Assessment of heavy metals contamination and leaching characteristics in highway side soils, Iran.

abstract：:Starting with the intensification of irrigation activities in the beginning of 1980s in Abaya and Chamo lakes area, the decreasing water inflow to the lakes caused denudation of the wetlands. The ecological situation in the lake region changed significantly during last four decades. The lakes and associated wetlands c...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tibebu Kassawmar N,Ram Mohan Rao K,Lemlem Abraha G

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated to investigate the occurrence of selected antibiotic residues in Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta. LC and MS parameters were optimized to produce the maximum analytical responses for each compound. The established m...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chen Y,Leung KS,Wong JW,Selvam A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Known amounts of acephate, chlorpyrifos, and diazinon were applied to Formica, unfinished plywood, stainless steel, and vinyl tile. Cotton-ball and dental wick materials were dipped in 2-propanol and "swiped" over the treated surface area two time. More acephate was found on the second swipe compared to the first from...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Leidy RB,Wright CG,Dupree HE Jr

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population growth, urbanization, and changing land use/cover practices are responsible for the loss of ecosystem services of wetlands around the world. The present study investigated wetland degradation that occurred in the Western Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India. The land use/cover change maps between 2001 and 2016...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Malik M,Rai SC

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses a multidisciplinary approach to simulate the spatial and temporal patterns of hydrodynamics and water quality in a thermally stratified reservoir in the southern side of the Mediterranean Sea in response to water withdrawal elevation using the 2D water quality and laterally averaged hydrodynamic model ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zouabi-Aloui B,Adelana SM,Gueddari M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of native plants was examined in three rural communities in the semi-arid of the state of Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil. The techniques employed in the present study combined a number of different techniques of data-gathering, including semi-structured interviews, guided tour, key-informants, and particip...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lucena RF,Albuquerque UP,Monteiro JM,Almeida Cde F,Florentino AT,Ferraz JS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the variation of sewage quality was investigated and the active fraction of different microbial functional groups in biofilm was quantified in a 5.6-km trunk sewer line. The sewage quality including suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, total chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen, total Kj...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pai TY,Chen CL,Chung H,Ho HH,Shiu TW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents an approach on the evaluation of potential laminar erosion in the Ribeirão Sucuri Grande watershed. It is located in the northeast of the state of Goiás, Brazil, a conservation area under strong anthropogenic pressure. A Mamdani fuzzy inference system was designed using linguistic variables, pertin...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： de Souza JC,Sales JCA,do Nascimento Lopes ER,Roveda JAF,Roveda SRMM,Lourenço RW

更新日期：2019-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to propose a water quality index (WQI) for the Federal District, Brazil, as a management tool for water resources used in irrigation. Irrigated agriculture is a sector that has been growing in the region, with a consequent demand for quality water. One strategy for assessing water quality in ru...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Muniz DHF,Malaquias JV,Lima JEFW,Oliveira-Filho EC

更新日期：2020-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The bark of Moringa oleifera, a cheap and readily available natural biopolymeric resource material, found to significantly reduce coliform load and turbidity in contaminated water is investigated in this paper. Its surface and adsorptive properties are investigated to explore its adsorptive potential in removing V(V) ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mnisi RL,Ndibewu PP

更新日期：2017-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several strategies were undertaken to increase the fertility of landfill soil as rapid urbanization remarkably decreases the agricultural land, posing challenges to the fast-growing human population. Towards this direction, soil microcosms were prepared wherein the addition of nutrient or biofertilizer or the combinat...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chakraborty P,Dave R,Paul P,Dutta S,Sarkar S,Tribedi P

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of airborne hyperspectral remote sensing imagery for automated mapping of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the tidal Potomac River was investigated for near to real-time resource assessment and monitoring. Airborne hyperspectral imagery and field spectrometer measurements were obtained in October of 2000....

