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Sharing the light, impact of solar parks on plant productivity, soil microbes and soil organic matter

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Solar parks enable renewable energy production at a large scale, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the effects of this change in land use on vegetation and soil health are still largely unknown. In this study, we determined the impacts of solar parks on vegetation, soil biota and soil carbon between and below solar panels.
Luuk Scholten, Ron G. M. de Goede, Anna Edlinger, Bas B. Van Aken, Gerlinde B. De Deyn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Patterns in Seawater Quality from Dredging in Tropical Environments. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Maintenance and capital dredging represents a potential risk to tropical environments, especially in turbidity-sensitive environments such as coral reefs.
Ross Jones, Rebecca Fisher, Clair Stark, Peter Ridd   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The conditioning environment mediates soil biological legacies, while plant traits mediate corresponding responses among Medicago sativa cultivars

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Alfalfa is the most widely cultivated perennial forage crop in the world, supporting livestock production and contributing to global food systems. However, soil degradation and declining productivity threaten the long‐term sustainability of alfalfa pastures.
Martina Cardoni, Aisa Kuper‐Psenicnik, John Paul Wasan, Jonathan A. Bennett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of suspended sediments on the sponge holobiont with implications for dredging management

Scientific Reports, 2017
Dredging can cause high suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in the water column, posing a hazard to filter feeding organisms like sponges as sediment may clog their aquiferous systems and reduce feeding.
M. Pineda, Brian W. Strehlow, Miriam Sternel, A. Duckworth, Ross Jones, N. Webster   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of flower supplementation on pollinators and pollination along an urbanisation gradient

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Enhancing urban greenspaces for pollinator communities by planting flower patches is increasingly common, but their efficacy for different groups of insects (bees, hoverflies and moths) is unclear. Our city‐scale experiment demonstrated that the effect of flower patches on pollinators is complex, and direct benefits to specific insects are difficult to
Emilie E. Ellis, Jill L. Edmondson, Stuart A. Campbell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data collection and transmission strategies for structural safety monitoring of large-scale infrastructure

Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development
With the goal of safety monitoring of large-scale infrastructure structures,Systematically sort out the indicators that affect structural safety, establish a system for monitoring structural safety based on key indicators, an overall plan for massive ...
Feng Zhou
doaj   +1 more source

Étude des impacts hydrauliques, sédimentologiques et écologiques liés aux travaux hydrauliques sur la Semois

Belgeo, 2003
This study aims to evaluate impacts of riverbed dredgings in the Semois catchment (Ardenne). This is an interdisciplinary study focused on the hydraulic, environmental, geomorphological and sedimentological aspects.
F. Gob, G. Houbrechts, J. Mols, F. Petit, F. Guyon, F. Rosillon, X. Cogels, P. Vander Borght, J.P. Ancion, E. Ntibarufata, J.M. Hiver, J.C. Philippart   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digital 3D reconstruction of Betancourt’s historical heritage: the dredging machine in the Port of Kronstadt

, 2018
Agustin de Betancourt was one of the most distinguished engineers of the 18th and 19th centuries with numerous contributions to various fields of engineering, including civil engineering.
J. Rojas-Sola, E. D. L. M. L. Fuente
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Light Thresholds to Prevent Dredging Impacts on the Great Barrier Reef Seagrass, Zostera muelleri ssp. capricorni

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
Coastal seagrass habitats are at risk from a range of anthropogenic activities that modify the natural light environment, including dredging activities associated with coastal and port developments.
K. Chartrand, C. Bryant, A. Carter, P. Ralph, M. Rasheed   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hydropower Effluent as a Marine Pollutant; Impacts of River Regulation on Estuarine and Coastal Ecology

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The confluence of rivers with the ocean creates biological hotspots where temperature, salinity, and nutrients mix to provide excellent conditions for rearing, growth, and refuge to a multitude of organisms. Worldwide, estuaries are highly productive and biodiverse.
Robert J. Lennox, Jan Grimsrud Davidsen, Sindre H. Eldøy, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Ulrich Pulg, Kirstine Thiemer, William M. Twardek, Ava J. A. Sergio, Øystein Varpe, Gaute Velle, Knut Wiik Vollset   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source