A comparison of community and trophic structure in five marine ecosystems based on energy budgets and system metrics   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Sarah Gaichas  Georg Skaret  Jannike Falk-Petersen  Jason S. Link  William Overholtz  Bernard A. Megrey  Harald Gjster  William T. Stockhausen  Are Dommasnes  Kevin D. Friedland  Kerim Aydin 《Progress in Oceanography》2009,81(1-4):47

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An integrated approach for assessing the relative significance of human pressures and environmental forcing on the status of Large Marine Ecosystems     

Andrew J. Kenny  Hein Rune Skjoldal  Georg H. Engelhard  Peter J. Kershaw  James B. Reid 《Progress in Oceanography》2009,81(1-4):132

An ecosystem approach to the management of the marine environment has received considerable attention over recent years. However, there are few examples which demonstrate its practical implementation. Much of this relates to the history of existing marine monitoring and assessment programmes which (for many countries) are sectoral, making it difficult to integrate monitoring data and knowledge across programmes at the operational level.To address this, a scientific expert group, under the auspices of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), prepared a plan for how ICES could contribute to the development of an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) for the North Sea by undertaking a pilot study utilising marine monitoring data. This paper presents the main findings arising from the expert group and in particular it sets out one possible integrated approach for assessing the relative significance of environmental forcing and fishing pressure on the ecological status of the North Sea, it then compares the findings with assessments made of other Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs).We define the North Sea ecosystem on the basis of 114 state and pressure variables resolved as annual averages between 1983 and 2003 and at the spatial scale of ICES rectangles. The paper presents results of integrated time-series and spatial analysis which identifies and explains significant spatial and temporal gradients in the data. For example, a significant shift in the status of the North Sea ecosystem (based upon 114 state-pressure variables) is identified to have occurred around 1993. This corresponds to previously documented shifts in the environmental conditions (particularly sea surface temperature) and changes in the distribution of key species of plankton (Calanus sp.), both reported to have occurred in 1989. The difference in specific timing between reported regime shifts for the North Sea may be explained, in part, by time-lag dependencies in the trophic structure of the ecosystem with shifts in higher trophic levels occurring later than 1989.By examining the connection (or relatedness) between ecosystem components (e.g. environment, plankton, fish, fishery and seabirds) for the identified regime states (1983–1993; 1993–2003) we conclude that both the North Sea pelagic and benthic parts of the ecosystem were predominantly top-down (fishery) controlled between 1983 and 1993, whereas between 1993 and 2003 the pelagic stocks shifted to a state responding mainly to bottom-up (environment) influences. However, for the demersal fish stocks between 1993 and 2003 top-down (fishery) pressure dominated even though over this period significant reductions in fishing pressure occurred. The present analysis, therefore, provides further evidence in support of the need for precautionary management measures taken in relation to setting fishery quotas.  相似文献   

Analysis of trophic networks and carbon flows in south-eastern Baltic coastal ecosystems     

Maciej T. Tomczak  Brbel Müller-Karulis  Leili Jrv  Jonne Kotta  Georg Martin  Atis Minde  Arno Pllume  Arturas Razinkovas  Solvita Strake  Martynas Bucas  Thorsten Blenckner 《Progress in Oceanography》2009,81(1-4):111

Carbon flows in five south-eastern Baltic coastal ecosystems (Puck Bay, Curonian Lagoon, Lithuanian coast, Gulf of Riga coast and Pärnu Bay) were compared on the basis of ECOPATH models using 12 common functional groups. The studied systems ranged from the hypertrophic Curonian Lagoon to the mesotrophic Gulf of Riga coast. Interestingly, we found that macrophytes were not consumed by grazers, but rather channelled into the detritus food chain. In all ecosystems fisheries had far reaching impacts on their target species and on the food-web in general. In particular, benthic food-webs were partly affected by indirect fisheries effects. For example, fisheries tend to change the biomass of piscivorous fish, causing a cascading effect on benthivorous fish and macrozoobenthos. These cascades are ecosystem specific and need to be considered when using benthic invertebrates as productivity and eutrophication indicators. Odum’s maturity attributes allowed a ranking of costal ecosystems according to their maturity. Namely, the community development decreased in the following order: Pärnu Bay > Gulf of Riga coast > Lithuanian coast > Puck Bay > Curonian Lagoon.  相似文献   

62kaBP以来湖光岩玛珥湖沉积物有机碳同位素记录及古气候环境意义   总被引：18，自引：1，他引：18  

刘强  顾兆炎  刘嘉麒  游海涛  吕厚远  储国强  祁向雷  Jens Mingram  Georg Schettler 《海洋地质与第四纪地质》2005,25(2):115-126

