哀牢山西坡季风常绿阔叶林和湿性常绿阔叶林木质藤本植物的多样性与分布

分析比较了哀牢山西坡季风常绿阔叶林和湿性常绿阔叶林中木质藤本的物种组成与分布特征.在两类常绿阔叶林中各设置了10个20 m×20 m的样地,调查记录所有dbh≥0.2 cm和高度≥2 m木质藤本的种类、胸径和攀援类型.在季风常绿阔叶林中,共记录到木质藤本115株隶属于14科17属18种,湿性常绿阔叶林中有55株隶属于10科12属15种.季风常绿阔叶林中的木质藤本的物种丰富度、多度、Shannon和Simpson多样性指数显著高于湿性常绿阔叶林(p<0.05),基面积的差异则不显著.木质藤本物种最丰富的科是菝葜科(Smilacaceae,4种)、蔷薇科(Rosaceae,3种)、蝶形花科(Papilionaceae,3种)和葡萄科(Vitaceae,3种),物种组成上在季风常绿阔叶林和湿性常绿阔叶林中完全不同.径级分布上,两类常绿阔叶林中的木质藤本均以小藤本(dbh＜1.0 cm)的个体占优势,中等大小(1.0 cm＜dbh＜5.0 cm)的木质藤本在湿性常绿阔叶林中分布较少.此外,两类常绿阔叶林中均以茎缠绕类型木质藤本的种类为主,季风常绿阔叶林中以茎缠绕类型的藤本个体占优势,而湿性常绿阔叶林中则以根攀援类型的藤本个体为主.     

云南哀牢山中山湿性常绿阔叶林土壤氮矿化季节变化

为了揭示哀牢山中山湿性常绿阔叶林土壤有效氮的季节动态特征,我们用封顶埋管法对徐家坝地区典型的中山湿性常绿阔叶林进行了研究。结果表明:1)土壤有效氮含量季节变化为22.96～68.20mgN·kg-1,其中氨态氮的含量(10.89～47.85mgN·kg-1)大于硝态氮含量(1.48～31.74mgN·kg-1),是有效氮的主体;2)一年的净有效氮矿化总量为310.32mgN·kg-1·hm-2(土壤层0～15cm),有效氮总量和NO3N干湿季节变化极显著,NH4N的干湿季节变化不显著,NH4N在湿季末(200409)最高,干季末(200404)最低,NO3N湿季初(200405)最高,湿季末(200310)最低;3)净矿化速率、净氨化速率、净硝化速率的干湿季节变化均不显著,原因在于土壤内部的干湿季节变化平缓,且这种变化滞后于大气的降雨量变化。     

深圳大鹏半岛常绿季雨林和常绿阔叶林群落物种多样性分析

采用丰富度指数、物种多样性指数和均匀度指数,对深圳大鹏半岛亚热带常绿季雨林和亚热带常绿阔叶林的植物群落物种多样性进行研究.结果表明：常绿季雨林和常绿阔叶林共有6个主要群落类型;常绿季雨林群落内各层多样性指数和均匀度指数顺序为灌木层＞乔木层＞草本层,常绿阔叶林群落内各层多样性指数和均匀度指数顺序为乔木层＞灌木层＞草本层;常绿季雨林和常绿阔叶林乔、灌层物种多样性比较中,常绿季雨林＜常绿阔叶林,草本层比较中,常绿季雨林＞常绿阔叶林;常绿季雨林和常绿阔叶林都具有亚热带向热带过渡的明显特征.过度的人类干扰将导致植物物种多样性降低.     

封面照片：哀牢山

哀牢山位于云南中南部,地云贵高原、横断山地和青藏高原三大自然地理区域的结合部,河流强烈下切,河源侵蚀形成中山地貌,属褶皱断块山体。哀牢山山体上部分布着我国面积最大,保存最完整的亚热带山地湿性常绿阔叶林。该地区全年气候温凉（年平均气温11．3℃,徐家坝）,降雨量充沛（年平均降雨量为1931．1mm,徐家坝）,但干湿季分明。照片为哀牢山徐家坝地区中山湿性常绿阔叶林的春季林缘的群落外貌。     

