Fluorine contamination in groundwater: a major challenge.

abstract：:To assess the microbiological changes that occur during the maturation of overburden that has been disturbed by surface mining of coal, a surface mining-disturbed overburden unit in southeastern Ohio, USA was characterized. Overburden from the same unit that had been disturbed for 37 and 16 years were compared to undi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Poncelet DM,Cavender N,Cutright TJ,Senko JM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An established analytical method was further standardized for the estimation of spinosad residue in tomato grown under naturally ventilated polyhouse situated in mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh, India. Spinosad was sprayed on hybrid tomato cv. Avtar at the recommended and double the recommended dosages at 15 and 30 g a....

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kashyap L,Sharma DC,Anil

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of industrial and municipal wastewaters on the freshwater snail, Lanistes carinatus, were evaluated. Concentrations of some chemicals in some effluents were greater than permissible limits promulgated internationally by various jurisdictions. Pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) observed in tissues ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Abdel-Halim KY,Mona MH,Giesy JP,Shouker FA,Osman SR

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work tends to promote methane content in biogas and evaluate sulfur dioxide emission from direct biogas combustion without desulfurization. Analytical results of biogas combustion showed that combustion of un-desulfurized biogas exhausted more than 92% of SO₂ (P < 0.01). In the meantime, more tha...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Su JJ,Chen YJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the environmental conditions, surface sediments can retain all the contaminants present and provide a record of the anthropic activities affecting the aquatic environment. In order to analyze the impacts on reservoirs, surface sediments were collected in three characteristic regions (riverine, transitiona...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Frascareli D,Cardoso-Silva S,de Oliveira Soares-Silva Mizael J,Rosa AH,Pompêo MLM,López-Doval JC,Moschini-Carlos V

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This quantitative and qualitative study aimed to evaluate the level of fungal contamination in computer keyboards from an Integrated Health Center (IHC) at Piauí, Brazil, and to evaluate the efficacy of 50% sodium bicarbonate and 50% alcoholic vinegar solutions to eliminate these microorganisms. Ten keyboards from six...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nepomuceno DB,Lima DV,Silva MO,Porto JCS,Mobin M

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal accumulation and potential releases from loose deposits in drinking water distribution system (DWDS) can have critical impacts on drinking water safety, but the associated risks have not been sufficiently evaluated. In this work, the potential biological toxicity of heavy metals in loose deposits was calcu...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Liu Q,Han W,Han B,Shu M,Shi B

更新日期：2018-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:River discharge is one of the important hydraulic data to evaluate and manage the regional water resources. Estimating river discharge is generally based on field measurements. The measurement data are then applied to construct water level-discharge rating curves. However, it is sometimes difficult to obtain accurate ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chen FW,Liu CW

更新日期：2020-04-16 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 Great Basin Desert lies between the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the east. Nearly 60% of the area's deserts and mountains (roughly 30 million ha) are managed by the U. S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management. This area is characterized by low annual precipitation, di...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pellanti M,Abbey B,Karl S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Eastern Cape Subtropical Thicket (ECST) froms the transition between forest, semiarid karroid shrublands, and grassland in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Undegraded ECST forms an impenetrable, spiny thicket up to 3 m high consisting of a wealth of growth forms, including evergreen plants, succulent and deciduous ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kerley GI,Knight MH,de Kock M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental effects due to continuous accumulation of hazardous materials like heavy metals in the surface sediments of lake systems can stress fragile ecosystems. Elucidating the mechanisms influencing the concentration and distribution of heavy metals becomes vital in formulating lake management strategies to pres...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Swarnalatha K,Letha J,Ayoob S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information needed for the resolution of environmental problems is a commodity with an economic value. The minimum necessary information implies minimal costs. The formulation of the information is considered for the case of biocides that can disrupt marine ecosystems. ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Goldberg ED

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution has assumed gigantic proportion killing almost half a million Asians every year. Urban pollution mainly comprises of emissions from buses, trucks, motorcycle other forms of motorized transport and its supporting activities. As Asia's cities continue to expand the number of vehicles have risen resulting i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Srivastava A,Joseph AE,More A,Patil S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influence of burning of fireworks on particle size distribution of PM(10) and associated barium (Ba) were studied at a congested residential cum commercial area of Nagpur city, India. Sampling was carried out by cascade impactor having 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameters of <10, 9, 5.8, 4.7, 3.3, 2.1, 1.1, 0.7, and <0.4...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Khaparde VV,Pipalatkar PP,Pustode T,Rao CV,Gajghate DG

