Macrofaunal spatial distribution and community structure in a lagoon without a river discharge (the Oualidia lagoon,NW Morocco)     

Abdellatif Chaouti  Asmae Azirar  Abdellatif Bayed 《Marine Ecology》2019,40(4)

The assemblage structure and spatial distribution patterns of macrobenthic communities according to environmental conditions were analysed through five samplings carried out at 14 intertidal soft sediment stations in the Oualidia lagoon (NW Morocco). A total of 89 macrobenthic taxa were collected, amounting to 55.188 specimens. Molluscs, polychaetes and arthropods were the most species‐rich groups. The snail Peringia ulvae was the most dominant species, especially abundant in the mid‐ and upper lagoon sections (nearly 64% of the total specimens gathered), followed by the mollusc Scrobicularia plana (10%). Diversity values were generally low (<3 bit) pointing out the high dominance by few species. Multivariate analyses clearly distinguished three distinct macrobenthic assemblages, successively distributed from lagoon inlets towards inner parts. Nevertheless, each assemblage was found in particular habitat types and had a specific species composition in response to different environmental characteristics. (a) The Scolelepis fuliginosa community occupied sandy substrates at the lower section of the lagoon with stronger marine influence and, (b) the P. ulvae community lived in sandy‐muddy substrates, including two sub‐communities dominated, respectively, by Cerastoderma edule, S. plana and Tritia pfeffeiri inhabiting the middle section and S. plana the upper section. The combination of salinity, temperature, pH and silt content was identified as the major environmental variable subset with the highest correlation with the observed macrofaunal patterns and silt fraction as the single best correlated variable. The results demonstrated significant spatial differences in macrobenthic assemblage structure and composition along environmental gradients in spite of the absence of direct freshwater river inflow.  相似文献   

The Community Economic Impacts of Large Wildfires: A Case Study from Trinity County,California     

Emily Jane Davis  Cassandra Moseley  Max Nielsen-Pincus  Pamela J. Jakes 《社会与自然资源》2014,27(9):983-993

Wildfires are increasing in severity and frequency in the American West, but there is limited understanding of their economic effects at the community level. We conducted a case study of the impacts of large wildfires in 2008 in Trinity County, California, by examining labor market, suppression spending, and qualitative interview data. We found that the 2008 fires had interrelated effects on several economic sectors in the county. Labor market data indicated a decrease in total private-sector employment and wages and an increase in public-sector employment and wages during the summer of 2008 compared to the previous year, while interviews captured more nuanced impacts for individual businesses.  相似文献   

基于GIS的城市空间格局要素研究与表达     

申淑娟  孙毅中  赵晓琴 《测绘软科学研究》2011,9(1):82-87

城市的空间格局与社会生活各个方面息息相关,若利用GIS卓越的技术能力,探索城市空间格局的结构性特征、要素关联,挖掘其中的空间关系或其他有意义的结构模式,将为城市经济发展、资源分配、交通规划等社会问题提供知识支撑。此外若将城市空间格局与GIS空间分析相融合,将有助于架起图形与文本之间的桥梁与纽带,提升GIS空间数据挖掘水平。本文总结了城市空间格局的要素体系,并利用RCC8模型和区间代数使之与GIS中的空间关系建立对应关联,实现了由城市规划文本生成城市空间格局意向图。丰富了城市空间格局的规律性、本质性知识,弥补了多种空间关系集成研究的不足,为图形和文本的关联性知识挖掘奠定了基础。  相似文献   

The occurrence and depth penetration of macroalgae along environmental gradients in the northern Baltic Sea     

Henna Rinne  Sonja Salovius-Laurén Johanna Mattila 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011,94(2):182-191

