The use of a natural coagulant (Opuntia ficus-indica) in the removal for organic materials of textile effluents.

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of equilibration time on adsorption of zinc [Zn(II)] and nickel [Ni(II)] on pure and modified chitosan beads. The initial adsorption of Zn(II) was high on molybdenum (Mo)-impregnated chitosan beads (MoCB) during the initial 60 min. However, after 240 min, Zn(II) adsorpti...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tripathi N,Choppala G,Singh RS,Srivastava P,Seshadri B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:June 2019 saw large-scale street protests in Hong Kong that impeded traffic flow along streets in areas around to the Legislative Council building. These had the potential to reduce overall air pollutant emissions from traffic and lower their concentrations. Two roadside monitoring stations relatively close to the Leg...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Brimblecombe P

更新日期：2020-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquatic environmental pollution may cause biodiversity loss. Thus, monitoring studies are very important because fish health reflects both quality and sustainability of the environment, as well as of the individuals that live there. In the present report, genetic biomarkers (piscine micronucleus test; comet assay with...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ramsdorf WA,Vicari T,de Almeida MI,Artoni RF,Cestari MM

更新日期：2012-10-01 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 well-known moss bags technique was applied in the heavily polluted Thriasion Plain region, Attica, Greece, in order to study the spatiotemporal distribution, in the atmosphere, of the following 32 elements: Na, Al, Cl, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Co, Zn, As, Se, Br, Sr, Mo, Sb, I, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Tb, Dy, Yb, Hf...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Saitanis CJ,Frontasyeva MV,Steinnes E,Palmer MW,Ostrovnaya TM,Gundorina SF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation was carried out to monitor Pb and Cd contamination in grazing land located near a highway. Environmental media at different distances from highway (soil, grass, water, cow's forage, fertilizer, manure and milk samples) were collected from three sampling locations. Soil and grass were characterized by ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Parkpian P,Leong ST,Laortanakul P,Thunthaisong N

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of sewage-contaminated municipal water for irrigation of crops is an old practice in many big cities of Pakistan. Since the wastewater is rich in nutrients, it increases crops yield substantially but at the cost of food quality. The objective of this study was to investigate sewage water irrigation as a source...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ullah H,Khan I,Ullah I

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gill anomalies in two fish species (Geophagus brasiliensis and Astyanax bimaculatus) were compared among three freshwater systems with different water quality: one eutrophic river, one eutrophic reservoir, and one oligotrophic reservoir. The raised hypotheses are that reservoirs with low water quality (eutrophic) have...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gomes ID,Nascimento AA,Sales A,Araújo FG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sewage sludge may be used as an agricultural fertilizer, but the practice has been criticized because sludge may contain trace elements and pathogens. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of total and pseudototal extractants of Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn, and to compare the results with the bioavailable conc...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nogueirol RC,de Melo WJ,Bertoncini EI,Alleoni LR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major ecological challenge facing Lake Victoria basin is the influx of chemical contaminants from domestic, hospital, and industrial effluents. Determined levels of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in wastewater and sludge from selected wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Kenya are presented and their daily discharge...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chirikona F,Filipovic M,Ooko S,Orata F

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to use an integrative approach to assess the ecological status of a small river impacted by multiple sources of disturbance. The River Febros (NW Portugal) is a small and highly impacted non-regulated river; approximately 44% of the watershed area is dedicated to agriculture, but there ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Carvalho L,Cortes R,Bordalo AA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) has been associated with a number of adverse health effects. Increasing studies have suggested that such adverse health effects may derive from oxidative stress, initiated by the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within affected cells. The study aimed to assess phys...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Jeng HA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to investigate competitive sorption behaviour of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) under different management practices and identify soil characteristics that can be correlated with the retention and mobility of heavy metals using 65 calcareous soil samples. The lowest sorption...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Jalali M,Moradi F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution is threat to the lives of people living in big cities of Pakistan. In Lahore 1,250 people die annually because of air pollution. Mass transit system that can be put forth as solution to urban air pollution is contingent with right choice of system and its affiliation with motorized vehicles and nature of...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Aziz A,Bajwa IU

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, I propose a new unsupervised change detection method for optical satellite imagery. The proposed technique consists of three phases. In the first stage, difference images are calculated using four different functions. Two of the functions were first used in this study. In the second stage, using Reconst...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Atasever UH

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, the development of novel analytical methodologies enabled the identification of several environmental pollutants responsible for health problems associated with indoor exposure. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the potential hazardous chemicals present in ambient air. Due to their ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Martins GV,Martins S,Martins AO,Basto MC,Silva GV

