Changes in wild fish assemblages after the establishment of a fish farming zone in an oligotrophic marine ecosystem     

A. Machias  I. Karakassis  M. Labropoulou  S. Somarakis  K. N. Papadopoulou  C. Papaconstantinou 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2004,60(4):771-779

The species composition, abundance and diversity of demersal fish assemblages has been investigated in an oligotrophic coastal bay in the Aegean Sea which is a designated zone for the development of aquaculture. Samples were collected using experimental trawling, before the establishment of fish cages in the area during early June 1987 and after attaining the maximal production of the aquaculture zone in late May 2001. The overall abundance of the fish assemblage increased by a factor of 4 and the average trophic level of the fish community increased from 3.59 to 3.79. Traditional diversity indices showed an increase in dominance but the distinctness measures of biodiversity showed that the overall structure obtained after the establishment of fish farming was not phylogenetically impoverished. Multivariate analysis showed that the community differences between the two periods are quantitative rather than qualitative. Comparisons in length frequencies between the two periods indicated that specimens of the species compared were either similar or larger in the second period. The species favoured by the presence of aquaculture were not the ones normally feeding on the food pellets under the cages but those normally occurring in the fishing grounds of the study. It is concluded that the release of nutrients from fish farming in nutrient-poor systems can have a positive effect on local fisheries with no visible negative change in species composition or biodiversity.  相似文献   

Assessing water erosion in Mediterranean tree crops using GIS techniques and field measurements: the effect of climate change     

Kourgialas  Nektarios N.  Koubouris  Georgios C.  Karatzas  George P.  Metzidakis  Ioannis 《Natural Hazards》2016,83(1):65-81

In this work, a dynamic GIS modeling approach is presented that incorporates: a) geoinformatic techniques, b) 55-year historical meteorological data, and c) field measurements, in order to estimate soil erosion risk in intensively cultivated regions. The proposed GIS-based modeling approach includes the estimation of soil erosion rates due to surface water flow under current and future climate change scenarios A2 and B1 for the years 2030 and 2050. The soil erosion was estimated using the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). The proposed soil erosion model was validated using field measurements at different sites of the study area. The results show that an extended part of the study area is under intense erosion with the mean annual loss to be 4.85 t/ha year⁻¹. Moreover, an increase in rainfall intensity, especially for scenario B1, can generate a significant increase (32.44 %) in soil loss for the year 2030 and a much more (50.77 %) for the year 2050 in comparison with the current conditions. Regarding the scenario A2, a slight decrease (1.85 %) in soil loss was observed for the year 2030, while for 2050 the results show an adequate increase (7.31 %) in comparison with the present. All these approaches were implemented at one of the most productive agricultural areas of Crete in Greece dominated by olive and citrus crops.

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The anoxic Butrint Lagoon,SW Albania     

Lavdie Moisiu  Ioannis P. Panagiotopoulos  Çerçiz Durmishi  Vasilios Kapsimalis  Christos Anagnostou 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(22):1443

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Incremental dynamic analysis of woodframe buildings     

Ioannis P. Christovasilis  Andre Filiatrault  Michael C. Constantinou  Assawin Wanitkorkul 《地震工程与结构动力学》2009,38(4):477-496

The collapse of wood buildings was one of the main contributors to the heavy death toll and economic losses during the 1995 Hyogo‐ken Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake in Japan. In California, half of the property loss from the 1994 Northridge earthquake was attributed to wood construction. Based on damage observed in recent earthquakes, the seismic vulnerability of existing wood buildings under maximum credible seismic events is uncertain. The main objective of this study is to quantify the seismic collapse fragilities and collapse mechanisms of a two‐story townhouse and three‐story woodframe apartment building through numerical analyses. Three construction quality variants (poor, typical and superior) were considered for each building in order to assess the effects of construction qualities on seismic collapse fragilities. The buildings were also re‐designed according to the 2006 edition of the International Building Code to quantify the seismic fragilities of modern woodframe construction. The results obtained suggest that the construction quality, excitation direction and wall finish materials can influence significantly the collapse fragilities of woodframe buildings. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools     

Holmer M  Argyrou M  Dalsgaard T  Danovaro R  Diaz-Almela E  Duarte CM  Frederiksen M  Grau A  Karakassis I  Marbà N  Mirto S  Pérez M  Pusceddu A  Tsapakis M 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,56(9):1618-1629

This paper provides a synthesis of the EU project MedVeg addressing the fate of nutrients released from fish farming in the Mediterranean with particular focus on the endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica habitat. The objectives were to identify the main drivers of seagrass decline linked to fish farming and to provide sensitive indicators of environmental change, which can be used for monitoring purposes. The sedimentation of waste particles in the farm vicinities emerges as the main driver of benthic deterioration, such as accumulation of organic matter, sediment anoxia as well as seagrass decline. The effects of fish farming on P. oceanica meadows are diverse and complex and detected through various metrics and indicators. A safety distance of 400 m is suggested for management of P. oceanica near fish farms followed by establishment of permanent seagrass plots revisited annually for monitoring the health of the meadows.  相似文献   

