Application of ecological indicators

GJ Niemi, ME McDonald - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Ecological indicators have widespread appeal to scientists, environmental
managers, and the general public. Indicators have long been used to detect changes in …

Resilience thinking: a renewed system approach for sustainability science

L Xu, D Marinova, X Guo - Sustainability Science, 2015 - Springer
This paper examines the contribution of resilience thinking for social-ecological systems
(SESs) in understanding sustainability and the need to preserve natural resources in the …

A new remote sensing index for assessing the spatial heterogeneity in urban ecological quality: A case from Fuzhou City, China

X Hu, H Xu - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Remote sensing is unique in its ability to record a variety of spatial and temporal data on
land surfaces with complete coverage, especially at larger spatial scales, and it has been …

Ecological thresholds: the key to successful environmental management or an important concept with no practical application?

PM Groffman, JS Baron, T Blett, AJ Gold, I Goodman… - Ecosystems, 2006 - Springer
An ecological threshold is the point at which there is an abrupt change in an ecosystem
quality, property or phenomenon, or where small changes in an environmental driver …

Remote sensing the phytoplankton seasonal succession of the Red Sea

DE Raitsos, Y Pradhan, RJW Brewin, G Stenchikov… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The Red Sea holds one of the most diverse marine ecosystems, primarily due to coral reefs.
However, knowledge on large-scale phytoplankton dynamics is limited. Analysis of a 10 …

Determination of microbial community structures of shrimp floc cultures by biomarkers and analysis of floc amino acid profiles

ZY Ju, I Forster, L Conquest, W Dominy… - Aquaculture …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Simple, rapid and reliable methods are required to monitor the microbial community change
in aquatic pond for better animal performance. Four floc (suspended organic matter) …

Anthropogenic and climatic influences on the eutrophication of large estuarine ecosystems

HW Paerl, LM Valdes, BL Peierls… - Limnology and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the effects of anthropogenic and climatic perturbations on nutrient—
phytoplankton interactions and eutrophication in the waters of the largest estuarine systems …

Nutrient and other environmental controls of harmful cyanobacterial blooms along the freshwater–marine continuum

H Paerl - Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms: State of the …, 2008 - Springer
Nutrient and hydrologic conditions strongly influence harmful planktonic and benthic
cyanobacterial bloom (CHAB) dynamics in aquatic ecosystems ranging from streams and …

Evolutionary trajectories and biogeochemical impacts of marine eukaryotic phytoplankton

ME Katz, ZV Finkel, D Grzebyk, AH Knoll… - Annu. Rev. Ecol …, 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The evolutionary succession of marine photoautotrophs began with the origin of
photosynthesis in the Archean Eon, perhaps as early as 3.8 billion years ago. Since that …

Phytoplankton community indicators of short-and long-term ecological change in the anthropogenically and climatically impacted Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina …

HW Paerl, KL Rossignol, SN Hall, BL Peierls… - Estuaries and …, 2010 - Springer
Estuarine and coastal systems represent a challenge when it comes to determining the
causes of ecological change because human and natural perturbations often interact …