Evaluation of the water quality related to the acid mine drainage of an abandoned mercury mine (Alaşehir, Turkey).

abstract：:Lakes, ponds, and streams are the sources of surface water, which anchorage the survival of aquatic life flora and fauna and maintain ecological balance. Due to urbanization, population explosion, and industrialization, these natural sources are getting polluted. Present paper is an attempt to evaluate the uptake rate...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dixit S,Dhote S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traffic-related metal emissions have become a global concern due to their deposition in roadside soils and potential hazardous effects. This study evaluates metal levels in soils adjoining four highways of Rio de Janeiro (Linha Vermelha, Via Dutra, BR-465, and Avenida Brasil), chosen for their diverse traffic volumes,...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bernardino CAR,Mahler CF,Santelli RE,Freire AS,Braz BF,Novo LAB

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyzing the spatial extent and distribution of forest fires is essential for sustainable forest resource management. There is no comprehensive data existing on forest fires on a regular basis in Biosphere Reserves of India. The present work have been carried out to locate and estimate the spatial extent of forest bu...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Saranya KR,Reddy CS,Rao PV,Jha CS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the concern about the behaviour of oxides of nitrogen (NOx: NO, NO2) in atmosphere has increased considerably. NOx undergoes various complex atmospheric reactions to generate secondary pollutants which are known to cause severe adverse effects on human health. This work focuses on the study of physical...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lal S,Patil RS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of respirometric graphs for system diagnosis has recently drawn much attention due to the nature of the test being a fast method with reliable oxygen uptake (Ou) data. In this study, a new graphical analysis procedure is proposed, using the oxygen uptake rate (OUR) vs. Ou respirogram because of its distinct c...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wu YS,Chiang CF,Lu CJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morgan Island, located within the ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve in South Carolina, is home to the only free-ranging colony of rhesus monkeys (Macca mulatta) in the continental United States. The purpose of this study was to assess environmental impacts of the monkey colony on water quality in adjacent ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Klopchin JL,Stewart JR,Webster LF,Sandifer PA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the chemical composition characteristic of pollution in a northern suburb of Nanjing, particle samples were collected by two Andersen cascade impactors from May to July 2013. The positive matrix factorization version 3 (EPA-PMF 3.0) was applied to identify the source contribution of PM2.1 concentrations ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： An J,Duan Q,Wang H,Miao Q,Shao P,Wang J,Zou J

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Monitoring changes in land cover and the subsequent environmental responses are essential for water quality assessment, natural resource planning, management, and policies. Over the last 75 years, the Lake Issaqueena watershed has experienced a drastic shift in land use. This study was conducted to examine the changes...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pilgrim CM,Mikhailova EA,Post CJ,Hains JJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical prroducts used in farming and wastes from livestock can contaminate pond water in agroecosystems due to runoff. Amphibians using these ponds for breeding are probably exposed to pollutants, and serious consequences might be observed afterward at the population level. Assessment biological endpoints of anuran ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Babini MS,Bionda Cde L,Salas NE,Martino AL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water samples were collected in the Pearl River Estuary in July 2002 and April 2003. The particulate and dissolved phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined. Total PAH concentrations in water samples were higher in April of 2003 (C (p): 4.0-39.1 ng/L or 445.1-1,089.9 ng/g; C (w): 15.9-184.2 ng/L) t...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Luo XJ,Mai BX,Yang QS,Chen SJ,Zeng EY

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineered structures in the open ocean are becoming more frequent with the expansion of the marine renewable energy industry and offshore marine aquaculture. Floating engineered structures function as artificial patch reefs providing novel and relatively stable habitat structure not otherwise available in the pelagic...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Sheehan EV,Bridger D,Nancollas SJ,Pittman SJ

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An elevated nitrogen concentration in water is one of the main problems affecting water quality in Mediterranean rivers. The objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate the contribution of the Tafna catchment to the nitrate load entering the Mediterranean Sea, (2) to quantify the impact of agriculture on the nitrate...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zettam A,Taleb A,Sauvage S,Boithias L,Belaidi N,Sanchez-Perez JM

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This area has a rate of patients with obstructive chronic lung disease that is the highest in Portugal and the second in Europe. Levels of pollution observed in 1985/86 and 1986/87 allowed evaluating the effects of concentrations lower than those that usually cause acute episodes. It was observed that even low levels ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Alvim Ferraz MC,Faria Ferraz MC,Ferraz JM,Fonseca PI

