Sentence examples for engineered ecosystem from inspiring English sources

And the termites keep chomping the roots of new shoots from beneath the inner circle, preventing new vegetation from disrupting their engineered ecosystem.

Including engineered ecosystem services in the LCA significantly improves the results.

Green roofs are increasingly being considered a promising engineered ecosystem for reducing stormwater runoff.

These procedures are therefore inadequate for study of the biodiversity of a natural or engineered ecosystem.

This study showed that it is possible to maintain diverse sulfate-reducing consortia using simple electron donors, lactate or ethanol in an open engineered ecosystem.

A pilot-scale engineered ecosystem (PSEE) operated for over 2 years in sub-tropical conditions, produced an effluent with COD (median 38 mg/L) and TSS (median 3 mg/L) levels comparable to that required by the AS/NZS 1547:2000 Onsite Domestic Wastewater Management standard.

Since prehistory, human populations have used technologies and engineered ecosystems to sustain populations well beyond the capabilities of unaltered "natural" ecosystems.

Furthermore, the efficacy of T-RFLP as a molecular tool for use in the surveyance of engineered ecosystems was confirmed.

Green roofs are engineered ecosystems that rely on vegetation to provide services such as reduction of roof temperatures.

Water management strategies should also be implemented down to the level of industrial sites, where improvements can build on existing networks of freshwater tributaries, tidal estuaries, infrastructure and engineered ecosystems.

Salinity is an important factor affecting the activity and community structure of nitrogen transformation-related microorganisms in natural and engineered ecosystems.