Deforestation and fragmentation of natural forests in the upper Changhua watershed, Hainan, China: implications for biodiversity conservation.

abstract：:Two spectrophotometric methods have been developed for the determination of nitrite using dapsone (DAP) with alpha-naphthol and 4-amino-5-hydroxynapthalene-2,7-disulphonic acid monosodium salt (AHNDMS) as chromogenic reagents with maximum absorbance wavelength at 540 and 520 nm respectively. For the method that utiliz...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nagaraj P,Prakash JS,Shivakumar A,Shrestha AK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For two decades, the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, has been charged with implementing a nationwide field-based forest health monitoring effort. Given its extensive nature, the monitoring program has been gradually implemented across forest health indicators and inventoried states. Currently, the Forest...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Woodall CW,Amacher MC,Bechtold WA,Coulston JW,Jovan S,Perry CH,Randolph KC,Schulz BK,Smith GC,Tkacz B,Will-Wolf S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavior of metsulfuron-methyl and its residues in an artificial pond was studied using a (14)C isotopic tracer technique. Throughout the experimental period, the majority of metsulfuron-methyl residues were sustained in the pond water. Furthermore, the metsulfuron-methyl residues were just found in the surface la...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang H,Yang F,Liu G,Lei Y,Ye Q

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical prroducts used in farming and wastes from livestock can contaminate pond water in agroecosystems due to runoff. Amphibians using these ponds for breeding are probably exposed to pollutants, and serious consequences might be observed afterward at the population level. Assessment biological endpoints of anuran ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Babini MS,Bionda Cde L,Salas NE,Martino AL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessing research sites is an integral part of a research in the world today. Researching sites on privately owned lands creates unique challenges when compared to conducting research on government or publicly owned land. This study explores different methods for obtaining landowner information, permission to sample ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hargiss CL,DeKeyser ES

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ria de Aveiro is a Portuguese lagoon renowned for its ecological and economic importance. Nonetheless, in literature, few data exist about its organic pollution. Accordingly, this study chemically monitored for the first time a series of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs). The target EDCs include natural (17β-oes...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Rocha MJ,Cruzeiro C,Reis M,Pardal MÂ,Rocha E

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Five priority areas of potential impact by contaminants (API) were investigated at the Presidente Bernardes Refinery in Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil with the following aims: (i) to identify both organic and inorganic contaminants present in soil and groundwater; (ii) to define the environmental conditions relevant for m...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Schneider RP,Morano SC,Gigena MA,Missawa SK,Rocha RC,Da Silva LR,Ellert N,Kataoka S,Katsuragi C,Rosa Cda S,Filho LC

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Copacabana is one of the most famous neighborhoods of the city of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil but suffers from a high inhabitant density. One of the many environmental problems faced is related to noise pollution. In order to assess not only the noise levels, to which the population is exposed, but also to quantify the infl...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： de Noronha Castro Pinto FA,Moreno Mardones MD

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:The present investigation was done to evaluate the effects of ambient air pollutants on physiological and biochemical characteristics of radish (Raphnus sativa L. var. Pusa Reshmi) and brinjal (Solanum melongena L. var. Pusa hybrid-6) plants grown in open-top chambers with filtered (FCs) and non-filtered (NFCs) treatm...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tiwari S,Agrawal M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water level fluctuation zone (WLFZ) in the Three Gorges Reservoir is located in the intersection of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and assessing heavy metal pollution in the drown zone is critical for ecological remediation and water conservation. In this study, soils were collected in June and September 2009...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ye C,Li S,Zhang Y,Tong X,Zhang Q

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marinas play a key role in sea transportation and tourism. The problem of an insufficient marina capacity has revealed in terms of sea traffic due to the demographic structure and increasing tourism potential of Istanbul which is the biggest metropolitan city of Turkey and has around 600-km-long coastline. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gumusay MU,Koseoglu G,Bakirman T

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clean Water Act mandates that the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of our nation's waters be maintained and restored. Physical integrity has often been defined as physical habitat integrity, and as such, data collected during biological monitoring programs focus primarily on habitat quality. However, w...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Asmus B,Magner JA,Vondracek B,Perry J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This area has a rate of patients with obstructive chronic lung disease that is the highest in Portugal and the second in Europe. Levels of pollution observed in 1985/86 and 1986/87 allowed evaluating the effects of concentrations lower than those that usually cause acute episodes. It was observed that even low levels ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Alvim Ferraz MC,Faria Ferraz MC,Ferraz JM,Fonseca PI

