A novel index for ecological drought monitoring based on ecological water deficit

Ecological monitoring of inter-tidal mudskipper fish of the Bandar Abbas coasts by using the novel epidermal histological index

Aquatic organisms respond to environmental stresses through physiological and morphological adaptations. Accordingly, benthic fish such as the Mudskippers are often referred as bioindicators or sentinel species of aquatic ecosystems such as mangrove forests and mudflats. In the present study, during sampling from three coastal areas of Bandar Abbas (Khorabi, Khajeh Ata and Soro estuary), three ...

Observer Design for Ecological Monitoring

Monitoring of ecological systems is one of the major issues in ecosystem research. The concepts and methodology of mathematical systems theory provide useful tools to face this problem. In many cases, state monitoring of a complex ecological system consists in observation (measurement) of certain state variables, and the whole state process has to be determined from the observed data. The solut...

Development and evaluation of Soil Moisture Deficit Index (SMDI) and Evapotranspiration Deficit Index (ETDI) for agricultural drought monitoring

Drought is one of the major natural hazards that bring about billions of dollars in loss to the farming community around theworld each year. Drought is most often caused by a departure of precipitation from the normal amount, and agriculture is often the first sector to be affected by the onset of drought due to its dependence on water resources and soil moisture reserves during various stages ...

Improving ecological monitoring

In summary, LTER systems can provide a standardized infrastructure to collect comparable data to answer the questions of today, and a rigorous scientific basis to address future challenges. We invite scientists to integrate stand-alone studies within innovative LTER approaches to provide future generations with the management tools to move beyond the confines of our current limited biodiversity...

Long-Term Ecological Monitoring