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2. Aquatic Fauna in Maly Patok River Basin (Subpolar Urals): II. Invertebrates.
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Loskutova, O. A. and Ponomarev, V. I.
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Materials on the aquatic invertebrate fauna in the Maly Patok River basin (the western slopes of the Subpolar Urals) have been presented. These water bodies, which maintain the natural hydrological regime, are located on the territory of the Yugyd-Va National Park. A total of 108 taxa (except for Chironomidae) in the zoobenthos samples and the invertebrate qualitative collections taken in the summer periods in 1996, 2000–2007, and 2017 are identified. Among them, amphibiotic insects prevail in the watercourses, while oligochaetes and mollusks dominate in the lakes in regards to number of species. Mayflies of the families Baetidae and Heptageniidae, stoneflies of Perlodidae, caddisflies of Rhyacophilidae and Apataniidae, and the Elmidae beetles are mostly present in the rivers. Oligochaetes of Naididae and mollusks of the families Planorbidae and Sphaeriidae are most abundant and diverse in the lakes. The most frequent species have Palearctic (29.0%) and Holarctic (25.5%) habitat ranges. In addition to the widespread European species, some species are recorded that have the largest part of their ranges in Siberia. Rare species in the fauna composition have been revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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3. A SYSTEMATIC CONSPECTUS OF THE INVERTEBRATE SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN THE SCREE AND LITHOSOL AREAS FROM THE NORTH-WESTERN SECTOR OF THE LEAOTA MOUNTAINS (SOUTHERN CARPATHIANS), ROMANIA.
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Dorobăţ, Magdalin Leonard, Nitzu, Eugen, Popa, Ionuţ, Giurginca, Andrei, Nae, Augustin, Baba, Ştefan, and Dobrescu, Codruţa Mihaela
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INVERTEBRATES , *ISOPODA - Published
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4. Trophic State and Water Quality in the Danube Floodplain Lake (Kopački Rit Nature Park, Croatia) in Relation to Hydrological Connectivity
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Peršić, Vesna, Čerba, Dubravka, Bogut, Irella, Horvatić, Janja, Ansari, Abid A., editor, Singh Gill, Sarvajeet, editor, Lanza, Guy R., editor, and Rast, Walter, editor
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- 2011
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5. First Biological Data on the Marine Snails Osilinus turbinatus (Gastropoda, Trochidae) of Eastern Coasts of Algeria
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Boucetta, Sabrine, Derbal, Farid, Boutiba, Zitouni, Kara, M. Hichem, Ceccaldi, Hubert-Jean, editor, Dekeyser, Ivan, editor, Girault, Mathias, editor, and Stora, Georges, editor
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- 2011
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6. Activity of beavers as an ecological factor that affects the benthos of small rivers - a case study in the Żylica River (Poland).
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Strzelec, Małgorzata, Białek, Katarzyna, and Spyra, Aneta
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EUROPEAN beaver , *ECOSYSTEM management , *HERBIVORES , *MAYFLIES , *ABIOTIC environment - Abstract
The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) has a greater impact on local ecosystems than other herbivores, and the affected area exceeds the range of its presence. Its activity may change or create new habitats by modifying the availability of the biotic and abiotic resources available not only to beavers, but also to other groups of animals. Our aim was to study how beaver activity affects the benthos composition in a small river and in a beaver pond. The way in which beavers function in the case of small rivers has received little attention. The study showed a lower density of benthos above the dam (beaver pond - 1467 ind./m2) compared to the river (3147 ind./m2). Below the dam, the diversity of Trichoptera and Coleoptera was greater, while Diptera were more abundant in the beaver pond. Betidae were a constant component in the benthos assemblages and were most abundant in the beaver pond. Collectors-gatherers and predators were the most numerous in the beaver pond. Decreasing percentages of collectors-gatherers were observed with an increased abundance of collectors-filterers and shredders in the river. All of the ratio values except the P/T FFG (Predators to total of all other groups) were lower in the beaver pond compared to the river. The % EPT (Ephemeroptera Plecoptera and Trichoptera) was also greater in the beaver pond. Small differences in the physicochemical properties of the water and organic matter content in the bottom sediments were found both above and below the beaver dam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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7. Issues and implications for research on disturbed oceanic islands illustrated through an ant survey of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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Neville, P. J., O’Dowd, D. J., Yen, A. L., and New, T. R., editor
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- 2008
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8. Ecological description of the sodium chloride mineral springs in the Kirenga River basin and the upper reaches of the Lena River: 1. General characteristics of the springs and their hydrofauna.
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Takhteev, V., Lopatovskaya, O., Okuneva, G., Pomazkova, G., Samoilova, E., and Rozhkova, N.
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The aquatic microecosystems and their environment have been studied in 12 mineral springs located in the Cis-Baikal Depression and in the basin of the upper reaches of the Lena River (Eastern Siberia). The hydrochemical characteristics of the springs, originating from the Cambrian salt deposits, are given. Their total mineralization varies from 1.1 to 123.0 g/L and the water is sodium chloride. The soils formed under the influence of the mineral waters ('para-soils') are described. The data on the composition and quantitative abundance of aquatic fauna are presented. Six types of macroinvertebrate communities are described. The communities where Turbellaria, Gastropoda, and Psychodidae dominate are recorded in weakly mineralized waters (<3 g/L). The communities where Chironomidae dominate are found in waters characterized both by low and high (up to 28 g/L) salinity. In springs with a water salinity of 2.5-11 g/L, communities characterized by the dominance and high biomass of amphipods Gammarus lacustris Sars. are formed. A unique type of community where Ephydridae larvae dominate (>97% of the biomass) is described for the concentrated brines in Ust'-Kutskii spring. Halophilic species of crustaceans are recorded in the meiofauna. The presence of Foraminifera (marine organisms) in the two studied springs attracts specific interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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9. RESEARCHES REGARDING THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA IN THE EDAPHIC ENVIRONMENT (LIMESTONE LITHOCLASTIC SOIL) IN THE RUDĂRIŢEI KEYS.
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Dorobăţ, Magdalin Leonard, Nitzu, Eugen, Popa, Ionuţ, Giurginca, Andrei, Nae, Augustin, Baba, Ştefan, and Dobrescu, Codruţa Mihaela
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SOIL animals , *INVERTEBRATE ecology , *HABITATS - Abstract
This paper displays the results of some fauna research, carried out for more than one and a half years. They represent not only a premiere for the Rudăriţei Keys but also for Leaota Mountains. Also, a fascinating thing is represented by the continuous, permanent monitoring, during this period, of the main ecologic factors, the temperature and the relative humidity and the collecting of their values from two to two hours during this whole period, as well as the correlation of this abiotic parameters to the distribution of the some main fauna groups (Ord. Araneae, Cls. Colembolla, Cls. Diplopoda, Ord. Isopoda, Ord. Coleoptera, Cls. Chilopoda). This study represents a component of some wider research, which has been carried on in Leaota, both in the limestone and schist substratum, the edaphic soil and also in the subterranean shallow habitats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
10. NEW SPIDERS (ARANEAE) FROM THE MESOVOID SHALLOW SUBSTRATUM (MSS) FAUNA, LEAOTA MOUNTAINS (ROMANIA).
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Dorobăţ, Magdalin Leonard, Nae, Augustin, Nae, Ioana, and Dobrescu, Codruţa Mihaela
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SPIDER ecology , *SPECIES distribution - Abstract
This paper presents the faunistic results regarding the spider fauna (Araneae Ord.) encountered in the superficial underground environment of the Leaota Mountains. The gathering of spiders was carried out during 2014-2015 in surveys located in limestone and schists colluvial scree. We captured faunistic elements at depths of 1m, 0.75m and 0.5m in limestone MSS; in shale MSS we collected fauna only from the depth of 0.5m and 1m. As a result of our research, we identified 12 spiders species, of which 11 are new for Leaota. The Nesticus balacescui species was first reported in shale MSS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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11. ECOFAUNISTIC RESEARCHES ON SOME TAXONOMIC INVERTEBRATE GROUPS OF THE EDAPHIC FAUNA (SHAUE UITHOSOU) FROM LEAOTA MOUNTAINS, 2014-2015.
