Heavy metal contamination in tailings and rocksamples from an abandoned goldminein Southwestern Nigeria.

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：:In this study, a new analytical strategy was developed to determine trace cadmium in aqueous samples with high sensitivity and accuracy. A combination of magnetic nickel nanoparticles (Ni-MNPs) based dispersive solid-phase extraction (DSPE) and flame atomic absorption spectrometry fitted with a slotted quartz tube (SQ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yağci Ö,Akkaya E,Bakirdere S

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance pattern and mechanisms of bacterial isolates obtained from clinical origin, soil, industrial effluent, orange juice products and drinking water were studied using commonly used antibiotics. The microbial load of the water samples, industrial effluent and orange juice products were 1.0 x 10(1)-2.25 x 10(...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lateef A,Oloke JK,Gueguimkana EB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aimed to assess the quality of apportion pollution sources and examine the impacts of anthropogenic activities on groundwater. The study was implemented in two sequential steps of (1) bulk examination of groundwater quality followed by principal component analysis/factor analysis (PCA/FA) to apportio...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nguyen BT,Nguyen TMT,Bach QV

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An ecosystem disruptive bloom of red Noctiluca scintillans (hereafter Noctiluca) was observed in coastal waters of the north-western Bay of Bengal during April 2014. Based on the principle of phytoplankton group/species specific remote sensing reflectance (Rrs), a technique of detecting green Noctiluca and diatom was ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Baliarsingh SK,Dwivedi RM,Lotliker AA,Sahu KC,Kumar TS,Shenoi SSC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple applications of nanoparticles (NPs) could result in their potential release into agricultural systems and raised concerns about food safety. The NPs once released in the environment may interact with numerous pollutants, including other NPs. Present study assessed the impact of a single (CuO and ZnO NPs) and ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Singh D,Kumar A

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Disinfection is used to deactivate pathogens in drinking water. However, disinfectants react with natural organic matter present in water to form disinfection by-products (DBPs). While a few of these DBPs have been studied extensively and are regulated in many countries, new unregulated DBPs (UR-DBPs) have also recent...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mian HR,Chhipi-Shrestha G,Hewage K,Rodriguez MJ,Sadiq R

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine sediment toxicity tests are widely applied in monitoring programs, yet relatively little is known about the comparability of data from different laboratories. The need for comparability information is increased in cooperative monitoring programs, where multiple laboratories (often with variable skill levels) pe...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bay SM,Jirik A,Asato S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides a comprehensive characterization of mineral waste such as fly ash, bottom ash, slag and construction demolition (C&D) collected from four different thermal power plants, three steel plants and three C&D waste generation sites in India. To determine utilisation potential and environmental concerns, ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gedam VV,Jha R,Labhasetwar P,Engelsen CJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) were extracted from Aspergillus fumigatus using cationic exchange resin technique. The EPS were mainly composed of polysaccharide and low quantities of protein and nucleic acid. Biosorption of Cd(II), Pb(II), and Cu(II) of EPS was investigated as a function of pH using differen...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yin Y,Hu Y,Xiong F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drought, which has become one of the most severe environmental problems worldwide, has serious impacts on ecological, economic, and socially sustainable development. The drought monitoring process is essential in the management of drought risks, and drought index calculation is critical in the tracking of drought. The...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tufaner F,Özbeyaz A

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of respirometric graphs for system diagnosis has recently drawn much attention due to the nature of the test being a fast method with reliable oxygen uptake (Ou) data. In this study, a new graphical analysis procedure is proposed, using the oxygen uptake rate (OUR) vs. Ou respirogram because of its distinct c...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wu YS,Chiang CF,Lu CJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil spill pollution has remained a source of several international litigations in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In this paper, we examined the impacts of small recurrent crude oil spills on the physicochemical, microbial and hydrobiological properties of the Nun River, a primary source of drinking water, food and...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ifelebuegu AO,Ukpebor JE,Ahukannah AU,Nnadi EO,Theophilus SC

