Sentence examples for ecological tools from inspiring English sources

The increased production and wide applications of nanoparticles are making it more likely that such materials will end up in watercourses, either as medical or industrial waste, or when used as ecological tools with unknown consequences for aquatic life.

Ecological tools or indices are not predictive of damage, whereas several biomarkers can be used as early warning systems because they can detect effects caused by chemical substances and other environmental stress at an early stage.

Research in SOLUTIONS is aimed at advancing the existing monitoring toolbox with a specific focus on mixture assessment by developing and closely interlinking (1) advanced trait-based ecological tools and other in situ approaches using biomarkers in aquatic wildlife and caging experiments, (2) tools for enrichment of micropollutants from river water for subsequent biotesting and chemical analysis.

In particular, we indicate here a critical need to identify and quantify more reliable mating probability functions for macroparasites, perhaps via the application of novel molecular ecological tools to parasite samples in order to reveal patterns in worm mating behaviours [43], [44].

The occurrence, distribution, and activity of the microbes involved in AOM have been intensively studied using different molecular ecological tools and biogeochemical measurements (Boetius et al., 2009; Knittel & Boetius, 2009).

Our goal was to blend common physiological experimental tools (e.g. sterile media, A. thaliana), with more common ecological tools (natural covariance between nitrogen type and pH, a depletion experiment) to gain a clearer picture of the ecological importance of single and mixed nitrogen nutrition.

Ted Ames, a retired fisherman, a MacArthur Fellow and a founder of the Penobscot East Resource Center, said he considers community supported fisheries a promising ecological tool that can help build a constituency for conservation measures like a 30-mile intracoastal protection area for spawning fish limited to small boats.

Furthermore, the potential of CT-scanning as an ecological tool is demonstrated, and a methodology for its use in future similar studies is established.

Optimizing cocoa pollination alone appears to be a powerful ecological tool to increase the yield of smallholders, but experimental research is required to validate these results in a realistic setting.

To make agriculture an ecological tool for the absorption of CO2 requires not only a lot of research to measure this effect, but also social and political conviction about this approach.

This improved MMI provides an effective ecological tool to guide decision makers and managers in developing and implementing improved, cost-effective environmental policies, regulations, and monitoring of those systems.