bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Delivery of hatching larvae to estuaries by an amphidromous river shrimp: tests of hypotheses based on larval moulting and distribution
Authors: ROME NICHOLAS E. , CONNER SARA L. , BAUER RAYMOND T. 
Published: June 2009

Summary1. Amphidromous shrimps live and breed in freshwater rivers and streams, but their larvae require development in sea water. Larvae may hatch upstream and then drift to the sea, although in some species females have been reported to migrate to the coast before larvae are released. Here, we tested the relative importance of larval drift and female migration in Macrobrachium ohione (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in a distributary of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, U.S.A.2. Newly hatched (stage‐1) larvae are nonfeeding and will not moult to stage 2 (first feeding stage) without encountering salt water. A factorial experiment was conducted in the laboratory to test the effects on moulting to stage 2 of (i) time spent by stage‐1 larvae in fresh water before (ii) exposure to and maintenance in water of different salinity. Larvae kept in fresh water for 1 or 3 days before a change to saline water at 6 or 10 ppt showed a greater frequency of moulting than those kept for longer (5 days) in fresh water or changed to less saline water (2 ppt). Non‐moulting larvae died or were moribund within 11 days of hatching.3. The relative abundance of stage‐1 larvae was measured with plankton tows at two locations in the river c. 150 km apart, one near the sea and one upstream. Larval abundances near the sea were significantly greater than those upstream.4. The results indicate that hatched larvae of M. ohione have a limited period in which to drift in fresh water before reaching water sufficiently saline to stimulate moulting to the first feeding stage. Female migrations may play an important role in delivering larvae of amphidromous species from large continental river systems in which distances to the sea are great, while larval drift alone may be sufficient in species living in short streams, like those found in many small mountainous tropical islands.
Extended lifespan traded for diapause in Daphnia
Authors: SLUSARCZYK MIROSŁAW 
Published: June 2009

Summary1. Most freshwater crustaceans of the genus Daphnia are cyclically parthenogenetic organisms that are well adapted to unstable habitats due to their short life cycle, wide phenotypic plasticity, and the ability to produce protective diapausing eggs in anticipation of environmental deterioration. Short lifespan and heterogonic reproduction are typical features of Daphnia in a broad spectrum of freshwater habitats, from small temporary pools to large permanent lakes. However, in some locations, departures may be observed from this typical life history pattern to obligate asexuality or extended lifespan.2. A 3‐year field study in a deep ultraoligotrophic fish‐free alpine‐type lake (Czarny Staw in the Tatra mountains in southern Poland) revealed the coexistence of two closely related asexual lineages of Daphnia of the pulex complex, which differ in body colour (transparent versus orange) and in their strategies for surviving long winters.3. The ‘transparent’ clone of European origin exhibits an ephemeral lifestyle. It completes its life cycle within a single season, forming two generations of active specimens during the short summer and producing diapausing eggs late in the season. Transparent individuals live no longer than 5–6 months in this cold lake and survive winter exclusively in the form of diapausing eggs.4. Individuals of the ‘orange’ lineage, which are closely related to eastern Nearctic Daphnia pulicaria, exhibit a biennial lifestyle unique to this genus. They do not form diapausing eggs or produce them only occasionally. Instead, they are active throughout the year and live for up to 13–14 months. Reproduction is postponed until the second year of life when food conditions have improved. Rich lipid reserves accumulated in the first season fuel them during the long winter and permit early reproduction the following spring.5. Possible reasons for the evolution of obligatory parthenogenesis and long lifespan in Daphnia are discussed.
Effects of body mass and huddling on resting metabolic rates of post‐weaned European rabbits under different simulated weather conditions
Authors: Seltmann Martin W. , Ruf Thomas , Rödel Heiko G. 
Published: June 2009

