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| The impact of different urban dynamics on green space availability: A multiple scenario modeling approach for the region of Munich, Germany | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Chao Xu, Dagmar Haase, Stephan Pauleit Green spaces can mitigate the negative impacts of urbanization and improve the overall quality of life of urban residents, but the availability of green spaces has been extensively influenced by urban dynamics. In this study, multiple scenarios were developed for one of the fastest and most dynamically growing urban regions in Germany, Munich, with respect to the following three dimensions: housing demand (high, medium or low), urban spatial structure... | ||
| Direct toxicity of the water-soluble fractions of a crude and a diesel-motor oil on the survival of free-living nematodes | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Luana Monteiro, Walter Traunspurger, Kevin Roeleveld, Frederic Lynen, Tom Moens The water-soluble fraction (WSF) of an oil contains different classes of petroleum hydrocarbons and, despite their low potential for bioaccumulation, these can be highly toxic to biota. Nematodes are usually the most abundant and species-rich group of metazoans in marine and freshwater sediments as well as terrestrial soils and have been proposed as excellent models to monitor pollution effects. The first aim of this... | ||
| The impacts of climate change and human activities on alpine vegetation and permafrost in the Qinghai-Tibet Engineering Corridor | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Lihui Luo, Wei Ma, Yanli Zhuang, Yaonan Zhang, Shuhua Yi, Jianwei Xu, Yinping Long, Di Ma, Zhongqiong Zhang The Qinghai-Tibet Engineering Corridor (QTEC) in China may reflect the changes in the alpine ecosystem of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) that are driven by global climate change combined with intensive human activities. We used the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as an indicator of alpine vegetation activity and the permafrost active layer thickness (ALT) as an... | ||
| Differential effects on life history traits and body size of two anuran species inhabiting an environment related to fluorite mine | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Manuel A. Otero, Favio E. Pollo, Pablo R. Grenat, Nancy E. Salas, Adolfo L. Martino Mining activity is an important cause of physicochemical, biological, and landscape alterations. Several studies involving disturbed environments confirmed the modification of demographic traits in anuran populations. The current study aimed to assess the effects of natural and artificial surface waters associated with a fluorite mine on the body size and life history traits of Rhinella arenarum and Boana... | ||
| Topography and grazing effects on storage of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in the northern China grasslands | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Xueyao Zhang, Meizhen Liu, Xiang Zhao, Yongqiang Li, Wei Zhao, Ang Li, Shi Chen, Shiping Chen, Xingguo Han, Jianhui Huang Soil on the earth has been estimated to sequester around 5.4% of total carbon (C), most of it as soil organic carbon (SOC), but the exact amount of and relevant mechanisms for the stock of SOC are far from clear. In this study, we assessed how topography and grazing influenced distribution of SOC, and soil total nitrogen (STN) in grasslands in the hilly and... | ||
| Spatiotemporal variation in vegetation coverage and its response to climatic factors in the Red River Basin, China | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Zhijia Gu, Xingwu Duan, Yandong Shi, Ya Li, Xi Pan Vegetation coverage is a critical factor in soil conservation and improving the ecological environment. As an important ecological corridor connecting China's southwest and Southeast Asia, the Red River Basin is characterized by vulnerable ecosystems and serious soil erosion. Identifying the heterogeneity in vegetation coverage and its response to climatic factors are critical for ecological protection and soil and water conservation. MOD13Q1... | ||
| Functional and phylogenetic diversity assessment of microbial communities at Gulf of Kachchh, India: An ecological footprint | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Haren B. Gosai, Bhumi K. Sachaniya, Haresh Z. Panseriya, Bharti P. Dave Analyzing microbial communities and their functional structure in an expeditious and extensive manner is very important to identify ecological indicators in the historically polluted niches. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the metabolic potential and phylogenetic diversity of oil and coal contaminated sediments of Navlkahi port (NAV), Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India during two seasons viz. pre-monsoon (PreMN) and... | ||
| Ecological indications of copepods to oxygen-deficient near-shore waters | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): R. Jyothibabu, L. Jagadeesan, C. Karnan, N. Arunpandi, R.S. Pandiyarajan, K.K Balachandran Dissolved oxygen deficiency and its impacts on marine organisms is an important research topic world over. In this study, we utilized the advantage of a shallow seasonal hypoxic zone occurring along the Southwest Coast of India. Also, we adopted the standard live staining technique to assess the ecological responses of copepods to oxygen-deficient waters. Based on 18 weekly/biweekly sampling sessions in... | ||
| Quantifying the relative impacts of climate and human activities on vegetation changes at the regional scale | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Rui Liu, Linlin Xiao, Zhe Liu, Jicai Dai Understanding human and climate-induced vegetation changes could benefit regional ecological management. In this paper, a framework was established to quantify the relative contribution rates of human and climate factors to vegetation changes in Chongqing, China, from 2000 to 2015. MODIS NDVI time series data were collected, and land use data were produced using Landsat TM/OLI images. A combined analysis of land use and vegetation changes was conducted, and... | ||
| Evaluation of the toxicity of the sediments from an agroecosystem to two native species, Hyalella curvispina (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) and Boana pulchella (AMPHIBIA: ANURA), as potential environmental... | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Jesica A. Sansiñena, Leticia Peluso, Carolina Salgado Costa, Pablo M. Demetrio, Tomás M. Mac Loughlin, Damián J.G. Marino, Leandro Alcalde, Guillermo S. Natale In a study area chosen outside the city of La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina), two zones were selected having different types and magnitudes of agrarian activity: one represented mainly by grasslands with a low degree of anthropic influence, the other by intensive cultivation under cover with a high level of anthropic impact. The... | ||