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Magdalin Leonard, DOROBĂŢ, Eugen, NIŢU, Ionuţ, POPA, Andrei, GIURGINCA, Augustin, NAE, Ştefan, BABA, and Codruţa Mihaela, DOBRESCU
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CLASSIFICATION of invertebrates , *LIMESTONE , *BIODIVERSITY , *SPECIES distribution - Abstract
The areal represented by Leaota Mountains has not been researched nearly at all until 2014-2015 from the perspective of the invertebrate fauna; thus, it still represents a white spot from this point of view. For this reason, our research has focused on the north-western sector of the massif, on the contact area with Bran-Rucăr Corridor and Piatra Craiului Massif, where the geological diversity of the substratum, limestone and crystalline schists, can represent a premise for the installation of some favourable conditions for the fauna biodiversity in the edaphic soil. This study presents the results of the distribution of taxa of invertebrates (Araneae, Isopoda, Collembola, Coleoptera, Diplopoda, and Chilopoda) in the edaphic soil with a substratum of meso-metamorphic crystalline schists. The variation of this distribution was analyzed both depending on the ecological stationary and on the month of the year. The monitoring process was carried out on a monthly basis, in 2014 and 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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12. New Zealand mountain stream communities: Stable yet disturbed?
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Winterbourn, M. J., Streit, Bruno, editor, Städler, Thomas, editor, and Lively, Curtis M., editor
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13. Modern state of the Small (Northern) Aral Sea fauna.
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Plotnikov, Igor S., Ermakhanov, Zaualkhan K., Aladin, Nikolai V., and Micklin, Philip
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LAKE ecology , *ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature , *ZOOPLANKTON , *BENTHIC animals , *MARINE ecology - Abstract
The Aral Sea is a terminal lake lying within the deserts of Central Asia in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, draining the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers. Before the 1960s, it was a large brackish water lake with an average salinity of 10.3 g L−1. The anthropogenic regression and salinization of the Aral Sea at that time resulted from increasing water withdrawals from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya for irrigation purposes. The salinization resulted in the disappearance of most of its invertebrates and all freshwater fish. As a result of the water level decrease, the Aral Sea divided into a northern Small Aral and a southern Large Aral at the end of the 1980s, with the two having different hydrological regimes. After construction the first Kokaral Dam in 1992, the water level of the Small Aral Sea increased by >1 m, with a gradual decline in the salinity beginning. To date, the Small Aral has again become brackish. Its average salinity reached 5.3 g L−1 by April-May 2013, with the highest salinity of 9.9 g L−1 in Butakov Bay, whereas the salinity was very low at 1.2-2.0 g L−1 in the estuary zone of the Syr Darya. There is an ongoing process of restoration of the former biodiversity, with many fresh water and brackish water invertebrate species reappearing due to the decreasing salinity. Freshwater fish species (bream, roach, carp, asp, zander, wels, etc.) returned into the Small Aral from the Syr Darya River and lakes in its lower reaches where they survived. Fisheries are recovering and catches are growing. Continuing salinity decreases, however, may cause decreases in the numbers, or even disappearance, of marine and halophilic invertebrate species. This study summarizes the results of studies of the Small Aral zooplankton, zoobenthos and ichthyofauna carried out in the spring of 2013. An historical review of changes in the Aral Sea and its fauna also is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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14. Folk knowledge of invertebrates in Central Europe - folk taxonomy, nomenclature, medicinal and other uses, folklore, and nature conservation.
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Ulicsni, Viktor, Svanberg, Ingvar, and Molnár, Zsolt
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CLASSIFICATION of insects , *CLASSIFICATION of invertebrates , *AGRICULTURE , *CLIMATOLOGY , *CONSERVATION of natural resources , *FOLKLORE , *INTELLECT , *INTERVIEWING , *RESEARCH methodology , *PHOTOGRAPHY , *STATISTICAL sampling , *TERMS & phrases , *TRADITIONAL medicine , *SAMPLE size (Statistics) , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Background: There is scarce information about European folk knowledge of wild invertebrate fauna. We have documented such folk knowledge in three regions, in Romania, Slovakia and Croatia. We provide a list of folk taxa, and discuss folk biological classification and nomenclature, salient features, uses, related proverbs and sayings, and conservation. Methods: We collected data among Hungarian-speaking people practising small-scale, traditional agriculture. We studied "all" invertebrate species (species groups) potentially occurring in the vicinity of the settlements. We used photos, held semi-structured interviews, and conducted picture sorting. Results: We documented 208 invertebrate folk taxa. Many species were known which have, to our knowledge, no economic significance. 36 % of the species were known to at least half of the informants. Knowledge reliability was high, although informants were sometimes prone to exaggeration. 93 % of folk taxa had their own individual names, and 90 % of the taxa were embedded in the folk taxonomy. Twenty four species were of direct use to humans (4 medicinal, 5 consumed, 11 as bait, 2 as playthings). Completely new was the discovery that the honey stomachs of black-coloured carpenter bees (Xylocopa violacea, X. valga) were consumed. 30 taxa were associated with a proverb or used for weather forecasting, or predicting harvests. Conscious ideas about conserving invertebrates only occurred with a few taxa, but informants would generally refrain from harming firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus), field crickets (Gryllus campestris) and most butterflies. We did not find any mythical creatures among invertebrate folk taxa. Almost every invertebrate species was regarded as basically harmful. Where possible, they were destroyed or at least regarded as worth eradicating. However, we could find no evidence to suggest any invertebrate species had suffered population loss as a result of conscious destruction. Sometimes knowledge pertaining to the taxa could have more general relevance, and be regarded as folk wisdom concerning the functioning of nature as a whole. Conclusions: The high number of known invertebrate folk taxa suggests that it would be worth conducting further investigations in other areas of Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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15. A review of river research in southern Africa since 1900
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Allanson, B. R., Hart, R. C., O’Keeffe, J. H., Robarts, R. D., Dumont, H. J., editor, Werger, M. J. A., editor, Allanson, B. R., Hart, R. C., O’Keeffe, J. H., and Robarts, R. D.
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- 1990
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16. Invertebrate Fauna and Their Role in the Degradation of Cattle Dung at Amsterdam Island
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Tréhen, P., Frenot, Y., Lebouvier, M., Vernon, P., Kerry, K. R., editor, and Hempel, G., editor
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- 1990
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17. Cartographie des changements de la couverture végétale dans les aires protégées du Ferlo (Nord Sénégal) : cas de la réserve de biosphère
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Taibou Ba, Aliou Guisse, and Diara Sylla
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Phyllites ,Palustrine limestone ,télédétection ,Climate ,Vignoble ,Carrières ,Vineyard ,vegetation dynamic ,Encroûtement ,remote sensing ,Geoheritage ,Hydrologie ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,Vine ,Biodiversity ,General Medicine ,SIG ,Mineralogy ,GIS ,Senegal ,Geohistory ,Geography ,Hydrosystème ,Variabilité climatique ,Ferlo ,Overflow ,protected area ,Biodiversité ,Géomorphologie ,Epicontinental deposits ,Géopatrimoine ,Quarries ,lcsh:G1-922 ,Flood ,Calcaire lacustre ,Sénégal ,vegetation ,Géohistoire ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,végétation ,Climate variability ,lcsh:Physical geography ,Ruissellements urbains ,Invertebrate fauna ,Climat ,Débordement ,Geomorphology ,Forestry ,Crust ,Lacustrine limestone ,Minéralogie ,Dépôts épicontinentaux ,Hydrology ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,Faune invertébrée ,lcsh:Geography (General) ,dynamique végétale ,aire protégée - Abstract
L'étude présente les cartographies de l'occupation du sol de la réserve de biosphère du Ferlo (créée en 2012) réalisées, par interprétation visuelle, à partir d'images satellitaires (Arcgis et Corona) prises en 1965 et 2017. Douze modes (ou classes) d'occupation du sol ont été distingués : ripicole relique, savane boisée, savane arborée, savane arbustive à arborée, savane arbustive, steppe arbustive à arborée, steppe arborée, steppe arbustive, sol et roche à nu, culture pluviale et jachère, habitat, mare. Les formations végétales spontanées couvraient 96 % de la superficie totale en 1965 et encore plus de 94 % en 2017. Toutefois cette stabilité relevée pour l'ensemble de la végétation spontanée s'est accompagnée d'une forte évolution des différents types de couvert. Sur les presque 1 914 000 ha occupés par la végétation spontanée en 1965, 38,2 % sont restés rattachés à la même classe d'occupation du sol entre les deux dates, 42,1 % ont subi une évolution négative (surtout au nord et à l'extrême sud) et 19,7 % une évolution positive (surtout au sud-ouest). Les savanes arbustives à arborées restent dominantes (environ 687 000 ha en 1965 et 603 000 ha en 2017), mais les steppes arbustives ont beaucoup progressé (environ 240 000 ha en 1965 et 497 000 ha en 2017). Nous retrouvons ici la dégradation du couvert végétal commune à l'ensemble du Sahel. Plus qu'aux conditions naturelles (la sécheresse qui est apparue au début des années 1970), cette évolution semble due à la présence maintenant continue au Ferlo de populations jadis transhumantes. The study presents land cover maps of the Ferlo Biosphere Reserve (created in 2012) made by visual interpretation from satellite images (Arcgis and Corona) taken in 1965 and 2017. Twelve land cover patterns (or classes) were identified: riparian relic forest, woody savannah, tree savannah, shrub savannah with trees, shrub savannah, tree steppe, shrub steppe with trees, shrub steppe, bare soil and rock, rainfall crop and fallow, habitat, pond. The spontaneous vegetation formations covered 96 % of the total area in 1965 and still more than 94 % in 2017. However this stability of the land cover by the spontaneous vegetation, was accompanied by a strong evolution of the different types of cover. Of the nearly 1,914,000 ha inhabited by spontaneous vegetation in 1965, 38.2 % retained the same land cover class between the two dates, 42.1 % have decreased (especially in the north and extreme south) and 19.7% have increased (especially in the south-west). Shrub savannahs with trees remain dominant (about 687 000 ha in 1965, about 603 000 ha in 2017), but the shrub steppes have increased significantly (about 240 000 ha in 1965, about 497 000 ha in 2017). We find here the degradation of vegetation cover common to all the Sahel. More than natural conditions (the drought that appeared in the early 1970s), this evolution seems to be due in Ferlo to the presence, now continuously, of formerly transhumant populations.
