scholarly journals Correction to: Generalizing Ecological Effects of Shoreline Armoring Across Soft Sediment Environments

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 902-902
Author(s):  
J. E. Dugan ◽  
K. A. Emery ◽  
M. Alber ◽  
C. R. Alexander ◽  
J. E. Byers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Effects ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Shoreline Armoring

scholarly journals Generalizing Ecological Effects of Shoreline Armoring Across Soft Sediment Environments

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. 180-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Dugan ◽  
K. A. Emery ◽  
M. Alber ◽  
C. R. Alexander ◽  
J. E. Byers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Ecological Effects ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Habitat Distribution ◽  
Shoreline Armoring ◽  
Ecological Responses ◽  
Hydrodynamic Energy

Abstract Despite its widespread use, the ecological effects of shoreline armoring are poorly synthesized and difficult to generalize across soft sediment environments and structure types. We developed a conceptual model that scales predicted ecological effects of shore-parallel armoring based on two axes: engineering purpose of structure (reduce/slow velocities or prevent/stop flow of waves and currents) and hydrodynamic energy (e.g., tides, currents, waves) of soft sediment environments. We predicted greater ecological impacts for structures intended to stop as opposed to slow water flow and with increasing hydrodynamic energy of the environment. We evaluated our predictions with a literature review of effects of shoreline armoring for six possible ecological responses (habitat distribution, species assemblages, trophic structure, nutrient cycling, productivity, and connectivity). The majority of studies were in low-energy environments (51 of 88), and a preponderance addressed changes in two ecological responses associated with armoring: habitat distribution and species assemblages. Across the 207 armoring effects studied, 71% were significantly negative, 22% were significantly positive, and 7% reported no significant difference. Ecological responses varied with engineering purpose of structures, with a higher frequency of negative responses for structures designed to stop water flow within a given hydrodynamic energy level. Comparisons across the hydrodynamic energy axis were less clear-cut, but negative responses prevailed (>78%) in high-energy environments. These results suggest that generalizations of ecological responses to armoring across a range of environmental contexts are possible and that the proposed conceptual model is useful for generating predictions of the direction and relative ecological impacts of shoreline armoring in soft sediment ecosystems.

3D soft-sediment deformation structures: evidence for Quaternary seismicity in the Madrid basin, Spain

Terra Nova ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 208-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.G. Silva ◽  
J.C. Canaveras ◽  
S. Sanchez-Moral ◽  
J. Lario ◽  
E. Sanz
Keyword(s):  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Deformation Structures ◽  
Sediment Deformation ◽  
Soft Sediment Deformation

Some ecological effects of entering a field of study.

1969 ◽  
Vol 60 (4, Pt.1) ◽  
pp. 284-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. Thistlethwaite
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Effects ◽  
Field Of Study

Dead Sea shoreline facies with seismically-induced soft-sediment deformation structures, Israel

2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Bowman ◽  
Dorit Banet-Davidovich ◽  
Hendrik J. Bruins ◽  
Johannes Van der Plicht
Keyword(s):  
Dead Sea ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Deformation Structures ◽  
Sediment Deformation ◽  
Soft Sediment Deformation

Application of Laser Induced Luminescence in Ecology

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 547-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gaft
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Ecological Effects ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Ecological Damage

Exhaustion of rich ore deposits is making it necessary to bring low-grade ores into production, resulting in a sharply increased volume of excavated rock. Huge quantities of waste fill vast areas of the Earth's surface, with severe ecological effects. But the ecological damage could be reduced by extracting additional products from the tailings. Laseroluminescent sorting is a new technology by which this may be achieved. The most promising subjects are about 50 minerals including diamonds, native Au and Ag, ores of V, Pb, Zn, Sn, Li, Be, W, Mo, Zr, Sr, halite, apatite, phosphorite, fluorite, calcite, barite, anhydrite.

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