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Manoj Jha Philip W. Gassman Silvia Secchi Roy Gu Jeff Arnold 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2004,40(3):811-825
ABSTRACT: The size, scale, and number of subwatersheds can affect a watershed modeling process and subsequent results. The objective of this study was to determine the appropriate level of subwatershed division for simulating flow, sediment, and nutrients over 30 years for four Iowa watersheds ranging in size from 2,000 to 18,000 km2 with the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. The results of the analysis indicated that variation in the total number of subwatersheds had very little effect on streamflow. However, the opposite result was found for sediment, nitrate, and inorganic P; the optimal threshold subwatershed sizes, relative to the total drainage area for each watershed, required to adequately predict these three indicators were found to be around 3, 2, and 5 percent, respectively. Decreasing the size of the subwatersheds below these threshold levels does not significantly affect the predicted levels of these environmental indicators. These threshold subwatershed sizes can be used to optimize input data preparation requirements for SWAT analyses of other watersheds, especially those within a similar size range. The fact that different thresholds emerged for the different indicators also indicates the need for SWAT users to assess which indicators should have the highest priority in their analyses. 相似文献
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Júlia Reisser Maíra Proietti Ivan Sazima Paul Kinas Paulo Horta Eduardo Secchi 《Marine Biology》2013,160(12):3169-3179
Feeding ecology of green turtles was investigated between January 2005 and April 2008 at Arvoredo Reserve, Brazil (27°17′S, 48°18′W). Data were obtained through the performance of observational sessions, geo-referenced counts, benthic surveys, capture and recapture of individuals, and oesophageal lavages. This protected area was identified as an important green turtle feeding ground, used year-round by juveniles (curved carapace length = 32–83 cm). Turtles fed close to the rocky shores of the area and selected grazing sites commonly at hard-to-reach, near-vertical portions of the rocks. They were less active in cold months, and more abundant at shallow areas of the reef (0–5 m), where their preferred food items occurred. Their diet was dominated by macroalgae species but invertebrates were also present. Their main food item was the red algae Pterocladiella capillacea, which seems to be eaten through periodical cropping of its tips. Observational methods such as the ones applied here could be incorporated to other research programs aiming to understand the relationships between Chelonia mydas feeding populations and their environment. 相似文献
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L. Zenteno E. Crespo D. Vales L. Silva F. Saporiti L. R. Oliveira E. R. Secchi M. Drago A. Aguilar L. Cardona 《Marine Biology》2015,162(2):275-289
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Corn-Based Ethanol Production and Environmental Quality: A Case of Iowa and the Conservation Reserve Program 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Silvia Secchi Philip W. Gassman Jimmy R. Williams Bruce A. Babcock 《Environmental management》2009,44(4):732-744
Growing demand for corn due to the expansion of ethanol has increased concerns that environmentally sensitive lands retired
from agricultural production and enrolled into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will be cropped again. Iowa produces
more ethanol than any other state in the United States, and it also produces the most corn. Thus, an examination of the impacts
of higher crop prices on CRP land in Iowa can give insight into what we might expect nationally in the years ahead if crop
prices remain high. We construct CRP land supply curves for various corn prices and then estimate the environmental impacts
of cropping CRP land through the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model. EPIC provides edge-of-field estimates
of soil erosion, nutrient loss, and carbon sequestration. We find that incremental impacts increase dramatically as higher
corn prices bring into production more and more environmentally fragile land. Maintaining current levels of environmental
quality will require substantially higher spending levels. Even allowing for the cost savings that would accrue as CRP land
leaves the program, a change in targeting strategies will likely be required to ensure that the most sensitive land does not
leave the program. 相似文献
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Seixas TG Kehrig Hdo A Costa M Fillmann G Di Beneditto AP Secchi ER Souza CM Malm O Moreira I 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2008,154(1):98-106
Selenium and total and organic mercury were determined in the liver and kidney of franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) incidentally caught in fishing nets along two Brazilian coastal areas (southeast and south). Regional differences in the concentrations of these contaminants were observed in P. blainvillei. Liver showed the highest organic and total mercury. In general, samples of individuals collected at the southern of Brazil had the highest concentrations of selenium and total and organic mercury. No significant gender differences were observed. Growth stage influenced the accumulation of these contaminants in both organs, and hepatic concentrations increased with the body length, according to the sampling area. Molar mercury and selenium concentrations in liver were significantly correlated, with a Se:Hg ratio close to 4. The among-site differences we found may be related to differences in preferred prey, bioavailability in the marine environment, environmental conditions, or these individuals may belong to distinct populations. 相似文献
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Environmental Management - Land-based carbon sequestration constitutes a major low cost and immediately viable option in climate change mitigation. Using downscaled data from eight atmosphere-ocean... 相似文献
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