| Spatial and temporal changes of human disturbances and their effects on landscape patterns in the Jiangsu coastal zone, China | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Yunkai Zhou, Lixin Ning, Xiuling Bai Human disturbance is one of the essential forces affecting changes in landscape patterns. Studying the relationship between human disturbances and landscape patterns is of significance for regional conservation and ecosystem management. An understanding of this relationship is also crucial for the mitigation of conflicts between socioeconomic development and environmental protection. In this study, using remote sensing data and geographical information system... | ||
| On real-time risk evaluation of accident in water quality control zone | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Xue-yi You, Chun-xue Zhang The sudden water pollution is a main type of environmental accident. The time evolution risk of sudden water pollution accident is very important to select real-time measures to effectively reduce the temporal growing risk. The traditional evaluation methods have shortages of describing the evolution process of accident. This paper proposes a real-time risk evaluation method with real-time weight and index to predict the temporal growing risk of sudden pollution accident... | ||
| Evaluating organic carbon fractions, temperature sensitivity and artificial neural network modeling of CO2 efflux in soils: Impact of land use change in subtropical India (Meghalaya) | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Ramesh Thangavel, Manjaiah Kanchikerimath, Abinandan Sudharsanam, Arunachalam Ayyanadar, Rajasekar Karunanithi, Nishant Anandrao Deshmukh, Ngachan Shishom Vanao The present study investigates the changes in land use pattern from fallow land (control) to fruit orchards on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics especially, organic carbon stocks, fractions, and CO2 efflux. The SOC fractions such as total organic carbon (TOC), particulate organic carbon (POC), readily oxidizable carbon (ROC... | ||
| Soil microbiological attributes indicate recovery of an iron mining area and of the biological quality of adjacent phytophysiognomies | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Aline Oliveira Silva, Amanda Monique da Costa, Anita Fernanda dos Santos Teixeira, Amanda Azarias Guimarães, Jessé Valentim dos Santos, Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira Mining activities modify the landscape and may have severe environmental impacts. The degree of recovery or disturbance of these environments must be determined, and microbiological indicators are most sensitive for this evaluation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the soil microbiological attributes of an area... | ||
| An indicator to quantify the effects of hydrodynamic disturbances caused by coastal reclamation on aquatic organisms | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Yan Xu, Yanpeng Cai, Tao Sun, Xin'An Yin, Qian Tan In order to provide effective measures for reclamation management and alleviate damages on ecosystems under multiple anthropologic interferences, quantification of coastal reclamation hydrodynamic disturbance (CRHD) and determination of the related threshold value of ecosystem are presented in this research. Eleven monitoring areas (approximately 1 km2 each) in Dongying Port of China are considered. Each monitoring areas were further divided... | ||
| Two contrasting seasonal patterns in microbial nitrogen immobilization from temperate ecosystems | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Xinyue Zhang, Hui Zeng, Wei Wang Ecosystems with seasonal snow cover and soil frost comprise more than half of the terrestrial ecosystems. Recent studies have reported peak microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and nitrogen (MBN) in late winter in alpine and arctic regions, followed by a rapid decline when soil temperatures rise to 0 °C. In these snow-covered ecosystems, the N incorporated into microbes from soil during winter is considered vital for plant nutrient uptake in the following growing... | ||
| Spatial congruence and divergence between ecosystem services and biodiversity in a tropical forested landscape | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Mohammed Alamgir, Stephen M. Turton, Mason J. Campbell, Colin J. Macgregor, Petina L. Pert Tropical forests are the storehouse of both ecosystem services and biodiversity but the interlinkages between these two components of ecosystems are yet to be fully explored. We utilized expert opinion to assess the key and multiple ecosystem services, and biodiversity in a tropical landscape. We found that key and multiple ecosystem services supply varies across the landscape and that forest disturbances... | ||
| The potential of naturally occurring fallow weeds to scavenge nitrogen in rice cropping systems | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Min Huang, Shuanglü Shan, Fangbo Cao, Jiana Chen, Yingbin Zou Environmental costs from nitrogen (N) loss have been substantial in Chinese rice cropping systems. Naturally occurring fallow weeds may provide a similar ecosystem service as cover crops in scavenging N with the advantage of no inputs. In this study, an on-farm experiment and 15N-tracing micro-plot experiment were conducted to: (1) investigate the aboveground biomass and N uptake by fallow weeds; and (2) quantify the sources of N... | ||
| Modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of plant species richness across tidal creeks in a temperate salt marsh | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): Daehyun Kim In salt marsh ecology, various indicators, including environmental, biological, and anthropogenic factors, have been used to predict the patterns of plant species richness. The potential impact of spatial autocorrelation on this prediction, however, has yet to receive much attention. In this paper, two sets of regression models were developed to predict spatial patterns (in 2006) and temporal changes (from 2006 to 2012) of richness across selected tidal creeks at a Danish salt marsh: (1... | ||
| Indicator value of trees for soil reaction in cool-humid forests | ||
| 01. Oktober 2018 | ||
| Publication date: October 2018 Source:Ecological Indicators, Volume 93 Author(s): O.T. Bouman Acid rain, soil mineral weathering, and the interception of dust and sea salt still obscure the evaluation of tree effects on soil reaction in mature natural forests. The null hypothesis that tree species and size do not differentiate soil pH was tested in four ways: (i) comparison of an evergreen conifer ecosystem with a history of elevated exposure to acidifying emissions vs. a deciduous angiosperm ecosystem in a rural area; (ii) soil trenching to exclude mineral nutrient and water uptake... | ||
