Chromatographic techniques for pollution analyses.

abstract：:The levels of four metals (Zn, Cu, Cd, and Pb) were evaluated in two fruit types (apricot and fig), a fruity vegetable (tomato), and three leafy vegetables (arugula, spinach, and lettuce) that are commonly grown and consumed in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry was employed for quan...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Oteef MD,Fawy KF,Abd-Rabboh HS,Idris AM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population growth, urbanization, and changing land use/cover practices are responsible for the loss of ecosystem services of wetlands around the world. The present study investigated wetland degradation that occurred in the Western Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India. The land use/cover change maps between 2001 and 2016...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Malik M,Rai SC

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) method was developed for monitoring and detection of four different drugs, namely acetanilide, pentylenetetrazole, phenacetin, and tetramethrin in porcine muscle, pasteurized milk, and table egg samples. For acetanilide and pentyle...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhang D,Park ZY,Park JA,Kim SK,Jeong D,Cho SH,Shim JH,Kim JS,Abd El-Aty AM,Shin HC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, geophysics is increasingly used to study the flow and transport processes in the vadose zone. Particularly, when the vadose zone is made up of rocks, it is difficult to install sensors in the subsurface to measure hydrological state variables directly. In these cases, the electrical resistivity tomogr...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： De Carlo L,Berardi M,Vurro M,Caputo MC

更新日期：2018-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Juru River flows through largely urbanized areas and is grossly polluted by domestic wastes and discharges from pig farms. Other than carrying highly polluting organic materials, these wastes are also contaminated with heavy metals. To ascertain the extent of heavy metal pollution in the river, total and non-resid...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lim PE,Kiu MY

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of apples in Poland is the largest among the countries of the European Union, and therefore, the consumption of these fruits is high in our country. The aim of this study was to determine the presence of pesticide residues in Polish apples and to assess if these residues pose a risk to the health of the...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Szpyrka E,Kurdziel A,Słowik-Borowiec M,Grzegorzak M,Matyaszek A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geostatistical variogram and inversion techniques combined with modern visualization tools have made it possible to re-model one-dimensional electrical resistivity data into two-dimensional (2D) models of the near subsurface. The resultant models are capable of extending the original interpretation of the data to depi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Farid A,Khalid P,Jadoon KZ,Jouini MS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developing countries like Pakistan, irrigation of crops with industrial and municipal wastewater is a common practice. However, the impact of wastewater irrigation on vegetables growth has rarely been studied. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the effect of industrial wastewater on the germina...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Uzma S,Azizullah A,Bibi R,Nabeela F,Muhammad U,Ali I,Rehman ZU,Häder DP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaching potential of pesticides, apart from climatological factors, depends on soil physical properties, soil-pesticide interaction and chemical nature of the molecule. Recent investigations have revealed the presence of various organophosphate pesticides in various agroecosystems. The present study investigated the ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： G P B,C C H

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban pesticide use has a direct impact on surface water quality. To determine the extent of pesticide contamination, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation initiated a multi-area urban monitoring program in 2008. Water and sediment samples were collected at sites unaffected by agricultural inputs in three ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ensminger MP,Budd R,Kelley KC,Goh KS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choosing a subset of representative items from a set of alternatives is an important problem in many scientific fields such as environmental science and statistics. For most practical problems, however, a computationally efficient solution method is not known to exist. While this problem has attracted a significant am...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Vaisman R

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term (40 yr) observation results of phosphates-phosphorus concentration and its runoff in the Lithuanian fourth largest river Nevezis are analysed. Amounts and peculiarities of background runoff, agricultural runoff, and point source pollution from towns were studied for various periods. It has been determine...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Sileika AS,Kutra S,Berankiene L

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of water quality of nine boreholes and three open hand-dug wells in a rural community in North Central Nigeria revealed relative abundance of cations Na > k > Ca > Mg > Zn > Pb and anions Cl(-) > PO4(2-) > SO4(2-) > NO3(-) in the boreholes and cations Ca > Na > K > Mg > Pb and anions NO3(-)  > PO4(2-)  > SO...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Sojobi AO

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface sediments samples from the Cochin estuary were measured for elemental, stable isotopic and molecular biomarkers (aliphatic hydrocarbons and fatty acids) to study the sources and distribution of sedimentary organic matter. Concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN) and stable isotopic rat...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gireeshkumar TR,Deepulal PM,Chandramohanakumar N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batch experiments were conducted on ground water samples collected from a site contaminated with Cr(VI) to evaluate the redox potential of zero-valent iron (Fe(0)) nanoparticles for remediation of Cr(VI)-contaminated ground water. For this, various samples of contaminated ground water were allowed to react with variou...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Singh R,Misra V,Singh RP

