Geoprocessing applied to the assessment of environmental noise: a case study in the city of Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.

abstract：:This paper examined the factors that might influence participating farmers' willingness-to-pay for the Tree Farming Fund (TFF) established for sustainable development of participatory forest management (PFM). Information on willingness-to-pay, socioeconomic characteristics, and attitudes of participating farmers towar...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Salam MA,Noguchi T,Alim MA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review critical issues that must be considered when selecting indicator species for a monitoring program that aims to maintain or restore ecological integrity. First, we examine the pros and cons of different management approaches on which a conservation program can be based and conclude that ecosystem management i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Carignan V,Villard MA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mangrove crab Ucides cordatus is widespread in the Brazilian coast, which has an important role in nutrient cycling. This species reproduces in summer and females carry eggs about a month, when they maintain contact with water and sediments. It remains unclear if trace metals can be absorbed or adsorbed by the egg...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： de Almeida EV,Kütter VT,Marques ED,da Silva-Filho EV

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Closed municipal and industrial waste landfill sites create potential hazard of ground water pollution. Pollutants that occur in leachate infiltrate to the soil substratum, where they are carried to in underground water. A municipal waste landfill substratum can be used for elimination of pollutants contained in leach...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Szymański K,Janowska B,Iżewska A,Sidełko R,Siebielska I

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic sampling of the discharged seawater effluent from Madras Atomic Power Station (Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India) was carried out during 2013-2017 to assess the residual chlorine and trihalomethanes content in the outfall discharge water. The variations in dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH were correlated with...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Padhi RK,Subramanian S,Mohanty AK,Satpathy KK

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirical greenhouse gas (GHG) flux estimates from diverse peatlands are required in order to derive emission factors for managed peatlands. This study on a drained fen peatland quantified the annual GHG balance (Carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and C exported in crop yield) from spring barley...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Karki S,Elsgaard L,Kandel TP,Lærke PE

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water quality survey was undertaken to study the current status of water quality of some lentic habitats of Dharwad, Haveri and Uttar Kannada districts, to provide a baseline data, comprising study of their main physical and chemical characteristics and also to evaluate the recent limnological changes those have occur...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kudari VA,Kadadevaru GG,Kanamadi RD

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of surface water and shallow groundwater near a rare earth mining area in southern Jiangxi Province, China. Water samples from paddy fields, ponds, streams, wells, and springs were collected and analyzed. The results showed that water bodies were characterized by low pH...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hao X,Wang D,Wang P,Wang Y,Zhou D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of spatio-temporal patterns of the urban growth phenomenon has become one of the most significant challenges in monitoring and assessing current and future trends of the urban growth issue. Therefore, spatio-temporal and quantitative techniques should be used hand in hand for a deeper understanding ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Aburas MM,Ho YM,Ramli MF,Ash'aari ZH

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An accident occurs during the manufacture of cobalt sulphide unit due to liberation of hydrogen sulphide. Problems associated with the hydrogen sulphide and the recommended preventive measures have been discussed. ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gangopadhyay RK,Das SK

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological (easily measureable) and physiological (hard to measure) traits of two closely related invasive alien congeners-Ageratum conyzoides L. and Ageratum houstonianum Mill. were studied with a perspective that which species will be potentially be more successful as an invader in the Indo-Gangetic plains of Ind...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Singh V,Singh H,Sharma GP,Raghubanshi AS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was performed using a silicon surface barrier alpha spectrometer at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. Through the study, the observed (210)Po activity in water sample from different locations in the Domiasiat area ranges from 0.04 to 0.69 Bq/l. The daily and annual intake of (210)Po through water...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Marbaniang DG,Poddar RK,Nongkynrih P,Khathing DT

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The US Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program collects information on trees in areas that meet its definition of forest. However, the inventory excludes trees in areas that do not meet this definition, such as those found in urban areas, in isolated patches, in areas with sparse or predominantly ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lister AJ,Scott CT,Rasmussen S

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Air pollutants pose a risk to forest health and vitality in the United States. Here we present the major findings from a national scale air pollution assessment that is part of the United States' 2003 Report on Sustainable Forests. We examine trends and the percent forest subjected to specific levels of ozone and wet ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Coulston JW,Riitters KH,Smith GC

