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2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels H. Batjes
Geoderma ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 402 ◽  
pp. 115353
Author(s):  
Kaizad F. Patel ◽  
Corianne Tatariw ◽  
Jean D. MacRae ◽  
Tsutomu Ohno ◽  
Sarah J. Nelson ◽  
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Author(s):  
Bhavya P. Sadanandan ◽  
Jang Han Lee ◽  
Ho Won Lee ◽  
Jae Joong Kaang ◽  
Jae Hyung Lee ◽  
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Abstract. Carbon and nitrogen uptake rates by small phytoplankton (0.7–5 μm) in the Kara, Laptev, and East Siberian seas in the Arctic Ocean were quantified using in situ isotope labelling experiments for the first time as part of the NABOS (Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System) program during August 21 to September 22, 2013. The depth integrated C, NO3−, and NH4+ uptake rates by small phytoplankton showed a wide range from 0.54 to 15.96 mg C m−2 h−1, 0.05 to 1.02 and 0.11 to 3.73 mg N m−2 h−1, respectively. The contributions of small phytoplankton towards the total C, NO3−, and NH4+ was varied from 24 to 89 %, 32 to 89 %, and 28 to 89 %, respectively. The turnover times for NO3− and NH4+ by small phytoplankton during the present study point towards the longer residence times (years) of the nutrients in the deeper waters, particularly for NO3−. Relatively, higher C and N uptake rates by small phytoplankton obtained during the present study at locations with less sea ice concentrations points towards the possibility of small phytoplankton thrive under sea ice retreat under warming conditions. The high contributions of small phytoplankton towards the total carbon and nitrogen uptake rates suggest capability of small size autotrophs to withstand in the adverse hydrographic conditions introduced by climate change.


2020 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Idowu Ezekiel Olorunfemi ◽  
Johnson Toyin Fasinmirin ◽  
Ayorinde Akinlabi Olufayo ◽  
Akinola Adesuji Komolafe

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (13) ◽  
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胡振宏 HU Zhenhong ◽  
何宗明 HE Zongming ◽  
范少辉 FAN Shaohui ◽  
黄志群 HUANG Zhiqun ◽  
万晓华 WAN Xiaohua ◽  
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1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Aldridge ◽  
W. D. Russell-Hunter ◽  
Daniel E. Buckley

Catabolic partitioning of carbon and nitrogen was investigated to clarify the sexual dimorphism of bioenergetics in Viviparus georgianus. Experiments involved summer stocks of 3-, 15-, 27-, and 39-month-old male and female snails grazing on an artificial high protein diet and, for 15-month snails only, comparison tests using a lower protein diet. Per snail ingestion and partitioning rates and growth are generally maximal for 15-month snails and decline with age in both sexes. In each age group, females have lower rates for weight-specific ingestion of protein carbon and nonprotein carbon than males. For protein carbon, females also show lower rates of catabolism. Compensation for the lower protein diet is more marked in females, which increase total carbon intake by 58% and reduce catabolic use of protein carbon by 40% (against a male reduction of 25%). When discussing evolutionary problems in terms of actuarial bioenergetics, quantification of both physiological rates and ecological efficiencies can be of value in a broadly adaptational approach.


2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 9109-9132
Author(s):  
Y. Fang ◽  
C. Liu ◽  
L. R. Leung

Abstract. The commonly adopted biogeochemistry spin-up process in earth system model is to run the model for hundreds to thousands of years subject to periodic atmospheric forcing to reach dynamic steady state of the carbon-nitrogen (CN) models. A variety of approaches have been proposed to reduce the computation time of the spin-up process. Significant improvement in computational efficiency has been made recently. However, a long simulation time is still required to reach the common convergence criteria of the coupled carbon/nitrogen model. A gradient projection method was proposed and used to further reduce the computation time after examining the trend of the dominant carbon pools. The Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) with carbon and nitrogen component was used in this study. From point scale simulations we found that the method can reduce the computation time by 20–69% compared to the fastest approach in the literature. We also found that the cyclic stability of total carbon for some cases differs from that of the periodic atmospheric forcing, and some cases even showed instability. Close examination showed that one case has a carbon periodicity much longer than that of the atmospheric forcing due to the annual fire disturbance that is longer than half a year. The rest was caused by the instability of water table calculation in the hydrology model of CLM4. The instability issue is resolved after we replaced the hydrology scheme in CLM4 with a low model for variably saturated porous media.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-255
Author(s):  
Eglė Marčiulaitienė ◽  
Laura Meškauskaitė ◽  
Natalija Pozniak ◽  
Leonidas Sakalauskas

AbstractAs the urbanisation level increases, due to intensification of car traffic and increased areas of impermeable surfaces, pollution of surface wastewater and a negative impact on water bodies are increasing. Due to the increasing pollution of surface water bodies, the eutrophication process is taking place intensively. One of the technologies of surface wastewater treatment allowing reduction in the amounts of suspended solids (SS), heavy metals and other pollutants is surface wastewater filters. Filters with different fillers have been designed for the treatment of principal surface wastewater pollutants: suspended solids, heavy metals (zinc, cadmium, copper, lead), BOD5, total carbon and nitrogen. The Kriging method was adapted to test the efficiency of filters filled with construction waste and wood waste-derived biochar using distance matrices. The method developed makes it possible to model the characteristics of filters in relation to different fillers, using experimental results. The mathematical model is suitable for other filtrate characteristics, not only the ratio of fillers, but also the length of the filter life, its durability calculations, which allows optimizing filter cleaning efficiency up to 96.93 %.


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