621 Articles found
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Contemporary changes in open water surface area of Lake Inle, Myanmar
From 1935 to 2000, the net open water area of Inle Lake in Central Shan State, Myanmar decreased from 69.10 to 46.69 km2, a loss of 32.4% during this 65-year period. Local beliefs are that losses in lake area have been even greater within the last ...
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The idea of sustainable development
Abstract In this lecture, I demonstrate how very different macroeconomic history begins to look if Nature is included as a capital asset in production activities. The tentative conclusions I draw from the evidence are: (1) high population growth ...
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Sustainable water resource management: the science behind the scene
Working in the field of research is—in very many respects—challenging and intriguing. In fact, we as researchers are eager to challenge the unknown although we never can reach the ultimate truth. The most we can hope to accomplish is to draw, on the ...
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Discrimination of higher plant calluses based on embryogenic capacity and taxonomic classification by pyrolysis mass spectrometry
Pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PyMS) is a rapid, simple, high-resolution analytical method based on thermal degradation of complex material in a vacuum, and has been widely applied to the discrimination of closely related microbial strains. Minimally ...
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Alterations in photosynthetic pigments, protein and osmotic components in cotton genotypes subjected to short-term drought stress followed by recovery
In order to assess drought tolerance mechanism in cotton, short-term drought-induced biochemical responses were monitored in two cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes contrasting their tolerance to water deficit. The seeds of two genotypes, ...
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Influence of glucose feeding on the ligninolytic enzyme production of the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium
The present work studied the influence of glucose feeding on the ligninolytic enzyme production of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in a nitrogen-limited (C/N ratio is 56/8.8 mmol/L) medium. Several sets of shaking flask experiments were conducted. The ...
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Pollution survey of carbonyl compounds in train air
The train is an important vehicle in China, but its air quality has important impacts on passengers’ health. In this work, pollution from carbonyl compounds was measured in the air of six trains. The objectives of this work were to investigate ...
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Anaerobic Reactor Design Concepts for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater
Since the earlier anaerobic treatment systems, the design concepts were improved from classic reactors like septic tanks and anaerobic ponds, to modern high rate reactor configurations like anaerobic filters, UASB, EGSB, fixed film fluidized bed and ...
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Transboundary Pollution in the Black Sea: Comparison of Institutional Arrangements
This paper analyses the transboundary pollution between Romania and Ukraine, coastal states along the Black Sea, and studies the welfare consequences of institutional arrangements for controlling this problem. To achieve this goal, we use a dynamic ...
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Alternative Models of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Site Demand
A controversial recreation activity is off-highway vehicle use. Off-highway vehicle use is controversial because it is incompatible with most other activities and is extremely hard on natural eco-systems. This study estimates utility theoretic ...
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N2O, CH4 and CO2 emissions from seasonal tropical rainforests and a rubber plantation in Southwest China
Abstract The main focus of this study was to evaluate the effects of soil moisture and temperature on temporal variation of N2O, CO2 and CH4 soil-atmosphere exchange at a primary seasonal tropical rainforest (PF) site in Southwest China and to ...
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Release of metals and arsenic from various mine tailings by Eriophorum angustifolium
Abstract Previous investigations have found that plants grown on sulphide-rich mine tailings have phytostabilising effects on acid mine drainage (AMD) by decreasing the pH and preventing the release of metals. The possibility of similar effects ...
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Biodiversity and its conservation in the Sundarban Mangrove Ecosystem
Abstract. The Sundarban, covering about one million ha in the delta of the rivers Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna is shared between Bangladesh (~60%) and India (~40%), and is the world’s largest coastal wetland. The area experiences a ...
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An Enforcement-Coalition Model: Fishermen and Authorities Forming Coalitions
The paper sets up a four-stage enforcement model of fish quotas. The purpose of the paper is to show how the level of enforcement set by the authorities affects the way fishermen form coalitions. We show that a high level of control effort yields ...
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“It Pays to be Green” – A Premature Conclusion?
It has been claimed that good environmental performance can improve firms’ economic performance. However, because of e.g. data limitations, the methods applied in most previous quantitative empirical studies on effects of environmental performance ...
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Empirical Analysis of National Income and SO2 Emissions in Selected European Countries
The linkage between per capita GDP and sulfur emissions for 12 Western European countries was analyzed over a period of more than 150 years. The analysis also looked at the impact of air pollution regulations on the shape of the income–pollution ...
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Evidence of active biotic influences in pedogenetic processes. Case studies from semiarid ecosystems of south-west Western Australia
Abstract Soil profiles and rooting morphologies were examined under an ecotone where open woodland of multi-stemmed, small, lignotuberous eucalypts (mallee) graded into proteaceous heath. Soils under the mallee showed a ...
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Warming and drought alter soil phosphatase activity and soil P availability in a Mediterranean shrubland
Abstract We conducted a field experiment simulating the warming and drought in a Mediterranean shrubland dominated by Erica multiflora and Globularia alypum with the aim to simulate the next future climate conditions predicted by the IPCC and ...
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Bridging the gap between micro - and macro-scale perspectives on the role of microbial communities in global change ecology
Abstract In order to understand the role microbial communities play in mediating ecosystem response to disturbances it is essential to address the methodological and conceptual gap that exists between micro- and macro-scale perspectives in ...
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Bioengineering of soil profiles in semiarid ecosystems: the ‘phytotarium’ concept. A review
Abstract This review draws attention to information from the literature and our own observations supporting the view that higher plants and micro-organisms display an intrinsic capacity to be proactively involved in pedogenetic processes. ...