Kommentar zum Worm-et-al.-Artikel„Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services“: erschienen im Wissenschaftsmagazin Science, Vol. 314, am 3. November 2006

Folgende Kernbehauptungen bzw. Hypothesen werden in dem Worm-et-al.-Artikel aufgestellt: -Der Verlust an Biodiversität (Artenzahl) in einem Meeresgebiet reduziert tief greifend seine Produktivität und seine Stabilität in Stressperioden, hervorgerufen u.a. durch Überfischung und Klimaänderung. -Die Zahl der kollabierten Arten nimmt zu. Dieser Trend projeziert den Kollaps aller wildlebenden Arten und Bestände, die gegenwärtig befischt werden, auf das Jahr 2048. -Diese Entwicklung ist zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt reversibel, denn das Meer besitzt noch ein großes Potential sich zu regenerieren. Dazu ist aber mehr Umweltschutz notwendig.

Reducing non-point DOC and nitrogen exports from rice fields: A pilot study and quantitative survey to determine the effects of different hydrologic management practices : Deliverable 15.3 Final Report

Rice cultivation at any level in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (existing or expanded) compels the need to quantify surface and subsurface loads of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), disinfection byproduct precursors (DBPPs) and nitrogen. This information can be used to develop Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce export of these constituents in order to improve drinking water quality. Although rice cultivation in the Delta is relatively limited, several factors outside of this research could contribute to increased rice acreage in the Delta: • Recently developed rice varieties seem more suitable for the Delta climate than earlier varieties which required warmer conditions; • Previous economic analyses (Appendix A.10) suggest rice is more profitable than corn, a dominant land use in the Delta; • Recent studies on wetlands at Twitchell Island suggest rice production can help mitigate oxidative subsidence (Miller et al. 2000); • The different oxidative states that result from flooding in rice as compared to those found in crops that require drained soils may help control crop specific weeds and nematodes when rice is incorporated into a crop rotation; and • Providing flooded conditions during a greater part of the year than other crops may benefit water birds. ... (PDF contains 249 pages)

Sensibilität von Seefischen an Bord. Teil 3: Untersuchungen an demersalen Fischarten der Barentssee

In previous papers the sensibility of pelagic and demersal fishes caught at depth of up to 80 m was reported. This paper deals with the sensitiveness of flatfishes, gadids, and redfish caught at depth between 260 and 450 m and with trawling times between 1 and 6 h. The sensitiveness of the fishes was tested according to the method described in previous publications (Münkner et. al. 1998) after 10 min keeping in running sea water and after 1h bulk storage respectively. The sensitiveness of the fishes increased from cod to saithe to haddock. Surprisingly American plaice and Greenland halibut turned out to be very sensitive, far more sensitive than plaice and dab caught at lower depths in the North Sea. This was indicated by the high amount of animals showing rigor already after a trawling time of 2 hand 10 min of keeping in seawater. After 1 h of bulk storage and increasing trawling time sensitiveness of all fishes decreased, as expected, significantly. Besides mechanical encroachments the main problem for the fishes caught at greater depths was the gas supersaturation in the blood and tissue causing blockage of the gill capillary vessels, exophthalmus, visible gas bubbles in the skin and eyes, and in some cases protusion of the intestines through the snout due to rapid dilatation of the swimbladder.

Habitats regulations for stage 3 assessments radioactive substance authorisations

This is the Habitats regulations for stage 3 assessments: radioactive substances authorisations report from the Environment Agency, published on October 2003. The report focuses on the stage 3 assessments of radioactive substances authorisations in UK (to take place over the next five years, starting in 2003), which may have a potential impact on European designated Natura 2000 sites such Special Protection Areas (SPA), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC); and thus require further detailed assessment. This Environment Agency R&D project was commissioned to ERC, University o f Liverpool, in conjunction with Westlakes Scientific Consulting and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, as part o f the agency's preparation for the Stage 3 Assessments o f radioactive substances authorisations. The aim was to prepare site information sheets containing all data relevant for individual Natura 2000 sites needing Stage 3 Assessment and to stylise and represent species that require protection under the Habitats Regulations by the reference organism geometries listed in R&D Publication 128 (Copplestone et al., 2001).

Seminario sobre ciencias básicas como prerequisito para la enseñanza de la oceanografía (1-2 octubre de 1962)- Seminario sobre biogeografía de los organismos marinos (3-6 octubre de 1962)

Por acuerdo del Seminario Latinoamericano sobre Estudios Oceanográficos realizado en la Universidad de Concepción, Chile, 20-25 noviembre de 1961, se recomendó la realización en Argentina de un Seminario sobre Biogeografía de Organismos Marinos, indicándose al Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia como sede del mismo. Luego de varias conversaciones en Buenos Aires (Argentina), entre autoridades del Centro de Cooperación Científica para América Latina, del CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), del Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, del mencionado Museo y del Instituto de Biología Marina de Mar del Plata, se acordó realizar los seminarios en éste último instituto del 1 al 6 octubre de 1962. Del 1 al 2 de octubre, se realizó el Seminario sobre Ciencias Básicas como prerrequisito para la Enseñanza de la Oceanografía, pero los documentos no fueron incluídos en este Boletín. Del 3 al 6 de octubre, tuvo lugar el Seminario sobre Biogeografía de Organismos Marinos, con la participación de investigadores de: Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela y de Argentina, y se incluyeron los siguientes trabajos publicados: Joly, A. - Extensao da flora marinha no sul do Brasil- nota preliminar; Etcheverry Daza, H. - Distribución geográfica de las algas del Pacífico; Diaz-Piferrer, M. - Biogeografía de las algas marinas tropicales de la costa Atlántica de America, Resumen,; Kuhneman, O. - Importancia de la vegetación en biogeografía marina; Boschi, E.E. - Los peneidos de Brasil, Uruguay y Argentina; Bernasconi, I. - Distribución geográfica de los equinoideos y asteroideos de la extremidad austral de Sudamérica; Szidat, L. - La parasitología como ciencia auxiliar para la biogeografía de organismos marinos; López, R.B. - Problemas de la distribución geográfica de los peces marinos sudamericanos; Ximénez, I. - Estudio preliminar de la distribución geográfica actual de los pinípedos en América Latina; Balech, E. - La división zonal en biología marina y su nomenclatura; Stuardo, J. - Distribución de los moluscos marinos litorales en Latinoamérica; Boltovskoy, E. - Provincias zoogeográficas de América del Sur y su sector Antártico según los foraminíferos bentónicos; Rioja, E. - Caracteres de la biogeografía marina de México y de Centro América; Balech, E. - Caracteres biogeográficos de la región de Argentina y Uruguay; Vannucci, M. - Zoogeografía marinha do Brasil.