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Technological and Biological Systems' Resilience: Observations and Learnings. 技术和生物系统的弹性：观察和学习。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02193-3

Lindsay Robertson, Alan Bond

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Thermal sensitivity reveals different susceptibility to climate warming for Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) streams in close proximity. 热敏感性揭示了近距离鳟鱼（Salvelinus fontinalis）溪流对气候变暖的不同敏感性。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02198-y

William G Kimmel, David G Argent, David D Kimmel

{"title":"Thermal sensitivity reveals different susceptibility to climate warming for Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) streams in close proximity.","authors":"William G Kimmel, David G Argent, David D Kimmel","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02198-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-025-02198-y","url":null,"abstract":"A warming climate has been widely recognized as an existential threat to populations of Eastern Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) inhabiting headwater streams spanning the Appalachian Mountains. However, little information is available on the status of individual streams at fine-scale geographic levels. To address this issue, we evaluated air and in-stream temperature time-series over a seven-year period among 10 streams on Laurel Hill in southwestern Pennsylvania. Thermal sensitivity (E, the slope of the air-instream temperature relationship) was calculated for each stream during the Brook Trout growth seasons (April-September) to determine potential effects on resident fish. Values of E varied interannually within and among streams in terms of annual maximum growth season temperatures, days of Brook Trout thermal stress (>18 °C), and estimated number of days to hatch. A value of E approximating 0.42 served as an inflection point above which periods of thermal stress rose sharply. E was also positively related to estimated days to hatch. Overall, the data from this study document differing responses to warming from streams as close as 2 km apart, suggesting a need for conservation measures at a local level. The use of paired in-stream and riparian temperature data loggers provides an inexpensive way to identify and to monitor streams that may be particularly vulnerable to warming. Data from this study indicated that warming has detrimental implications for resident eastern Brook Trout and, without consideration of groundwater and riparian canopy protection, along with revised stocking paradigms, continuing existential impacts can be expected. Identifying which streams are most susceptible to warming impacts on Brook Trout using a simple metric, such as thermal sensitivity, will allow for more targeted conservation efforts by fishery/watershed managers to protect this at-risk native species.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":"1859-1871"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144232888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Managing River Low Flows to Enhance Instream Vegetation Recruitment. 管理河流低流量，促进溪流植被补充。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02187-1

Christopher S Jones, Scott A McKendrick, Lyndsey M Vivian, Piyumi Wijepala, Bryan Mole, Darren White, Joe Greet

{"title":"Managing River Low Flows to Enhance Instream Vegetation Recruitment.","authors":"Christopher S Jones, Scott A McKendrick, Lyndsey M Vivian, Piyumi Wijepala, Bryan Mole, Darren White, Joe Greet","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02187-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-025-02187-1","url":null,"abstract":"River regulation has reduced natural flow peaks in rivers globally, and in some cases has also reduced the occurrence of low-flows that expose the riverbed. Minimum low-flows are commonly mandated for temperate managed waterways in summer to maintain water quality and aquatic habitat for flora and fauna, at levels which prevent riverbed exposure. Very low flows that allow partial riverbed exposure may have many important roles in naturally impermanent waterways, including promoting plant recruitment. We conducted an in-situ field experiment in a regulated river by drawing down flows for two weeks in austral autumn to facilitate plant recruitment from the riverbed. We also conducted a concurrent ex-situ experiment in controlled conditions using sediment samples from field plots and subjecting them to exposure and inundation treatments. Two-week exposure of riverbed sediments was sufficient to trigger the germination of thousands of flood-tolerant riverine plants in both the in-situ and ex-situ experiments, but aquatic plants showed little response. Terrestrial plant seedlings were uncommon within the river-bed substrate. Seedlings were tolerant of early re-inundation but prolonged inundation resulted in senescence and mortality for non-aquatic plants. Very low flows in rivers for at least two weeks may facilitate recruitment of flood-tolerant riverine plants but the event timing and re-inundation regime will influence the likelihood of successful plant establishment. While there are potential risks for some aquatic taxa by implementing very low flows, this needs to be weighed against the potential benefits of riverbed exposure for promoting important biotic processes including plant recruitment.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":"1845-1858"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12228589/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144101233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Modeling Wildfire Effects on Ecosystem Services in two Disparate California Watersheds and Communities. 模拟野火对加州两个不同流域和社区生态系统服务的影响。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02185-3

