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Houghton DC 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2007,135(1-3):253-264
Over 300,000 caddisfly specimens representing 249 species were collected from nearly 250 sites throughout Minnesota during
2000 and 2001 to determine the effects of human disturbance on the composition of caddisfly trophic functional groups at the
landscape level. Canonical correspondence analysis determined that stream width was the most important variable influencing
functional group composition in regions of the state with relatively low disturbance, and that differences in the caddisfly
fauna between sizes of streams generally followed trends predicted by the river continuum concept. In regions of the state
with moderate disturbance, both stream width and the percentage of disturbed habitat upstream of a site were important variables
influencing functional group composition. In highly disturbed regions, no variables corresponded to changes in the composition
of caddisfly functional groups. Instead, ecosystems were homogeneous: fine-particle filtering collectors dominated in all
sizes of streams. The observed aquatic ecosystem homogenization is attributed mostly to input of fine-particle organic and
inorganic sediment from extensive agriculture. 相似文献
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The impact of the 2004 tsunami on coastal Thai communities: assessing adaptive capacity 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Paton D Gregg CE Houghton BF Lachman R Lachman J Johnston DM Wongbusarakum S 《Disasters》2008,32(1):106-119
The suddenness and scale of the 26 December 2004 tsunami and the challenges posed to affected communities highlighted the benefits of their members having a capacity to confront and adapt to the consequences of such a disaster. Research into adaptive capacity or resilience has been conducted almost exclusively with Western populations. This paper describes an exploratory study of the potential of a measure of collective efficacy developed for Western populations to predict the capacity of members of a collective society, Thai citizens affected by the 2004 tsunami, to confront effectively the recovery demands associated with this disaster. Following a demonstration that this measure could predict adaptive capacity, the role of religious affiliation, ethnicity and place of residence in sustaining collective efficacy is discussed. The implications of the findings for future research on, and intervention to develop, adaptive capacity among Thai citizens in particular and collectivist societies in general are discussed. 相似文献
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Antonella?De?DonnoEmail author Tiziana?Grassi Francesco?Bagordo Adele?Idolo Francesca?Serio Giovanni?Gabutti 《Food and environmental virology》2012,4(2):81-88
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that shellfish can be used to detect enteric viruses in marine waters where they
are present at very low concentrations. Aqua-cultured mussels were placed in the sea just off the mouth of a drainage channel
affected by human and animal faecal contamination. Samples were taken from the channel, the sea and the mussels at intervals
over two 4-week periods. The samples were tested to verify the presence of both rotaviruses and E. coli. Rotaviruses were detected by Real Time-PCR, typed by multiplex PCR and subsequently sequenced. E. coli was enumerated in water matrices by a filtering method and in mussels by the MPN method. The presence of E. coli in the examined matrices demonstrates contamination of faecal origin throughout the studied environments. Rotaviruses were
recorded in channel waters, but not in sea water. In both experiments, rotaviruses were detected in mussels 21 and 28 days
after being placed in the sea water off the channel mouth. The use of mussels thus enabled the detection of rotaviruses in
waters where the high dilution rendered direct investigation impossible. This study indicates that mussels can be used in
marine virological surveillance programs. 相似文献
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/ The International Joint Commission (IJC) has overseen the implementation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States for 25 years. Part of its mandate has been to facilitate international cooperation among a diversity of stakeholders focusing on the "waters" and the "ecosystem." In the 1970s policy focused on phosphorus reduction and individual contaminants, with some efforts (after 1978) to take an ecosystem (ecological perspectives) approach. In the last 15 years human health effects from (real and perceived) environmental causes have received considerable recognition. By contrast, less concern has been expressed for what is traditionally considered "environment" issues (such as protecting fish species). This shift at the policy level is well illustrated in the manner in which human health is increasingly used as a way for mobilizing environmental agendas. This paper analyzes nine IJC biennial reports to track how the framing of Great Lakes issues has shifted from concern for its waters to concern for human neurobehavior and reproductive systems. Frame analysis is used to conceptualize the controversies that are expressed through the Great Lakes policy documents. The analysis of the reports also reveals a shift in operational frames, used by the IJC to mobilize decision-makers into action. 相似文献
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Wastewater disinfection by peracetic acid: assessment of models for tracking residual measurements and inactivation. 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Domenico Santoro Ronald Gehr Timothy A Bartrand Lorenzo Liberti Michele Notarnicola Adele Dell'Erba Dario Falsanisi Charles N Haas 《Water environment research》2007,79(7):775-787