Summary1. During the early juvenile period, animals are especially prone to heat loss due to their high surface area to volume ratio. Consequently, adverse environmental conditions such as low ambient temperature and wetness affect the energy balance in juveniles more strongly than in adults.2. Our main study goal was to experimentally measure the influence of low ambient temperatures and wet fur on resting metabolic rates (RMR) and on thermal conductance in young, pre‐weaned (wild‐type) European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculusL.), i.e. shortly after young rabbits in the wild usually leave the breeding burrow.3. We predicted that a higher body mass and therefore a more favourable surface area to volume ratio might decrease the responses of the juveniles to adverse weather conditions. Furthermore, huddling with siblings might buffer the negative influences of low temperature and wet fur.4. Using studies in field enclosures, we first evaluated the occurrence of huddling in juvenile European rabbits, and recorded the variation in ambient temperature experienced by the young. In laboratory experiments, we then measured RMR in single and pair‐housed (huddling) juveniles with dry and wet fur under different ambient temperatures reflecting the conditions experienced by same‐aged rabbits in the wild.5. We found interacting effects of temperature and wetness on RMR and on thermal conductance, which increased more strongly with decreasing temperature when the animals were wet. In addition, RMR decreased significantly with increasing body mass, but only under wet conditions when the temperature was low.6. Pre‐weaned juveniles in the field enclosures almost exclusively huddled in pairs but not in larger groups, probably because of the high juvenile mortality, which was strongly limiting the number of litter mates. In laboratory experiments, we did not find significantly lower RMR or thermal conductance in huddling pairs than in single juveniles. The occurrence of huddling, in the field and in the laboratory, was also not related to ambient temperature conditions.7. Our study highlights the importance of a high juvenile body mass which helps to reduce maintenance costs under adverse environmental conditions. Such effects might have important implications for the individual’s pre‐weaning growth and development and may exert long‐term effects on fitness‐related traits.
Experimental research on the rock electrical parameter dispersion properties in the displacement process
Authors: Xiao Zhanshan , Zhang Shengwen , Zhang Tiexuan , Zhu Shihe , Ma Jing 
Published: June 2009

ABSTRACTBased on experiments on rock electrical parameter dispersion properties in both water displacing oil and oil displacing water processes, it is found that the frequency dispersion properties of electrical parameters in water‐bearing rocks are quite different from those in oil‐bearing rocks. Oil saturation can severely impact the rock electrical parameter dispersion properties and as the oil saturation increases, the properties are more distinguishing. The variation of formation water salinity has a significant effect on the rock resistivity, hence the modulus of the rock complex resistivity varies with water saturation and a U‐shaped curve occurs over a single frequency, just like the normal resistivity. However, the effect of formation water salinity on the rock frequency dispersion is less than that of oil saturation. As a result, the rock electrical parameter dispersion properties will have a significant potential of application in the evaluation of watered‐out zones as well as identification of oil‐bearing zones and water‐bearing zones.
Fast velocity analysis by wave path migration
Authors: Liu Yike , Sun Hongchuan , Chang Xu 
Published: June 2009

ABSTRACTIterative migration velocity analysis is computationally expensive, where most of the computation time is used for generating prestack depth images. By using a reduced form of Kirchhoff migration, denoted as wave path migration, we can significantly speed up the depth imaging process and reduce the entire velocity analysis expense accordingly. Our results with 2D synthetic and field data show that wave path migration velocity analysis can efficiently improve the velocity model and the wave path migration velocity analysis updated velocity correlates well with that from the Kirchhoff migration velocity analysis. The central processing unit comparison shows that, for a 2D synthetic and field data set, wave path migration velocity analysis is six times faster than Kirchhoff migration velocity analysis. This efficiency should be even greater for 3D data.
Traveltime approximations for q‐P waves in vertical transversely isotropy media*
Authors: Aleixo Rafael , Schleicher Jörg 
Published: June 2009