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study has been carried out in crystalline hard rock aquifers of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, to identify the spatial and temporal variations and to understand sources responsible for hydrogeochemical processes in the region. Totally, 216 samples were collected for four seasons [premonsoon (PRM), southwest monsoon (...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Thivya C,Chidambaram S,Thilagavathi R,Prasanna MV,Singaraja C,Adithya VS,Nepolian M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wet deposition is an important process that removes pollutants from the atmosphere and transfers them to waters and soil. The goal of this study was to assess the biological effects of the atmospheric contamination of rainwater in the metropolitan area of São Paulo (MASP) using Daphnia similis, Ceriodaphnia dubia, and...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Martins RS,Abessa DM,Fornaro A,Borrely SI

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last three decades, the industrial and human activities in the coastal area of Saudi Arabia have increased dramatically and resulted in the continuous invasion of different types of pollutants including heavy metals. Seven sediment cores were collected from three major industrialized areas; Jeddah, Rabigh and Y...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Badr NB,El-Fiky AA,Mostafa AR,Al-Mur BA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A water quality monitoring network (WQMN) must be designed so as to adequately protect the water quality in a catchment. Although a simulated annealing (SA) method was previously applied to design a WQMN, the SA method cannot ensure the solution it obtained is the global optimum. Therefore, two new linear optimization...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kao JJ,Li PH,Hu WS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bark and the latex of plants constitute non-timber forest products (NTFPs) of medicinal and economic value that are widely harvested throughout the world. Bark and latex harvesting impacts on plant reproduction are controversial in the literature. Some species are negatively impacted, some do not show any response...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： da Silva JB,da Silva LB,Albuquerque UP,Castro CC

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metals make up one of the most important pollutants in industrial wastewater. For wastewater, adsorbent materials developed from suitable biomass can be effective in removing the heavy metal ions. In this study, the powder of the bark of Platanus orientalis was used as a biosorbent to remove Cr(VI) and Ni from a...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Akar S,Lorestani B,Sobhanardakani S,Cheraghi M,Moradi O

更新日期：2019-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing land degradation is essentially needed for decision-makers to monitor and mitigate degradation and implement sustainable land management practices. More specifically, monitoring land degradation on a regular basis enables decision-makers to analyze impact of degradation and effects of sustainable land manage...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mitri G,Nasrallah G,Gebrael K,Bou Nassar M,Abou Dagher M,Nader M,Masri N,Choueiter D

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports changes on cell number, growth rate, trace element content, chlorophyll a (Chl a) and carotenoid concentrations, and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra of Phaeodactylum tricornutum exposed to Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Pb, and a mixture of all elements combined (Mix). The total levels of trace ele...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cabrita MT,Gameiro C,Utkin AB,Duarte B,Caçador I,Cartaxana P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) The Air Polluttion Monitoring System has got a significant development of late, which is in direct relation with a considerable extention and improvement of the observation network in cities and industrial areas, with creation of a new network for assessing regional and global background of the atmosphere pollutio...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Berlyand ME,Volberg NS,Lavrinenko RF,Rusina EN

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthohydroxypropiophenoneisonicotinoylhydrazone (OHPINH) is proposed as a new sensitive reagent for the spectrophotometric determination of aluminum(III). OHPINH formed a greenish-yellow colored complex with aluminum(III) in buffer solutions of pH 1 to 3. The color in pH 2 was stable for more than 48 h. The complex so...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ramachandraiah C,Rajesh Kumar J,Adinarayana Reddy S,Lee JY,Varada Reddy A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classification of land cover dynamics via satellite imagery has played indispensible services in developing effective management strategies for evaluation and management of water resources. The present study employed geospatial techniques, i.e., integrated GIS and remote sensing for effectual land change study. Hybrid...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bashir H,Ahmad SS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is to evaluate trophic status and its limiting factors in the Renuka Lake, using surface water samples. The water of the lake is found to be slightly alkaline with pH 8.33-8.70 (avg. 8.61 ± 0.1). The turbidity 4.63-6.62 NTU (avg. 5.48 ± 0.63 NTU) indicated low level of clarity in the lake. The Carlso...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kumar P,Mahajan AK,Meena NK

更新日期：2019-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the applicability of using landscape variables in conjunction with water quality and benthic data to efficiently estimate stream condition of select headwater streams in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plains. Eighty-two streams with riffle sites were selected from eight-two independ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Megan MH,Nash MS,Neale AC,Pitchford AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomonitoring is an important component of estuarine research and monitoring programs because living organisms integrate biological, chemical, and physical conditions over time. The deployment of biomonitoring devices in ecosystems that are subject to changes in water level and flow can be very challenging. This paper...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Riley LW,Dix N,Phlips EJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00