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... 1993; Zak et al., 1995). In what other ways can the sustained presence of fungal mycelia in the ecosystem help in maintaining ecosystem stability? 7. 6 FUNGI IN ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES: WHAT NEXT? We ... processes that are active in returning the system to stability or moving the system to a different state of equilibrium. One way in which to gain insight into the role of...

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... regulation of ecosystem processes. Fungi are important in driving or controlling the mineral and energy cycling within ecosystems and in uencing the composition of other organisms within the ecosystem. Copyright ... that bind: fungi in ecosystems. In: Carroll, G. C., Wicklow, D. T., eds. The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem. New York: Marcel Dekke...

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... of ectomycorrhizal fungi in maintaining high levels of phosphorous in the rooting zone of these leguminous trees. Data from Newbery et al. (19 97) . Fungi and Primary Production 1 17 Copyright 2003 ... Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved. minimizing plant biomass loss through grazing. In addition to these direct effects of fungi on regulation of primary production, fungi are impor...

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... Marasmiellus, Marasmius, and Mycena are the main fungi involved in forest floor litter trapping. The effect of litter binding by fungi increases with increasing ground slope. Lodge and Asbury (1988) ... been reported to be 55 (Kis-Papo et al., 2001). Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer (1 979 ) characterize marine fungi in terms of their habitat and function. Arenicolous, or sand-inhabiting fun...

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... endophytes in its seeds. Clay (1990) cites a number of examples in which grass seeds were rendered ineffective in germination due to insect damage in the absence of endophytic fungi in the seed. ... treated with the growth-staling products isolated from the leaf-inhabiting microfungi of E. globulus resulted in a significant decrease in the number of fungal pathogens. Fungi an...

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... geographic information mar- ket, even the generic information market, is not unique in being required to accommodate different value chains, pricing and charging regimes, or para- digms. Nothing is ... Internet. ICA International Cartographic Association. ICT Information and communications technology. II Information infrastructure. INSPIRE Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe...

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... Government in New Zealand New Zealand Ministry for the Environment http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/climate/preparing-for- climate-change-jul04/preparing-for-climate-change.pdf Guide• Reporting ... increasing in frequency. One of the major problems in examining the climate record for changes in extremes is a lack of high quality long-term data. In some areas of the world...

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... veteri- nary medicines in aquatic systems, and e) consideration of the potential impacts of mixtures of veterinary medicines and mixtures containing veterinary medicines and other contaminant ... understanding of the relative impor- tance of partitioning processes for drugs (in water, feces, etc.), degrada- tion processes, and other dissipation mechanisms in order to determine the...

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... multidisciplin- ary ecosystems perspective. This approach is finally being incorporated into the Gulf of Maine Program, as the linkages are made between indicators, monitoring and reporting, across ... each marine ecosystem under scrutiny, a daunting task indeed. One problem of defining and describing ecosystem health is choosing the appropriate geographic and biological scales (i.e., def...

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... Collected with the Portable Impactor 168 Conclusion 174 References 174 INTRODUCTION Since its discovery in 179 7, chromium has been increasingly used in industry. Its effects on human health have been ... previously described (Na-, Ca-, Ba-, Sr-, Rb-, Li-, Ag-, and Pb-CrO 4 ) 2. “Type II dichromate: spectra, which are differentiated by the presence of bands in the range 800 to 70...

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