PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND BLOCK THERMAL POWER PLANT PLJEVLJA

V magisterski nalogi smo predstavili možnost gradnje drugega bloka termoelektrarne v občini Pljevlja. Z gradnjo novega bloka TE Pljevlja želimo pokriti potrebe po električni energiji v Črni Gori in zmanjšati negativni vpliv na okolje obstoječe termoelektrarne. Predstavili smo tudi oceno vrednosti investicije za novo enoto v okviru obstoječe TE.  In this paper we present the possibility for construction of the second block thermal power plant in the municipality of Pljevlja. With the construction of a new block TPP Pljevlja we want to cover electricity demand in Montenegro and reducing the negative environmental impact of existing thermal power plants. We also presented an assessment of the value of the investment for a new unit within the existing thermal power plants

Chlorophyll bloom enhanced by a mesoscale eddy in the western South China Sea

Remote sensing of ocean color is used to detect phytoplankton blooms and oceanic eddies. In this study, satellite remote sensing was used to detect an eddylike phytoplankton bloom in the western South China Sea in early September, 2007. The eddy-like phytoplankton bloom formed in the middle of August, before the formation of a cyclonic eddy. The time series reveals a lag period of about 1 week between maximum chlorophyll (Chl a) and maximum eddy intensity. This lag may have been related to the Mekong River discharge and its subsequent mixing by the cyclonic eddy. The spatial distribution of the bloom was characterized by a jet of high Chl a. Our data provide evidence that a significant proportion of south-westerly monsoon driven nutrients are used by phytoplankton. We also determined that phytoplankton blooms may support the large-scale advective spreading of high biomass waters to the open ocean by large surface currents. These biomass rich waters are probably important in the food chain dynamics of the outer south-eastern shelf and the coral islands or atolls in the open ocean

Nuclear, mitochondrial and plastid gene phylogenies of Dinophysis miles (Dinophyceae): evidence of variable types of chloroplasts.

The Dinophysis genus is an ecologically and evolutionarily important group of marine dinoflagellates, yet their molecular phylogenetic positions and ecological characteristics such as trophic modes remain poorly understood. Here, a population of Dinophysis miles var. indica was sampled from South China Sea in March 2010. Nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) SSU, ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and LSU, mitochondrial genes encoding cytochrome B (cob) and cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (cox1), and plastid rDNA SSU were PCR amplified and sequenced. Phylogenetic analyses based on cob, cox1, and the nuclear rRNA regions showed that D. miles was closely related to D. tripos and D. caudata while distinct from D. acuminata. Along with morphology the LSU and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 molecular data confirmed that this population was D. miles var. indica. Furthermore, the result demonstrated that ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 fragment was the most effective region to distinguish D. miles from other Dinophysis species. Three distinct types of plastid rDNA sequences were detected, belonging to plastids of a cryptophyte, a haptophyte, and a cyanobacterium, respectively. This is the first documentation of three photosynthetic entities associated with a Dinophysis species. While the cyanobacterial sequence likely represented an ectosymbiont of the D. miles cells, the detection of the cryptophyte and haptophyte plastid sequences indicates that the natural assemblage of D. miles likely retain more than one type of plastids from its prey algae for temporary use in photosynthesis. The result, together with recent findings of plastid types in other Dinophysis species, suggests that more systematic research is required to understand the complex nutritional physiology of this genus of dinoflagellates

Flourishing deep-sea AAP bacteria detected by flow cytometric sorting and molecular analysis.

