Sentences with phrase «other aquatic ecosystems»

Although decreases in fish mercury have been reported recently for lakes exposed to reduced mercury deposition (53), other aquatic ecosystems may continue to bio-accumulate Hg due to higher anthropogenic emissions in the 1970s.

It contributes to ocean acidification, destroying coral reefs and other aquatic ecosystems.

CH4 constituted the majority of CO2 equivalent emissions from reservoirs, and the per area reservoir CH4 fluxes reported in this synthesis are higher than per area fluxes for any other aquatic ecosystem (table 1).

Not exact matches

Disrupting a population could also produce ripple effects in other corners of the ecosystem, for example taking a food source from aquatic predators that feed on mosquito larvae.

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.

37 %: share of aquatic and semi-aquatic species in the region's freshwater ecosystems threatened by, among others, climate change, overfishing, pollution, infrastructure development and invasive alien 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.

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.

• While the complex biological relationships among fisheries and other aquatic biota and physiological responses to environmental change are not well understood, positive effects such as longer growing seasons, lower natural winter mortality, and faster growth rates in higher latitudes may be offset by negative factors such as a changing climate that alters established reproductive patterns, migration routes, and ecosystem relationships (High Confidence).

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.