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Timothée Schwartz Aurélien Besnard Christophe Pin Olivier Scher Thomas Blanchon Arnaud Béchet Nicolas Sadoul 《Conservation biology》2023,37(2):e14005
By rapidly modifying key habitat components, habitat restoration is at risk of producing attractive cues for animals without providing habitats of sufficient quality. As such, individual fitness components, such as reproduction, could be reduced and restored habitats could become ecological traps. This risk notably appears by using artificial constructions in restoration projects, yet few studies have evaluated their efficacy in a robust way. We investigated this by analyzing 154 islets that were created or restored to improve the conservation status of 7 colonial Laridae species in the South of France. From 2007 to 2016, we compared occupancy dynamics and breeding parameters of these species between the restored sites and 846 unmanaged nesting sites. We also explored species’ preference for different nesting site characteristics and their respective effect on breeding parameters. Restored nesting sites were 2–9 times as attractive as unmanaged sites for all species except the Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus). Colonization probability was up to 100 times higher in sites already used by other species the previous year and increased with distance to the shore until >0.2 when distance was over 250 m. Abandonment probability was 29–70% lower when breeding was successful the previous year in all species except the Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis). Productivity and breeding success probability were 2 times higher on managed sites. Distance from the shore was an important attractive characteristic of artificial nesting sites in all species. Other nesting site characteristics had species-specific effects on colonization, abandonment, and breeding success. Our results indicate that managed nesting sites are successful conservation tools for colonial Laridae in the Mediterranean and do not act as ecological traps. Our study showed that testing the ecological trap hypothesis is a robust way to evaluate the success of restoration projects of breeding habitats. 相似文献
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Gentaz Lucile Saheb Mandana Verney-Carron Aurélie Sessegolo Loryelle Chabas Anne Nuns Nicolas Remusat Laurent Gonzalez-Cano Adriana Fourdrin Chloé Mertz Jean-Didier 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(3):2810-2821
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - For a long time, limestone has been massively used in stone building and monuments because of its easy extraction and common presence in the... 相似文献
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Adrien Brié Ravo Razafimahefa Julie Loutreul Aurélie Robert Christophe Gantzer Nicolas Boudaud Isabelle Bertrand 《Food and environmental virology》2017,9(2):149-158
Heat and free chlorine are among the most efficient and commonly used treatments to inactivate enteric viruses, but their global inactivation mechanisms have not been elucidated yet. These treatments have been shown to affect at least the capsid proteins of viruses and thus may affect the surface properties (i.e. electrostatic charge and hydrophobicity) of such particles. Our aim was to study the effects of heat and free chlorine on surface properties for a murine norovirus chosen as surrogate for human norovirus. No changes in the surface properties were observed with our methods for murine norovirus exposed to free chlorine. Only the heat treatment led to major changes in the surface properties of the virus with the expression of hydrophobic domains at the surface of the particles after exposure to a temperature of 55 °C. No modification of the expression of hydrophobic domains occurred after exposure to 60 °C, and the low hydrophobic state exhibited by infectious and inactivated particles after exposure to 60 °C appeared to be irreversible for inactivated particles only, which may provide a means to discriminate infectious from inactivated murine noroviruses. When exposed to a temperature of 72 °C or to free chlorine at a concentration of 50 mg/L, the genome became available for RNases. 相似文献
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For more than 30 million years, in early Mesozoic Pangea, ??rauisuchian?? archosaurs were the apex predators in most terrestrial ecosystems, but their biology and evolutionary history remain poorly understood. We describe a new ??rauisuchian?? based on ten individuals found in a single locality from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) Santa Maria Formation of southern Brazil. Nine articulated and associated skeletons were discovered, three of which have nearly complete skulls. Along with sedimentological and taphonomic data, this suggests that those highly successful predators exhibited some kind of intraspecific interaction. Other monotaxic assemblages of Triassic archosaurs are Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) in age, approximately 10 million years younger than the material described here. Indeed, the studied assemblage may represent the earliest evidence of gregariousness among archosaurs, adding to our knowledge on the origin of a behavior pattern typical of extant taxa. 相似文献
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Pambrun V Marquot A Racault Y 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2008,15(7):592-599
Background, aims, and scope Sometimes, urban wastewaters convey a more or less significant part of toxic products from industries or the craft industry.
