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Growth, Condition, and Trophic Relations of Stocked Trout in Southern Appalachian Mountain Streams
Stream trout fisheries are among the most popular and valuable in the United States, but many are dependent on hatcheries to sustain fishing and harvest. Thus, understanding the ecology of hatchery‐reared trout stocked in natural environments is fundamental to management. We evaluated the growth, condition, and trophic relations of Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis, Brown Trout Salmo trutta, and Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss that were stocked in southern Appalachian Mountain streams in western North Carolina. Stocked and wild (naturalized) trout were sampled over time (monthly; September 2012–June 2013) to compare condition and diet composition and to evaluate temporal dynamics of trophic position with stable isotope analysis. Relative weights (Wr) of stocked trout were inversely associated with their stream residence time but were consistently higher than those of wild trout. Weight loss of harvested stocked trout was similar among species and sizes, but fish stocked earlier lost more weight. Overall, 40% of 141 stomachs from stocked trout were empty compared to 15% of wild trout stomachs (N = 26). We identified a much higher rate of piscivory in wild trout (18 times that of stocked trout), and wild trout were 4.3 times more likely to consume gastropods relative to stocked trout. Hatchery‐reared trout were isotopically similar to co‐occurring wild fish for both δ13C and δ15N values but were less variable than wild trout. Differences in sulfur isotope ratios (δ34S) between wild and hatchery‐reared trout indicated that the diets of wild fish were enriched in δ34S relative to the diets of hatchery‐reared fish. Although hatcheryreared trout consumed prey items similar to those of wild fish, differences in consumption or behavior (e.g., reduced feeding) may have resulted in lower condition and negative growth. These findings provide critical insight on the trophic dynamics of stocked trout and may assist in developing and enhancing stream trout fisheries
The effect of simultaneous and sequential presentation of stimulus dimensions on absolute judgment accuracy
Double Charge Exchange And Configuration Mixing
The energy dependence of forward pion double charge exchange reactions on
light nuclei is studied for both the Ground State transition and the
Double-Isobaric-Analog-State transitions. A common characteristic of these
double reactions is a resonance-like peak around 50 MeV pion lab energy. This
peak arises naturally in a two-step process in the conventional pion-nucleon
system with proper handling of nuclear structure and pion distortion. A
comparison among the results of different nuclear structure models demonstrates
the effects of configuration mixing. The angular distribution is used to fix
the single particle wave function.Comment: Added 1 figure (now 8) corrected references and various other change
Local Density Approximation for proton-neutron pairing correlations. I. Formalism
In the present study we generalize the self-consistent
Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) theory formulated in the coordinate space to the
case which incorporates an arbitrary mixing between protons and neutrons in the
particle-hole (p-h) and particle-particle (p-p or pairing) channels. We define
the HFB density matrices, discuss their spin-isospin structure, and construct
the most general energy density functional that is quadratic in local
densities. The consequences of the local gauge invariance are discussed and the
particular case of the Skyrme energy density functional is studied. By varying
the total energy with respect to the density matrices the self-consistent
one-body HFB Hamiltonian is obtained and the structure of the resulting mean
fields is shown. The consequences of the time-reversal symmetry, charge
invariance, and proton-neutron symmetry are summarized. The complete list of
expressions required to calculate total energy is presented.Comment: 22 RevTeX page
New records and combinations for Neotropical Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera)
Several species of Leptophlebiidae (Atalophlebiinae) from South and Central America are given new generic combinations based on improved knowledge of the Leptophlebiidae of the region. These are Tikuna bilineata (Needham & Murphy, 1924, Choroterpes) comb. nov.; Terpides vinculum (Traver, 1947, Choroterpes) comb. n.; Hermanella costalis (Navas, 1934, Thraulus) comb. n.; Hermanella costalis (Navas, 1934, Thraulus) comb.n.; Ulmeritoides haarupi (Esben-Petersen, 1912, Thraulus) comb. n. (synonyms Deleatidium vittatum, Thew syn. n. and Ulmeritoides fidalgoi Dominguez, 1995, syn. n.). In addition, we give new distribution records for Tikuna bilineata, report Choroterpes from Colombia, and describe Hagenulus marshal sp. n. from Ecuador based on two male imagos.Fil: Peters, J. G.. Florida A&M University; Estados UnidosFil: Flowers, R. W.. Florida A&M University; Estados UnidosFil: Hubbard, M. D.. Florida A&M University; Estados UnidosFil: Dominguez, Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Savage, H. M.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos. Florida A&M University; Estados Unido
Boson mappings and four-particle correlations in algebraic neutron-proton pairing models
Neutron-proton pairing correlations are studied within the context of two
solvable models, one based on the algebra SO(5) and the other on the algebra
SO(8). Boson-mapping techniques are applied to these models and shown to
provide a convenient methodological tool both for solving such problems and for
gaining useful insight into general features of pairing. We first focus on the
SO(5) model, which involves generalized T=1 pairing. Neither boson mean-field
methods nor fermion-pair approximations are able to describe in detail
neutron-proton pairing in this model. The analysis suggests, however, that the
boson Hamiltonian obtained from a mapping of the fermion Hamiltonian contains a
pairing force between bosons, pointing to the importance of boson-boson (or
equivalently four-fermion) correlations with isospin T=0 and spin S=0. These
correlations are investigated by carrying out a second boson mapping. Closed
forms for the fermion wave functions are given in terms of the fermion-pair
operators. Similar techniques are applied -- albeit in less detail -- to the
SO(8) model, involving a competition between T=1 and T=0 pairing. Conclusions
similar to those of the SO(5) analysis are reached regarding the importance of
four-particle correlations in systems involving neutron-proton pairing.Comment: 31 pages, Latex, 3 Postscript figures, uses epsf.sty, submitted to
Physical Review
Proposal for the determination of nuclear masses by high-precision spectroscopy of Rydberg states
The theoretical treatment of Rydberg states in one-electron ions is
facilitated by the virtual absence of the nuclear-size correction, and
fundamental constants like the Rydberg constant may be in the reach of planned
high-precision spectroscopic experiments. The dominant nuclear effect that
shifts transition energies among Rydberg states therefore is due to the nuclear
mass. As a consequence, spectroscopic measurements of Rydberg transitions can
be used in order to precisely deduce nuclear masses. A possible application of
this approach to the hydrogen and deuterium, and hydrogen-like lithium and
carbon is explored in detail. In order to complete the analysis, numerical and
analytic calculations of the quantum electrodynamic (QED) self-energy remainder
function for states with principal quantum number n=5,...,8 and with angular
momentum L=n-1 and L=n-2 are described (j = L +/- 1/2).Comment: 21 pages; LaTe
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