ABSTRACTAs exploration targets have become deeper, cable lengths have increased accordingly, making the conventional two term hyperbolic traveltime approximation produce increasingly erroneous traveltimes. To overcome this problem, many traveltime formulas were proposed in the literature that provide approximations of different quality. In this paper, we concentrate on simple traveltime approximations that depend on a single anisotropy parameter. We give an overview of a collection of such traveltime approximations found in the literature and compare their quality. Moreover, we propose some new single‐parameter traveltime approximations based on the approximations found in the literature. The main advantage of our approximations is that some of them are rather simple analytic expressions that make them easy to use, while achieving the same quality as the better of the established formulas.
Magnetic basement: gravity‐guided magnetic source depth analysis and interpretation
Authors: Goussev Serguei A. , Peirce John W. 
Published: June 2009

ABSTRACTWe present a new integrated approach to the interpretation of magnetic basement that is based on recognition of characteristic patterns in distributions and alignments of magnetic source depth solutions above and below the surface of magnetic basement. This approach integrates a quantitative analysis of depth solutions, obtained by 2D Werner deconvolution of the magnetic data, with a qualitative evaluation of the Bouguer gravity anomalies. The crystalline/metamorphic basement and sedimentary cover have different origins, tectonic histories, lithologies and magnetic properties. These differences result in different geometries of magnetic sources associated with faults, fracture zones, igneous intrusions, erosional truncations, subcrop edges and other structural discontinuities.Properly tuned, 2D Werner deconvolution is able to resolve the intra‐sedimentary and intra‐basement magnetic source geometries into distinctly different distributions and alignments of calculated depth solutions. An empirical set of criteria, basement indicators, was developed for identification and correlation of the basement surface. The ambiguity of basement correlation with limited or non‐existent well control, which is common for onshore frontier and offshore explorations, can be reduced by incorporating the Bouguer gravity data into the process of correlation.
Growth, carbon‐isotope discrimination, and drought‐associated mortality across a Pinus ponderosa elevational transect
Authors: McDOWELL NATE G. , ALLEN CRAIG D. , MARSHALL LAURA 
Published: June 2009

AbstractDrought‐ and insect‐associated tree mortality at low‐elevation ecotones is a widespread phenomenon but the underlying mechanisms are uncertain. Enhanced growth sensitivity to climate is widely observed among trees that die, indicating that a predisposing physiological mechanism(s) underlies tree mortality. We tested three, linked hypotheses regarding mortality using a ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) elevation transect that experienced low‐elevation mortality following prolonged drought. The hypotheses were: (1) mortality was associated with greater growth sensitivity to climate, (2) mortality was associated with greater sensitivity of gas exchange to climate, and (3) growth and gas exchange were correlated. Support for all three hypotheses would indicate that mortality results at least in part from gas exchange constraints. We assessed growth using basal area increment normalized by tree basal area [basal area increment (BAI)/basal area (BA)] to account for differences in tree size. Whole‐crown gas exchange was indexed via estimates of the CO2 partial pressure difference between leaf and atmosphere (pa−pc) derived from tree ring carbon isotope ratios (δ13C), corrected for temporal trends in atmospheric CO2 and δ13C and elevation trends in pressure. Trees that survived the drought exhibited strong correlations among and between BAI, BAI/BA, pa−pc, and climate. In contrast, trees that died exhibited greater growth sensitivity to climate than trees that survived, no sensitivity of pa−pc to climate, and a steep relationship between pa−pc and BAI/BA. The pa−pc results are consistent with predictions from a theoretical hydraulic model, suggesting trees that died had a limited buffer between mean water availability during their lifespan and water availability during drought – i.e., chronic water stress. It appears that chronic water stress predisposed low‐elevation trees to mortality during drought via constrained gas exchange. Continued intensification of drought in mid‐latitude regions may drive increased mortality and ecotone shifts in temperate forests and woodlands.
Large‐scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change
Authors: CHEUNG WILLIAM W. L. , LAM VICKY W. Y. , SARMIENTO JORGE L. , KEARNEY KELLY , WATSON REG , ZELLER DIRK , PAULY DANIEL 
Published: June 2009

