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：:We examined how length of fish is related to mercury concentrations in muscle tissue of seven species of fish from Lake Meredith, Texas and determined how sex and growth rate are related to mercury concentration in walleye (Sander vitreus). Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), walleye and white bass (Morone chrysop...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： McClain WC,Chumchal MM,Drenner RW,Newland LW

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquatic ecosystems around the world, lake, estuaries and coastal areas are increasingly impacted by anthropogenic pollutants through different sources such as agricultural, industrial and urban discharges, atmospheric deposition and terrestrial drainage. Lake Victoria is the second largest lake in the world and the la...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Focardi S,Corsi I,Mazzuoli S,Vignoli L,Loiselle SA,Focardi S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the membrane filtration technique to count total coliform (TC), fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococci (FS), the microbiological water quality of the Mfoundi River and four of its representative tributaries at Yaoundé, Cameroon, was assessed for human use and contact. Sampling was conducted so as to examine ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Djuikom E,Njine T,Nola M,Sikati V,Jugnia LB

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspended particulate matter (SPM), sediments and clams were collected at three sites in Jiaozhou Bay to assess the magnitude of trace metal pollution in the area. Metal concentrations in SPM (Cu: 40.11-203; Zn: 118-447; Pb: 50.1-132; Cd: 0.55-4.39; Cr: 147.6-288; Mn: 762-1670 microg/g), sediments (Cu: 17.64-34.26; Zn...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Li Y,Yu Z,Song X,Mu Q

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A forest health assessment was performed in stands dominated by bur oak and trembling aspen to study the potential effects of airborne emissions from a 132 MW coal-fired station. Forty-two stands were sampled within a 16-km radius of the station for both foliar stress symptoms and trace element toxicology. The concent...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Boone R,Westwood R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate extensively the characterization and identification of major pollutant parameters by paying attention to the organic chemical pollution for unregulated dumping site leachate in Eskişehir/Turkey. The study that is first and only one research has been very important data related with...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Banar M,Ozkan A,Kürkçüoğlu M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes sampling results from NOAA's National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program for marine environmental quality in Delaware Bay. A stratified-random design was used to determine the spatial extent of sediment contamination and toxicity in Delaware Bay from offshore stations in the coastal zone, the lower...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hartwell SI,Hameedi MJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general principles of scale and coarse and fine filters have been widely accepted, but management agencies and industry are still grappling with the question of what to monitor to detect changes in forest biodiversity following forest management. Part of this problem can be attributed to the lack of focused questi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Thompson ID

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water quality survey was undertaken to study the current status of water quality of some lentic habitats of Dharwad, Haveri and Uttar Kannada districts, to provide a baseline data, comprising study of their main physical and chemical characteristics and also to evaluate the recent limnological changes those have occur...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Kudari VA,Kadadevaru GG,Kanamadi RD

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectral reflectance values of four canopy components (stems, buds, opening flowers, and postflowers of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)) were measured to describe their spectral characteristics. We then physically combined these canopy components to simulate the flowering stage indicated by accumulated flo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Ge S,Everitt J,Carruthers R,Gong P,Anderson G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a biodiversity monitoring program conducted in the Ogawa Forest Reserve and its vicinity, situated in a cool temperate region of Japan, identified three different patterns for species richness. Forests of the region are characterized by a mosaic of secondary deciduous stands of various ages scattered am...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Makino S,Goto H,Inoue T,Sueyoshi M,Okabe K,Hasegawa M,Hamaguchi K,Ctanaka H,Okochi I

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the application of on-line nonlinear monitoring of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Three-way batch data of SBR are unfolded batch-wisely, and then a adaptive and nonlinear multivariate monitoring method is used to capture the nonlinear characteristics of normal batches. The approach is success...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yoo CK,Lee IB,Vanrolleghem PA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution has become a growing problem in megacities and large urban areas through out the globe, and transportation is recognized as the major source of air pollution in many cities, especially in developing countries. Contribution of automobiles is reported in the range of 40 to 80% of the total air pollution. T...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Goyal SK,Ghatge SV,Nema P,M Tamhane S

更新日期：2006-08-01 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

abstract：:The structure and function of the coastal wetland ecosystem in the southern Laizhou Bay have been changed greatly and influenced by regional hydrological changes. The coastal wetlands have degraded significantly during the latest 30 years due to successive drought, decreasing of runoff, pollution, underground saline w...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhang X,Zhang Y,Sun H,Xia D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use data from a survey of several hundred lakes in the northeastern United States by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to illustrate an approach to identifying promising indicators of lake condition. We construct a hypothetical gold standard of water quality from the first principal component of 16 chemical ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Murtaugh PA,Pooler PS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal's suitability as a biomonitor of environmental change can be determined by biological, reproductive and ecological characteristics determined at the class, order and species level. The animal's habitat where the research is to be performed and the form, function and structure of the environmental change bein...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hollamby S,Afema-Azikuru J,Waigo S,Cameron K,Gandolf AR,Norris A,Sikarskie JG

