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Karki Neeta Parajulee Colombo Robert E. Gaines Karen F. Maia Anabela 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(6):6450-6458
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Estrogenic compounds including 17β estradiol (or E2) are known to negatively affect the reproductive system of many animals, including fish,... 相似文献
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Objective
To evaluate CarFit, an educational program designed to promote optimal alignment of driver with vehicle.Methods
A driving activity survey was sent to 727 randomly selected participants living in retirement communities. Drivers (n = 195) were assigned randomly to CarFit intervention (n = 83, M age = 78.1) or Comparison (n = 112, M age = 79.6) groups. After 6 months, participants completed a post-test of driving activity and CarFit recommendations.Results
Nonconsenting drivers were older and participated in fewer driving activities. CarFit participation was moderate (71%) with 86% of the participants receiving recommendations. 60% followed the recommendations at the 6-month re-evaluation). The CarFit (67.6%) and Comparison (59.3%) groups reported at least one type of self-regulation of driving activity at baseline. There was no significant change in the driving behaviors at the six-month follow-up.Conclusion
CarFit was able to detect addressable opportunities that may contribute to the safety of older drivers.Impact on industry
CarFit recommendations may need stronger reinforcement in order to be enacted by a participant. 相似文献33.
Globalization of human infectious disease 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Globalization has facilitated the spread of numerous infectious agents to all corners of the planet. Analysis of the Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON) database quantitatively illustrates that the globalization of human infectious agents depends significantly on the range of hosts used. Infectious agents specific to humans are broadly and uniformly distributed, whereas zoonotic infectious agents are far more localized in their geographical distribution. Moreover, these patterns vary depending on transmission mode and infectious agent taxonomy. This dichotomy is unlikely to persist if certain aspects of globalization (for example, exotic species introductions) continue unabated. This raises a serious concern for public health and leaves nations with the task of determining the infectious agents that have the greatest potential to establish within their borders. At the advent of a century characterized by an apparent increase in emerging infectious diseases, these results have critical implications for public-health policy and future research pathways of infectious disease ecology. 相似文献
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Julie B Kellner Irene Tetreault Steven D Gaines Roger M Nisbet 《Ecological applications》2007,17(4):1039-1054
Throughout the world "fishing the line" is a frequent harvesting tactic in communities where no-take marine reserves are designated. This practice of concentrating fishing effort at the boundary of a marine reserve is predicated upon the principle of spillover, the net export of stock from the marine reserve to the surrounding unprotected waters. We explore the consequences and optimality of fishing the line using a spatially explicit theoretical model. We show that fishing the line: (1) is part of the optimal effort distribution near no-take marine reserves with mobile species regardless of the cooperation level among harvesters; (2) has a significant impact on the spatial patterns of catch per unit effort (CPUE) and fish density both within and outside of the reserve; and (3) can enhance total population size and catch simultaneously under a limited set of conditions for overexploited populations. Additionally, we explore the consequences of basing the spatial distribution of fishing effort for a multispecies fishery upon the optimality of the most mobile species that exhibits the greatest spillover. Our results show that the intensity of effort allocated to fishing the line should instead be based upon more intermediate rates of mobility within the targeted community. We conclude with a comparison between model predictions and empirical findings from a density gradient study of two important game fish in the vicinity of a no-take marine-life refuge on Santa Catalina Island, California (USA). These results reveal the need for empirical studies to account for harvester behavior and suggest that the implications of spatial discontinuities such as fishing the line should be incorporated into marine-reserve design. 相似文献
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Using Wildlife as Receptor Species: A Landscape Approach to Ecological Risk Assessment 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Gaines KF Porter DE Dyer SA Wein GR Pinder JE Brisbin IL 《Environmental management》2004,34(4):528-545
To assist risk assessors at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS), a Geographic Information System (GIS) application was developed to provide relevant information about specific receptor species of resident wildlife that can be used for ecological risk assessment. Information was obtained from an extensive literature review of publications and reports on vertebrate- and contaminant-related research since 1954 and linked to a GIS. Although this GIS is a useful tool for risk assessors because the data quality is high, it does not describe the species’ site-wide spatial distribution or life history, which may be crucial when developing a risk assessment. Specific receptor species on the SRS were modeled to provide an estimate of an overall distribution (probability of being in an area). Each model is a stand-alone tool consisting of algorithms independent of the GIS data layers to which it is applied and therefore is dynamic and will respond to changes such as habitat disturbances and natural succession. This paper describes this modeling process and demonstrates how these resource selection models can then be used to produce spatially explicit exposure estimates. This approach is a template for other large federal facilities to establish a framework for site-specific risk assessments that use wildlife species as endpoints.Current address: Biology Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 相似文献
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Burger J Murray S Gaines KF Novak JM Punshon T Dixon C Gochfeld M 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2006,112(1-3):35-52
Levels of 18 elements, including lead, mercury, selenium, and uranium, were examined in three species of snakes from an exposed
and reference site on the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in South Carolina. We tested the hypotheses that there
were no differences as a function of species, and there were no difference between the exposed and control site for blood
and muscle (tail) samples for banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata), brown water snake (N. taxispilota) and cottonmouth (Akistrodon piscivorous). The banded water snakes collected were significantly smaller than the other two species. For blood, there were significant
species differences only for barium, copper, selenium, uranium and zinc, while for muscle tissue there were significant interspecific
differences in aluminum, arsenic, barium, cobalt, cesium, copper, iron, lead, mercury, manganese, strontium, vanadium and
zinc, suggesting that muscle tissue in the tail is a better indicator of potential interspecific differences. It is also easier
logistically to collect tail tissue than blood. Where one species had significantly higher levels than the other species in
muscle tissue levels, cottonmouth had higherlevels of five elements (aluminum, cobalt, lead, mercury, vanadium), brown water
snake had two (lead, strontium), and banded water snake had only barium. There were few significant differences between the
control and reference site for levels of blood, but several for muscle tissue. All three species had significantly higher
levels of arsenic and manganese at Tim's Branch than the reference site, and nickel and uranium were significantly higher
for banded watersnake and cottonmouth, the larger species. Individuals with high exposure of one element were exposed to high
levels of other elements. 相似文献