High prevalence of multiple-antibiotic-resistant (MAR) Escherichia coli in river bed sediments of the Apies River, South Africa.

abstract：:The search for reliable biomarkers of human exposure to benzene and its derivatives is still subject of research. Many of the proposed biomarkers have limitations ranging from the low sensitivity to the wide variability of results. Thus, the aim of our study was to assess the frequencies of chromosomal abnormalities (...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Trevisan P,da Silva JN,da Silva AP,Rosa RF,Paskulin GA,Thiesen FV,de Oliveira CA,Zen PR

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a procedure for estimating the distribution of ionic material in the NH3-HNO3-H2SO4-NaCl system and applies this procedure in a particular case. The data used were measurements of HNO3, NH3, NO 3 (-) , SO 4 (-) , NH 4 (+) Cl(-) and Na(+) performed during February 1989 - February 1990 in a central A...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kirkitsos PD,Sikiotis D

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:The exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) method, which includes global spatial autocorrelation and local spatial autocorrelation, is used to analyze the spatial pattern of the annual grain production and annual grain production increment in the Ziya River Basin from 2007 to 2017. Then, the spatial mismatch index i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Li F,Wang Y,Cao R

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Brominated organic and inorganic by-products are generated during ozonation of groundwater containing high bromide concentrations. This study measured concentrations of bromate, bromoform, bromoacetic acids, bromoacetonitriles, bromoacetone, 2,4-dibromophenol and aldehyde generated by ozonation. The potential mutageni...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Huang WJ,Chang CY,Shih FH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been found to be widely dispersed in the environment and are being considered potentially pathogenic for humans and animals, while reports of their human to human transmission are absent. Water and aerosols are potential transmission modes of NTM to humans. Hospitalized patients ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dovriki E,Gerogianni I,Petinaki E,Hadjichristodoulou C,Papaioannou A,Gourgoulianis K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of microalgae in water supplies and industrial applications are becoming increasingly important, yet there are few options available that are simple and accurate, and can provide real-time information. The present work illustrates a new method to determine the concentration of microalgae in water and wastew...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Almomani FA,Örmeci B

更新日期：2018-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, artificial neural networks (ANNs) including feed forward back propagation neural network (FFBP-NN) and the radial basis function neural network (RBF-NN) were applied to predict daily sewage sludge quantity in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Daily datasets of sewage sludge have been used to develop th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zeinolabedini M,Najafzadeh M

更新日期：2019-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses and illustrates the use of kriging techniques for estimating the spatial pattern of contaminants in environmental media, particularly soil. The assumptions underlying kriging are reviewed as are some advantages and disadvantages of the method. Lognormal kriging (kriging applied to logarithmic-tran...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gilbert RO,Simpson JC

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) were extracted from Aspergillus fumigatus using cationic exchange resin technique. The EPS were mainly composed of polysaccharide and low quantities of protein and nucleic acid. Biosorption of Cd(II), Pb(II), and Cu(II) of EPS was investigated as a function of pH using differen...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yin Y,Hu Y,Xiong F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to develop and test an optimal and cost-effective regional quality monitoring system in depleted transboundary low-temperature Neogene geothermal aquifers in the west Pannonian basin. Potential tracers for identification of seasonal and long-term quality changes of the Pleistocene thermal wate...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Rman N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groundwater pollution resulting from anthropogenic activities and poor effluent management is on the rise in Nigeria. Hence, groundwater used for domestic purposes is questionable and therefore calls for scientific scrutiny. Investigation of hydrochemical interactions and quality of groundwater resource is essential i...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Emenike PC,Nnaji CC,Tenebe IT