Ibrahim Busari, Matthew R Sloggy, Mani Rouhi Rad, Debabrata Sahoo, Stacy A Drury, Francisco J Escobedo

{"title":"Modeling Wildfire Effects on Ecosystem Services in two Disparate California Watersheds and Communities.","authors":"Ibrahim Busari, Matthew R Sloggy, Mani Rouhi Rad, Debabrata Sahoo, Stacy A Drury, Francisco J Escobedo","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02185-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-025-02185-3","url":null,"abstract":"Ecosystem services are important for human well-being and for sustaining environmental quality objectives. Growing concern over extreme wildfire events in various watersheds necessitates understanding their impacts on regulating ecosystems services. Past studies have documented how wildfires regulate ecosystem services, but the distributional impacts of such ecosystem services across various human settlements (i.e. communities) remains understudied, despite renewed focus on how they are increasingly at risk from and being impacted by wildfires. We used the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model to examine how two wildfires that occurred in California, USA in 2017 impacted water provisioning, soil loss and sediment delivery, carbon sequestration services, and nutrient delivery in two watersheds and their respective communities. Regression analyses were used to determine the differences in the distribution of ecosystem services before and after the fires, and whether these wildfires exacerbated the differences in impacts to ecosystem services across communities in the watershed. We find that a year following the fires, the amount of biomass in forestland, woodland, and chaparral declined in both studied watersheds, while the amount of grassland increased. The model revealed that the changes in vegetation resulted in losing about 200,000 tons of carbon from the Mark West subwatershed and about 160,000 tons of carbon from the southern California watersheds. The expected mean annual water yield for both watersheds increased by 5% and 42%, respectively post-fire. Expected post-fire phosphorus and nitrogen export also increased. Finally, we found evidence of human community-level differences in the distribution of pre-fire ecosystem services but no evidence that post-fire conditions either exacerbated or alleviated these impacts.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":"1680-1700"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12228666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144131964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Strengthening Link between National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sector Policies and National Development Plans: Implications for Climate Change Governance. 加强国家适应计划、部门政策和国家发展计划之间的联系：对气候变化治理的影响。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02141-1

Ntule Shimwela, Lucas Katera

{"title":"Strengthening Link between National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sector Policies and National Development Plans: Implications for Climate Change Governance.","authors":"Ntule Shimwela, Lucas Katera","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02141-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-025-02141-1","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change alignment across national climate change adaptation planning frameworks, sector policies and national development plans is a crucial component of climate change governance and supports synergy that contributes greater effectiveness and efficiency in addressing the impacts of climate change. However, studies that assess climate change coherence between national climate change adaptation planning frameworks and policy frameworks have been inadequate. This study intended to understand the extent of climate change coherence across national climate change adaptation planning frameworks, sector policies and national development plans in Tanzania. A mixed research design employing sequential methods was adopted. Both primary and secondary data was used. Primary data were collected through interviews with key policy experts from government ministries and climate change focal point authorities. Secondary data was collected through a content review of sector policies, national development plans and climate change adaptation planning documents. Purposive sampling was used to select key informants and policy documents. Qualitative content analysis was used to assess text data using a scoring matrix to generate descriptive information. The descriptive information was further standardised using percentages for each sector as well as the percentage score for the overall plans. The findings revealed a weak alignment between national development plans and national climate change response strategies that were attributed to weak alignment between sector policies. However, the study found a moderate extent of climate change consideration in national development plans. Consequently, the study recommended strategies to strengthen the alignment between national climate change response strategies, sector policies and national development plans.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":"1628-1641"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Donor Climate Coloniality, Ecological Debt and Vulnerabilities in Coastal Bangladesh: Redesigning Institutions for Recognition Justice. 捐助者气候殖民，生态债务和脆弱性在沿海孟加拉国：重新设计机构承认正义。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-30 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02139-9

