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| Variation in spectral characteristics of dissolved organic matter in inland rivers in various trophic states, and their relationship with phytoplankton | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Mengjiao Wei, Cheng Gao, Yujie Zhou, Pengfei Duan, Ming LiAbstractDissolved organic matter (DOM) plays an important role in aquatic ecosystems. This study aimed to reveal the variation in spectral characteristics of DOM in inland rivers in various trophic states, and understand the relationship between spectral characteristics of DOM and phytoplankton composition in various trophic states. Our investigation was carried out on the Weihe River in Shaanxi Province, China. Three humic-like substances and one... | ||
| Effects of the Grain for Green Program on the water ecosystem services in an arid area of China—Using the Shiyang River Basin as an example | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Yuchun Wang, Jun Zhao, Jiewen Fu, Wei WeiAbstractThe Grain for Green Program (GFGP) is one of the largest land restoration/afforestation and one of the most ambitious ecosystem conservation programmes in the world; the programme has altered the land-use pattern and exerted a significant influence on the ecosystem services. Water ecosystem services are important for arid and semiarid China, however, few of the researchers tried to quantify the effect of GFGP on water ecosystem services. The Shiyang River... | ||
| Impacts of idealized land cover changes on climate extremes in Europe | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Xiangping Hu, Bo Huang, Francesco CherubiniAbstractExtremes in climate and weather can pose significant challenges to economy, ecosystems and human health. Changes in land cover are one of the drivers for variability in frequency and magnitude of extreme climate at regional and local levels. In this study, a regional climate model (COSMO-CLM v4.8) is used to simulate effects in climate extremes from two different idealized land cover change scenarios in Europe. These two simulations involve abrupt... | ||
| Analyzing spatial patterns of urban carbon metabolism and its response to change of urban size: A case of the Yangtze River Delta, China | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Chuyu Xia, Yan Li, Tingbao Xu, Qiuxiao Chen, Yanmei Ye, Zhou Shi, Jingming Liu, Qinglong Ding, Xiaoshun LiAbstractRapid urbanization with land use and cover change (LUCC) is making a substantially increasing contribution to global carbon emissions. Understanding the spatial processes and transitions mechanism of urban carbon metabolism system by LUCC could help local governments in regional spatial planning. Taking 13 cities in the Yangtze River Delta of China as examples, we quantitatively analyzed and... | ||
| Land use/land cover changes and its impact on ecosystem services in ecologically fragile zone: A case study of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, China | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): An Huang, Yueqing Xu, Piling Sun, Guiyao Zhou, Chao Liu, Longhui Lu, Ying Xiang, Hui WangAbstractLand use/land cover (LULC) changes are likely to become more frequent and intense as a result of anthropogenic activities and may significantly affect human welfare by modifying ecosystem services (ESs). Understanding the impact of LULC changes on ESs value and the interactions among ESs could result in improvements in current land use policies and provide a scientific basis for the formulation of new policies... | ||
| Diversity of vegetation composition enhances ecosystem stability along elevational gradients in the Taihang Mountains, China | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Shoubao Geng, Peili Shi, Minghua Song, Ning Zong, Jiaxing Zu, Wanrui ZhuAbstractThe unprecedented climate change over the past decades is likely to have ubiquitous and profound impacts on ecosystems. Assessing the vegetation response and ecosystem stability to climate variability is of great importance for developing more sustainable strategies in ecosystem management. Different types of vegetation respond to climate disturbances in various ways and the insurance hypothesis states that biodiversity is able... | ||
| Observations of two reservoirs during a drought in central Texas, USA: Strategies for detecting harmful algal blooms | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Tatiana E. Gámez, Lisa Benton, Schonna R. ManningAbstractProblems associated with eutrophication are increasing in freshwater reservoirs worldwide due to many factors, the majority of which are attributed directly to human development. Eutrophic bodies of water are much more susceptible to algal blooms, including potentially harmful species, as well as associated taste-and-odor compounds and toxic secondary metabolites. To assess the likelihood of eutrophication and harmful blooms, two reservoirs in the... | ||
| Spatio-temporal variability in structure and diversity in a semi-natural mixed oak-hornbeam floodplain forest | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Mirko Grotti, Francesco Chianucci, Nicola Puletti, Most Jannatul Fardusi, Cristiano Castaldi, Piermaria CoronaAbstractMixed forests are particularly interesting for forest structure and diversity analyses, as higher complexity and diversity can be expected in these forests compared to pure ones. Integrating different approaches in the analyses of structure and diversity in these forests can provide complementary information on non-spatial, spatial and functional diversity patterns. The study aimed at... | ||
| Multidimensional approach to evaluate Limonium brasiliense as source of early biomarkers for lead pollution monitoring under different saline conditions | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Yanina L. Idaszkin, Federico Márquez, Enrique Mateos-Naranjo, María de la Paz Pollicelli, Hebe Saraví CisnerosAbstractThe search for early indicators of stress (biomarkers) with low cost of determination (both economic and logistic) is a prominent issue in environmental studies. Consequently, an experimental study was conducted with the aim of validating the leaf shape variations as an early biomarker in plants growing in contaminated soils. We manipulated the Pb (0, 45 and 90 µM) and salt (0 and... | ||
| Comparison of traditional moss bags and synthetic fabric bags in magnetic monitoring of urban air pollution | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): H. Salo, J. MäkinenAbstractIn this study, the properties and collection efficiencies of two different sample materials are compared for seasonal and spatial variation of traffic-induced particle matter in Turku city centre, southwest Finland. The sampling was done by exposing Sphagnum papillosum moss bags and Filtrete™ fabric bags simultaneously in spring during the road dust period and in autumn during the leafless period for about 47 days in 2015. Most polluted areas are located near heavily... | ||
