Hydrologic,geomorphic and climatic processes controlling willow establishment in a montane ecosystem     

David J. Cooper  Joyce Dickens  N. Thompson Hobbs  Lindsey Christensen  Laura Landrum 《水文研究》2006,20(8):1845-1864

Willow communities dominate mid‐elevation riparian areas throughout the Rocky Mountains of North America. However, many willow stands are rapidly declining in aerial cover and individual plants in stature. A poor understanding of the processes that control willow establishment hinders identifying the causes of this decline. We analysed the processes that have facilitated or limited willow establishment over the last half of the 20th century on two large floodplains in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado by addressing two questions: (1) How does hydrologic regime control willow establishment on different fluvial landforms? (2) How might climate‐driven variations in hydrologic regime affect future willow establishment? We precisely aged willows on the three most common fluvial landforms, stream point bars, drained beaver ponds, and abandoned channels, and statistically related establishment dates to patterns of annual stream peak flow. The role of peak flow on willow establishment varied significantly by landform. Willow recruitment had occurred nearly every year on point bars. In former beaver complexes, most willows had established following dam breaches, whereas willows had established on abandoned channels for several years following channel avulsion. Establishment on point bars and abandoned channels was driven by peak flows of 2‐ to 5‐year return intervals, whereas in abandoned beaver ponds most establishment was associated with flow events of >5‐year return interval. Models of climate change suggest that temperatures will increase and precipitation seasonality will shift over the coming decades in the Rocky Mountains, leading to earlier spring runoff, lower summer and fall flows, decreased snowpack and decreased soil moisture. Such changes are likely to diminish opportunities for willow establishment. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

The interaction of 3C 401 with the surrounding intracluster medium     

Christopher S. Reynolds  Laura W. Brenneman  John T. Stocke 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,357(1):381-386

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Anisotropy in the distribution of satellites around primary galaxies in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the Holmberg effect   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Laura Sales  Diego G. Lambas†‡ 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,348(4):1236-1240

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Satellites of simulated galaxies: survival, merging and their relationto the dark and stellar haloes     

Laura V. Sales  Julio F. Navarro †  Mario G. Abadi  Matthias Steinmetz 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,379(4):1464-1474

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Sediment resuspension events induced by the wake wash of deep-draft vessels     

Erwan?GarelEmail author  Laura?López Fernández  Mike?Collins 《Geo-Marine Letters》2008,28(4):205-211

Hydrodynamics and sediment resuspension events, induced at the shoreline by a deep-draft vessel passing nearby, are described. Measurements (pressure, currents and turbidity) were obtained at 4 Hz, on a lower beach ~50 m from a channel where large car ferries operate in Wootton Creek, Isle of Wight. The study focuses on a representative 8-min 32-s-long record, during which two large vessels passed the channel section. At the shore, the passage of each vessel induced a long-period water-level drawdown, followed by a water-level oscillation (seiche) of similar period, and the short-period waves of the wake. Both drawdowns were the main constituents of the prevailing wave pattern. The second drawdown was the largest in amplitude, in response to a higher speed of the ferry, and the influence of the seiche which had been activated during the preceding event. Two successive peaks of turbidity were observed shortly after this drawdown. Analyses of current velocity and direction indicate that the sediments resuspended originated from the shallower upper beach. Anthropogenically induced erosion of the foreshore is predicted at Wootton Creek.  相似文献   

The Behavior of Sandwich Structures of Isotropic and Composite Materials: by Jack R. Vinson; 1999, TECHNOMIC Publishing Company, Inc., Lancaster, PA, USA, 378 pp.     

P. A. A. Laura  C. A. Rossit 《Ocean Engineering》2001,28(10):1437

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X-ray, Lyα and Hα emission from simulated disk galaxies     

Jesper Sommer-Larsen  Sune Toft  Jesper Rasmussen  Kristian Pedersen  Martin Götz  Laura Portinari 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):693-696

The X-ray properties of the haloes of disk galaxies formed in fully cosmological, hydro/gravity simulations are discussed. The results are found to be consistent with observational X-ray detections and upper limits. Disk galaxy haloes are predicted to be about an order of magnitude brighter at z ∼ 1 than at z=0. The Lyα and Hα surface brightness of an edge-on, Milky Way like model galaxy has been determined. The emission is found to be quite extended, with a scale height of about 600 pc, neglecting dust corrections. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

What's new with CUASHI?     

Toran L  Hooper R 《Ground water》2004,42(5):638-640

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Biomarkers of exposure and effect in the Brazilian flounder Paralichthys orbignyanus (Teleostei: Paralichthyidae) from the Patos Lagoon estuary (Southern Brazil)     

Amado LL  Robaldo RB  Geracitano L  Monserrat JM  Bianchini A 《Marine pollution bulletin》2006,52(2):207-213

Biomarkers of exposure (liver metallothionein-like proteins content and catalase and glutathione S-transferase activities) and effect (liver lipoperoxidation and blood cell DNA damage) of contaminants were analyzed in the Brazilian flounder Paralichthys orbignyanus from the Patos Lagoon estuary (Southern Brazil). Flounders were collected for a year in two sites: "Coroa do Boi" (polluted site) and "Saco do Justino" (non-polluted site). Results indicated that micronucleated cells frequency was the best biomarker to distinguish flounders from the two sites. Taken together, data from DNA damage analyses (micronucleus test and comet assay) indicated that flounders from the non-polluted site efficiently repaired the DNA breaks, contrary to those from the polluted site, which probably had their DNA repair system inhibited or exhausted. Furthermore, data from enzyme activities (catalase and GST) and lipid peroxidation indicated that flounders from the polluted site were under oxidative stress in summer and autumn.  相似文献   

Entanglement of New Zealand fur seals in man-made debris at Kaikoura, New Zealand     

Boren LJ  Morrissey M  Muller CG  Gemmell NJ 《Marine pollution bulletin》2006,52(4):442-446

New Zealand fur seals in the Kaikoura region breed near a town with expanding tourist and fishing industries and commonly come ashore entangled in nets and plastic debris. However, the rate at which entanglement occurs was previously unknown. A decade of Department of Conservation seal callout data was analysed to determine the level of entanglement in the region and the most common debris type. Monitoring of adult female fur seals released from entanglement provided information on the potential for serious wounds to heal and survivorship of released individuals. Entanglement rates of pinnipeds in Kaikoura are some of the highest reported world-wide (average range: 0.6-2.8%) with green trawl net (42%), and plastic strapping tape (31%) together contributing the most to debris types. Nearly half of the reported entangled seals are successfully released (43%) and post-release monitoring shows that with appropriate intervention the chance of an individual surviving even with a significant entanglement wound is high. Our study demonstrates that while entanglement in the region is high, a successful intervention protocol may help reduce the potential for entanglement-related mortality in the region.  相似文献