Tree-ringbased drought reconstruction (a.d. 1855-2001) for the Qilian mountains；northwestern China

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A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems

Seagrasses, marine flowering plants, have a long evolutionary history but are now challenged with rapid environmental changes as a result of coastal human population pressures. Seagrasses provide key ecological services, including organic carbon production and export, nutrient cycling, sediment stabilization, enhanced biodiversity, and trophic transfers to adjacent habitats in tropical and temperate regions. They also serve as “coastal canaries,” global biological sentinels of increasing anthropogenic influences in coastal ecosystems, with large-scale losses reported worldwide. Multiple stressors, including sediment and nutrient runoff, physical disturbance, invasive species, disease, commercial fishing practices, aquaculture, overgrazing, algal blooms, and global warming, cause seagrass declines at scales of square meters to hundreds of square kilometers. Reported seagrass losses have led to increased awareness of the need for seagrass protection, monitoring, management, and restoration. However, seagrass science, which has rapidly grown, is disconnected from public awareness of seagrasses, which has lagged behind awareness of other coastal ecosystems. There is a critical need for a targeted global conservation effort that includes a reduction of watershed nutrient and sediment inputs to seagrass habitats and a targeted educational program informing regulators and the public of the value of seagrass meadows.

Tidal current observation in the southern Yellow Sea in the summers of 2001 and 2003

Direct current observations in the Yellow Sea interior are very scarce due to intense fishing and trawling activities. Most previous studies on tides in the area were based on coastal measurements or satellite altimeter sea levels and have not been rigorously compared with direct measurements. In this paper, tidal currents are studied with current profiles from three bottom-moored Sontek Acoustic Doppler Profilers (ADPs) deployed in the southern Yellow Sea in summer of 2001 and 2003. The measured current series were dominated by tidal currents. Maximum velocities are between 40-80 cm/s at the mooring stations. M-2 current is the most dominant primary tidal constituent, while MS4 and M-4 are the most significant shallow water tides with much smaller amplitudes than the primary tides.

The environment effect on fish assemblage structure in waters adjacent to the Changjiang (Yangtze) River estuary (1998-2001)

We collected fish abundance data in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and adjacent waters in November 1998, May 1999, November 2000, and May 2001. Using the data, we evaluated the characteristics of the fish assemblages at each site and investigated the effect of several environmental factors. We used a multivariate analysis, including community ordination methods such as detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA), and two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN). We analyzed the biological community structure and environmental factors to determine their spatial distributions, temporal dynamics, and seasonal variations. Among the fish species, five exceeded 5% of the total abundance: Harpodon nehereus (42.82%), Benthosema pterotum (13.85%), Setipinna taty (11.64%), Thryssa kammalensis (9.17%) and Apogonichthys lineatus (6.49%). These were separated into four ecological assemblages: hypsithermal-saline, hypsithermal-brackish, hypothermal-brackish, and hypothermal-saline. We evaluated the degree of influence of environmental factors on the fish community. Our analyses suggested that environmental factors including water depth, salinity, turbidity, transparency, nutrient, and suspended matter formed a synthetic spatial gradient between the coastal and pelagic areas. Ecological and environmental factors changed temporally from 1998 to 2001, and drove the fish community succession. The environmental factors driving the fish community structure included bottom temperature, water depth, bottom and surface pH, surface total phosphorous, and bottom dissolved oxygen. This investigation was completed before completion of the Three Gorges Dam; therefore the results of this study provide an important foundation for evaluating the influence of the human activities.

