Baseline assessment of heavy metal concentrations in surficial sediment from Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

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：:The magnitude and distribution of European Community (EC) regulated List I and List II metals and metalloids have been investigated in two lowland river systems in East Anglia, U.K. A combination of sediment and water quality data identified municipal sewage treatment work discharges as the main metal input sources to...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bubb IM,Lester JN

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：:As part of the Danish NEAREX project the origin and variability of anthropogenic atmospheric CO(2) over the Northeast Atlantic Region (NEAR) has been studied. The project consisted of a combination of experimental and modelling activities. Local volunteers operated CO(2) sampling stations, built at University of Copen...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Geels C,Christensen JH,Hansen AW,Heinemeier J,Kiilsholm S,Larsen NW,Larsen SE,Pedersen T,Sørensen LL,Brandt J,Frohn LM,Djurhuus S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Department of Energy's (USDOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) is a former nuclear weapon material production and current research facility adjacent to the Savannah River in South Carolina, USA. The purpose of this study was to determine the background radiocesium ((137)Cs) body burden (e.g., from global fallout) f...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gaines KF,Novak JM,Bobryk CW,Blas SA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal contamination in sediments of the Karasu spring was investigated in the presented study. In this respect, sediment samples were collected from contaminant sites along the spring starting from the spring water manifestation site, base of the Akkaya dam to the dam exit site. Heavy metal concentrations were d...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yalcin MG,Narin I,Soylak M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistence and risk assessment of spirotetramat and imidacloprid in chilli fruits were studied following three applications of a mixture formulation of spirotetramat (12%) and imidacloprid (12%) at 1000 and 2000 mL ha(-1). Residues of spirotetramat and imidacloprid in chilli were estimated by high-performance liquid ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chahil GS,Mandal K,Sahoo SK,Singh B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The southern Sindh province of Pakistan adjoins the Arabian Sea coast where drinking water quality is deteriorating due to dumping of industrial and urban waste and use of agrochemicals and yet has limited fresh water resources. The study assessed the drinking water quality of canal, shallow pumps, dug wells, and wate...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Memon M,Soomro MS,Akhtar MS,Memon KS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traffic junctions are one of the crowded places where commuters are at high risk of developing respiratory infections, due to their greater exposure to airborne and human transmitted microbial pathogens. An airborne bioaerosol assessment study was carried out at a high traffic density junction focusing on their concen...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Madhwal S,Prabhu V,Sundriyal S,Shridhar V

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses a multidisciplinary approach to simulate the spatial and temporal patterns of hydrodynamics and water quality in a thermally stratified reservoir in the southern side of the Mediterranean Sea in response to water withdrawal elevation using the 2D water quality and laterally averaged hydrodynamic model ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zouabi-Aloui B,Adelana SM,Gueddari M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of heavy metals were determined in the water column (including the sea-surface microlayer, subsurface, mid-depth and bottom water) and sediments from Singapore's coastal environment. The concentration ranges for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in the seawater dissolved phase (DP) were 0.34-2.04, 0.013-0.1...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cuong DT,Karuppiah S,Obbard JP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field monitoring network was set up within the Stamford canal watershed in 1989 to study both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of storm runoff from this urbanised catchment. The data acquisition equipment comprised a continuous recording rain gauge, a water level recorder and an automatic water sampler capab...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cheong CP

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ChiuChiu village (Atacama Desert, Chile), there is a high concentration of arsenic (As) in the soil due to natural causes related to the presence of volcanoes and geothermal activity. To compare the levels of As and the growth parameters among plants of the same genus, three species of plants were established i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Fernández YT,Diaz O,Acuña E,Casanova M,Salazar O,Masaguer A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total sediment concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, As, and Hg obtained from the Ankobra, Sakumo II, and Volta estuaries in Ghana were used to generate contaminant probability density distributions and species sensitivity distributions in AQUARISK. Results of the tier 1 assessment showed Cu, Cd, Zn, and Pb were not of co...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mahu E,Nyarko E,Asiedu D,Laryea WS,Szymczak R,Twining J

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal sampling was carried out at four sites on a pampean stream that receives industrial effluent from two textile factories. To evaluate water quality, several physical and chemical parameters were examined and the periphyton growing on cattail (Typha latifolia L.) were analyzed. Water quality and periphyton stru...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Giorgi A,Malacalza L

