EPA Grant Number: R-82868401 Subproject: 001 Center: The Atlantic Slope Consortium––Developing Ecological Indicators for Aquatic Ecosystems of the Atlantic Slope Region Center Director: Robert Brooks Title: Integrated Assessment of Estuarine Ecosystems Investigators: Dennis Whigham, Charles Gallegos, Mark Brinson, Kirk Havens, Anson Hines, Peter Marra, Rick Rheinhardt, Lyle Varnell Institutions...

introduction urban landscape is experiencing rapid changes which put all urban domains under pressures. these processes revolutionize urban landscape into spaces without ecologic values. the sustainability of green patches and corridors has been scathed by lack of ecological approaches in planning and design. therefore, urban green spaces structures and functions have been damaged. green spaces...

Engaging in an argument is a complex task of natural language processing that involves understanding an opponent's utterances, discovering what his "point" is, determining whether his claims are believable, and fashioning a coherent rebuttal. Accomplishing these tasks requires the coordination of many different abilities and many different kinds of knowledge. Because arguing, and conversation g...

the study was carried out in the ilam oak forest that is located in the west part of iran. the objective of this research was to determine the plant ecological groups and site classification in this region. data were collected from 117 sample plots using the systematic-random sampling method. the size of sampling plots was 20 m?20 m for the tree and shrub species and 1.5 m ?1.5 m for herbaceous...

The main objective of this study was to investigate ecologically healthy regions near a dam reservoir. This study developed a model for assessing habitat suitability as a proxy for the ecological value of reservoirs. Three main factors comprising nine assessment variables were selected and classified as having a habitat suitability (HS) between 0 and 1: (1) geomorphic factors of altitude, slope...

Despite some highly visible projects that have resulted in environmental benefits, recent efforts to quantify the number and distribution of river restoration projects revealed a paucity of written records documenting restoration outcomes. Improving restoration designs and setting watershed priorities rely on collecting and making accessible this critical information. Information within the unp...

Behind every search query is a high-level mission that the user wants to accomplish. While current search engines can often provide relevant information in response to well-specified queries, they place the heavy burden of making a plan for achieving a mission on the user. We take the alternative approach of tackling users’ highlevel missions directly by introducing a human computation system t...

The present study focuses mainly on the relationship between psychological constructs and ecological behaviour. Empirical analysis links personal values, ecological beliefs, consequences of environmental conditions, denial of ecological obligation, environmental control, personal norms and environment protection behaviour. Survey data from a path analysis of a Spanish sample of 403 individuals ...

Discussions approximately an environmental control method for deep seabed mining in the Area had been underway some years. Both states and scientists have known such method. In 2018, International Seabed Authority has followed its first 5-year strategic plan, masking all elements of mandate. This article examines brand-new plan integrates factors what is probably missing. It demonstrates that e...