湖光岩玛珥湖HUG-B孔岩心记录了62kaBP以来的古气候、古环境变化信息。全岩有机碳同位素组成(δ^13CTOC)分析表明，62kaBP以来δ^3CTOC值变化比较明显，其变化范围为-28．5‰～-15．5％0。结合孢粉和有机地球化学指标进行综合分析，湖光岩玛珥湖δ^13CTOC变化曲线可划分为6个演化阶段：62～58和48～40．5kaBP两个时段的δ^13CTOC值偏负，沉积物中有机质主要来源于热带-亚热带地区的陆生C13森林植被，反映了温暖潮湿的气候环境；58～48和40．5～17．2kaBP期间δ^13CTOC值明显偏正，沉积物中有机质主要源自C4草本植物，反映了湖光岩地区有效降水量减少、干旱程度增加导致湖光岩玛珥湖湖面下降，大量C4草本植物生长在暴露的湖滨岸；17．2～4kaBP时段内δ^13CTOC值尽管存在更加频繁的波动，但总体呈现逐渐偏负的趋势，反映了暖湿和冷干气候多次交替但总体上逐渐变暖、变湿的气候环境；4kaBP以来δ^13CTOC值存在逐渐偏正的趋势，虽然不排除人类活动的影响，但很可能反映了干旱程度的再次增加。综合分析表明，有效降水量(降水量-蒸发量)是控制湖光岩玛珥湖地区C3／C4植物相对生物量变化的主导因素。湖光岩玛珥湖有机碳同位素的研究结果支持区域气候环境而不是大气CO2浓度变化是末期冰期以来热带低纬度地区C3／C4植被相对生物量变化的主要原因。  相似文献   

Eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide,latent and sensible energy fluxes above a meadow on a mountain slope     

Albin Hammerle  Alois Haslwanter  Michael Schmitt  Michael Bahn  Ulrike Tappeiner  Alexander Cernusca  Georg Wohlfahrt 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2007,122(2):397-416

Carbon dioxide, latent and sensible heat fluxes were measured by means of the eddy covariance method above a mountain meadow situated on a steep slope in the Stubai Valley in Austria, based on the hypothesis that, due to the low canopy height, measurements can be made in the shallow equilibrium layer where the wind field exhibits characteristics akin to level terrain. In order to test the validity of this hypothesis and to identify effects of complex terrain in the turbulence measurements, data were subjected to a rigorous testing procedure using a series of quality control measures established for surface-layer flows. The resulting high quality dataset comprised 36% of the original observations, the substantial reduction being mainly due to a change in surface roughness and associated fetch limitations in the wind sector dominating during nighttime and transition periods. The validity of the high quality dataset was further assessed by two independent tests: (i) a comparison with the net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange measured by means of ecosystem chambers, and (ii) the ability of the eddy covariance measurements to close the energy balance. The net ecosystem CO₂ exchange measured by the eddy covariance method agreed reasonably well with ecosystem chamber measurements. The assessment of the energy balance closure showed that there was no significant difference in the correspondence between the meadow on the slope and another one situated on flat ground at the bottom of the Stubai Valley, available energy being underestimated by 28% and 29%, respectively. We thus conclude that, appropriate quality control provided, the eddy covariance measurements made above a mountain meadow on a steep slope are of similar quality as compared to flat terrain.  相似文献   

The potential role of wound-activated volatile release in the chemical defence of the brown alga <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dictyota dichotoma</Emphasis>: Blend recognition by marine herbivores     

Theresa Wiesemeier  Mark Hay  Georg Pohnert 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》2007,69(3):403-412

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Manganminerale vom Mooserboden bei Kaprun     

Georg Horninger 《Mineralogy and Petrology》1954,5(1-2):48-69

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Promotion of graphite formation by tectonic stress – a laboratory experiment     

Georg Nover  Johannes B. Stoll  Jutta von der Gönna 《Geophysical Journal International》2005,160(3):1059-1067

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Glacial isostatic adjustment of Scandinavia and northwestern Europe and the radial viscosity structure of the Earth's mantle   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

Holger Steffen  Georg Kaufmann 《Geophysical Journal International》2005,163(2):801-812

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Effects due to compressional and compositional density stratification on load-induced Maxwell viscoelastic perturbations     

Detlef Wolf  & Georg Kaufmann 《Geophysical Journal International》2000,140(1):51-62

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