西双版纳季风常绿阔叶林的群落学特征

对西双版纳地区季风常绿阔叶林植物群落的物种组成、区系成分、多样性指数、群落外貌、结构特征以及物种面积关系等进行了分析,结果表明在3块2 500 m2的样地上,计有维管束植物70～123种,分别属于36～49科、70～74属;区系地理成分可分为12个类型,主要以热带区系成分为主,其中又以热带亚洲(印度-马来西亚)分布和泛热带分布的成分占优势,温带成分所占的比例很少;群落中胸径≥2 cm的乔木树种丰富度为60±11.14,Shannon-Wiener指数为2.605 1±0.342 0,Pielou均匀度指数为0.637 3±0.065 4;群落的结构层次可分为乔木(Ⅰ、Ⅱ)层、灌木层和草本层;群落外貌以单叶、革质、全缘、中叶为主的常绿中、小高位芽植物组成为特征;物种-面积曲线在取样面积为1 500 m2时开始趋于平缓.与本地区的季节雨林和山地雨林相比,西双版纳季风常绿阔叶林群落的中、小高位芽植物以及单叶、革质、中叶植物所占的比例较大,而大高位芽、藤本植物的比例较少.与其他地区常绿阔叶林相比,其中高位芽、全缘叶、中叶植物比例明显偏高,小、矮高位芽、小叶植物比例则明显减少;物种多样性指数低于本地区季节雨林和山地雨林以及广东鼎湖山、白云山的常绿阔叶林,与云南哀牢山、浙江天台山的常绿阔叶林较为接近,但明显高于日本Okinawa群岛、滇中地区的常绿阔叶林.表明西双版纳的季风常绿阔叶林物种组成较为丰富,群落结构复杂,植物多样性指数较高,植物区系成分虽具有一定的温带成分,但主要以热带区系成分为主,热带性较强.     

安徽牯牛降的植物多样性垂直分布特征——兼论山顶效应的影响

牯牛降国家级自然保护区是我国生物多样性热点地区之一——黄山-武夷山区的一部分,人为干扰较轻,植被保存状况良好,是这一生物多样性中心基本特征的代表性区域。牯牛降地区的植物物种多样性和群落的分布特征尚缺少系统的研究报道。对牯牛降南坡的植被垂直带进行样方和样带调查,探讨其植物群落和植物物种多样性的海拔梯度格局,及其影响因素。通过对样方数据的数量分类和CCA排序,结合分析群落生活型构成、物种丰富度、α多样性、β多样性的结果表明:(1)牯牛降南坡随着海拔的上升,依次出现常绿阔叶林(400-1 100 m)、常绿落叶阔叶混交林(1 100-1 350 m)、针阔混交林(1 350-1 600 m)和常绿针叶林(1 600-1 728 m)。(2)物种丰富度和多样性指数大致表现了沿海拔梯度降低的趋势;但低海拔人为活动的干扰、海拔1 400 m处样方小地形的显著变化、海拔1 500-1 600 m之间历史上的火干扰等因素,导致了物种多样性海拔梯度特征的复杂化;常绿阔叶林和常绿落叶针阔叶混交林的种-面积曲线差异反映了不同植被类型中物种分布的尺度效应的差异。(3)海拔梯度、局部地形及其他生境条件的变化共同影响着物种多样性的格局。山地常绿落叶阔叶混交林、针阔叶混交林和黄山松纯林等是发育在同一气候垂直带条件下,主要由地形引起的土壤与小气候差异导致的植被斑块。山顶效应对植物群落类型和物种多样性变化具有显著影响,对于理解牯牛降植物物种多样性垂直梯度特征和模式具有重要意义。     

滇西北亚高山针叶林、硬叶栎类林的树种多样性

在滇西北香格里拉地区,以长苞冷杉(Abiesgeorgei)林、丽江云杉(Picealikiangensis)林作为亚高山针叶林的代表,以川滇高山栎(Quercusaquifolioides)林作为硬叶栎类林的代表,分别选择了6块样地,采用Shannon-Wiener多样性指数(H)、Simpson多样性指数的倒数(D')、Pielou均匀度指数(JH、JD)分别测定其树种多样性,并进行了比较研究。结果表明,三个森林类型的Shannon Wiener指数、Simpson指数的倒数、物种丰富度的顺序均为:长苞冷杉林>川滇高山栎林>丽江云杉林;而前两类森林的Pielou均匀度指数差异不大,但都高于丽江云杉林的均匀度指数值。滇西北的川滇高山栎具有很强的萌生能力。人工种植的亚高山针叶林的树种多样性较原始林低,需要较长时间的恢复过程。亚高山针叶林的存在极大地丰富了云南省的树种多样性,使云南植被的垂直地带性得到了充分体现。     

