Determination and speciation of heavy metals in sediments of the Juru River, Penang, Malaysia.

abstract：:The rapidly developing Asian countries may face threatening environmental contamination, that however remains largely unassessed. We studied persistent trace elements in three wetlands, Poyang Lake, relatively unpolluted, and Tai Lake, and Pearl River Delta, selected as hotspots of pollution in Central China. We adopt...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhang Y,Ruan L,Fasola M,Boncompagni E,Dong Y,Dai N,Gandini C,Orvini E,Ruiz X

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of future management and policy options based on different assumptions provide a mechanism to examine possible outcomes and especially their likely benefits and consequences. The San Pedro River in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico is an area that has undergone rapid changes in land use and cover, and subsequently is...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kepner WG,Semmens DJ,Bassett SD,Mouat DA,Goodrich DC

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanistic modeling of how algal species produce metabolites (e.g., taste and odor compounds geosmin and 2-methyl isoborneol (2-MIB)) as a biological response is currently not well understood. However, water managers and water utilities using these reservoirs often need methods for predicting metabolite production, s...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bruder S,Babbar-Sebens M,Tedesco L,Soyeux E

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Atmospheric surface aerosol radiative forcing (SARF) DeltaF, forcing efficiency DeltaF(e) and fractional forcing efficiency DeltaFF(e) evaluated from cloud-screened narrowband spectral and thermal-offset-corrected radiometric observations during the Asia dust outbreak episodes in Gwangju, Republic of Korea are reporte...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ogunjobi KO,Kim YJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study is to assess the impact of the experimental conditions for extraction procedures (time of extraction, thermal treatment and type of extraction media) as applied to several baby and infant products checked for their possible ecotoxicological response when tested by various ecotoxicity test...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Szczepańska N,Kudłak B,Nedyalkova M,Simeonov V,Namieśnik J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed how diatom metrics were related to different ranges of agricultural land use. Diatom assemblage composition, nutrients, and landscape characteristics were determined at 232 sites in eight agriculturally dominated study areas of the continental United States. Two regional groups based on differences in diat...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pillsbury R,Stevenson RJ,Munn MD,Waite I

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate how various combinations of atmospheric pollutants may affect α-GPDH activity in the satin moth. Enzyme activity was measured in crude larva and pupa as well as in hoogenates from the fat body and thoracic muscles of adults. The insects were divided into five groups and tre...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Migula P,Karpińska B

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forest management today has to meet a number of objectives. Planning of multi-functional forest road networks is one essential for meeting the aims of the sustainable forest concept. Road construction damages the natural environment unless it is carefully thought out. As forest engineers we have to consider the protec...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gumus S,Acar HH,Toksoy D

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:The Columbia River at the Hanford Site, located in south-central Washington State, U.S.A., is a regionally important refugium for overwintering birds. Some of the river shoreline has been designated by the U.S. Department of Energy for environmental clean-up following past production of materials for nuclear weapons. ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Becker JM,McKinstry CA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The River Nzoia basin is the main source of water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial activities. The levels of the priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water, soil, and sediments of River Nzoia during two seasons are reported. The physico-chemical parameters gave levels that were within the maxi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Basweti JK,Nawiri MP,Nyambaka HN

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Metals and radionuclide levels in marine birds of the Aleutians are of interest because they are part of subsistence diets of the Aleut people, and can also serve as indicators of marine pollution. We examined geographic and species-specific variations in concentrations of radionuclides in birds and their eggs from Am...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Burger J,Gochfeld M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of amphibians and reptiles are experiencing new or increasing threats to their survival. Many of these threats are directly attributable to human activity and resource development. This presents the increasing need for worldwide amphibian and reptile assessments and effective, standardized monitoring proto...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Icochea J,Quispitupac E,Portilla A,Ponce E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of their sensitivity and importance, an ecological-economic analysis of wetlands has been carried out for various Indian states. Subsequently, the ecological wealths of different zones (north, south, east and west) have been computed and compared. Amongst states, Karnataka (7896.5 million US dollars yr(-1)), G...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pandey JS,Joseph V,Kaul SN

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) were deployed in the Columbia Slough, near Portland, Oregon, on three separate occasions to measure the spatial and seasonal distribution of dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine compounds (OCs) in the slough. Concentrations of PAHs and OCs in SPMDs...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： McCarthy K