Mohammad Anwar Hossen, David Benson, Mohibul Islam

{"title":"Donor Climate Coloniality, Ecological Debt and Vulnerabilities in Coastal Bangladesh: Redesigning Institutions for Recognition Justice.","authors":"Mohammad Anwar Hossen, David Benson, Mohibul Islam","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02139-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-025-02139-9","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change impacts create survival challenges for people in coastal areas of Bangladesh. Government responses are exercised through top-down adaptation governance, reflecting a neocolonial perspective evident in externally funded water development projects such as the Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation (FCDI) scheme. Problematically, this form of donor 'climate coloniality' creates novel ecological debts that increase localised socioeconomic vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are concentrated within marginalised groups, although the impacts of one climate-related ecological debt, waterlogging, are not widely understood. Two critical research questions emerge from this context: (i) in what ways does waterlogging impact marginalised groups in coastal regions?; (ii) how could adaptation institutions be decolonised to reduce resultant vulnerabilities? Primary data from sociological research conducted in Jessore District in south western Bangladesh is utilised in answering these questions. The findings show that marginalised groups disproportionately endure the impacts of historically path dependent, climate-related ecological debts through multiple vulnerabilities including declining crop production, loss of domestic animals, unemployment, price increases, gendered inequalities and health impacts, linked to their exclusion from adaptation decision-making. In response to this neocolonial perspective, such structural domination needs to be challenged by decolonising adaptation institutions through integrating recognition and procedural justice. Decolonised institutions based on this justice perspective could provide a governance space for recognising community voices related to coastal ecosystems and agricultural practices.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":"1791-1805"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143750609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Psychological Determinants of Environmental Conservation Behavior: Unveiling Key Influencing Factors. 环境保护行为的心理决定因素：揭示关键影响因素。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02212-3

Prashasti Jain, Nishtha Jain, Narender Singh Bhati, Arpit Totuka

{"title":"Psychological Determinants of Environmental Conservation Behavior: Unveiling Key Influencing Factors.","authors":"Prashasti Jain, Nishtha Jain, Narender Singh Bhati, Arpit Totuka","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02212-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02212-3","url":null,"abstract":"Anthropological actions are causing immense deterioration of the natural environment known as environmental degradation and threatening the survival of all species, including humans themselves, calling for immediate action. With increasing environmental changes and human interference or human activities leading to the destruction of natural resources and surroundings, concern towards preservation and protection of the environment has become predominant instead of making the environment safe for the future generations. The most striking aspect is assessing the probable psychological factors impacting the adoption of strategies helpful in the conservation and preservation of environment-related awareness and behaviours. The literature supports that empathy with nature can enhance pro-environmental behaviours. Where MF leads to better awareness of the internal states and external surroundings, dispositional empathy acts as bridge between inner self and the larger biosphere. The current research explores the prediction of environmental conservation behaviour (ECB), through psychological factors including satisfaction of Maslow's needs (physiological, belongingness, safety, esteem, self-actualisation), life satisfaction (LS), mindfulness (MF), and dispositional empathy with nature (DEN). Structured Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data collected from 323 male and female adults of 35-65 years of age from the state of Rajasthan, India. The findings show that dispositional empathy (DN) and mindfulness (MF) significantly predict environmental conservation behaviour (ECB), with mindfulness (MF) modelled as a function of life satisfaction (LS) and self-actualisation (SA). Further, LS was found to be significantly influenced by safety needs (SN), physiological needs (PN), esteem needs (EN) and belongingness needs (BN), whereas self-actualisation (SA) was influenced by belongingness and esteem needs. In contrast, physiological and safety needs were not found have significant impact on SA.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Integrating the Value Belief Norm Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Behaviors in Agriculture Production. 整合价值信念规范理论与计划行为理论预测农业生产减缓与适应气候变化行为