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18. Analyse géohistorique de l'évolution spatio-temporelle du risque d'inondation et de sa gestion dans la zone urbaine de Douala (Cameroun)
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Pierre Ozer, Maurice Olivier Zogning Moffo, Amelie Amanejieu, Laurent Bruckmann, and Université de Liège
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Phyllites ,Palustrine limestone ,Climate ,Vignoble ,Douala ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Carrières ,02 engineering and technology ,Vineyard ,Encroûtement ,Geoheritage ,020701 environmental engineering ,inondations ,Hydrologie ,risk ,Central Africa ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,Vine ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Biodiversity ,General Medicine ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,Remote sensing ,spatialisation ,Mineralogy ,GIS ,Geohistory ,risque ,Hydrosystème ,Variabilité climatique ,Overflow ,Biodiversité ,Géomorphologie ,Epicontinental deposits ,Télédétection ,Géopatrimoine ,geohistory ,0207 environmental engineering ,Quarries ,lcsh:G1-922 ,Flood ,Calcaire lacustre ,Géohistoire ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,Climate variability ,lcsh:Physical geography ,Ruissellements urbains ,Vegetation ,Invertebrate fauna ,Climat ,Débordement ,Geomorphology ,Végétation ,Crust ,Afrique centrale ,Lacustrine limestone ,13. Climate action ,floods ,Minéralogie ,Dépôts épicontinentaux ,Hydrology ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,gestion urbaine ,Faune invertébrée ,urban management ,lcsh:Geography (General) - Abstract
L'article analyse l'évolution spatio-temporelle des inondations dans la zone urbaine de Douala (Cameroun) à partir d'une approche géohistorique. Une base de données sur les inondations est créée à l'aide d'informations issues de la presse (du journal Cameroon Tribune) ; elle permet de spatialiser les événements pour comprendre quels sont les quartiers de Douala les plus fréquemment inondés. On observe ainsi une augmentation du nombre d'inondations rapportées depuis les années 2010, qui semble corrélée à l'évolution de l'emprise urbaine de la ville. Les zones urbaines inondées de façon récurrente sont le plus souvent les quartiers informels construits directement en zones inondables et dont l'accroissement est important depuis les années 1990. Les données de la presse ont aussi permis d'étudier l'évolution du discours sur les politiques de gestion du risque d'inondation. Celles-ci restent fortement focalisées sur la résolution des crises, malgré le contexte des politiques d'adaptation au changement climatique qui développent des projets d'amélioration de la gestion urbaine des inondations. The article analyzes the spatio-temporal evolution of floods in the urban area of Douala (Cameroon) from a geohistorical approach. A database on floods is created using information from the press (from Cameroon Tribune journal), it allows to spatialize the events to understand which areas of Douala are the most frequently flooded. There has been an increase in the number of floods reported since 2010, which seems to correlate with the evolution of the city's urban footprint. Recurrently flooded urban areas are most often the informal neighborhoods built directly into flood-prone areas and whose growth has been significant since the 1990s. Data from the press also helped to study the evolution of the discourse on flood risk management. It remains strongly focused on crisis resolution, despite the context of climate change adaptation policies that develop projects to improve urban flood management.
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19. Analyse spatiale diachronique de l'occupation du vignoble algérien depuis 60 ans : cas de la wilaya de Mostaganem
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Faouzi Berrichi, Nabila Caïd, and Mustapha Chachoua
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Phyllites ,Palustrine limestone ,étude diachronique ,Climate ,Vignoble ,Carrières ,Vineyard ,Encroûtement ,Geoheritage ,Hydrologie ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,Vine ,General Medicine ,Biodiversity ,Remote sensing ,Mineralogy ,Geohistory ,Algérie ,vineyard decline ,Hydrosystème ,Variabilité climatique ,Overflow ,Biodiversité ,vine ,Géomorphologie ,Epicontinental deposits ,Télédétection ,Géopatrimoine ,Quarries ,lcsh:G1-922 ,diachronic study ,Flood ,Calcaire lacustre ,Géohistoire ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,Climate variability ,lcsh:Physical geography ,Ruissellements urbains ,Vegetation ,Invertebrate fauna ,Climat ,Débordement ,Geomorphology ,Végétation ,Crust ,Lacustrine limestone ,Algeria ,Minéralogie ,déclin viticole ,Dépôts épicontinentaux ,Hydrology ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,Faune invertébrée ,lcsh:Geography (General) ,Mostaganem - Abstract
La culture de la vigne a été développée en Algérie par la colonisation française. À l'indépendance, en 1962, le vignoble algérien, à destination vinicole, couvrait plus de 350 000 ha dont l'essentiel de la production était écoulé en France. Sur le territoire de la future wilaya de Mostaganem (2269 km2), 49030 ha étaient alors couverts de vignes, en particulier sur le plateau de Mostaganem.La perte du marché français à la fin des années 1960 a provoqué une réduction très forte du vignoble. Ce déclin n'a fait que s'aggraver jusqu'aux mesures adoptées en 2000 pour soutenir l'agriculture.Afin d'analyser l'évolution des superficies plantées en vigne, une étude diachronique a été menée à partir de cartes topographique (1958 et 1983) et d'images satellitaires Google Earth Pro (2017).Les résultats mettent en évidence un effondrement des superficies entre 1958 et 1983. Le vignoble s'est encore rétracté entre 1983 et 2017, date à laquelle il ne couvre que 6190 ha. Mais l'examen des parcelles présentes en 1983 qui ont disparu en 2017, confirme que le déclin du vignoble a été maximal à la fin des années 2000.L'évolution du vignoble s'est également traduite par une profonde mutation spatiale. Les communes du plateau de Mostaganem et plus encore des plaines des Bordjias ont subi des pertes relatives considérables. Au contraire, les vignes ont mieux résisté dans les communes littorales du nord et les superficies ont même augmenté entre 1983 et 2017 dans certains secteurs des monts du Dahra.Malgré le regain récent, l'avenir du vignoble reste incertain dans un pays où la religion interdit la consommation de vin et juge sévèrement sa production. The cultivation of vines was developed in Algeria by French colonization. At independence in 1962, the Algerian vineyard, for wine production, covered more than 350.000 ha, most of whose production was sold in France.On the territory of the future wilaya of Mostaganem (2.269 km2), 49.030 ha were then covered with vines, particularly on the Mostaganem plateau.The loss of the French market at the end of the 1960s has caused a very significant reduction in the vineyard. This decline has only worsened until the measures adopted in 2000 to support agriculture. In order to analyse the evolution of the areas planted with vines, a diachronic study was carried out using topographic maps (1958 and 1983) and Google Earth Pro satellite images (2017).The results show a collapse of the areas between 1958 and 1983. The vineyard retracted again between 1983 and 2017, when it covered only 6.190 ha. But an examination of the parcels present in 1983, which disappeared in 2017, confirms that the decline in the vineyard was greatest at the end of the 2000s.The evolution of the vineyard has also resulted in a profound spatial mutation. The communes of the Mostaganem plateau and even more so of the Bordjias plains have suffered considerable relative losses. On the contrary, vines have been more resilient in the northern coastal municipalities and areas have even increased between 1983 and 2017 in some areas of the Dahra Mountains.Despite the recent revival, the future of the vineyard remains uncertain in a country where religion prohibits the consumption of wine and severely judges its production.