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An objective methodology is presented for determining the number and disposition of ambient air quality stations in a monitoring network for the primary purpose of compliance with air quality standards. The methodolgy utilizes a data base with real or simulated data from an air quality dispersion model for application...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Liu MK,Avrin J,Pollack RI,Behar JV,McElroy JL

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:As a result of natural processes and human activities, aluminum (Al) toxicity is recognized as a major limiting factor for plant productivity, and the secretion of organic acids facilitated by channel proteins is one of the most important Al resistance mechanisms in plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ding H,Wen D,Fu Z,Qian H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the spatial distribution of groundwater quality in Sereflikochisar Basin, in the Central Anatolian region of Turkey using different hydrochemical, statistical, and geostatistical methods. A total of 51 groundwater samples were collected from the observation wells in the study area to evaluate t...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kavurmaci M,Üstün AK

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the temporal dynamics (monthly/tidal) of water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a (chlo-a), suspended particulate matter (SPM), particulate organic carbon (POC), and dissolved nutrients in the surf zone of Monte Hermoso sandy beach, Argentina. We also aimed to understand the ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Menéndez MC,Fernández Severini MD,Buzzi NS,Piccolo MC,Perillo GM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We researched the behavior of pathogenic microbes in a treated wastewater reuse system to acquire knowledge for establishing new standards for the reuse of treated wastewater. Based on the results that showed occasional growth of total coliforms but barely any growth of Escherichia coli in the supply tank, we found th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tajima A,Sakurai K,Minamiyama M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Heihe River is a typical inland river under increasing anthropogenic pressure. To explore the characteristics of the macrobenthic assemblages and their relationships with environmental factors in the upstream and midstream regions of this basin, abiotic conditions and macrobenthic assemblages were investigated in ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang Y,Liu JJ,Liu W,Feng Q,Li BL,Lu H,Wang S

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the risks associated with the use of roof-harvested rainwater (RHRW) and the implication of pigeons as the most likely source of contamination by testing for antibiotic resistance profiles of Escherichia coli. A total of 239 E. coli were isolated from thirty fresh pigeon ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chidamba L,Korsten L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groundwater is a globally important, valuable resource for human life and economic development. Despite its importance, it is often misused and rarely well managed. Delineation of polluted zone attains significance especially when the pollution affects the human health. Delineation can be done by many approaches: proc...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： R R,G S

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) for Trace Substances is an innovative partnership among a regulatory agency, more than 70 regulated entities, and an independent scientific organization. The institutional arrangement behind the RMP has made the regulatory system increasingly responsive to em...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hoenicke R,Davis JA,Gunther A,Mumley TE,Abu-Saba K,Taberski K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The St. Thomas East End Reserves or STEER is located on the southeastern end of the island of St. Thomas, USVI. The STEER contains extensive mangroves and seagrass beds, along with coral reefs, lagoons, and cays. Within the watershed, however, are a large active landfill, numerous marinas, resorts, various commercial ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pait AS,Hartwell SI,Mason AL,Warner RA,Jeffrey CF,Hoffman AM,Apeti DA,Pittman SJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For two decades, the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, has been charged with implementing a nationwide field-based forest health monitoring effort. Given its extensive nature, the monitoring program has been gradually implemented across forest health indicators and inventoried states. Currently, the Forest...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Woodall CW,Amacher MC,Bechtold WA,Coulston JW,Jovan S,Perry CH,Randolph KC,Schulz BK,Smith GC,Tkacz B,Will-Wolf S

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Accurate characterization of heavy-metal contaminated areas and quantification of the uncertainties inherent in spatial prediction are crucial for risk assessment, soil remediation, and effective management recommendations. Topsoil samples (0-15 cm) (n=547) were collected from the Zhangjiagang suburbs of China. The se...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhao Y,Xu X,Sun W,Huang B,Darilek JL,Shi X

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agronomic crop residues produce greenhouse gas emissions. Crops that produce residues at harvest and during processing may vary from country to country. These residues, which can be in the form of peels, husks, stalks, or straw, are generally considered to be waste products. The carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content of ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ilukor JO,Oluka SO

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00