The manuscript on the following pages has been accepted for... the book Coral Health and Disease (Eugene Rosenberg, Editor), which...
... not necessarily directly predictable from observations made on individual partners in isolation (e.g., in culture) or in other combinations. Distinguishing ecospecies from one another is further complicated by uncertainties in determining functional diversity of symbionts from (predominantly molecul ...
... not necessarily directly predictable from observations made on individual partners in isolation (e.g., in culture) or in other combinations. Distinguishing ecospecies from one another is further complicated by uncertainties in determining functional diversity of symbionts from (predominantly molecul ...
coral reefs and Ocean acidification
... that the main reef-building organisms, corals and calcifying macroalgae, will calcify 10–50% less relative to pre-industrial rates by the middle of this century. This decreased calcification is likely to affect their ability to function within the ecosystem and will almost certainly affect the worki ...
... that the main reef-building organisms, corals and calcifying macroalgae, will calcify 10–50% less relative to pre-industrial rates by the middle of this century. This decreased calcification is likely to affect their ability to function within the ecosystem and will almost certainly affect the worki ...
Conceptual Ecological Modelling of Shallow Sublittoral Sand
... outputs which occur in shallow sublittoral sand habitats. In addition to this, four detailed submodels were produced. Each focussed on a particular functional group of fauna within the habitat: “suspension and deposit feeding infauna”, “small mobile fauna and tube dwelling species”, “mobile epifauna ...
... outputs which occur in shallow sublittoral sand habitats. In addition to this, four detailed submodels were produced. Each focussed on a particular functional group of fauna within the habitat: “suspension and deposit feeding infauna”, “small mobile fauna and tube dwelling species”, “mobile epifauna ...
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority submission on the green
... approach to managing target stocks, especially in the face of increased uncertainties and adverse environmental conditions caused by climate change and other pressures, such as from coastal development. The rebuilding or maintenance of fish stocks at this more conservative biomass level is consisten ...
... approach to managing target stocks, especially in the face of increased uncertainties and adverse environmental conditions caused by climate change and other pressures, such as from coastal development. The rebuilding or maintenance of fish stocks at this more conservative biomass level is consisten ...
in Central Asia - Zoï Environment Network
... contains a very wide variety of landscapes and climates, and the ecosystems and different species it harbours are immensely varied. Many of them are of global as well as regional importance. Both the historical record of impacts on its ecosystems and current trends in the changes affecting them toda ...
... contains a very wide variety of landscapes and climates, and the ecosystems and different species it harbours are immensely varied. Many of them are of global as well as regional importance. Both the historical record of impacts on its ecosystems and current trends in the changes affecting them toda ...
Ecosystem Flips, Locks, and Feedbacks: the
... When alternative population, community, or ecosystem states of fished stocks become stable or lag in their recovery (i.e., undergo “hysteresis” sensu Scheffer et al. 2001), the problem transcends academic curiosity and becomes a socioeconomic crisis because many people depend on fisheries for their ...
... When alternative population, community, or ecosystem states of fished stocks become stable or lag in their recovery (i.e., undergo “hysteresis” sensu Scheffer et al. 2001), the problem transcends academic curiosity and becomes a socioeconomic crisis because many people depend on fisheries for their ...
Deep water sponges - Norsk olje og gass
... by fan-shaped Phakellia sp. sponges and further characterized by Oceanapia and Mycale sponges. ...
... by fan-shaped Phakellia sp. sponges and further characterized by Oceanapia and Mycale sponges. ...
Inconsistent impacts of decomposer diversity on the stability of
... evaluate the consequences for mankind (e.g., Naeem and Li 1997; Yachi and Loreau 1999; Balvanera et al. 2006). Beginning with predictions by MacArthur (1955) and Elton (1958), biodiversity has been shown to govern various aspects of ecosystem stability, such as temporal stability (Tilman et al. 2006 ...
... evaluate the consequences for mankind (e.g., Naeem and Li 1997; Yachi and Loreau 1999; Balvanera et al. 2006). Beginning with predictions by MacArthur (1955) and Elton (1958), biodiversity has been shown to govern various aspects of ecosystem stability, such as temporal stability (Tilman et al. 2006 ...
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... A recent study conducted in the African savannah has pointed out that the structure and functioning of vertebrate scavenging assemblages is largely dependent on carcass size (Moleón et al. 2015). The relationship between the particle size of the food resource and community structure and dynamics is ...
... A recent study conducted in the African savannah has pointed out that the structure and functioning of vertebrate scavenging assemblages is largely dependent on carcass size (Moleón et al. 2015). The relationship between the particle size of the food resource and community structure and dynamics is ...
Consequences of warming on tundra carbon balance determined by
... reindeer/caribou, and grazing causes important vegetation shifts in the long-term. Using a unique experimental set-up, where areas experiencing more than 50 years of either light (LG) or heavy (HG) grazing were warmed and/or fertilized, we show that under ambient conditions areas under LG were a 70% ...
... reindeer/caribou, and grazing causes important vegetation shifts in the long-term. Using a unique experimental set-up, where areas experiencing more than 50 years of either light (LG) or heavy (HG) grazing were warmed and/or fertilized, we show that under ambient conditions areas under LG were a 70% ...
Seamounts Report Vol 2
... column) associated with seamounts, while the second expedition, aboard the RRS James Cook (funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, NERC) in 2011, focused on the benthic realm (on the seafloor). By conducting some of the very first assessments of seamount ecosystems, the project created a ...