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- 2019
20. Quels scénarios de débordement de l'Ourthe (Belgique) en réponse à une variabilité climatique long terme ?
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Gilles Drogue, Michel Pirotton, Benjamin Grelier, Pierre Archambeau, Centre de Recherche en Géographie (LOTERR), Université de Lorraine (UL), Hydraulics in Environmental and Civil Engineering [Liège, Belgium] (HECE), and Université de Liège
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Phyllites ,climate variability ,Palustrine limestone ,Ourthe ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate ,Vignoble ,débit débordant ,hydrology ,02 engineering and technology ,Carrières ,Vineyard ,01 natural sciences ,Encroûtement ,Geoheritage ,020701 environmental engineering ,Hydrologie ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,Vine ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,General Medicine ,Biodiversity ,Remote sensing ,Mineralogy ,Geohistory ,Hydrosystème ,Variabilité climatique ,Overflow ,Biodiversité ,Géomorphologie ,Epicontinental deposits ,Télédétection ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,Géopatrimoine ,0207 environmental engineering ,Quarries ,lcsh:G1-922 ,hydrologie ,Flood ,Calcaire lacustre ,analyse débit-durée-fréquence ,[SPI.GCIV.RISQ]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Risques ,Géohistoire ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,variabilité climatique ,[SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology ,river overflow ,discharge-duration-frequency analysis ,lcsh:Physical geography ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Ruissellements urbains ,Vegetation ,Invertebrate fauna ,Climat ,Débordement ,Geomorphology ,Végétation ,Crust ,13. Climate action ,Lacustrine limestone ,hydraulic modelling ,Minéralogie ,Dépôts épicontinentaux ,modélisation hydraulique ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,débordement de cours d'eau ,Faune invertébrée ,lcsh:Geography (General) - Abstract
International audience; This paper proposes an approach of climate change impacts assessment on overflow of an Ourthe river reach (Belgium). We based our work on a set of hydro-climatic scenarios including the long-term climate variability (from the Maunder Minimum to the end of the 21st century). A 1D hydraulic modelling (the WOLF 1D model) is then useful to detect an overflowing discharge along the reach, and a discharge-duration-frequency analysis was implemented to consider the flood dynamic (duration of overflow) in the impact study. From comparison between baseline data (1976-2005) corresponding to present climate to hydro-climate scenarios, impacts on overflow characteristics (duration and frequency) are analyzed. Results show that in a context of changing climate conditions, frequency of short overflow events decrease whereas that of long overflow events increase. The results of this study are useful to flood risk managers who aim to add "climatic resilience" to river planning measures.; Cet article propose une quantification/qualification des impacts d'un climat en évolution sur les débordements d'un tronçon de l'Ourthe (Belgique), à partir d'un jeu de scénarios hydro-climatiques intégrant la variabilité long terme du climat (du Minimum de Maunder jusqu'à la fin du XXIème siècle). À l'aide de la modélisation hydraulique 1D (modèle WOLF 1D), un débit débordant est identifié le long du tronçon. Puis l'analyse débit-durée-fréquence est utilisée pour intégrer la dynamique de crue (durée de débordement) dans l'étude d'impact. En comparant un scénario de référence correspondant au climat actuel (1976-2005) à notre jeu de scénarios hydro-climatiques, les changements en durée et fréquence dans les débordements sont analysés. Il ressort de cette analyse que dans un contexte de variabilité climatique long terme, les débordements courts sont en majorité moins fréquents, tandis que les débordements longs sont en majorité plus fréquents. Les résultats de cette étude sont utiles aux gestionnaires du risque d'inondation qui souhaitent apporter de la "résilience climatique" aux aménagements des cours d'eau destinés à gérer les débordements.
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21. Les dépôts carbonatés continentaux de la région de Hajeb El Ayoun (Tunisie centrale) : implications paléoenvironnementales et morphologiques
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Kamel Regaya and Faouzia Tlili
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Phyllites ,Palustrine limestone ,Climate ,Vignoble ,Carrières ,Vineyard ,Encroûtement ,Geoheritage ,Hydrologie ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,Vine ,Biodiversity ,General Medicine ,Remote sensing ,calcaire lacustre ,Mineralogy ,Geohistory ,Pleistocene ,Hydrosystème ,Hajeb El Ayoun ,Variabilité climatique ,Overflow ,Biodiversité ,Géomorphologie ,Epicontinental deposits ,Tunisia ,Télédétection ,Géopatrimoine ,Quarries ,lcsh:G1-922 ,Tunisie ,Flood ,paléoenvironnement ,Géohistoire ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,lacustrine limestone ,Pléistocène ,Climate variability ,palustrine limestone ,climate ,lcsh:Physical geography ,Ruissellements urbains ,Vegetation ,climat ,Invertebrate fauna ,Débordement ,Geomorphology ,Végétation ,Crust ,Paleoenvironment ,Minéralogie ,Dépôts épicontinentaux ,Hydrology ,calcareous crust ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,Faune invertébrée ,lcsh:Geography (General) - Abstract
En Tunisie centrale, les accumulations carbonatées continentales quaternaires, dépôts lacustres et/ou palustres et encroûtements, sont très développées. Le bassin de Hajeb El Ayoun offre un bel exemple pour l'étude de ce type de carbonates. L'étude pétrographique et minéralogique met en évidence trois principaux faciès : 1/ des calcaires lacustres caractérisés par la présence de débris de lamellibranches et de tests de gastéropodes, 2/ des calcaires palustres caractérisés par des traits d'exposition subaérienne importante (microkarsts et fentes de dessiccation) et enfin, 3/ les encroûtements calcaires à traits pédogénétiques tels que les glæbules dans les sédiments meubles. Dans les dépôts, limoneux comme calcaires, le cortège des minéraux argileux est le plus souvent dominé par les palygorskites, ce qui indique un milieu lacustre confiné pour l'ensemble sédimentaire inférieur et des conditions climatiques arides à semi-arides pour les matériaux au-dessus des calcaires lacustres et/ou palustres. In central Tunisia, Quaternary continental carbonate accumulations of lacustrine and/or palustrine types are well developed. The Hajeb El Ayoun basin provides a good example to study these deposits. Petrographic and mineralogical investigations show three facies: 1/ lacustrine limestones with broken lamellibranches and gastropods tests, 2/ palustrine limestones, which are marked by an important subaerial exposition as indicated by microkarsts and desiccation cracks, and 3/ calcareous crust with pedogenetic features such as glaebules in loose deposits. Palygorskite is most often largely dominant among the clay minerals of silty and calcareous deposits, indicating a confined lake environment for lower materials and arid to semi-arid climatic conditions for those above the lacustrine and/or palustrine limestones.
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22. Stratigraphie des dépôts sur la plate-forme continentale des Guyanes depuis 50000 ans BP : phyllites authigènes et minéraux argileux, archives du climat
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Michel Pujos
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Phyllites ,Palustrine limestone ,epicontinental deposits ,Climate ,Vignoble ,Carrières ,dépôts épicontinentaux ,Vineyard ,Encroûtement ,Geoheritage ,Hydrologie ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,Vine ,General Medicine ,Biodiversity ,Remote sensing ,Mineralogy ,Geohistory ,Hydrosystème ,Variabilité climatique ,Overflow ,Biodiversité ,Géomorphologie ,Télédétection ,Géopatrimoine ,Quarries ,lcsh:G1-922 ,Flood ,Calcaire lacustre ,Géohistoire ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,Guianas ,Climate variability ,climate ,lcsh:Physical geography ,Ruissellements urbains ,Vegetation ,Pleistocene/Holocene ,climat ,Invertebrate fauna ,Débordement ,Pléistocène/Holocène ,Geomorphology ,Végétation ,Crust ,phyllites ,Lacustrine limestone ,Guyanes ,Minéralogie ,Hydrology ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,Faune invertébrée ,lcsh:Geography (General) - Abstract
Les sédiments du plateau des Guyanes témoignent de phénomènes climatiques extrêmes : 1/ climats interglaciaires équatoriaux chauds et humides du Pléistocène (depuis 50000 ans BP) et du Postglaciaire qui entraînent une période de biostasie sur le continent et 2/ climats plus secs entre 30000 et 20000 ans BP au cours desquels se développe une période de rhexistasie, écho du Dernier Maximum Glaciaire (DMG).Ces bouleversements climatiques majeurs affectent notre planète et en particulier les Guyanes et le débouché de l'Amazone, marqués par le niveau variable des océans : submersion et exondation rythment l'histoire régionale. Lors du DMG, l'Amazone emprunte le canyon sous marin orienté nord qui prolonge sur la plate-forme le cours du fleuve. Les eaux, déviées vers le nord-ouest par les courants côtiers, longent la plate-forme des Guyanes désormais exondée, couverte de vallées fluviales, milieux deltaïques, lagunes, mangroves. Une barrière récifale, discontinue au droit des estuaires, borde le littoral dans des eaux chaudes et claires. Lors de la transgression de la fin du Pléistocène et durant l'Holocène inférieur, les eaux turbides de l'Amazone envahissent progressivement la plate-forme provoquant l'agonie des récifs. La transgression s'achève à l'Holocène supérieur.Les dépôts amazoniens couvrent désormais la partie interne du plateau des Guyanes affichant leur originalité, personnalisés par la présence de verdines (argiles phylliteuses), typique authigenèse régionale, et par la spécificité des cortèges argileux en milieu océanique, écho lointain de El Niño, qui demeure un signal climatique majeur affectant l'Amérique du Sud septentrionale et le golfe du Mexique. The sediments of the Guianas shelf testify to extreme climatic events: 1/ warm and humid equatorial interglacial climates during the Pleistocene (since 50000 BP) and the postglacial that cause to a biostasy period on the continent and 2/ drier climates between 30000 and 20000 BP during which develops a rhexistasy period, echo of the Last Glacial Optimum (LGM).These major climatic changes affect our planet and in particular the Guianas and the Amazon mouth. These latest are marked by a variation of the level of the oceans with submersion and exundation which rhythm the regional history. During the LGM, the Amazon borrows the north-facing submarine canyon that extends on the platform the course of the river. The waters diverted to the northwest by the coastal currents along the Guianas platform now emerged, covered with river valleys, deltaic environments, lagoons, and mangroves. A reef barrier discontinuous in front of estuarine areas, borders the shoreline in warm and clear waters. During the transgression of the end of the Pleistocene and the early Holocene, the turbid waters of the Amazon gradually invade the platform causing the agony of the reefs. The transgression ends during the late Holocene.Amazon deposits now cover the inner part of the Guianas shelf and display their originality. The latter is reflected by the presence of verdine, typical regional authigenesis, and by the specificity of clay associations in oceanic environment. This assemblage represents a distant echo of El Niño-Southern Oscillation, which remains a major climatic signal affecting Septentrional South America and the Gulf of Mexico.