万木林青年和老龄常绿阔叶林乔木层碳贮量分配特征

了解森林生物量碳分配特征,对于森林碳贮量和碳汇估算、森林碳汇经营和生物多样性保护有重要意义.本课题选择福建省万木林自然保护区青年(约47 a生)和老龄(约120 a生)常绿阔叶林为研究对象,根据生物多样性调查结果和生物量异速方程,计算乔木层生物量碳贮量,并分析其高度级、径级和树种间的分配特征.结果表明:1)青年林碳贮量为115.03 t.hm-2,老龄林碳贮量为224.43 t.hm-2;2)青年林最大碳贮量出现在高度级Ⅶ级(15～17 m),为23.17 t.hm-2,而老年林最大碳贮量出现在高度级Ⅷ级(17～19 m),为62.96 t.hm-2;3)青年林中Ⅵ级(15 cm≤DBH<17 cm)的碳贮量最高,为34.25 t.hm-2,占总碳贮量的29.77%;在老龄林中最高碳贮量集中在XIX级(DBH≥41 cm),为60.03t.hm-2,占总碳贮量的26.78%;4)2个林分绝大部分碳贮量都集中在少数树种,大多数物种对碳贮量的贡献很微小.     

云南哀牢山西麓季风常绿阔叶林及思茅松林的群落学特征

在云南哀牢山西麓川河河谷残存有较大面积的季风常绿阔叶林,其周围分布着思茅松林.采用典型取样法,对季风常绿阔叶林及思茅松林的物种组成与群落结构进行了调查和分析,结果表明:季风常绿阔叶林乔木层的优势种主要是红木荷(Schima wallichii)、高山栲(Castanopsis delavayi)、密花树(Rapanea neriifolia),而思茅松成熟林以思茅松(Pinus kesiya var.langbianensis)为绝对优势.在季风常绿阔叶林的29株样树树干上共调查到附生植物共36种,但在思茅松林中几乎找不到附生植物.季风常绿阔叶林和思茅松成熟林的香农-威纳多样性指数分别为3.32和1.70;相对于思茅松林,季风常绿阔叶林物种组成和群落结构都更复杂,具有较高的生物多样性和稳定性.由于该区域的季风常绿阔叶林受到了较为严重的人为干扰和破坏,因此,需要进一步加强对山地森林植被的保护与管理,尽量减少人为干扰,并采取适当的人工抚育措施,促进该区山地森林资源的保护和恢复.     

云南哀牢山常绿阔叶林土壤渗漏水养分研究

在云南哀牢山生态站对中山湿性常绿阔叶林进行定位研究，根据１９９１～１９９３年的观测资料，对土层１０，２５，４５，６５ｃｍ土壤渗漏水养分浓度、养分迁移及养分滞留的变化进行了分析和讨论。     

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Books reviewed in this article: USA, Eine Geographische Landeskunde , Vol. I, Der Grossraum in Strukturellem, Wandel, 3rd Ed. Helmut Blume . Introduction to Remote Sensing . James B. Campbell . The Sounds of People and Places: Readings in the Geography of American Folk and Popular Music . George O. Carney , ED. Development and Underdevelopment . John Cole . Mobility and Employment in Urban Southeast Asia: Example from Indonesia and the Philippines . Michael A. Costello , Thomas R. Leinbach , AND Richard Ulack . Soviet Asia: Economic Development and National Policy Choices . Leslie Dienes . The Third World City . David Drakakis -Smith . Scholars' Guide to Washington, DC for Cartography and Remote Sensing Imagery (maps, charts, aerial photographs, satellite images, cartographic literature and geographic information systems). Ralph E. Ehrenberg . Population and Development in the Third World . Allan AND Anne Findlay . The Early Mapping of Hawaii . Gary L. Fitzpatrick . Energetics of Physical Environment: Energetic Approaches to Physical Geography . K. J. Gregory , ED. Wildland Recreation: Ecology and Management . William E. Hammitt and David N. Cole . Agricultural Commercialization and Government Policy in Africa . J. Hinderink AND J. J. Sterkenburg . The Dynamics of American Housing . James W. Hughes AND George Sternlieb . Thailand: Buddhist Kingdom as Modern Nation State . Charles F. Keyes . Resolving Locational Conflict . Robert W. Lake , ED. Lands at Risk in the Third World: Local-level Perspectives . Peter D. Little and Michael M. Horowitz , EDS. Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science . David N. Livingstone . Regions: The Economics and Politics of Territory . Ann R. Markusen . Wetlands . William J. Mitsch and James G. Gosselink . Historical Geography: Progress and Prospect . Michael Pacione , ED. Loess and Periglacial Phenomena . Marton P$eacsi and Hugh M. French , EDS. Regional Management of Metropolitan Floodplains, Experience in the United States and Abroad . Rutherford H. Platt , ED. Human Cartography: Mapping the World of Man . Janos Szegö . Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History . Helen H. Tanner , ED. The Botany of Mangroves . P. B. Tomlinson . Urban Spatial Traffic Patterns . Rodney Vaughan . The Night After … Climatic and Biological Consequences of a Nuclear War . Yevgeni Velikhov , ED. Industrial Geography . H. D. Watts . Dictionary of Quotations in Geography . James O. Wheeler and Francis M. Sibley . Vermont Townscape . Norman Wiliams , Jr. , Edmund K. Kellogg and Peter M. Lavigne .     