Nitrifying activity can be affected by these substances, implying higher ammonia concentrations in the outlet effluent and
contributing to toxicity for the aquatic environment. Moreover, the more stringently treated wastewater standards now require
a reliable treatment for nitrogen. One of the key issues is the identification of the inhibition behavior of nitrifying bacteria
facing a toxic substance. This new understanding could then finally be integrated into models in order to represent and to
optimize wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) operation in cases involving ‘toxic scenarios’.
Materials and methods The toxic substances studied in this work, cadmium and 3.5-dichlorophenol (3.5-DCP), are representative of chemical substances
commonly found in municipal sewage and industrial effluents and symbolize two different contaminant groups. The effects of
Cd and 3.5-DCP on nitrification kinetics have been investigated using respirometry techniques.
Results IC50 values determination gives concentrations of 3.1 mg/L for 3.5-DCP and 45.8 mg/L for Cd at 21 ± 1°C. The variation to
low temperature seems to have no real effect on IC50 for DCP, but induces a decrease of cadmium IC50 to 27.5 mg/L at 14°C.
Finally, specific respirometric tests have been carried out in order to determine the potential effect of these toxic substances
on the nitrifying decay rate b
a
. No significant effect has been noticed for Cd, whereas the presence of 3.5-DCP (at IC50 concentration) induced a dramatic
increase of b
a
at 20°C. The same behavior has been confirmed by experiments performed in winter periods with a sludge temperature around
12°C.
Discussion The target substances have different modes of action on activity and mortality, notably due to the abilities of the contaminant
to be precipitated, accumulated, or even to be progressively degraded. Studies realized at low temperature confirmed this
assumption, and put in evidence the effect of temperature on toxic substances capable of being biosorbed. However, the change
in the sludge sample characteristics can be pointed out as a problem in the investigation of the temperature effect on nitrification
inhibition, as biosorption, bioaccumulation, and predation are directly linked to the sludge characteristics (VSS concentration,
temperature) and the plant operating conditions (loading rates, sludge age, etc.).
Conclusions This work brings new understandings concerning the action mode of these specific contaminants on nitrifying bacteria and,
in particular, on the role of temperature. The experiments lead to the determination of the IC50 values for both toxic substances
on biological nitrification. The inhibition mechanisms of Cd and 3.5-DCP on nitrifying activity have been simply represented
by a non-competitive inhibition model.
Recommendations and perspectives Other experiments carried out in a continuous lab-scale pilot plant should be done with a proper control of the operating
conditions and of the sludge characteristics in order to better understand the mechanisms of nitrification inhibition for
each contaminant. Finally, these first results show that toxic substances can have an effect on the growth rate but also on
the decay rate, depending on the characteristics of the toxic substance and the sludge. This eventual double effect would
imply different strategies of WWTP operation according to the behavior of the contaminant on the bacteria. 相似文献
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Linda Bröder Laurent Tatin Axel Hochkirch Andreas Schuld Lucas Pabst Aurélien Besnard 《Conservation biology》2020,34(3):743-753
Information on population sizes and trends of threatened species is essential for their conservation, but obtaining reliable estimates can be challenging. We devised a method to improve the precision of estimates of population size obtained from capture–recapture studies for species with low capture and recapture probabilities and short seasonal activity, illustrated with population data of an elusive grasshopper (Prionotropis rhodanica). We used data from 5 capture–recapture studies to identify methodological and environmental factors affecting capture and recapture probabilities and estimates of population size. In a simulation, we used the population size and capture and recapture probability estimates obtained from the field studies to identify the minimum number of sampling occasions needed to obtain unbiased and robust estimates of population size. Based on these results we optimized the capture–recapture design, implemented it in 2 additional studies, and compared their precision with those of the nonoptimized studies. Additionally, we simulated scenarios based on thresholds of population size in criteria C and D of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List to investigate whether estimates of population size for elusive species can reliably inform red-list assessments. Identifying parameters that affect capture and recapture probabilities (for the grasshopper time since emergence of first adults) and optimizing field protocols based on this information reduced study effort (−6% to −27% sampling occasions) and provided more precise estimates of population size (reduced coefficient of variation) compared with nonoptimized studies. Estimates of population size from the scenarios based on the IUCN thresholds were mostly unbiased and robust (only the combination of very small populations and little study effort produced unreliable estimates), suggesting capture–recapture can be considered reliable for informing red-list assessments. Although capture–recapture remains difficult and costly for elusive species, our optimization procedure can help determine efficient protocols to increase data quality and minimize monitoring effort. 相似文献
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Spectrofluorimetric study of the ageing of mixtions used in the gildings of mediaeval wall paintings
Mounier A Belin C Daniel F 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2011,18(5):772-782
Introduction
In the Middle Ages, we could find gildings on mural paintings. Gold, silver or tin leaves were applied according to distemper or mixtion technique. For the first one, a binder as glue is necessary, and for the second, a lipidic binder is used to stick the metallic leaf. Studies of gildings materials characterization show that the mixtion technique, with a mordant, is the most common. Linseed oil seems to be the binder used. It is always mixed with a siccative agent as lead. Because of bad conditions of conservation, the gildings do not resist anymore, only remain traces of metal or the adhesive under-layer. Thanks to the binder fluorescence, we can nowadays detect ancient gildings. 相似文献8.
