Sentences with phrase «many aquatic ecosystems»

Moreover, a levee failure could allow saltwater to mix with the Delta's freshwater, increasing the salinity levels of water supplies and harming the local aquatic ecosystems.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office and Murray - Darling Basin Authority have jointly developed an interim (i.e. point in time) classification and typology of aquatic ecosystems across Australia's Murray - Darling Basin by adopting the Australian National Aquatic Ecosystems (ANAE) Classification Framework.

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.

More information on the ANAE Framework and Aquatic Ecosystems Toolkit is available at: Aquatic ecosystems

Environmental water holders are supporting the integration of land and water management to improve environmental outcomes for both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

The ANAE approach was developed by the Commonwealth and State and Territory governments to establish for the first time a consistent and systematic method of classifying aquatic ecosystems across the Australian landscape.

The ANAE classification and typology were applied, with aquatic ecosystem features assigned across almost one hundred lacustrine (lake), palustrine (wetland), estuarine, riverine and floodplain types.

Moreover, chemicals in cosmetics and skincare that we rinse off can contaminate our water and aquatic ecosystems Conventional cosmetics and skincare products are made to last for a long time as well as withstand various environmental and storage conditions through the use of strong chemicals.

Moreover, agricultural intensification has had major detrimental impacts on the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the world.

The Army Corps of Engineers warned before the work started that it would «destroy and disturb the natural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem, have long - lasting effects upon the environment and encourage further floodplain development» according to a Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper 2002 report.

Aggression toward humans and native animal species, the depletion of submerged vegetation in aquatic ecosystems and degraded water quality due to droppings are among the negative impacts of mute swan populations, environmental experts say.

USACE initiated a feasibility study to evaluate alternatives for aquatic ecosystem restoration in South Park Lake in Buffalo.

«There is insufficient understanding of the fate of dispersed oil in aquatic ecosystems.»

And, a new study finds, they're feeding an aquatic ecosystem for years.

«We have no means of detecting nanosilver in the environment once it is released, even if concentrations rise to levels that are toxic to aquatic ecosystems,» Luoma said in a statement when the report, «Nanoscale Silver: No Silver Lining?»

Meghan Duffy is a disease ecologist whose research focuses on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, especially in aquatic ecosystems.

We conclude that there is an urgent need for major transdisciplinary efforts in research, policy, and practice to develop alternatives with implications for cities and aquatic ecosystems alike.

More than half the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean, much of it from aquatic ecosystems that scientists have barely begun to study.

«Increased water availability from climate change may release more nutrients into soil in Antarctica: Increases in phosphorus load in soil and aquatic ecosystems may allow for more abundant life.»

Phosphorus loads are also likely to increase to Dry Valleys aquatic ecosystems, which are currently some of the most phosphorus - limited ecosystems on the planet.

Floodplains are important because they lie at the intersection of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and serve as a crossroad for a variety of beneficial processes that protect surrounding lands.

But, as scientists report in ACS» journal Environmental Science & Technology, «fracking» operations could have impacts on water quantity because they are withdrawing these large amounts of water from nearby streams, which house aquatic ecosystems and are used by people for drinking and recreation.

The molecular index developed by the biologists from UNIGE could easily be adapted to other groups of unicellular bioindicators: a major asset for monitoring various types of aquatic ecosystems.

The resulting aquatic ecosystems impacts may ultimately contribute to changes in the Arctic Ocean, the report said.

That hardening, in turn, harms aquatic ecosystems, such as by reducing the diversity of insects (right graph).

Aquatic ecosystems in the northeastern U.S. and southern Canada harbor dangerous concentrations of the neurotoxin

Since then, they have become widely recognized as a pest with great potential for changing aquatic ecosystems and interfering with commercial activities.

Although little data exist about human health concerns, evidence is growing that pyrethroids might be harming aquatic ecosystems.

«It's important to anticipate how climate change will shape future fish communities, and ultimately fishing opportunities and the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems,» said Alofs.

Overall, aquatic ecosystems in western North America are predicted to experience increasingly earlier snowmelt in the spring, reduced late spring and summer flows, warmer and drier summers, and increased water temperatures — all of which spell increased hybridization between these species.

Nitrogen is an important nutrient for crops and a key ingredient in fertilizer, but nitrogen often washes away into rivers and other bodies of water where it is detrimental to aquatic ecosystems.

At the bottom of an aquatic ecosystem are single - celled microbes that use energy from either sunlight or chemical sources to pluck molecules of carbon dioxide out of the water in order to grow.

Even in the midst of the drought, Australia moved forward with plans to restore water to severely degraded aquatic ecosystems.

It will protect pink and grey river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis and Sotalia fluviatilis) and the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)-- all of which are of great importance to the aquatic ecosystems of the Amazon.

As fracking and refracturing become more common to make wells produce more oil and gas, it adds to an already fraught competition among agriculture, aquatic ecosystems, and municipalities for water supplies, the study says.

As Dr. Mackey cited in the published article Sea Change: UCI oceanographer studies effects of global climate fluctuations on aquatic ecosystems: «They would tell us about upwelling and how the ocean wasn't just this one big, homogenous bathtub, that there were different water masses, and they had different chemical properties that influenced what grew there,» she recalls.

Initially specializing in aquatic research, the station has grown in scope to include research on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

In the environment, ammonia can damage terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sustainable management of water resources (including provision of safe and reliable supplies for drinking water and irrigation, adequate sanitation, protection of aquatic ecosystems, and flood protection) poses enormous challenges in many parts of the world.

Nitrate contamination of aquatic ecosystems can be reduced by farmers following the 4Rs of nutrient stewardship: applying the right fertilizer source at the right rate, the right time and the right place (see http://www.nutrientstewardship.com/what-are-4rs).

The conclusion is the overall news is good: Air quality regulation has benefited aquatic ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada, and controlling air pollution is benefiting nature in California.

Mass extinctions of the big beasts of the jungles, grasslands and oceans could already be adding to emissions, according to a new study based on fieldwork in aquatic ecosystems.

«Oil spills are a global problem and wreak havoc on our aquatic ecosystems, not to mention cost billions of dollars in damage,» Chen said.

The survey's three main authors, Manuel Lopes - Lima and Ronaldo Sousa from the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR) and Professor Jürgen Geist / Chair of Aquatic Systems Biology at TUM, describe how crucial mussels are for aquatic ecosystems: they form around 90 percent of the biomass in the bed of a water body.

To ensure the long - term conservation of freshwater mussels for aquatic ecosystems and their functions, the authors recommend that detailed scientific plans with defined objectives be compiled.

If California hopes to prevent further extinctions of native species of endangered fish, the state should abandon efforts to take desperate measures to save individual species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and instead look to bolster entire aquatic ecosystems.

What this finding about Lake Hazen is telling us is that there can also be pretty substantial impacts in terrestrial aquatic ecosystems that are directly connected to the glaciers.

There is considerable uncertainty surrounding emerging contaminants in aquatic ecosystems and groundwater, and a recent Penn State study of compounds from pharmaceuticals and personal care products didn't add much clarity.

Those bacteria can share their resistance with other bacteria that happen to be on crops and in downstream aquatic ecosystems — bacteria that could cause illness, Chénier says.

NEON collects and produces data on precipitation patterns, soil and groundwater dynamics, interactions with vegetation, and processes such as nutrient cycling and food web dynamics in aquatic ecosystems to support the comprehensive study of water cycles throughout diverse ecosystems.