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23. Benthic invertebrate fauna in the islets of Namuseom and Bukhyeongjeseom off Busan
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Hosung Hwang, Jisoon Kang, In-Young Cho, Dong-Won Kang, Woon Kee Paek, and Seok Hyun Lee
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Invertebrate fauna ,Namuseom Islet ,Bukhyeongjeseom Islet ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the benthic invertebrate fauna inhabiting in the subtidal zone in and around the islets of Namuseom and Bukhyeongjeseom off the coast of Busan by SCUBA diving in September 2013. As a consequence, it was confirmed that a total of 6 phyla, 14 classes, 20 orders, 46 families, and 73 species of zoobenthos inhabit in and around those islets. The total number of species surveyed by taxon during the study is 22 species of Arthropoda (30%), 20 species of Mollusca (27%), 15 species of Cnidaria (21%), 10 species of Echinodermata (14%), four species of Poridera (5%), and two species of Chordata.
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24. Life history and population biology of the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes pallipes, in a brook from the Poitou-Charentes region (France)
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GRANDJEAN F., CORNUAULT B., ARCHAMBAULT S., BRAMARD M., and OTREBSKY G.
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Austropotamobius pallipes pallipes ,population biology ,population dynamics ,invertebrate fauna ,pathology ,density ,Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling ,SH1-691 - Abstract
A protected population of the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes pallipes (Lereboullet), has been studied between 1995 and 1996. 1,511 crayfish were collected over the period of study including trap and hand catches. 356 animals exceeded the minimum legal size -90 mm TL (Total Length)-, representing 23.6% of the total catches. Catch Per Unit Effort (C.P.U.E.) ranged from 1.2 in February to 8.6 in October. The sex ratio of total catch was biased in favour of females (1:l.g). Males are only dominant during the cold period where water temperature is less than 10°C. Thelohania seems to be cyclic in this population with high levels of infected crayfish during both summers. No infected crayfish were found between January and March. Estimated densities ranged from 4.4 to 2.2 adults.m2 of brook area. Mating activity started in mid to end November as day-length shortened and water temperature fell below 10°C. Berried females ranged from 58.5 to 100.4 mm in TL. Mean pleopodal egg number declined over the duration of the incubation period (mean = 55 eggs per female in December to 30 eggs per female in May). The maximum number of eggs was 85 for a female (85 mm TL) captured in November. In the beginning of May, 40% of females sampled had no eggs. All the results seem to show an over-density of crayfish in this population and recommendations to regulate it are discussed.
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25. From Khersonian drying to Pontian “flooding”: late Miocene stratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Dacian Basin (Eastern Paratethys)
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Lazarev, S., de Leeuw, A., Stoica, M., Mandic, O., van Baak, C. G.C., Vasiliev, I., Krijgsman, W., Lazarev, S., de Leeuw, A., Stoica, M., Mandic, O., van Baak, C. G.C., Vasiliev, I., and Krijgsman, W.
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In the late Miocene, a large inland sea known as the Eastern Paratethys stretched out across the present-day Black Sea – Caspian Sea region. The basin was mostly endorheic and its water budget thus strongly dependent on regional climate. The basin was therefore prone to high-amplitude water-level fluctuations and associated turnovers in water chemistry and fauna. Profound palaeoenvironmental changes happened in the Eastern Paratethys during this time period. This article documents the evolution of the Dacian Basin of Romania, the westernmost branch of the Eastern Paratethys, during the time interval between 7.7 and 6.0 Ma. Our integrated study of sedimentary facies, micro- and macro fauna along the Slănicul de Buzău Section was constrained with a timeframe based on magnetostratigraphy. The remarkable 1.3 km-thick sedimentary record, high depositional rate (0.65–1.26 m/kyr) and abundance of fossils along this section provide a unique opportunity to study sedimentary and biotic turnovers in high detail. Our analyses reveal several marked water-level and salinity changes: A predominance of freshwater coastal plain environments, only occasionally flooded, indicates a low water-level in the Khersonian (~7.7–7.63 Ma). The coastal plain deposits are overlain by offshore muds revealing a low mesohaline early Maeotian transgression, which was followed by the installation of littoral/nearshore environments with freshwater molluscs in shallow settings and oligohaline ostracods in slightly deeper settings. Subsequent delta progradation and a prevalence of freshwater fauna in both marginal and more distal environments characterize the late Maeotian. This was followed by a remarkable freshwater transgression that started at 6.3 Ma and led to predominantly offshore deposition. The late Maeotian fossil record suggests brackish water pulses from Lake Pannon (Central Paratethys), followed by mass occurrences of Coelogonia novorossica. At 6.1 Ma, a short influx of meso- to polyhali
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26. A Late Miocene methane-seep fauna from Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Anon, Kiel, S, Reich, S, Renema, W, Taylor, JD, Wesselingh, FP, Todd, JA, Anon, Kiel, S, Reich, S, Renema, W, Taylor, JD, Wesselingh, FP, and Todd, JA
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This item is freely available online and the full text is attached. http://seep.paleo.pan.pl/AHS_5.html, NHM Repository
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27. Les anciennes carrières de pierre en ville, un élément du géopatrimoine : exemples de Paris et de Nantes
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Bruno Comentale, Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique (LETG - Nantes), Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Phyllites ,Palustrine limestone ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate ,géopatrimoine ,Vignoble ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Carrières ,Vineyard ,01 natural sciences ,Encroûtement ,geoheritage ,quarries ,11. Sustainability ,Hydrologie ,media_common ,carrières ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Vine ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,General Medicine ,Art ,Biodiversity ,Remote sensing ,Mineralogy ,Geohistory ,Hydrosystème ,Geoheritage ,Variabilité climatique ,Overflow ,Biodiversité ,Géomorphologie ,Epicontinental deposits ,Télédétection ,media_common.quotation_subject ,lcsh:G1-922 ,Flood ,12. Responsible consumption ,Calcaire lacustre ,géomorphologie ,Géohistoire ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,Climate variability ,lcsh:Physical geography ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,paysage urbain ,Ruissellements urbains ,Vegetation ,Invertebrate fauna ,Climat ,Débordement ,urban landscape ,Geomorphology ,geomorphology ,15. Life on land ,Végétation ,Crust ,13. Climate action ,Lacustrine limestone ,Minéralogie ,Dépôts épicontinentaux ,Hydrology ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,Urban landscape ,Humanities ,lcsh:Geography (General) ,Faune invertébrée - Abstract
Les carrières sont un élément fondamental des villes, d'abord parce qu'elles leur ont fourni des matériaux de construction, ensuite parce que leur emplacement, à la limite de l'espace habité lors de leur exploitation, marque une étape de l'expansion urbaine, enfin parce qu'une fois l'extraction abandonnée, elles deviennent un enjeu de la requalification des espaces urbains. La question des carrières abandonnées en ville devrait être un argument pour faire prendre conscience de leur environnement aux urbains : histoire de la croissance urbaine, patrimoine matériel et immatériel associé aux carrières (pierres de construction, outils et techniques d'extraction), spécialement dans des villes comme Paris et Nantes où la conscience du paysage est dominée par l'omniprésence d'un fleuve (Seine, Loire), au point que le relief lui-même n'est pas pris en considération. Cependant la connaissance de la topographie et de la géologie permet de le comprendre : paysage plan du sud de Paris, miné par les carrières souterraines de calcaire ; collines de Montmartre et de Belleville au nord, dont les pentes étaient creusées de carrières de gypse ; à Nantes, des carrières de granite et de micaschiste, principalement le long des versants des vallées. Mais il est difficile de concilier cette vulgarisation scientifique, qui fait appel à une "mémoire" industrielle révolue, dont les aménageurs ne veulent plus nécessairement, et les opérations d'ampleur, destinées à mettre la ville en valeur par l'aménagement de parcs urbains, à Paris hier (Buttes-Chaumont), à Nantes aujourd'hui (carrière de Chantenay). Stone quarries are a fundamental feature of cities, firstly because they provided them with building materials, secondly, because they represent a step of the city growth, marking the limit of the inhabited area when quarried, thirdly because they are a challenge to urban planning when disused. Issue of the disused quarries should be an argument for urban citizens to understand their environment: the history of the city growth, the heritage linked to the quarries (building stones, quarry tools and technics), especially in cities like Paris or Nantes where the perception of the landscape is so much dominated by the omnipresence of a river (Seine, Loire), that the relief itself is not taken into account. Nevertheless, knowledge of the topography and geology of the area allows to understand it: the flat landscape of southern Paris undermined by underground limestone quarries; Montmartre and Belleville hills, whose slopes were dug out for gypsum, in northern Paris; the mica schist and granite quarries, running mostly along valley slopes in Nantes. But it is difficult to conciliate such a scientific popularization, based on a past industrial memory that urban planners wish it were forgotten, with prestige urban gardens created in order to promote the city: Paris in the past (Buttes-Chaumont), Nantes nowadays (Chantenay quarry).