With its potential for low (if any) disinfection byproduct formation and easy retrofit for chlorine contactors, peracetic acid (PAA) or use of PAA in combination with other disinfectant technologies may be an attractive alternative to chlorine-based disinfection. Examples of systems that might benefit from use of PAA are water reuse schemes or plants discharging to sensitive receiving water bodies. Though PAA is in use in numerous wastewater treatment plants in Europe, its chemical kinetics, microbial inactivation rates, and mode of action against microorganisms are not thoroughly understood. This paper presents results from experimental studies of PAA demand, PAA decay, and microbial inactivation, with a complementary modeling analysis. Model results are used to evaluate techniques for measurement of PAA concentration and to develop hypotheses regarding the mode of action of PAA in bacterial inactivation. Kinetic and microbial inactivation rate data were collected for typical wastewaters and may be useful for engineers in evaluating whether to convert from chlorine to PAA disinfection. 相似文献
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We created a measure to help comprehend population vulnerability to potential flooding and excessive heat events using health, built environment and social factors. Through principal component analysis (PCA), we created non‐weighted sum index scores of literature‐reviewed social and built environment characteristics. We created baseline poor health measures using 1999–2005 age‐adjusted cardiovascular and combined diabetes and hypertension mortality rates to correspond with social–built environment indices. We mapped US Census block groups by linked age‐adjusted mortality and a PCA‐created social–built environment index. The goal was to measure flooding and excessive heat event vulnerability as proxies for population vulnerability to climate change for Travis County, Texas. This assessment identified communities where baseline poor health, social marginalisation and built environmental impediments intersected. Such assessments may assist targeted interventions and improve emergency preparedness in identified vulnerable communities, while fostering resilience through the focus of climate change adaptation policies at the local level. 相似文献
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David Goulson Jemma L. Cruise Kate R. Sparrow Adele J. Harris Kirsty J. Park Matthew C. Tinsley Andre S. Gilburn 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,61(10):1523-1529
Flowers exhibit great intra-specific variation in the rewards they offer. At any one time, a significant proportion of flowers
often contain little or no reward. Hence, foraging profitably for floral rewards is problematic and any ability to discriminate
between flowers and avoid those that are less rewarding will confer great advantages. In this study, we examine discrimination
by foraging bees among flowers of nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Bee visitors included carpenter bees, Xylocopa violacea, which were primary nectar robbers; honeybees, Apis mellifera, which either acted as secondary nectar robbers or gathered pollen legitimately and bumblebees, Bombus hortorum, which were the only bees able to gather nectar legitimately. Many flowers were damaged by phytophagous insects. Nectar volume
was markedly lower in flowers with damaged petals (which were also likely to be older) and in flowers that had nectar-robbing
holes. We test whether bees exhibit selectivity with regards to the individual flowers, which they approach and enter, and
whether this selectivity enhances foraging efficiency. The flowers approached (within 2 cm) by A. mellifera and B. hortorum were non-random when compared to the floral population; both species selectively approached un-blemished flowers. They both
approached more yellow flowers than would be expected by chance, presumably a reflection of innate colour preferences, for
nectar standing crop did not vary according to flower colour. Bees were also more likely to accept (land on) un-blemished
flowers. A. mellifera gathering nectar exhibited selectivity with regards to the presence of robbing holes, being more likely to land on robbed
flowers (they are not able to feed on un-robbed flowers). That they frequently approached un-robbed flowers suggests that
they are not able to detect robbing holes at long-range, so that foraging efficiency may be limited by visual acuity. Nevertheless,
by using a combination of long-range and short-range selectivity, nectar-gathering A. mellifera and B. hortorum greatly increased the average reward from the flowers on which they landed (by 68% and 48%, respectively) compared to the
average standing crop in the flower population. Overall, our results demonstrate that bees use obvious floral cues (colour
and petal blemishes) at long-range, but can switch to using more subtle cues (robbing holes) at close range. They also make
many mistakes and some cues used do not correlate with floral rewards. 相似文献
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Jellyfish aggregations and leatherback turtle foraging patterns in a temperate coastal environment 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are obligate predators of gelatinous zooplankton. However, the spatial relationship between predator and prey remains poorly understood beyond sporadic and localized reports. To examine how jellyfish (Phylum Cnidaria: Orders Semaeostomeae and Rhizostomeae) might drive the broad-scale distribution of this wide ranging species, we employed aerial surveys to map jellyfish throughout a temperate coastal shelf area bordering the northeast Atlantic. Previously unknown, consistent aggregations of Rhizostoma octopus extending over tens of square kilometers were identified in distinct coastal "hotspots" during consecutive years (2003-2005). Examination of retrospective sightings data (>50 yr) suggested that 22.5% of leatherback distribution could be explained by these hotspots, with the inference that these coastal features may be sufficiently consistent in space and time to drive long-term foraging associations. 相似文献