Biological pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: invasive versus introduced macrophytes   总被引：17，自引：0，他引：17  

Boudouresque CF  Verlaque M 《Marine pollution bulletin》2002,44(1):32-38

The authors have listed 85 species of macrophytes that have probably been introduced to the Mediterranean. Among them, nine species can be considered as invasive, i.e., playing a conspicuous role in the recipient ecosystems, taking the place of keystone species and/or being economically harmful: Acrothamnion preissii, Asparagopsis armata, Lophocladia lallemandii, Womersleyella setacea (Rhodophyta), Sargassum muticum, Stypopodium schimperi (Fucophyceae), Caulerpa racemosa, Caulerpa taxifolia and Halophila stipulacea (Plantae). These data fit well the Williamson and Fitter's "tens rule", which states that, on average, 1 out of 10 introduced species becomes invasive. Though some features (e.g. life traits, geographical origin) can increase the likelihood of a successful invasion, the success of invaders is far from being predictable. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the number of introduced species to the Mediterranean has nearly doubled every 20 years. Should these kinetics continue, and according to the tens rule, it can be expected that 5-10 newly introduced macrophytes shall become invasive in the next 20 years.  相似文献   

Imagerie sismique de la zone de collision hercynienne dans le Sud-Est du Massif armoricain (projet Armor 2/programme Géofrance 3D)     

Adnand Bitri  Michel Ballèvre  Jean-Pierre Brun  Jean Chantraine  Denis Gapais  Paul Guennoc  Charles Gumiaux  Catherine Truffert 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2003,335(13):969-979

The structure of the Hercynian collision zone in the southeast of the Armorican Massif is illustrated by a 70-km long deep seismic profile acquired in September 2000. The profile images a previously unknown south-dipping thrust that brought the Champtoceaux Domain on top of the Central Armorican Domain during Carboniferous times. Dextral strike-slip motions along the South Armorican Shear Zone, which is downward cut by the thrust zone, are partly coeval with northward thrusting. A major discontinuity, hidden by the thrust front, is also imaged in the lower crust between the Champtoceaux area and the Central Armorican Domain. These new data lead to a structural and kinematic re-interpretation of this part of the Hercynian collision zone. To cite this article: A. Bitri et al., C. R. Geoscience 335 (2003).  相似文献   

The impact of a severe drought on the vegetation of a subtropical estuary     

Jenneke M. Visser  Charles E. Sasser  Robert H. Chabreck  R. Greg Linscombe 《Estuaries and Coasts》2002,25(6):1184-1195

In order to document the effect of the recent drought and the resulting marine intrusion event on plant-community shifts in a Louisiana estuary, we analyzed two vegetation data sets collected in Barataria estuary in 1997 and 2000 and compared community shifts to surface salinity changes at four points along the estuarine gradient within the study area. We used the major vegetation types identified in our previous research of larger data sets and tested the use of a simple vegetation classification technique. This vegetation classification technique is based primarily on the dominant and co-dominant species, and secondarily on the number of taxa observed. To distinguish vegetation types with similar dominant species but different associated species, the vegetation classification technique used a salinity score derived from the species composition. Surface water salinity increases were reflected by a change in species composition in the mesohaline to fresh marshes. The largest species composition shift observed was the shift from oligohaline wiregrass (species rich vegetation type dominated bySpartina patens) to mesohaline wiregrass (vegetation type dominated byS. patens with few other species). Shifts in vegetation composition may have been enhanced by the presence of the major dominant species at a low abundance in other vegetation types. The vegetation classification technique used could classify over 95% of the stations. This vegetation classification technique provides a simple method to classify Louisiana's coastal vegetation based on plant species composition.  相似文献   

Flow and transport through clay membrane barriers     

Michael A. Malusis  Charles D. Shackelford  Harold W. Olsen 《Engineering Geology》2003,70(3-4):235-248

Flux equations for liquid and solute migration through clay barriers that behave as semi-permeable membranes used in waste containment and remediation applications, known as clay membrane barriers (CMBs), are discussed. The results of a simplified analysis of flow through a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) using measured values for the chemico-osmotic efficiency coefficient (ω) of the GCL indicate a total liquid flux that counters the outward Darcy (hydraulic) flux due to chemico-osmosis associated with clay membrane behavior of the GCL. Also, the solute (contaminant) flux through the GCL is reduced relative to the solute flux that would occur in the absence of membrane behavior due to chemico-osmotic counter advection and solute restriction. Since diffusion commonly controls solute transport through GCLs and other low-permeability clay barriers, the implicit (empirical) correlation between ω and the effective salt-diffusion coefficient of the migrating contaminant is an important consideration with respect to contaminant restriction in CMBs.  相似文献   

