Sentences with phrase «lake ecosystems»

We have already started a project aiming to study how lake ecosystems are affected by historical climate changes.

In a related Policy Forum, Lubchenco and Sutley (p. 1485) propose an approach to safeguard U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems from the increasingly numerous and intense stresses that human activities are causing.

Disrupting that rhythm could affect the entire lake ecosystem.»

«This is despite the fact that 48 million years of species turnover and evolution separate the Messel lake ecosystem from modern ecosystems.»

«These results are a significant step in understanding what may be far - reaching changes for lake ecosystems.»

The team collaborated with managers and biologists and applied the computer model at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, the largest freshwater component of the Great Salt Lake ecosystem.

«Our study shows that Lake Erie contains a patchwork of low and high - density fish populations,» said Paris Collingsworth, a Great Lakes Ecosystem Specialist with Sea Grant.

«From 2015 - 2017, we completed more than 50 mesocosm experiments to understand how a range of human impacts affect lake ecosystems and overall water quality,» Relyea remarks.

Using 1,200 - liter tanks outfitted to mimic lake ecosystems, researchers exposed Daphnia to five levels of road salt (sodium chloride) ranging from a relatively low concentration of 15 milligrams chloride per liter (the current Lake George concentration) to a high concentration of 1,000 milligrams per liter (mimicking highly contaminated lakes in North America).

Criterion (ix): The Kenya Lake System illustrates ongoing ecological and biological processes which provide valuable insights into the evolution and the development of soda lake ecosystems and the related communities of plants and animals.

She is an adjunct scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Milbrook, NY and a member of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) which seeks to utilize high frequency sensor data to better understand and manage lake ecosystems.

In this talk, Dr. Watmough will provide an overview of our current understanding of calcium biogeochemistry and describe the reasons for the widespread decline in calcium levels in lakes and the implications of calcium losses on soil fertility and forest health in addition to impacts on lake ecosystems.

But Ethiopia has started to construct a dam — the Gibe 3 along the Omo River — that would change the entire lake ecosystem.

A second Ecological Footprint study was published in 2013, with a special focus on the Laguna Lake Region, the country's largest lake ecosystem, which includes Metro Manila — the most densely populated area on Earth and most vulnerable region in the country.

The research study's results provide a foundation for additional research that can aid in understanding, managing and protecting aquatic life that resides in Great Lakes ecosystems.

The study is an integral piece to a suite of programs at the aquarium dedicated to protecting and preserving Great Lakes ecosystems.

She will focus on studying Great Lakes ecosystems and migratory fishes.

As a research scientist and instructor, Dr. Murchie will focus on studying Great Lakes ecosystems and migratory fishes, as well as serve as the lead instructor for a three - credit undergraduate course on freshwater ecology of the Great Lakes region.

Zebra mussels, although injurious to parts of the Great Lakes ecosystem, have actually benefited some species.

The voracious bottom - feeders can strip entire river ecosystems of zooplankton, the basic food of native fish species — and now they seem poised to breach the Great Lakes ecosystem.

«Other invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels have [already] dramatically shifted the structure and energy flow of many of the Great Lakes ecosystems.»

They believe that the fluctuations in species abundance may herald an overall transformation of the lake ecosystem.

Lakes Paul (smaller) and Peter (larger) where researchers added large fish to disrupt the lake ecosystem, and automated high - frequency sampling equipment for monitoring weather and lake conditions (inset).

Every lake ecosystem is a little different and may present unique problems to solve, but this project is hopefully going to provide insights into conservation efforts that can be used all over the world.

P. Larson, J. E. Brittain, L. Lein, A. Lillehammer and K. Tangen, The lake ecosystem of Ovre Heimdalsvatn, Holarctic Ecology 1:304 - 320, from p. 311 (1978).

Passing this bill required sustained effort over several Congresses, and now offers a real chance to solve a problem that threatens to disrupt the Great Lakes ecosystem and wipe out native trout and other important fish.

A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature says ports and trade hotspots in the United States need to do more to detect and respond to foreign invaders like the quagga.Quaggas have transformed the Great Lakes ecosystem, outcompeting native species, harming fish populations, clogging up drinking water intake pipes and helping fuel toxic algal blooms.