Private rights,public benefits: Industry-driven seabed protection     

Jeremy Helson  Stefan Leslie  George Clement  Richard Wells  Ray Wood 《Marine Policy》2010

New Zealand has a large exclusive economic zone (EEZ) that contains a variety of marine habitats and commercially-important species. The commercial fishing industry operating within New Zealand's EEZ is of significant value to the economy and fisheries resources are managed through the extensive use of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs). One of the benefits of ITQs has been to better align some of the private incentives of quota owners with the public interest. These incentives contributed to an initiative proposed by the fishing industry to close large areas of New Zealand's EEZ to protect the seabed from trawling. These closed areas are termed benthic protection areas (BPAs) and protect the benthic biodiversity of about 1.1 million square kilometres of seabed—approximately 30% of New Zealand's EEZ. A significant proportion of New Zealand's known seamounts and active hydrothermal vents are protected by these closed areas. We describe and discuss the criteria used to select BPAs and some of the criticism of this marine protection initiative. We argue that the assignment of strong property rights in fishing resources was an important precondition to an industry initiative that has a significant public benefit. Where private and public interests are well aligned, government can adopt an enabling and facilitation role, ceding direct control of processes in order to get the results the align with the public interest.  相似文献   

Sensitivity of crop yields and land resource potential to climatic change in Ontario,Canada     

Barry Smit  Michael Brklacich  Robert B. Stewart  Ray McBride  Murray Brown  Deborah Bond 《Climatic change》1989,14(2):153-174

Increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO₂ and other greenhouse gases are expected to contribute to a global warming. This paper examines the potential implications of a climatic change corresponding to a doubling of atmospheric concentrations of CO₂ on crop production opportunities throughout Ontario, a major food producing region in Canada. The climate is projected to become warmer and drier, but the extent of these shifts are expected to vary from region to region within Ontario. The effect of this altered climate on crop yields and the area of land capable of supporting specific crops varies according to region, soil quality and crop type. Most notable are the enhanced opportunities for grains and oilseeds in the northern regions, and the diminished production prospects for most crops in the most southerly parts of Ontario.  相似文献   

Summary of the fossil record of pinnipeds of Japan, and comparisons with that from the eastern North Pacific     

Shigeo  Miyazah Hideo  Horkawa Naoki  Kohno Kiyoharu  Hirota Masaichi  Kimura Yoshkazu  Hasegawa Yukimitsu  Tomida Lawrence G.  Barnes Clayton E.  Ray 《Island Arc》1994,3(4):361-372

Abstract The fossil pinniped record of the North Pacific Ocean includes both Phocidae and Otariidae ( sensu lato ), extends from the Late Oligocene to the Late Pleistocene, is taxonomically diverse, and is constantly becoming more complete owing to additional important discoveries. The earliest and most diverse fossil pinnipeds in the North Pacific are otariids, the phocids not appearing until the latest Pliocene. The theoretical center of otariid pinniped evolutionary history has been considered by some to be in the eastern North Pacific. New materials from the western North Pacific, however, including representatives of the subfamilies Enaliarctinae, Imagotariinae, Odobeninae and Otariinae, indicate that pinniped evolutionary patterns were basin-wide phenomena, and that a more complete record undoubtedly would reveal numerous trans-Pacific distributions. This would be expected considering the distributions of living species. The paucity of fossil Phocidae and their absence from pre-Pliocene deposits are consistent with theories that the family primarily evolved outside the North Pacific.  相似文献   

Measurement and Interpretation of Low Levels of Dissolved Oxygen in Ground Water   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Art F. White  Maria L. Peterson  Ray D. Solbau 《Ground water》1990,28(4):584-590

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Short communication block lanczos method for dynamic analysis of structures     

Bahram Nour-Omid  Ray W. Clough 《地震工程与结构动力学》1985,13(2):271-275

The simple Lanczos method presented in a recent paper by the writers, with application to single vector loads, is extended to include a more general dynamic loading represented as a linear combination of k vectors (load patterns). The result is a set of orthogonal vectors that is used to transform the equations of motion to a banded form, the half-bandwidth of which becomes k + 1. When k is small relative to the number of equations, this approach provides for a very efficient time-stepping solution.  相似文献   