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of waterborne pathogens is improved by using concentration methods prior to detection; however, direct microbial enumeration is desired to study microbial ecology and human health risks. The aim of this work was to determine Salmonella presence in river water with an ultrafiltration system coupled with the ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Jimenez M,Chaidez C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voles and small passerine birds were live-captured near the Delong Mountain Regional Transportation System (DMTS) haul road in Cape Krusenstern National Monument in northwest Alaska to assess metals exposure and sub-lethal biological effects. Similar numbers of animals were captured from a reference site in southern C...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Brumbaugh WG,Mora MA,May TW,Phalen DN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among all the organic disinfection by-products (DBPs), only trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) are regulated in drinking water, while most DBPs are not. Very little information exists on the occurrence of non-regulated DBPs, particularly in small water systems (SWS). Paradoxically, SWS are more vulnera...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Guilherme S,Rodriguez MJ

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of selected heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni, Fe, and Zn), nutrients (NO (3) (-) and NH(3)), fecal coliform colonies, and other multiple physical-chemical parameters were measured seasonally from 12 locations in an urban New Jersey estuary b...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Shin JY,Artigas F,Hobble C,Lee YS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil heavy metal pollution due to wastewater reuse was assessed by means of the concentration factor (CF) and/or pollution load index (PLI).In this respect, a greenhouse pot experiment was conducted, using a completely randomized block design, including five treatments of treated municipal wastewater (0%, 25%, 50%, 75...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kalavrouziotis IK,Koukoulakis PH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A predictive or model based approach to making inferences about the loading of a contaminant from a point source is presented and illustrated by estimating the total phosphorus, TP, loading from the Niagara River to Lake Ontario for the years 1967 to 1982. Information about explanatory variables and/or autodependence ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Thompson ME,El-Shaarawi AH

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:The heavy metal concentrations of soil and dust samples from roadside, residential areas, parks, campus sport grounds, and commercial sites were studied in Guangzhou, South China. Heavy metals in samples were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrophotometer following acidic digestion with HCl...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Cai QY,Mo CH,Li HQ,Lü H,Zeng QY,Li YW,Wu XL

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Classically distribution coefficient is defined as the ratio of solid total element concentration to surface water total concentration. This coefficient is obtained from the ion measurements in the Keban Dam, Turkey, which supplies water for domestic, irrigation and hydroelectric energy generation purposes. The measur...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Külahci F,Sen Z

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of trace amount nitrobenzene in wastewater on a hanging mercury drop electrode was studied. The determination conditions of pH, supporting electrolyte, accumulation potential, accumulation time, and voltammetric response were optimized. The sharp peak of the nitrobenzene was appeared at 0.05 V. The p...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Liang SX,Zhang HK,Lu D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia is an important water quality variable, which in excess, can be detrimental to waterways and their ecosystems. In the Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program in South-east Queensland ammonia is monitored monthly, however, often more than 50% of the ammonia observations in Moreton Bay are below detection limit, mak...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Toscas PJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mining plays an important role in Brazilian exports. On the other hand, large urban centers like São Paulo, with approximately 21 million inhabitants, also demand an increasing domestic consumption of natural resources, such as construction aggregate. There are many quarries located in the surroundings of urban center...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wichers M,Iramina WS,de Eston SM,Ayres da Silva ALM

更新日期：2017-12-22 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：: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：:This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of surface water and shallow groundwater near a rare earth mining area in southern Jiangxi Province, China. Water samples from paddy fields, ponds, streams, wells, and springs were collected and analyzed. The results showed that water bodies were characterized by low pH...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hao X,Wang D,Wang P,Wang Y,Zhou D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of Jerusalem limestones were exposed to high levels of common air pollutants (SO2, NO) in the presence and absence of hydrocarbon, water vapor and ultra-violet light. After exposure, the outer layers were shaved off and analyzed for sulfate and nitrate. The results revealed that even after one day of exposure ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Peleg M,Burla E,Cohen I,Luria M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To abate the severe acidification of Swedish lakes are about 7% directly limed (AL-lakes). These are important to include when assessing acidification. Consequently, we need to estimate their chemical status as if they were not lime-affected. We hypothesize that there is a spatial dependence for calcium (Ca) and magne...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Göransson E,Bringmark E,Rapp L,Wilander A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00