Evaluation of the use of Olivella minuta (Gastropoda, Olividae) and Hastula cinerea (Gastropoda, Terebridae) as TBT sentinels for sandy coastal habitats.

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：:Waste management involves various procedures and resources for proper handling of waste materials in compliance with health codes and environmental regulations. Landfills are one of the oldest, most convenient, and cheapest methods to deposit waste. However, landfill utilization involves social, environmental, geotech...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Al-Ruzouq R,Shanableh A,Omar M,Al-Khayyat G

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectroscopic characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in a large dam reservoir were determined using ultraviolet absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy to investigate spatial distribution of DOM composition after turbid storm runoff. Water samples were collected along a longitudinal axis of the reservoir a...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hur J,Jung NC,Shin JK

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil salinization is an important worldwide environmental problem, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Knowledge of its temporal and spatial variability is crucial for the management of oasis agriculture. The study area has experienced dramatic change in the shallow groundwater table and soil salinization during...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang Y,Xiao D,Li Y,Li X

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Two multiresidue methods were developed to determine pesticides in air collected in California. Pesticides were trapped using XAD-4 resin and extracted with ethyl acetate. Based on an analytical method from the University of California Davis Trace Analytical Laboratory, pesticides were detected by analyzing the extrac...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hengel M,Lee P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hourly measurements of radon level at four houses in Butte, Montana were analyzed. Previous studies suggestes that there are diurnal cycles, spectral analysis confirms this assertion. Moreover, there are also long term trends and weekly cycles at certain locations. The periodical cycles highly suggest that indoor rado...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chen CL,Oksza-Chocimowski GV

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, an increased tendency to consume meals at dining facilities outside the home has been highlighted; moreover, meals supplied in food businesses have been involved in many foodborne disease outbreaks. Therefore, microbial air contamination in food processing facilities could be a concern and an inc...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Osimani A,Aquilanti L,Tavoletti S,Clementi F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of epilithic diatom species distribution in relation to environmental variables from 12 sampling sites on the main stream and some of its tributaries in the Nilüfer Stream Basin were determined using multivariate statistical techniques. The stream basin has been heavily influenced by anthropogenic effects. Th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Karacaoğlu D,Dalkıran N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epiphytic lichen biodiversity (LB) distribution was evaluated in a 1000 km2 area in Tuscany (Central Italy). In the same area, a survey was performed to monitor tropospheric ozone (O3) phytotoxic effects using tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum) cv. Bel-W3 (O3 supersensitive) and cv. Bel-B (O3 resistant) as bioindicato...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lorenzini G,Landi U,Loppi S,Nali C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article is unfortunately published online with missing acknowledgment section. ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Thalla AK,Vannarath AS

更新日期：2020-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The mining activities in the Lepanto Cu-Au Mine which is situated within the Mankayan Mineral District in the Philippines have exposed the arsenic (As)-rich copper (Cu)-gold (Au) and polymetallic ores to surface conditions. Cu and As dispersal into nearby soils and waters could pose health hazards to the natural ecosy...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Claveria RJR,Perez TR,Perez REC,Algo JLC,Robles PQ

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was intended to assess the seawater quality of Digha (India) in the northwestern coast of the Bay of Bengal. Digha is a meso-tidal coastal plain located between two major estuarine systems, i.e. Subarnarekha and Hooghly located respectively on the western and eastern sides of the West Bengal ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pitchaikani JS,Kadharsha K,Mukherjee S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil and groundwater contamination is one of the important environmental problems at petroleum-related sites, which causes critical environmental and health defects. Severe petroleum hydrocarbon contamination from coastal refinery plant was detected in a shallow Quaternary sandy aquifer is bordered by Gulf in the Nort...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zawrah MF,Ebiad MA,Rashad AM,El-Sayed E,Snousy MG,Tantawy MA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play a key role in air pollution of China. Among various sources, petrochemical industry is one of the important contributors, but its VOC emission estimate still exists a big uncertainty. Therefore, this study developed an inverse-dispersion calculation method (IDM), and applied it i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wei W,Wang Y,Yang G,Yue L,Cheng S