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:The use of dispersed catalysts in aqueous medium inside reactors in advanced oxidative processes is common among researchers. However, due to the difficult separation of these species after treatment, in many cases, the treatment process is unfeasible. In this context, the main target of the work was the evaluation of...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Oliveira Guimarães C,Boscaro França A,Lamas Samanamud GR,Prado Baston E,Zanetti Lofrano RC,Almeida Loures CC,Rezende Naves LL,Naves FL

更新日期：2019-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Most resource professionals in British Columbia recognize the value of ecosystem classification in providing a conceptual framework and common language for organizing ecological information and management experience about ecosystems.Ecosystem mapping utilizes principles of ecosystem classification in order to provide ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Banner A,Meidinger DV,Lea EC,Maxwell RE,Von Sacken BC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrofishing is widely used to monitor fish species composition and relative abundance in streams and lakes. According to standard protocols, multiple segments are selected in a body of water to monitor population relative abundance as the ratio of total catch to total sampling effort. The standard protocol provides...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Miranda LE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex optical properties, such as non-pigment suspension and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), make it difficult to achieve accurate estimations of remotely sensed chlorophyll a (Chla) content of inland turbidity. Recent attempts have been made to estimate Chla based on red and near-infrared regions where non...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang X,Gong Z,Pu R

更新日期：2018-09-29 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：:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) used extensively over the past 3 decades as flame retardants in most types of polymers, all over the world, have been identified as global pollutants. PBDEs pose various health problems such as thyroid hormone disruption, permanent learning and memory impairment, behavioral chang...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kumari K,Sharma JK,Kanade GS,Kashyap SM,Juwarkar AA,Wate SR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flood events around the globe have severely impaired the soil functioning resulting in compromised food security in several parts of the world. The current study was aimed to explore the impacts of floods on soil heavy metals and nutrients status at three locations; Tibbi Solgi (TS), Vinri Khosa (VK), and Noshehra Wes...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hafeez F,Zafar N,Nazir R,Javeed HMR,Rizwan M,Faridullah,Asad SA,Iqbal A

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The advective flow of sediment pore water is an important parameter for understanding natural geochemical processes within lake, river, wetland, and marine sediments and also for properly designing permeable remedial sediment caps placed over contaminated sediments. Automated heat pulse seepage meters can be used to m...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhu T,Fu D,Jenkinson B,Jafvert CT

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:The estimation of coverage, i.e., the proportion of the total area in a study region covered by a given target class, is essential to many aspects of environmental monitoring. We analyze and compare the efficiency of different sample-based approaches for the estimation of coverage of different land cover classes from ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Fehrmann L,Seidel D,Krause B,Kleinn C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general principles of scale and coarse and fine filters have been widely accepted, but management agencies and industry are still grappling with the question of what to monitor to detect changes in forest biodiversity following forest management. Part of this problem can be attributed to the lack of focused questi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Thompson ID

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:2,4,6-trinitrotoluene or TNT, a commonly used explosive, can pollute soil and groundwater. Conventional remediation practices for the TNT-contaminated sites are neither eco-friendly nor cost-effective. However, exploring bacteria to biodegrade TNT into environment-friendly compound(s) is an interesting area to explore...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lamba J,Anand S,Dutta J,Chatterjee S,Nagar S,Celin SM,Rai PK

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious environmental problems have accompanied remarkable global economic growth for decades. To assist managers in the semiconductor industry with economic and environmental management, this study executes DuPont analysis to examine economic impacts from the effective implementation of sustainability initiatives. We...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lin F,Lin SW,Lu WM

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bay of Gokova in Southeastern Aegean Sea (Turkey) is important by the potential of agricultural, municipal, and tourism activities. In addition, there is no industrial plant within the area in the Aegean Sea. Kadın Creek (Azmak) and Akçapınar Creek (Azmak) flowing into the inner Gokova Bay are one of the important...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Demirak A,Yılmaz HA,Keskin F,Sahin Y,Akpolat O

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of urbanization and predicting future growth is now essential for sustainable urban planning and policy making. This study explores future urban expansion in the rapidly growing region of eastern lowland Nepal. We used the hybrid cellular automata-Markov (CA-Markov) model, whi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Rimal B,Keshtkar H,Sharma R,Stork N,Rijal S,Kunwar R

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00