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28. THE INFLUENCE OF LIMESTONE MINING FROM MATEIAŞU MOUNTAIN (SOUTH ROMANIAN CARPATHIANS) ON EDAPHIC MEZOFAUNA.
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STANCU, Raluca
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Our data emphasize the fact that calcareous powder on the soil, coming from Mateiasu limestone mining, influences Collembola and Acarina fauna from the polluted soils, reducing their individual number. Thus, the differences between numerical densities of Collembola from polluted areas, by comparison with unpolluted soils, were, in all cases, significant, with a "d" value > 3.291, which justifies null hypothesis resignation, with a probability "p" = 0.001. In the case of Acarina, between beech areas (unpolluted and polluted ones), the difference was significant, with a value "d" > 2.576 and a probability "p" = 0.01. In the case of pine and meadow areas, "d" value > 3.291 and probability "p" = 0.001, which also justifies the resignation of null hypothesis. In the condition of working with the same technics for sample prelevation, in the condition of comparing these densities of pairs of arias with the same type of vegetation, the explanation of existing significant differences between the numerical densities of Collembola and Acarina remains the influence of pollution of soils with calcareous powder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Environmental gradients and succession patterns of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in an Alpine glacier retreat zone.
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Schlegel, Jürg and Riesen, Matthias
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GROUND beetles ,GLOBAL warming ,MORAINES ,VEGETATION dynamics ,ECOLOGICAL niche - Abstract
Accelerated by global warming, retreating glaciers leave behind spatially ordered moraines with underlying primary succession and disturbance. Current knowledge of primary succession comes mainly from studies of vegetation dynamics. Information about above-ground macroinvertebrates is still scarce. We used carabid beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae) as indicator taxon to assess the effects of (1) terrain age (species turnover along the proglacial chronosequence) and (2) small-scale habitat architecture (vegetation cover, surface texture) on the carabid assembly. For this purpose, 33 sampling sites with pitfall traps were installed throughout the glacier foreland Morteratsch (Engadine, Switzerland), adjacent sparse forests serving as reference sites. With a total of 33 carabid species on the foreland and another 2 on the reference sites, the study area yielded a very high carabid species diversity compared to other glacier forelands. In general, the age of deglaciation proved to be a highly significant predictor for the carabid distribution, especially for particularly discriminant species. Observed species richness and activity densities showed bimodal patterns with a steep increase within the first ca. 40 years, a decline between around 40-90 years, and a further increase towards the terminal moraine. There was no evidence of dispersal-stochasticity: distinct clusters of sites with similar species composition were found. Microhabitat suitability proved to be a secondary effect, embedded in a temporal framework of primary succession. Surface cover with litter, herbs and dwarf-shrubs turned out to be the crucial habitat factors. Habitat loss as a result of climate warming will primarily affect cold-stenotopic carabids, but may potentially be absorbed by active selection for cooler microhabitats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Biotic variation in coastal water bodies in Sussex, England: Implications for saline lagoons
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Joyce, Chris B., Vina-Herbon, Cristina, and Metcalfe, Daniel J.
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Abstract: Coastal water bodies are a heterogeneous resource typified by high spatial and temporal variability and threatened by anthropogenic impacts. This includes saline lagoons, which support a specialist biota and are a priority habitat for nature conservation. This paper describes the biotic variation in coastal water bodies in Sussex, England, in order to characterise the distinctiveness of the saline lagoon community and elucidate environmental factors that determine its distribution. Twenty-eight coastal water bodies were surveyed for their aquatic flora and invertebrate fauna and a suite of exploratory environmental variables compiled. Ordination and cluster analyses were used to examine patterns in community composition and relate these to environmental parameters. Biotic variation in the coastal water body resource was high. Salinity was the main environmental parameter explaining the regional distribution of taxa; freshwater and saline assemblages were evident and related to sea water ingress. Freshwater sites were indicated by the plant Myriophyllum spicatum and gastropod mollusc Lymnaea peregra, while more saline communities supported marine and brackish water taxa, notably a range of chlorophytic algae and the bivalve mollusc Cerastoderma glaucum. Site community differences were also related to bank slope and parameters describing habitat heterogeneity. A saline lagoon community was discerned within the matrix of biotic variation consisting of specialist lagoonal species with associated typically euryhaline taxa. For fauna, the latter were the molluscs Abra tenuis and Hydrobia ulvae, and the crustaceans Corophium volutator and Palaemonetes varians, and for flora they were the algae Ulva lactuca, Chaetomorpha mediterranea, Cladophora spp. and Enteromorpha intestinalis. One non-native polychaete species, Ficopomatus enigmaticus, also strongly influenced community structure within the lagoonal resource. The community was not well defined as specialist and associated taxa were distributed throughout the spectrum of sites surveyed. Implications for the identification and conservation of saline lagoons are discussed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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31. Sea ice biological communities and nutrient dynamics in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean
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Melnikov, Igor A., Kolosova, Elena G., Welch, Harold E., and Zhitina, Ludmila S.
