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... private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. Today the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects relat ...
... private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. Today the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects relat ...
Allocation, stress tolerance and carbon transport
... processes ranging from community assembly to carbon cycling (Grime, 2006, Migliavacca et al., 2011). The majority of carbon used by vascular plants is not used where it is fixed but is transported to other metabolically active areas. This transport occurs in the phloem, a part of the vascular system ...
... processes ranging from community assembly to carbon cycling (Grime, 2006, Migliavacca et al., 2011). The majority of carbon used by vascular plants is not used where it is fixed but is transported to other metabolically active areas. This transport occurs in the phloem, a part of the vascular system ...
Seagrass patch size affects fish responses to edges
... Any interaction between sampling positions and patches would suggest that variation between patches may be affecting edge effects. To assess if positions and patches interacted, species richness and the density of the two most abundant species were each analysed using a three-factor, repeated-measur ...
... Any interaction between sampling positions and patches would suggest that variation between patches may be affecting edge effects. To assess if positions and patches interacted, species richness and the density of the two most abundant species were each analysed using a three-factor, repeated-measur ...
ocean acidification resulting from
... yet unpredictable ways. Subpolar marine ecosystems such as those within the OSPAR maritime area are characterized by long generation times and few key species. Chemical properties of the relatively cold water implies a more rapidly reducing carbonate saturation state than at lower latitudes. It can ...
... yet unpredictable ways. Subpolar marine ecosystems such as those within the OSPAR maritime area are characterized by long generation times and few key species. Chemical properties of the relatively cold water implies a more rapidly reducing carbonate saturation state than at lower latitudes. It can ...
Aquatic primary production in a high-CO2 world
... relative to phosphorus [15]. Despite the variation in these stoichiometric ratios that has now been documented [16,17], the Redfield ratio remains a central principle for understanding biogeochemical cycles and nutrient limitation (although alternatives are being proposed; e.g., [18]). The prevailin ...
... relative to phosphorus [15]. Despite the variation in these stoichiometric ratios that has now been documented [16,17], the Redfield ratio remains a central principle for understanding biogeochemical cycles and nutrient limitation (although alternatives are being proposed; e.g., [18]). The prevailin ...
GOOS Coastal Module Planning Workshop - unesdoc
... The Coastal GOOS Workshop was convened in accordance with a recommendation of the third session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (J-GOOS), and was chaired by Dr. N.C. Flemming (UK). The participants prepared for the meeting with extensive correspo ...
... The Coastal GOOS Workshop was convened in accordance with a recommendation of the third session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (J-GOOS), and was chaired by Dr. N.C. Flemming (UK). The participants prepared for the meeting with extensive correspo ...
New perspectives in benthic deep-sea microbial ecology
... released from continental margins is primarily due to prokaryotic denitrification, although anammox processes (i.e., the reduction of nitrites coupled to ammonium oxidation; Thamdrup and Dalsgaard, 2002) can be also important (Glud et al., 2009). Nitrification is believed to be one of the main proce ...
... released from continental margins is primarily due to prokaryotic denitrification, although anammox processes (i.e., the reduction of nitrites coupled to ammonium oxidation; Thamdrup and Dalsgaard, 2002) can be also important (Glud et al., 2009). Nitrification is believed to be one of the main proce ...
Effects of physical disturbance and habitat
... habitat-modifying species and physical disturbances in subtidal or non-tidal environments. Numerous studies on physical disturbances in marine environments have focused either on intertidal systems (e.g. Kim & DeWreede 1996, Hall & Harding 1997, Keough & Quinn 1998, Ramage & Schiel 1999, Cowie et al ...
... habitat-modifying species and physical disturbances in subtidal or non-tidal environments. Numerous studies on physical disturbances in marine environments have focused either on intertidal systems (e.g. Kim & DeWreede 1996, Hall & Harding 1997, Keough & Quinn 1998, Ramage & Schiel 1999, Cowie et al ...
KeyNoteNew_Oct01_v9_sgb_edits
... habitats (sessile epifaunal species) in response to scallop-dredging, followed by the effect of beam trawls ...
... habitats (sessile epifaunal species) in response to scallop-dredging, followed by the effect of beam trawls ...
Marine Science - Wageningen UR E-depot
... the provision of fisheries production and the food for bottomdwelling fish species, which comprise about 23% of the global fisheries yield (FAO, 2009). They also play a vital role in the functioning of marine ecosystems and support a wide diversity of species. The bottom trawl fisheries typically us ...
