isozyme does not affect flight ability (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 159-168 
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    Notes: Abstract We describe polymorphism in aDrosophila indirect flight muscle-specific tropomyosin isozyme, named TnH-34. Three variants of this protein differ in their mobilities as determined by 1-D and 2-D SDS-PAGE. Meiotic mapping places the polymorphism close to, if not within, the structural gene encoding this tropomyosin isozyme. The most likely site of the mutations is within a single C-terminal exon. Flight-testing of different genotypes reveals that this variation in TnH-34 does not affect flight ability. These results suggest that some sequence variation may be tolerated in this section of the protein and correlate with the variability of this protein in different insect species.
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    Purification and characterization of diaphorases from someDrosophila species (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 305-315 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; diaphorase ; purification ; kinetics ; immunochemical characteristics
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    Notes: Abstract Diaphorase-1 and diaphorase-2 were isolated from twoDrosophila species,D. virilis andD. melanogaster, and purified by gel filtration, affinity chromatography, immunoaffinity chromatography, and ion-exchange chromatography. The molecular weights of both enzymes were the same in each species. The molecular weight of diaphorase-1 was the same under both denaturating and nondenaturating conditions, close to 60,000, indicating a monomeric structure. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) electrophoresis of the purified diaphorase-2 revealed the presence of a single protein band of 55,000 Da, while the molecular weight of the native enzyme was found to be 67,000. The two diaphorases were further characterized by their pH optima, isoelectric points, and kinetic parameters, and antibodies were raised in rabbits against the purified enzymes fromD. virilis. The antibodies showed no cross-reactions but recognized the corresponding diaphorases inD. melanogaster andD. novamexicana as well asD. virilis. The data obtained confirmed the hypothesis of an independent genetic control of diaphorase-1 and diaphorase-2 inDrosophila.
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    Purification and characterization of diaphorases from someDrosophila species (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 305-315 
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    Notes: Abstract Diaphorase-1 and diaphorase-2 were isolated from twoDrosophila species,D. virilis andD. melanogaster, and purified by gel filtration, affinity chromatography, immunoaffinity chromatography, and ion-exchange chromatography. The molecular weights of both enzymes were the same in each species. The molecular weight of diaphorase-1 was the same under both denaturating and nondenaturating conditions, close to 60,000, indicating a monomeric structure. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) electrophoresis of the purified diaphorase-2 revealed the presence of a single protein band of 55,000 Da, while the molecular weight of the native enzyme was found to be 67,000. The two diaphorases were further characterized by their pH optima, isoelectric points, and kinetic parameters, and antibodies were raised in rabbits against the purified enzymes fromD. virilis. The antibodies showed no cross-reactions but recognized the corresponding diaphorases inD. melanogaster andD. novamexicana as well asD. virilis. The data obtained confirmed the hypothesis of an independent genetic control of diaphorase-1 and diaphorase-2 inDrosophila.
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    Drosophila acetylcholinesterase: Characterization of different mutants resistant to insecticides (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 77-83 
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    Keywords: acetylcholinesterase ; insecticide ; resistance ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Abstract Selection of field populations originating from several countries allowed us to isolate 13 strains ofDrosophila melanogaster resistant to parathion.In vitro studies of acetylcholinesterase inhibition by paraoxon have been carried out on purified enzymes: most of the resistant strains harbor an altered acetylcholinesterase. Enzymes with higher resistance levels have been characterized with respect to their cross-resistance toward several insecticides. The patterns obtained have permitted us to group them and to delineate four categories. The existence of four distinct types of protein suggests that several mutations of acetylcholinesterase are responsible for insecticide resistance inDrosophila.
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    Restriction site variation, gene duplication, and the activity ofsn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase inDrosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 169-188 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase ; restriction map ; duplication ; enzyme activity
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    Notes: Abstract Restriction site variation in a 25-kb region including thesn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Gpdh) locus has been assessed in 29 single femaleD. melanogaster lines from the Cardwell (Australia, QLD) population. TheGpdh locus was duplicated in about one-third of the lines, although the duplication was incomplete and lacked exons 1 and 2. There was no restriction site variation in the duplicated region. Three insertions were found in the gene region but only one affected GPDH activity. The lines with the duplication had higher levels of GPDH activity and protein amount than did nonduplicated lines. This effect was also observed in lines extracted from two other Australian populations. The duplication is shown to have a similar structure in each population investigated and is also present in populations from China and Africa. It is suggested that the effect of the duplication on GPDH activity, which might be due to structural factors affecting transcription at theGpdh locus, could account for the worldwide distribution of the duplication.
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    Isolation of aDrosophila gene encoding glutathioneS-transferase (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 515-527 
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    Keywords: glutathioneS-transferase ; Drosophila ; cellular detoxification ; pesticide resistance ; insect metabolism
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    Notes: Abstract We have isolated aDrosophila gene,DmGST-2, that encodes glutathioneS-transferase, a homo- or heterodimeric enzyme thought to be involved in detoxification of xenobiotics, including known carcinogens. The encoded protein has a primary sequence that is more similar to mammalian placental and nematode GSTs than that of a previously describedDrosophila GST gene, herein referred to asDmGST-1. We provide a physical map of the gene and show that it specifies at least two mRNAs, measuring 1.9 and 1.6 kb, which differ only in the lengths of their 3′ untranslated regions. Both of the mRNAs are present during all developmental stages.In situ hybridization of theDmGST-2 gene to larval polytene chromosomes places it within the 53F subdivision of chromosome 2, and Southern blotting to chromosomal DNA indicates that the gene has no close relatives within theDrosophila genome. Our results make possible molecular genetic approaches for further elaborating the function of glutathioneS-transferases in insect development and physiology, in the metabolism of plant toxins, and in conferring insecticide resistance.
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    Constructing balancer chromosomes for genetic screens in Drosophila hydei (1992)
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 83 (1992), S. 821-826 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Balancers ; Inversions ; Translocations ; Meiosis
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    Notes: Summary We used a screen for maternally generated late embryonic lethals as a new method for the isolation of inversions that are suitable for the balancing of mutations in Drosophila hydei. The recovery of several inversions by this method demonstrates that female meiosis in D. hydei apparently differs from meiosis in female D. melanogaster, since in D. hydei the defective chromosomes which are generated by a single crossing-over within a paracentric inversion can be recovered via the egg nucleus. In addition, the classic method of crossingover suppression was used in order to isolate more inversions and to improve the balancing capacities of inversions. We succeeded in constructing chromosomes that allow the balancing of mutations on nearly the whole genome of D. hydei. We discuss here whether or not this method is suited for application to other organisms.
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    An EPR and molecular mechanics study of radical adducts of phosphonyl radicals with 2-hydroperfluoro-4-methyl-and 4,4-dimethyl-2-pentene (1992)
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    Russian chemical bulletin 41 (1992), S. 2008-2011 
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    Keywords: EPR ; radical ; fluorine ; conformation ; phosphorus
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    Notes: Abstract EPR spectra of radical adducts of phosphonyl radicals with 2-hydroperfluoro-4-methyl- and 4,4-dimethyl-2-pentene have been studied. The molecular mechanics method has been used to determine the preferred conformation of the (CF3)2CF-CF-HCF3P(O)(OMe)2 radical. The eclipsed conformation of the C–P bond and 2p z -orbital of an unpaired electron is stabilized due to steric factor and hyperconjugation.
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    The structure of the SF6 molecule and the SF 6 − anion excited states (1992)
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    Russian chemical bulletin 41 (1992), S. 504-510 
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    Keywords: electronic structure ; geometry optimization ; electron affinity ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract The electronic and geometric structures of the ground state and a number of excited states of the SF6 molecule and the SF 6 − anion have been calculated by the discrete-variation method of the local density-functionals. The anion was found to possess a number of states stable toward the outer electron detachment, and at least one excited state stable toward dissociation. The adiabatic electron affinity (EA) was determined as 3.46 eV at the highest level of theory. This result is correlated to the high EAs of the isovalent compound SeF6 and TeF6; however, it does not agree with the presently accepted experimental estimate of 1.0 ± 0.2 eV for the SF6EA value. The basic anion configuration is octahedral with a S-F bond length of 1.717 Å. The calculated limit for the highest dissociation channel of the ground state SF 6 − → SF 5 − + F is ≈ 1.5 eV lower than the minimum of the total energy of the neutral molecule; this is in good agreement with experimental estimates.
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    The vibration and stability analysis of moderate thick plates by the method of lines (1992)
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    Applied mathematics and mechanics 13 (1992), S. 523-531 
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    Keywords: moderate thick plate ; vibration ; stability ; method of lines
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    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Mathematics , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The method of lines based on Hu Hai-chang's theory for the vibration and stability of moderate thick plates is developed. The standard nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) system for natural frequencies and critical load is given by use of ODE techniques, and then any indicated eigenvalue could be obtained directly from ODE solver by employing the so-called initial eigenfunction technique instead of the mode orthogonality condition. Numerical examples show that the present method is very effective and reliable.