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern Arabian Sea is considered as an ecologically sensitive area as it experiences a massive upwelling and long-lasting algal bloom, Noctiluca scintillans (green tide) during summer and spring-winter, respectively. Diatom bloom is also found to be co-located with N. scintillans and both have an impact on ecology o...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dwivedi R,Priyaja P,Rafeeq M,Sudhakar M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 760 Tampa Bay (Florida, U.S.A.) sediment samples have been analyzed for organic contaminants (PAHs, organochlorine pesticides, and PCBs) since 1993. Data were analyzed to assess status by habitat (defined by overlapping salinity zones and sediment type). The habitats most degraded by PAHs and pesticides were...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Grabe SA,Barron J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on mercury (Hg) bioaccumulation in Indian cat fish, Wallagoo attu and Mystus aor, from different rivers. Methyl mercury (MeHg) concentrations were determined in muscle tissue of two different parts, ventral and dorsal part, of each species and the levels of organic mercury were co-related with lipid...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pal M,Ghosh M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of heavy metals/metalloids in the ecosystem has been an increasing ecological and global public health concern due to their potential to cause adverse health effects. For this reason, the accumulation of some heavy metals such as Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, Pb was assessed by way of ICP-MS in water, sediment ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Alkas FB,Shaban JA,Sukuroglu AA,Kurt MA,Battal D,Saygi S

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a Decision Support System (DSS) approach developed in the context of the Copernicus project entitled System for Water Monitoring and Sustainable Management based on Ground Stations and Satellite Images (WATERMAN). The main objective of WATERMAN is the monitoring and management of the Strymon River ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Manos B,Bournaris T,Silleos N,Antonopoulos V,Papathanasiou J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallic pollution caused by elements Zn, Cu, Fe, Pb, Ni, Cd, and Hg in water and sediments of Aras River within a specific area in Ardabil province of Iran is considered. Water and sediment samples were collected seasonally and once respectively from the five selected stations. Regarding WHO published permissible val...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nasehi F,Hassani AH,Monavvari M,Karbassi AR,Khorasani N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, armed conflict affects some twenty countries, covering an area making up 11% of the surface area of the Earth. Any degradation of nature in these areas represents a harmful depletion of the world's natural heritage. Despite this, environmental issues are neglected during these periods of conflict, considered se...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mobaied S,Rudant JP

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Grand Canyon, located in Northern Arizona, is one of the seven natural wonders of the world, and has been set aside as a National Park to preserve its unique character. Several million visitors from all over the world travel to the Grand Canyon each year to witness its awesome beauty, As a natural preserve, the ar...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Archer SF,Molenar JV,Dietrich DL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric trace phthalic esters (PAEs) carried by total suspended particulates were systematically investigated. A total of 450 air samples were collected at six typical locations and three specific micro-environmental sites (a stadium with a new plastic track, new cars, and a farming greenhouse with plastic film) i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang W,Zhang Y,Wang S,Fan CQ,Xu H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic species of Aeromonas produce a range of virulence factors, including aerolysin, cytotonic enterotoxins, and serine protease, to cause acute gastroenteritis and wound infections in humans and animals. Recognizing that not all Aeromonas strains are pathogenic, in this study, we proposed to evaluate Aeromonas ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yu CP,Chu KH

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroinvertebrates are without spinal cord living organisms that spend their main phases of metamorphosis in water; so, changing the ecological structure of their communities represents environmental health condition. The main purpose of this study was to identify the macroinvertebrate families as a biological indicat...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Aazami J,KianiMehr N,Zamani A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban forestry is a new science, with monitoring techniques that are still evolving. Tree inventory is most commonly practiced, but we are learning to better monitor the benefits and liabilities provided by urban trees. These results are often for political, social, and biological purposes. Although most monitoring is...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Baker FA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation aimed to assess the impacts of integrated industrial wastewater (IIW) irrigation on soil properties in the rural area of Haridwar, India, under cultivation of a leafy vegetable, i.e., spinach (Spinacia oleracea). Based on the field data of two cropping years (2016-2017 and 2017-2018), soil character...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kumar V,Thakur RK,Kumar P

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Etili neighborhood in Can County (northwestern Turkey) has large reserves of coal and has been the site of many small- to medium-scale mining operations since the 1980s. Some of these have ceased working while others continue to operate. Once activities cease, the mining facilities and fields are usually abandoned...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yucel DS,Baba A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00