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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"SSSI"”.
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Seismic behaviours of adjacent building structures on liquefied soil
… of structure-soil-structure interaction, SSSI) with shallow foundations on liquefiable soil. Consideration is given to the influence of foundation types, relative dynamic characteristics of adjacent structures, and the influence of soil liquefiability. Dynamic centrifuge testing was used …
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A multifaceted approach to spatial analysis of ecosystem services: a case study in the New Forest National Park.
… (CES), before exploring a range of ES in the SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in the National Park and finishing with an investigation into the implications of climate change on ES provision. CES are often highlighted as being important, though are often under-represented in ES …
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Place promotion, place protection and development planning
… of a town in Cornwall, part of a WHS and SSSI, geographically close to the tourist resort of St Ives,yet devalorised and with no appetite for regeneration or restoration. The approach to planning for place promotion demonstrates a balancing act between planned development and protection of …
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Ecological Community Changes and Ecosystem Functioning During Structured Wetland Development
… with a similar starting state, and a mature SSSI saltmarsh in Bridgwater Bay was treated as a ‘target state’. Soil characteristics included soil moisture, pH, electrical conductivity, soil organic carbon, nitrate-nitrogen, ammonium-nitrogen and phosphate-phosphorus. Changes of these were …
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Advanced Interaction Analysis for Foundation Design and Coastal Cliff Stability
… studies: 1)Structure–Soil–Structure Interaction (SSSI): Finite element modelling was used to evaluate how adjacent buildings affect one another’s foundations under varying subgrade reaction modulus (Ks), as outlined in chapter 3. 2)Wave–Cliff Interaction: The mechanisms driving cliff instability …
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An investigation of the biogeochemical exchange of the macro plant nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen on rewetted peat soil on the Somerset Levels and Moors.
… investigations on the case studies at Moorlinch SSSI and Greylake RSPB sites located on the SLMs, on a local scale with results having national application to drive further research and drive policy change in regards to water quality issues and wetland restoration. <br/>Firstly, a biodiversity …
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Isolation and characterization of starch, starch biosynthetic genes and protease inhibitors from Marama beab (Tylosema Esculentum)
… and isolation of Soluble Starch Synthase I (SSSI) and a Polymersae Chain Reaction (PCR) based strategy was used to isolate Adenosine diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) and Starch Branching Enzymes (SBEs) using degenerative primers designed at the conserved motif of corresponding …
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Non-Markovian stochastic processes and their applications: from anomalous diffusion to time series analysis
… as well. In particular, within the study of H-sssi processes, we focused on fractional Brownian motion (fBm) and its discrete-time increment process, the fractional Gaussian noise (fGn), which provide examples of non-Markovian Gaussian processes. The fGn, together with stationary FARIMA …
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Grazing Management and Plant Community Composition on Bodmin Moor
… existing monitoring scheme on Bodmin Moor North SSSI to identify vegetation changes associated with the establishment of a CS management regime. It was found that CS grazing levels were not high enough to suppress Molinia caerulea and dwarf-shrubs were not favoured. Chapter Eight reports on a …
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Effectiveness of UK Legislation and Management in Producing Nature Conservation Outcomes: a Case Study of the Purbeck Heaths
… such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special Protected Areas (SPA), and Ramsar Sites. This study investigated whether the management used within the protected areas of the Purbeck Heaths will benefit overall biodiversity goals and fulfil …
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The effect of construction activity on SPA waterfowl: a case study of the Abberton Reservoir Enhancement Scheme
… (SPA) and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). In order to meet predicted increases in water demand, large scale construction works to raise the water level of the Main Section and consequently increase the storage capacity, were undertaken between 2010 and 2013. Construction work …
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The impact of green macroalgal mats on benthic invertebrates and overwintering wading birds.
… mat biomass threshold of concern under SSSI Conditions Assessments is 2 kg m-2 (wet weight). Results suggest that the impact from macroalgal mats in Poole Harbour is evident at a biomass lower than 2 kg m-2 (wet weight); supporting a lowering of this threshold to 1 kg m-2. An increase in …
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Phosphorus fate and management on the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar ditch systems
Fundamental to all life, phosphorus is an essential nutrient and, contrastingly, a significant threat to surface water biodiversity globally as one of the most common causes of eutrophication in surface waters worldwide. Freshwater wetland ditches afflicted by these conditions undergo a shift from …