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    Selection, patches and genetic variation: A cellular automaton modellingDrosophila populations (1992)
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    Evolutionary ecology 6 (1992), S. 342-351 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; polymorphism ; aggregation ; ephemeral patches ; soft selection
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    Notes: Summary Many models have been proposed in which environmental heterogeneity promotes genetic diversity. Such models describe the situation where different phenotypes have different fitness values in different types of patch and are the genetic equivalent of the traditional resource partitioning models in ecology which allow the coexistence of species. Here we construct a different type of cellular model in which polymorphisms in populations ofDrosophila can be maintained without traditional resource partitioning. Parameter values taken from laboratory and field observations represent fungal breedingDrosophila. Some stochasticity is used in the description of the migration between patches. In the model space is divided into a uniform matrix of cells each of which has the potential to contain an ephemeral resource item (fungal fruiting body). Square arenas of up to 400 cells were used. Genotypes arrive at a fresh site, breed (Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium) and lay eggs. The eggs hatch and the larvae compete using the Hassell-Comins competition equations, as if they were three different species. Adult emergents all migrate to an adjacent cell. The aggregation patterns observed in nature are produced using an ‘attraction probability’ where each fly has a chance of moving to the currently most densely populated adjacent patch. This ‘black box’ description of migration produces distribution patterns which are indistinguishable from those seen in wild populations of fungal breedingDrosophila. Results show that the ‘attraction probability’ is the key factor in the maintenance of polymorphism and that even when the competitive advantage of the superior genotype is very great, polymorphisms can be maintained.
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    Polymorphism in aDrosophila indirect flight muscle-specific tropomyosin isozyme does not affect flight ability (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 159-168 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; indirect flight muscle ; tropomyosin ; polymorphism
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    Notes: Abstract We describe polymorphism in aDrosophila indirect flight muscle-specific tropomyosin isozyme, named TnH-34. Three variants of this protein differ in their mobilities as determined by 1-D and 2-D SDS-PAGE. Meiotic mapping places the polymorphism close to, if not within, the structural gene encoding this tropomyosin isozyme. The most likely site of the mutations is within a single C-terminal exon. Flight-testing of different genotypes reveals that this variation in TnH-34 does not affect flight ability. These results suggest that some sequence variation may be tolerated in this section of the protein and correlate with the variability of this protein in different insect species.
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    Restriction site variation, gene duplication, and the activity ofsn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase inDrosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Biochemical genetics 30 (1992), S. 169-188 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase ; restriction map ; duplication ; enzyme activity
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    Notes: Abstract Restriction site variation in a 25-kb region including thesn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Gpdh) locus has been assessed in 29 single femaleD. melanogaster lines from the Cardwell (Australia, QLD) population. TheGpdh locus was duplicated in about one-third of the lines, although the duplication was incomplete and lacked exons 1 and 2. There was no restriction site variation in the duplicated region. Three insertions were found in the gene region but only one affected GPDH activity. The lines with the duplication had higher levels of GPDH activity and protein amount than did nonduplicated lines. This effect was also observed in lines extracted from two other Australian populations. The duplication is shown to have a similar structure in each population investigated and is also present in populations from China and Africa. It is suggested that the effect of the duplication on GPDH activity, which might be due to structural factors affecting transcription at theGpdh locus, could account for the worldwide distribution of the duplication.
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    Adaptive foraging by predators as a cause of predator-prey cycles (1992)
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    Evolutionary ecology 6 (1992), S. 56-72 
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    Keywords: dynamics of adaptation ; optimal foraging ; predator-prey cycles ; stability ; type-2 functional response
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    Notes: Summary When foraging has costs, it is generally adaptive for foragers to adjust their foraging effort in response to changes in the population density of their food. If effort decreases in response to increased food density, this can result in a ‘type-2’ functional response; intake rate increases in a negatively accelerated manner as prey density increases. Unlike other mechanisms for type-2 responses, adaptive foraging usually involves a timelag, because foraging behaviours do not often change instantaneously with changes in food density or risks. This paper investigates predator-prey models in which there are explicit dynamics for the rate of adaptive change. Models appropriate to both behavioural and evolutionary change are considered. Both types of change can produce cycles under similar circumstances, but under some evolutionary models there is not sufficient genetic variability for evolutionary change to produce cycles. If there is sufficient variability, the remaining conditions required for cycles are surprisingly insensitive to the nature of the adaptive process. A predator population that approaches the optimum foraging strategy very slowly usually produces cycles under similar conditions as does a very rapidly adapting population.
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    Drosophila melanogaster paramyosin : developmental pattern, mapping and properties deduced from its complete coding sequence (1992)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 231 (1992), S. 385-394 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Muscle proteins ; Paramyosin ; Leucine zippers ; Differential polyadenylation
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    Notes: Summary Several cDNA clones encoding the complete Drosophila paramyosin sequence, including two potential polyadenylation sites, have been obtained. Southern analysis and in situ hybridization to polytene chromosomes indicate that in Drosophila the paramyosin gene is single copy, located on the left arm of the third chromosome at region 66D14. Northern analyses show predominantly two different RNAs which are the products of the choice between the two alternative polyadenylation sites. The two species begin to be synthesized around 10 h of development when embryonic muscles are formed, expression peaking at the end of embryogenesis. The protein is first expressed at germ band shortening in association with muscle precursor cells. A second maximum of paramyosin RNA expression occurs at late pupal stages when the higher molecular weight form becomes more abundant. In young adults this species becomes the main transcript detected. The 102 kDa polypeptide sequence is highly similar to that of Caenorhabditis elegans paramyosin. The protein has a central α-helical coiled-coil rod, organized in 29 groups of four typical seven-residue repeats and flanked by two short non-α-helical regions. Several leucine zippers are located on the hydrophobic face of the α-helix in paramyosin which, together with disulfide bonds between cysteines, are probably involved in the stabilization of the dimer. The structural and functional properties of Drosophila paramyosin deduced from the sequence are compared with those of known invertebrate myosins and paramyosins.
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    Two non-gypsy rudimentary mutations and their suppression by mutations of suppressor of Hairy-wing in Drosophila (1992)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 235 (1992), S. 441-449 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Gene regulation ; Transcription ; Transposable element
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    Notes: Summary Two spontaneous mutations of rudimentary, the gene encoding the first steps of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in Drosophila, are suppressed by mutant alleles of the suppressor of Hairy-wing locus. This interaction differs from typical su(Hw) suppression in that neither rudimentary allele is associated with an insertion of the gypsy retrotransposon. One allele, r sP1, appears to be a point mutation. Adult r sP1 homozygous females accumulate substantially less 7.3 kb rudimentary transcript than do wild-type females. The other allele, r sP2, is an insertion of an mdg3 retrotransposon in the sixth exon of rudimentary and in the opposite transcriptional orientation. This insertion divides the rudimentary locus into two separate, yet functional, transcription units by truncating transcription from the rudimentary promoter and promoting transcription of downstream rudimentary sequences. Phenotypic suppression of both r sP1 and r sP2 by mutant alleles of the suppressor of Hairy-wing locus correlates with enhanced levels of the r sP1 and r sP2 transcripts.
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    Structure and expression of the phosphoglycerate kinase (Pgk) gene of Drosophila melanogaster (1992)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 235 (1992), S. 213-220 
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    Keywords: Phosphoglycerate kinase ; Drosophila ; Nucleotide sequence ; Glycolysis
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    Notes: Summary The gene that encodes phosphoglycerate kinase in Drosophila melanogaster (Pgk) has been isolated and characterized. There is a single copy of Pgk in the Drosophila genome located at cytogenetic position 23A1-2. Transcripts of Pgk are 1.6 kb long and are found during development with a profile similar to the expression pattern of other genes of the glycolytic pathway. There are substantial amounts of maternal transcript in early embryos which decline in abundance until mid-embryogenesis when transcript levels increase; levels remain high, during larval stages, fall during pupariation and rise again at emergence. The nucleotide sequence of the Pgk gene reveals two small introns, one of which is at a position identical to the site of an intron found in Pgk genes from other organisms. The Pgk gene has no TATA box in the region of transcription initiation and has multiple transcription initiation sites that are closely spaced within 110 nucleotides of the translation start site.
