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Record 1 2003-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

An ordered change, for example from dry to moist, in an environmental factor or a complex of factors that occurs along a spatial transect from one place to another.

OBS

Organisms may be distributed along the [latitude, elevation, climate, temperature or soil moisture gradient] in distinct groups (associations or communities) or as a continuum of species.

CONT

Title of a scientific article : Spatial Heterogeneity of Bacterial Populations along an Environmental Gradient at a Shallow Submarine Hydrothermal Vent near Milos Island (Greece).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Variation continue d'un facteur écologique limitant dans l'espace ou le temps.

CONT

Parallèlement à nos travaux, notre collaborateur Laurier Poissant (Environnement Canada) a mesuré le gradient des concentrations de Hg [mercure] atmosphérique au-dessus de la surface de l'eau.

CONT

Un gradient thermique correspondra par exemple à une valeur continue de température le long d'un transect géographique.

Spanish

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