Definition procedures have little effect on performance of environmental classifications of streams and rivers.

abstract：:Climate change affects public land ecosystems and services throughout the American West and these effects are projected to intensify. Even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, adaptation strategies for public lands are needed to reduce anthropogenic stressors of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and to help nativ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Beschta RL,Donahue DL,DellaSala DA,Rhodes JJ,Karr JR,O'Brien MH,Fleischner TL,Deacon Williams C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigated vegetative and soil properties in four created mitigation wetlands, ranging in age from three to ten years, all created in the Virginia Piedmont. Vegetation attributes included percent cover, richness (S), diversity (H'), floristic quality assessment index (FQAI), prevalence index (PI), and prod...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Dee SM,Ahn C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been significant diversions of water from rivers and streams around the world; natural flow regimes have been perturbed by dams, barriers and excessive extractions. Many aspects of the ecological 'health' of riverine systems have declined due to changes in water flows, which has stimulated the development o...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Shenton W,Bond NR,Yen JD,Mac Nally R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementing effective conservation requires an understanding of factors affecting deforestation and forest degradation. Previous studies have investigated factors affecting deforestation, while few studies have examined the determinants of both of deforestation and forest degradation for more than one period. To addr...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Htun NZ,Mizoue N,Yoshida S

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：: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：: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：:Trees are a major threat to power line security across forested regions of the world. We developed a decision support system for identifying locations in Connecticut, USA where trees have grown tall enough to make contact with transmission lines during storms. We used the Random Forest algorithm, danger tree presence/...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Poulos HM,Camp AE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence and relative importance of insecticides and other agricultural stressors in determining variability in invertebrate communities in small streams in intensive soy-production regions of Brazil and Paraguay. In Paraguay we sampled 17 sites on tributaries of the Pirapó River in the state of I...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hunt L,Marrochi N,Bonetto C,Liess M,Buss DF,Vieira da Silva C,Chiu MC,Resh VH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Past methods of prioritizing sites for protection and restoration have focused on lists of criteria or algorithms. These methods lack a common underlying framework, such that the process is explicit and repeatable, assumptions are highlighted, and commonalities and differences among prioritizations can be readily as...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hyman JB,Leibowitz SG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of human activity on ecosystem carbon fluxes (e.g., net ecosystem exchange (NEE), ecosystem respiration (R(eco)), and gross ecosystem exchange (GEE)) are crucial for projecting future uptake of CO2 in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how ecosystem that carbon fluxes respond to grazing exclusion is still under ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Chen J,Shi W,Cao J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale bioenergy production will affect the hydrologic cycle in multiple ways, including changes in canopy interception, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and the quantity and quality of surface runoff and groundwater recharge. As such, the water footprints of bioenergy sources vary significantly by type of feeds...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Watkins DW Jr,de Moraes MM,Asbjornsen H,Mayer AS,Licata J,Lopez JG,Pypker TG,Molina VG,Marques GF,Carneiro AC,Nuñez HM,Önal H,da Nobrega Germano B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has always a step-zero, i.e., an initial phase when the idea is incepted, communicated and negotiated among stakeholders. What happens during this phase is likely to have an impact later on. If not done right, the management of the MPA may encounter problems at later sta...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gonzalez C,Jentoft S

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The environmental behavior of the residents depends on their perception of environmental pollution. Hence, it is important for scientific and policy experts to research on the impact of the environmental pollution perception of local residents. Owing to the richness of natural resources, Hancheng coal mine areas are a...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Shi X,He F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive capacity (AC) of social systems to degradation of ecosystem services is defined as the response capacity of the system to a threat, such as changes in supply and delivery of ecosystem services (ES). In this paper, we propose an adaptive capacity composite indicator vis-a-vis the loss or degradation of eco...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Villegas-Palacio C,Berrouet L,Marsiglia S

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:We investigated the use of Landsat ETM+ images in the monitoring of turbidity, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and Secchi disk transparency (Z(SD)) in lakes of two river basins located in southern Finland. The ETM+ images were acquired in May, June, and September 2002 and were corrected for atmospheric distur...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kallio K,Attila J,Härmä P,Koponen S,Pulliainen J,Hyytiäinen UM,Pyhälahti T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water quality from forested landscapes tends to be very high but can deteriorate during and after silvicultural activities. Practices such as forest harvesting, site preparation, road construction/use, and stream crossings have been shown to contribute sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants to adjacent streams. Alt...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Anderson CJ,Lockaby BG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatio-temporal variations of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total coliform (TC) in the Han River, Korea, were investigated in terms of concentration-based and mass loading-based approaches. Considering the river water quality criteria regulated by the Ministry of Environment in Korea, the tributaries linked to t...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kim JW,Ki SJ,Moon J,Yoo SK,Ryu A,Won J,Choi H,Kim JH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Land-use allocation has important implications for the conservation and management of tropical forests. Peru's forestry regime has recently been reformed and more than 7 million ha has been assigned as forest concessions. This potentially has a drastic impact on the land-use practices and species composition of the as...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Salo M,Toivonen T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. federal government, as well as many state and local governments, operate a number of conservation programs aimed at ameliorating the environmental problems associated with agriculture. While motives and barriers to conservation program participation and adoption of conservation practices have been extensively...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Reimer AP,Denny RCH,Stuart D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Siting hazardous waste facilities is an extremely complex and difficult endeavor. Public aversion to the construction of these facilities in or near their community often results in concerted opposition, referred to as the NIMBY syndrome. For the most part, siting processes do not fail because of inadequate environm...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kuhn RG,Ballard KR

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As deadly and destructive wildfires become increasingly common in the western United States due to climate change, low-income households face particular difficulties recovering from these disasters. Despite this threat, surprisingly little empirical evidence exists about the exposure and vulnerability to wildfire haza...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gabbe CJ,Pierce G,Oxlaj E

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article applies a stated preference choice model to assess trade-offs that residents of two squatter settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh might consider if they were given choices for relocation to flood-free areas. The respondents were asked to choose repeatedly from a set of choice cards, which displayed different ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Rashid H,Hunt LM,Haider W

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：: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：:Anthropogenic disturbances in wetland ecosystems can alter the composition and structure of plant assemblages and affect system functions. Extensive oil and gas extraction has occurred in wetland habitats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast since the early 1900s. Activities involved with three-dimensional (3D) sei...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Howard RJ,Wells CJ,Michot TC,Johnson DJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet-led digital economy is changing both the production and consumption patterns at the global scale. Although great potential exists to harness information technology in general and the Internet in particular and improve the environment, possible negative impacts of e-commerce on the environment should also ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Sui DZ,Rejeski DW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article attempts to shed new light on prevailing puzzles of spatial scales in multi-level, participatory governance as regards the democratic legitimacy and environmental effectiveness of governance systems. We focus on the governance re-scaling by the European Water Framework Directive, which introduced new gove...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Newig J,Schulz D,Jager NW

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00