Trace element biomonitoring using mosses in urban areas affected by mud volcanoes around Mt. Etna. The case of the Salinelle, Italy.

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：:Tissue distribution and bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in edible fishes collected from Taihu Lake, Cyprinus carpio (C. carpio) and Ctenopharyngodon idellus (C. idellus), were studied. OCPs were detected in all samples with hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), aldrins (including aldrin, dieldrin, endrin,...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhao Z,Zhang L,Wu J,Fan C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytopigment estimation has a considerable interest in the evaluation of freshwater bodies' quality, because it takes into account the synergistic effect of nutrients like phosphorus or nitrogen on algal growth producing eutrophication. Furthermore, their increasing concentration constitutes the first step in the form...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Devesa-Rey R,Moldes AB,Díaz-Fierros F,Barral MT

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life cycle assessment (LCA) had proven to be an appropriate assessment tool for analysis of agro-ecosystems by identifying, quantifying, and evaluating the resources consumed and released into the environment. In order to assess the relevant environmental impacts of rice agro-ecosystems due to a specific process, usin...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Habibi E,Niknejad Y,Fallah H,Dastan S,Tari DB

更新日期：2019-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In birds, concentrations of heavy metal contaminants were associated with their diet and environmental quality. This study presents concentrations of lead and cadmium in feathers and the relationship between concentrations in the feather and stomach content of three species of heron and egret chicks. Cadmium concentra...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kim J,Oh JM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improper urbanization and industrialization are causing a critical stress on groundwater quality in urban areas of the developing countries. The present study under investigation describes the pollution caused by leachate from a waste management site in southwestern Bangalore city causing pollution of the surface wate...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cumar SK,Nagaraja B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural ecosystems are renewable resources with special environmental, social, and economical attributes and characteristics. The increasing need of human beings for a better environment results in the use of new technologies that offer many advantages in detecting changes in the ecosystems. Remote sensing tools, tech...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Meliadis I,Platis P,Ainalis A,Meliadis M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Validamycin is the most active component of the antibiotic and antifungal validamycin complex. Since it is widely used to protect rice crops, its persistence in soil and rice matrices may affect the quality and the health of the consumer. Methods for its estimation from soil matrices are not available. Besides, its an...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Subudhi BB,Muduli NR,Behera PK,Moharana AK,Sahu R

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Total mercury (HgTOT), inorganic mercury (IHg), and methylmercury (MHg) were determined in dry season waters, sediments, and tailings from an active mine which has long history of gold exploitation. Although HgTOT in waters was generally low (0.03 to 19.60 ng L(-1)), the majority of the samples had proportions of MHg ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lusilao-Makiese JG,Tessier E,Amouroux D,Tutu H,Chimuka L,Weiersbye I,Cukrowska EM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blended water, always existing in a drinking water distribution system (DWDS) with different sources, can cause some unintended results, including corrosion and/or release of corrosion by-products. Although some studies have specially focused on the blended water in DWDSs, the water quality characteristics, variations...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhang H,Wang K,Zhou X,Zhu W,Wang W

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring changes in land cover and the subsequent environmental responses are essential for water quality assessment, natural resource planning, management, and policies. Over the last 75 years, the Lake Issaqueena watershed has experienced a drastic shift in land use. This study was conducted to examine the changes...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pilgrim CM,Mikhailova EA,Post CJ,Hains JJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate predictions of ground ozone concentrations are required for proper management, control, and making public warning strategies. Due to the difficulties in handling phenomenological models that are based on complex chemical reactions of ozone production, neural network models gained popularity in the last de...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chelani AB

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the mudskipper, Periphthalmus papilio inhabiting the coast line of the Lagos lagoon, Gulf of Guinea, to determine suitable biomarkers of stress due to its current status as a polluted water body. The gill and liver samples showed evidence of some activities of antioxidative stress enzymes including catalas...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nnamdi AH,Olumide AA,Adeladun AE,Oyenike K,Rosemary EI

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：:Delhi is one of the most polluted cities in the world. The generation of aerosols in the lower atmosphere of the city is mainly due to a large amount of natural dust advection and sizable anthropogenic activities. The compositions of organic compounds in aerosols are highly variable in this region and need to be inves...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gupta S,Gadi R,Mandal TK,Sharma SK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation reports the assessment of hydrochemical/geochemical processes controlling the concentration of fluoride in groundwater of a village in India (Boden block, Orissa). Boden block is one of the severely affected fluoride-contaminated areas in the state of Orissa (India). The sampling and subseque...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dey RK,Swain SK,Mishra S,Sharma P,Patnaik T,Singh VK,Dehury BN,Jha U,Patel RK

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stream water quality model, QUAL2Kw, was calibrated and validated for the river Bagmati of Nepal. The model represented the field data quite well with some exceptions. The influences of various water quality management strategies have on DO concentrations were examined considering: (i) pollution loads modification; ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kannel PR,Lee S,Kanel SR,Lee YS,Ahn KH

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When terrestrial mosses are used to study the risks associated with the accumulation of airborne pollutants, samples must be washed to remove deposits adhering to the surface. Here, we studied the effects of washing the samples as well as of freezing, drying, and acclimatization treatments. The differences between the...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Fernández JA,Aboal JR,Carballeira A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past, scientific research has predicted a decrease in the effectiveness of Bt cotton due to the rise of secondary and other sucking pests. It is suspected that once the primary pest is brought under control, secondary pests have a chance to emerge due to the lower pesticide applications in Bt cotton cultivars. ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhao JH,Ho P,Azadi H

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：: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：:Understanding soil gas radon spatial variations can allow the constructor of a new house to prevent radon gas flowing from the ground. Indoor radon concentration distribution depends on many parameters and it is difficult to use its spatial variation to assess radon potential. Many scientists use to measure outdoor so...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Buttafuoco G,Tallarico A,Falcone G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality assessment of coastal waters of a tourist resort, on the basis of water quality criteria was attempted by using different quantitative approaches. Five variables related to eutrophication, that is nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, phosphate and chlα were analyzed. Graphical methods were applied to all variables a...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Karydis M,Coccossis H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Located in Central South China, Hunan province is rich in mineral resources. To study the influence of mining on Cd pollution to local agricultural eco-system, the paddy soils and rice grain of Y county in northern Hunan province were intensively monitored. The results were as follows: (1) Total Cd (T-Cd) content in t...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Du Y,Hu XF,Wu XH,Shu Y,Jiang Y,Yan XJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface mining represents the dominant driver of land coverage changes in the Jiu Valley mining area in Romania. Detecting and quantifying active mines and reclaimed areas are very important tasks given the effects of surface mining on the environment. In this paper, Landsat imagery for the years 1988, 1998, 2008, and...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Vorovencii I

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to investigate the land use intensity and land use change type at the basin scale in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River Basin (in Hubei Province, China) by combining the Landsat TM images in 1995 and 2000 with the land use database (in scale 1:10,000) and relative data. In ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yu G,Zeng Q,Yang S,Hu L,Lin X,Che Y,Zheng Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface sediment samples (n = 18) were collected from the Algerian Mediterranean coasts and analyzed for seven metals using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry in order to asses the distribution and bioavailability of metals and to study the anthropogenic factors affecting their concentrations. Se...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Alomary AA,Belhadj S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most interesting economic instruments for the control of environmental pollution belong to the categories of taxes (or charges) and of tradeable pollution permits. After the basic theoretical propositions of the seventies and their early applications, the search now is for practical methodologies and for a correct...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pareglio S,Sali G

更新日期：1996-06-01 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