Assessment of the effect of hydrological variations on macrobenthic communities in pools and riffles of a Mediterranean stream.

abstract：:Infections from antibiotic resistant microorganisms are considered to be one of the greatest global public health challenges that result in huge annual economic losses. While genes that impart resistance to antibiotics (AbR) existed long before the discovery and use of antibiotics, anthropogenic uses of antibiotics in...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Griffin DW,Benzel WM,Fisher SC,Focazio MJ,Iwanowicz LR,Loftin KA,Reilly TJ,Jones DK

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We use data from a survey of several hundred lakes in the northeastern United States by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to illustrate an approach to identifying promising indicators of lake condition. We construct a hypothetical gold standard of water quality from the first principal component of 16 chemical ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Murtaugh PA,Pooler PS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Yanqi Basin in Xinjiang Province is an important agricultural area with a high population density. The extensive agricultural activities in the Yanqi Basin started in the 1950s with flood irrigation techniques. Since then, the groundwater table was raised because of the absence of an efficient drainage system. Thi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of 11 elements, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn and V, have been determined in leaves of Ligistrum lucidum Ait. f. growing in Palermo, by simultaneous inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. A total of 72 samples from six different sites were investigated to deduce the bioindicator abili...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Oliva SR,Valdés B

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil contamination by heavy metals has become a serious problem mainly because, above certain concentrations, all metals have adverse effects on human health. In particular, the accumulation of heavy metals in agricultural soils leads to elevated uptake by crops and affects food quality and safety. In this paper, we p...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： D'Emilio M,Caggiano R,Macchiato M,Ragosta M,Sabia S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed concentration levels of particulate matter (PM) in the ambient environment of Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria, during haze episodes. Meteorological data (wind speed and direction, rainfall data, sunshine data, relative humidity and temperature) were obtained. Aerocet 531S particle counter (MetOne Instru...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Adeniran JA,Aremu AS,Saadu YO,Yusuf RO

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Fishers' local ecological knowledge (LEK) is an additional tool to obtain information about cetaceans, regarding their local particularities, fishing interactions, and behavior. However, this knowledge could vary in depth of detail according to the level of interaction that fishers have with a specific species. This s...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Manzan MF,Lopes PF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal changes in micromineral and macromineral concentrations in tissues of shrimp (Parapenaus longirostris) from Marmara Sea were measured for a 1-year period by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. The contents of investigated minerals in shrimp were found to be in the range of 0.374-0.716 mg/kg fo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ozden O

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are toxic and persistent organic pollutants that are able to enter the food chain, accumulate in the fat tissues of animals, and consequently pose a serious risk for human health. Consolidated tools f...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Schiavon M,Torretta V,Rada EC,Ragazzi M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 65 operators involved in lichen mapping studies in central and northwestern Italy underwent quality control tests during five lichen biomonitoring workshops organized between 1999 and 2000. The results showed that 75% quantitative accuracy and 90% quantitative precision can be regarded as satisfactory level...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Brunialti G,Giordani P,Isocrono D,Loppi S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an environmental hazard assessment to account the impacts of single rainstorm variability on river-torrential landscape identified as potentially vulnerable mainly to erosional soil degradation processes. An algorithm for the characterisation of this impact, called Erosive Hazard Index (EHI), is de...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Diodato N

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil, rock and water samples were collected from India's oldest coalfield Raniganj to investigate trace metal contamination from mining activity. Our data reveal that trace metal concentration in soil samples lies above the average world soil composition; especially, Cr, Cu, Ni and Zn concentrations exceed the maximum...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Das SK,Chakrapani GJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical and chemical (nutrients and major ions) indicators of water quality monitored by Environment Canada between 1977 and 1987 in the Niagara River at Niagara-on-the-Lake and in the St. Lawrence River at Wolfe Island are analyzed for seasonal and annual variations. Parametric methods such as moving averages and li...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tsanis IK,El-Shaarawi AH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper limnological status of river Suswa was observed for a period of two years. A water quality Beck modified Khanna Bhutiani model (BMKB model) was developed to calculate DO (dissolved Oxygen) and BOD (biochemical oxygen demand). The model was developed to calculate DO and BOD by using DO/BOD of same place a...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bhutiani R,Khanna DR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a biodiversity monitoring program conducted in the Ogawa Forest Reserve and its vicinity, situated in a cool temperate region of Japan, identified three different patterns for species richness. Forests of the region are characterized by a mosaic of secondary deciduous stands of various ages scattered am...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Makino S,Goto H,Inoue T,Sueyoshi M,Okabe K,Hasegawa M,Hamaguchi K,Ctanaka H,Okochi I

