Measurements of benzene and formaldehyde in a medium sized urban environment. Indoor/outdoor health risk implications on special population groups.

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：:This study investigated heavy metal pollution in sediments of the Rosetta branch of the River Nile of Egypt to quantify the toxic distribution potential of metals into the surrounding environment. Sediment samples were collected at 9 sites during in four seasons. Organic matter and total metal concentrations were dete...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Redwan M,Elhaddad E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the levels of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) accumulated by Paraprionospio sp. from the Yodo River mouth, Osaka Bay. Since high concentrations of nonylphenol (NP), bisphenol A (BP), octylphenol (OP), 17β-estradiol (E2), and estrone (E1) have been measured in sediment from Osaka Bay, some bio...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nurulnadia MY,Koyama J,Uno S,Kito A,Kokushi E,Bacolod ET,Ito K,Chuman Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for the determination of cadmium, copper, manganese, and zinc in Turkish tobaccos, which were of different origins, years, and grades, and in the butt, ash, and smoke, which were obtained by smoking the cigarettes that were prepared manually from the said tobaccos in a smoking apparatus, was devised as pro...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pelit FO,Demirdöğen RE,Henden E

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:We developed and tested a plant-based index of biological integrity (IBI) and used it to evaluate the existing reclamation wetlands in Alberta's oil sands mining region. Reclamation plans call for >15,000 ha of wetlands to be constructed, but currently, only about 25 wetlands are of suitable age for evaluation. Reclam...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Rooney RC,Bayley SE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses and illustrates the use of kriging techniques for estimating the spatial pattern of contaminants in environmental media, particularly soil. The assumptions underlying kriging are reviewed as are some advantages and disadvantages of the method. Lognormal kriging (kriging applied to logarithmic-tran...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gilbert RO,Simpson JC

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to investigate the activity of the coagulant extracted from the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica (OFI) in the process of coagulation/flocculation of textile effluents. Preliminary tests of a kaolinite suspension achieved maximum turbidity removal of 95 % using an NaCl extraction solution. Optimiz...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： de Souza MT,Ambrosio E,de Almeida CA,de Souza Freitas TK,Santos LB,de Cinque Almeida V,Garcia JC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three bench-scale rock filters containing 0.6 m of gravel were used in this investigation. Two of the filters were planted withSagittaria Iancifolia andScirpus validus, while the third filter was an unvegetated control filter. The wastewater directed through these systems was a synthetic mixture containing nutrient br...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Skipper D,Tittlebaum M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily mean, maximum and minimum surface air temperature data were gathered from a network of automatic weather stations (AWS) within the Moor House National Nature Reserve in northern England. Five AWS were installed next to the official Environmental Change Network weather station at Moor House. Data were compared gr...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Joyce A,Adamson J,Huntley B,Parr T,Baxter R

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were used to study the applicability of MFCs for hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) detection in water. The microbial acetate oxidation in the anode and the Cr(VI) reduction in the cathode together generated voltages, which were used to indicate the change in Cr(VI) concentrations of ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chung H,Ju WJ,Jho EH,Nam K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decision analysis method for integrating environmental indicators was developed. This was a combination of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the Analytic Network Process (ANP). Being able to take into account the interdependency among variables, the method was capable of ranking ecosystems in terms of environme...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tran LT,Knight CG,O'Neill RV,Smith ER

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:This study aimed to investigate the effects of Cd and Pb on earlier stage of the commercially important scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) in the contamination context of Northern Chile where this specie is farmed, through acute exposure bioassays in embryo-larvae measuring cumulative abnormality (EC50) and juvenile cumu...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Romero-Murillo P,Espejo W,Barra R,Orrego R

更新日期：2017-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one cutaway peat production fields with a total area of about 9000 ha exist and were studied in Estonia in 2005-2015. Only a very small number of the fields (seven) have been restored-either afforested or used for growing berries. The re-vegetation of Estonian cutaway peat production fields is mainly the result...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Orru M,Ots K,Orru H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern European countries are often affected in summer by transboundary air pollution from Saharan dust. However, very few studies deal with Saharan dust pollution at high altitudes in winter. In Italy, the exceptional event occurred on February 19, 2014, colored in red the entire mountain range (Alps and Apennines)...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Telloli C,Chicca M,Pepi S,Vaccaro C

