Tracking change in a human‐dominated landscape: developing conservation guidelines using freshwater fish     

Michael P. Carey  Martha E. Mather 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2008,18(6):877-890

• 1. To conserve biodiversity in a human‐dominated landscape, a science‐based inventory and monitoring plan is needed that quantifies existing resources, isolates drivers that maintain natural communities, determines harmful stressors, and links ecological drivers and human stressors. A tactical approach is proposed for conservation planning using freshwater fish at the Cape Cod National Seashore.
• 2. Freshwater fish are well studied and occur across environmental gradients. The lentic systems at the national park are relatively pristine yet are enveloped by a region of high population density. Using fish community data, three steps were taken for tracking anthropogenic impacts in a human dominated landscape. First, fish and potential drivers were sampled intensively along a gradient to determine which fish metrics reflect natural communities and which abiotic and biotic factors structure them. Second, emerging and existing regional human threats were identified. Third, these human threats were linked to the potential drivers that maintain natural communities to identify the most informative metrics to monitor and track change.
• 3. Fish communities, water quality, habitat, and food resources were sampled concurrently in 18 ponds in 1999 and 2000. Three common fish species explained 98% of variation in numbers across systems. Based on ecological relationships, pH, depth, vegetation, prey, and community complexity were determined to maintain biodiversity of freshwater fish communities.
• 4. The primary human threats here included: development‐related, land‐use changes; non‐point source pollution; eutrophication from septic systems; and introduced species that are a byproduct of high human visitation. These are common threats in many rapidly urbanized areas and are likely to have relevance to many sites.
• 5. To track the impact of emerging threats to freshwater ponds related to increased human population, monitoring changes in water quality, vegetated habitat, fish diversity, and trophic interactions are recommended.

Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Livestock water productivity in mixed crop–livestock farming systems of the Blue Nile basin: Assessing variability and prospects for improvement     

Amare Haileslassie  Don Peden  Solomon Gebreselassie  Tilahun Amede  Katrien Descheemaeker 《Agricultural Systems》2009,102(1-3):33-40

Water scarcity is a major factor limiting food production. Improving Livestock Water Productivity (LWP) is one of the approaches to address those problems. LWP is defined as the ratio of livestock’s beneficial outputs and services to water depleted in their production. Increasing LWP can help achieve more production per unit of water depleted. In this study we assess the spatial variability of LWP in three farming systems (rice-based, millet-based and barley-based) of the Gumera watershed in the highlands of the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. We collected data on land use, livestock management and climatic variables using focused group discussions, field observation and secondary data. We estimated the water depleted by evapotranspiration (ET) and beneficial animal products and services and then calculated LWP. Our results suggest that LWP is comparable with crop water productivity at watershed scales. Variability of LWP across farming systems of the Gumera watershed was apparent and this can be explained by farmers’ livelihood strategies and prevailing biophysical conditions. In view of the results there are opportunities to improve LWP: improved feed sourcing, enhancing livestock productivity and multiple livestock use strategies can help make animal production more water productive. Attempts to improve agricultural water productivity, at system scale, must recognize differences among systems and optimize resources use by system components.  相似文献   

Trawling for cephalopods off the Portuguese coast—Fleet dynamics and landings composition   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Tereza Fonseca  Aida Campos  Manuel Afonso-Dias  Paulo Fonseca  Joo Pereira 《Fisheries Research》2008,92(2-3):180-188

Fleet dynamics was addressed for three cephalopod taxa of commercial interest, the squid Loligo vulgaris, the octopuses Octopus vulgaris and Eledone cirrhosa, and the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, for 48 trawlers of the fish trawling fleet. Landing profiles (LP) were identified based on the species composition of the landings using hierarchical cluster analysis. Four out of a total of 12 different LP were related to cephalopods and other species associated with them.The effects on the landing proportions of a number of variables, year, season and vessel, are analysed for each of the species studied using generalized linear models (GLM). The factor “vessel”, including an ensemble of technical characteristics as well as the abilities of individual skippers, explained most of the model deviance, strongly reinforcing the existence of a fleet component dedicated to catch cephalopods. However, time also explains much of the variation found in the data.Seasonal alternation between landings of octopodidae and cuttlefish was observed within a small group of old trawlers operating mainly off the south coast, following the abundance cycles of these species. For a larger group of more modern trawlers, operating off the western coast, inter-annual shift between octopus and squid was found, together with a well marked seasonal pattern between the catches of cephalopods and horse mackerel.Spatial patterns of activity were identified using vessel monitoring system (VMS) data available for trawlers in Portugal, demonstrating the existence of cephalopod targeting strategies in Portuguese fish trawling activities.  相似文献   

层次分析法在退耕还林生态效益评价指标体系建立中的应用   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

