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The information needed for conducting the risk assessment was provided by the participants in a 2-day workshop. The invited
participants, who possessed knowledge of the St. Croix ecosystem, identified through a group-consensus process a list of stressors
and a list of ecosystem values. They then assigned numerical values to each stressor-ecosystem value pair that reflected the
degree to which the given stressor contributes to ecosystem risk as measured by the given ecosystem value. Based on this information,
the analytical portion of the methodology was then used to rank the ecosystem risks (stressors) when examined from several
different perspectives: immediate impact, time-duration, and management activities. Regardless of the perspective taken, riverway
development emerged as the most significant stressor. 相似文献
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Prenatal diagnosis of Tay-Sachs disease was performed using the sulphated substrate 4- methylumbelliferyl-6-sulpho-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranoside to detect hexosaminidase A in chorionic villi. The presence or absence of hexosaminidase A in villi was detected by both a quantitative enzyme assay, and by a rapid, novel procedure which permitted visual discrimination between normal and affected villi. 相似文献
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Helen M. Neville Douglas R. Leasure Daniel C. Dauwalter Jason B. Dunham Robin Bjork Kurt A. Fesenmyer Nathan D. Chelgren Mary M. Peacock Charles H. Luce Daniel J. Isaak Lee Ann Carranza Jon Sjoberg Seth J. Wenger 《Conservation biology》2020,34(2):482-493
Population viability analysis (PVA) is a powerful conservation tool, but it remains impractical for many species, particularly species with multiple, broadly distributed populations for which collecting suitable data can be challenging. A recently developed method of multiple-population viability analysis (MPVA), however, addresses many limitations of traditional PVA. We built on previous development of MPVA for Lahontan cutthroat trout (LCT) (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi), a species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, that is distributed broadly across habitat fragments in the Great Basin (U.S.A.). We simulated potential management scenarios and assessed their effects on population sizes and extinction risks in 211 streams, where LCT exist or may be reintroduced. Conservation populations (those managed for recovery) tended to have lower extinction risks than nonconservation populations (mean = 19.8% vs. 52.7%), but not always. Active management or reprioritization may be warranted in some cases. Eliminating non-native trout had a strong positive effect on overall carrying capacities for LCT populations but often did not translate into lower extinction risks unless simulations also reduced associated stochasticity (to the mean for populations without non-native trout). Sixty fish or 5–10 fish/km was the minimum reintroduction number and density, respectively, that provided near-maximum reintroduction success. This modeling framework provided crucial insights and empirical justification for conservation planning and specific adaptive management actions for this threatened species. More broadly, MPVA is applicable to a wide range of species exhibiting geographic rarity and limited availability of abundance data and greatly extends the potential use of empirical PVA for conservation assessment and planning. 相似文献
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Robert M. Healy Ian P. O'Connor Stig Hellebust Arnaud Allanic John R. Sodeau John C. Wenger 《Atmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994)》2009,43(40):6408-6414
Emissions from shipping traffic may impact severely upon air quality in port cities. In this study, the size and composition of freshly emitted individual ship exhaust particles has been investigated using an aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS) co-located with a suite of real-time instrumentation at a site in the Port of Cork, Ireland. The collected spectra were clustered using the K-means algorithm and a unique ship exhaust class containing internally mixed elemental and organic carbon, sodium, calcium, iron, vanadium, nickel and sulfate was identified. Over twenty sharp emission events were observed for this particle type during the three week measurement period in August 2008. Coincident increases in mass concentrations of sulfate, elemental carbon and particles below 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) were also observed during these events. Simultaneous scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) measurements indicate that the vast majority of freshly emitted ship exhaust particles lie in the ultrafine mode (<100 nm diameter). A second particle class consisted of internally mixed organic carbon, elemental carbon, ammonium and sulfate, and is tentatively attributed to aged or regionally transported ship exhaust. The results suggest that ATOFMS single particle mass spectra, when used in conjunction with other air quality monitoring instrumentation, may be useful in determining the contribution of local shipping traffic to air quality in port cities. 相似文献
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A method for assessing environmental risk: A case study of Green Bay,Lake Michigan,USA 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Hallett J. Harris Robert B. Wenger Victoria A. Harris David S. Devault 《Environmental management》1994,18(2):295-306
The Science Advisory Board of the US Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that risk reduction strategies become
the centerpiece of environmental protection. The goal in developing such strategies is to identify opportunities for greatest
reduction of ecological risks. This is a perspective that is significantly more comprehensive than the traditional focus on
human health risks arising from environmental degradation. The identification of ecological risks upon which environmental
protection efforts should be focused requires an ecological risk assessment methodology that is based on anthropogenic stressors
affecting an ecosystem and a set of impaired use criteria. A methodology based on this concept is developed and discussed
in this article. The methodology requires that risk values be assigned to each ecosystem stressor-impaired use pair that reflect
the degree to which the given stressor contributes to ecosystem risk as measured by the given impaired use criterion. Once
these data are available, mathematical analyses based on concepts from fuzzy set theory are performed to obtain a ranking
of ecosystem stressors. The methodology has been tested by applying it to a case study involving Green Bay of Lake Michigan.
