A preliminary index of biotic integrity for monitoring the condition of the Rio Paraiba do Sul, southeast Brazil.

abstract：:Rapid growth in marine sand mining for construction and other uses poses environmental challenges to coastal nations virtually worldwide. Yet the development of management policies, such as a system of fees imposed on operators for damage caused by mining, has been frustrated by a lack of studies to support such measu...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kim TG,Grigalunas T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Street lighting on coastal roadways is often visible at sea turtle nesting beaches, and disrupts the nocturnal orientation of hatchlings as they crawl toward the sea. Our objective was to determine whether an alternative lighting system (light-emitting diodes, embedded in the roadway pavement) prevented orientation di...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bertolotti L,Salmon M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research addresses the need to improve our knowledge on the demand for national forests for recreation and offers an in-depth data analysis supported by the complementary use of count data and ordered models. From a policy-making perspective, while count data models enable the estimation of monetary welfare measu...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Simões P,Barata E,Cruz L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a vexing problem to achieve a consensus about the proper scientific way to assess population viability for habitat conservation plans. Rather than a hypothesis-testing approach, here it is proposed to select population models, estimate extinction parameters, and assess prediction uncertainty using a pragmatic, e...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： FOLEY P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agroforestry systems (AFSs) have an important role in capturing above and below ground soil carbon and play a dominant role in mitigation of atmospheric CO(2). Attempts has been made here to identify soil organic matter fractions in the cacao-AFSs that have different susceptibility to microbial decomposition and furth...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Rita JC,Gama-Rodrigues EF,Gama-Rodrigues AC,Polidoro JC,Machado RC,Baligar VC

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:Genetic differences in the Posidonia oceanica meadow of Monterosso al Mare (NW Mediterranean, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) "Cinque Terre") were compared in three stations, at an increasing distance from a source of impact (beach nourishment) in the recent decade. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis showed a hig...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Micheli C,Cupido R,Lombardi C,Belmonte A,Peirano A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate which macroinvertebrate and deposited sediment metrics are best for determining effects of excessive sedimentation on stream integrity. Fifteen instream sediment metrics, with the strongest relationship to land cover, were compared to riffle macroinvertebrate metrics in stre...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Sutherland AB,Culp JM,Benoy GA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water governance occurs at multiple levels, from the local to the supra-national, which are often highly fragmented. The interconnected nature of water requires interactions among these multiple governance levels. Public participation may foster such interactions. Thus, many water management reforms involved decentral...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hassenforder E,Barreteau O,Daniell KA,Ferrand N,Kabaseke C,Muhumuza M,Tibasiima T

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of many African game reserves is today often still an art based on experience and intuition, rather than a science. Decision-making is based on an informal integration of accumulated individual knowledge and keen field observations. Data are generally poorly captured and curated. Until fairly recently, deno...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stalmans M,Balkwill K,Witkowski ET,Rogers KH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ The species richness of shoreline vegetation of unregulated lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada, is known to increase as a function of catchment area, a topographic variable governing water level fluctuations. Predictions based on catchment area however, fail to account for richness patterns at the margins of lakes enlarge...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hill NM,Keddy PA,Wisheu IC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural resource trustee agencies must determine how much, and what type of environmental restoration will compensate for injuries to natural resources that result from releases of hazardous substances or oil spills. To fulfill this need, trustees, and other natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) practitioners have...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Baker M,Domanski A,Hollweg T,Murray J,Lane D,Skrabis K,Taylor R,Moore T,DiPinto L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innovative approach to the protection and management of water resources at the basin scale introduced by the European Union water framework directive (WFD) requires new scientific tools. WFD implementation also requires the participation of many stakeholders (administrators, farmers and citizens) with the aim of i...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bocchi S,La Rosa D,Pileri P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Least Developed Countries are likely to be hit the hardest by climate change and need focused efforts towards adaptation. Nepal recognizes that it needs to integrate climate change adaptation into various policies, but limited understanding of how to make these policies coherent is among the factors that hinder effect...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ranabhat S,Ghate R,Bhatta LD,Agrawal NK,Tankha S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Regional resource use planning relies on key regional stakeholder groups using and having equitable access to appropriate social, economic, and environmental information and assessment tools. Decision support systems (DSS) can improve stakeholder access to such information and analysis tools. Regional resource use p...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zhu X,Dale AP

