Sentences with phrase «health of aquatic ecosystems»
The findings make use of experiments conducted as part of The Jefferson Project at Lake George testing the potential impacts of road salt and leaf litter on the health of aquatic ecosystems.
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With the rainfall in 2016 there was increased scope to improve the health and resilience of aquatic ecosystems using a top up of Commonwealth environmental water within the Namoi River Valley.
Scott has recently taken up an adjunct research position at the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University where he is currently: (i) investigating the importance of enhanced larval survival and strong «local» reef interconnectedness as a triggering agent for primary outbreaks of crown ‐ of ‐ thorns starfish on the central GBR, and (ii) assessing potential improvements in the health of coastal seagrass and dependent dugong populations due to targeted reductions in fine sediment loads from the GBR catchment.
Specifically, this program will train candidates to integrate expertise in aquatic animal medicine into the broader fields of animal, human, and ecosystem health, through experiences from aquaculture, fisheries, public aquaria, companion animal medicine, academia, and research.
Water monitoring will be done through a comprehensive and integrated approach that quantifies and assesses the sources, transport, loadings, fate, and types of oil sands contaminants in the Athabasca River system and effects on key aquatic ecosystem components (both within the oil sands development area and in downstream receiving environments) that are measures of ecosystem health and integrity (fish, invertebrates).
Current water management practices are very likely to be inadequate to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on water supply reliability, flood risk, health, energy, and aquatic ecosystems (very high confidence)[3.4, 3.5].
But many of the actions taken in recent years have actually increased the vulnerability of other systems, especially California's aquatic ecosystems and disadvantaged social groups that rely on those ecosystems for their health or employment.
And while human health is a concern in any case involving radioactive contamination, let's not forget that any leaks will also effect the local ecosystems, impacting the health of local wildlife, particularly vulnerable aquatic species.