An overview of geological originated materials as a trend for adsorption in wastewater treatment     

Yasmin Vieira  Matias Schadeck Netto  Éder C.Lima  Ioannis Anastopoulos  Marcos L.S.Oliveira  Guilherme L.Dotto 《地学前缘(英文版)》2022,(1):457-477

Adsorption is a unit operation widely used for the tertiary treatment of the most diverse effluents,whose mechanism is based on removing recalcitrant compounds from the organic and inorganic origin.In this process,choosing a suitable adsorbent is a fundamental point.This review article focuses on the adsorbents with natural geological origin:minerals,clays,geopolymers,and even wastes resulted from mining activity.Therefore,over 450 articles and research papers were explored.These materials’main sources are described,and their characteristics,composition,and intrinsic properties are related to adsorption.Herein,we discuss the effects of several process parameters,such as p H,temperature,pollutant,and adsorbent concentration.Furthermore,equilibrium,kinetics,and thermodynamic aspects are also addressed,and relevant regeneration prospects and final disposal.Finally,some suggestions and perspectives on applying these adsorbents in wastewater treatment are presented as future trends.  相似文献   

The Continental Shelf of Crete: The Benthic Environment     

Ioanni  Karakassis Anastasios  Eleftheriou 《Marine Ecology》1998,19(4):263-277

Abstract. Sediment characteristics determining macrofauna communities were investigated on the continental shelf of Crete. The sedimentary environment of the outer continental shelf of Crete is characterized by a silty substrate with significant decrease in chlorophyll a and organic carbon concentration with depth. Redox potential values indicated an ample supply of oxygen at all depths. Values of most production-related parameters TOC, chlorophyll a , ATP were found at the low end of the range reported from the literature even though the sampling stations were very close to the coastline. Organic carbon to chlorophyll ratios in the sediments indicated that most of the organic material is of phytoplankton origin; the quality of the organic material in the outer shelf, however, seems to be of lower bioavailability.  相似文献   

Optimization of the seismic response of bridges using variable-width joints     

Ioannis G. Mikes  Andreas J. Kappos 《地震工程与结构动力学》2023,52(1):111-127

An aspect of seismic design of bridges that has hardly received proper attention so far is the appropriate selection of joint gaps. End gaps define the boundary conditions of the bridge and affect its dynamic response; their proper design can lead to an improved structural performance under dynamic actions. The idea of the ‘Dynamic Intelligent Bridge’ is explored here, wherein current bridge joints that have a fixed width are substituted by variable-width joints and, under seismic loading, the joint gap is optimised either with a one-off adjustment, or continuously (in real time) through semi-active control. In all cases, a novel device is used that permits this improved behaviour of the joints, the moveable shear key (MSK), a device for blocking the movement of the bridge deck, which has the possibility to slide, hence varying the size of the existing joint gap. In this context, the effect of gap size on the seismic response of bridges is assessed herein and a methodology is put forward for optimising this size, using a number of criteria such as maintaining the functionality of the bridge for moderate earthquakes, and ensuring the safety of the bridge and its users under earthquakes stronger than that used for design.  相似文献   

Mantle dynamics beneath Greece from SKS and PKS seismic anisotropy study     

George Kaviris  Ioannis Fountoulakis  Ioannis Spingos  Christos Millas  Panayotis Papadimitriou  George Drakatos 《Acta Geophysica》2018,66(6):1341-1357

SKS and PKS splitting parameters were determined in the broader Greek region using data from 45 stations of the Hellenic Unified Seismological Network and the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, utilizing teleseismic events that occurred between 2010 and 2017. Data were processed for shear-wave splitting with the Minimum Energy Method that was considered the optimal. The results generally confirm the existence of anisotropic zonation in the Hellenic subduction system, with alternating trench-normal and trench-parallel directions. The zonation is attributed to the upper and lower olivine fabric layers that can, potentially, be present in the subduction zone. At the edges of this zone, two possible toroidal flow cases have been identified, implying the existence of tears that allow the inflow of asthenospheric material in the mantle wedge. The high number of null measurements in the KZN and XOR stations indicates a possible anisotropic transition zone between the fore-arc and back-arc areas. SKS and PKS splitting results are jointly interpreted, given that they yield similar values in most cases.  相似文献   

Food Waste Composting in a High Rate Continuous Feed Drum Reactor: Startup and Carbon Balance Analysis          下载免费PDF全文

Ioannis Zarkadas  Evangelia Angeli  Ioannis Sainis  Evangelos Voudrias  Georgios Pilidis 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2018,46(2)

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