王珠娜  史玉虎  潘磊  陈磊夫  高新涛 《湖北林业科技》2007,(3):1-4

退耕还林生态效益评价是当今研究的热点问题之一,构建评价指标是评价工作的前提和基础。笔者根据退耕还林生态效益的主要影响因子,在设定多层次指标体系的基础上,采用AHP法计算各指标权重,以确定影响退耕还林生态效益的主要因素。结果表明:退耕还林生态效益指标体系19个指标中,所占比重最大的5个指标依次为:土壤的侵蚀模数、地表径流量、土壤容重、枯落物层厚度和林草的覆盖率等。  相似文献   

RESPONSES OF WHEAT PLANTS IN TERMS OF SOIL WATER CONTENT,BULK DENSITY,SALINITY, AND ROOT GROWTH UNDER DIFFERENT PLANTING SYSTEMS AND VARIOUS IRRIGATION FREQUENCIES     

M. R. Pahlavan-Rad  S. A. R. Movahedi-Naeini  Mohammad Pessarakli 《Journal of plant nutrition》2013,36(6):874-888

The effects of irrigation water rates and seed bed shapes on changes in soil water and salinity status, bulk density, root growth and dry matter (DM) weights of wheat plants (Triticum aestivum L.) were investigated with a split plot design in a field trial in Zahak Agricultural Research Station in Sistan, Iran in 2005. Irrigation intervals after 80 and 160 mm evaporation from class A evaporation pan were used as main plot. Flat surface, single, triple, and six-row beds with a 20 cm row space were used as subplots. Each treatment was replicated four times. Volumetric soil water content and soil electrical conductivity (EC) were measured using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) at 0 —20, 20 —40 and 40 —60 cm depths at nine different times during the growing season. Soil water contents were also measured at 0 —10 and 10 —20 cm depths using standard sampling rings at four different times. The three and six-row beds increased the EC of the saturated paste extract with the more frequent irrigation intervals in this coarse textured soil. Soil water content, DM, and root density were always greater with the more frequent irrigations (shorter irrigation intervals). Root density was greatest in 0 —20 cm depth with the single row bed treatment. Grain yield and root density were greatest with single row bed treatment due to the bed shape at the root development stage (possibly due to a reduced mechanical resistance). A greater soil water content by the short irrigation interval increased grain yield and root density via reducing mechanical resistance. With the loamy sand, bulk density and mechanical resistance increased rapidly after cultivation. Bed shape at root development stage might have enhanced root growth and the crop yields. Apparently, mechanical resistance was the most limiting factor with these loamy sand soils than salinity.  相似文献   

农作物空间格局变化模拟模型的MATLAB实现及应用   总被引：2，自引：4，他引：2  

余强毅  吴文斌  陈羊阳  杨鹏  孟超英  周清波  唐华俊 《农业工程学报》2014,30(12):105-114

Agent模型是研究农业土地系统复杂性与动态性的有效工具。在农作物空间格局变化模拟模型(CroPaDy,an agent-based model for simulating crop pattern dynamics)概念化设计的基础上,借助MATLAB平台开放性、矩阵运算能力强等特点,实现CroPaDy模型的数值模拟,并以黑龙江省宾县调查数据为依据,完成模型的区域实证研究。基于MATLAB的模型实现过程充分考虑了CroPaDy模型的多层次性(土地流转行为与作物选择行为)成功实现了3个子模块的动态嵌套模拟:1)Agent生成模块。基于已有的多源GIS数据、统计数据、典型调查数据、以及个体的通用规则,利用蒙特卡洛方法生成每一个个体Agent的属性信息;2)Agent分类模块。基于调查数据对受访农户进行态度聚类分析,然后借助人工神经网络方法确定所有生成的Agent所在的类型;3)Agent决策模块。利用概率方法,计算特定周期内每个Agent的决策行为。区域实证研究中,直接将空间耕地网格作为个体Agent,实现区域全覆盖(网格大小设置为114 m×114 m,约等于户均耕地面积),模拟结果表明,研究区2010年玉米、大豆、水稻、烤烟的模拟结果分别为2 6055.9、5 192.2、3 506.8、3 983.9 hm2,利用宾县统计年鉴(2010)进行验证,模型总体模拟精度达90%以上。CroPaDy模型的设计与实现科学合理,具有较强的理论性与可操作性,能够用以表达特定区域内的农作物空间格局及其动态变化过程。  相似文献   

