This work was supported by grant 2004DIB3J086 and 2006FY220400 from the State Ministry of Science and Technology; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 40676061) ; China Ocean Resource R&D Association (Grant DYXM- 115-01-1-06).
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