Eutrophication is known to affect the community structure of macroalgae by e.g. decreasing the depth penetration of species and by shifting dominance from perennial to annual species. However, there is substantial lack of knowledge in the Baltic Sea regarding the distribution of many of the macroalgal species, how natural environmental factors affect their occurrence and how they respond to eutrophication. As macroalgae are used as indicators of the quality of the sea areas in the EU legislation (Water Framework Directive, Marine Strategy Framework Directive), this kind of knowledge is essential. The aim of this study was to determine which variables were related to variation in species occurrence and their lower limit of occurrence in the Finnish marine area. The study was carried out on data from five study areas along the Finnish coastline and included about 30 taxa. Our results showed that both the macroalgal communities and the occurrence (presence/absence) of most of the species differed between the study areas and that the differences were mainly related to salinity and exposure, although also eutrophication related factors played a role. Of the perennial species, eutrophied conditions seemed to favour only the occurrence of Sphacelaria arctica and Polysiphonia fucoides. Secchi depth was important in determining the lower limit of occurrence of brown and red algal species. However, Secchi depth was rarely the only factor causing variation in the lower limit of occurrence as also exposure, salinity and slope of the shore affected it. We conclude that in the northern Baltic Sea, the taxonomic composition of the macroalgal communities is not a very useful indicator of eutrophication as perennial species seem to tolerate rather eutrophied conditions, when suitable substrate is available. The lower limit of occurrence of many of the brown and red algal species is a good indicator of eutrophication but due to lack of suitable substrate in more eutrophied areas, especially in the depths where light becomes limiting, it is only applicable in the middle and outer archipelago areas. Furthermore, when planning monitoring programmes or setting thresholds for evaluating the ecological status of the sea, the natural variation in the lower limit of occurrence of macroalgae across sea areas is problematic and should carefully be taken into account.  相似文献   

中国城市新移民的“乡缘社区”：特征、机制与空间性——以广州“湖北村”为例   总被引：6，自引：2，他引：4  

李志刚  刘晔  陈宏胜 《地理研究》2011,30(10):1910-1920

运用质性研究方法,以广州＂湖北村＂为例,对中国快速城市化下＂乡缘社区＂的演进过程、特征、形成机制与空间性进行研究。研究表明：＂湖北村＂总体上呈现产业结构专业化、族群构成同质化和阶层构成异质化等三方面特征;基于嵌入族群关系的生产网络和雇工网络,产生了具有湖北地域特色的亚文化区。＂湖北村＂已经成为湖北移民经济资本循环的核心...  相似文献   

Environmental risks associated with developing oil sands in southwestern Nigeria          下载免费PDF全文

Murtala Chindo 《Singapore journal of tropical geography》2015,36(1):3-22

Nigeria is in the advanced development stages of extracting its oil sands resources to boost national revenue and economic prosperity, like other countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa including the Republic of Congo and Madagascar. Compared to resource‐rich developed countries like Canada and America, the consequences of oil sands extraction is likely to be disastrous in countries like Nigeria that have a poor reputation for managing resources (as is the case with the petroleum sector). Using a mixed‐method approach—focus group discussions, interviews and observations—this paper addresses environmental concerns about oil sands extraction in Nigeria. Overall, the communities perceived oil sands development negatively, because of fears of loss of communal lands, biodiversity, water availability and quality, and pollution. They were angry with the previous administrations over the lack of communication, and were deprived of socio‐economic opportunities and pollution from prolonged delays in oil sands extraction. The way forward is to form sustainable partnerships between the government, communities, industry and other stakeholders to achieve responsible oil sands development—environmentally friendly development that meets climate obligations, addresses cumulative impacts, and acts in the best interest of host communities and Nigerians.  相似文献   

北京市不同社区居民通勤行为分析   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

贾晓朋  孟斌  张媛媛 《地域研究与开发》2015,(1)

近年来北京市社会经济和城市建设取得了重大的成就,但是交通拥堵、居住地和工作地分离、过度通勤等问题也极大地影响了城市的可持续发展,通勤行为研究对理解城市结构、合理规划城市空间布局具有重要作用。以北京市政策性住房、胡同社区、单位社区和商品房四类居住区居民为对象,通过2012年城市居民职住分离抽样调查问卷获取了不同社区居民的居住地和工作地、通勤行为及居住满意度等基本数据,运用统计分析和地理信息系统技术对这些特征进行综合分析,试图理解社会极化加剧背景下不同社区居民通勤行为差异,丰富城市地理研究内容。结果发现:不同社区居民通勤行为存在着显著的差异;四类社区中政策性住房居民平均通勤时间最长为50.4 min(标准差24.7 min),单位社区居民平均通勤时间最短为33.6 min(标准差20.3 min);不同社区居民的通勤工具选择也明显不同,反映出居民社会经济属性差异是通勤行为差异的重要因素。  相似文献   

Spatial patterns of phytoplankton communities in an International Seabed Authority licensed area (COMRA,Clarion-Clipperton Zone) in relation to upper ocean biogeochemistry     

Yu Wang  Aiqin Han  Xuebao He  Fangfang Kuang  Feng Zhao  Peng Xiang  Kuidong Xu 《海洋学报(英文版)》2022,41(11):45-57