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02217-y

Mehraj Din Wani, Sajad Nabi Dar, Patita Paban Mohanty

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Different Types of Planted Forest Accumulate Specific Heavy Metals in Western Beijing. 京西不同类型人工林重金属累积特征

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-06-29 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02222-1

Shiqiang Wang, Jiachen Shen

{"title":"Different Types of Planted Forest Accumulate Specific Heavy Metals in Western Beijing.","authors":"Shiqiang Wang, Jiachen Shen","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02222-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02222-1","url":null,"abstract":"Biological enrichment is a promising strategy for mitigating heavy metal pollution; however, the characteristics of different tree species, their elevation-related heavy metal content, and their capacity to accumulate these metals remain unclear. Moreover, the factors influencing heavy metal pools require further investigation. In this study, we measured the concentrations of copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn) in ground surface litter (GSL) and soil from four forest types (Pinus tabuliformis, Populus davidiana, Larix principis-rupprechtii, Betula platyphylla). The results showed that variations in growth rates among the four tree species at different elevations influenced the size of the heavy metal pool, suggesting that both tree species and elevation (temperature) play key roles in determining the storage, enrichment, and variability of heavy metal concentrations in forests. Populus davidiana showed the most significant enrichment for Cu and Zn, while Betula platyphylla exhibited the highest enrichment for Mn and Zn. Broadleaf species exhibited a greater capacity for heavy metal accumulation than coniferous species in Western Beijing. Principal component analysis revealed that Pinus tabuliformis, Larix principis-rupprechtii, and Betula platyphylla clustered closely in principal component space. Based on the accumulation characteristics of these four heavy metals across different tree species and elevations, specific tree species can be selected for heavy metal enrichment in various elevations or habitats. This research provide assistance for the remediation of heavy metal environment pollution restoration based on natural countermeasures.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessment of Awareness, Attitude, and Opinion of Indian Farmers on Microplastic Pollution in Agroecosystems. 印度农民对农业生态系统中微塑料污染的认识、态度和意见的评估。

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Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02213-2

Abhinab Borah, Riya Kumbukattu Alex, Hemashree Duarah, Madhuraj Palat Kannankai, Suja Purushothaman Devipriya

{"title":"Assessment of Awareness, Attitude, and Opinion of Indian Farmers on Microplastic Pollution in Agroecosystems.","authors":"Abhinab Borah, Riya Kumbukattu Alex, Hemashree Duarah, Madhuraj Palat Kannankai, Suja Purushothaman Devipriya","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02213-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02213-2","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing use of plastics in agriculture is contributing to persistent microplastic or nanoplastic pollution, which contaminates soil and affects agroecosystems. Understanding farmers' knowledge and practices is crucial for mitigating this issue. This study examines the awareness, attitudes, and opinions of Indian farmers regarding microplastic pollution. A survey of 310 crop farmers from 19 regions of India was conducted from September 2023 to March 2024 using a random sampling method to assess their knowledge, practices, attitudes, and opinions. The findings highlight limited awareness about microplastics, with only 33.5% of respondents having prior knowledge, and 66.5% were unaware of microplastic pollution. Random forest analysis identified education as the most significant predictor of farmers' awareness and attitudes toward microplastic pollution, followed by age and gender. Additionally, 74.8% of farmers expressed significant concern about the impact of plastic pollution on agriculture and human health, and 90% of respondents expressed strong interest in learning how to minimize microplastic pollution. The study recommends policies that holistically address plastic pollution in agroecosystems, like integrating plastic waste management into the existing national policies, biodegradable alternatives, stakeholder engagement, market incentives, state-specific training programs, research, and outreach activities. These findings have key implications for enhancing environmental sustainability and supporting sustainable agricultural practices.","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144511388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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