AbstractPrevious projection of climate change impacts on global food supply focuses solely on production from terrestrial biomes, ignoring the large contribution of animal protein from marine capture fisheries. Here, we project changes in global catch potential for 1066 species of exploited marine fish and invertebrates from 2005 to 2055 under climate change scenarios. We show that climate change may lead to large‐scale redistribution of global catch potential, with an average of 30–70% increase in high‐latitude regions and a drop of up to 40% in the tropics. Moreover, maximum catch potential declines considerably in the southward margins of semienclosed seas while it increases in poleward tips of continental shelf margins. Such changes are most apparent in the Pacific Ocean. Among the 20 most important fishing Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) regions in terms of their total landings, EEZ regions with the highest increase in catch potential by 2055 include Norway, Greenland, the United States (Alaska) and Russia (Asia). On the contrary, EEZ regions with the biggest loss in maximum catch potential include Indonesia, the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. Many highly impacted regions, particularly those in the tropics, are socioeconomically vulnerable to these changes. Thus, our results indicate the need to develop adaptation policy that could minimize climate change impacts through fisheries. The study also provides information that may be useful to evaluate fisheries management options under climate change.
Implications of future climate and atmospheric CO2 content for regional biogeochemistry, biogeography and ecosystem services across East Africa
Authors: DOHERTY RUTH M. , SITCH STEPHEN , SMITH BENJAMIN , LEWIS SIMON L. , THORNTON PHILIP K. 
Published: June 2009

AbstractWe model future changes in land biogeochemistry and biogeography across East Africa. East Africa is one of few tropical regions where general circulation model (GCM) future climate projections exhibit a robust response of strong future warming and general annual‐mean rainfall increases. Eighteen future climate projections from nine GCMs participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment were used as input to the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model (DGVM), which predicted vegetation patterns and carbon storage in agreement with satellite observations and forest inventory data under the present‐day climate. All simulations showed future increases in tropical woody vegetation over the region at the expense of grasslands. Regional increases in net primary productivity (NPP) (18–36%) and total carbon storage (3–13%) by 2080–2099 compared with the present‐day were common to all simulations. Despite decreases in soil carbon after 2050, seven out of nine simulations continued to show an annual net land carbon sink in the final decades of the 21st century because vegetation biomass continued to increase. The seasonal cycles of rainfall and soil moisture show future increases in wet season rainfall across the GCMs with generally little change in dry season rainfall. Based on the simulated present‐day climate and its future trends, the GCMs can be grouped into four broad categories. Overall, our model results suggest that East Africa, a populous and economically poor region, is likely to experience some ecosystem service benefits through increased precipitation, river runoff and fresh water availability. Resulting enhancements in NPP may lead to improved crop yields in some areas. Our results stand in partial contradiction to other studies that suggest possible negative consequences for agriculture, biodiversity and other ecosystem services caused by temperature increases.
The seasonal sensitivity of Cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton to changes in flushing rate and water temperature
Authors: ELLIOTT J. ALEX 
Published: June 2009

AbstractThe phytoplankton lake community model PROTECH (Phytoplankton RespOnses To Environmental CHange) was applied to the eutrophic lake, Esthwaite Water (United Kingdom). It was validated against monitoring data from 2003 and simulated well the seasonal pattern of total chlorophyll, diatom chlorophyll and Cyanobacteria chlorophyll with respective R2‐values calculated between observed and simulated of 0.68, 0.72 and 0.77 (all P<0.01). This simulation was then rerun through various combinations of factorized changes covering a range of half to double the flushing rate and from −1 to +4 °C changes in water temperature. Their effect on the phytoplankton was measured as annual, spring, summer and autumn means of the total and species chlorophyll concentrations. In addition, Cyanobacteria mean percentage abundance (%Cb) and maximum percentage abundance (Max %Cb) was recorded, as were the number of days that Cyanobacteria chlorophyll concentration exceed two World Health Organization (WHO) derived risk thresholds (10 and 50 mg m−3). The phytoplankton community was dominated in the year by three of the eight phytoplankton simulated. The vernal bloom of the diatom Asterionella showed little annual or seasonal response to the changing drivers but this was not the case for the two Cyanobacteria that also dominated, Anabaena and Aphanizomenon. These Cyanobacteria showed enhanced abundance, community dominance and increased duration above the highest WHO risk threshold with increasing water temperature and decreasing flushing rate: this effect was greatest in the summer period. However, the response was ultimately controlled by the availability of nutrients, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen, with occasional declines in the latter's concentration helping the dominance of these nitrogen‐fixing phytoplankton.
Nitrogen‐dependent recovery of subarctic tundra vegetation after simulation of extreme winter warming damage to Empetrum hermaphroditum
Authors: AERTS RIEN 
Published: June 2009

