Monitoring the impacts of urbanization and industrialization on the agricultural land and environment of the Torbali, Izmir region, Turkey.

abstract：:Flood events around the globe have severely impaired the soil functioning resulting in compromised food security in several parts of the world. The current study was aimed to explore the impacts of floods on soil heavy metals and nutrients status at three locations; Tibbi Solgi (TS), Vinri Khosa (VK), and Noshehra Wes...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hafeez F,Zafar N,Nazir R,Javeed HMR,Rizwan M,Faridullah,Asad SA,Iqbal A

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil and groundwater contamination is one of the important environmental problems at petroleum-related sites, which causes critical environmental and health defects. Severe petroleum hydrocarbon contamination from coastal refinery plant was detected in a shallow Quaternary sandy aquifer is bordered by Gulf in the Nort...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zawrah MF,Ebiad MA,Rashad AM,El-Sayed E,Snousy MG,Tantawy MA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is to evaluate trophic status and its limiting factors in the Renuka Lake, using surface water samples. The water of the lake is found to be slightly alkaline with pH 8.33-8.70 (avg. 8.61 ± 0.1). The turbidity 4.63-6.62 NTU (avg. 5.48 ± 0.63 NTU) indicated low level of clarity in the lake. The Carlso...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kumar P,Mahajan AK,Meena NK

更新日期：2019-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The advective flow of sediment pore water is an important parameter for understanding natural geochemical processes within lake, river, wetland, and marine sediments and also for properly designing permeable remedial sediment caps placed over contaminated sediments. Automated heat pulse seepage meters can be used to m...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhu T,Fu D,Jenkinson B,Jafvert CT

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes sampling results from NOAA's National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program for marine environmental quality in Delaware Bay. A stratified-random design was used to determine the spatial extent of sediment contamination and toxicity in Delaware Bay from offshore stations in the coastal zone, the lower...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hartwell SI,Hameedi MJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the levels of As, Cu, Pb, and Cd in fish from Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Metal levels were compared with international standards. The levels among fish types and origin, the relationship among metals, and the correlation between...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Obaidat MM,Massadeh AM,Al-Athamneh AM,Jaradat QM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to investigate the metal concentrations in muscle, liver, gonad, and gill of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L., 1758), European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L., 1758), and keeled mullet (Liza carinata Valenciennes, 1836) from Yelkoma Lagoon, northeastern Mediterranean region. So, the levels...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Türkmen A,Türkmen M,Tepe Y,Cekiç M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the effects of exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) addition on cadmium (Cd) accumulation of two ecotypes (mining and farmland) of Solanum photeinocarpum was operated through a pot experiment. The results showed that the biomass and chlorophyll content of the two ecotypes of S. photeinocarpum increased with incr...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang J,Lin L,Luo L,Liao M,Lv X,Wang Z,Liang D,Xia H,Wang X,Lai Y,Tang Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoride in high concentration in groundwater has been reported from many parts of India. However, a systematic study is required to understand the behavior of fluoride in natural water in terms of local hydrogeological setting, climatic conditions, and agricultural practices. The present study is an attempt to assess...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dar MA,Sankar K,Dar IA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of arsenic (As) contamination and the geochemical composition of groundwater in Shuklaganj area located on the banks of the Ganges Delta of Kanpur-Unnao district were elucidated. Samples (n = 59) were collected from both India Mark II hand pumps (depth, 30-33 m) and domestic hand pump tube wells (10-12 m) lo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chauhan VS,Yunus M,Sankararamakrishnan N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two spectrophotometric methods have been developed for the determination of nitrite using dapsone (DAP) with alpha-naphthol and 4-amino-5-hydroxynapthalene-2,7-disulphonic acid monosodium salt (AHNDMS) as chromogenic reagents with maximum absorbance wavelength at 540 and 520 nm respectively. For the method that utiliz...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nagaraj P,Prakash JS,Shivakumar A,Shrestha AK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on a heavily polluted effluent-dominated stream that passes through an industrialized region near Izmir, Turkey. The intermittent creek receives domestic and industrial discharges of Kemalpaşa District Center and its neighborhoods and more than 180 factories of the organized industrial zone. A monit...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kara GT,Kara M,Bayram A,Gündüz O

更新日期：2017-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the artificially-produced radioactive isotope Cesium-137 for the measurement of soil erosion is examined in this article as an example of the development of a chemical indicator of a specific environmental stress. The theoretical and methodological bases of the technique ar examined in the context of seven ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pennock DJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epiphytic lichen biodiversity (LB) distribution was evaluated in a 1000 km2 area in Tuscany (Central Italy). In the same area, a survey was performed to monitor tropospheric ozone (O3) phytotoxic effects using tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum) cv. Bel-W3 (O3 supersensitive) and cv. Bel-B (O3 resistant) as bioindicato...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lorenzini G,Landi U,Loppi S,Nali C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied within-site spatial variation of the carbon stock in the organic layer of boreal forest soil. A total of 1,006 soil samples were taken in ten forest stands (five Scots pine stands and five Norway spruce stands). Our results indicate that the spatial autocorrelation disappears at a distance of 75-225 cm. Thi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Muukkonen P,Häkkinen M,Mäkipää R