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Salinity, concentrations of silicate (Si), phosphate (P), and chlorophyll a (chl a), and the species composition of floral and faunal communities were assessed in multi-year (MY) and first-year (FY) ice, and at the water–ice interface, during the SHEBA ice camp drift in the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean, October 1997–October 1998. Mean integrated salinity values varied from 0.1±0.8‰ within the snow–ice boundary to 3.2±1.46‰ at the water–ice interface in the MY ice. Salinity of FY ice increased with increasing ice thickness, from 0.41±0.19‰ in October to 3.39±1.75‰ in March. We found very low concentrations of both Si and P in MY and FY ice in late fall (<0.01 μM), after the summer season of 1997. Mean integrated concentration of nutrients increased with the freeze-up of ice, reaching maximum values in the summer of 1998. Ice algal biomass was dominated by diatoms in the MY and FY ice, with more pennate than centric species. Species of dinoflagellates and green algae were subdominant. Green algae, typically confined to the upper part of the ice, were distributed throughout the ice thickness. During summer, the brackish-water green alga Ulothrix implexa formed long rope-like tufts attached to the hull of the icebreaker; development of this species has not previously been observed in the central Arctic Ocean. Biomass, cell abundance and chl a concentrations were high in the bottom sections of both MY and FY ice during the pre-freezing period, then decreased in winter and reached maximum values in spring and summer. The total algal biomass showed a pattern similar to chl a dynamics, decreasing from 1.7 μg C l−1 in October to values <0.1 μg C l−1 in winter. Algal carbon biomass and chl a concentration co-varied significantly in the FY ice (
r2=0.79 ), but less so in the MY ice (r2=0.49 ). An unexpected feature with respect to sea ice invertebrates was the absolute absence of living interstitial fauna within the interior of MY and FY sea ice. In addition, the under-ice fauna was species-poor. Comparisons of SHEBA results with historical data showed that the physical–chemical characteristics of sea ice and the biological structure of ice communities found in this study were very different from conditions during the 1970s. It is likely that the changes resulted from increased melting of the arctic ice pack over the last two decades. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]- Published
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32. Contribution of the surface water - groundwater interfaces to river biodiversity: example of a Mediterranean river, the Cèze River
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Michel Creuzé des Châtelliers, Marie-José Dole-Olivier, Anne Johannet, Hervé Chapuis, Jordan Ré-Bahuaud, Pierre Marmonier, Laurent Cadilhac, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés (LEHNA), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR CNRS 5600 EVS-EMSE-Géosciences et Environnement F 42, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Génie de l'Environnement Industriel (LGEI), IMT - MINES ALES (IMT - MINES ALES), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditérranée Corse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)
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0106 biological sciences ,Phyllites ,Palustrine limestone ,Climate ,Vignoble ,springs ,Carrières ,Vineyard ,01 natural sciences ,Encroûtement ,hyporheic zone ,zone hyporhéique ,Geoheritage ,Hydrologie ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Hydrosystem ,Calcaire palustre ,Inondation ,Vine ,General Medicine ,Biodiversity ,Remote sensing ,karst ,Mineralogy ,faune stygobie ,Geohistory ,Hydrosystème ,Variabilité climatique ,Overflow ,Biodiversité ,Géomorphologie ,Epicontinental deposits ,sources ,Télédétection ,Géopatrimoine ,Quarries ,lcsh:G1-922 ,Cèze ,010603 evolutionary biology ,Flood ,Calcaire lacustre ,Géohistoire ,stygobite fauna ,Vigne ,Urban flows ,14. Life underwater ,Climate variability ,lcsh:Physical geography ,Ruissellements urbains ,Vegetation ,Invertebrate fauna ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Climat ,Débordement ,Geomorphology ,15. Life on land ,Végétation ,Crust ,13. Climate action ,Lacustrine limestone ,Minéralogie ,Dépôts épicontinentaux ,Hydrology ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,lcsh:GB3-5030 ,Faune invertébrée ,lcsh:Geography (General) - Abstract
Selon de nombreuses prévisions, les rivières méditerranéennes devraient être soumises dans les années à venir à de fortes pressions environnementales liées aux changements climatiques, ce qui laisse entrevoir des conséquences certaines pour la faune qu'elles hébergent. Pour tenter de percevoir ces conséquences, la faune invertébrée de l'une de ces rivières, la Cèze, a été étudiée en période d'étiage. La biodiversité des assemblages de la Cèze a été estimée en tenant compte de l'hétérogénéité des échanges entre la rivière et sa nappe. Ainsi trois habitats ont été échantillonnés : le fond de la rivière (habitat benthique), la zone d'interface entre la rivière et l'aquifère poreux (zone hyporhéique) et celle d'interface avec l'aquifère karstique (sources). Les résultats montrent que la composition des assemblages d'espèces récoltées est différente dans les trois habitats, avec seulement 11 % de taxons communs. L'habitat benthique se révèle plus riche en Éphéméroptères et en Trichoptères, l'habitat hyporhéique en Oligochètes, Crustacés et Plécoptères, et les sources en Diptères. Les espèces stygobies (spécialisées à la vie en milieu souterrain) sont totalement absentes de l'habitat benthique, alors qu'elles sont bien représentées dans les sources et la zone hyporhéique. Les deux habitats situés à l'interface entre le cours d'eau et les systèmes souterrains produisent un enrichissement considérable de la biodiversité du cours d'eau, qui se traduit par un doublement du nombre de taxons par rapport à l'habitat benthique. Ce travail montre que l'intégration des zones situées à l'interface entre la rivière et les eaux souterraines est cruciale pour l'obtention d'une estimation aussi complète que possible de la biodiversité des hydrosystèmes. In a close future, Mediterranean rivers will support strong disturbances due to climate changes, with inexorable consequences for their fauna. The invertebrate biodiversity of the Cèze River (South of France) was studied in a karstic area. The benthic layer (river bottom), the hyporheic layer (interface with the groundwater inside river sediment) and the lateral springs (interface with the karstic systems) were sampled in early summer. Only 11 % of the taxa were sampled simultaneously in the three habitats. Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera were more species rich in the benthic zone; Oligochaetes, crustaceans and Plecoptera in the hyporheic zone and Diptera in the lateral springs. Stygobite species lack in the benthic layer, they were more diversified in the springs and in the hyporheic zone. When all habitats are considered together, the total taxonomic richness is twice of the benthic one. The habitats located at the interface between river and groundwater thus must be included in the river biodiversity estimations.
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33. Environmental gradients and succession patterns of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in an alpine glacier retreat zone
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Schlegel, Jürg, Riesen, Matthias, Schlegel, Jürg, and Riesen, Matthias
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Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch), Accelerated by global warming, retreating glaciers leave behind spatially ordered moraines with underlying primary succession and disturbance. Current knowledge of primary succession comes mainly from studies of vegetation dynamics. Information about above-ground macroinvertebrates is still scarce. We used carabid beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae) as indicator taxon to assess the effects of (1) terrain age (species turnover along the proglacial chronosequence) and (2) small-scale habitat architecture(vegetation cover, surface texture) on the carabid assembly. For this purpose, 33 sampling sites with pitfall traps were installed throughout the glacier foreland Morteratsch (Engadine, Switzerland), adjacent sparse forests serving as reference sites. With a total of 33 carabid species on the foreland and another 2 on the reference sites, the study area yielded a very high carabid species diversity compared to other glacier forelands. In general, the age of deglaciation proved to be a highly significant predictor for the carabid distribution, especially for particularly discriminant species. Observed species richness and activity densities showed bimodal patterns with a steep increase within the first ca. 40 years, a decline between around 40-90 years, and a further increase towards the terminal moraine. There was no evidence of dispersal-stochasticity: distinct clusters of sites with similar species composition were found. Microhabitat suitability proved to be a secondary effect, embedded in a temporal framework of primary succession. Surface cover with litter, herbs and dwarf-shrubs turned out to be the crucial habitat factors. Habitat loss as a result of climate warming will primarily affect cold-stenotopic carabids, but may potentially be absorbed by active selection for cooler microhabitats.
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34. Breakdown and colonization of Nothofagus leaves in a New Zealand stream
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Winterbourn, M. J. and Davis, S. F.
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35. Leaf-pack dynamics in a southern African mountain stream.
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Day, J. A., King, J. M., Davies, B. R. Davies, and Henshall-Howard, M.-P.
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- 1987
36. Spatial and temporal variation in the macroinvertebrate fauna of streams of the northern jarrah forest, Western Australia: functional organization.
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Bunn, Stuart E.
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37. The invertebrate fauna of four macrophytes in a lotic system.
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Rooke, J. Brian
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38. A quantitative study of the invertebrate fauna of the River Tees bellow Cow Green Reservoir.
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Armitage, Patrick D.
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39. Activity of beavers as an ecological factor that affects the benthos of small rivers - a case study in the Żylica River (Poland)
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Małgorzata Strzelec, Katarzyna Białek, and Aneta Spyra
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0106 biological sciences ,Beaver ,Plant Science ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Predation ,Benthos ,biology.animal ,Genetics ,Ecosystem ,Molecular Biology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Abiotic component ,Herbivore ,biology ,Invertebrate fauna ,Ecology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Beaver dam ,Cell Biology ,Habitat ,Mountain rivers ,Environmental science ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Original Article - Abstract
The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) has a greater impact on local ecosystems than other herbivores, and the affected area exceeds the range of its presence. Its activity may change or create new habitats by modifying the availability of the biotic and abiotic resources available not only to beavers, but also to other groups of animals. Our aim was to study how beaver activity affects the benthos composition in a small river and in a beaver pond. The way in which beavers function in the case of small rivers has received little attention. The study showed a lower density of benthos above the dam (beaver pond - 1467 ind./m2) compared to the river (3147 ind./m2). Below the dam, the diversity of Trichoptera and Coleoptera was greater, while Diptera were more abundant in the beaver pond. Betidae were a constant component in the benthos assemblages and were most abundant in the beaver pond. Collectors-gatherers and predators were the most numerous in the beaver pond. Decreasing percentages of collectors-gatherers were observed with an increased abundance of collectors-filterers and shredders in the river. All of the ratio values except the P/T FFG (Predators to total of all other groups) were lower in the beaver pond compared to the river. The % EPT (Ephemeroptera Plecoptera and Trichoptera) was also greater in the beaver pond. Small differences in the physicochemical properties of the water and organic matter content in the bottom sediments were found both above and below the beaver dam.