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outdoor water use is a key component in arid city water systems for achieving sustainable water use and ensuring water security. Using evapotranspiration (ET) calculations as a proxy for outdoor water consumption, the objectives of this research are to quantify outdoor water consumption of different land use and land ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kaplan S,Myint SW,Fan C,Brazel AJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the human-nature interaction in a village in rural South Africa. It discusses preconditions, perceptions, and consequences of natural resource use, and places these findings into a regional and historical context. Applying an interdisciplinary perspective, the study uses interviews, questionnaires,...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Haag F,Hajdu F

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fee-fishing involves paying a fee for the privilege of fishing a body of water where fish populations are enhanced by stocking fish. Past literature on this activity has focused more on the operation of the enterprise and management of the fish than the people and site characteristics. The objectives of the study were...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Schuett MA,Pierskalla CD

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 154 aquatic alien species have invaded the New York State Canal and Hudson River systems and a total of 162 aquatic species have invaded the Great Lakes Basin. Some of these invasive species are causing significant damage and control costs in both aquatic ecosystems. In the New York State Canal and Hudson R...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Pimentel D

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:The drylands in northern China are expected to face dramatic land system change in the context of socioeconomic development and environmental conservation. Recent studies have addressed changes of land cover with socioeconomic development in the drylands in northern China. However, the changes in land use intensity an...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Liu Z,Verburg PH,Wu J,He C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragmentation of family-owned farms and ranches has been identified as the greatest single threat to wildlife habitat, water supply, and the long-term viability of agriculture in Texas. However, an integrative framework for insights into the pathways of land use change has been lacking. The specific objectives of the ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kjelland ME,Kreuter UP,Clendenin GA,Wilkins RN,Wu XB,Afanador EG,Grant WE

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Western North America is experiencing a dramatic expansion of piñon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) (P-J) trees into shrub-steppe communities. Feature extracted data acquired from remotely sensed imagery can help managers rapidly and accurately assess this land cover change in order to manage rangeland ecosy...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Madsen MD,Zvirzdin DL,Davis BD,Petersen SL,Roundy BA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the potential for landscape governance in large-scale commodity landscapes in Indonesia. It conceptualizes landscape governance as the spatialization of governance, which entails the interplay between natural-spatial conditions of place, public-private actor constellations, and policy responses. ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： van Oosten C,Moeliono M,Wiersum F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters about composition of refuse such as mass percentage of biodegradable matter, volatile solid, organic carbon, cellulose, total sugar, and settlement were monitored and analyzed in a large-scale experimental unit. The empirical formulas between composition and refuse age were established in terms of the data ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Jiangying L,Dimin X,Youcai Z,Shaowei C,Guojian L,Qi Z

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to assess the biological water of the Iranian Tajan River using different metrics, i.e., a Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index (MMI) and a traits-based method. Twenty-eight physico-chemical parameters, 10 habitat factors, and abundance of macroinvertebrates were obtained for 17 sites....

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Aazami J,Esmaili Sari A,Abdoli A,Sohrabi H,Van den Brink PJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Having volunteers collect data can be a cost-effective strategy to complement or replace those collected by scientists. The quality of these data is essential where field-collected data are used to monitor progress against predetermined standards because they provide decision makers with confidence that choices they m...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gollan J,de Bruyn LL,Reid N,Wilkie L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing evidence base demonstrating that atmospheric nitrogen deposition presents a threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function in acid grasslands in Western Europe. Here, we report the findings of a workshop held for European policy makers to assess the perceived importance of reactive nitrogen depositio...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stevens CJ,Gowing DJ,Wotherspoon KA,Alard D,Aarrestad PA,Bleeker A,Bobbink R,Diekmann M,Dise NB,Duprè C,Dorland E,Gaudnik C,Rotthier S,Soons MB,Corcket E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry grasslands are one of the most species rich and endangered types of vegetation in Europe. In the Czech Republic, dry grasslands are mainly of anthropogenic origin and were formed as a result of grazing after the clear-cutting of thermophilous oak woods. Gradual changes in the farming landscape throughout the 20th ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dostálek J,Frantík T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A map of ecological regions of the conterminous United States, first published in 1987, has been greatly refined and expanded into a hierarchical spatial framework in response to user needs, particularly by state resource management agencies. In collaboration with scientists and resource managers from numerous agencie...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Omernik JM,Griffith GE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00