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Colin Thor West 《Environment, Development and Sustainability》2011,13(1):217-235
The Arctic is a region of the world experiencing extremely rapid climatic and social change. Indigenous communities have faced
similar challenges for millennia and have historically demonstrated remarkable resilience to socioecological perturbations.
In contemporary contexts, however, it appears that the pace and extent of change is overwhelming the adaptive capacities of
many indigenous communities. Scholars recently completed a survey of living conditions spanning the circumpolar Arctic to
quantitatively document the impacts of social and ecological stress across regions. The database they created is called the
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic or SLiCA. This article explores the utility of using this dataset to compare livelihood
systems across three sub-regions of Alaska and four sub-regions within the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation.
The results point out that livelihood systems in Chukotka have a substantially lower level of sustainability than in Northwest
Alaska due to the high prevalence of vulnerable households. 相似文献
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John Atle Kålås Thor Harald Ringsby Syverin Lierhagen 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》1995,36(3):251-270
This paper reports the concentrations of metals (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and/or Zn) and selenium (Se) in kidney and/or liver samples from capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), hares (Lepus timidus), common shrews (Sorex araneus) and grey-sided voles (Clethrionomus rufocanus) from the Norwegian areas most heavily contaminated by pollutants from the Russian smelters on the Kola peninsula. In addition to comparing areas that differed in expected pollution rate within Sør-Varanger, comparisons are drawn with reference data from other parts of Norway. The relatively highest levels of metals were found for Cu and Ni in the sub-area most heavily exposed to pollution from the smelters. Also the highest Cr concentrations were found in the areas closest to the smelters. In this study, there is evidence for a direct link between increased metal concentrations in wild animals and pollution from the Russian smelters for Cu and Ni and to some extent for Cr. relatively high concentration of Hg and slight increases in Pb are also documented, but regional differences within Sør-Varanger indicate no direct relationship to the Russian smelters. No samples showed concentrations of any of the analysed metals in excess of the limits where negative effects on animals can be measured. 相似文献
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Kevin R. Foster Perttu Seppä Francis L. W. Ratnieks Peter A. Thorén 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,46(4):252-257
Queen mating frequency was studied in the European hornet, Vespa crabro, by analyzing four DNA microsatellite loci in 20 workers from each of 14 nests. Queens were found to be predominantly singly
mated (9/14), although double (4/14) and triple mating (1/14) also occurred. For most multiply mated queens, paternity was
significantly biased with the majority male fathering on average 80% of the female offspring. The population-wide effective
mating frequency was therefore low (1.11), and sister-sister relatedness high (0.701 ± 0.023 SE). Low effective mating frequency
in Vespa, in combination with data from other vespines, suggests that high paternity frequency is derived in the group. Some problems
with the non-detection of fathers, where the queen was not sampled or shared alleles with males, are analyzed.
Received: 16 November 1998 / Received in revised form: 29 March 1999 / Accepted: 12 April 1999 相似文献
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Karsten Zumholz Thor H. Hansteen Uwe Piatkowski Peter L. Croot 《Marine Biology》2007,151(4):1321-1330
The use of statolith chemistry to trace migration pathways and distinguish populations of cephalopods is based on the assumption
that the elemental composition of statoliths is influenced by physicochemical properties of the ambient environment. However,
such influences have not been investigated experimentally up until now. This study presents the first microchemical analyses
of cephalopod statoliths obtained from laboratory experiments under different controlled temperature and salinity conditions.
Our results show that statolith chemical composition is strongly related to both salinity and temperature in ambient waters.
The Ba/Ca ratio is negatively related to temperature and shows no relation to salinity. The I/Ca ratio is positively related
to temperature and negatively to salinity. No Sr/Ca relation was found to either salinity or temperature, suggesting that
the well-established proxy strontium is not as useful in cephalopod statoliths as in other biomineralized aragonites. Microanalysis
of trace elements, however, shows an enormous potential for field studies on distribution, migration and stock separation
of cephalopods. Furthermore, Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Analysis is introduced as a promising novel method for statolith
analysis, providing a spatial resolution of typically 10–15 μm combined with detection limits down to 0.5 ppm. 相似文献
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Heterospecific matings are generally assumed to be unconditionally disadvantageous due to reduced viability or fertility of
hybrid offspring. For female collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) mated to male pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca), the cost of heterospecific pair formation is reduced due to high levels of conspecific extra-pair paternity and a male-biased
offspring sex ratio. In order to investigate whether these cost-reducing mechanisms are the result of female mating strategies,
rather than being a by-product of species incompatibilities, we manipulated the plumage of male collared flycatchers before
pair formation to make them resemble male pied flycatchers. Since species incompatibilities are absent in this design, any
systematic effect of manipulation on sex ratio or paternity would indicate a role of female mating strategy. Paternity was
determined by means of a likelihood approach that controls the errors made in assigning a chick to be ‘within-pair’ or ‘extra-pair’.