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active and abandoned primary and secondary goldmines have been observed to be major sources of metals into the environment. This study assessed the level of metal concentrations in rock and tailing samples collected from the abandoned primary goldmine site at Iperindo. A total of five rock and ten tailing samples were...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gbadebo AM,Ekwue YA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to monitor changes in the concentrations of metals in the soil, different microbial indices such as BIOLOG, microbial carbon (C(mic)), basal respiration, and culturable microbe's most probable number were used. We compared these methods and wanted to discover which method was the best at measuring slight chan...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang Q,Dai J,Yu Y,Zhang Y,Shen T,Liu J,Wang R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of the environmental risk assessment (ERA) proposed by European Medicines Agency (EMA) and its applicability in Brazil was performed on ten of Belo Horizonte's most pharmaceuticals by the Brazilian National Health Service (SUS). The predicted environmental concentrations (PECs) was proposed, with some re...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Neves AC,Mol MPG

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughfall and open field bulk precipitation were measured at three coniferous sites during 1995-2002 in the framework of ICP Integrated Monitoring and at five coniferous sites during 1996-2002 in the framework of ICP Forests (Level II). The coniferous canopies acted as a sink for nitrate and ammonium and as a source...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pajuste K,Frey J,Asi E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total mercury (HgTOT), inorganic mercury (IHg), and methylmercury (MHg) were determined in dry season waters, sediments, and tailings from an active mine which has long history of gold exploitation. Although HgTOT in waters was generally low (0.03 to 19.60 ng L(-1)), the majority of the samples had proportions of MHg ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lusilao-Makiese JG,Tessier E,Amouroux D,Tutu H,Chimuka L,Weiersbye I,Cukrowska EM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synergistic effects of run-of-the-river (ROR) on fish fauna, though still poorly understood, are amplified when dams form reservoir cascades. In an attempt to assist in this understanding, we used an adaptation of the Reservoir Fish Assemblage Index (RFAI) to evaluate the biotic conditions of the Rio das Antas Ene...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ticiani D,Delariva RL

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, radiological distribution of gross alpha, gross beta, (226)Ra, (232)Th, (40)K, and (137)Cs for a total of 40 natural spring water samples obtained from seven cities of the Eastern Black Sea Region was determined by artificial neural network (ANN) method. In the ANN method employed, the backpropagation a...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yeşilkanat CM,Kobya Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated environmental impacts on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) reared at fish farms with either extensive technology, in a flow-through system (FTS, n = 3), or intensive technology, in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS, n = 3). All fish were fed the same rations. Fish were caught in spring and autu...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Strzyżewska-Worotyńska E,Szarek J,Babińska I,Gulda D

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the importance of landscape and land cover to the implementation and performance of agricultural conservation projects designed to improve stream quality. In our study, we addressed the potential importance of landscape and land cover to conservation projects by measuring variation across 191 mu-...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yates AG,Bailey RC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the effect of the physical habitat degradation in three lowland streams of Argentina that are subject to different land uses. To address this matter, we looked into some physical habitat alterations, mainly the water quality and channel changes, the impact on macrophytes' community, and the...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cortelezzi A,Sierra MV,Gómez N,Marinelli C,Rodrigues Capítulo A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wind energy is a renewable energy resource that has increased in usage in most countries. Site selection for the establishment of large wind turbines, called wind farms, like any other engineering project, requires basic information and careful planning. This study assessed the possibility of establishing wind farms i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Azizi A,Malekmohammadi B,Jafari HR,Nasiri H,Amini Parsa V

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial distributions of Na, Mg, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se and Pb in Hemibagrus sp. from Selangor River and a reference site were determined with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer, in comparison to the levels in their surrounding water body and sediments. The results demonstrated significant dif...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Idris NSU,Low KH,Koki IB,Kamaruddin AF,Md Salleh K,Zain SM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven representative sampling stations were selected from Indus Delta comprising of (1) Keti Bander, (2) Darya Peer, (3) Kharo Chanr, (4) Jati, (5) Shah Bander, (6) Nariri Dhand and (7) Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) near Rupa Mari. The sampling scheme was repeated seven times during 2014-2015 for 1 year. The samples ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Khuhawar MY,Zaman Brohi RO,Jahangir TM,Lanjwani MF

更新日期：2018-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient air quality data, including atmospheric visibility, of Foshan city, a highly polluted city in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), and data obtained by the On-line Air Pollutant Exhaust Monitoring Network (OAPEMN), recently established by the National Emission Monitoring and Control Network for major industrial enterp...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wan JM,Lin M,Chan CY,Zhang ZS,Engling G,Wang XM,Chan IN,Li SY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to an increase in water consumption in the industrial sector and within the Brazilian population, surface water that receives wastewater from industries, domestic sewage, agricultural industries, and sewage treatment stations can pollute water bodies when not properly treated. The water quality has been linked to ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Düsman E,Luzza M,Savegnago L,Lauxen D,Vicentini VE,Tonial IB,Sauer TP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denmark has a long tradition of monitoring the aquatic environment. Previous monitoring has mainly focused on loss of nutrients and subsequent impacts on the biological structure in lakes and coastal areas. However, as part of the third Action Plan for the Aquatic Environment more emphasis has been put on stream ecolo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Friberg N,Baattrup-Pedersen A,Pedersen ML,Skriver J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00