|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| Valim,Eduardo André Ribeiro; Nalini Jr,Hermínio Arias; Kozovits,Alessandra Rodrigues. |
| Ecosystems on cangas (duricrust) present considerable heterogeneity of habitats due to microtopographic variations, soil accumulation and a variety of plant functional groups. Therefore, spatial and temporal ecosystem processes such as litterfall are to be expected to be large, and the absence of a level of productivity represents all the facets of iron-rich landscapes. We investigated litterfall in a iron-rich rock complex in the Iron Quadrangle of Brazil, with habitats formed on different evolutionary stages of the soil, resulting in a gradient of biomass, canopy cover and community structure. The measurements were made in open field areas, dominated by herb-shrub vegetation and interspersed with islands of dense vegetation in which there were individual... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Canga; Iron duricrust; Ferruginous fields; Litter production; Ecosystem productivity. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062013000200005 |
| |
|
|
| Chouvelon, Tiphaine; Cresson, Pierre; Bouchoucha, Marc; Brach-papa, Christophe; Bustamante, Paco; Crochet, Sylvette; Marco-miralles, Francoise; Thomas, Bastien; Knoery, Joel. |
| Mercury (Hg) is a global contaminant of environmental concern. Numerous factors influencing its bioaccumulation in marine organisms have already been described at both individual and species levels (e.g., size or age, habitat, trophic level). However, few studies have compared the trophic characteristics of ecosystems to explain underlying mechanisms of differences in Hg bioaccumulation and biomagnification among food webs and systems. The present study aimed at investigating the potential primary role of the trophic status of systems on Hg bioaccumulation and biomagnification in temperate marine food webs, as shown by their medium-to high-trophic level consumers. It used data from samples collected at the shelf-edge (i.e. offshore organisms) in two... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Biomagnifying metal; Bioaccumulation; Trophic status; Ecosystem productivity; Temperate systems. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00410/52111/52936.pdf |
| |
|
|
|