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Main Street: Northeastern Oregon: The Founding and Development of Small Towns. Barbara Ruth Bailey.

Food Politics: The Regional Conflict. David N. Balaam and Michael J. Carey, eds.

The International Economy and Industrial Development: Trade and Investment in the Third World. R. Ballance, J. Ansari and H. Singer.

Neighborhoods in Urban America. Ronald H. Bayor, ed.

The English Heartland. By Robert Beckinsale and Monica Beckinsale.

Regional Dimensions of Industrial Policy. Michael E. Bell and Paul S. Lande, eds.

Tension Areas of the World. D. Gordon Bennett, ed.

Latin America: an Introductory Survey. B. W. Blouet and O. M. Blouet, eds.

Integration and Division: Geographical Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Problem. Frederick W. Boal and J. Neville H. Douglas, eds.

Energy and Land Use. Robert W. Burchell and David Listokin, eds.

Slopes and Weathering. Michael Clarke and John Small.

Alaska's Rural Development. Peter G. Cornwall and Gerald McBeath, eds.

The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America. Galen Cranz.

World Congress on Land Policy, 1980, Proceedings. Matthew Cullen and Sharon Woolery, eds.

Oregon Divided: A Regional Geography. Samuel N. Dicken and Emily F. Dicken.

Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development. T. Scarlett Epstein.

South Africa: Spatial Frameworks for Development. T. J. D. Fair.

Institutions and Geographical Patterns. Robin Flowerdew, ed.

Industrialization of U.S. Agriculture, An Interpretive Atlas. Howard F. Gregor.

Planning Theory: Prospects for the 1980s. Patsy Healy, Glen McDougall and Michael J. Thomas, eds.

Neighborhood Mobilization: Redevelopment and Response. Jeffrey R. Henig.

The American Urban System: A Geographical Perspective. R. J. Johnston.

Climate, History and the Modern World. Hubert H. Lamb.

Climate and History: Studies in Past Climates and Their Impact on Man. T. M. L. Wigley, M. J. Ingram and G. Farmer.

China: Railways and Agricultural Development, 1875–1935. Ernest P. Liang.

A Desirable Energy Future—A National Perspective. Robert S. Livingston, T. D. Anderson, T. M. Besmann, M. Olszewski, A. M. Perry, and C. D. West.

Topothesia: Essays Presented to T. S. Ó Máille. B. S. Mac Aodha, ed.

Transportation for the Poor: Research in Rural Mobility. Hal S. Maggied.

Land Uses in American Cities. Harold M. Mayer and Charles R. Haves.

Industrial Organisation and Location. Philip McDermott and Michael Taylor.

Human Adaptability: an Introduction to Ecological Anthropology. Emilio F. Moran.

Regional Analysis and the New International Division of Labor. Frank Moulaert and Patricia W. Salinas, eds.

The Nuclear War Atlas. Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada:

Urbanization and Environmental Quality. Isao Orishimo.

The Garden of Eden: The Botanic Garden and the Re-Creation of Paradise. John Prest.

Earthfire, The Eruption of Mount St. Helens. Charles Rosenfeld and Robert Cooke.

Contest for the South China Sea. Marwyn S. Samuels.

The Future of the Wetlands: Assessing Visual-Cultural Values. Richard C. Smardon, ed.