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) is a worldwide public health concern given that high levels of these compounds in humans and animals can lead to serious health problems. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of 15 organochlorine pesticides in the serum of 547 blood donors in the São Paulo metropolitan re...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： do Nascimento FP,Kuno R,Lemes VRR,Kussumi TA,Nakano VE,Rocha SB,de Oliveira MCC,de Albuquerque Kimura I,Gouveia N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraordinary geogenic concentrations of cadmium (Cd) have been reported for some Jamaican soils. However, the bioavailability of the metal in these soils remains unknown. Here, the bioavailability of Cd in selected Jamaican soils was investigated through the determination of total and sequentially extractable concent...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Spence A,Hanson RE,Grant CN,Hoo Fung L,Rattray R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil heavy metal pollution due to wastewater reuse was assessed by means of the concentration factor (CF) and/or pollution load index (PLI).In this respect, a greenhouse pot experiment was conducted, using a completely randomized block design, including five treatments of treated municipal wastewater (0%, 25%, 50%, 75...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kalavrouziotis IK,Koukoulakis PH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To tackle China's pervasive water pollution, tremendous efforts are needed to achieve more and better information. However, resources for information collection (e.g., water quality monitoring, field experiments, etc.) are very limited for large watersheds with significant nonpoint source pollution. Thus, it is crucia...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wu B,Zheng Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the results of a measurement campaign aiming to assess cancer risk among two special groups of population: policemen and laboratory technicians exposed to the toxic substances, benzene and formaldehyde are presented. The exposure is compared to general population risk. The results show that polic...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pilidis GA,Karakitsios SP,Kassomenos PA,Kazos EA,Stalikas CD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A water quality monitoring network (WQMN) must be designed so as to adequately protect the water quality in a catchment. Although a simulated annealing (SA) method was previously applied to design a WQMN, the SA method cannot ensure the solution it obtained is the global optimum. Therefore, two new linear optimization...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kao JJ,Li PH,Hu WS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Particles in a dental office can be generated by a number of instruments, such as air-turbine handpieces, low-speed handpieces, ultrasonic scalers, bicarbonate polishers, polishing cups, as well as drilling and air sprays inside the oral cavity. This study examined the generation of particles during dental drilling an...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Sotiriou M,Ferguson SF,Davey M,Wolfson JM,Demokritou P,Lawrence J,Sax SN,Koutrakis P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major obstacle to the conservation and management of semi-natural grassland (SNG) is the general lack of consistent and precise maps showing the extent and quality of this habitat type. SNG is related to, and influenced by, agricultural land use. Both intensive land use as well as a lack of extensive land use can re...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Levin G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global generation of human hair waste and its disposal at landfills could contribute to the leaching of nitrates into ground water. High concentrations of nitrogen (N) and other elements suggest that the waste could be a source of plant nutrients and differences in ethnic hair types could affect nutrient release and f...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Malepfane NM,Muchaonyerwa P

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Because natural ecosystems and ecosystem services (ES) are both critical to the well-being of humankind, it is important to understand their relationships and congruence for conservation planning. Spatial conservation planning is required to set focused preservation priorities and to assess future ecological implicati...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Xiao Y,Xiao Q

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of microalgae in water supplies and industrial applications are becoming increasingly important, yet there are few options available that are simple and accurate, and can provide real-time information. The present work illustrates a new method to determine the concentration of microalgae in water and wastew...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Almomani FA,Örmeci B

更新日期：2018-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rain water samples were collected to study the chemical composition of wet atmospheric precipitation (first event) over the Lucknow city in the northern Indo-gangetic alluvial plains. The samples were collected in the month of July, 2005 from different sites. The wet precipitation samples were analyzed for pH, EC, maj...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Singh KP,Singh VK,Malik A,Sharma N,Murthy RC,Kumar R

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, artificial neural networks (ANNs) including feed forward back propagation neural network (FFBP-NN) and the radial basis function neural network (RBF-NN) were applied to predict daily sewage sludge quantity in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Daily datasets of sewage sludge have been used to develop th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zeinolabedini M,Najafzadeh M

更新日期：2019-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the associations of pesticide occurrence in groundwater to geological characteristics of the monitoring points (MPs) contributing area. Pesticide analyses were undertaken during a 2-year groundwater monitoring campaign which generated 845 samples. MCPA and mecoprop were the most frequently detected...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： McManus SL,Richards KG,Grant J,Mannix A,Coxon CE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work provides a preliminary study of the destination, mobility, and availability of tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT), and monobutyltin (MBT) in contaminated sediments and water column within Puerto Rosales Port, located in the middle zone of the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina). Therefore, this study presents ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Quintas PY,Fernández EM,Spetter CV,Arias AH,Garrido M,Marcovecchio JE

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00