Browsing Environmental Science Center by Subject "biodiversity"

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    • Community perspectives on conservation of water sources in Tarkeshwar sacred groves, Himalaya, India 

      Jana, Purna; Pandey, Rajiv; Semeraro, Teodoro; Alatalo, Juha M.; Areteno, Roberta; ... more authors ( IWA PUBLISHING , 2021 , Article)
      Sacred groves have significance in socio-culture and biodiversity conservation. This study evaluated local people's perceptions regarding conservation of sacred groves for water services, through willingness-to-pay (WTP), ...

    • Decreased soil moisture due to warming drives phylogenetic diversity and community transitions in the tundra 

      Scharn, Ruud; Little, Chelsea J.; Bacon, Christine D.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Antonelli, Alexandre; ... more authors ( IOP Publishing , 2021 , Other)
      Global warming leads to drastic changes in the diversity and structure of Arctic plant communities. Studies of functional diversity within the Arctic tundra biome have improved our understanding of plant responses to ...

    • Diversity and Zonation of Benthic Amphipod Crustaceans Affected by the Mississippi Submarine Canyon in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 

      Soliman, Yousria S.; Rowe, Gilbert T.; Wicksten, Mary; Wei, Chih-Lin ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Article)
      Amphipod crustacean diversity and zonation are described from the large Mississippi Canyon that extends from the continental shelf across the entire continental margin. Benthic amphipods were sampled on four cruises from ...

    • Do changes in current flow as a result of arrays of tidal turbines have an effect on benthic communities? 

      Kregting, Louise; Elsaesser, Bjoern; Kennedy, Robert; Smyth, David; O'Carroll, Jack; ... more authors ( Public Library of Science , 2016 , Article)
      Arrays of tidal energy converters have the potential to provide clean renewable energy for future generations. Benthic communities may, however, be affected by changes in current speeds resulting from arrays of tidal ...

    • Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi 

      Tedersoo, Leho; Mikryukov, Vladimir; Zizka, Alexander; Bahram, Mohammad; Hagh-Doust, Niloufar; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However, compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation needs of fungi have been little explored. ...

    • Investigating the biodiversity and current status of the historically renowned oyster beds of Qatar 

      Smyth, David; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim; Giraldes, Bruno; Chatting, Mark ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      The "Pearl Oyster" Pinctada radiata has long been associated with the nation of Qatar. Historically pearl oysters were harvested in huge quantities in the Arabian Gulf with Qatari pearls making up a large percentage of the ...

    • Qatar’s vision of global problems, challenges and solutions 

      Abdel Bari, Ekhlas M.M. ( QScience - Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Since Qatar first signed the Biodiversity Convention in Rio in 1992, Qatar has been a strong advocate with keen interest in sustainability and the preservation of its biodiversity noting that advancement in industry should ...