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential threat of both metals and antibiotics to the environment and human health has raised significant concerns in the last decade. Metal-resistant and antibiotic-resistant bacteria are found in most environments, including water, and the risk posed to humans and animals due to the spread of antibiotic-resista...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Squadrone S

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity surveys are often hampered by the inability to control extraneous sources of variability introduced into comparisons of populations across a heterogenous landscape. If not specifically accounted for a priori, this noise can weaken comparisons between sites, and can make it difficult to draw inferences abo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Young JA,Smith DR,Snyder CD,Lemarie DP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of human biological samples, such as blood, urine, nails, and hair, is generally used for the verification of human exposure to toxic metals. In this review, various spectrometric methods for the determination of cadmium and lead in biological samples are discussed and compared. Several spectrometric tech...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lemos VA,de Carvalho AL

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Chagan Lake is located downstream of the Second Songhua River basin in Northeast China. It is one of the top ten inland freshwater lakes, and an important aquatic farm in China. The lake has been receiving large amounts (currently at 1.5 × 10(8) m(3)/a) of water from the river since 1984. This would pose a threat to t...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhu L,Yan B,Wang L,Pan X

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model was used to examine the effects of choosing various units of sampling distance of a zigzag survey on the adequacy of reconstructing patchy distribution fields. The model simulates fish or plankton patches (or gaps) of different shapes and spatial orientations, and an acoustic survey by zigzag or p...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kalikhman I

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mangrove sediments are strong modulators of organic matter (OM) content and pollutant dynamics, acting both as sinks and sources of these components. This study aimed to assess temporal dynamics of OM within temperate mangrove sediments and their ability to sequester pollutants. Specifically, levels of trace metals (F...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bastakoti U,Robertson J,Bourgeois C,Marchand C,Alfaro AC

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated heavy metal pollution in sediments of the Rosetta branch of the River Nile of Egypt to quantify the toxic distribution potential of metals into the surrounding environment. Sediment samples were collected at 9 sites during in four seasons. Organic matter and total metal concentrations were dete...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Redwan M,Elhaddad E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of eleven metrics using macroinvertebrate assemblages were evaluated in an environmental gradient in a tropical river in south-east Brazil. Eight sites were sampled in an altitudinal range of 160-650 m.a.s.l. during 1999 (April and August) and 2000 (February). Four substrates were sampled at each site:...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Silveira MP,Baptista DF,Buss DF,Nessimian JL,Egler M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epicoccum nigrum (strain LQRA39-P) was isolated from sediments collected in Chilean Patagonian fjords using microscopy and molecular techniques. We analyzed adaptive responses of cell wall morphology to salinity, temperature, and pH in order to explain the ability of E. nigrum to co-inhabit both marine and freshwater ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ahumada-Rudolph R,Novoa V,Becerra J

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of industrial and municipal wastewaters on the freshwater snail, Lanistes carinatus, were evaluated. Concentrations of some chemicals in some effluents were greater than permissible limits promulgated internationally by various jurisdictions. Pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) observed in tissues ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Abdel-Halim KY,Mona MH,Giesy JP,Shouker FA,Osman SR

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) System, which embodies the "prevention principle" of the environmental law, is an important tool for environmental protection. This tool has a private importance for Turkey since it is a developing country, and it entered the Turkish law in 1983 with the Environmental Law. Bes...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Coşkun AA,Turker O

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrological models apply different methods to estimate runoff and route flows. Suitability of these methods is not unique, but varies with catchment conditions. This study aims to find the suitable overland runoff and flow routing methods for a catchment in Hyderabad, India, using customised Storm Water Management Mo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Swathi V,Raju KS,Varma MRR

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of spatio-temporal patterns of the urban growth phenomenon has become one of the most significant challenges in monitoring and assessing current and future trends of the urban growth issue. Therefore, spatio-temporal and quantitative techniques should be used hand in hand for a deeper understanding ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Aburas MM,Ho YM,Ramli MF,Ash'aari ZH

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Molasses-based distilleries generate large quantities of effluent, which is used for irrigation in many countries including India. The effluent is rich in organic and inorganic ions, which may leach down and pollute the groundwater. An on-farm experiment was conducted to assess the impact of long-term irrigation with ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Jain N,Bhatia A,Kaushik R,Kumar S,Joshi HC,Pathak H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00