Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons [PDF]
, 2018 The natural conservation of coastal lagoons is important not only for their ecological importance, but also because of the valuable ecosystem services they provide for human welfare and wellbeing.
Angus, Stewart +35 more
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Strong fisheries management and governance positively impact ecosystem status [PDF]
, 2016 Fisheries have had major negative impacts on marine ecosystems, and effective fisheries management and governance are needed to achieve sustainable fisheries, biodiversity conservation goals and thus good ecosystem status. To date, the IndiSeas programme
Angeles Torres, Maria +26 more
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Data Lake Governance: Towards a Systemic and Natural Ecosystem Analogy
Future Internet, 2020 The realm of big data has brought new venues for knowledge acquisition, but also major challenges including data interoperability and effective management.
Marzieh Derakhshannia +4 more
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Carbon Balance in Salt Marsh and Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Synthesis
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 Mangroves and salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems in the global coastal ocean. Mangroves store more carbon (739 Mg CORG ha−1) than salt marshes (334 Mg CORG ha−1), but the latter sequester proportionally more (24%) net primary ...
Daniel M. Alongi
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Asymmetric warming significantly affects net primary production, but not ecosystem carbon balances of forest and grassland ecosystems in northern China [PDF]
, 2015 We combine the process-based ecosystem model (Biome-BGC) with climate change-scenarios based on both RegCM3 model outputs and historic observed trends to quantify differential effects of symmetric and asymmetric warming on ecosystem net primary ...
Axmacher, JC, Feng, J, Sang, W, Su, H
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The Entropy Model for Sustainability Assessment in Industrial Ecosystems
Inventions, 2020 The aim of this paper is to address the gap in the academic literature towards the development of methodological approaches to the industrial ecosystem sustainability assessment.
Tatyana Tolstykh +3 more
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Mountain Research and Development, 2019 This study examined how members of 2 water user associations in high-elevation ecosystems in Colombia and Venezuela perceive water scarcity as well as the relationship between their perception of and adaptation to it. Among study participants, adaptation
David Leroy
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INITIAL RESEARCH USING GIS TO EXAMINE ANTHROPIC MODIFIED ECOSYSTEM [PDF]
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, 2022 Monitoring the ecosystem evaluated with GIS instruments, measures its spatial and temporal structure and functions at different scales, resulting in information regarding the trend and change in quality due to anthropogenic influence.
Cojocaru Olesea
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A system‐wide assessment of forest biomass production, markets, and carbon
GCB Bioenergy, 2023 This study examines the effects of supplying forest biomass on forest ecosystem services and goods with a dynamic systems model. This unique analysis models dynamic trade and investments in forestry, thereby capturing price changes from increased forest ...
Alice Favero +3 more
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CHANGE OF THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF UMAGUSINSKOE RESERVOIR AFTER BUILDING
Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 11. Estestvennye Nauki, 2016 Phytoplankton and hydrochemical indicators Yumaguzinskoye reservoir (South Urals) were studied. Chemical composition was sufficiently uniform and characterized by hydrocarbonate magnesium-calcium composition. Phytoplankton sampling and processing carried
Shkundina F.B. +2 more
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