Tucson: the Life and Times of An American City. C. L. Sonnichsen.

The Geography of Multinationals. Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift, eds.

Impact of Marine Pollution on Society. Virginia Tippie and Dana Kester.

Reviving the Industrial City: the Politics of Urban Renewal in Lyon and Birmingham. Jerry A. Webman.

Andean Reflections: Letters from Carl O. Sauer While on a South American Trip under a Grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, 1942. Robert C. West, ed.

Cartographic Drawing with Computers. P. Yoeli.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Main Street: Northeastern Oregon: The Founding and Development of Small Towns . Barbara Ruth Bailey . Food Politics: The Regional Conflict . David N. Balaam and Michael J. Carey , eds. The International Economy and Industrial Development: Trade and Investment in the Third World . R. Ballance , J. Ansari and H. Singer . Neighborhoods in Urban America . Ronald H. Bayor , ed. The English Heartland . By Robert Beckinsale and Monica Beckinsale . Regional Dimensions of Industrial Policy . Michael E. Bell and Paul S. Lande , eds. Tension Areas of the World . D. Gordon Bennett , ed. Latin America: an Introductory Survey . B. W. Blouet and O. M. Blouet , eds. Integration and Division: Geographical Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Problem . Frederick W. Boal and J. Neville H. Douglas , eds. Energy and Land Use . Robert W. Burchell and David Listokin , eds. Slopes and Weathering . Michael Clarke and John Small . Alaska's Rural Development . Peter G. Cornwall and Gerald Mc Beath , eds. The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America . Galen Cranz . World Congress on Land Policy, 1980, Proceedings . Matthew Cullen and Sharon Woolery , eds. Oregon Divided: A Regional Geography . Samuel N. Dicken and Emily F. Dicken . Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development . T. Scarlett Epstein . South Africa: Spatial Frameworks for Development . T. J. D. Fair . Institutions and Geographical Patterns . Robin Flowerdew , ed. Industrialization of U.S. Agriculture, An Interpretive Atlas . Howard F. Gregor . Planning Theory: Prospects for the 1980s . Patsy Healy , Glen Mc Dougall and Michael J. Thomas , eds. Neighborhood Mobilization: Redevelopment and Response . Jeffrey R. Henig . The American Urban System: A Geographical Perspective . R. J. Johnston . Climate, History and the Modern World . Hubert H. Lamb . Climate and History: Studies in Past Climates and Their Impact on Man . T. M. L. Wigley , M. J. Ingram and G. Farmer . China: Railways and Agricultural Development, 1875–1935 . Ernest P. Liang . A Desirable Energy Future—A National Perspective . Robert S. Livingston , T. D. Anderson , T. M. Besmann , M. Olszewski , A. M. Perry , and C. D. West . Topothesia: Essays Presented to T. S. Ó Máille . B. S. Mac Aodha , ed. Transportation for the Poor: Research in Rural Mobility . Hal S. Maggied . Land Uses in American Cities . Harold M. Mayer and Charles R. Haves . Industrial Organisation and Location . Philip Mc Dermott and Michael Taylor . Human Adaptability: an Introduction to Ecological Anthropology . Emilio F. Moran . Regional Analysis and the New International Division of Labor . Frank Moulaert and Patricia W. Salinas , eds. The Nuclear War Atlas. Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada : Urbanization and Environmental Quality . Isao Orishimo . The Garden of Eden: The Botanic Garden and the Re-Creation of Paradise . John Prest . Earthfire, The Eruption of Mount St. Helens . Charles Rosenfeld and Robert Cooke . Contest for the South China Sea . Marwyn S. Samuels . The Future of the Wetlands: Assessing Visual-Cultural Values . Richard C. Smardon , ed. Tucson: the Life and Times of An American City. C. L. Sonnichsen . The Geography of Multinationals . Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift , eds. Impact of Marine Pollution on Society . Virginia Tippie and Dana Kester . Reviving the Industrial City: the Politics of Urban Renewal in Lyon and Birmingham . Jerry A. Webman . Andean Reflections: Letters from Carl O. Sauer While on a South American Trip under a Grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, 1942 . Robert C. West , ed. Cartographic Drawing with Computers . P. Yoeli .     

