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Urban waterway ecosystem: Ecological and visual evaluation of the Tamazula river, located in Culiacán, Sinaloa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
El propósito de este trabajo fue evaluar la calidad ecológica y visual del ecosistema fluvial urbano del río Tamazula. Se adaptaron diferentes índices de calidad ecológica y se aplicó una encuesta a una muestra estadística representativa de los ...
IÑIGUEZ AYON, YAZMIN PAOLA   +5 more
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A practical, adaptive compliance management framework for improving marine protected area effectiveness

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Noncompliance regularly undermines the effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide. The reasons for and drivers of noncompliance depend on the context (e.g., insufficient funding, capacity, neocolonialism, historical conflict), but the prevalent solution offered to curtail noncompliance tends to be more or better enforcement.
B. Bergseth   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scenarios and strategies for future‐proofing ecosystem management under climatic novelty

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change is driving unprecedented declines in dominant, habitat‐forming foundation species across marine and terrestrial ecosystems globally. As climatic novelty becomes the norm, ecosystem reassembly will become increasingly common. Predicting and understanding these transitions, and their implications for future ecosystem functioning ...
Lauren T. Toth   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Jamaican CARICOMP Site: using a temporal data set to assist in managing coastal resources

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2010
Discovery Bay is one of nine sites around Jamaica’s coastline, soon to gain the legislative protection of Fish Sanctuary (and Scientific Reserve) status. Cumulative natural and anthropogenic impacts drove the 1980’s coral to algae phase shift.
Peter Gayle   +3 more
doaj  

Urban Transport Policies and the Environment: Evidence from Italy [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper reviews urban transport policies in Italian cities and their impact on the concentration of NO2 and PM10. Using parametric and non-parametric techniques, it finds no significant effect of the policy actions currently implemented.
Marco Percoco
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Advancing conservation breeding programs for marine invertebrates

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the face of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss caused by climate change and other stressors, conservation breeding, or captive breeding, with the aim of reintroduction for wild population recovery, is an emerging tool for preventing species’ extinction and rehabilitating ecosystems.
Elora H. López‐Nandam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosistemas Artísticos:

open access: yesINDEX Revista de Arte Contemporáneo
Este artículo sintetiza el trabajo de titulación Ecos Vivarium, desarrollado en la Escuela de Artes Visuales – Itinerario Curaduría – de la Universidad de las Artes de Guayaquil. Se explora cómo la curaduría contemporánea ha trascendido la mera selección y exhibición de obras para convertirse en un espacio de producción de conocimiento y cruce ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Presencia de macrofauna en suelos degradados y en recuperación de sistemas silvopastoriles naturales en Temascaltepec, México

open access: yesAIA Avances en Investigación Agropecuaria
. Introducción: El suelo es el sustrato donde se almacenan nutrientes y agua, disponibles para las plantas de los pastizales y organismos que lo habitan.
Francisca Avilés Nova Avilés Nova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The emergence and outcomes of collective action: an institutional and ecosystem approach A emergência e os resultados da ação coletiva: uma abordagem institucional e ecossistêmica

open access: yesAmbiente & Sociedade, 2002
Participation in collective action is frequently studied through a community-based analysis, with focus on the social features of the participants and on the ecological features of the managed system.
Célia Futtema   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of land‐based threats to Atlantic pelagic seabirds

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Highly mobile pelagic seabirds face numerous land‐based threats during their breeding seasons, including invasive alien species, climate change, and diseases, which drive population declines. Using field expertise and a literature review, we collated a dataset assessing 18 threats affecting 49 species across 38 Atlantic Large Marine Ecosystems. We used
Ioannis Kalaitzakis   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

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