Abundance of the introduced seastar, Asterias amurensis, and spatial variability in soft sediment assemblages in SE Tasmania: Clear correlations but complex interpretation     

D. Jeff Ross  Craig R. Johnson  Chad L. Hewitt   《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2006,67(4):695-707

The northern Pacific seastar, Asterias amurensis, was first collected in southeast Tasmania in 1986. Mistaken for the endemic asteroid Uniophora granifera, its true identity was not realised until 1992. It is now a conspicuous predator in soft sediment habitats in this region, and is considered a major threat to native assemblages and commercial species. We examined the structure of soft sediment assemblages at different spatial scales in southeast Tasmania, and correlated spatial variation in community composition with seastar abundances. We found that the structure of soft sediment assemblages is highly variable at a range of spatial scales from metres to tens of kilometres. Clear differences in the composition of assemblages and abundances of major taxa were detected between areas with and without seastars and between areas with low and high seastar densities. However, the nature of these patterns suggests that they are more likely due to differences in sediment characteristics than due to impacts of the seastar. Thus, spatial differences in soft sediment assemblages might have been erroneously attributed to seastars without detailed information on important physical factors such as sediment characteristics. A second survey, using larger sampling units (1 m²) but across a more limited spatial extent, targeted bivalves and heart urchins that were identified as important prey of the seastar in observations of feeding and in experimental studies. Large-scale patterns of abundance and size structure were consistent with seastar effects anticipated from small-scale experimental and feeding studies for some, but not all, species. While the field survey ultimately provided evidence about the presence or absence of seastar impacts at large-scales, the identification of key ecological variables in experimental and feeding studies proved crucial to both the design and interpretation of patterns observed in the large-scale surveys. Overall, this work highlighted the necessity to consider multiple lines of evidence rather than relying on a single ‘inferential’ test, in the absence of pre-impact data.  相似文献   

Impact of offshore oil production installations on the benthos of the North Sea   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Kingston  P. F. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1992,49(1):45-53

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The trophic spectrum: theory and application as an ecosystem indicator     

Gascuel  Didier; Bozec  Yves-Marie; Chassot  Emmanuel; Colomb  Audrey; Laurans  Martial 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2005,62(3):443-452

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Comparing the Benguela and Humboldt marine upwelling ecosystems with indicators derived from inter-calibrated models   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

Moloney  Coleen L.; Jarre  Astrid; Arancibia  Hugo; Bozec  Yves-Marie; Neira  Sergio; Roux  Jean-Paul; Shannon  Lynne J. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2005,62(3):493-502

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南四湖湖内浅槽工程施工对水环境的影响及控制措施   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王茜  王素芳  彭波  邱红  战慧卿 《海洋湖沼通报》2007,(2):80-85

南四湖湖内工程是沂沭泗河洪水东调南下续建工程的单项工程,工程区位于山东省省级自然保护区内;挖泥船施工将对湖内水环境产生一定影响。本文从排泥场回水污染物、生产废水和生活污水三个方面阐述了工程施工对水环境的影响程度,并且提出了相应的控制措施。  相似文献   

胶州湾泛亚码头疏浚方案优选及悬浮物影响预测     

李铁军  孙英兰  刘伟峰  付会 《海洋湖沼通报》2007,(4):144-150

采用有限元分步杂交方法,在已建潮流场的基础上,建立了胶州湾疏浚物悬浮泥沙的二维输运-扩散模型,并应用于胶州湾前湾港区泛亚码头工程疏浚区的疏浚物输运扩散的数值模拟预测。根据预测结果分析了泛亚码头疏浚区施工期间悬浮泥沙对附近海域水环境和生态环境的影响,并对不同的疏浚方案进行了优选。  相似文献   

弹道计算中的扰动引力影响研究     

LI Xiao-yan    WANG Xing-tao  LI Jian-tao 《测绘学院学报》2008,(4)

随着弹道导弹系统技术的不断改进,影响导弹精度的工具类误差已逐渐降低,地球重力场扰动引力已经成为影响导弹命中精度的主要因素。这里从3个方面分析了扰动引力对弹道的影响,模拟结果表明,对于射程为10000 km以上的远程导弹,扰动引力的影响会造成超过1 km的落点偏差;5×10-5m s-2的扰动引力系统性偏差对导弹落点有明显影响。因此,扰动引力对导弹落点的影响不容忽视。  相似文献   

An essay on the interactions between climate and society     

Michael H  GLANTZ  Qian YE 《Frontiers of Earth Science》2008,2(3):356-363

There has been increasing concern about the lack of involvement by social scientists and humanists in a global change program, although many social scientists are already directly involved in various aspects of research on environmental change, and their research interests are clearly central to a global change research agenda. Based on a historical review, the role of social science disciplines as well as social science institutes in an emerging multidecadal global change program is discussed. Both “plan of action” and “plan of inaction” are suggested to avoid potential pitfalls due to the rush development of a social science program into the existing global climate change problem.  相似文献   

煤层气开采对环境的影响   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

严群  ;王庆伟  ;李金海 《中国煤炭地质》2008,(12):57-59

煤层气是一种廉价、洁净、高效的新型能源,其开发利用可以弥补常规天然气和燃油的不足,750m^3煤层气可顶替1t标准煤。煤层气开发对环境的影响主要是减少了煤矿甲烷气体的排放,降低温室效应。其负面影响是在钻探、压裂、回注水和提纯过程中会造成煤层和煤层气中杂质气体和有毒有害物质富集,对大气和地下水造成污染。  相似文献   

雁南煤矿北二采区充水因素及开采影响评价     

于世全  任德平 《中国煤炭地质》2008,20(3):51-52

在全面分析大雁矿业集团公司雁南煤矿北二采区的水文地质条件及煤层开采矿井充水因素的基础上,计算了开采27^1号煤层时导水裂隙带发育高度．得出了北二采区各煤层工作面开采即不会受到上部砂砾含水层的影响,雁南煤矿铁路涵洞以西的胜利河冲击沟也不会受到北二采区的采动塌陷影响的结论。  相似文献