The 10th International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering——Challenge and adaption of permafrost engineering to a changing climate

Permafrost engineering has been developing rapidly in recent years. Many projects have been undertaken with the latest technologies and show their importance in supporting regional social and economical development. For example, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been a milestone project in permafrost engineering. However, when designing and building infrastructures in cold regions,     

Understandings of Relationships between Agriculture and Biodiversity in Kunisaki GIAHS

<正>1 Characteristics of Kunisaki GIAS and aims of this research Kunisaki GIAHS in the Kunisaki peninsula and Usa area,Oita,Japan,is a system where forestry,agricultural production,and fisheries are sustained by the strong connection between Sawtooth Oak forest,multiple interlinked irriga tion ponds,and Seto Inland Sea(Vafadari 2013a;2013b;Hayashi 2013).This area receive around 1,500 mm of annual precipitation with a     

The environmental history of a mountain lake (Lago Paione Superiore, Central Alps, Italy) for the last c. 100 years: a multidisciplinary, palaeolimnological study

A palaeoecological study of an oligotrophic alpine lake, Paione Superiore (Italy), provided a record of historical changes in water quality. Historical trends in lake acidification were reconstructed by means of calibration and regression equations from diatoms, chrysophycean scales and pigment ratios. The historical pH was inferred by using two different diatom calibration data sets, one specific to the alpine region. These pH trends, together with the record of sedimentary carbonaceous particles and chironomid remains, indicate a recent acidification of this low alkalinity lake.Concentration of total organic matter, organic carbon, nitrogen, biogenic silica (BSiO₂), chlorophyll derivatives (CD), fucoxanthin, diatom cell concentration and number of chironomid head capsules increased during the last 2–3 decades. When expressed as accumulation rates, most of these parameters tended to decrease from the past century to c. 1950, then all except P increased to the present day. A marked increase in sedimentary nitrogen may be related to atmospheric pollution and to the general increases in output of N in Europe. High C/N ratios indicate a prevailing allochthonous source of organic matter.Finally, the increase in measured air temperature from the mid-1800's appeared to be related to lake water pH before industrialization: cold periods generally led to lower pH and vice-versa. The more recent phenomenon of anthropogenic acidification has apparently decoupled this climatic-water chemistry relationship.     

A fishery in a changing lake environment: The naked carpGymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler) (Cyprinidae: schizothoracinae) in Qinghai Hu,China