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40. Criterios metodológicos para una evaluación ecológica de fauna invertebrada asociada a tres especies de bromelias de tanque de los Parques Nacionales Viñales y Guanahacabibes, Cuba
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Falero Álvarez, Omar Ernesto, Ferro Díaz, Jorge, García Padrón, Lázaro Yusnaviel, Falero Álvarez, Omar Ernesto, Ferro Díaz, Jorge, and García Padrón, Lázaro Yusnaviel
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The invertebrate fauna diversity constitutes one of the biological components fewer studied until the present in the National Parks Viñales and Guanahacabibes; likewise their imbrication in functional aspects of the ecosystem, reasons to decides focalize a study of the same species associated to tank epiphytes bromeliad, work address that prioritizes an investigation project in development in ECOVIDA center. In the perspective of working in such them were carried out wide studies of published reports that have prioritized such relationship in other areas of Center and South America, given the fact that very little it has been published in Cuba. It is presented a proposal of methodological design that not alone it is based on the approaches of other authors, also considering a pre sampling work developed by the authors in two places of both National Parks, basing the options thoroughly to develop the studies and possible variants for their biggest efficiency., La diversidad de fauna invertebrada constituye uno de los componentes biológicos menos estudiados hasta el presente en los Parques Nacionales Viñales y Guanahacabibes; así mismo su imbricación en aspectos funcionales del ecosistema, razones por las que se decide enfocar un estudio de la misma asociada a especies de bromelias epífitas de tanque, dirección de trabajo que prioriza un proyecto de investigación en desarrollo en el Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales ECOVIDA. En la perspectiva de trabajar en tal dirección se realizaron estudios de reportes publicados que han priorizado tal relación en otras áreas de Centro y Suramérica, dado el hecho de que muy poco se ha publicado en Cuba. Se presenta entonces una propuesta de diseño metodológico que no solo se basa en los criterios de otros autores, sino de premuestreos desarrollados por los autores en dos sitios de ambos Parque Nacionales, fundamentando ampliamente las opciones para desarrollar los estudios y posibles variantes para su mayor eficiencia.
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41. El Racó Sant Bonaventura-Canalons (Alcoi) un exemple d’ecosistema d’aigües continentals de gran qualitat al riu Polop
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Silvestre Jover, Jordi and Silvestre Jover, Jordi
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S’ha fet un estudi general de la fauna invertebrada aquàtica del riu Polop, a la zona del Racó Sant Bonaventura-Canalons, així com una aproximació a la qualitat de les aigües utilitzat com a indicadors biològics a la fauna invertebrada., Se ha elaborado un estudio general de la fauna invertebrada acuática del rio Polop, en la zona del Racó Sant Bonaventura-Canalons, así como una aproximación a la cualidad de sus aguas utilizando como indicadores biológicos a la fauna invertebrada., There has been realized a study of the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Polop River, in the Racó Sant Bonaventura- Canalons place, and there has been a description of the quality water utilized as biological indicators the invertebrate fauna.
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42. Invertebrates
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Rzóska, J., Illies, J., editor, and Rzóska, Julian, editor
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43. Freshwater invertebrates (except molluscs)
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Harrison, A. D., Illies, J., editor, and Werger, M. J. A., editor
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44. Arthropod communities connected with Phragmites
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Imhof, G., Illies, J., editor, and Löffler, H., editor
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45. Diversity and Abundance of the Fauna in Yuccabine Creek, a Tropical Rainforest Stream
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Pearson, R. G., Benson, L. J., Smith, R. E. W., Dumont, H. J., editor, De Deckker, Patrick, editor, and Williams, W. D., editor
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- 1986
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46. Cadmium in the Invertebrate Fauna of an Unpolluted Forest in Switzerland
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Knutti, Rudolf, Bucher, Peter, Stengl, Monika, Stolz, Monica, Tremp, Josef, Ulrich, Markus, Schlatter, Christian, Safe, S., editor, Hutzinger, O., editor, Stoeppler, M., editor, and Piscator, M., editor
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- 1988
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47. Assessments using invertebrates: posing the problem
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Henry, R., Disney, L., and Usher, Michael B., editor
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- 1986
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48. Diurnal variations in the Activity of Mirawara Purpurea Riek (Ephemeroptera, Siphlonuridae) in the Aberfeldy River, Victoria Australia
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Campbell, Ian C., Flannagan, John F., editor, and Marshall, K. Eric, editor
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- 1980
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49. Folk knowledge of invertebrates in Central Europe - folk taxonomy, nomenclature, medicinal and other uses, folklore, and nature conservation
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Zsolt Molnár, Viktor Ulicsni, and Ingvar Svanberg
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0106 biological sciences ,Cultural Studies ,Conservation of Natural Resources ,Health (social science) ,Fauna ,Population ,Etnologi ,Biodiversity ,Ethnomedicine ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,Health(social science) ,Terminology as Topic ,Animals ,Humans ,education ,Nomenclature ,Folklore ,education.field_of_study ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) ,Invertebrate fauna ,Ecology ,Research ,Invertebrates ,0104 chemical sciences ,Europe ,010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry ,Ethnozoology ,Taxon ,Knowledge ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Medicine, Traditional ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Edible insects ,Folk taxonomy ,Nature protection ,Ethnology ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Background: There is scarce information about European folk knowledge of wild invertebrate fauna. We have documented such folk knowledge in three regions, in Romania, Slovakia and Croatia. We provide a list of folk taxa, and discuss folk biological classification and nomenclature, salient features, uses, related proverbs and sayings, and conservation. Methods: We collected data among Hungarian-speaking people practising small-scale, traditional agriculture. We studied "all" invertebrate species (species groups) potentially occurring in the vicinity of the settlements. We used photos, held semi-structured interviews, and conducted picture sorting. Results: We documented 208 invertebrate folk taxa. Many species were known which have, to our knowledge, no economic significance. 36 % of the species were known to at least half of the informants. Knowledge reliability was high, although informants were sometimes prone to exaggeration. 93 % of folk taxa had their own individual names, and 90 % of the taxa were embedded in the folk taxonomy. Twenty four species were of direct use to humans (4 medicinal, 5 consumed, 11 as bait, 2 as playthings). Completely new was the discovery that the honey stomachs of black-coloured carpenter bees (Xylocopa violacea, X. valga) were consumed. 30 taxa were associated with a proverb or used for weather forecasting, or predicting harvests. Conscious ideas about conserving invertebrates only occurred with a few taxa, but informants would generally refrain from harming firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus), field crickets (Gryllus campestris) and most butterflies. We did not find any mythical creatures among invertebrate folk taxa. Almost every invertebrate species was regarded as basically harmful. Where possible, they were destroyed or at least regarded as worth eradicating. However, we could find no evidence to suggest any invertebrate species had suffered population loss as a result of conscious destruction. Sometimes knowledge pertaining to the taxa could have more general relevance, and be regarded as folk wisdom concerning the functioning of nature as a whole. Conclusions: The high number of known invertebrate folk taxa suggests that it would be worth conducting further investigations in other areas of Europe.
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50. Vladimir Chernyavsky and the Black Sea. I. On the shores of Crimea, Abkhazia and the Colchis (1866–1875)
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K. V. Rusanov
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Vladimir Chernyavsky ,history of research ,Black Sea ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,invertebrate fauna - Abstract
Historians name Vladimir Chernyavsky among the researchers of the invertebrate fauna of the Black Sea of the second half of the nineteenth century. However we still know practically nothing about the life of this Russian zoologist; only some publications of Chernyavsky are used nowadays in the scientific revolution. The purpose of this work is to clarify the details of the biography of the scientist and to supplement the bibliography of his writings. In the lifetime sources articles and monographs by V. Chernyavsky, reports of congresses and meetings of scientific societies in which he has participated were used, as well as some publications of other authors. Special attention in the article is given to research and historical context in which zoologist has worked. The article shows that Chernyavsky became an active participant of studies of the invertebrate fauna of the Black Sea when he was a student — in the late 1860s and in the first half of the 1870s. He was personally acquainted with many scientists, who have established basic ideas and directions of these studies. In 1866–1875 V. Chernyavsky worked in Crimea and in Sukhum, collecting and processing materials on the crustaceans, sponges, worms, etc. for subsequent generalizations.
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