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ecotone

Catalan translation: ecotò

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English term or phrase:ecotone
Catalan translation:ecotò
Entered by: Gemma Sanza Porcar

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14:19 Jan 13, 2010
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Science - Zoology
Additional field(s): Environment & Ecology, Fisheries
English term or phrase: ecotone
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 sentence(s):
  • 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
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ecotò
Definition:
ca ecotò, m
es ecotono
fr écotone
en ecotone


Definicions
ca: Zona de transició entre dues comunitats o biomes adjacents diferents.

Notes
ca: Per exemple, el límit entre un bosc i un prat, les voreres d'un riu que corre per un prat, etc.
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Gemma Sanza Porcar
Spain
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ecotò


Definition from TERMCAT:
ca ecotò, m
es ecotono
fr écotone
en ecotone


Definicions
ca: Zona de transició entre dues comunitats o biomes adjacents diferents.

Notes
ca: Per exemple, el límit entre un bosc i un prat, les voreres d'un riu que corre per un prat, etc.

Example sentence(s):
  • Al llibre Somnis àrtics. Imaginació i desig en un paisatge nòrdic, de Barry Lopez (sense accent, si us plau), premi American Book Award 1986 a la millor obra de no ficció publicada als Estats Units aquell any, s'hi diu: "els límits d'un paisatge -l'horitzó, la carena d'una vall, el revolt d'un riu topant amb un canyó- concreten les expectatives de l'observador. Aquesta atracció pels indrets fronterers, pels clarobscurs de la superfície terrestre, és una de les característiques definitòries de la curiositat humana. I els límits que desperten entusiasme són del tipus com ara (...) els de la mecànica quàntica, on els elements crítics són entre una ona i una partícula, entre ser el que són i transformar-se en una altra cosa (...) En biologia, aquests indrets de trànsit entre dues comunitats diferents es diuen ecotons". - CONTRASTANT.net  
  • Els ecotons són els canvis més o menys bruscos que podem observar en les característiques de la biocenosi o del biòtop d´un ecosistema; serien doncs, els limits espacials del ecosistemes terrestres - IES Bisbe Sivilla  
  • Els ecotons són zones de transició entre comunitats o hàbitats. Canvis en les condicions ambientals, per eixemple en el pH del sòl o d´altres factors, sovint produeixen zones de transició amb una ràpida reposició d´espècies. En aquestes zones la diversitat sol ser alta i, on es produeix el màxim de diversitat, tenim una frontera entre hàbitats. - Pràctiques d'ecologia II. Menéndez Ló  
Gemma Sanza Porcar
Spain
Local time: 17:55
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 8

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Yes  iolanda casacuberta
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  -> Gràcies de nou, Iolanda. Una abraÇada, Gemma
Yes  Anna Lon Quintana
1 day 42 mins
  -> Gràcies Anna! Una abraÇada, Gemma
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