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-pass electrofishing was used to define the most efficient sampling distance to assess stream condition using the index of biotic integrity (IBI) methodology in headwater (<36 km(2) drainage area), warmwater streams in the Eastern Corn Belt Plain ecoregion. Based on wetted widths (1-3.3 m) of sampled reaches, we...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Simon TP,Morris CC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the membrane filtration technique to count total coliform (TC), fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococci (FS), the microbiological water quality of the Mfoundi River and four of its representative tributaries at Yaoundé, Cameroon, was assessed for human use and contact. Sampling was conducted so as to examine ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Djuikom E,Njine T,Nola M,Sikati V,Jugnia LB

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:The use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) is a worldwide public health concern given that high levels of these compounds in humans and animals can lead to serious health problems. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of 15 organochlorine pesticides in the serum of 547 blood donors in the São Paulo metropolitan re...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： do Nascimento FP,Kuno R,Lemes VRR,Kussumi TA,Nakano VE,Rocha SB,de Oliveira MCC,de Albuquerque Kimura I,Gouveia N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of six heavy metal/metalloids (HMs) cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and arsenic (As) were determined in the influent, effluent, and dewatered sludge of two sewage treatment works (Yuen Long Sewage Treatment Work (YLSTW) and Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Work (SWHSTW)) a...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Man YB,Lei KM,Chow KL,Leung AOW,Mo WY,Wong MH

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable and frequent information on groundwater behavior and dynamics is very important for effective groundwater resource management at appropriate spatial scales. This information is rarely available in developing countries and thus poses a challenge for groundwater managers. The in situ data and groundwater modeli...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Iqbal N,Hossain F,Lee H,Akhter G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though not litigable in most European countries, portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometers (pXRF) provide cost- and time-effective as well as prompt information about hot spots of inorganic soil contaminants. The quality of aqua regia analysis of contaminants can be approximated by a thorough sample preparation, i.e.,...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hangen E,Čermák P,Geuß U,Hlisnikovský L

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate exposure to cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) through cigarette smoking, the concentrations of both metals in the blood or/and urine of smokers (20 cigarettes or more per day for 10 years or longer) and their non-smoking counterparts inhabiting an environmentally unpolluted area (Bialystok, Poland) were evaluated...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Galazyn-Sidorczuk M,Brzóska MM,Moniuszko-Jakoniuk J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Cambodia, groundwater has been contaminated with arsenic, and purification of the water is an urgent issue. From 2010 to 2012, an international collaborative project between Japan and Cambodia for developing arsenic-removing technology from well water was conducted and supported by the foundation of New Energy and ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kang Y,Takeda R,Nada A,Thavarith L,Tang S,Nuki K,Sakurai K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impacts of elevated CO(2) and temperature on microbial biomass and soil enzyme activities in four physicochemically different types of tropical rice soils (Aeric Endoaquept, Aeric Tropoaquept, Ultic Haplustalf and Udic Rhodostalf) were investigated in a laboratory incubation study. Soil samples were incubated unde...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Das S,Bhattacharyya P,Adhya TK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil conservation planning often requires estimates of the spatial distribution of soil erosion at a catchment or regional scale. This paper applied the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) to investigate the spatial distribution of annual soil loss over the upper basin of Miyun reservoir in China. Among the s...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chen T,Niu RQ,Wang Y,Li PX,Zhang LP,Du B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landfill methane (CH4) emissions have been cited as one of the anthropogenic gas releases that can and should be controlled to reduce global climate change. This article reviews recent research that identifies ways to enhance microbial consumption of the gas in the aerobic portion of a landfill cover. Use of these met...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hilgeri H,Humer M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a rapid and effective dispersive solid-phase microextraction (d-SPME) method was developed to preconcentrate Pd from aqueous extract of soil samples by slotted quartz tube-flame atomic absorption spectrometry (SQT-FAAS). The unique properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were used to directly isolat...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Aylin Kasa N,Sel S,Özkan BÇ,Bakırdere S

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Water and sediment quality was monitored at four sites of Obidos coastal lagoon (Portugal) in February, May, July and October 2006, covering different hydrological conditions. Concentrations of nutrients and metals increased in autumn/winter, particularly in an inner branch with symptoms of eutrophication that receive...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pereira P,de Pablo H,Vale C,Rosa-Santos F,Cesário R

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity concentrations of soil samples collected from thirty different locations of Malwa region of Punjab were determined by using HPGe detector based on high-resolution gamma spectrometry system. The range of activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in the soil from the studied areas varies from 18.37 Bq...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mehra R,Singh S,Singh K,Sonkawade R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00