Pelfrêne A Waterlot C Mazzuca M Nisse C Cuny D Richard A Denys S Heyman C Roussel H Bidar G Douay F 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2012,160(1):130-138
An investigation was undertaken to identify the most significant soil parameters that can be used to predict Cd, Pb, and Zn bioaccessibility in smelter-contaminated agricultural soils. A robust model was established from an extended database of soils by using: (i) a training set of 280 samples to select the main soil parameters, to define the best population to be taken into account for the model elaboration, and to construct multivariate regression models, and (ii) a test set of 110 samples to validate the ability of the regression models. Total carbonate, organic matter, sand, P(2)O(5), free Fe-Mn oxide, and pseudototal Al and trace element (TE) contents appeared as the main variables governing TE bioaccessibility. The statistical modeling approach was reasonably successful, indicating that the main soil factors influencing the bioaccessibility of TEs were taken into account and the predictions could be applicable for further risk evaluation in the studied area. 相似文献
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Idris Zembouai Stéphane Bruzaud Mustapha Kaci Aida Benhamida Yves-Marie Corre Yves Grohens Aurélie Taguet José-Marie Lopez-Cuesta 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2014,22(1):131-139
Blends of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and polylactide (PLA) with different PHBV/PLA weight ratios (100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75, 0/100) were prepared by melt compounding. Their mutual contributions in terms of thermal stability, flammability resistance, mechanical properties and rheological behavior were investigated. The study showed that the increase in PLA content in PHBV/PLA blends leads to enhanced properties. Consequently, thermal stability and flammability resistance were improved. Further, the rheological measurements indicated an increase in storage modulus and loss modulus of PHBV matrix by addition of PLA. 相似文献
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Francis Douay Aurélie Pelfrêne Julie Planque Hervé Fourrier Antoine Richard Hélène Roussel Bertrand Girondelot 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2013,185(5):3665-3680
Soil contamination by metals engenders important environmental and health problems in northern France where a smelter (Metaleurop Nord) was in activity for more than a century. This study aims to look at the long-term effects of the smelter after its closedown by combining data on the degree of soil contamination and the quality of the crops grown (agricultural crops and homegrown vegetables) in these soils for a better assessment of the local population’s exposure to Cd, Pb, and Zn. Seven years after the Metaleurop Nord closedown, (1) the agricultural and urban topsoils were strongly contaminated by Cd, Pb, and Zn; (2) the kitchen garden topsoils were even more polluted than the agricultural soils, with great variability in metal concentrations within the gardens studied; (3) a high proportion of the agricultural crops for foodstuffs did not conform with the European legislation; (4) for feedstuffs, most samples did not exceed the Cd and Pb legislation limits, indicating that feedstuffs may be an opportunity for most agricultural produce; and (5) a high proportion of the vegetables produced in the kitchen gardens did not conform with the European foodstuff legislation. The high contamination level of the soils studied continues to be a risk for the environment and the population’s health. A further investigation (part 2) assesses the associated potential health risk for local inhabitants through consumption of homegrown vegetables and ingestion of soil particles by estimating the site-specific human health assessment criteria for Cd and Pb. 相似文献