abstract：:The paper introduces the Ecological State Macrophyte Index (ESMI), a method compliant with the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) for assessing the ecological status of lakes based on macrophytes. A description of the elaboration of macrophyte metrics, relevant reference conditions and a classification system for ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ciecierska H,Kolada A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn, Fe and metallothioneins (MTs) were measured in the gonads of Paracentrotus lividus from Amvrakikos gulf (Ionian Sea, Greece). Three natural populations were selected; two of them, growing inside the gulf (Agios Thomas and Koronisia), presented higher density and smaller body size ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Strogyloudi E,Pancucci-Papadopoulou MA,Papadopoulos GL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Cambodia, groundwater has been contaminated with arsenic, and purification of the water is an urgent issue. From 2010 to 2012, an international collaborative project between Japan and Cambodia for developing arsenic-removing technology from well water was conducted and supported by the foundation of New Energy and ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kang Y,Takeda R,Nada A,Thavarith L,Tang S,Nuki K,Sakurai K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesohabitat components such as substrate and surface flow types are intimately related to benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams. Visual assessments of the distribution of these components provide a means of evaluating physical habitat heterogeneity and aid biodiversity surveys and monitoring. We determined ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Silva DR,Ligeiro R,Hughes RM,Callisto M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantification of fluxes of water into and out of terminal lakes like Basaka has fundamental challenges. This is due to the fact that accurate measurement and quantification of most of the parameters of a lake's hydrologic cycle are difficult. Furthermore, quantitative understanding of the hydrologic systems and hence...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dinka MO,Loiskandl W,Ndambuki JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the solid waste image detection and classification to detect and classify the solid waste bin level. To do so, Hough transform techniques is used for feature extraction to identify the line detection based on image's gradient field. The feedforward neural network (FFNN) model is used to classify ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hannan MA,Zaila WA,Arebey M,Begum RA,Basri H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 28 lakes were selected from the freshwater resources of the network of man-made lakes throughout the Vojvodina Province and the central part of Serbia. Samples were analyzed for the physicochemicals indicators of the water and nutrients. Most of the values of the chemicals indicators and nutrients of th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Devic G,Dorđevic D,Sakan S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metals are persistent environmental contaminants, and transport of metals into the environment poses a threat to ecosystems, as plants and wildlife are susceptible to long-term exposure, bioaccumulation, and potential toxicity. We investigated the distribution and cascading extent of heavy metal accumulation in ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Lester MB,van Riper C 3rd

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive field survey was employed for assessing the impacts of long-term wastewater irrigation of forage crops and orange orchards in three suburban agricultural areas in Cyprus (areas I, II, and III), as compared to rainfed agriculture, on the soil geochemical properties and the bioaccumulation of heavy metals (...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Christou A,Eliadou E,Michael C,Hapeshi E,Fatta-Kassinos D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The St. Thomas East End Reserves or STEER is located on the southeastern end of the island of St. Thomas, USVI. The STEER contains extensive mangroves and seagrass beds, along with coral reefs, lagoons, and cays. Within the watershed, however, are a large active landfill, numerous marinas, resorts, various commercial ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pait AS,Hartwell SI,Mason AL,Warner RA,Jeffrey CF,Hoffman AM,Apeti DA,Pittman SJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to investigate the activity of the coagulant extracted from the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica (OFI) in the process of coagulation/flocculation of textile effluents. Preliminary tests of a kaolinite suspension achieved maximum turbidity removal of 95 % using an NaCl extraction solution. Optimiz...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： de Souza MT,Ambrosio E,de Almeida CA,de Souza Freitas TK,Santos LB,de Cinque Almeida V,Garcia JC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental effects due to continuous accumulation of hazardous materials like heavy metals in the surface sediments of lake systems can stress fragile ecosystems. Elucidating the mechanisms influencing the concentration and distribution of heavy metals becomes vital in formulating lake management strategies to pres...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Swarnalatha K,Letha J,Ayoob S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Check dam sediments document the process of soil erosion for a watershed. The main objectives of this research are as follows: first, to determine whether the sediments trapped in check dams can provide useful information about local erosion and the environment, and second, to obtain the extent to which they can be st...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang Y,Chen L,Fu B,Lü Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contamination of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in the surface sediments of the Guan River Estuary, China was fully investigated. Total concentrations of 56 species of SVOCs ranged from 132 to 274 ng/g with an average of 186 ng/g (dry weight). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations were posi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： He X,Song X,Pang Y,Li Y,Chen B,Feng Z

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraordinary geogenic concentrations of cadmium (Cd) have been reported for some Jamaican soils. However, the bioavailability of the metal in these soils remains unknown. Here, the bioavailability of Cd in selected Jamaican soils was investigated through the determination of total and sequentially extractable concent...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Spence A,Hanson RE,Grant CN,Hoo Fung L,Rattray R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composite Water Quality Identification Index (CWQII) and multivariate statistical techniques were used to investigate the temporal and spatial variations of water quality in Honghu Lake. The aims are to explore the characteristics of water quality trends in annual, monthly, and site spatial distribution and to identif...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ban X,Wu Q,Pan B,Du Y,Feng Q

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ramsar Convention and EU Water Framework Directive are two international agreements focused on the conservation and achievement of good ecological and chemical status of wetlands. Wetlands are important ecosystems holding many plant and animal communities. Their environmental status can be characterised by the quality...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chao Rodríguez Y,el Anjoumi A,Domínguez Gómez JA,Rodríguez Pérez D,Rico E

