abstract：:In the last three decades, the industrial and human activities in the coastal area of Saudi Arabia have increased dramatically and resulted in the continuous invasion of different types of pollutants including heavy metals. Seven sediment cores were collected from three major industrialized areas; Jeddah, Rabigh and Y...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Badr NB,El-Fiky AA,Mostafa AR,Al-Mur BA

更新日期：2009-08-01 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 quality of sewage-sludge samples obtained in Kolkata region was evaluated. Both sewage water and sludge components were analyzed for a number of physico-chemical, microbiological parameters using standard laboratory procedures, some heavy metals by AAS method and pesticide contents by GC method. Some of the physic...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Purkait S,Ganguly M,Aktar W,Sengupta D,Chowdhury A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given its geographic characteristics, the southern Chilean fjord area is subjected to growing environmental pressure from the development of diverse forms of aquaculture (i.e., fish, algae, shellfish). The sediments accumulate substances as a natural sink, and ecotoxicology assays offer a reliable and robust proxy for...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Rudolph A,Medina P,Urrutia C,Ahumada R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of troposphere ozone (O3) on rice by developing a portable ozone fumigation system and applied to the field in Hanoi, Vietnam. The system was nearly identical to the open top chamber but designed to easily and cheaply assess the O3 sensitivity of local agricultural crops in the actual f...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Van DT,Ishii S,Oanh NT

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two PCP-degrading bacterial strains, Bacillus cereus (ITRC-S6) and Serratia marcescens (ITRC-S7) were used for the treatment of pulp and paper mill effluent at conditions; 1.0% glucose and 0.5% peptone at 30 +/- 1 degrees C at 120 rpm for 168 h of incubation. These two bacterial strains effectively reduced colour (45-...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chandra R,Raj A,Yadav S,Patel DK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venerid clam, Paphia malabarica Chemnitz, is the commercially exploited species distributed exclusively in Vembanad Lake and Ashtamudi estuary, along the south west coast of India. In this study, the survival rate and development of P. malabarica larvae were studied for 3 days in ambient salinity (33), copper (2.5 mic...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gireesh R,Gopinathan CP

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current (C) and previous year (C + 1) needles and soils (organic horizon, 0-10 cm and 10-20 cm mineral depth) of Masson pine (Pinus massoniana L.) trees were sampled at four forested sites (Huang Pu industrial district, HP; South China Botanical Garden, BG; Mao Feng Mt., MF; and Nan Kun Mt., NK) in Guangzhou along a u...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Sun FF,Wen da Z,Kuang YW,Li J,Zhang JG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of ecosystem conservation as a broad theme came into existence during the 1970s under the Man and Biosphere Programme (MAB) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Indian Government followed this approach and chose the method to segregate the landscape for cons...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Nautiyal S,Kaechele H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies indicate health problems among hairdressers to be related to their chemical exposure at work. The purpose of this study was to describe the exposure of chemical compounds in the air of Spanish hairdresser salons, and to study differences between salons in central and suburban areas. Ten hairdresser sal...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ronda E,Hollund BE,Moen BE

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytopigment estimation has a considerable interest in the evaluation of freshwater bodies' quality, because it takes into account the synergistic effect of nutrients like phosphorus or nitrogen on algal growth producing eutrophication. Furthermore, their increasing concentration constitutes the first step in the form...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Devesa-Rey R,Moldes AB,Díaz-Fierros F,Barral MT

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the potential of soil microarthropods and enchytraeid worms to be useful as bioindicators of soil condition in forest, wetland, and agricultural ecosystems over a range of ecoregions. Selected mesofauna and soil characteristics in soil and litter in relatively undisturbed and disturbed examples of each of...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Barbercheck ME,Neher DA,Anas O,El-Allaf SM,Weicht TR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB)) were investigated in 105 soil samples collected in vicinity of the chemical industrial parks in Tianjin, China. OCP concentrations significantly varied in the study area, ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Wang G,Lu Y,Li J,Wang T,Han J,Luo W,Shi Y,Jiao W