... the provision of fisheries production and the food for bottomdwelling fish species, which comprise about 23% of the global fisheries yield (FAO, 2009). They also play a vital role in the functioning of marine ecosystems and support a wide diversity of species. The bottom trawl fisheries typically us ...
Working Group on Achieving Ecosystem Management and Integrated
... lives along the coast on only 10% of the Earth’s land, creating intense pressure on coastal habitats and resources. Much of the booming global population relies on oceans for food, waste disposal, energy production, marine transportation supporting an increasingly global economy, and views the coast ...
... lives along the coast on only 10% of the Earth’s land, creating intense pressure on coastal habitats and resources. Much of the booming global population relies on oceans for food, waste disposal, energy production, marine transportation supporting an increasingly global economy, and views the coast ...
Deep-Sea Life
... Fig. 2 - Map of the predicted distribution of deep-sea sponge fields slope as a means of modelling carbonate mound composed of Pheronema carpenteri in UK and Irish deep sea environments. Moorings are the best way to detect internal waves as they give data as a continuous time-series (Bogucki et al. ...
... Fig. 2 - Map of the predicted distribution of deep-sea sponge fields slope as a means of modelling carbonate mound composed of Pheronema carpenteri in UK and Irish deep sea environments. Moorings are the best way to detect internal waves as they give data as a continuous time-series (Bogucki et al. ...
Atkinsonetal.Ecosystems.2014
... and supply nutrients that limit primary productivity especially within aquatic ecosystems (Grimm 1988; Vanni 2002; Vanni and others 2002; McIntyre and others 2008). Previous studies have shown that both marine and freshwater bivalves can be important in influencing N and P cycles (Bruesewitz and oth ...
... and supply nutrients that limit primary productivity especially within aquatic ecosystems (Grimm 1988; Vanni 2002; Vanni and others 2002; McIntyre and others 2008). Previous studies have shown that both marine and freshwater bivalves can be important in influencing N and P cycles (Bruesewitz and oth ...
Ecosystem Goods and Services of the Deep Sea
... In recent years, and in particular since the publication of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA 2005), there has been a strong emphasis on the theoretical and practical development of approaches based on identifying, measuring and in some cases valuing the goods and services provided by ecosyste ...
... In recent years, and in particular since the publication of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA 2005), there has been a strong emphasis on the theoretical and practical development of approaches based on identifying, measuring and in some cases valuing the goods and services provided by ecosyste ...
blue med a blue jobs and growth research and
... A. [N/O] Coupling taxonomy with new technologies for biodiversity assessment, e.g. assess genetic diversity also via new genomic tools; wide-spreading of big complex data production through Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and -omics methods (e.g. genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics) and technol ...
... A. [N/O] Coupling taxonomy with new technologies for biodiversity assessment, e.g. assess genetic diversity also via new genomic tools; wide-spreading of big complex data production through Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and -omics methods (e.g. genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics) and technol ...
Stable carbon isotope discrimination by form IC rubisCO from
... influx and fixation. In the case of a cell with a CCM, the rate of influx is high, due to the activities of multiple bicarbonate transporters. Intracellular bicarbonate is converted to CO2 by carbonic anhydrase. The majority of CO2 is fixed by RubisCO. The CO2 remaining is isotopically enriched. Ce ...
... influx and fixation. In the case of a cell with a CCM, the rate of influx is high, due to the activities of multiple bicarbonate transporters. Intracellular bicarbonate is converted to CO2 by carbonic anhydrase. The majority of CO2 is fixed by RubisCO. The CO2 remaining is isotopically enriched. Ce ...
Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide Policy document 12/05 June 2005
... could amount to economic losses of many billions of dollars per year. In the longer term, changes to the stability of coastal reefs may reduce the protection they offer to coasts. There may also be direct and indirect effects on commercially important fish and shellfish species. Marine ecosystems ar ...
... could amount to economic losses of many billions of dollars per year. In the longer term, changes to the stability of coastal reefs may reduce the protection they offer to coasts. There may also be direct and indirect effects on commercially important fish and shellfish species. Marine ecosystems ar ...
Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
... could amount to economic losses of many billions of dollars per year. In the longer term, changes to the stability of coastal reefs may reduce the protection they offer to coasts. There may also be direct and indirect effects on commercially important fish and shellfish species. Marine ecosystems ar ...
... could amount to economic losses of many billions of dollars per year. In the longer term, changes to the stability of coastal reefs may reduce the protection they offer to coasts. There may also be direct and indirect effects on commercially important fish and shellfish species. Marine ecosystems ar ...
IMPLICATIONS OF PHYTOPLANKTON CELL DEATH LOSSES TESIS DOCTORAL Autor: Sébastien Lasternas
... Evaluation of the in situ health status of the natural phytoplanktonic communities and bacteria were analyzed by testing their cell membrane permeability a property used to define cell death by cell biologist. On average the 40.5 ± 16.9 % of the total phytoplankton abundance were represented by dead ...
... Evaluation of the in situ health status of the natural phytoplanktonic communities and bacteria were analyzed by testing their cell membrane permeability a property used to define cell death by cell biologist. On average the 40.5 ± 16.9 % of the total phytoplankton abundance were represented by dead ...
Consultative Draft, V5 November, 2016
... system. Roughly equivalent volumes of dense water sink in the North Atlantic and Antarctic limbs of the MOC and are transported to distant ocean basins. Despite their importance, long-term repeated direct velocity observations of the DWBCs in the Atlantic exist only in a few locations in the North ...
... system. Roughly equivalent volumes of dense water sink in the North Atlantic and Antarctic limbs of the MOC and are transported to distant ocean basins. Despite their importance, long-term repeated direct velocity observations of the DWBCs in the Atlantic exist only in a few locations in the North ...
The chemical composition of subducting sediment and its
... able but necessary. Because sediments have much higher concentrations of many elements than the mantle, small amounts of sediment can make large differences in the chemical compositions of convergent margin magmas. Subducted sediment that makes it past the arc source is not only a net loss of mass f ...
... able but necessary. Because sediments have much higher concentrations of many elements than the mantle, small amounts of sediment can make large differences in the chemical compositions of convergent margin magmas. Subducted sediment that makes it past the arc source is not only a net loss of mass f ...
Dispersal of marine meiofauna: a review and
... animals quickly burrowing into the sediment as flow was increased. Fleeger et al. (1984) also investigated the occurrence of estuarine meiofauna in the water column. Their study was conducted in intertidal vegetated areas in a Louisiana salt marsh and, thus, differed from the studies discussed above ...
... animals quickly burrowing into the sediment as flow was increased. Fleeger et al. (1984) also investigated the occurrence of estuarine meiofauna in the water column. Their study was conducted in intertidal vegetated areas in a Louisiana salt marsh and, thus, differed from the studies discussed above ...
GEOTRACES National Reports - Scientific Committee on Oceanic
... dissolved iron was elevated (up to 3.0 nmol/L) throughout the well-mixed water column. Interestingly, iron(II) was also elevated close to the McDonald Islands, in the vicinity of acoustic plume signals (indicative of bubbles rising from the seafloor and potentially associated with hydrothermalism), ...
... dissolved iron was elevated (up to 3.0 nmol/L) throughout the well-mixed water column. Interestingly, iron(II) was also elevated close to the McDonald Islands, in the vicinity of acoustic plume signals (indicative of bubbles rising from the seafloor and potentially associated with hydrothermalism), ...
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... • A subglacial Icelandic microbiome lacks Archaea and consists of only five microaerophilic and anaerobic chemolithoautotrophs [4]. This unique subsurface microbial community does not receive input of energy from the surface (i.e., sunlight or photosynthetically-derived organic matter) and could ser ...
... • A subglacial Icelandic microbiome lacks Archaea and consists of only five microaerophilic and anaerobic chemolithoautotrophs [4]. This unique subsurface microbial community does not receive input of energy from the surface (i.e., sunlight or photosynthetically-derived organic matter) and could ser ...
consequences and acclimatization strategies
... organizers to the great success of the first two meetings, which made this third one possible. We observe an increasing awareness in the media, politics and the public mind, of the importance of the world’s oceans in climate dynamics and protein resources, but also of the threats from the sea. For a ...
... organizers to the great success of the first two meetings, which made this third one possible. We observe an increasing awareness in the media, politics and the public mind, of the importance of the world’s oceans in climate dynamics and protein resources, but also of the threats from the sea. For a ...