Impacts of disturbance from construction work on the densities and feeding behavior of waterbirds using the intertidal mudflats of Cardiff Bay, UK.

abstract：:Biological elements, such as benthic macroinvertebrates and fish, have been used in assessing the ecological quality of rivers according to the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. However, the concurrent use of multiple organism groups provides a broader perspective for such evaluations, since each biologic...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Cheimonopoulou MT,Bobori DC,Theocharopoulos I,Lazaridou M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific research literature is reviewed (i) for evidence of how much reduction in nonpoint source pollution can be achieved by installing buffers on crop land, (ii) to summarize important factors that can affect this response, and (iii) to identify remaining major information gaps that limit our ability to make...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dosskey MG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of ecological restoration required to mitigate or compensate for environmental injury or habitat loss is often based on the goal of achieving ecological equivalence. However, few tools are available for estimating the extent of restoration required to achieve habitat services equivalent to those that were l...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Strange E,Galbraith H,Bickel S,Mills D,Beltman D,Lipton J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many California streams have been adversely affected by sedimentation caused by historic and current land uses, including timber harvesting. The impacts of timber harvesting and logging transportation systems on erosion and sediment delivery can be directly measured, modeled, or inferred from water quality measurement...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Harris RR,Sullivan K,Cafferata PH,Munn JR,Faucher KM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a decision aid frequently used in the field of forest management planning. It includes the evaluation of multiple criteria such as the production of timber and non-timber forest products and tangible as well as intangible values of ecosystem services (ES). Hence, it is benefi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Uhde B,Hahn WA,Griess VC,Knoke T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advocates of community-based approaches to environmental management argue that by respecting local circumstances, skills, and concerns we may improve the prospects of achieving environmental sustainability; yet, within nation states such as Canada, environmental conditions, management and enforcement costs and capabil...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Reed MG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ In southern Bahia, Brazil, the traditional cocoa agroecosystem with a dense shade canopy of native trees is now recognized as a secondary conservation route for highly endangered Atlantic Rainforest species. This "chocolate forest" of the densely shaded farms persists despite a massive 20-year Brazilian government m...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： JOHNS ND

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 30 years has seen an increase in environmental, socio-economic, and recreational objectives being considered throughout the forest planning process. In the Finnish context these are considered mainly at the regional level potentially missing out on more local issues and problems. Such local information would ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kangas A,Rasinmäki J,Eyvindson K,Chambers P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resource management issues continually change over time in response to coevolving social, economic, and ecological systems. Under these conditions adaptive management, or "learning by doing," offers an opportunity for more proactive and collaborative approaches to resolving environmental problems. In turn, this will r...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Allen W,Bosch O,Kilvington M,Oliver J,Gilbert M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sewage discharge from an ocean outfall is subject to water quality standards, which are often stated in probabilistic terms. Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) has been used in the past to evaluate the ability of a designed outfall to meet water quality standards or compliance guidelines associated with sewage discharges. I...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Mukhtasor,Lye LM,Sharp JJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity offsets are increasingly being used for securing biodiversity conservation outcomes as part of sustainable economic development to compensate for the residual unavoidable impacts of projects. Two recent New Zealand examples of biodiversity offsets are reviewed-while both are positive for biodiversity cons...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Norton DA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further the understanding of climate change adaptation processes, more attention needs to be paid to the various contextual factors that shape whether and how climate-related knowledge and information is received and acted upon by actors involved. This study sets out to examine the characteristics of forest owners'...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： André K,Baird J,Gerger Swartling Å,Vulturius G,Plummer R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A holistic understanding of the magnitude and long-term trend of water vulnerability is essential for making management decisions in a given river basin. Existing procedures to assess the spatiotemporal dynamic of water vulnerability in complex mega-scale river basins are inadequate; a new method named ensemble hydrol...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Sun F,Kuang W,Xiang W,Che Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapped environmental classifications are defined using various procedures, but there has been little evaluation of the differences in their ability to discriminate variation in independent ecological characteristics. We tested the performance of environmental classifications of the streams and rivers of France that ha...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Snelder TH,Pella H,Wasson JG,Lamouroux N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecological compensation principle was introduced by the Dutch government in 1993. This principle is designed to enhance the input of nature conservation interests in decision-making on large-scale development projects and to counterbalance the ecological impacts of such developments when implemented. This article ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Cuperus R,Bakermans MM,De Haes HA,Canters KJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective management of invasive plants conserves biodiversity values, reduces economic costs, and minimizes negative impacts on human health. Fostering people's awareness of invasive plants is one of the most cost-effective approaches in preventing the spread and introduction of invasive plants. Therefore, this study...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Nguyen NA,Eskelson BNI,Meitner MJ,Murray T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impervious surfaces degrade urban water quality, but their over-coverage has not explained the persistent water quality variation observed among catchments with similar rates of imperviousness. Land-cover patterns likely explain much of this variation, although little is known about how they vary among watersheds. Our...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Beck SM,McHale MR,Hess GR

