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Effects of Waves and Sediment Disturbance on Seed Bank Persistence at Tidal Flats

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coastal wetlands such as salt marshes have been increasingly valued for their capacity to buffer global climate change effects, yet their long-term persistence is threatened by environmental changes.
Zhenchang Zhu, Zhenchang Zhu, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Qin Zhu, Qin Zhu, Yanpeng Cai, Yanpeng Cai, Zhifeng Yang, Zhifeng Yang   +9 more
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Assessing the quality of the ecological component of English Environmental Statements [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Management, 2015
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a key tool to help ensure sustainable built development in more than 200 countries worldwide. Ecology is frequently a component of EIA and early reviews of Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) chapters identified scope for improvement at almost every stage of the EcIA process, regardless of country.
Drayson, K, Wood, JG, Thompson, S
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The water dispatching of river basins during dry periods under the most stringent water management system in China

Water Policy, 2021
Since 2011, China has implemented its most stringent water management system to effectively protect water resources and guarantee socioeconomic development.
Yanhu He, Zhenjie Gong, Yanhui Zheng, Xiaoyan Bai, Peng Wang   +4 more
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Landscape preferences, ecological quality and biodiversity protection [PDF]

, 2002
The loss of biological diversity is a major environmental problem occurring on a global scale. Human-environment researchers have an important role in shaping policy and programs at a local, national and international level.
Cary, John, Williams, Kathryn
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Biomass and physiological responses of green algae and diatoms to nutrient availability differ between the presence and absence of macrophytes

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Nutrient enrichment commonly promotes phytoplankton biomass, while the presence of macrophytes can mitigate the promotion effects of nutrient loading. However, the existing studies have seldomly focused on the impacts of macrophytes on the phytoplankton ...
Beibei Hao, Haoping Wu, Jiaqi You, Wei Xing, Yanpeng Cai   +4 more
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Do contaminants originating from state-of-the-art treated wastewater impact the ecological quality of surface waters? [PDF]

, 2013
Since the 1980s, advances in wastewater treatment technology have led to considerably improved surface water quality in the urban areas of many high income countries.
A Borja, A Ginebreda, A Magdeburg, A Ricciardi, AE Laursen, Alexandra Botzat, Axel Magdeburg, B Spanhoff, BJ Kefford, BJ Kefford, CG Daughton, CG Daughton, CN Coimbra, D Hering, D Jacobsen, D Stalter, D Stalter, D Stalter, Daniel Stalter, DD Macdonald, E Artola-Garicano, G Beasley, G Nentwig, GJ Pond, IJ Buerge, IP Vaughan, J Hollender, J Oehlmann, JL Parrott, Jörg Oehlmann, K Karlson, K Quednow, K Quednow, K Quednow, K Quednow, Kristin Quednow, M Bundschuh, M Jenkins, M Liess, M Oetken, M Weemaes, MA Beketov, PC Von Der Ohe, R Triebskorn, RJ Diaz, RP Schwarzenbach, S Jobling, S Linke, Silvana Allodi, T Ehlert, W Brack, WH Clements, YKK Koh, Z Liu   +53 more
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Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals and Environmental Quality of Tunisian Harbours

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Harbours are one of the most disturbed coastal ecosystems due to intensive anthropogenic pressures. This study aimed for the first time to compare anthropogenic impacts in three harbours from the central coast of Tunisia (Mediterranean Sea) employing analysis of heavy metal contamination and ecological quality status (EcoQS).
Nourhene Rebai, Nawfel Mosbahi, Jean-Claude Dauvin, Lassad Neifar   +3 more
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Assignment of the New Type of Ecological Services for Providing Human Safety Under Conditions of Urban Environment [PDF]

, 2018
The main aim of the study is to separate a new category of ecological services for providing human and environmental safety under conditions of accelerated urbanization in the system of eco-services.Urbanization decreased the potential of ecological ...
Vasiutynska, K. (Kateryna)
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Re-establishing fish migration channel of large reservoirs in Jinsha River Basin of China by using an eco-friendly reservoir operation method

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2023
Study region: A deep reservoir between Xiluodu (XLD) dam and Xiangjiaba (XJB) dam, located in the lower reaches of Jinsha River. Study focus: Dam construction, especially high dam construction, normally caused the supersaturated total dissolved gas (TDG)
Yujuan Mo, Hang Wan, Yanpeng Cai, Xiaodong Zhang, Ran Li, Yongyang Wang   +5 more
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Ecological Environmental Quality Evaluation of Yellow River Basin

Procedia Engineering, 2012
AbstractAccording to the test and statistical data of Yellow River basin, the environment system is classified in the climate resources subsystem, the water resources subsystem, the land resources subsystem and the social economy subsystem based on the present situation and characters of the basin. In order to evaluate ecological environment quality of
Ya-shan, Song, Chong, Du, Chao, Yang, Chao, Qin   +3 more
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