Estrogenic Activity and Volume Fraction of Waste Water Origin in Monitoring Wells Along the Santa Cruz River, Arizona     

David M. Quanrud  Konrad Quast  Otakuye Conroy  Martin M. Karpiscak  Charles P. Gerba  Kevin E. Lansey  Wendell P. Ela  Robert G. Arnold 《Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation》2004,24(2):86-93

The fate of estrogenic activity in waste water effluent was examined during surface transport and incidental recharge along the Santa Cruz River in Pima County, Arizona. Based on measurement of boron isotopes, the fractional contribution of reclaimed water in surface waters and ground water wells proximate to the river was determined for a contemporary sample set. Estrogenic activity decreased by −60% over the 25 mi length of the river below effluent discharge points in Tucson. In ground water samples obtained from monitoring wells that are proximate to the Santa Cruz River, both dissolved organic carbon ( p = 0.0003) and estrogenic activity ( p = 3 × 10⁻⁶) were highly correlated to fractional waste water content. Results indicate that proximate ground water quality is sensitive to incidental recharge of reclaimed water in the Santa Cruz River bed. In a few locations, little attenuation of estrogenic activity was apparent during percolation of effluent in the river channel to well withdrawal points.  相似文献   

“Fluorite deposits at Encantada-Buenavista, Mexico: products of Mississippi Valley type processes” [Ore Geol. Rev. 23 (2003), 107–124]—a discussion     

Charles S. Spirakis 《Ore Geology Reviews》2004,25(3-4):327-328

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Building and Editing a Sealed Geological Model   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Guillaume Caumon  François Lepage  Charles H. Sword  Jean-Laurent Mallet 《Mathematical Geology》2004,36(4):405-424

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The curious case of ‘Orthoceras primaevum‘ from the Silurian of Wales     

Charles Hepworth Holland 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2004,115(3):235-238

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考虑地表径流与地下渗流耦合的斜坡降雨入渗研究   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

汤有光  郭轶锋  吴宏伟  张华 《岩土力学》2004,25(9):1347-1352

为简化分析，在模拟斜坡降雨入渗暂态渗流时，通常没有考虑入渗和产流的耦合过程。笔者提出了一种新的考虑地表径流与地下渗流耦合的斜坡降雨入渗分析方法，它较好地模拟了入渗和产流的过程，并通过算例，研究了考虑与不考虑该耦合作用对斜坡孔隙水压力分布的影响。  相似文献   

Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions   总被引：19，自引：0，他引：19  

Larry D. Hinzman  Neil D. Bettez  W. Robert Bolton  F. Stuart Chapin  Mark B. Dyurgerov  Chris L. Fastie  Brad Griffith  Robert D. Hollister  Allen Hope  Henry P. Huntington  Anne M. Jensen  Gensuo J. Jia  Torre Jorgenson  Douglas L. Kane  David R. Klein  Gary Kofinas  Amanda H. Lynch  Andrea H. Lloyd  A. David McGuire  Frederick E. Nelson  Walter C. Oechel  Thomas E. Osterkamp  Charles H. Racine  Vladimir E. Romanovsky  Robert S. Stone  Douglas A. Stow  Matthew Sturm  Craig E. Tweedie  George L. Vourlitis  Marilyn D. Walker  Donald A. Walker  Patrick J. Webber  Jeffrey M. Welker  Kevin S. Winker  Kenji Yoshikawa 《Climatic change》2005,72(3):251-298

The Arctic climate is changing. Permafrost is warming, hydrological processes are changing and biological and social systems are also evolving in response to these changing conditions. Knowing how the structure and function of arctic terrestrial ecosystems are responding to recent and persistent climate change is paramount to understanding the future state of the Earth system and how humans will need to adapt. Our holistic review presents a broad array of evidence that illustrates convincingly; the Arctic is undergoing a system-wide response to an altered climatic state. New extreme and seasonal surface climatic conditions are being experienced, a range of biophysical states and processes influenced by the threshold and phase change of freezing point are being altered, hydrological and biogeochemical cycles are shifting, and more regularly human sub-systems are being affected. Importantly, the patterns, magnitude and mechanisms of change have sometimes been unpredictable or difficult to isolate due to compounding factors. In almost every discipline represented, we show how the biocomplexity of the Arctic system has highlighted and challenged a paucity of integrated scientific knowledge, the lack of sustained observational and experimental time series, and the technical and logistic constraints of researching the Arctic environment. This study supports ongoing efforts to strengthen the interdisciplinarity of arctic system science and improve the coupling of large scale experimental manipulation with sustained time series observations by incorporating and integrating novel technologies, remote sensing and modeling.  相似文献