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    The non-dosage compensatedLSPI -α gene ofDrosophila melanogaster lies immediately downstream of the dosage compensatedL12 gene (1992)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 233 (1992), S. 49-52 
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    Keywords: Dosage compensation ; LSPI-α ; L12 ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Summary The X-linked geneLSPI-α ofDrosophila melanogaster, expressed in the third larval instar, does not exhibit dosage compensation at its normal locus but does compensate when it is relocated to ectopic sites on the X chromosome. A transcription unit designatedL12, which is active in the second larval instar and capable of encoding a putative protein of 28.5 kDa, lies immediately downstream fromLSPI-α. We have determined thatL12 is dosage compensated by measuring the steady-state level of its transcript in male and female larvae. The difference in response of these two adjacent genes should be taken into consideration when models of the mechanism of dosage compensation are formulated.
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    The lysozyme locus in Drosophila melanogaster: different genes are expressed in midgut and salivary glands (1992)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 232 (1992), S. 335-343 
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    Keywords: Antibacterial ; Digestion ; Drosophila ; Gene family ; Lysozyme
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    Notes: Summary As part of a study of the genes involved in antibacterial defense in Drosophila melanogaster, we have isolated genomic clones harboring a family of chicken-type lysozyme genes, using a lepidopteran lysozyme cDNA as probe. The locus was mapped to the cytological location 61F1-4 on the third chromosome and two of the genes at this locus, LysD and LysP, were analyzed in detail. In contrast to the bacteria-induced lysozymes in the hemolymph of many insects, the transcription levels of both Drosophila genes decrease after bacterial injections into the hemocoel. Apparently, these gene products, like the specifically adapted lysozymes in mammalian foregut fermenters, have been recruited for the digestion of bacteria present in fermenting food. The LysD gene is expressed in an anterior section of the midgut during all feeding stages of development in both larvae and adults. The LysP gene is only active in the adult where it is expressed in the salivary glands. The transcription units for both genes are very compact and they lack introns. Lysozyme D is unusual in that it is predicted to have an acidic isoelectric point whereas lysozyme P appears to be a typical basic lysozyme.
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    Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in relation to stand age of Ecucalyptus regnans F. Muell (1992)
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    Plant and soil 142 (1992), S. 157-166 
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    Keywords: Acacia ; Eucalyptus regnans ; decomposition ; litterfall ; nitrogen ; phosphorus
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract The N and P contents of the litter layer and the return of these nutrients in litterfall were measured in seven stands of Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) ranging in age from 5 years to about 250 years. Both annual litterfall and nutrient return were correlated with stand basal area and were high compared with other productive eucalypt forests. In contrast, the fall of dead eucalypt leaves was constant with stand age, demonstrating that sites are fully occupied at an early age. Similarly, amounts of N and P in total leaf fall (overstorey plus understorey) were constant with stand age, except for low amounts in the stand aged 40 years where Acacia spp., important fixers of atmospheric N, were not prevalent. The decomposition constant (k) of organic matter in the litter layer decreased with stand age, from 0.31 year-1 at age 5 years to 0.23 year-1 at age 250 years. These constants also applied to N and P, indicating a tight coupling between organic matter decomposition and release of these nutrients from litter. The litter layer released about 30 kg ha-1 of N at age 5 years, and about 70 kg ha-1 at age 80 years. These results are discussed in relation to growth of Mountain Ash following fire, and the subsequent retention and accumulation of N during stand development.
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    Soil phosphorus status, pH and the manganese nutrition of wheat (1992)
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    Plant and soil 145 (1992), S. 45-50 
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    Keywords: acidity ; manganese ; pH ; phosphorus ; soil solution wheat
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    Notes: Abstract A pot experiment was carried out in order to test the hypothesis that manganese nutrition of wheat was dependent on the phosphorus status of soil as well as on its pH and manganese status. An arable mineral soil whose lime and phosphorus status had been massively adjusted more than 18 years previously was compared with identical soil not so adjusted. Wheat plants were grown to maturity in these soils. Analyses were carried out on both soil and plant samples at intervals. Data for soil pH, soil solution concentrations of manganese and phosphorus, plant dry weight and tissue concentrations of manganese and phosphorus are presented. Concentrations of manganese were depressed in leaf tissue of plants from limed soils and also in high phosphorus soils. The depressed values for limed treatments were explained in terms of depressed soil solution manganese concentrations resulting from elevated pH. The results for high phosphorus soils could not be related to soil solution composition. It was suggested that high soil phosphorus resulted in elevated plant phosphorus which interfered in the uptake and/or translocation of manganese.
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    A review of phosphorus efficiency in wheat (1992)
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    Plant and soil 146 (1992), S. 163-168 
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    Keywords: genetic variability ; NIR ; ploidy ; phosphorus ; wheat
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    Notes: Abstract More efficient utilization of phosphorus by wheat plants is needed to extend the useful life of the phosphate reserves in the world, to reduce the cost of producing crops, and to improve the value of the grain and the straw produced. In this paper definitions of efficient use of phosphorus by wheat are reviewed, genotypic variation in phosphorus efficiency is reported, some consequences of breeding for greater efficiency are discussed, and ways to select more efficient genotypes are suggested.
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    Adaptation of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to harsh Mediterranean environments (1992)
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    Euphytica 62 (1992), S. 29-38 
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    Keywords: adaptation ; barley ; drought ; heading date ; plant ideotype ; principal component analysis ; stability
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    Notes: Summary Barley adapted to the combined stresses of low winter temperatures and terminal drought requires a medium carly heading date, little affected by environmental fluctuations. Two plant ideotypes that are adapted to terminal drought in Mediterranean environments can be distinguished. The first combines early heading with good early vigour, erect winter growth habit, light plant colour, and ability to recover from cold damage. The second combines medium early heading, prostrate winter growth habit, dark winter plant colour which changes to pale green in spring, and cold tolerance. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between consistency in heading date and plant ideotype, and to identify the usefulness of earliness and plant ideotype as criteria for indirect selection for grain yield under drought. Thirty-six two-rowed entries of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were sown at 15 environments in northern Syria. Average grain yields ranged from 7 to 331 g/m2; the range in average heading date was 20 days. Consistency in date of heading was related to the second ideotype through vernalization requirement. Early heading was positively correlated with grain yield in most of the environments, but especially in low-yielding environments. After eliminating the effect of heading date, the second plant ideotype was advantageous only under harsh conditions. In early generations, selection under favourable conditions for earliness, prostrate winter growth habit, dark winter plant colour, and cold tolerance is a useful alternative for yield testing, to identify material well adapted to environments experiencing low winter temperatures and terminal drought stress. Selection for the first plant ideotype is proposed for Mediterranean environments with mild winters.
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    Influence of plant nutrient concentration on growth rate: Use of a nutrient interruption technique to determine critical concentrations of N, P and K in young plants (1992)
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    Plant and soil 142 (1992), S. 221-233 
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    Keywords: critical concentration ; deficiency ; diagnosis ; growth rate ; lettuce ; luxury consumption ; nitrogen ; nitrate ; nutrient requirement ; petiole sap ; phosphorus ; phosphate ; potassium
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    Notes: Abstract A method is described for determining the way in which growth rate varies with plant nutrient concentration using a simple nutrient interruption technique incorporating only 2 treatments. The method involves measuring the changes in growth and nutrient composition of otherwise well-nourished plants after the supply of one particular nutrient has been withheld. Critical concentrations are estimated from the relationship between the growth rate (expressed as a fraction of that for control plants of the same size which remained well-nourished throughout) and the concentration of the growth-limiting nutrient in the plants as deficiency developed. Trials of the method using young lettuce plants showed that shoot growth rate was directly proportional to total N (nitrate plus organic N) concentration, and linearly or near-linearly related to K and P concentration over a wide range; the corresponding relationship for nitrate was strongly curvi-linear. Critical concentrations (corresponding to a 10% reduction in growth rate) determined from these results were similar to critical values calculated from models derived from field data, but were generally higher than published estimates of critical concentration (based on reductions in shoot weight) for plants of a similar size. Reasons for these discrepancies are discussed. Nitrate, phosphate or potassium concentrations in sap from individual leaf petioles were highly sensitive to changes in shoot growth rate as deficiency developed, with the slope of the relationships varying with leaf position, due to differences both in their initial concentration and in the rates at which they were utilized in individual leaves. Each nutrient was always depleted more quickly in younger leaves than in older ones, providing earlier evidence of deficiency for diagnostic purposes. Although the plants were capable of accumulating nitrate, phosphate and potassium well in excess of that needed for optimum dry matter production during periods of adequate supply, the rate of mobilization of these reserves was insufficient to prevent reductions in growth rate as the plants became deficient. This brings into question the validity of the conventional concept that luxury consumption provides a store of nutrients which are freely available for use in times of shortage. The implications of these results for the use of plant analysis for assessing plant nutrient status are discussed.