更新日期：2018-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughfall and open field bulk precipitation were measured at three coniferous sites during 1995-2002 in the framework of ICP Integrated Monitoring and at five coniferous sites during 1996-2002 in the framework of ICP Forests (Level II). The coniferous canopies acted as a sink for nitrate and ammonium and as a source...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pajuste K,Frey J,Asi E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrofishing is widely used to monitor fish species composition and relative abundance in streams and lakes. According to standard protocols, multiple segments are selected in a body of water to monitor population relative abundance as the ratio of total catch to total sampling effort. The standard protocol provides...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Miranda LE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature from 12 to 22°C and salinity from 30.5 to 7.6‰ increased accumulation of copper in Hediste diversicolor. Copper accumulated ranged from 85.83 to 217.14 μg g(-1). Sediments reduced accumulation of copper under temperature-salinity combinations. Accumulated copper ranged from 90.19 to 153.26 μg g(-1).However...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ozoh PT

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to propose and apply a novel approach to develop a drinking water quality index that enables water managers to routinely identify the vulnerabilities in a distribution system (DS) while taking into account the priorities of water managers and operators. Here, we propose an innovative app...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Scheili A,Delpla I,Rodriguez MJ

更新日期：2020-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Though the principles of the Earth's greenhouse effect have been known for well over a century, it is only recently that advances in climate research have indicated that significant and possibly costly climate change, due to growing emissions of greenhouse gases and their precursors by human activity, is a real possib...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Callander B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to characterize the mineral phases present in the atmosphere at three locations in northern Oman. Samples of atmospheric particles were collected using a high volume sampler. Three indoor and one outdoor location were chosen in this investigation. Sampling locations included a residential house...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Abdul-Wahab SA,Worthing MA,Al-Maamari S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are toxic and persistent organic pollutants that are able to enter the food chain, accumulate in the fat tissues of animals, and consequently pose a serious risk for human health. Consolidated tools f...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Schiavon M,Torretta V,Rada EC,Ragazzi M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inorganic nitrogen transformations occurring at a municipal waste leachate treatment facility were investigated. The treatment facility consisted of a collection well and an artificial wetland between two aeration ponds. The first aeration pond showed a decrease in ammonium (from 3480 (+/- 120) to 630(+/- 90) mg x...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Parkes SD,Jolley DF,Wilson SR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between nutrients and the trophic state of Borçka dam reservoir in the Çoruh River Basin, which is located in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey, were evaluated using the trophic state index (TSI), trophic level index (TLI), and statistical analysis. The samples data were analyzed for chlorophyll...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bilgin A

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The city of Litvínov (North Bohemia, Czech Republic) is seriously affected by coal mining, coal processing, and intensive industrial activities. Within the urban area, the potential environmental hazard of risk elements (in soil and vegetation) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, in soils) was estimated using ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hanousková B,Száková J,Rychlíková E,Najmanová J,Košnář Z,Tlustoš P

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Combustion-derived black carbon has received attention as a form of refractory organic carbon that may be preferentially preserved in soils and sediments. However, little is understood about the environmental roles of black carbon in urban soils. This investigation represented the preliminary study to characterize bla...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang XS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure using pre-column trimethylsilyl derivatization and gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was developed and applied in determining trace estrogens in complex matrix. Main conditions were optimized, including pH value, salinity of water sample, elution reagents, clean procedure, derivative solvent an...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhou Y,Zhou J,Xu Y,Zha J,Ma M,Wang Z

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a food survey was carried out with two purposes: (1) to investigate the levels of nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) in various vegetables randomly collected in supermarkets of La Rochelle and (2) to assess the potential health risk for consumers by estimating the daily intake (EDI) and the target ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cherfi A,Cherfi M,Maache-Rezzoug Z,Rezzoug SA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Land use change near dense forests is the single major cause of emergence of forest-based emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) among humans. In an attempt to predict where the next EID would originate from, we are hypothesizing that future EIDs would originate from a region having high population density, excessive pov...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Shah V,Shah A,Joshi V

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the developing countries have solid waste management problems. Solid waste strategic planning requires accurate prediction of the quality and quantity of the generated waste. In developing countries, such as Malaysia, the solid waste generation rate is increasing rapidly, due to population growth and new consu...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Younes MK,Nopiah ZM,Basri NE,Basri H,Abushammala MF,Maulud KN

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00