Holosticha hamulata n. sp and Holosticha heterofoissneri Hu and Song, 2001, two urostylid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from intertidal sediments of the Yellow Sea

Two marine urostylid ciliates, Holosticha hamulata n. sp. and Holosticha heterofoissneri Hu and Song, 2001, were investigated using live observation and protargol impregnation. Both species were isolated from Korean intertidal sediments of the Yellow Sea. Holosticha hamulata measures about 150 x 25 pro in vivo, and is characterized by a tripartite body shape with a narrow head, an inflated trunk, and a tail that distally projects ventrally forming a hook-like structure. It is the characteristic body shape that distinguishes H. hamulata distinctly from congeners. Holosticha hamulata differs from H. heterofoissneri, possibly the nearest relative, also by the location of the contractile vacuole (ahead of mid-body versus near posterior body third) and the configuration of the macronucleus (on average, 33 scattered nodules assuming a Y-shape versus 17 nodules that may form a U shape). The average number of the macronuclear nodules is a pronounced feature showing great consistency in populations of each species. However, their arrangement is variable in H. heterofoissneri where the nodules are basically scattered or connected by fine fibers forming an elongate U-shape. The location of the contractile vacuole as a taxonomic feature is discussed and a dichotomous key to the species of Holosticha sensu stricto is provided.

青藏公路与铁路沿途1981年～2001年植被覆盖变化

在青藏公路与铁路沿途区域,利用1981年至2001年的8km分辨率PathfinderNOAA/NDVI数据,基于每个象元变化的年植被峰值计算进行了像元水平的线性趋势分析,并运用地理信息系统(GIS)软件研究了区域植被覆盖的空间分布和动态变化特征.主要结论:①在研究区内,反映植被覆盖的NDVI值在空间上呈现出两端高中间低的态势,依次是农作区和森林区＞高寒草甸＞高寒草原＞荒漠草原;②20年间,研究区植被覆盖程度变化总体趋于稳定,覆盖程度呈减少趋势的区域明显高于增加的区域,植被覆盖程度增减因区域而异;植被覆盖程度增加和显著减少地区主要分布在农作区和高寒草甸区,轻微减少地区主要分布在高寒草原和荒漠草原区;③植被覆盖变化程度在拉萨河谷地、湟水谷地和黄河流域等人类活动比较频繁的区域增减趋势比较明显;而在可可西里地区等人类活动比较少的区域变化轻微.

Monitoramento orbital das queimadas em áreas indígenas e unidades de conservação no Brasil em 2001.

2002

Balanço do monitoramento orbital das queimadas no Brasil em 2001.

Resumo dos resultados obtidos ao longo do ano de 2001, sobre o monitoramento das queimadas no Brasil, enviado para a campanha de controle e redução das queimadas na agricultura brasileira, realizada pelo Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA). A campanha pretende estimular o uso de alternativas tecnológicas na agricultura que substituam as queimadas, em especial nas regiões Norte e Centro-Oeste, uma das áreas mais atingidas por essa prática. A dinâmica das queimadas revelou um crescimento significativo em 2001 com relação ao ano anterior e várias surpresas, tanto na sua repartição espacial, detalhadas neste trabalho.

Programa de análise de qualidade de laboratórios de fertilidade (PAQLF) que usam o método Embrapa: resultados de 2001.

2002

Tecnologias de producao de soja - Regiao Central do Brasil - 2001/2002.

Perspectiva de crescimento da producao de soja no Mato Grosso frente a politica de subsidios dos Estados Unidos; Exigencias climaticas; Rotacao de culturas; Manejo do solo; Correcao e manutencao da fertilidade do solo; Cultivares; Cuidados na aquisicao e na utilizacao de semente; Tratamento de sementes com fungicidas; Inoculacao das sementes com Bradyrhizobium; Instalacao de lavoura; Controle de plantas daninhas; Manejo de pragas; Doencas e medidas de controle; Retencao foliar (haste verde); Colheita; Tecnologia de sementes.

Tecnologias de produção de soja - Paraná - 2001/2002.

Perspectiva de crescimento da produção de soja no Mato Grosso frente a política de subsídios dos Estados Unidos; Exigências climáticas; Rotação de culturas; Manejo do solo; Correção e manutenção da fertilidade do solo; Cultivares; Cuidados na aquisição e na utilização de sementes; Tratamento de sementes com fungicidas; Inoculação das sementes com Bradyrhizobium; Instalação de lavoura; Controle de plantas daninhas; Manejo de pragas; Doenças e medidas de controle; Retenção foliar (haste verde); Colheita; Tecnologia de sementes.