Multiple Driver Impacts on Rocky Intertidal Systems: The Need for an Integrated Approach

Impacts of anthropogenic stress on rocky intertidal communities

Rocky shores provide a harsh environment for marine organisms and we briefly discuss natural sources of variation in community structure before considering anthropogenic impacts in detail. We review impacts caused by (a) acute disturbances: oil spills, toxic algal blooms and (b) chronic disturbances: nutrient pollution, oil, heavy metals, pesticides, antifouling paints, collecting, trampling/ha...

Exploitation of rocky intertidal grazers: population status and potential impacts on community structure and functioning

A wide range of anthropogenic activities are impacting the ecology of coastal areas. Exploitation of marine resources is one such activity, which, through cascading trophic effects, can have influences well beyond that of the target species. We investigated the mid-rocky-shore community structure of the Azores archipelago, a seldom-studied habitat, where there is a local tradition of exploiting...

Understanding Human Leishmaniasis: The Need for an Integrated Approach

M. Hide,1 B. Bucheton,1 S. Kamhawi,2 R. Bras-Gonçalves,3 S. Sundar,4 J.-L. Lemesre,3 and A.-L. Ba~nuls1 1Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses (UMR CNRS/IRD 2724), IRD de Montpellier, 911 av Agropolis BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France 2Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA 3Pathogenie des Trypa...

An Integrated Software Environment for Development of Driver Support Systems

Behavioural impacts of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems–an overview

The purpose of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is that driver error will be reduced or even eliminated, and efficiency in traffic and transport is enhanced. The benefits of ADAS implementations are potentially considerable because of a significant decrease in human suffering, economical cost and pollution. However, there are also potential problems to be expected, since the task of dr...