| Titre : | AMBIO 43(3) - APR 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Yong Liu, Auteur ;
Zhongguo Lin, Auteur
The present study employed a quantitative survey to ascertain whether the external pressure of environmental risk management (ERM) on commercial banks was a contributing factor to their ERM behavior. Data was obtained using questionnaires from 2[...]
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Hanna Eriksson Hagg, Auteur ;
Steve W. Lyon, Auteur ;
Teresia Wallstedt, Auteur ;
Carl-Magnus Morth, Auteur ;
Bjorn Claremar, Auteur ;
Christoph Humborg, Auteur
Dynamic model simulations of the future climate and projections of future lifestyles within the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin (BSDB) were considered in this study to estimate potential trends in future nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea. Total nitroge[...]
Article
Joe McCarter, Auteur ;
Michael C. Gavin, Auteur
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is a critical global resource that may be eroding amid social and environmental change. Here, we present data on local perceptions of TEK change from three communities on Malekula Island in Vanuatu. Utilizi[...]
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Wiebren J. Boonstra, Auteur ;
Florianne W. de Boer, Auteur
Environmental degradation is a typical unintended outcome of collective human behavior. Hardin's metaphor of the "tragedy of the commons" has become a conceived wisdom that captures the social dynamics leading to environmental degradation. Recen[...]
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Sami Hautakangas, Auteur ;
Markku Ollikainen, Auteur ;
Kari Aarnos, Auteur ;
Pirjo Rantanen, Auteur
We assess the physical potential to reduce nutrient loads from waste water treatment plants in the Baltic Sea region and determine the costs of abating nutrients based on the estimated potential. We take a sample of waste water treatment plants [...]
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Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Auteur ;
Lasse Johansson, Auteur ;
Jaakko Kukkonen, Auteur
This study addresses the exhaust emissions of CO2, NO (x) , SO (x) , CO, and PM2.5 originated from Baltic Sea shipping in 2006-2009. Numerical results have been computed using the Ship Traffic Emissions Assessment Model. This model is based on t[...]
Article
Valentina Savo, Auteur ;
Giulia Caneva, Auteur ;
Will McClatchey, Auteur ;
David Reedy, Auteur ;
Luca Salvati, Auteur
Terraces are traditional engineered ecosystems that affect the hydro-geological equilibrium, slope stability, and local communities. The aims of this paper are (i) identifying environmental factors that affect terrace stability in the Amalfi Coa[...]
Article
Ian Vazquez-Rowe, Auteur ;
Pedro Villanueva-Rey, Auteur ;
Ma Teresa Moreira, Auteur ;
Gumersindo Feijoo, Auteur
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed into a useful methodology to assess energy consumption of fishing fleets and their derived seafood products, as well as the associated environmental burdens. In this study, however, the life cycle invent[...]
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Noora Mustamaki, Auteur ;
Ulf Bergstrom, Auteur ;
Kaj Adjers, Auteur ;
Alf Sevastik, Auteur ;
Johanna Mattila, Auteur
The development of three pikeperch (Sander lucioperca (L.)) populations in the northern Baltic Sea was monitored using standardized multimesh gillnets in 1995-2009. Declining trends in the abundances of pikeperch over 40 cm total length, low num[...]
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Georgia Mavrommati, Auteur ;
Melissa M. Baustian, Auteur ;
Erin A. Dreelin, Auteur
Applying sustainability at an operational level requires understanding the linkages between socioeconomic and natural systems. We identified linkages in a case study of the Lake St. Clair (LSC) region, part of the Laurentian Great Lakes system. [...]
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Peter R. F. Bell, Auteur ;
Ibrahim Elmetri, Auteur ;
Brian E. Lapointe, Auteur
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Miles Furnas, Auteur ;
Britta Schaffelke, Auteur ;
A. David McKinnon, Auteur
Article
Peter R. F. Bell, Auteur ;
Ibrahim Elmetri, Auteur ;
Brian E. Lapointe, Auteur
Long-term monitoring data show that hard coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has reduced by > 70 % over the past century. Although authorities and many marine scientists were in denial for many years, it is now widely accepted that this [...]