Neither the sex ratio nor the male share of paternity was affected by the manipulation in a systematic manner. We therefore
conclude that our experimental data provide no support for the suggestion that female behavioural strategies are markedly
adjusted in response to formation of mixed-species pairs.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Reynisson E Lauzon HL Magnusson H Hreggvidsson GO Marteinsson VT 《Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM》2008,10(11):1357-1362
Pseudomonas spp. is a group of microorganisms commonly found in fish and other fresh foods and is involved in their spoilage process. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid and accurate quantitative assay for Pseudomonas spp. in fish using real-time PCR. The assay targets the carbamoyl phosphate synthase gene (carA) with SYBR green based real-time PCR. The selectivity of the assay was confirmed using 24 Pseudomonas strains and 55 non-pseudomonad strains. A linear quantification was established over seven orders of magnitude, from 40 - 4(7) copies reaction(-1). The assay was validated on cod samples collected during two shelf life trials and showed a high degree of correlation to the plate count method (rP = 0.891) where the difference between the methods was 0.04 log(10) CFU g(-1) on average. The study shows that it is possible to quantify accurately the specific spoilage organisms belonging to the genus Pseudomonas in fish using real-time PCR. The method takes less than 5 h from sampling to results. The short detection time of the method can provide the fish industry with an important tool for quality control and processing management. 相似文献
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Sofia Thorsson Björn Holmer Andreas Andjelic Jenny Lindén Sandra Cimerman Lars Barregard 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2014,186(7):4479-4492
A majority of households in developing countries rely on biomass fuel for cooking, typically burned in open fires or simple stoves. The incomplete combustion of these fuels causes adverse health effects such as respiratory diseases, especially among women and children. However, quantitative data on pollution levels and on associated diseases are limited. We examined cooking habits and self-reported health in 31 households with outdoor open wood fires in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, using structured interviews. In eight households, carbon monoxide (CO) was measured using passive sampling. In addition, meteorology and ambient CO concentrations were assessed. The average CO concentration during cooking was 4.3 ppm, with a maximum of 65.3 ppm and minimum of 0.3 ppm (1-min values). A clear daily pattern was observed, with relatively low concentrations during the day and high during the evening, occasionally exceeding the World Health Organization 1- and 8-h guidelines when the air stabilised. On average, CO concentrations were 43 % higher in kitchens located in closed yards than in those located in open yards, showing that fireplace location affected the levels. Eye irritation and coughing among women and children were reported by 30 % of the households. Based on previously reported relations between CO concentrations and fine particles (<2.5 μm), the exposure to biomass smoke appears to be high enough to pose a considerable health risk among women and children in households with outdoor open wood fires. The results suggest that burning should be limited between sunset and dawn and in areas with limited ventilation to reduce pollutions levels. 相似文献
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James B. Shanley Ann T. Chalmers Thomas J. Mack Thor E. Smith Philip T. Harte 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2016,52(5):1012-1030
We evaluated long‐term trends and predictors of groundwater levels by month from two well‐studied northern New England forested headwater glacial aquifers: Sleepers River, Vermont, 44 wells, 1992‐2013; and Hubbard Brook, New Hampshire, 15 wells, 1979‐2004. Based on Kendall Tau tests with Sen slope determination, a surprising number of well‐month combinations had negative trends (decreasing water levels) over the respective periods. Sleepers River had slightly more positive than negative trends overall, but among the significant trends (p < 0.1), negative trends dominated 67 to 40. At Hubbard Brook, negative trends outnumbered positive trends by a nearly 2:1 margin and all seven of the significant trends were negative. The negative trends occurred despite generally increasing trends in monthly and annual precipitation. This counterintuitive pattern may be a result of increased precipitation intensity causing higher runoff at the expense of recharge, such that evapotranspiration demand draws down groundwater storage. We evaluated predictors of month‐end water levels by multiple regression of 18 variables related to climate, streamflow, snowpack, and prior month water level. Monthly flow and prior month water level were the two strongest predictors for most months at both sites. The predictive power and ready availability of streamflow data can be exploited as a proxy to extend limited groundwater level records over longer time periods. 相似文献