Role of fine-scale layering and grain alignment in the electrical anisotropy of marine sediments

First Break ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (1742) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ellis ◽  
M. Sinha ◽  
R. Parr
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Electrical Anisotropy ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Grain Alignment

scholarly journals Ecological Connectivity in Agricultural Green Infrastructure:  Suggested Criteria for Fine Scale Assessment and Planning

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 807
Author(s):  
Simone Valeri ◽  
Laura Zavattero ◽  
Giulia Capotorti
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Landscape Heterogeneity ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Spatial Pattern Analysis ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Unique Type

In promoting biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service capacity, landscape connectivity is considered a critical feature to counteract the negative effects of fragmentation. Under a Green Infrastructure (GI) perspective, this is especially true in rural and peri-urban areas where a high degree of connectivity may be associated with the enhancement of agriculture multifunctionality and sustainability. With respect to GI planning and connectivity assessment, the role of dispersal traits of tree species is gaining increasing attention. However, little evidence is available on how to select plant species to be primarily favored, as well as on the role of landscape heterogeneity and habitat quality in driving the dispersal success. The present work is aimed at suggesting a methodological approach for addressing these knowledge gaps, at fine scales and for peri-urban agricultural landscapes, by means of a case study in the Metropolitan City of Rome. The study area was stratified into Environmental Units, each supporting a unique type of Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV), and a multi-step procedure was designed for setting priorities aimed at enhancing connectivity. First, GI components were defined based on the selection of the target species to be supported, on a fine scale land cover mapping and on the assessment of land cover type naturalness. Second, the study area was characterized by a Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA) and connectivity was assessed by Number of Components (NC) and functional connectivity metrics. Third, conservation and restoration measures have been prioritized and statistically validated. Notwithstanding the recognized limits, the approach proved to be functional in the considered context and at the adopted level of detail. Therefore, it could give useful methodological hints for the requalification of transitional urban–rural areas and for the achievement of related sustainable development goals in metropolitan regions.

scholarly journals What can the occult do for you?

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (S321) ◽  
pp. 248-250
Author(s):  
B. W. Holwerda ◽  
W. C. Keel
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Probability Function ◽  
Great Accuracy ◽  
Extinction Curve ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Grain Composition ◽  
Field Unit ◽  
Integral Field

AbstractInterstellar dust is still a dominant uncertainty in Astronomy, limiting precision in e.g., cosmological distance estimates and models of how light is re-processed within a galaxy. When a foreground galaxy serendipitously overlaps a more distant one, the latter backlights the dusty structures in the nearer foreground galaxy.Such an overlapping or occulting galaxy pair can be used to measure the distribution of dust in the closest galaxy with great accuracy. The STARSMOG program uses Hubble to map the distribution of dust in foreground galaxies in fine (<100 pc) detail. Integral Field Unit (IFU) observations will map the effective extinction curve, disentangling the role of fine-scale geometry and grain composition on the path of light through a galaxy.The overlapping galaxy technique promises to deliver a clear understanding of the dust in galaxies: geometry, a probability function of dimming as a function of galaxy mass and radius, and its dependence on wavelength.

scholarly journals The role of tephra in enhancing organic carbon preservation in marine sediments

2019 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 480-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Longman ◽  
Martin R. Palmer ◽  
Thomas M. Gernon ◽  
Hayley R. Manners
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Marine Sediments

The role of antibiotics in mercury methylation in marine sediments

2018 ◽  
Vol 360 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Liang ◽  
Shengchun Wu ◽  
Chan Zhang ◽  
Jialin Xu ◽  
Peter Christie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Mercury Methylation

scholarly journals Erratum: The role of spheroidal inclusions on the electrical anisotropy of transversely isotropic rocks

2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (2) ◽  
pp. 932-932
Author(s):  
Tongcheng Han ◽  
Denghui Xu ◽  
Li-Yun Fu ◽  
Fulai Li
Keyword(s):  
Transversely Isotropic ◽  
Electrical Anisotropy

scholarly journals Red knots (Calidris canutus islandica) manage body mass with dieting and activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 223 (21) ◽  
pp. jeb231993
Author(s):  
Kimberley J. Mathot ◽  
Eva M. A. Kok ◽  
Piet van den Hout ◽  
Anne Dekinga ◽  
Theunis Piersma
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Assimilation Efficiency ◽  
Adaptive Significance ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Calidris Canutus ◽  
Predation Danger ◽  
Mitochondrial Efficiency

ABSTRACTMass regulation in birds is well documented. For example, birds can increase body mass in response to lower availability and/or predictability of food and decrease body mass in response to increased predation danger. Birds also demonstrate an ability to maintain body mass across a range of food qualities. Although the adaptive significance of mass regulation has received a great deal of theoretical and empirical attention, the mechanisms by which birds achieve this have not. Several non-exclusive mechanisms could facilitate mass regulation in birds. Birds could regulate body mass by adjusting food intake (dieting), activity, baseline energetic requirements (basal metabolic rate), mitochondrial efficiency or assimilation efficiency. Here, we present the results of two experiments in captive red knots (Calidris canutus islandica) that assess three of these proposed mechanisms: dieting, activity and up- and down-regulation of metabolic rate. In the first experiment, knots were exposed to cues of predation risk that led them to exhibit presumably adaptive mass loss. In the second experiment, knots maintained constant body mass despite being fed alternating high- and low-quality diets. In both experiments, regulation of body mass was achieved through a combination of changes in food intake and activity. Both experiments also provide some evidence for a role of metabolic adjustments. Taken together, these two experiments demonstrate that fine-scale management of body mass in knots is achieved through multiple mechanisms acting simultaneously.

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