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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… atmosphere as part of natural variability. Simplified and modified diagram after Hartmann et al., (2013). Improved … abiotic variables like oxygen concentration (important to organism size and metabolism (Pörtner and Knust, 2007)), … may also become a factor, as many seagrass species are not genetically diverse within populations as a result of their …
Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… (Scheringer, 1997; Macdonald et al., 2005). Additionally, modified wind fields and higher wind speeds are expected to … from the external exposure medium into the tissues of the organism. For hydrophobic/lipophilic compounds it is the … Climate change-induced ecotoxicological effects of POP s (modified from Noyes et al., 2009). Climate change-induced …
Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… areas where natural habitat has subsequently been modified or lost. Poor Good Fair Map of ecological condition … in good ecological condition, semi-natural or moderately modified areas to be in fair ecological condition, and severely or irreversibly modified areas to be in poor ecological condition. Protected …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… values. Ib Wilderness Usually large unmodified or slightly modified areas, retaining their area natural character and … is complicated however because the concept of OUV has been modified and refined over time. The terminology has changed … organisms. 10. Data collection involving the killing of an organism should only take place when such collection is …
Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
… our Heritage methodology (see Case Study IV) uses a modified form of self-assessment through partnerships between … in Finland also completed a self-assessment questionnaire, modified from the WWF RAPPAM system (see Case Study II).73 … has provided its basic structure. After being tested and modified over a three year period, the Tracking Tool has been …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… cases, existing IBA or PA boundaries did not have to be modified in delineating the KBAs, since the data for the … 12a). In other cases, existing IBA or PA boundaries were modified as needed to incorporate nearby habitats of trigger … and delineation is iterative, the boundaries can be modified and new KBAs added as new data become available. …