The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) hosts one of the largest known oceanic nodule fields worldwide and is regulated by the International Seabed Authority. A baseline assessment of diversity and distribution patterns is essential for reliable predictions of disturbed ecosystem response scenarios for sustained commercial activities in the future. In the present study, the spatial patterns and diversity of phytoplankton communities were analyzed along with upper ocean biogeochemistry, in the licensed China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA) contract area and the surrounding western CCZ between August 21 and October 8, 2017. Results indicated this was a typical low-nutrient low-chlorophyll a (Chl a) environment, characterized by low levels of phytoplankton abundance and diversity. In total 112 species belonging to 4 phyla were recorded (>10 μm), with species counts including 82 diatoms, 27 dinoflagellates, 1 cyanobacteria and 2 chrysophyte. Dominant taxa in successive order of descending abundance and occurrence included Nizschia marina, Cyclotella stylorum, Dactyliosolen mediterraneus, Rhizosolenia setigera, Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima, Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii, Synedra sp., Chaetoceros simplex and Pseudo-nitzschia circumpora. The depth-averaged abundance and Chl a concentrations were (265±233) cells/L and (0.27±0.30) μg/L, respectively. Diatoms accounted for 90.94% of the community with (241±223) cells/L, while dinoflagellates accounted for 5.67% and (15±13) cells/L. The distribution pattern exhibited the same trend as abundance, Chl a and species richness, showing subsurface maximum levels at around 100 m, with stations near 10°N having higher levels than in the north. Cluster analysis was performed in two assemblages, relating to geographic locations to the south and north of 12°N. The subsurface maximum of abundance, Chl a, species richness, dissolved oxygen and nitrite were generally corresponding to the presence of high salinity North Pacific Central Water at depths of 50?120 m. Higher availability of nitrate, phosphate and silicic acid in the subsurface may account for the shift in phytoplankton distribution, as shown by redundancy correspondence and spearman correlation analysis. Diel variation in an anchor station demonstrated prominent species succession without significant differences in oceanographic variables, among which diatoms succession resulted from the light limitation, while dinoflagellate diel variation mainly related to lateral transport of water masses. The observed patchiness in spatial phytoplankton distributional patterns was attributed to upper ocean environmental gradients in the CCZ. The baseline generated in this study could be analyzed using current conservation strategy programs associated with deep-sea mining.  相似文献   

地缘政治视角下的跨境移民和族裔社区研究     

安宁  张博 《世界地理研究》2022,31(6):1119-1129

在全球-地方频繁互动的今天,跨国/跨地方逐渐成为超高速流动的社会现实,移民与流入流出地的多元互动模糊了国与国、地方与地方之间的边界,在目的地不断重塑社会结构和空间,在物质和符号维度赋予了地方不同的意义。族裔社区不仅仅反映了不同的移民群体复杂的日常生活实践及其在空间上的互动,也将对多元化族裔空间的关注转移到社区、空间、领土政治甚至流动地缘想象,同时也将族裔社区空间纳入一个关系性的视角下。而传统上地缘政治视角对移民和族裔空间的关注相对有限。因此,本专栏主要讨论地缘政治视角下的跨境移民和族裔社区。具体而言,专栏首先回顾了地缘政治研究及其对流动性的关注和移民研究中的地缘政治面向,其次通过8篇文章讨论了不同尺度下多元的跨境移民及族裔社区营造与建构的相关研究,希冀从理论、方法以及实证研究方面对现有知识进行补充,也尝试通过探索国内外相关研究的进展,为社会和国家治理的需求服务。  相似文献   

住区环境对居民主观幸福感的影响机制研究——以深圳混合居住区为例     

刘晓菲  王振波  宋静  崔学刚 《地理科学进展》2022,41(11):2099-2107

随着中国特色社会主义新时代人民对美好生活的向往与日俱增,配建房居住群体作为一类“夹心层”群体,其住区环境和主观幸福感理应得到充分重视。论文以深圳市混合居住区为例,揭示配建房住区环境对居民主观幸福感的影响机制。针对3个典型住区开展问卷及访谈调研,并构建结构方程模型,将地方感和房屋类型分别作为住区环境影响居民主观幸福感的中介变量和调节变量。研究结果表明：① 总的看,住区环境对居民主观幸福感具有显著的直接影响;分维度看,社会环境对主观幸福感具有直接影响,而建成环境中,小区环境、社区环境和住房环境对主观幸福感影响均不显著;② 由中介效应看,社会环境通过建立居民地方感间接影响主观幸福感;③ 由房屋类型看,相较保障房住户,人才房住户主观幸福感受社会环境影响强度更大。综合来看,研究结果能够为完善配建房制度提供科学决策支持。  相似文献