Pigmented bacteria cells, including aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria, contribute significantly to secondary production and aquatic carbon cycling but their distribution in the deep sea is still not well understood, especially in the South China Sea. In this study, microscopic, flow cytometric, and molecular analyses were carried out to investigate the abundance and diversity of AAP bacteria at seven stations in the South China Sea. The results revealed the existence of bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacteria below 500 m from two of seven stations. Flow cytometric analysis detected red and infra-red fluorescence under blue (488 nm) light excitation from fluorescent cells. Blue light-excited red fluorescence of these cells from the 1000 m depth at station E403 were verified using epifluorescence microscopy. Based on fluorescence and side scatter features, fluorescent cells were sorted and subjected to molecular analysis. DNA was extracted from these sorted cells from both stations for PCR amplification using 16S rDNA primers. Sequencing of the PCR products showed that the sorted cells from the 1000 m depth at station E403 belonged to the genus Porphyrobacter. The cell population sorted from 500 m at station E703 contained Sphingomonas and a Methylobacterium-like taxon. All these three taxa belong to aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic alpha-proteobacteria. Using flow cytometric analysis, we found that the abundance of Porphyrobacter sp. at 1000 m was 2.71-2.95×104 cells mL-1 whereas cell counts of Sphingomonas sp. and Methylobacterium at 500 m were about 3.75-4.12×105 cells mL-1. These results indicate that albeit not ubiquitous in deep water, bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacteria can be abundant in the deep-sea aphotic zone

Two Functionally Distinct Ciliates Dwelling in Acropora Corals in the South China Sea near Sanya, Hainan Province, China▿

We detected and characterized two distinct scuticociliate ciliates inside Acropora corals in the South China Sea. One, voraciously foraging on Symbiodinium, resembled the brown band disease of ciliates. The other, which is closely related to Paranophrys magna, grazed on detritus instead of Symbiodinium. These two ciliates may serve contrasting functions (competitor versus “cleaner”) in the coral-ciliate-Symbiodinium triangular relationship

Short-Term Phytoplankton Dynamics During Typhoon Season in and Near the Pearl River Estuary, South China Sea

The effect on phytoplankton dynamics of nutrient inputs from rivers within the highly eutrophic Pearl River Estuary (PRE) in China is well understood. However, the role that typhoons play in enhancing or reducing phytoplankton blooms is less well known. The primary factors controlling phytoplankton dynamics in the PRE in June-July 2009 were determined by coupling satellite remote sensing data with field observations during two successive typhoons: Nangka and Soudelor. The results revealed that the magnitude of chlorophyll a concentration (Chl) near the PRE was controlled by several key factors. (1) Vertical mixing of seawater induced by Typhoons Nangka and Soudelor led to a sudden decrease in Chl and phytoplankton abundance near the PRE, especially in picophytoplankton. (2) Following the typhoon events, increased nutrient availability associated with significant freshwater runoff promoted phytoplankton (especially Synechococcus) growth, recovery, and blooms in and near the PRE. (3) Increased freshwater input or easterly winds enhanced the extension of highly abundant phytoplankton with brackish water from the estuary into the adjacent nearshore water. (4) Phycocyanin-rich Synechococcus was endemic and a dominant picophytoplankton group in the estuarial brackish water. We propose a mechanism that describes the interactions of vertical mixing, terrestrial precipitation, freshwater discharge, nutrient inputs, and winds on short-term phytoplankton dynamics in and near the PRE during typhoon season

Cognitive and discursive practices of identifi cation of Russians in the media

Статья поступила в редакцию 19.04.2017 г.Когнитивно-дискурсивные практики моделирования национально-гражданской идентичности россиян представлены в статье с двух позиций: с позиции адресанта и с позиции адресата медиатекста. В ходе анализа когнитивно-дискурсивных практик адресанта построена фреймово-слотовая модель доминантного текстового концепта «Русские» и представлено ее дискурсивное преобразование. Когнитивно-дискурсивные практики адресата описаны с помощью ряда социологических и психолингвистических методов.Cognitive and discourse modeling practices of national and civil identity of Russians are presented in the study from two perspectives: from the perspective of the author and from the perspective of the recipient of media text. Frame-slot model of the dominant text concept «Russian» was built during the analysis of the cognitive and discursive practices of the author and its discursive transformation presents. Cognitive and discursive practices of the recipient is described by sociological and psycho-linguistic methods of analysis.Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РФФИ, проект «Национально-гражданская идентичность россиян в дискурсе СМИ: концепт “информационная война” как мобилизационный фактор идентификации» № 16-04-00460