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil heavy metal pollution threatens ecological health and food security. It is significant to classify pollution risk management and control zones, which can effectively cope with soil pollution and scientifically carry out soil remediation projects. In this study, based on 665 soil samples collecting from Ningbo (so...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Xiang M,Li Y,Yang J,Li Y,Li F,Hu B,Cao Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Time and money could be saved and better invested on environmental monitoring and assessment programs if redundant elements in biological communities were identified. Either aggregation of species into higher taxonomic groupings or selection of indicator taxa are known procedures to eliminate redundancy in large fau...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Saiz-Salinas JI,González-Oreja JA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive management leitmotiv of "learning to manage and managing to learn" sets out an attractive agenda for dealing with the overwhelming complexity of environmental phenomena that humans have problematized. To ensure that this rallying cry translates into effective action, it is important to give consideration ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stubbs M,Lemon M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ This paper examines the use of the European dune pioneer plant Ammophila arenaria (marram or European beach grass) for dune stabilization in South Africa in the past and present, its present distribution in South Africa, and the perceptions of coastal management agencies and the public about its further use. The pla...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hertling UM,Lubke RA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indicators of the environmental sustainability of biofuel production, distribution, and use should be selected, measured, and interpreted with respect to the context in which they are used. The context of a sustainability assessment includes the purpose, the particular biofuel production and distribution system, polic...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Efroymson RA,Dale VH,Kline KL,McBride AC,Bielicki JM,Smith RL,Parish ES,Schweizer PE,Shaw DM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a field experiment using constructed communities to test whether species richness contributed to the maintenance of ecosystem processes under fire disturbance. We studied the effects of diversity components (i.e., species richness and species composition) upon productivity, structural traits of vegetation...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dimitrakopoulos PG,Siamantziouras AS,Galanidis A,Mprezetou I,Troumbis AY

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The creation of protected conservation areas may result in protracted conflicts between stakeholders. In this study we examine the drivers of anthropogenic wildfire ignitions in the National Park of "los Alerces" (NPA) in Patagonia, Argentina. The NPA was established in 1937 to protect the native "andino-patagónico" f...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Seijo F,Godoy MM,Guglielmin D,Ciampoli C,Ebright S,Picco O,Defossé G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field study at Coeur d'Alene Lake, Idaho, USA, was conducted between October 1998 and August 2001 to examine the potential importance of sediment-water interactions on contaminant transport and to provide the first direct measurements of the benthic flux of dissolved solutes of environmental concern in this lake. Be...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kuwabara JS,Carter JL,Topping BR,Fend SV,Woods PF,Berelson WM,Balistrieri LS

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Land-use change from one type to another affects soil carbon (C) stocks which is associated with fluxes of CO2 to the atmosphere. The 10-years converted land selected from previously cultivated land in hilly areas of Sichuan, China was studied to understand the effects of land-use conversion on soil organic casrbon (S...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zhang JH,Li FC,Wang Y,Xiong DH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community involvement is fundamental to the management of multijurisdictional river basins but, in practice, is very difficult to achieve. The Murray-Darling basin, in Australia, and the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia are both cooperatively managed multijurisdictional river basins where the management authoritie...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Chenoweth JL,Ewing SA,Bird JF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-boundary coordination is a tool for ecosystem management whereby landowners voluntarily coordinate management practices toward economic and/or ecological landscape-scale outcomes (e.g., fiber, invasive species control, habitat). Past research indicates that it may be particularly applicable on landscapes that in...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gass RJ,Rickenbach M,Schulte LA,Zeuli K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Describing patterns in the landscape and interpreting the effects of these patterns on flora, fauna, and other factors has been of long-standing interest. Many descriptors have been developed, and these aggregate factors into a single index. The identical numerical result for a multifactor index can be attained by u...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： GILES JR RH,TRANI MK

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Morphological Quality Index (MQI) and the Morphological Quality Index for monitoring (MQIm) have been applied to eight case studies across Europe with the objective of analyzing the hydromorphological response to various restoration measures and of comparing the results of the MQI and MQIm as a morphological asses...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Belletti B,Nardi L,Rinaldi M,Poppe M,Brabec K,Bussettini M,Comiti F,Gielczewski M,Golfieri B,Hellsten S,Kail J,Marchese E,Marcinkowski P,Okruszko T,Paillex A,Schirmer M,Stelmaszczyk M,Surian N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00