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:In the present study, we approach the geochemical processes affecting the hydrochemistry and resulting in elevated concentrations of hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) in groundwater of the Psachna basin, central Euboea, Greece. Sixty-five groundwater samples and 16 topsoil (5-20 cm) samples were studied in order to examine g...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Papazotos P,Vasileiou E,Perraki M

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in particulate depositions on vegetation foliages near highway in the urban environment of Lucknow city (India) using the principal components analysis/absolute principal components scores (PCA/APCS) receptor modeling approach. The mult...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Singh KP,Malik A,Kumar R,Saxena P,Sinha S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jordan relies heavily on reservoirs building and development to cope with water supply challenges, where monitoring and assessment of reservoir water quality are critically important for the sustainable use of these water supplies. Mujib Dam is an important water supply source in central western Jordan. Evaluation of ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Al-Taani AA,El-Radaideh NM,Al Khateeb WM,Al Bsoul A

更新日期：2018-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of city effluents on water quality of Indus River was assessed in the southern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Water samples were collected in dry (DS) and wet (WS) seasons from seven sampling zones along Indus River and the physical, bacteriological, and chemical parameters determining water qualit...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Khan I,Khan A,Khan MS,Zafar S,Hameed A,Badshah S,Rehman SU,Ullah H,Yasmeen G

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution in the workplace environment due to industrial operation have been found to cause serious occupational health hazard. Similarly, heat stress is still most neglected occupational hazard in the tropical and subtropical countries like India. The hot climate augments the heat exposure close to sources like f...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bhanarkar AD,Srivastava A,Joseph AE,Kumar R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Road prisms, including cutbanks, road surfaces, and fillslopes, can be important contributors of sediment to streams in forested watersheds. Following road construction, cutbanks and fillslopes are often seeded, mulched, and sometimes fertilized to limit erosion and sedimentation. Assessing the success of vegetation e...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bold KC,Wood F,Edwards PJ,Williard KW,Schoonover JE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of carbon (C) sequestration through photosynthesis depends on the nature of different plant species. Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) is an evergreen perennial plant and cultivated over a wide region in the world, and its potential to sequestrate atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in plant biomass is already eva...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pramanik P,Phukan M

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Abundance and composition of microzooplankton in Chilika Lake were studied covering three seasons during 2012-2013. Ciliates (19 species), rotifers (13 species), crustacean larvae (2 taxa) and heterotrophic dinoflagellates (2 species) were the four major groups. Ciliates, however, have emerged as the most dominant gro...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Sahu BK,Srichandan S,Panigrahy RC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groundwater is an indispensable natural resource for drinking water, generally in rural areas due to unavailability of treated water. The study was designed to investigate the groundwater quality in nine open-defecation-free (ODF) villages (Nirmal Grams) of Kurukshetra district, Haryana, India. For the research, 81 gr...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Malan A,Sharma HR

更新日期：2018-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Clay loam soil from agricultural field of Gangetic alluvial zone of West Bengal was investigated to evaluate the effect of chlorpyrifos application at field rate (0.5 mg kg(-1) soil) and 100 times of the field rate (50 mg kg(-1) soil) on soil microbial variables under laboratory conditions. Acetone-induced stress on s...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dutta M,Sardar D,Pal R,Kole RK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in superficial sediment samples collected from three representative sites (Yuqiao Reservoir, Haihe River, and Haihe River Estuary) in Tianjin, North China, were analyzed using various single extraction and sequential extraction procedures to determine their remobilizati...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wu GH,Cao SS,Chen SR,Cao FT

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissipation behaviour of the chloronicotinyl insecticide, imidacloprid (Tatamida 17.8 % SL), in fresh and cured cardamom capsules was studied following application at doses 20 and 40 g a.i. ha(-1) in a cardamom plantation of Indian Cardamom Hills (ICH), Idukki, Kerala, India. A single-laboratory ultra performance liqu...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pratheeshkumar N,Chandran M,Beevi SN,Mathew TB,George T,Paul A,Xavier G,Ravi KP,Kumar SV,Rajith R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of the increasing urbanization and fast pace of work life, people started to turn to rural areas so as to regenerate both socially and psychologically. Increasing interest in the rural areas made the importance of landscape quality of these areas more significant. This improvement gave way to the idea of t...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Düzgüneş E,Demirel Ö

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00