... column) associated with seamounts, while the second expedition, aboard the RRS James Cook (funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, NERC) in 2011, focused on the benthic realm (on the seafloor). By conducting some of the very first assessments of seamount ecosystems, the project created a ...
Herbivory from Individuals to Ecosystems
... herbivores and therefore reduce the degree to which herbivores limit plants. The HSS paper was important on two grounds. First, it placed herbivory in a multitrophic ecosystem context and thereby formally recognized that herbivores not only consume their own resources but they are in turn resources ...
... herbivores and therefore reduce the degree to which herbivores limit plants. The HSS paper was important on two grounds. First, it placed herbivory in a multitrophic ecosystem context and thereby formally recognized that herbivores not only consume their own resources but they are in turn resources ...
Biodiversity Hotspots
... Hotspots are not formally recognised or governed areas. However, the identification of an area as a biodiversity hotspot increases the likelihood of conservation investment. In addition, other designations for biodiversity conservation are likely to be present within these broad areas which may have ...
... Hotspots are not formally recognised or governed areas. However, the identification of an area as a biodiversity hotspot increases the likelihood of conservation investment. In addition, other designations for biodiversity conservation are likely to be present within these broad areas which may have ...
Literature Review of Bioeconomic Impacts of Pollutants Affecting
... In this section, relevant studies located during the on‐line literature search (listed above in Section 2) are critically reviewed in terms of their potential applicability to marine parks in NSW. In Appendix 1 these studies have been segregated according to the pollutant investigated, and a sum ...
... In this section, relevant studies located during the on‐line literature search (listed above in Section 2) are critically reviewed in terms of their potential applicability to marine parks in NSW. In Appendix 1 these studies have been segregated according to the pollutant investigated, and a sum ...
Host-released dimethylsulphide activates the dinoflagellate
... proliferations typically of dinoflagellates, cyanobacteria or diatoms, that can directly cause illness and death in humans and marine life through the production of toxins, or cause ecosystem alterations affecting food provision and recreational activities (Zingone et al., 2000; MEA, 2005). Even tho ...
... proliferations typically of dinoflagellates, cyanobacteria or diatoms, that can directly cause illness and death in humans and marine life through the production of toxins, or cause ecosystem alterations affecting food provision and recreational activities (Zingone et al., 2000; MEA, 2005). Even tho ...
Full Text - Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
... desire to simultaneously extract multiple goods and services from high-functioning ecosystems14. Solving these problems requires considering how biodiversity simultaneously affects the multitude of ecosystem functions present in nature, which we define as ecosystem multifunctionality. The complex int ...
... desire to simultaneously extract multiple goods and services from high-functioning ecosystems14. Solving these problems requires considering how biodiversity simultaneously affects the multitude of ecosystem functions present in nature, which we define as ecosystem multifunctionality. The complex int ...
Coral Bleaching
... healthy coral is very close to its upper lethal temperature: an increase of one to two degrees above the usual summer maximum can be deadly. Paul Jokiel and Stephen Coles of the University of Hawaii have shown that bleaching and coral mortality are not induced by the shock of rapidly ßuctuating temp ...
... healthy coral is very close to its upper lethal temperature: an increase of one to two degrees above the usual summer maximum can be deadly. Paul Jokiel and Stephen Coles of the University of Hawaii have shown that bleaching and coral mortality are not induced by the shock of rapidly ßuctuating temp ...
“Ecology and the Environment” Handbook in Philosophy of Biology
... needed testing” (Edgerton, 1973). The idea that nature was somehow in “balance” had, for a long time, the status dogma, guiding belief and practice in ecology, without quite arising to the status of a testable hypothesis before the mid-twentieth century. One may distinguish two components of the ide ...
... needed testing” (Edgerton, 1973). The idea that nature was somehow in “balance” had, for a long time, the status dogma, guiding belief and practice in ecology, without quite arising to the status of a testable hypothesis before the mid-twentieth century. One may distinguish two components of the ide ...
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
... in partnership and peace. The 2030 Agenda is universal, transformative and rights-based. It is an ambitious plan of action for countries, the UN system, and all other actors. The Agenda is the most comprehensive blueprint to date for eliminating extreme poverty, reducing inequality, and protecting t ...
... in partnership and peace. The 2030 Agenda is universal, transformative and rights-based. It is an ambitious plan of action for countries, the UN system, and all other actors. The Agenda is the most comprehensive blueprint to date for eliminating extreme poverty, reducing inequality, and protecting t ...
Light, temperature and competition
... Erect leafy or branchy seaweeds often attached to the ocean floor (three main groups; brown algae, red algae and green algae) ...
... Erect leafy or branchy seaweeds often attached to the ocean floor (three main groups; brown algae, red algae and green algae) ...
Ecological resilience
In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly. Such perturbations and disturbances can include stochastic events such as fires, flooding, windstorms, insect population explosions, and human activities such as deforestation, fracking of the ground for oil extraction, pesticide sprayed in soil, and the introduction of exotic plant or animal species. Disturbances of sufficient magnitude or duration can profoundly affect an ecosystem and may force an ecosystem to reach a threshold beyond which a different regime of processes and structures predominates. Human activities that adversely affect ecosystem resilience such as reduction of biodiversity, exploitation of natural resources, pollution, land-use, and anthropogenic climate change are increasingly causing regime shifts in ecosystems, often to less desirable and degraded conditions. Interdisciplinary discourse on resilience now includes consideration of the interactions of humans and ecosystems via socio-ecological systems, and the need for shift from the maximum sustainable yield paradigm to environmental resource management which aims to build ecological resilience through ""resilience analysis, adaptive resource management, and adaptive governance"".