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Nowadays, usage of compensatory models in land evaluation process and site selection is broadly observed. Meanwhile, methods such as analytical hierarchy process are used more than the others. Whether the usage of compensatory model methods in site selection studies is essentially correct or not is an issue that shoul...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zaredar N,Kheirkhah Zarkesh MM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Land-use change through degrading natural vegetation for agricultural production adversely affects many of soil properties particularly organic carbon content of soils. The native shrub land and grassland of Gaziantep-Adiyaman plateau that is an important pistachio growing eco-region have been cleared to convert into ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yakupoglu T,Gundogan R,Dindaroglu T,Kara Z

更新日期：2017-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A resampling technique (bootstrapping) was used to evaluate the effects of increasing sample number on the confidence limits of mean density and the mean number of taxa (Families) in addition to the performance of four different sampling devices used to collect macroinvertebrates in three streams of contrasting anthro...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chiasson A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the frame of an active monitoring study at the Serra do Mar near the industrial pool of Cubatão, Brazil,Hemerocallis was tested for its suitability as bioindicator of airborne fluoride pollution. In a screening experiment with various cultivars comparison of susceptibility, correlation of visible injury and foliar ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Klumpp G,Klumpp A,Domingos M,Guderian R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the application of simple linear models to help design environmental monitoring systems. This process involves five steps: (1) The derivation of a schematic of the identified pollutant's transport and fate. (2) The derivation of the equation in the schematic. (3) Estimation of input data and numer...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wiersma GB,Frank CW,Case MJ,Crockett AB

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wetland of focus, Inle Lake, located in central Myanmar, is well known for its unique biodiversity and culture, as well as for ingenious floating garden agriculture. During the last decades, the lake area has seen extensive degradation in terms of water quality, erosion, deforestation, and biodiversity concomitant...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pradhan N,Habib H,Venkatappa M,Ebbers T,Duboz R,Shipin O

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantification of fluxes of water into and out of terminal lakes like Basaka has fundamental challenges. This is due to the fact that accurate measurement and quantification of most of the parameters of a lake's hydrologic cycle are difficult. Furthermore, quantitative understanding of the hydrologic systems and hence...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dinka MO,Loiskandl W,Ndambuki JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of continuous polluting discharges in the U.K. was placed in a framework of statistically based legislation nearly 10 years ago. Both discharge standards and desired river quality class objectives are assessed within a probabilistic system of pollution control whereby a minimum level of 95 percent complian...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Crabtree RW,Crockett CP,Ellis JC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the incident of the excessive use of chlorine and leakage of unused chlorine from an industrial chlorination cistern and the lesson learned. ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gangopadhyay RK,Das SK

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The groundwater level represents a critical factor to evaluate hillside landslides. A monitoring system upon the real-time prediction platform with online analytical functions is important to forecast the groundwater level due to instantaneously monitored data when the heavy precipitation raises the groundwater level ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lin HC,Hong YM,Kan YC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ergene River Basin is located in the north-west part of Marmara Region of Turkey. There are many industrial enterprises on its basin and as well as the majority of these facilities are located on the upstream of the basin. Therefore, Ergene River is one of the rare river ecosystems that are contaminated almost from th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tokatli C

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:By the method of P fractionation, we examined sedimentary P fractions in Lake Dianchi before and during cyanobacterial blooms, namely in April 2004 and August 2004, respectively. In this study, the whole lake is divided into four areas to discuss P fractions in sediment and the relationship between them and water qual...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hu J,Shen Q,Liu Y,Liu J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Karkonosze National Park is affected by long-distance metal air transport of anthropogenic contamination as well as by tourist activity. Therefore, concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were evaluated in soil as well as in vital and non-vital fronds of Athyrium distentifolium Opiz collected in th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kazienko A,Torzewski K,Wojtuń B,Samecka-Cymerman A,Mróz L,Kempers AJ

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed germination is considered a critical phase in plant development and relatively sensitive to heavy metals. White poplar (Populus alba) trees tend to accumulate Cd and Zn in their tissues. We tested if soil contamination can affect P. alba progeny, reduced seed germination and explored the distribution of mineral e...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Madejón P,Cantos M,Jiménez-Ramos MC,Marañón T,Murillo JM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00