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    Inability to solubilize phosphate in limestone soils—key factor controlling calcifuge habit of plants (1992)
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    Plant and soil 145 (1992), S. 65-70 
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    Keywords: calcifuge plants ; phosphorus ; deficient absorption ; Deschampsia flexuosa ; Jasione montana ; Rumex acetosella ; Silene rupestris
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    Notes: Abstract Germination, seedling establishment and growth of calcifuge plants in Swedish limestone soils of Archean and Ordovician age were studied. As previously demonstrated for Viscaria vulgaris, establishment of Rumex acetosella and Silene rupestris did not succeed unless CaHPO4 (at the rate of 10 mmol dm-3 of soil) was supplied. Growth of Deschampsia flexuosa was enhanced by phosphate addition, whereas establishment success of Jasione montana was poor, regardless of phosphate treatment. Establishment and growth in an acidic gneiss soil, used as a reference for the species studied, was good. Total, total inorganic, exchangeable, and soil solution P were considered in all soils and treatments. It is proposed that the calcifuge behaviour of plants is quite often caused by inability to solubilize the native phosphate of limestone soils.
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    Can maize cultivars with low mineral nutrient concentrations in the grains help to reduce the need for fertilizers in third world countries? (1992)
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    Plant and soil 146 (1992), S. 227-231 
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    Keywords: cultivars ; grains ; maize ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; potassium ; tropical climate
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    Notes: Abstract An earlier study revealed considerable genotypic variation in grain N, P and K concentrations (GNC, GPC and GKC, respectively) in tropical maize. The expression of varietal differences in GNC, GPC and GKC, however, may depend on environmental conditions such as the N status of the soil. Two tropical maize hybrids (Suwan 2301 and CP 1) with comparable yielding capacity, but contrasting GNCs, GPCs and GKCs, were therefore grown at four levels of N in a field experiment at Farm Suwan (Thailand, latitude 14.5°N). Suwan 2301 exhibited a higher GNC than did CP 1 at all rates of N, but large differences in GPC and GKC were found only at high N fertilization. This was obviously due to individual grain yield responses of the cultivars to increasing rates of N fertilizer, demonstrating that grain nutrient concentrations are, at least in part, functions of the amount of grain carbohydrates which dilute a genetically and environmentally fixed amount of grain P and K. As compared to Suwan 2301, CP 1 accumulated less N, P and K in the grains at almost all levels of N fertilization, confirming our hypothesis that the cultivation of maize genotypes with low grain mineral nutrient concentrations may help third-world cash-crop farmers to reduce the need for scarce and costly mineral fertilizers. This finding has to be verified at reduced availability of soil −P, −K, and water.
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    Effects of pre-storage conditions on storage of in vitro cultures of Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott and Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev. (1992)
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    Plant cell, tissue and organ culture 28 (1992), S. 167-174 
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    Keywords: dark ; in vitro storage ; light ; stability ; temperature
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    Notes: Abstract In vitro cultures of Nephrolepis exaltata and Cordyline fruticosa were stored at 5°, 9° or 13°C, at a low irradiance (3–5 μmol m−2 s−1) or in darkness. Prior to storage the cultures were subjected to 18°, 21°, 24° or 27°C and 15, 30 or 45 μmol m−2 s−1 in a factorial combination. The optimal storage conditions for Nephrolepis were 9°C in complete darkness. These cultures were still transferable to a peat/perlite mixture at the end of the experimental period of 36 months. The optimal storage conditions for Cordyline were 13°C and a low light level (±3–5 μmol m-2 s-1). When the pre-storage conditions were normal growth room conditions (24°C and 30 μmol m-2 s-1), in vitro cultures could be stored for 18 months. With the most favourable pre-storage treatment (18°C and 15 μmol m-2 s-1) some cultures still had green shoots after 36 months of storage, but did not survive transfer to peat/perlite. Pre-conditioning before storage was most favourable for Nephrolepis, and not that important, but still favourable, for Cordyline. There was an interaction between pre-storage temperature and pre-storage irradiance. For both species a high irradiance level was less favourable than a low irradiance level when combined with high growth room temperatures.
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    Effects of phytoplankton on the elemental composition (C, N, P) of suspended particulate material in the lower river Rhine (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 235-236 (1992), S. 479-489 
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    Keywords: River Rhine ; phytoplankton ; suspended material ; carbon ; nitrogen ; phosphorus
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    Notes: Abstract The spatial and temporal distribution of element concentrations were monitored together with chlorophyll a as an indicator of algal density to assess the effect of phytoplankton on the elemental composition (C, N, P) of suspended materials in the lower Rhine. The high concentrations of particulate C, N and P in the river were found to decrease in the delta and to increase again in the estuarine turbidity zone. Phytoplankton blooms increased the concentrations of particulate C, N, and P significantly in the upstream part of the river. In summer 1989, 15–65% of the particulate C and 20–75% of the particulate N were attributable to phytoplankton. Together with published data these observations indicate that in eutrophic rivers, the input of organic materials from the catchment is strongly modified and supplemented by in situ growth of phytoplankton. During seaward transport the phytoplankton and the particulate elements disappeared from the river water concomitantly with the suspended matter, indicating an increased retention of these elements due to sedimentation. In contrast, soluble ammonia, nitrite and phosphate increased in the tidal reaches of the river because of local input in the harbour and city of Rotterdam and because of mineralization. Therefore the total nutrient load of the Rhine estimated at the German/Dutch border does not reflect the actual input into the sea.
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    Iron:phosphorus ratio in surface sediment as an indicator of phosphate release from aerobic sediments in shallow lakes (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 235-236 (1992), S. 731-743 
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    Keywords: Lakes ; sediments ; iron ; phosphorus ; phosphate release
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    Notes: Abstract Analysis of Danish lakes showed that both mean winter and mean summer concentrations of lake water total phosphorus in the trophogenic zone correlated negatively with the total iron to total phosphorus ratio (Fe:P) in surface sediments. No correlation was found between the water total phosphorus concentration and either the sediment phosphorus concentration alone or with sediment calcium concentration. The increase in total phosphorus from winter to summer, which is partly a function of net internal P-loading, was lowest in lakes with high Fe:P ratios in the surface sediment. A study of aerobic sediments from fifteen lakes, selected as representative of Danish lakes with respect to the sediment Fe and phosphorus content, showed that the release of soluble reactive phosphorus was negatively correlated with the surface sediment Fe:P ratio. Analysis of phosphate adsorption properties of surface sediment from 12 lakes revealed that the capability of aerobic sediments to buffer phosphate concentration correlated with the Fe:P ratio while the maximum adsorption capacity correlated with total iron. Thus, the Fe:P ratio may provide a measure of free sorption sites for orthophosphate ions on iron hydroxyoxide surfaces. The results indicate that provided the Fe:P ratio is above 15 (by weight) it may be possible to control internal P-loading by keeping the surface sediment oxidized. Since the Fe:P ratio is easy to measure, it may be a useful tool in the management of shallow lakes.
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    Biogeochemistry of manganese- and iron-rich sediments in Toolik Lake, Alaska (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 240 (1992), S. 45-59 
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    Keywords: arctic lakes ; trace metals ; lake sediments ; manganese ; iron ; phosphorus ; sediment-water flux ; diagenesis ; Toolik Lake
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    Notes: Abstract The sediments within Toolik Lake in arctic Alaska are characterized by extremely low rates of organic matter sedimentation and unusually high concentrations of iron and manganese. Pore water and solid phase measurements of iron, manganese, trace metals, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur are consistent with the hypothesis that the reduction of organic matter by iron and manganese is the most important biogeochemical reaction within the sediment. Very low rates of dissolved oxygen consumption by the sediments result in an oxidizing environment at the sediment-water interface. This results in high retention of upwardly-diffusing iron and manganese and the formation of metal-enriched sediment. Phosphate in sediment pore waters is strongly adsorbed by the metal-enriched phases. Consequently, fluxes of phosphorus from the sediments to overlying waters are very small and contribute to the oligotrophic nature of the Toolik Lake aquatic system. Toolik Lake contains an unusual type of lacustrine sediment, and in many ways the sediments are similar to those found in oligotrophic oceanic environments.