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing urbanization, industrialization and over population is leading to the degradation of the environment. The main hazardous contents of the water pollution are heavy metals etc. Water bodies are the main targets for disposing the pollutants directly or indirectly. They are again at the receiving end as the sto...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dhote S,Dixit S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal concentration in soil was investigated at three sites with different topography (cut slope, flat and embankment) within the vicinity of Chengdu-Kunming railway in Sichuan, China. Surface soil was sampled at certain distances from the track at each site and was analyzed for Cu, Mn, Pb, Zn, Cd by atomic abso...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Liu H,Chen LP,Ai YW,Yang X,Yu YH,Zuo YB,Fu GY

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aforestation activities, silvicultural prescription, forest management decisions and land use planning are based on site information to develop appropriate actions for implementation. Forest site classification has been one of the major problems of Turkish forestry for long time. Both direct and indirect methods can b...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Günlü A,Başkent EZ,Kadioğullari AI,Altun L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban areas are facing increasing fog frequencies that may result due to increased air pollution emanating from variety of sources. The increased pollution levels may lead to the atmospheric reactions resulting into the formation of secondary pollutants that may also lead to increased aerosol number concentrations (AN...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mohan M,Payra S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed land cover (LC) changes in Kahramanmaraş (K.Maraş) and its environs by using multitemporal Landsat and ASTER imagery, respectively belong to 1989, 2000 and 2004. A priori defined nine land cover classes in the classification scheme were urban and built-up, forest, sparsely vegetated areas, grasslan...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Alphan H,Doygun H,Unlukaplan YI

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cancer risks (CR) by oral ingestion, dermal absorption, and inhalation exposure of trihalomethanes (THM) from tap water of ten districts in Fortaleza, Brazil were estimated. The mean levels of THM compounds were obtained in Fortaleza tap water as follow: 63.9 microg L(-1) for chloroform (CHCl(3)), 40.0 microg L(-1...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Viana RB,Cavalcante RM,Braga FM,Viana AB,de Araujo JC,Nascimento RF,Pimentel AS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven topsoil samples were collected under stable weather conditions from the northern and southern sides of Tehran-Karaj Highway, Iran. Samples were analyzed for heavy metal (Pb, V, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Cd, and Mn) contents and leaching characteristics. The results showed that all heavy metal contents except Cr, Mn...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Saeedi M,Hosseinzadeh M,Jamshidi A,Pajooheshfar SP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major objective of the investigation was to evaluate the road traffic noise and its likely impacts on the local community of Asansol city (West Bengal, India) by monitoring and modeling. The attitudinal response of local population due to existing vehicular noise is presented in the paper. Noise and Attitudinal Su...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Banerjee D,Chakraborty SK,Bhattacharyya S,Gangopadhyay A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a systematic process to evaluate state/tribal bioassessment programs to provide information about the rigor of the technical approach. This is accomplished via on-site interviews to produce an evaluation that assigns one of four levels of rigor as an outcome. Level 4 is the most rigorous and reflects a te...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yoder CO,Barbour MT

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoplankton and water quality long term trends are presented from a 20-year monitoring program of Chesapeake Bay and several of its major tributaries. Increasing phytoplankton biomass and abundance are ongoing within this estuarine complex, with diatoms the dominant component, along with chlorophytes and cyanobacter...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Marshall HG,Lane MF,Nesius KK,Burchardt L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the results of a measurement campaign aiming to assess cancer risk among two special groups of population: policemen and laboratory technicians exposed to the toxic substances, benzene and formaldehyde are presented. The exposure is compared to general population risk. The results show that polic...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Pilidis GA,Karakitsios SP,Kassomenos PA,Kazos EA,Stalikas CD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health risks generated by cyanobacterial toxins in drinking and recreational waters are clearly recognised. During the monitoring programme on the distribution of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria in various water bodies including reservoirs, ponds and rivers of Morocco, many toxigenic cyanobacteria bloom-forming species...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Oudra B,Dadi-El Andaloussi M,Vasconcelos VM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cu, Ni, Pb, Fe, Mn, Cr and Cd contents were determined in 17 different brands of chewing gum and candy samples available in local markets of Kayseri, Turkey. Concentration of selected trace metals were estimated using flame atomic absorption spectrometer after dry and wet digestion methods. Out of 17 brands of chewing...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Duran A,Tuzen M,Soylak M