AbstractVast areas of (sub)arctic tundra are dominated by the ericoid dwarf shrub Empetrum hermaphroditum. Recent experimental and observational data have shown that Empetrum can be damaged heavily by recurrent extreme winter warming. In addition, summer warming leads to increased soil N availability in tundra ecosystems. In a 7‐year experiment, I investigated the recovery of subarctic Empetrum‐dominated tundra vegetation using a factorial combination of various degrees of aboveground Empetrum removal (simulating the damaging effects of extreme winter warming) and N addition (simulating one of the effects of summer warming). After 7 years no new species had established in the plots. The growth of planted Betula nana seedlings was stimulated by Empetrum removal and reduced by N addition. This Empetrum‐dominated tundra ecosystem was resilient against severe disturbances. Only when Empetrum was 100% removed did it fail to recover, and only in combination with high N supply the subordinate species (notably Eriophorum vaginatum and Rubus chamaemorus, a graminoid and a forb) could benefit. In the 50% removal treatment Empetrum recovered in 7 years when no N was supplied and the cover of the subordinate species did not change. However, when N was added Empetrum recovered faster (in 4 years) and the subordinates decreased. When Empetrum was not removed and N was added, Empetrum even increased in abundance at the expense of the subordinate species. Thus, profound changes in tundra ecosystems can only be expected when Empetrum is very heavily damaged as a result of recurrent extreme winter warming and when soil N availability is increased as a result of summer warming. These changes in species composition upon extreme disturbance events may lead to a wide variety of ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes as this tundra system is relatively species‐poor, and can be hypothesized to have low functional redundancy.
Uncertainty in ensemble forecasting of species distribution
Authors: BUISSON LAËTITIA , THUILLER WILFRIED , CASAJUS NICOLAS , LEK SOVAN , GRENOUILLET GAËL 
Published: June 2009

AbstractSpecies distribution modelling has been widely applied in order to assess the potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity. Many methodological decisions, taken during the modelling process and forecasts, may, however, lead to a large variability in the assessment of future impacts. Using measures of species range change and turnover, the potential impacts of climate change on French stream fish species and assemblages were evaluated. Our main focus was to quantify the uncertainty in the projections of these impacts arising from four sources of uncertainty: initial datasets (Data), statistical methods [species distribution models (SDM)], general circulation models (GCM), and gas emission scenarios (GES). Several modalities of the aforementioned uncertainty sources were combined in an ensemble forecasting framework resulting in 8400 different projections. The variance explained by each source was then extracted from this whole ensemble of projections. Overall, SDM contributed to the largest variation in projections, followed by GCM, whose contribution increased over time equalling almost the proportion of variance explained by SDM in 2080. Data and GES had little influence on the variability in projections. Future projections of range change were more consistent for species with a large geographical extent (i.e., distribution along latitudinal or stream gradients) or with restricted environmental requirements (i.e., small thermal or elevation ranges). Variability in projections of turnover was spatially structured at the scale of France, indicating that certain particular geographical areas should be considered with care when projecting the potential impacts of climate change. The results of this study, therefore, emphasized that particular attention should be paid to the use of predictions ensembles resulting from the application of several statistical methods and climate models. Moreover, forecasted impacts of climate change should always be provided with an assessment of their uncertainty, so that management and conservation decisions can be taken in the full knowledge of their reliability.