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    Sources, concentrations and characteristics of organic matter in softwater lakes and streams of the Swedish forest region (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 229 (1992), S. 23-41 
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    Keywords: TOC ; COD ; humic ; colour ; Secchi ; phosphorus ; carbon ; permanganate
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    Notes: Abstract 18 Swedish forest lakes covering a wide range of dystrophy were studied in order to quantify and characterize the organic matter in the water with respect to origin (allochthonous or autochthonous), physical state (particulate or dissolved) and phosphorus content. Samples were collected repeatedly during a two-year period with unusually variable hydrological conditions. Water from three different depths and from tributaries was analysed with standard monitoring methods, including water colour, Secchi disk transparency, total organic carbon (TOC), CODCr, CODMn, total phosphorus and molybdate reactive phosphorus. Interrelationships were used to compare different methods and to assess the concentration and composition of organic matter. It is estimated that in remote softwater lakes of the Swedish forest region, autochthonous carbon is typically 〈 5 g m−3. Most lakes in this region receive significant amounts of humic matter originating from coniferous forest soils or peatland in the catchment area. In most humic lakes with a water colour of ≥ 50 g Pt m−3, more than half of the organic carbon in the surface water is of allochthonous origin, and in polyhumic lakes (〉 200 g Pt m−3) the proportion can exceed 90%. Secchi depth readings were related similarly to organic matter from both sources and provided good estimates of TOC with a single optical measurement. Water colour was used to distinguish allochthonous and autochthonous matter. High concentrations of phosphorus were found in humic waters, most of it being molybdate reactive, and probably associated with humic matter rather than as dissolved free inorganic forms. CODMn yielded only 25–60% of TOC and appears to include mainly truly dissolved substances of low molecular weight.
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    Nutrient loading and drainage channel response in a ricefield system (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 230 (1992), S. 193-200 
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    Keywords: nitrogen ; phosphorus ; ricefield system ; drainage channels ; mediterranean Deltas
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    Notes: Abstract Nitrogen and phosphorus released into the water of a main drainage channel in the Ebro Delta was measured during a period of rice cultivation. An increase in total nitrogen and phosphorus in its different forms in accordance with the increase in cultivated area drained was observed. A significant correlation between the release of nutrients into the water and the nutrient load, for both nitrogen and phosphorus, if we consider the release of nutrients per unit of length of the channel and increased total phosphorus content of the water that flows through it during the period of rice cultivation. Physical and chemical changes in the water as a result of ricefield metabolism may explain the differences observed in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles between Ebro and Rhône Deltas, two mediterranean deltaic systems where a large area with similar drainage system is used for rice cultivation.
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    Changes in water quality in Lake Päijänne following decrease of effluent load from the pulp and paper industry in 1969–1989 (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 243-244 (1992), S. 395-403 
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    Keywords: Lake Päijänne ; pulp mills ; BOD ; phosphorus ; water quality
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    Notes: Abstract Lake Päijänne, the second largest lake in Finland, has been seriously polluted since the 1960s due to the effluents from pulp and paper mills, notably the Äänekoski sulphate and sulphite pulp mills situated about 50 km north of the lake, and the sulphite pulp mill and paper mills of Jämsänkoski and Kaipola on Central Lake Päijänne. A sulphite lye evaporation and combustion plant installed at the Jämsänkoski sulphite pulp mill in 1969 reduced the organic pollution of Central Päijänne. Lignin concentration decreased and the oxygen balance improved. The sulphite pulp mill was closed in 1981 and replaced by a thermo-mechanical pulp mill. Eutrophication is the main threat to water quality in Central Lake Päijänne at present. A significant improvement in the water quality, especially in oxygen balance, was achieved in the watercourse of Äänekoski and in Northern Päijänne after replacement of the old sulphite and sulphate pulp mills at Äänekoski by a large sulphate pulp mill with a biological purification plant employing the activated sludge method. The BOD7-loading dropped from 46 to 3–4 t d−1, but the nutrient loading has not decreased sufficiently, and the Äänekoski watercourse and Northern Päijänne are still eutrophic.
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    Bioassay for phosphate demand in phytoplankton from acidified lakes: Lake Njupfatet, an example of phosphate deficiency induced by liming (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 246 (1992), S. 99-110 
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    Keywords: acid lakes ; ATP ; in situ enclosures ; liming ; phosphatases ; phosphorus ; phytoplankton community
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    Notes: Abstract A bioassay was developed, involving steady-state ATP level determinations, for estimation of phosphate demand and deficiency in natural phytoplankton communities. The studies were performed on phytoplankton from the moderately acidified Lake Njupfatet in central Sweden before and after liming. Phytoplankton samples from in situ enclosure experiments with low-dose enrichments of nitrate and phosphate and removal of large (〉 100 µm) zooplankton and from the lake water were collected. The phytoplankton were concentrated by through-flow centrifugation and post-cultured in the laboratory with or without the addition of phosphate. A relative increase in the ATP:chlorophyll a ratio after the phosphate treatment as compared to samples without phosphate enrichment was found to be a highly reproducible indicator of phosphate deficiency in the natural phytoplankton population. In contrast, the absolute ATP:chlorophyll a ratio varied substantially between different sampling occasions. No phosphate deficiency was detected in phytoplankton from the acidic lake or from fertilized in situ enclosures. However, phytoplankton from in situ enclosures without added nutrients showed evidence of phosphate limitation after 21 days incubation. Also, the phytoplankton community developed a significant phosphate deficiency the summer after lake liming. The results from the ATP analyses are compared with chemical data of the lake water, phytoplankton community structure and phosphatase activities in the lake before and after liming. The average total biomass of phytoplankton and the average Tot-P measured during May to September decreased with appr. 30% after liming while Tot-N was essentially unaffected and the phosphatase activities increased by 1000–2000%.
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    Regeneration of inorganic phosphorus and nitrogen from decomposition of seston in a freshwater sediment (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 228 (1992), S. 71-81 
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    Keywords: nutrient regeneration ; phosphorus ; nitrogen ; sediment ; lakes
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    Notes: Abstract The mineralization of phosphorus and nitrogen from seston was studied in consolidated sediment from the shallow Lake Arreskov (July and November) and in suspensions without sediment (July). In the suspension experiment, phosphorus and nitrogen were mineralized in the same proportions as they occurred in the seston. During the 30 days suspension experiment, 47 and 43% of the particulate phosphorus and nitrogen, respectively, was mineralized with constant rates. Addition of seston to the sediment had an immediate enhancing effect on oxygen uptake, phosphate and ammonia release, whereas nitrate release decreased due to denitrification. The enhanced rates lasted for 2–5 weeks, while the decrease in nitrate release persisted throughout the experiment. The increase in oxygen uptake (equivalent to 21% of the seston carbon) was, however, only observed in the July experiment. The release of phosphorus and nitrogen from seston decomposing on the sediment surface differed from the suspension experiments. Thus, between 91 and 111% of the phosphorus in the seston was released during the experiments. Due to opposite directed effects on ammonium and nitrate release, the resulting net release of nitrogen was relatively low. A comparison of C/N/P ratios in seston, sediment and flux rates indicated that nitrogen was mineralized faster than phosphorus and carbon. Some of this nitrogen was lost through denitrification and therefore not measurable in the flux of inorganic nitrogen ions. This investigation also suggests that decomposition of newly settled organic matter in sediments have indirect effects on sediment-water exchanges (e.g. by changing of redox potentials and stimulation of denitrification) that modifies the release of mineralized phosphate and nitrogen from the sediment.
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    The influence of flushing on nutrient dynamics, composition and densities of algae and transparency in Veluwemeer, The Netherlands (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 233 (1992), S. 187-196 
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    Keywords: eutrophication ; lake restoration ; flushing ; Veluwemeer ; algal species ; transparency ; phosphorus ; nitrogen
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    Notes: Abstract Total phosphorus and chlorophyll decreased significantly after reduction of the external phosphorus loading and the start of flushing Veluwemeer with polder water in 1979. Flushing of Veluwemeer has had a large impact on nutrient dynamics. Especially in the first winter, dilution was the main cause of changes in water quality. On a longer term the increase of the inactivation of phosphorus in sediments is important. Oscillatoria agardhii has been brought to the margins of its habitat. Three successive cold winters were an additional causal factor in the disappearance of Oscillatoria agardhii and the dominance of diatoms and green algae from 1985 onwards. Due to higher detritus and inorganic suspended matter concentrations transparency increased less than expected. Since 1985 chlorophyll only contributes for a small percentage to the transparency. In the present situation further improvement of the water quality of Veluwemeer is questionable, as the phosphorus concentration in the lake and the polder water is almost the same. Therefore it is recommanded to shift flushing operations, at least in the winter period, from Veluwemeer towards Wolderwijd.