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Recent studies in the Mondego River estuary demonstrated signs of pollution in the area, but the nature of the contamination remains unexplored. Because there seems to be any studies in that zone checking for the simultaneous presence of xenoestrogenic endocrine disrupting compounds, either of animal (estradiol and es...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ribeiro C,Pardal MA,Martinho F,Margalho R,Tiritan ME,Rocha E,Rocha MJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A resampling technique (bootstrapping) was used to evaluate the effects of increasing sample number on the confidence limits of mean density and the mean number of taxa (Families) in addition to the performance of four different sampling devices used to collect macroinvertebrates in three streams of contrasting anthro...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Chiasson A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of the monsoonal bloom of phytoplankton at Orissa Coast in the Bay of Bengal were studied through bimonthly observation from April 2001 to December 2002. Three photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll-a (Chl a), chlorophyll-b (Chl b) and carotenoid (Car) were analyzed by absorption spectroscopic method. The...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Mishra RK,Shaw BP,Sahu BK,Mishra S,Senga Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spores of Cladosporium spp. and Alternaria spp., commonly described as the most allergenic spores, were collected by means of Durham gravimetric sampler from the Sivrihisar (Eskisehir) atmosphere throughout 2005 to 2006. The weekly variations in spores/cm(2) of Cladosporium and Alternaria were recorded. During thi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Erkara IP,Ilhan S,Oner S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to determine effects of treated sewage sludge (TSS) levels as an organic matter (OM) resource on temporal variations of some soil properties of a Typic Xerofluvent soil. The experiment was conducted in Menemen Plain, in the Western Anatolia Region of Turkey (latitudes 38 degrees 34'48.22''-38 ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Delibacak S,Okur B,Ongun AR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an attempt has been made to work out water balance, determine rate of sedimentation and physico-chemical analysis of the lake water. The water balance is carried out using the mass balance equation to account for various input and output components. Sedimentation rates and pattern are estimated using (1...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Singh S,Kumar B,Thakural LN,Galkate R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flow and dispersion of stack-gas emitted from different elevated point source around flow obstacles in an urban environment have been investigated, using computational fluid dynamics models (CFD). The results were compared with the experimental results obtained from the diffusion wind tunnel under different condit...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yassin MF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was undertaken to examine the nature of particulate chalk dust settled on classroom floor during traditional teaching with dusting and non-dusting chalks on two types of boards viz. rough and smooth. Settling chalk particles were collected for 30 min during teaching in glass Petri plates placed in classrooms...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Majumdar D,William SP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stream water chemistry were analyzed across Vatinsky Egan River Catchment (West Siberia). The objective of the study is to reveal the spatial and seasonal variations of the water quality and to assess the anthropogenic chemical inputs into the river system. Stream chemistry were monitored in 24 sampling sites for a pe...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Moskovchenko DV,Babushkin AG,Artamonova GN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobility of metals in water, mine wastes, and stream sediments around the abandoned Alaşehir mercury mine was investigated to evaluate the environmental effects around the area. Mine waters are dominantly acidic with pH values of 2.55 in arid season and 2.70 in wet season and are sulfate rich. Acidity is caused mainly...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Gemici U

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor air quality (IAQ) has begun to surface as an important issue that affects the comfort and health of people; however, there is little research concerned about the IAQ monitoring of hotels up to now. Hotels are designed to provide comfortable spaces for guests. However, most complaints related to uncomfortable th...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kuo NW,Chiang HC,Chiang CM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

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：:Road-deposited sediment (RDS) is an important environmental medium that affects the characteristics of heavy metals in stormwater runoff. 62 RDS samples were collected from four different land use types (commercial, residential, intense traffic and riverside park) in the Zhenjiang city of China. The samples were analy...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhu W,Bian B,Li L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00