| Spatiotemporal differences in forest ecological security warning values in Beijing: Using an integrated evaluation index system and system dynamics model | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Shasha Lu, Fan Qin, Ni Chen, Zhongyao Yu, Yaming Xiao, Xiaoqin Cheng, Xingliang GuanAbstractIn this study, we analyzed changes in the spatiotemporal pattern and the dynamic evolution of a warning index for forest ecological security (the forest ecological security early warning index (FESEWI)). This was undertaken in order to provide a theoretical reference for decision making in relation to forest ecological security in Beijing, China. By analyzing spatiotemporal differences in the FESEWI values between... | ||
| Fifteen years of changes in fire ignition frequency in Sardinia (Italy): A rich-get-richer process | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Sofia Bajocco, Carlotta Ferrara, Daniela Guglietta, Carlo RicottaAbstractHumans have increasingly been affecting fire regimes through changes in the amount and distribution of ignition energy and fuel load. Within the context of global change, recent studies have shown that changes in demography and land use account for far more variability in shaping fire regimes than climatic variations. The objectives of this study are to analyze temporal trends in fire ignitions in selected land use/land cover (LULC... | ||
| A rule of hydrological regulating on nutritional status of Poyang Lake, since the operation of the Three Gorges Dam | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Yuekui Ding, Shengrui Wang, Wenqiang Zhang, Minglei Feng, Ruihong YuAbstractAnthropogenic activities have aggravated nutritional status of lakes. Hydrological regime of Poyang Lake has been altered since the operation of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD). Will this further affect the nutritional status of Poyang Lake? We studied the dynamic changes of the nutritional status of Poyang Lake between 2003 and 2015 under this new hydrological regime. A regulating rule of hydrological regime on lake nutritional status... | ||
| Spatial heterogeneity of the thermal environment based on the urban expansion of natural cities using open data in Guangzhou, China | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Zhiwei Yang, Yingbiao Chen, Zhifeng Wu, Qinglan Qian, Zihao Zheng, Qingyao HuangAbstractThe change in the urban thermal environment resulting from urban expansion is attracting increasing attention from researchers. In this research, the influence of the urban expansion process on the spatial heterogeneity of the thermal environment was analyzed, including quantitative research on urban expansion based on the natural city (NC) concept using open data and the footprint of the thermal environment (TE FP) model... | ||
| Diagnosis of forest soil sensitivity to harvesting residues removal – A transfer study of soil science knowledge to forestry practitioners | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Samuel Durante, Laurent Augusto, David L. Achat, Arnaud Legout, Félix Brédoire, Jacques Ranger, Ingrid Seynave, Bernard Jabiol, Noémie PousseAbstractForest biomass is a source of renewable energy that can contribute to meeting international targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, removing forest harvesting residues may cause important nutrient losses. Because negative effects of increased nutrient removal are not systematic, forest managers need tools for soil sensitivity assessment, to... | ||
| Bacterial community composition and diversity in Koshi River, the largest river of Nepal | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Namita Paudel Adhikari, Yongqin Liu, Keshao Liu, Fan Zhang, Subash Adhikari, Yuying Chen, Xiaobo LiuAbstractLarge rivers serve as hotspots for the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in which the role of microorganisms is crucial. Therefore, understanding the bacterial abundance, diversity, community composition, biogeography, and controlling environmental factors in such habitats is important. However, the information is still unexplored in Himalayan Rivers and their associated ecosystem towards the... | ||
| Coupling coordination degree and spatial dynamic evolution of a regional green competitiveness system – A case study from China | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Xiu Cheng, Ruyin Long, Hong Chen, Qianwen LiAbstractThe coordinated development of the economy, society, and the environment is an important issue for enhancing regional green competitiveness. Therefore, we established a model to evaluate the coupling coordination degree of green competitiveness. Taking China’s 30 provinces as an example, spatial econometric analysis methods and non-parametric kernel density models were used to explore the spatial distribution and dynamic evolution mechanism of system... | ||
| Natural capital utilization on an international tourism island based on a three-dimensional ecological footprint model: A case study of Hainan Province, China | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Hongwei Dong, Peng Li, Zhiming Feng, Yanzhao Yang, Zhen You, Qiang LiAbstractNatural capital is a limited and irreplaceable factor for human welfare and sustainability. Natural capital includes natural capital flow and natural capital stock. When natural capital flow cannot meet the needs of regional development, it begins to consume natural capital stock. Therefore, the assessment of the current utilization status of natural capital flows and stocks is not only the basis for regional ecological... | ||
| Water-level fluctuations are key for phytoplankton taxonomic communities and functional groups in Poyang Lake | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Jinfu Liu, Yuwei Chen, Mingjia Li, Baogui Liu, Xia Liu, Zhaoshi Wu, Yongjiu Cai, Jinying Xu, Jianjun WangAbstractBiological species can be assembled into functional groups based on functional traits, which are keys to understanding the response of phytoplankton to environmental factors, such as the physical and chemical characteristics of aquatic systems. Here, we studied the taxonomic and functional communities of phytoplankton over three years in Poyang Lake and further examined the effect of water-level... | ||
| Compositional variety of dissolved organic matter and its correlation with water quality in peri-urban and urban river watersheds | ||
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| Publication date: September 2019Source: Ecological Indicators, Volume 104Author(s): Jianfeng Tang, Xinhu Li, Changli Cao, Meixia Lin, Qianlinglin Qiu, Yaoyang Xu, Yin RenAbstractUrbanization has significant effects to ecosystems in watersheds, but the link between surface water quality and the dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition is poorly understood. We investigated the fluorescent intensities (Fmax) of DOM components and examined their correlation with the water quality parameters in peri-urban (Zhangxi River) and urban (Lu River) watersheds in Ningbo, East China. DOM quality was... | ||