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    Fixation of phosphorus in lake sediments using iron(III)chloride: experiences, expectations (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 233 (1992), S. 211-212 
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    Keywords: eutrophication ; lake restoration ; phosphorus ; sediments ; internal loading ; chemomanipulation
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    Notes: Abstract After a reduction of the external phosphorus loading to a lake, an internal loading from the sediments may delay the improvement of the water quality. The accepted method to combat internal loading is careful dredging of the upper sediment layers (Cooke et al., 1986), but this method is costly and time consuming. Addition of phosphorus binding agents to the sediments might offer an alternative. In the Netherlands the use of aluminum compounds, the most common phosphorus binding agent, for water quality improvement purposes is not favoured. Therefore a sediment treatment with a solution of iron(III)chloride was tested. Iron was chosen because it is considered to be a natural binder of phosphate. 100 g m−2 of Fe3+ were added to the sediments of the shallow (1.75 m average depth) and eutrophic Lake Groot Vogelenzang (The Netherlands) in October and November 1989. The iron(III)chloride solution was diluted 100 times with lake water and mixed with the surface sediments with a water jet. Following the addition the concentrations of total phosphorus (Fig. 1), chlorophyll-a and suspended solids decreased. This improvement of the water quality lasted for three months. After this time the total phosphorus concentration increased again, but remained at a lower level than in spring and summer of 1989. The phosphorus release rate from the sediments as measured from intact sediment cores decreased from 4 to 1.2 mg P m−2 d−1 (n = 5), and the bioavailability of the sediment phosphorus, as measured with bioassays, decreased from 34 to 23% (n = 5) shortly after the treatment. One year after the treatment the release rate was increased to 3 mg P m−2 d−1 (n = 5). Before treatment, the lake was thought to have a residence time of over one year. However, the chloride added to the lake disappeared according to a dilution rate of 0.03 d−1 or a retention time of about 35 days. A high external loading due to rapid flushing with phosphorus-rich water from surrounding lakes possibly prevented a more durable improvement in water quality. Another possibility is that the iron addition has lost its phosphate binding capacity due to reduction or binding with other anions like carbonate or sulphide. Therefore the suitability of the method to reduce internal loading and especially the long term availability of added iron to bind phosphorus needs additional proof. The treatment of the 18 ha area of Lake Groot Vogelenzang took three weeks. The operational costs were about US$ 125000. This is fast and cheap compared to dredging. Application of the technique is limited to those cases where the sediments are not polluted with micro-pollutants and the water depth need not be increased.
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    Phosphorus eutrophication in the SW Frisian lake district 1. Monitoring and assessment of a dynamic mass balance model (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 233 (1992), S. 259-270 
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    Keywords: eutrophication ; lakes ; phosphorus ; chloride ; loading ; dynamic mass balance model ; sensitivity analysis
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    Notes: Abstract In 1984 a frequent monitoring programme was started in the hypertrophic S.W. Frisian lake district, with emphasis on total phosphorus (TP) and chloride (Cl−). The main objectives of the project were: to quantify the phosphorus flows, to gain insight in the process of eutrophication, and to simulate management scenarios. The seasonal variability in the lakes is due mainly to the man-made hydrology: reception of humic-rich polder water in wet periods (winter) and inlet of chloride-rich Usselmeer water in dry periods (summer). The yearly means of TP concentrations in the lakes (Tjeukemeer, Groote Brekken and Slotermeer) ranged from 0.23 to 0.29 mg l−1. However, much higher concentrations (0.9 mg l−1) were found in periods with high inflow of polder water. The simulations with a mass balance showed an acceptable similarity between measured and simulated concentrations of TP as well as of Cl−. Chloride was modelled to verify the accuracy of a hydrodynamic model. A sensitivity analysis of the apparent settling rate in the P model showed that sensitivity was lowest in simulations of Groote Brekken and highest in simulations of Slotermeer, the difference being attributable to the influence of the water residence time. The model was found to be appropriate for simulating management scenarios.
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    A mathematical model of the phosphorus cycle in Lake Loosdrecht and simulation of additional measures (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 233 (1992), S. 119-136 
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    Keywords: model ; simulation ; eutrophication ; phosphorus ; P/C ratio ; lake ecosystem
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    Notes: Abstract The phosphorus cycle in the ecosystem of the shallow, hypertrophic Loosdrecht lakes (The Netherlands) was simulated by means of the dynamic eutrophication model PCLOOS. The model comprises three algal groups, zooplankton, fish, detritus, zoobenthos, sediment detritus and some inorganic phosphorus fractions. All organic compartments are modelled in two elements, carbon and phosphorus. Within the model system, the phosphorus cycle is considered as completely closed. Carbon and phosphorus are described independently, so that the dynamics of the P/C ratios can be modelled. The model has been partly calibrated by a method based on Bayesian statistics combined with a Range Check procedure. Simulations were carried out for Lake Loosdrecht for the periods before and after the restoration measures in 1984, which reduced the external phosphorus loading to the lake from ca. 2 mgP m−2 d−1 to 1 mgP m−2 d−1. The model outcome was largely comparable withthe measured data. Total phosphorus has slowly decreased from an average 130 µgP l−1 to ca. 80 µgP l−1, but chlorophyll-a (ca. 150 µg 1−1, summer-averaged) and seston concentrations (8–15 mgC 1−1) hardly changed since the restoration measures. About two-thirds of the seston consisted of detritus, while the phytoplankton remained dominated by filamentous cyanobacteria. The P/C ratio of the seston decreased from ca. 1.0% to 0.7%, while the P/C ratios of zooplankton, zoobenthos and fish have remained constant and are much higher. The system showed a delayed response to the decreased phosphorus loading until a new equilibrium was reached in ca. five years. Major reasons for the observed resilience of the lake in responding to the load reduction are the high phosphorus assimilation efficiency of the cyanobacteria and the high internal recycling of phosphorus. A further reduction of nutrient loading, perhaps in combination with additional measures like biomanipulation, will be the most fruitful additional restoration measure.
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    Coupling between benthic biomass of Microcystis and phosphorus release from the sediments of a highly eutrophic lake (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 235-236 (1992), S. 375-385 
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    Keywords: Microcystis ; microbial activity ; sediment ; phosphorus ; internal loading
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    Notes: Abstract Variations in microbial biomass and activity in the sediments of hypereutrophic Lake Vallentunasjön were followed during a period of 5 years. The data were compared to the calculated release of phosphorus from the sediments during the same period. A strong co-variation was found between biomass of Microcystis, heterotrophic bacterial activity in the sediments and internal phosphorus loading. These parameters exhibited mainly a declining trend during the investigation period. A pronounced stability of the sediment chemistry, including the fractional composition of the sediment phosphorus, during the studied period indicates that microbial activity affected the phosphorus release from the sediments. Calculations of the percentage of sediment bacteria that was associated to the mucilage of Microcystis colonies imply, together with the specific bacterial production, that Microcystis in the sediment stimulates bacterial production. In the highly phosphorus-saturated sediments of Lake Vallentunasjön this would ultimately lead to an increased release of phosphorus from the sediment. Lake Vallentunasjön does not follow the common pattern of recovery after reduction of external phosphorus loading. The large biomasses and long survival of Microcystis in the sediment are probably important reasons for the delayed recovery of the lake.
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    The turnover of river-transported iron, phosphorus and organic carbon in the Öre estuary, northern Sweden (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 235-236 (1992), S. 585-596 
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    Keywords: estuary ; iron ; phosphorus ; organic carbon ; aggregation ; sedimentation
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    Notes: Abstract The turnover of iron, phosphorus and organic carbon was followed in the Öre Estuary, northern Sweden, during the spring flood periods of 1989 and 1990. River-supplied material rapidly sediments out of the water column and is primary deposited within the estuary. The removal of iron and phosphorus is complete, with the calculated sedimentation exceeding the total amounts of particulate and dissolved iron and phosphorus supplied by the river. Aggregation of dissolved or colloidal iron-phosphate complexes due to increasing salinity and pH in combination with adsorption on rapidly sedimentating inorganic particles is suggested to explain this estuarine filter effect. Organic carbon is only affected by aggregation and sedimentation to a minor extent.
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    Phosphorus transformations in the epilimnia of small humic forest lakes (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 243-244 (1992), S. 105-111 
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    Keywords: phosphorus ; transformations ; humic forest lake
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    Notes: Abstract Research on epilimnetic phosphorus transformations in lakes had led to the establishment of a generalised picture which is promoted in reviews and textbooks. However, it would be wrong to believe that this established view can be applied to all lakes. Certainly the transformations of phosphorus in the summer epilimnia of small, coloured, humic forest lakes in southern Finland show features which deviate markedly from the generally accepted paradigm. (1) The plankton appears to be limited simultaneously by P and N rather than being strongly P limited. (2) Particulate P is typically a rather small fraction of the total P. (3) Molybdate reactive P may be a large part of the total P, although much of this MRP is not free orthophosphate, especially in highly humic lakes. (4) Turnover times for PO4-P are normally long (50–1000 minutes); turnover times appear to be longer in highly humic lakes. (5) Added 32 PO4 passes rapidly to macrozooplankton, apparently with rapid turnover of zooplankton phosphorus. (6) Sedimentation of phosphorus from the typically shallow epilimnion appears high, but may be partially compensated by biological retrieval of phosphorus from the phosphorus-rich hypolimnion.