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Algae have an ample potential to produce biodiesel from spent wash of food industry. In addition, it is cheaper and presents an environment friendly way to handle food industry wastewater. This study was conducted to optimize the growth of microalgal strains and to assess biodiesel production potential of algae using ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mureed K,Kanwal S,Hussain A,Noureen S,Hussain S,Ahmad S,Ahmad M,Waqas R

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Climatic and hydrologic variations between the decades 1976-1985 and 1986-1995 are examined at 34 climate stations and 275 hydrology stations. The variations in climate are distributed across a broad spatial area. Temperatures were generally warmer in the most recent decade, with many stations showing significant incr...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Whitfield PH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil is one of the most important factors in plant cultivation, and its content affects plant growth significantly. However, soil composition and characteristics vary depending on the environmental conditions in the area where the soil is located. In this study, urease and catalase enzyme activities in plant soils gro...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kravkaz Kuscu IS

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In especially urban areas and their proximity, environmental pollution has reached a level which threatens both people and public health. Although environmental problems in Turkey have been studied for many cities, including Erzurum, no study is present combining all the environmental matters of the city with short de...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Demircioğlu Yildiz N,Yilmaz H,Toy S

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in 24 surface sediments from the Dahuofang Reservoir (DHF), the largest man-made lake in Northeast China, were measured. The results showed that the concentrations of 16 US EPA priority PAHs in the sediments ranged from 323 to 912 ng/g dry weight with a mean concentration of 592...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lin T,Qin Y,Zheng B,Li Y,Chen Y,Guo Z

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corpus Christi Bay (TX, USA) is a shallow wind-driven bay and thereby, can be characterized as a highly pulsed system. It cycles through various episodic events such as hypoxia, water column stratification, sediment resuspension, flooding, etc. Understanding of the processes that control these events requires an effic...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Islam MS,Bonner JS,Ojo TO,Page C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a rapid and effective dispersive solid-phase microextraction (d-SPME) method was developed to preconcentrate Pd from aqueous extract of soil samples by slotted quartz tube-flame atomic absorption spectrometry (SQT-FAAS). The unique properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were used to directly isolat...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Aylin Kasa N,Sel S,Özkan BÇ,Bakırdere S

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The heavy metal levels in six walnut cultivars from five geographical zones of Iran were measured. An assessment of risks was conducted by calculating the Target Hazard Quotient (THQ) and Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk (ILCR) by use of the Monte Carlo simulation method. The highest amounts of As and Pb were reported...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Taghizadeh SF,Rezaee R,Badibostan H,Karimi G

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric deposition of the major elements was estimated from throughfall and bulk deposition measurements on 13 plots of the Swiss Long-Term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF) between 1995 and 2001. Independent estimates of the wet and dry deposition of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) on these same plots were gained from ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Thimonier A,Schmitt M,Waldner P,Rihm B

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aforestation activities, silvicultural prescription, forest management decisions and land use planning are based on site information to develop appropriate actions for implementation. Forest site classification has been one of the major problems of Turkish forestry for long time. Both direct and indirect methods can b...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Günlü A,Başkent EZ,Kadioğullari AI,Altun L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The city of Litvínov (North Bohemia, Czech Republic) is seriously affected by coal mining, coal processing, and intensive industrial activities. Within the urban area, the potential environmental hazard of risk elements (in soil and vegetation) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, in soils) was estimated using ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hanousková B,Száková J,Rychlíková E,Najmanová J,Košnář Z,Tlustoš P

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:One year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill accident, semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and polyethylene devices (PEDs) were deployed in wetland areas and coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to monitor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The measured PAH levels with the PEDs in coastal areas were 0....

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hong Y,Wetzel D,Pulster EL,Hull P,Reible D,Hwang HM,Ji P,Rifkin E,Bouwer E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine the heavy metal contamination in soil with accumulation in edible parts of plants and their subsequent changes in biochemical constituents due to wastewater irrigation. Though the wastewater contains low levels of the heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Pb, Cd, and Cr), the soil and plan...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gupta S,Satpati S,Nayek S,Garai D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of soil gases is a relatively rapid and inexpensive method to delineate and measure hydrocarbon contamination in the subsurface caused by diesel or gasoline. Techniques originally developed for petroleum exploration have been adapted to tracking hydrocarbons which have leaked or spilled at or below the earth'...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Saenz G,Pingitore NE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00