Search Results - "MEIRE, Patrick"
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Are ecosystem services adequately quantified?
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-04-2017)“…1. Quantification of ecosystem services (ES) is an important step in operationalizing the concept for management and decision-making. With the exponential…”
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Marine‐terminating glaciers sustain high productivity in Greenland fjords
Published in Global change biology (01-12-2017)“…Accelerated mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet leads to glacier retreat and an increasing input of glacial meltwater to the fjords and coastal waters…”
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Soybean Trade: Balancing Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of an Intercontinental Market
Published in PloS one (31-05-2016)“…The trade in soybean, an important animal feed product, exemplifies the environmental and socio-economic impact of global markets and global agricultural…”
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The Future of Freshwater Macrophytes in a Changing World: Dissolved Organic Carbon Quantity and Quality and Its Interactions With Macrophytes
Published in Frontiers in plant science (14-05-2018)“…Freshwater ecosystems are confronted with the effects of climate change. One of the major changes is an increased concentration of aquatic carbon. Macrophytes…”
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Silica uptake in aquatic and wetland macrophytes: a strategic choice between silica, lignin and cellulose
Published in The New phytologist (01-04-2010)“…Although silica (Si) is not an essential element for plant growth in the classical sense, evidence points towards its functionality for a better resistance…”
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Agricultural silica harvest: have humans created a new loop in the global silica cycle?
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-06-2012)“…Silica (Si) is of great concern to agronomists because it has a beneficial effect on plant resistance to various stresses, enabling yield optimization in…”
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A simple thermal mapping method for seasonal spatial patterns of groundwater–surface water interaction
Published in Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) (24-01-2011)“…► Application of a simple thermal mapping method. ► Examination of seasonal patterns of groundwater–surface water interaction. ► Inverse numeric and analytic…”
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Depth Estimation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Clear Water Streams Using Low-Altitude Optical Remote Sensing
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (30-09-2015)“…UAVs and other low-altitude remote sensing platforms are proving very useful tools for remote sensing of river systems. Currently consumer grade cameras are…”
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Ecosystem service delivery in restoration projects: the effect of ecological succession on the benefits of tidal marsh restoration
Published in Ecology and society (01-01-2016)“…Long-term assessment of ecosystem restoration projects is complex because of ecological processes such as succession, particularly in highly dynamic ecosystems…”
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Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization
Published in Nature communications (30-11-2010)“…Continental export of Si to the coastal zone is closely linked to the ocean carbon sink and to the dynamics of phytoplankton blooms in coastal ecosystems…”
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Effects of wind waves versus ship waves on tidal marsh plants: a flume study on different life stages of Scirpus maritimus
Published in PloS one (23-03-2015)“…Recent research indicates that many ecosystems, including intertidal marshes, follow the alternative stable states theory. This theory implies that thresholds…”
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Ecosystem Engineering by Plants on Wave-Exposed Intertidal Flats Is Governed by Relationships between Effect and Response Traits
Published in PloS one (14-09-2015)“…In hydrodynamically stressful environments, some species--known as ecosystem engineers--are able to modify the environment for their own benefit. Little is…”
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Transient or steady-state? Using vertical temperature profiles to quantify groundwater-surface water exchange
Published in Hydrological processes (15-07-2009)“…Heat is recognized as a natural tracer to identify the exchange of water between the groundwater and surface water compartment. One-dimensional (1D) heat…”
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Towards a global arctic-alpine model for Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) predictions of foliar nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon content
Published in Scientific reports (04-06-2019)“…Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a high-throughput technology with potential to infer nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and carbon (C) content of all vascular…”
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Mapping wetland loss and restoration potential in Flanders (Belgium): an ecosystem service perspective
Published in Ecology and society (01-12-2016)“…With the case of Flanders (northern part of Belgium) we present an integrated approach to calculate accurate losses of wetlands, potentials for restoration,…”
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A modeling approach to assess coastal management effects on benthic habitat quality: A case study on coastal defense and navigability
Published in Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (2017)“…The natural coastal hydrodynamics and morphology worldwide is altered by human interventions such as embankments, shipping and dredging, which may have…”
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Exploring the Genetic Structure and Phylogeographic Patterns of the Copepod Genus Eurytemora in Europe
Published in Diversity (Basel) (01-08-2024)“…The genus Eurytemora is a diverse group of copepods found in coastal, estuarine, brackish, and freshwater environments. The main research has focused on…”
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Silicon Affects Nutrient Content and Ratios of Wetland Plants
Published in SILICON (01-10-2016)“…Purpose The main objective of this study is to enhance our knowledge about the interplay between the plant Si content and the plant nutrient content as well as…”
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The effects of dunite fertilization on growth and elemental composition of barley and wheat differ with dunite grain size and rainfall regimes
Published in Frontiers in environmental science (16-08-2023)“…Enhanced weathering (EW) of silicate rocks is a negative emission technology that captures CO 2 from the atmosphere. Olivine (Mg 2 SiO 4 ) is a fast weathering…”
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Different morphology of Nuphar lutea in two contrasting aquatic environments and its effect on ecosystem engineering
Published in Earth surface processes and landforms (01-12-2014)“…ABSTRACT Aquatic plants (macrophytes) can have a large effect on river hydraulics and geomorphology. Though, the extent to how plant morphological plasticity…”
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