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    Phytoplankton and zooplankton community structure after nutrient additions to the oligotrophic Lake Hecklan, Sweden (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 243-244 (1992), S. 147-155 
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    Keywords: fertilization ; phosphorus ; nitrogen ; phytoplankton ; zooplankton
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    Notes: Abstract Lake Hecklan, in central Sweden, was fertilized with phosphorus and nitrogen during thermal stratification (late May-early Oct) 1984–1987. The nutrient additions were relatively small and raised the total phosphorus concentrations from 6 to 10 µg l−1. The working hypothesis was that this moderate increase in the phosphorus concentration could increase the phytoplankton biomass without adverse changes in the planktonic community structure. The fertilization increased the phytoplankton biomass from 0.1 to a maximum of 2 mm3 l−1. Chrysophyceae and Cryptophyceae dominated throughout the experimental period. Thus, the phytoplankton composition remained typical for a Swedish forest lake and provided a potential for increased zooplankton growth. An increased growth of zooplankton was indicated by increased biomass of Cladocera and Copepoda in 1984 and 1985, and by increased fecundity of herbivorous zooplankton.
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    Predictability of streamflow and particulate organic matter concentration as indicators of stability in prairie streams (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 242 (1992), S. 7-18 
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    Keywords: POM ; prairie streams ; predictability ; stability ; stream flow
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    Notes: Abstract Predictability of stream discharge and particulate organic matter (POM) in the water column was estimated, using Colwell's indices of constancy and contingency, for 6 Texas prairie streams (1 each of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th order with intermittent or perennial discharge). Stream discharge in these 6 prairie streams varied between 0 and 36000 1 s−1, depending on the stream and season. Predictability (P) of discharge in these streams ranged from 0.45 to 0.62, within the range of values expected for North American streams. Predictability of stream discharge was not significantly different between streams. Particulate organic matter concentrations in these prairie streams are relatively low, ranging from 0.25 to 4.00 mg AFDM 1−1. Predictability of POM concentration in these streams was high, ranging from 0.75 to 0.85, and was largely the result of constancy of POM concentrations. Within the different POM size classes, Fine POM (FPOM) had the highest predictability (P = 0.89−0.96). In spite of relatively unpredictable stream discharge, POM remained fairly constant providing a measure of habitat predictability and stability.
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    Mass balance models for elongated lakes (1992)
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    Hydrobiologia 243-244 (1992), S. 341-349 
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    Keywords: mass balance ; modelling ; phosphorus ; sedimentation ; CSTR ; PFR
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    Notes: Abstract Mass balance models for elongated lakes have been developed. In these models particular attention is paid to the hydraulic description of the lake and to the description of net sedimentation. The hydraulic description is a linear combination of CSTR and PFR, with a coefficient regulating the degree of mixing. The PFR description was modified so that also additional input along the lake can be considered. Net sedimentation is described either as a first order or a second order reaction. Both voluminal and areal sedimentation is possible in the models. The models were tested against phosphorus balance data for two Finnish lakes. Lake Haukivesi and Lake Päijänne. In both lakes the PFR model with additional input together with second order net sedimentation gave the best fit to observations. The values of the sedimentation coefficients are not universal but vary from lake to lake. They are also dependent on the hydraulic description used in the model. There is a critical point for the monitoring of the lake at which measurements give the same sedimentation coefficient regardless of the hydraulic description.
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    Nutrient dynamics in the floodplain ponds of the Paraná River (Argentina) dominated by the water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes. (1992)
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    Biogeochemistry 17 (1992), S. 85-121 
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    Keywords: nitrogen fixation ; phosphorus ; internal loading ; water hyacinth ; floodplain ; Paraná ; flood-pulse hypothesis
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    Notes: Abstract Some aspects of nutrient status and dynamics prevailing during low and high water conditions in the fringing floodplain ponds of the Paraná River dominated by the floating macrophyte Eichhornia crassipes are described. During summertime low water conditions, low DIN:DRP ratios (0.16–1.0) and low DIN (0.5–4.8 μmol.liter−1) in the root-zone of the floating meadows suggest that macrophyte growth is limited by nitrogen. DRP concentrations appear to be controlled more by abiotic sorption-dissolution than by biological reactions. Preflood nutrient fluxes from the sediments, as estimated from porewater profiles, show that a minimum of 1.19 and 0.38 mmol.m−2.d−1 of DIN and DRP were regenerated from the sediments, respectively. Heterotrophic N2 fixation is primarily associated with decaying litter (0.4 to 3.2 μmolN2.g−1.d−1). Nutrient recycling from sediments and meadow-litter, and heterotrophic N2 fixation (1.4 mmolN.m−2.d−1) appear sufficient to sustain high floating macrophyte productivity for long periods of time, without invoking large inputs from the river. The high water and early isolation periods are characterized by a very dynamic behavior of DIN, reflecting marked imbalances between N supply and demand by the biota. After hydrologic isolation of the ponds, DIN rapidly decreases to undetectable levels and stays low for the following 3 weeks, presumably as a result of high demand by phytoplankton and sediment bacteria. DIN increases again to high values 3–8 weeks after the flood, following the re-establishment of NH4 + fluxes from the sediments. Compared to DIN, DRP concentrations remain relatively high and change little during and after the flood. Because of their small amplitude and short duration, floods do not appear to stimulate floating macrophyte production in the Paraná.
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    Effects of nitrogen: phosphorus supply ratios on nitrogen fixation in agricultural and pastoral ecosystems (1992)
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    Biogeochemistry 18 (1992), S. 19-35 
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    Keywords: Dinitrogen fixation ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; competition ; legumes
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    Notes: Abstract An analysis of data compiled from the literature confirms a strong inverse relationship between annual rates of nitrogen fixation and the soil nitrogen content in agricultural and pastoral ecosystems. However, this inverse relationship is strongly modified by the rate of application of phosphorus fertilizer, which strongly influences the activities of both symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixing organisms. In the case of symbiotic legumes, the response of N-fixation to N and P is in part a result of changes in legume dominance within the plant community. These results, as well as supporting data presented from a review of experiments on nitrogen fixation in a variety of other terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, provide important support for the hypothesis that phosphorus availability is a key regulator of nitrogen biogeochemistry.
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    Soil nutrient dynamics in response to irrigation of a Panamanian tropical moist forest (1992)
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    Biogeochemistry 19 (1992), S. 1-25 
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    Keywords: nitrogen ; phosphorus ; soil fertility ; tropical forest
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    Notes: Abstract We measured concentrations of soil nutrients (0–15 and 30–35 cm depths) before and after the dry season in control and dry-season irrigated plots of mature tropical moist forest on Barro Colorado Island (BCI) in central Panama to determine how soil moisture affects availability of plant nutrients. Dry-season irrigation (January through April in 1986, 1987, and 1988) enhanced gravimetric soil water contents to wet-season levels (ca. 400 g kg−1 but did not cause leaching beyond 0.8 m depth in the soil. Irrigation increased concentrations of exchangeable base cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+), but it had little effect on concentrations of inorganic N (NH4 +C, NO3 − and S (SO4 2−). These BCI soils had particularly low concentrations of extractable P especially at the end of the dry season in April, and concentrations increased in response to irrigation and the onset of the rainy season. We also measured the response of soil processes (nitrification and S mineralization) to irrigation and found that they responded positively to increased soil moisture in laboratory incubations, but irrigation had little effect on rates in the field. Other processes (plant uptake, soil organic matter dynamics) must compensate in the field and keep soil nutrient concentrations at relatively low levels.
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    Genomic distribution of transposable elements among individuals of an inbred Drosophila line (1992)
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    Genetica 86 (1992), S. 1-11 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; transposons ; mobility ; inbreeding
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    Notes: Abstract The stability of the elements of eleven transposon families (412, B 104, blood, 297, 1731, G, copia, mdg 4, hobo, jockey and I) has been compared by the Southern technique among individuals of a Drosophila line that has been subjected to 30 generations of sister sib matings. The 412, B104, blood, 297, 1731 and G elements appear stable. Heterochromatic copia and hobo elements and euchromatic I elements appear highly polymorphic. In addition, copia, mdg 4, jockey and I elements undergo an instability resulting in significant variations in relative intensity among autoradiographic bands. The extent of the polymorphisms detected strongly suggests de novo rearrangements of transposable elements.
