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Seed germination is an important reproductive pattern for submerged macrophytes. In order to investigate the effects of animal herbivory and water depth on seed germination and seedling survival of Vallisneria natans and Hydrilla verticillata, we conducted an in-situ field experiment at 3 water depths (0.5, 1, and 2 m) with net and non-net (control) groups in Hangzhou West Lake, China. The results...
For this study we applied a biological restoration technology combined with introducing filterfeeding bivalves (Hyriopsis cumingii), stocking planktivorous fish (silver carp), and replanting submerged macrophytes (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) in order to treat eutrophic water. The effects of this combined biological restoration measure on remedying eutrophic water were investigated, and the main mechanisms...
China’s grasslands play a significant role in the carbon cycle. Accurately evaluating carbon use efficiency (CUE) of grassland ecosystems is of great importance. Therefore, we adopted moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer documents to explore dynamics and controls of CUE across grasslands of China from 2001 to 2010. Results demonstrated that CUE presented an increasing trend (0 to 0.0067 year⁻¹)...
Human activity and climate are two main factors directly influencing catchment runoff, and separation of their impacts is of great importance for land use planning and water resource management. This study was designed to examine the impacts of climate change and human activity on stream flow characteristics. Using the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test and moving t-test, we accessed the trends and change...
Rock-soil aggregate landslides are distributed all over the world and have done great harm to transportation networks, buildings, personal safety, and city construction. Although landslide studies usually focus on the slope of the single homogeneous material, few slopes are composed of or covered by various complicated geomaterials. This paper proposes a calculation model of the slope covered by rock-soil...
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) play an important role in the ecological restoration of water bodies, and it is crucial to understand the mechanism behind this. An experiment was performed in tanks consisting of three treatments: 1) without fish (control treatment, CON), 2) with fish unable to feed on submerged macrophytes (excretion treatment, EXCR), and 3) with fish swimming free (herbivory...
In recent years have seen increasing evidence linking occupational and environmental exposure to toxic pollutants with human male reproductive disorders. The aim of this study was to collect epidemiological information on male reproductive health to explore the effects of electronic waste (e-waste) environmental pollution on male genital health in Wenling, one of the world’s biggest e-waste recycling...
Geological disasters caused by city ground subsidence are typical examples of soil failure, which significantly impact urban planning and development. The sediment transport in the soils leads to the increasing porosity of soils, and changes the elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio, thus the carrying capacity of the soil is reduced and ground subsidence appears. Therefore, the sediment transfer and...
The Tibetan Plateau has faced environmental degradation in recent years due to intensified human activity and climate change. In this study, the dynamics of net primary production (NPP), annual mean temperature (AMT), annual mean precipitation (AMP), number of animals (NA), number of rural laborers (NRL), and animal husbandry (AH) were analyzed and the response of NPP to climate and human activity...
The fate of ammonium (NH₄+) was investigated using the 15N tracer stable isotope technique in integrated vertical-flow constructed wetlands (IVCWs). Two types of IVCW systems were built: unplanted IVCWs (control) and planted IVCWs. The results showed that a high NH₄+ removal efficiency (95.4%) in the planted IVCWs. Plants not only removed NH₄+ by direct uptake (13.6±0.7%) but also improved the NH₄+removal...
Antibiotics, as special pollutants in piggery wastewater, have negative effects on wastewater treatment processes. However, it is difficult to obtain a clear understanding of the toxic potency of antibiotics using the common inhibitory experiments of wastewater because of their low concentrations. Therefore, this study for the first time reports research on examining the toxic strength of piggery...
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