A workshop was held in which 11 persons with extensive knowledge of the Green Bay ecosystem determined risk values through
a group-consensus process. The analytical portion of the methodology was then used to rank the ecosystem risks (stressors)
from several perspectives, including prevention management and remediation management. The overall conclusion of the workshop
participants was that the fuzzy set decision model is a useful and effective methodology for differentiating environmental
risk. 相似文献
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Impediments and Solutions to Sustainable,Watershed-Scale Urban Stormwater Management: Lessons from Australia and the United States 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
Roy AH Wenger SJ Fletcher TD Walsh CJ Ladson AR Shuster WD Thurston HW Brown RR 《Environmental management》2008,42(2):344-359
In urban and suburban areas, stormwater runoff is a primary stressor on surface waters. Conventional urban stormwater drainage systems often route runoff directly to streams and rivers, thus exacerbating pollutant inputs and hydrologic disturbance, and resulting in the degradation of ecosystem structure and function. Decentralized stormwater management tools, such as low impact development (LID) or water sensitive urban design (WSUD), may offer a more sustainable solution to stormwater management if implemented at a watershed scale. These tools are designed to pond, infiltrate, and harvest water at the source, encouraging evaporation, evapotranspiration, groundwater recharge, and re-use of stormwater. While there are numerous demonstrations of WSUD practices, there are few examples of widespread implementation at a watershed scale with the explicit objective of protecting or restoring a receiving stream. This article identifies seven major impediments to sustainable urban stormwater management: (1) uncertainties in performance and cost, (2) insufficient engineering standards and guidelines, (3) fragmented responsibilities, (4) lack of institutional capacity, (5) lack of legislative mandate, (6) lack of funding and effective market incentives, and (7) resistance to change. By comparing experiences from Australia and the United States, two developed countries with existing conventional stormwater infrastructure and escalating stream ecosystem degradation, we highlight challenges facing sustainable urban stormwater management and offer several examples of successful, regional WSUD implementation. We conclude by identifying solutions to each of the seven impediments that, when employed separately or in combination, should encourage widespread implementation of WSUD with watershed-based goals to protect human health and safety, and stream ecosystems. 相似文献
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures have been in existence in the People's Republic of China over the last decade.
The impetus for China's introduction of EIA was provided by the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China,
which was adopted by the Fifth National People's Congress in 1979. The EIA process, which is administrative and not statutorily
mandated, has been applied primarily to construction projects.
Four stages are typically involved in an EIA investigation: design of the investigation, evaluation of background environmental
quality, prediction of environmental impacts, and an assessment and analysis of the environmental impacts. A variety of approaches
is used for predicting and analyzing environmental impacts, ranging from ad hoc methods to fairly sophisticated mathematical
models. The results of the EIA investigation are compiled in an environmental impact statement, which is used as the basis
for decision making by personnel in environmental protection departments. The EIA process does not include provisions for
citizen notification or involvement.
Views differ concerning the effectiveness of the EIA program in protecting China's natural, social, and cultural environments.
Some hold that the EIA program has brought about improvement in environmental protection, while critics contend that the program
has had little effect in the prevention of pollution. However, most, if not all, observers seem to feel that the program should
be continued and improved. A major avenue for improvement is to place the evaluation of a particular project in a regional
context.
An earlier version of this paper was distributed at a workshop on Environmental Assessment Development Planning held in conjunction
with the VII Annual Meeting of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Brisbane, Australia, July 5–8, 1988. 相似文献
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V.?BoudonEmail author J.-P.?Champion T.?Gabard G.?Pierre M.?Lo?te C.?Wenger 《Environmental Chemistry Letters》2003,1(1):86-91
Highly symmetrical molecules such as CH4, CF4 or SF6 are known to be atmospheric pollutants and greenhouse gases. High-resolution spectroscopy in the infrared is particularly
suitable for the monitoring of gas concentration and radiative transfers in the earth's atmosphere. This technique requires
extensive theoretical studies for the modeling of the spectra of such molecules (positions, intensities and shapes of absorption
lines). Here, we have developed powerful tools for the analysis and the simulation of absorption spectra of highly symmetrical
molecules. These tools have been implemented in the spherical top data system (STDS) and highly-spherical top data system
(HTDS) software available at http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/LPUB/shTDS.html. They include a compilation of modeled data obtained
during the last 20 years. An overview of our latest results in this domain will be presented.
Electronic Publication 相似文献
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Delaney P Healy RM Hanrahan JP Gibson LT Wenger JC Morris MA Holmes JD 《Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM》2010,12(12):2244-2251
Porous silica spheres were investigated for their effectiveness in removing typical indoor air pollutants, such as aromatic and carbonyl-containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and compared to the commercially available polymer styrene-divinylbenzene (XAD-4). The silica spheres and the XAD-4 resin were coated on denuder sampling devices and their adsorption efficiencies for VOCs evaluated using an indoor air simulation chamber. Real indoor sampling was also undertaken to evaluate the affinity of the silica adsorbents for a variety of indoor VOCs. The silica sphere adsorbents were found to have a high affinity for polar carbonyls and found to be more efficient than the XAD-4 resin at adsorbing carbonyls in an indoor environment. 相似文献
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Brooke A. Williams James E.M. Watson Hawthorne L. Beyer Carissa J. Klein Jamie Montgomery Rebecca K. Runting Leslie A. Roberson Benjamin S. Halpern Hedley S. Grantham Caitlin D. Kuempel Melanie Frazier Oscar Venter Amelia Wenger 《Conservation biology》2022,36(4):e13874
Management of the land–sea interface is essential for global conservation and sustainability objectives because coastal regions maintain natural processes that support biodiversity and the livelihood of billions of people. However, assessments of coastal regions have focused strictly on either the terrestrial or marine realm. Consequently, understanding of the overall state of Earth's coastal regions is poor. We integrated the terrestrial human footprint and marine cumulative human impact maps in a global assessment of the anthropogenic pressures affecting coastal regions. Of coastal regions globally, 15.5% had low anthropogenic pressure, mostly in Canada, Russia, and Greenland. Conversely, 47.9% of coastal regions were heavily affected by humanity, and in most countries (84.1%) >50% of their coastal regions were degraded. Nearly half (43.3%) of protected areas across coastal regions were exposed to high human pressures. To meet global sustainability objectives, all nations must undertake greater actions to preserve and restore the coastal regions within their borders. 相似文献