Researchers
monitored ecosystem effects over three weeks.
Not exact matches
Examples of such areas include understanding relationships between intended genetic changes and an organism's observable traits, the unintended
effects of genetic changes on target and non-target organisms, predicting and
monitoring ecosystem responses, and quantifying the economic and social costs and benefits of biotechnologies.
But we wanted to observe the natural development of the plankton
ecosystem from the first productivity in late winter until summer, closely
monitor the succession of the plankton communities and follow how
effects of ocean acidification are transmitted from one generation to the next,» Riebesell explains.
Located in the first National Park of United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (DDCR)
monitors and controls human impact to minimise its
effect on the fragile flora and fauna, and to protect the delicate desert
ecosystem.
Current air
monitoring efforts in the region are more targeted toward measuring compliance with provincial regulations; however, significant questions remain regarding the emissions from point and non-point sources, the chemical transformation of these emissions in the atmosphere, their long - range transport and their
effects on the
ecosystem and human health.
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).
For the state his is developing measures of the value of the services provided to us by the natural
ecosystem in Maryland and
monitoring whether they are increasing or decreasing in response to the
effect of human habitation on them.
Costs are defined in a variety of ways and under a variety of assumptions that affect their value ► Cost types include: ► administrative costs of planning, management,
monitoring, audits, accounting, reporting, clerical activities, etc. associated with a project or program; ► damage costs to
ecosystems, economies and people due to negative
effects from climate change; ► implementation costs of changing existing rules and regulation, capacity building efforts, information, training and education, etc. to put a policy into place; ► private costs are carried by individuals, companies or other private entities that undertake the action, where ► social costs include additionally the external costs on the environment and on society as a whole.
Monitoring trends in biogeochemical indicators such as chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, and nutrient concentrations is crucial for evaluating the oceans» response to global climate change and its
effects on marine
ecosystems.