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    Evolution of the transposable element mariner in the Drosophila melanogaster species group (1992)
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    Genetica 86 (1992), S. 37-46 
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    Keywords: Mariner ; Drosophila ; molecular evolution ; transposable element
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    Notes: Abstract The population biology and molecular evolution of the transposable element mariner has been studied in the eight species of the melanogaster subgroup of the Drosophila subgenus Sophophora. The element occurs in D. simulans, D. mauritiana, D. sechellia, D. teissieri, and D. yakuba, but is not found in D. melanogaster, D. erecta, or D. orena. Sequence comparisons suggest that the mariner element was present in the ancestor of the species subgroup and was lost in some of the lineages. Most species contain both active and inactive mariner elements. A deletion of most of the 3′ end characterizes many elements in D. teissieri, but in other species the inactive elements differ from active ones only by simple nucleotide substitutions or small additions/deletions. Active mariner elements from all species are quite similar in nucleotide sequence, although there are some-species-specific differences. Many, but not all, of the inactive elements are also quite closely related. The genome of D. mauritiana contains 20–30 copies of mariner, that of D. simulans 0–10, and that of D. sechellia only two copies (at fixed positions in the genome). The mariner situation in D. sechellia may reflect a reduced effective population size owing to the restricted geographical range of this species and its ecological specialization to the fruit of Morinda citrifolia.
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    Evidence for De Novo rearrangements of Drosophila transposable elements induced by the passage to the cell culture (1992)
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    Genetica 87 (1992), S. 65-73 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; transposons ; mobility ; cultured cells
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    Notes: Abstract The genomic distribution and the number of elements of eleven transposon families have been compared by the Southern technique between permanent cultured cells, larval salivary glands and the brains and whole flies of an inbred Drosophila line (inb-c) from which the cells were established. In cultured cells, changes in restriction patterns consistent with various types of rearrangements such as amplification, transposition and excision of the elements of copia, 1731, 412, 297 and mdg-4 transposon families are detected whereas B 104, G and blood elements appear stable. In previous reports these rearrangements were not detected among individuals of the inb-c line or among samples of somatic tissues, or in samples spanning years of maintenance of cultured cells. Hence, we believe that they have been induced de novo during the passage to the cell culture.
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    Population genetics of transposable DNA elements (1992)
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    Genetica 86 (1992), S. 67-84 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; population genetics ; transposable elements
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    Notes: Abstract This paper is an attempt to bring together the various, dispersed data published in the literature on insertion polymorphism of transposable elements from various kinds of populations (natural populations, laboratory strains, isofemale and inbred lines). Although the results deal mainly with Drosophila, data on other organisms have been incorporated when necessary to illustrate the discussion. The data pertinent to the regions of insertion, the rates of transposition and excision, the copy number regulation, and the degree of heterozygosity were analysed in order to be confronted with the speculations made with various theoretical models of population biology of transposable elements. The parameters of these models are very sensitive to the values of the transposable element characteristics estimated on populations, and according to the difficulties of these estimations (population not at equilibrium, particular mutations used to estimate the transposition and excision rates, trouble with the in situ technique used to localize the insertions, undesired mobilization of TEs in crosses, spontaneous genome resetting, environmental effects, etc.) it cannot be decided accurately which model better accounts for the population dynamics of these TEs. Tendencies, however, emerge in Drosophila: the copia element shows evidence for deficiency of insertions on the X chromosomes, a result consistent with selection against mutational effects of copia insertions; the P element repartition does not significantly deviate from the neutral assumption, in spite of a systematic copy number of insertions higher on the X than on the autosomes. Data on other elements support either the neutral model of TE containment, neither of the two models, or both. Prudence in conclusion should then be de rigueur when dealing with such kind of data. Finally the potential roles of TEs in population adaptation and evalution are discussed.
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    Putting the heat on sex determination (1992)
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    Genetica 87 (1992), S. 1-6 
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    Keywords: Temperature ; splicing mechanism ; mammals ; Drosophila ; turtles
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    Notes: Abstract Sex determination and differentiation are inherently fascinating to both layperson and geneticist. Major advances have accelerated interest in the molecular genetic events mediating these processes in nematodes, flies, mice and humans. Far less attention has been paid to those organisms, particularly reptiles, where sex is determined by environmental cues. However, recent experimental evidence suggests that the two modes of sex determination may not only share common genetic elements, but may also be regulated by similar mechanisms. We argue that the ability to manipulate sex by temperature provides a particularly suitable model for exploring the molecular basis of this fundamental biological process.
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    The influence of tillage and cropping-intensity on cereal response to nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus (1992)
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    Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 31 (1992), S. 15-19 
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    Keywords: Tillage ; crop rotation ; cereal grain ; wheat ; nitrogen ; sulfur ; phosphorus ; no-till
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Efficient fertilizer use is a prerequisite for achieving optimum crop yield while avoiding environmental contamination. Cereal response to nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), and phosphorus (P) were determined for 6 years under differing tillage [conventional-till (CT) vs. no-till (NT)] and intensity of cropping (cereal/fallow vs. cereal/cereal). Semidwarf white winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) alternated yearly with either fallow or spring cereal [barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) or spring wheat] on a Typic Haploxeroll soil in a 415 mm rainfall zone. Fertilizer treatments were no fertilizer (None), N only (N), N plus S (NS), and N plus S plus P (NSP). Average application rate, when applied, was 109 kg N, 18 kg S, and 11 kg P ha−1. Average cereal yield without fertilizer was 1.82 t ha−1. Nitrogen increased grain yield in 6 of 6, S in 4 of 6, and P in 3 of 6 years, with P and S response significant the remaining years at the 10% probability level. Average yield increases were 1.11 t ha−1 for N, 0.93 t ha−1 for S, and 0.47 t ha−1 for P. The NT/CT yield ratio was 0.60, 0.75, 0.93, and 0.95 with None, N, NS, and NSP addition, respectively, indicating that N and S deficiency were more severe in no-till. Limited increase in the NT/CT ratio with P addition indicated that P deficiency was less affected by tillage. Winter wheat always yielded less under NT than CT regardless of fertility, whereas spring cereals reached equality when fertilized with NSP. Annually-cropped wheat yielded 52, 67, 89, and 90% of wheat after fallow with None, N, NS, and NSP, respectively. Thus N and S, but not P, deficiency was more intense with increased frequency of cropping. Adequate fertility was a prime prerequisite for efficient yield in all systems.
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    An economic evaluation of a long-term experiment on phosphorus and manure amendments to sandy Sahelian soils: Using a stochastic dominance model (1992)
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    Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 33 (1992), S. 193-202 
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    Keywords: manure ; Niger ; phosphorus ; Sahelian soils ; stochastic dominance framework
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Poor fertility status of sandy Sahelian soils represents a major constraint to cereal and legume production. Soil amendment options were evaluated, using a stochastic efficiency framework. Dominance analyses showed that in the presence of annual applications of 30 kg N ha−1 and 30 kg K ha−1, efficient soil amendment options comprise of either the annual application of 8.7 kg P ha−1 in the form of single superphosphates in combination with 5 tonnes manure ha−1 applied every three years or the annual application of 17.5 kg P ha−1 in the form of single superphosphates. Choice between these two efficient options depends on the availability of manure, deficiencies in sandy soils and farmer resource endowments.
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    Lyapunov's direct method in the estimation of the Hausdorff dimension of attractors (1992)
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    Acta applicandae mathematicae 26 (1992), S. 1-60 
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    Keywords: 58F13 ; Hausdorff measure ; Hausdorff dimension ; strange attractor ; Lorenz system ; Rössler system ; Lyapunov function ; stability ; chaos ; weakly contracting system ; monostability ; frequency theorem
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    Notes: Abstract This paper surveys results of the authors and others conceming estimates for the Hausdorff dimension of strange attractors, particularly in the case of (generalized) Lorenz systems and Rössler systems. A key idea is the interpretation of Hausdorff measure as an analogue of a Lyapunov function.
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    Chemical reactions as dynamical systems on the interval (1992)
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    Journal of statistical physics 66 (1992), S. 1557-1574 
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    ISSN: 1572-9613
    Keywords: Boltzmann ; chemical kinetics ; stability ; chaos ; entropy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Abstract We consider the most general chemical reaction of the typen 1 A 1+...+n N A N ⇌m 1 B 1+...+m M B M whereN,M⩾1,n 1,...,n N andm 1,...,m M are positive integers defining the stoichiometry, andA 1,...,A N andB 1,...,B M are the names of chemicals or ions. We assume that ∑ i=1 N ni=∑ j=1 M mj. The time evolution of the concentrations is given by the law of mass action and leads to a dynamical system (with discrete or continuous time) which is governed by a polynomial map of the interval [B, C], where B⩾0 and C⩽1. We define the physically meaningful range for the parameters of the map, and we show that, within such a range, the map has a unique fixed point, which is stable and a global attractor, with the exception of one particular case, where bifurcation is observed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01054433
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