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： William DJ,Rybicki NB,Lombana AV,O'Brien TM,Gomez RB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of determining arsenic (As) and selenium (Se) concentrations in bycatch fishes from SW Mexico and comparing elemental concentrations with limits for human consumption set in the national and international legislation, three fish species (Diapterus peruvianus, Pseudupeneus grandisquamis, and Trachinotus ke...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Spanopoulos-Zarco P,Ruelas-Inzunza J,Jara-Marini ME,Meza-Montenegro M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The southern Sindh province of Pakistan adjoins the Arabian Sea coast where drinking water quality is deteriorating due to dumping of industrial and urban waste and use of agrochemicals and yet has limited fresh water resources. The study assessed the drinking water quality of canal, shallow pumps, dug wells, and wate...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Memon M,Soomro MS,Akhtar MS,Memon KS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Afforestation of native tree species is often recommended for ecological restoration in mining areas, but the understanding of the ecological processes of restored vegetation is quite limited. In order to provide insight of the ecological processes of restored vegetation, in this study, we investigate the development ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhao Z,Wang L,Bai Z,Pan Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populus davidiana, Leuchtenbergia principis, and Pinus tabulaeformis are important greening tree species with a cosmopolitan distribution. However, the stoichiometric characteristics and element reserves of stands of these three species are not particularly clear. In this study, we conducted a plot-level investigation...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cao Y,Wang B,Wei T,Ma H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, both direct material input (DMI) and domestic processed output (DPO) of Jilin Province in 1990-2006 were calculated and then based on these two indexes, a dematerialization model was established. The main results are summarized as follows: (1) both direct material input and domestic processed output inc...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Li M,Zhang H,Li Z,Tong L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban expansion can cause extensive changes in land use and land cover (LULC), leading to changes in temperature conditions. Land surface temperature (LST) is one of the key parameters that should be considered in the study of urban temperature conditions. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to investigate the e...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Madanian M,Soffianian AR,Koupai SS,Pourmanafi S,Momeni M

更新日期：2018-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioefficacy, persistence and metabolism of foliar application of acephate 75 SP at the respective recommended and double doses of 1500 and 3000 g a.i. ha(-1) were studied on kharif mungbean crop. Acephate gave a very effective control of the pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) at the tested doses on mungbean ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kumar R,Mandal K,Taggar GK,Singh R,Singh B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two vegetation-monitoring methods were compared: subplot frequency analysis (SF) and visual estimation of percentage cover (VE). Two independent observers collected data from two semi-natural, species-rich grasslands on three different occasions during the growth-season. During the last data collection period, survey ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Carlsson AL,Bergfur J,Milberg P

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Heavy metal (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Cd) concentrations and their chemical speciations were investigated for the first time in bed sediments of Bharali River, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra River of the Eastern Himalayas. Levels of Fe, Mn, Pb, and Cd in the bed sediments were much below the average Indian ri...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hoque RR,Goswami KG,Kusre BC,Sarma KP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analytical method based on liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectroscopy/mass spectroscopy was developed and validated for the determination of thiamethoxam residues in banana fruit and stem tissue samples. In this study, Waters Alliance LC and Acquity TQD were used with an electrospray ionization interface ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Suganthi A,Nikita SA,Kousika J,Bhuvaneswari K,Sridharan S

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Given its geographic characteristics, the southern Chilean fjord area is subjected to growing environmental pressure from the development of diverse forms of aquaculture (i.e., fish, algae, shellfish). The sediments accumulate substances as a natural sink, and ecotoxicology assays offer a reliable and robust proxy for...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Rudolph A,Medina P,Urrutia C,Ahumada R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural NH(3) emissions affect air quality and influence the nitrogen cycle. In the subject study, NH(3) emissions from a broiler farm and the resulting atmospheric concentrations in the immediate vicinity during three growing cycles have been quantified. Additionally, vegetation along a transect in an adjacent w...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： von Bobrutzki K,Ammon C,Berg W,Einert P,Fiedler M,Müller HJ,Scherer D,Strohbach B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy of Allium cepa test system for screening cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of treated effluents originated from four types of industrial activities (two textile industries, three rubber based industries, two common treatment plants of industrial zones, and two water treatment plants) was assessed. Physico-chemica...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pathiratne A,Hemachandra CK,De Silva N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of epilithic diatom species distribution in relation to environmental variables from 12 sampling sites on the main stream and some of its tributaries in the Nilüfer Stream Basin were determined using multivariate statistical techniques. The stream basin has been heavily influenced by anthropogenic effects. Th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Karacaoğlu D,Dalkıran N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to determine effects of treated sewage sludge (TSS) levels as an organic matter (OM) resource on temporal variations of some soil properties of a Typic Xerofluvent soil. The experiment was conducted in Menemen Plain, in the Western Anatolia Region of Turkey (latitudes 38 degrees 34'48.22''-38 ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Delibacak S,Okur B,Ongun AR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed the concentration and stable nitrogen (δ(15)N) and oxygen (δ(18)O) isotopic compositions of water NO (3) (-) , as well as NO (3) (-) concentration and δ(15)N values of soils and manure-sourced fertilizers to assess pollution and variation in stream nitrate at the watershed of the Chi-Chia-Wan Strea...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Peng TR,Lin HJ,Wang CH,Liu TS,Kao SJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Juru River flows through largely urbanized areas and is grossly polluted by domestic wastes and discharges from pig farms. Other than carrying highly polluting organic materials, these wastes are also contaminated with heavy metals. To ascertain the extent of heavy metal pollution in the river, total and non-resid...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lim PE,Kiu MY

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00