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the characteristic properties of inversions formed inside the lower boundary layer over Athens, Greece, were studied using 35-year radiosonde measurements of temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure. The analysis revealed that the inversion parameters demonstrate considerable seasonal variation. ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kassomenos PA,Paschalidou AK,Lykoudis S,Koletsis I

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is worldwide concern over the increase use of nanoparticles (NPs) and their ecotoxicological effect. It is not known if the annual production of tons of industrial nanoparticles (NPs) has the potential to impact terrestrial microbial communities, which are so necessary for ecosystem functioning. Here, we have ex...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mohanty SR,Rajput P,Kollah B,Chourasiya D,Tiwari A,Singh M,Rao AS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyzing the spatial extent and distribution of forest fires is essential for sustainable forest resource management. There is no comprehensive data existing on forest fires on a regular basis in Biosphere Reserves of India. The present work have been carried out to locate and estimate the spatial extent of forest bu...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Saranya KR,Reddy CS,Rao PV,Jha CS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper assesses the image differencing technique for the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), the second principal component (PC2), and the TM 4 band (TM 4), as well as the post-classification comparison (PCC) in order to analyze the land use/land cover changes in the South-East Transilvania, Romania. Th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Vorovencii I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) used extensively over the past 3 decades as flame retardants in most types of polymers, all over the world, have been identified as global pollutants. PBDEs pose various health problems such as thyroid hormone disruption, permanent learning and memory impairment, behavioral chang...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kumari K,Sharma JK,Kanade GS,Kashyap SM,Juwarkar AA,Wate SR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of flubendiamide as affected by microbial population count in two Indian soils (red and alluvial) varying in physicochemical properties was studied under sterile and non-sterile conditions. Recovery of flubendiamide in soil was in the range of 94.7-95.9 % at 0.5 and 1.0 μg g(-1), respectively. The DT50 of ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Das SK,Mukherjee I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In birds, concentrations of heavy metal contaminants were associated with their diet and environmental quality. This study presents concentrations of lead and cadmium in feathers and the relationship between concentrations in the feather and stomach content of three species of heron and egret chicks. Cadmium concentra...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kim J,Oh JM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Closed chamber measurements for methane emission estimation are often carried out with opaque chambers to avoid heating of the headspace. However, mainly in wetlands, some plants possess an internal convective gas transport which quickly responds to changes in irradiation. These plants have also been found to often ch...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Günther A,Jurasinski G,Huth V,Glatzel S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Revegetation and ecological restoration of a Mn mineland are important concerns in southern China. To determine the major constraints for revegetation and select suitable plants for phytorestoration, pedological and botanical characteristics of a Mn mine in Guangxi, southern China were investigated. All the soils were...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Liu J,Zhang XH,Li TY,Wu QX,Jin ZJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to an increase in water consumption in the industrial sector and within the Brazilian population, surface water that receives wastewater from industries, domestic sewage, agricultural industries, and sewage treatment stations can pollute water bodies when not properly treated. The water quality has been linked to ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Düsman E,Luzza M,Savegnago L,Lauxen D,Vicentini VE,Tonial IB,Sauer TP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the microbiological changes that occur during the maturation of overburden that has been disturbed by surface mining of coal, a surface mining-disturbed overburden unit in southeastern Ohio, USA was characterized. Overburden from the same unit that had been disturbed for 37 and 16 years were compared to undi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Poncelet DM,Cavender N,Cutright TJ,Senko JM

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:To add data on trace metal contamination of Humboldt penguins in the South Pacific, levels of trace metals (As, Hg, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Cd) and porphyrins (copro-, uro-, and proto-) in excreta of Humboldt penguins that inhabit some important nesting sites on the northern coast of Chile were determined. Fresh excreta were ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Celis JE,Espejo W,González-Acuña D,Jara S,Barra R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the levels of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) accumulated by Paraprionospio sp. from the Yodo River mouth, Osaka Bay. Since high concentrations of nonylphenol (NP), bisphenol A (BP), octylphenol (OP), 17β-estradiol (E2), and estrone (E1) have been measured in sediment from Osaka Bay, some bio...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nurulnadia MY,Koyama J,Uno S,Kito A,Kokushi E,Bacolod ET,Ito K,Chuman Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:The estimation of coverage, i.e., the proportion of the total area in a study region covered by a given target class, is essential to many aspects of environmental monitoring. We analyze and compare the efficiency of different sample-based approaches for the estimation of coverage of different land cover classes from ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Fehrmann L,Seidel D,Krause B,Kleinn C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the interaction between anthropogenic land use and the rainfall pattern can be crucial to predict changes in total suspended solids (TSS) in streams and rivers. We assessed the effects of land use and annual rainfall on the TSS load of 19 southern Chilean catchments. The results indicated that the concen...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pizarro J,Vergara PM,Morales JL,Rodríguez JA,Vila I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has investigated the common risks associated with the water quality changes from the source to the consumer households and the associated disease burden in the piped water supplies. Samples from the source to the household storage from Nagpur City were collected and analysed for heavy metals, nutrient and m...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： John V,Jain P,Rahate M,Labhasetwar P

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Although the Ibirité reservoir (an urban tropical eutrophic reservoir) has been the recipient of the discharge of a large volume of raw urban sewage, the key cause of ecosystem degradation has been historically solely attributed to the discharge of effluents from an oil refinery. This fact motivated an investigation t...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mozeto AA,Yamada TM,de Morais CR,do Nascimento MR,Fadini PS,Torres RJ,Sueitt AP,de Faria BM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of natural processes and human activities, aluminum (Al) toxicity is recognized as a major limiting factor for plant productivity, and the secretion of organic acids facilitated by channel proteins is one of the most important Al resistance mechanisms in plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ding H,Wen D,Fu Z,Qian H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00