Sentences with phrase «habitats such»

So what is most directly and immediately at risk is not so much the * existence * of species but their roles in the ecosystems, such as the roles of corals and calcifying algae in building and maintaining habitats such as reefs.

All efforts must be made to prevent this pathogen entering the wild amphibian population (eg, via release of infected animals or the discarding of contaminated water or fomites in amphibian habitats such as garden settings).

The Marine hall focuses on the diveristy of the local marine animals and their presence in habitats such as kelp forests and intertitdal environments.

Channelkeeper is also supporting biological monitoring of nearshore underwater habitats such as kelp forests and rocky reefs in partnership with scientists from UCSB to track how fish populations and marine communities associated with these habitats respond over time to the protection provided by MPAs.

This can include veterinary bills, food, habitats such as cages or tanks, supplies, grooming costs, obedience training, and even boarding when the owner has to go away.

They can be found in many different habitats such as deserts, mountain ranges, forests, prairies, and even along the coast.

Instead of heading to the stars and «terra - forming» planets for human occupation, why not modify humans so that they can occupy hostile habitats such as that offered by Saturn's giant moon, Titan?

Recovery is also highly variable and depends upon interactions of numerous factors, e.g., scale of the disturbance, availability of larvae from surviving corals, availability of substrate for coral settlement, and the type of coral community that existed at the time of the disturbance.ref Changes in storm patterns also threaten associated coral reef habitats such as mangroves.

Invasive plant species can be a source of valuable ecosystem functions where native coastal habitats such as salt marshes and oyster reefs have severely declined, a new study by scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina - Wilmington finds.

With habitats such as hedgerows and hay meadows in decline in many countries, fewer nest sites are available — leading to more competition.

Land use in these parts of northern Europe has changed markedly with key butterfly habitats such as hay meadows disappearing at alarming rates.

Scottish researchers have shown that airborne pollution is causing nitrogen to accumulate in the tissues of plants growing in threatened habitats such as sphagnum bogs, lowland heaths and heather moors.

Natural habitats such as coral reefs, marshes and dunes can act as buffers for waves, storms and floods.

This led first to a new underground lifestyle and then subsequent colonization of many habitats such as water, forests, deserts, and prairies.

The Asian bush mosquito can adapt to natural habitats such as mountain regions as well as to the infrastructure of human settlements.

These flows provided access to instream habitats such as snags, benches and anabranches and helped to maintain water quality throughout the year.

Most of this loss is due to the destruction of habitats such as forests, especially those in the tropics.

This will mean that Commonwealth environmental water will be used to protect habitat such as permanent waterholes that support the survival of water dependent populations of native plants and animal life,» he said.

Many are interested in releasing beneficial insects or planting more habitat such as hedgerows, but feel constrained by lack of knowledge and experience.

If you end up with a hamster who is wearing out their habitats, you may want to consider opting for a chew - proof habitat such as an all - metal enclosure, chew - proof cage like the cages from Martin's Cages listed below, or an aquarium.

If you end up with a hamster who is wearing out their habitats, you may want to consider opting for a chew - proof habitat such as an all - metal enclosure or an aquarium.

If you continue to see your mice chewing, you may want to consider opting for a chew - proof habitat such as an all - metal enclosure or an aquarium.

The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American Tribal governments with their conservation efforts.

Together with ADESO and with the guidance of her mother, Degan is currently leading a program that restores fisheries in Somalia's coast by training communities in sustainable fishing practices, revitalizing critical habitat such as mangroves and coral reefs, and developing community - led responses to illegal fishing.

Not exact matches

The projects will also result in habitat and recreation improvements, such as fishing piers, trails, and open space preservation.

Meanwhile, development projects such as marinas and residential buildings constructed in California's estuaries have pushed stingrays out of their traditional habitats and into coastal waters, where the rays provide easy food for baby white sharks.

The new system could potentially supply the power human crews on the Martian surface would need to energize habitats and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel, NASA said.

Various permits are also being advanced with state and federal agencies — such as water discharge, wetlands, air quality, water use and fish habitat permits and other approvals that will give them right - of - way access.

When these changes take effect, on a date which has yet to be announced, the prohibition on altering a fish's habitat will be replaced with a prohibition on causing «serious harm to fish that are part of a commercial, recreational or Aboriginal fishery, or to fish that support such a fishery.»

Such a perspective fails to consider that overhunting, pest - control measures, and habitat destruction have caused the rate of extinction to accelerate exponentially.

And now, signs of new ventures — such as congregation - based teaching and related counterinstitutional forms — are questioning both oldline and evangelical teaching habitats.

That such world was primarily the region of the group's habitat means little for our purpose, except as the limitation added to its mystery when distance beckoned in all directions into the unknown.

Many species that are very successful in their habitat, such as sharks, crocodiles, and coelacanths are similar in form to their ancestors because they still out compete or out reproduce their rivals.

What are we to make of such teachings at a time when it is becoming increasingly urgent to make the natural world our beloved habitat lest we perish of our own recklessness toward it?

It is reducing habitat for fish reproduction such as mangrove groves and degrading the ocean floor.

Instead, reserves for the preservation of habitats need be created such as the two hundred and fifty - two reserves established in sixty - six countries under UNESCO's Biosphere program.

But declines are occurring in the absence of destruction of habitats, suggesting other causes such as pollution from pesticides, acid rain and increases in ultraviolet exposure or even change in climate (Blaustein & Wake 1990).

Adelphia says it strives to work with suppliers that are certified sustainable or that use fishing methods that are less damaging to fish habitats, such as long - line fishing.

Organic farmers also use numerous integrative pest management techniques which promote environments that support beneficial insects such as pollinators by providing them with habitat, and use farming methods such as crop rotation which provide a diversity of nutritious floral food sources to reduce the prospect of malnutrition.

«We hardly found any such habitat [rustic shade].

Commonwealth environmental water contributed to the prevalence of flowing water habitats, important for riverine fishes such as Murray Cod.

The purpose of the watering was to contribute to environmental outcomes such as supporting the condition of floodplain trees, understorey vegetation and submerged plant communities and to provide habitat for bird and frog species.

The environmental watering at Whirlpool Corner helped support the recruitment of native plants, including river red gums, and habitat for native frogs and waterbirds such as spoonbills.

In addition to improving flow variability within the river channel, the proposed weir pool manipulation events will provide inundation for fringing wetlands and lakes, as well as flows through important flowing habitat for fish such as in Potterwalkagee Creek (Mulcra Island) and Lindsay River and Mullaroo Creek, (where regulating structures constructed under The Living Murray program were commissioned this year).

«We will be working together to deliver environmental water to smaller local wetland and floodplain sites to improve habitat and provide refuges for endangered and threatened native bird and fish species such as the Regent Parrot and the Murray Hardyhead,» Mr Reilly said.

The latter includes good agricultural practices such as soil erosion prevention, minimizing water use and pollution, responsible use of chemicals, and habitat protection.

We are calling on parties to remember the multiple functions of land such as providing food, homes, habitats, water, and livelihoods.

The removal of acres of rainforest threatens the rich biodiversity in these finely balanced ecosystems, along with the habitat of species such as the orangutan.

Birds — improved wetland habitat for waterbirds with a total of 52 species of waterbirds observed across 49 survey sites, including threatened and listed species such as the threatened blue - billed and freckled ducks recorded in wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water

The certification program, developed over a three - year period with extensive industry and stakeholder input, validates that stringent vineyard and winery requirements such as soil health, water and energy conservation, habitat preservation and other key sustainability areas are addressed.