更新日期：2017-12-21 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：:Corrosion deposits formed within drinking water distribution systems deteriorate drinking water quality and resultantly cause public health consequences. In the present study, an attempt was made to investigate the concurrent conditions of corrosion scales and the drinking water quality in selected water supply scheme...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Baig SA,Lou Z,Baig MA,Qasim M,Shams DF,Mahmood Q,Xu X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, land-use/land-cover (LULC) change in the Ardabil, Namin, and Nir counties, in the Ardabil province in the northwest of Iran, was detected using an object-based method. Landsat images including Thematic Mapper (TM), Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), and Operational Land Imager (OLI) were used...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Aslami F,Ghorbani A

更新日期：2018-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the bioavailability of the metals (cadmium, copper, zinc, lead, and nickel) in sediment samples collected in seven stations from the São Paulo Estuary, Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil. The bioavailability was determined by employing the technique "acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) and simultaneously extracted...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Silva JB Jr,Nascimento RA,de Oliva ST,de Oliveira OM,Ferreira SL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period between 1999 and 2000 epiphytic bryophytes were taken as bioindicators for air pollution by use of the IAP method (Index of Atmospheric Purity) and the VDI method within the Association of Engineers standards list (adapted from guideline 3799, 1995) in the heavy industrialized town of Linz, Austria. 52 s...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zechmeister HG,Hohenwallner D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bark and the latex of plants constitute non-timber forest products (NTFPs) of medicinal and economic value that are widely harvested throughout the world. Bark and latex harvesting impacts on plant reproduction are controversial in the literature. Some species are negatively impacted, some do not show any response...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： da Silva JB,da Silva LB,Albuquerque UP,Castro CC

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of water quality of nine boreholes and three open hand-dug wells in a rural community in North Central Nigeria revealed relative abundance of cations Na > k > Ca > Mg > Zn > Pb and anions Cl(-) > PO4(2-) > SO4(2-) > NO3(-) in the boreholes and cations Ca > Na > K > Mg > Pb and anions NO3(-)  > PO4(2-)  > SO...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Sojobi AO

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airborne bacteria emissions from oxidation ditch with rotating aeration brushes were investigated in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Beijing, China. Microbial samples were collected at different distances from the rotating brushes, different heights above the water surface, and different operation state over...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Li L,Han Y,Liu J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the application of on-line nonlinear monitoring of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Three-way batch data of SBR are unfolded batch-wisely, and then a adaptive and nonlinear multivariate monitoring method is used to capture the nonlinear characteristics of normal batches. The approach is success...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yoo CK,Lee IB,Vanrolleghem PA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity surveys are often hampered by the inability to control extraneous sources of variability introduced into comparisons of populations across a heterogenous landscape. If not specifically accounted for a priori, this noise can weaken comparisons between sites, and can make it difficult to draw inferences abo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Young JA,Smith DR,Snyder CD,Lemarie DP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ambient air quality (AAQ) assessment was undertaken in Sukinda Valley, the chromite hub of India. The possible correlations of meteorological variables with different air quality parameters (PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 and CO) were examined. Being the fourth most polluted area in the globe, Sukinda Valley has always bee...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mishra SR,Pradhan RP,Prusty BA,Sahu SK

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental systems are complex and multi-scaled open systems. To understand land degradation, one has to consider the interactions between landscape patterns and environmental processes at different scales. Patterns and processes in the landscape are perceived to be organized in nested hierarchical structures. To s...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bergkamp G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has established that several remediating microbial species are capable of degrading only low molecular weight (LMW)-PAHs, whereas high molecular weight (HMW)-PAHs are hardly degradable. In the present study, the efficiency of degradation of both LMW...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： SureshKumar P,Thomas J,Poornima V

更新日期：2018-01-22 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