scholarly journals Food organism production on artificial reefs: roles of sedentary fauna for spatial heterogeneity

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (sup2) ◽  
pp. 1687-1690
Author(s):  
YUMI KOMAI ◽  
CHOKEI ITOSU
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Artificial Reefs ◽  
Food Organism

scholarly journals Spatial Heterogeneity of Artificial Reefs Functioning according to Wind-Induced Lagrangian Circulation

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Aude Pradal ◽  
Bertrand Millet
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Particle Flux ◽  
Artificial Reef ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Artificial Reefs ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Southern France ◽  
3D Numerical Model ◽  
Fine Resolution

In the scope of the program “Récifs Prado” for artificial reef immersion in the bay of Marseilles (southern France), we adapted the fine resolution (100 m) of the 3D numerical model POM (Princeton Ocean Model) to compute the typical patterns of the wind induced circulation within the bay. In addition, we derived from those results the Lagrangian trajectories of planktonic particles drifting over periods of 3 days, both from natural habitats to colonize the reefs, and inversely from the reefs to enrich peripheral ecosystems. Results emphasized the high spatial heterogeneity of the reefs functioning at short scales. First, reefs were submitted to a general southward particle flux, being colonized from the northern bay and then impacting the southern bay 50% and 40% of the time, respectively. Second, adjacent reefs frequently showed contrasted impacts, with fluxes simultaneously oriented offshore or inshore, in opposite directions. Third, at the top of reefs particles were released both southward and northward 32% and 8.6% of the time, respectively; when at the bottom of reefs particles were only released southward 40% of the time.

Soil Spatial Heterogeneity and Systems of Agriculture

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
V. Medvedev
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Soil Cover ◽  
Regular Grid ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
The Third ◽  
Soil Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Agriculture Systems ◽  
Zonal Soils

Aim. To consider soil continuality and discreteness as features of heterogeneity manifestation in a soil cover, important for construction of agriculture systems. Methods. Geostatistical research of soil spatial heterogeneity, revealing the contours of a fi eld with various parameters of fertility. Results. The use of principles of precise agriculture and inspection of indicative properties of fi eld soils using a regular grid allowed to divide a fi eld into contours with three levels of fertility: the fi rst one is characterized by optimal or close to optimum properties which allows refusing from (or reducing substantially) tillage, introduction of fertilizers or chemical ameliorates; the second one has average parameters of fertility corresponding to zonal soils and demands the application of zonal technologies; the third one (with the worst parameters of fertility) presupposes regular use of the improved technologies. Conclusions. The introduction of precise agriculture will allow replacing a traditional zonal system with thenew which is soil-protecting and resource-saving one.

Temporo-spatial heterogeneity of dominant fish species in the Jiaozhou Bay community

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1091
Author(s):  
Jia WO ◽  
Binduo XU ◽  
Ying XUE ◽  
Yiping REN ◽  
Chongliang ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Jiaozhou Bay ◽  
Dominant Fish
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