燃油温度和喷射压力对葵花籽油与柴油喷雾特性的影响     

何旭  刘海  曾威霖  余红东  Bohl Thomas  田国弘  李向荣  刘福水 《农业工程学报》2014,30(15):75-82

为探究纯植物油作为压燃内燃机替代燃料的雾化问题,利用纹影法对葵花籽纯植物油和普通柴油在不同试验条件下的喷雾特性进行了对比研究,分析了燃油温度和喷射压力对2种燃料喷雾贯穿距、喷雾锥角和空气卷吸作用的影响。研究结果表明:葵花籽油的喷雾贯穿距和喷雾锥角均随着喷射压力和燃油温度的升高而增大,与柴油的变化规律相似。温度从60℃升高到90℃,喷油压力为60 MPa时喷雾贯穿距和喷雾锥角的平均增幅分别为12.4%和9.6%,120 MPa时分别为5%和4.14%;喷油压力从60 MPa升高到120 MPa,温度为60℃时喷雾贯穿距和喷雾锥角的平均增幅分别为39.7%和16.7%,90℃时分别为30.6%和10.9%;当喷射压力、背景压力和燃油温度相同时,葵花籽油比柴油具有更大的贯穿距和更小的喷雾锥角,且喷雾贯穿距平均增幅为22.5%,喷雾锥角平均降幅为60.3%;升高燃油温度和升高喷射压力都会增强雾注的空气卷吸作用,但葵花籽油的空气卷吸作用要明显弱于普通柴油。研究结果可为纯植物油作为内燃机替代燃料的可行性研究提供参考。  相似文献   

基于物元标识的人机交互式机械排种器虚拟装配     

刘宏新  贾儒  周兴宇  付露露 《农业工程学报》2016,32(1):38-45

为实现复杂机械式排种器智能化虚拟装配,集成2B-JP-FX系列双腔复合种盘机械式精密排种器的创新成果与专业知识,缩短设计与研发周期,该文提出了一种基于装配物元标识的智能装配系统。以双腔立式复合圆盘型号排种器为具体研究对象,分析各零部件间的装配关系,明确装配物元组成,完成装配物元的语义信息编码和装配参考的建立。基于CATIA(computer aided three-dimensional interactive application计算机辅助三维交互应用)的二次开发技术,以Visual Basic为开发语言,设计一种适用于物元标识的人机交互平台,可实现对装配语义集的提取与分析,将装配语义信息转化为装配约束,智能引导完成虚拟装配。测试结果证明了该系统的可行性和有效性,为2B-JP-FX系列排种器的研发提供了先进的虚拟仿真手段,也为机械装备数字化资源库奠定了技术基础。  相似文献   

基于矩阵变换的车载玉米叶绿素含量快速预测系统偏差分析     

李树强  赵旭辉  李民赞  李修华  赵瑞娇  张彦娥 《农业工程学报》2013,29(11):44-51

为了对车载玉米叶绿素含量快速预测系统偏差进行分析,优化车载系统测量结果,该文提出一种空间插值和多维矩阵分析相结合的思想,阐述了基于矩阵变换和GIS空间分析手段的预测偏差分析策略,提高了车载系统快速预测空间分布的预测效果。研究结果表明：使用BP神经网络模型和RBF神经网络模型对车载系统动态预测单点位置叶绿素含量具有一定预测效果,平均决定系数R2约为0.8,2类模型的预测效果相近。RBF神经网络预测结果矩阵经反距离加权法插值后,其空间分布预测偏差度小于10%的数据量占总数据量的85%。表明该方法具有较好的空间预测效果,可以为车载系统动态测量平台预测玉米冠层叶片叶绿素含量的提供决策支持。  相似文献   

基于改进生态足迹模型的市域主体功能区划   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：3  

刘金花  郑新奇 《农业工程学报》2013,29(13):226-236

市域主体功能区的合理划分,有利于市域主体经济的形成和社会经济的可持续发展。生态足迹模型是一种评价人类对资源环境开发利用影响程度和区域可持续发展程度的方法。该文以改进的生态足迹模型作为市域主体功能区划的技术方法,设计主体功能区划评价指标体系,与GIS的空间分析功能相耦合,对以县为评价对象的评价单元进行赋值、加权求和测算主体功能指数,确定开发与保护的阈值,并与建设用地适宜性评价、自然保护区等叠置分析,修正主体功能区的空间布局。结果表明：1）生态压力和开发潜力有明显的空间分布规律,除长清区外,市区其他区域生态压力大,开发潜力小;商河县、章丘市开发潜力大,生态压力较小。2）各评价单元主体功能指数界限明显,以此作为除禁止开发区外的主体功能区初步划分的依据。3）将主体功能初划结果与济南市建设用地适宜性评价、自然保护区、重要生态功能区进行叠置分析,修正功能区初划结果,商河县由重点开发区调整为限制开发区。生态足迹法和地理信息系统空间分析功能耦合的技术方法在市域主体功能区划中取得较好应用。  相似文献