Tank damage during the may 1983 coalinga earthquake     

George C. Manos  Ray W. Clough 《地震工程与结构动力学》1985,13(4):449-466

The magnitude M = 6-5 Coalinga earthquake of 2 May 1983 caused intense ground shaking throughout the epicentral region. Unanchored cylindrical ground supported tanks located at six sites within this oil producing area were damaged; damages included elephant's foot buckling at the base of three moderate sized tanks, joint rupture and top shell buckling in one large old rivetted tank, bottom plate rupture of a relatively new welded tank and damage to the floating roofs of 11 tanks. Also oil spilled over the top of many tanks and secondary damages occurred in pipe connections, ladders, etc. In this paper an estimate is made of the intensity of ground motion at each of the tank sites, based on strong motion records made during the main shock and the strongest aftershock. Then response parameters specified by current codes are correlated with the damages observed at each tank site. Based on this comparison, it is concluded that current U.S. practice under-estimates the sloshing response of tanks with floating roofs and does not adequately address the uplifting mechanism of unanchored ground supported tanks.  相似文献   

Trace metal distributions in Saint John Harbour sediments     

S. Ray  S.D. Macknight 《Marine pollution bulletin》1984,15(1):12-18

The concentration and areal distribution of selected trace metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Mo, Ni, Mn and Hg) in surficial sediments of Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada, were studied to determine the extent of anthropogenic input and to estimate the effects of dumping dredged material in the outer harbour. Hg and Cd are of especial concern, since the disposal of dredge material containing these two elements is regulated under the Ocean Dumping Control Act.The concentrations of all metals are low: Cu 16, Zn 53, Pb 24, Cd 0.16, Mo 3, Ni 16, Mn 296 and Hg 0.04 μg g^?1. Hg and Cd levels in sediments are well below the permissible limits of 0.75 and 0.6 μg g^?1, respectively, set by the Ocean Dumping Control Act.The mean concentrations of trace elements are similar to the low mean values in the unpolluted Bay of Fundy. There is an overall decline in concentrations of metals in the sediments from the inner to the outer harbour. Comparison of the metal levels in the sediments from different areas within the harbour indicate that there is a detectable anthropogenic input in the Courtenay Bay area. Trace metal levels at the dumpsite are significantly lower than in the Courtenay Bay area, where the bulk of the dredged material originates.  相似文献   

Geochemical and petrological relations in some deccan basalts, Western Maharashtra, India     

D.K. Paul  P. Kresten  T. Ray Barman  R.H. McNutt  A.O. Brunfelt 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1984,21(1-2)

Petrographic and geochemical data are given for some basaltic rocks from the Koynaghat, Ambaghat and Panvel sections of the western Deccan volcanic province. This study confirms geochemical features established earlier for the Deccan basalts but brings out minor additional characters. Mineralogical and major-element compositions of the basaltic flows from the Koyna and Panvel sections indicate tholeiitic affinity; the Ambaghat flows exhibit a slight affinity towards alkali basalt. Rare earth element (REE) distribution patterns and trace-element abundances suggest minor fractionation of olivine and plagioclase during the evolution of the flows. The general similarity of chemical and mineralogical features over a wide area and the lack of conspicuous inter-element relationships suggest that the flows reflect the combined effects of partial melting, minor mineral fractionation and selective crustal contamination.  相似文献   

Variable eddy diffusivities and atmospheric cellular convection     

Durga Ray 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1986,36(1-2):117-131

Using variable atmospheric eddy diffusivities, it is possible to obtain a theoretical explanation of observations concerning the increase of cell flatness in cellular cloud patterns. The inclusion of a horizontal variation of eddy size as proposed by Ray (1965) and supported by Agee (1973) has a large influence on theoretical Rayleigh number and cell shape, the degree of cell flatness being principally controlled by the degree of horizontal variation of the eddies. It is also shown that observations regarding the reversal of the circulation pattern could be interpreted on the basis of eddy diffusivities that change sign along the reference directions. This suggests that it may be useful to rethink our ideas about the existence of spatial variations in the eddy transfer coefficients in atmospheric convection.  相似文献   

Analytical correlation of a dynamic brace buckling experiment     

Yusof Ghanaat  Ray W. Clough 《地震工程与结构动力学》1983,11(1):111-120

A dynamic response analysis procedure for an x-braced tubular steel offshore platform frame is described, including details of the mathematical model adopted to represent the dynamic buckling behaviour of the brace member. Results obtained with this mathematical technique are compared with experimental data measured during shaking table tests of a 5/48 scale model frame. The agreement between experiment and analysis is excellent for different levels of response, ranging from linearly elastic to cyclic brace buckling.  相似文献