Quinghai Hu is a large, high-altitude, saline lake in north-western China, and supports a fishery based on an endemic species of naked carp (snow trout). The fish take seven years to attain maturity and a marketable weight of 300 g, and have a lifespan of 14–21 years under the present fishery regime. They seasonally migrate from the lake to spawn over the gravel beds of inflowing rivers, but these areas have been reduced by weirs and irrigation diversions and recruitment may have declined. The population may have been affected also by a 1.85-m fall in the lake level over the past 30 years, and by associated changes in salinity. The fishery was opened to large-scale exploitation in 1958. Yields declined sharply (max. 28,523 tonnes, 1960) as the larger, older fish were removed, and then more slowly (min. 2523 tonnes, 1983). Since 1987 the fish factory has been limited to an annual quota of 1200 tonnes, taken by a fleet of four pair trawlers. Another 800 tonnes are taken by licensed fishermen, mainly using gill nets, and perhaps 1000 tonnes are taken illegally. The estimated total catch in 1992 was 3000 tonnes. New trawlers introduced in 1989–90 substantially increased the factory's catch per unit effort, and in 1990 the quota was virtually filled in one month in a zone within 20 km of the factory. Although this could suggest that the stocks will be conserved if the quota is retained, at least half of the catch in 1989–92 consisted of immature individuals. Trawling operations recently were suspended following a further decline in the catch after 1992. While the new trawlers are capable of a major increase in effort, neither the changing environment, the fish stocks or the present markets favour intensified pressure. Gillnets may provide better control over the minimum size limit and may cause less damage than trawling. Other options to improve the viability and profitability of the fishery include improvements in handling, processing and marketing. Failure to develop the fishery may encourage attempts to introduce exotic fish, at some risk to survival of the local species.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Introduction to Climatology for the Tropics . J. O. Ayoade. Conservation and Management of Natural Resources in the United States . Charles F. Bennett. The Keeping of Animals: Adaptation and Social Relations in Livestock Producing Communities . Riva Berleant-Schiller and Eugenia Shanklin, ed. The Evolution of Geographic Thought in America: A Kentucky Root Wilford A. Bladen and Pradyumna P. Karan, eds. Latin America: Geographical Perspectives , 2nd ed. Harold Blakemore and Clifford T. Smith, ed. The Rural Real Estate Market. Department of Geography Publication Series, No. 18 . Chris Bryant. Urban Geomorphology in Drylands . R. U. Cooke, D. Brunsden, J. C. Doornkamp, and D. K. C. Jones with contributions by J. Griffiths, P. Knott, R. Potter, and R. Russell. Italian Geography, 1960–1980. Meeting of the Status of the Geographic Research in Italy, 1960–1980. Treated under the auspices of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and organized by Istituto di Geografia Umana della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell'Università degli Studi di Milano , Giacomo Corna Pellecrini and Carlo Brusa, eds. The Changing Fenland . H. C. Darby. The Future for the City Centre . R. L. Davies and A. G. Champion, eds. Saudi Arabia, Energy, Developmental Planning, and Industrialization . Ragaei El Mallakh, Dorothea H. El Mallakh, eds. For We Are Sold, I and My People: Women and Industry in Mexico's Frontier . Maria Patricia Fernández-Kelly. The Great Lakes Forest: An Environmental and Social History . Susan L. Flader, ed. Regional Transformation and Industrial Revolution: A Geography of the Yorkshire Woolen Industry . Derek Gregory Crime in City Politics . Anne Heinz, Herbert Jacob and Robert L. Lineberry, eds. Revitalizing Cities . H. Briavel Holcomb and Robert A. Beauregard. Cartographic Relief Presentation . Eduard Imhof. H. J. Steward, Trans. Soviet Union: A Geographical Survey . S. V. Kalesnik and V. F. Pavlenko, ed. Cognition and Environment . Stephen Kaplan and Rachel Kaplan. Environmental Protection: The International Dimension . David A. Kay and Harold K. Jacobsen, eds. Mathematical Programming Methods for Geographers and Planners , James Killen. Gentrification Amid Urban Decline: Strategies for America's Older Cities . Michael H. Lang. The North Atlantic Sulphur System . Risto Laulajainen. The Jerusalem Cathedra: Studies in the History, Archaeology, Geography and Ethnography of the Land of Israel, Vol. 2 . Lee I. Levine ed. Jerusalem and Detroit: Recreation Planning and Management . Stanely R. Lieber and Daniel R. Fesenmaier, eds. Heartland and Hinterland: A Geography of Canada . L. D. McCann, ed. Scarborough Where We Live: The Residential Districts of Minneapolis and St. Paul . Judith A. Martin and David A. Lanegran. California: The Geography of Diversity . Crane S. Miller and Richard S. Hyslop. Palo Alto The Dilemma of Amazonian Development . Emilio F. Moran, ed. Boulder Nuclear Waste: Socioeconomic Dimensions of Long-Term Storage . Steve H. Murdock, F. Larry Leistritz, and Rita R. Hamm, eds. Boulder Communism and the Politics of Inequalities . Daniel N. Nelson, ed. The Los Angeles Metropolis . Howard J. Nelson. Dubuque An Historical Geography of Urban System Development: Tidewater Virginia in the 18th Century . James O'Mara. Procedures and Standards for a Multipurpose Cadastre . East Asia: Geographical and Historical Approaches to Foreign Area Studies . Clifton W. Pannell, ed. Dubuque Mackinder: Geography as an Aid to Statecraft . W. H. Parker. Beyond the Urban Fringe: Land Use Issues of Nonmetropolitan America . Rutherford H. Platt and George Macinko, eds. Recreation Geography of the USSR . V. S. Preobrazhensky and V. M. Krivosheyev, eds. Missouri: A Geography . Milton D. Rafferty The Invisible Farmers: Women in Agricultural Production . Carolyn E. Sachs. Cayman Islands Seashore Vegetation: A Study in Comparative Biogeography . Jonathan D. Sauer. Hillslope Materials and Processes . Michael J. Selby. Housing in Britain: The Post-War Experience . John R. Short The Study of Population: Elements, Patterns and Processes . George A. Schnell and Mark Stephen Monmonier. Columbus The Soviet Union: A Systematic Geography . Leslie Symons, ed. The Ottoman Slave Trade and Its Suppression . Ehud R. Toledano. The Impact of Recession on Industry, Employment and the Regions, 1976–1981 . Alan R. Townsend. Landslides and Their Control , 2nd ed. Quido Záruba and Vojtech Mencl. Translated from the Czech by H. Zárubová and V. Mencl.