Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
ecotone
Romanian translation:
ecoton
Sep 23, 2008 17:08
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English term
ecotone
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Science
Fisheries
Definition from
A Glossary of Marine Nature Conservation and Fisheries :
a narrow and fairly sharply defined transition zone between two or more communities (Allaby 1998); eg the different plankton communities that occur on opposite sides of fronts.
Example sentences:
Macroinvertebrate biomass was highest at an intermediate riparian ecotone complexity with an adequate supply of organic matter and incident light. Fish biomass followed the same trend, being lowest in heavily shaded areas and in open channels without riparian vegetation (range: 1-4.5 g m-2), but highest in ecotones of intermediate complexity (range: 1.6-92.8 g m-2). The cascading effect of invertebrate density depletion, which was inversely related to fish biomass, was observed seasonally. (Wiley InterScience)
The complexity and biological importance of riparian ecotones depend on the extent to which the system is self-regulating, which depends in turn on geology, physiography, climate, vegetation, human activity and the age of the system. (Fish and riparian ecotones – a hypothesis)
A common example of ecotones is estuaries—the transitional area between rivers and the oceans. The variety of species found in an estuary is much higher than in the river or in the shallow sea-water. (BASICS OF ECOLOGY & LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS)
Proposed translations
(Romanian)
5 +3 | ecoton | Elena-Simona Craciun |
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Definition from
own experience or research:
Suprafaţă de teren, care desparte două arealuri cu vegetaţie diferită (cum ar fi teritoriul situat între pădure şi mlaştină) şi pe care creşste vegetaţie mixtă, specifică arealurilor respective.<br />"Dicţionar de ecologie şi mediu înconjurător englez-român", P.H.Collins - Editura Universal Dalsi - 2001
Example sentences:
"Epicarstul reprezintă zona de ecoton între ecosistemele de suprafaţă profunde ale masivelor carstice, acestea din urmă cunoscute prin peşteri." (Institutul Speleologic din Cluj)
"Putem observa că aceste zone de ecoton sunt populate de o mare diversitate de organisme, unele provenind din careva dintre mediile care intră în contact, altele fiind chiar caracteristice zonelor de ecoton. Zonele de la marginea pădurilor sunt populate de un număr mai mare de indivizi şi de specii decât o suprafata similara situată în interiorul pădurii." (Educaţie ecologică)
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