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examined the factors that might influence participating farmers' willingness-to-pay for the Tree Farming Fund (TFF) established for sustainable development of participatory forest management (PFM). Information on willingness-to-pay, socioeconomic characteristics, and attitudes of participating farmers towar...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Salam MA,Noguchi T,Alim MA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapidly developing Asian countries may face threatening environmental contamination, that however remains largely unassessed. We studied persistent trace elements in three wetlands, Poyang Lake, relatively unpolluted, and Tai Lake, and Pearl River Delta, selected as hotspots of pollution in Central China. We adopt...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zhang Y,Ruan L,Fasola M,Boncompagni E,Dong Y,Dai N,Gandini C,Orvini E,Ruiz X

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased awareness of traffic as a major diffuse metal emission source emphasizes the need for more detailed information on the various traffic-related sources and how and where the metals are dispersed. In this study, metal emission patterns in the road traffic environment were examined from the perspective of d...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hjortenkrans D,Bergbäck B,Häggerud A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period between 1999 and 2000 epiphytic bryophytes were taken as bioindicators for air pollution by use of the IAP method (Index of Atmospheric Purity) and the VDI method within the Association of Engineers standards list (adapted from guideline 3799, 1995) in the heavy industrialized town of Linz, Austria. 52 s...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Zechmeister HG,Hohenwallner D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the Danish NEAREX project the origin and variability of anthropogenic atmospheric CO(2) over the Northeast Atlantic Region (NEAR) has been studied. The project consisted of a combination of experimental and modelling activities. Local volunteers operated CO(2) sampling stations, built at University of Copen...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Geels C,Christensen JH,Hansen AW,Heinemeier J,Kiilsholm S,Larsen NW,Larsen SE,Pedersen T,Sørensen LL,Brandt J,Frohn LM,Djurhuus S

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:The aim of this study was to monitor long-term temporal and spatial groundwater NO(3) (-) removal efficiencies in different riparian zones via a limited number of sampling wells. Groundwater NO(3) (-) concentrations were measured fortnightly or monthly over a period of two years using transects of ground water samplin...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Dhondt K,Boeckx P,Verhoest NE,Hofman G,Van Cleemput O

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 30 laboratories routinely monitor water along southern California's beaches for bacterial indicators of fecal contamination. Data from these efforts frequently are combined and compared even though three different methods (membrane filtration (MF), multiple tube fermentation (MTF), and chromogenic substrate ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Griffith JF,Aumand LA,Lee IM,McGee CD,Othman LL,Ritter KJ,Walker KO,Weisberg SB

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists strive to develop efficient sampling protocols, reducing both the number of samples and processing time required, which can be adapted for use in a broad range of ecosystems. We investigated the accuracy and usefulness of artificial substrates in monitoring the impact of rising salinity on freshwater macroi...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Piscart C,Moreteau JC,Beisel JN

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A portion of Arizona's San Pedro River is managed as a National Riparian Conservation Area but is potentially affected by ground-water withdrawals beyond the conservation area borders. We applied an assessment model to the Conservation Area as a basis for monitoring long-term changes in riparian ecosystem condition re...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Stromberg JC,Lite SJ,Rychener TJ,Levick LR,Dixon MD,Watts JM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used multiple linear regression analysis to investigate relationships between late-summer epilimnion thickness, transparency, lake area, acidity and summer weather conditions in a large ($n = 116$) multi-year data set for 9 small Boreal Shield lakes. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was the best individual predictor ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Keller WB,Heneberry J,Leduc J,Gunn J,Yan N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the importance of landscape and land cover to the implementation and performance of agricultural conservation projects designed to improve stream quality. In our study, we addressed the potential importance of landscape and land cover to conservation projects by measuring variation across 191 mu-...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Yates AG,Bailey RC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the multiscale (sites, river reaches and rivers) and short-term temporal (monthly) variability in a freshwater fish assemblage. We found that small-scale spatial variation and short-term temporal variability significantly influenced fish community structure in the Macquarie and Namoi Rivers. However, larger...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Growns I,Astles K,Gehrke P

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1972, the Parties (United States and Canada, 1987) to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement have been working collaboratively to achieve the purpose of the Agreement "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem". Billions of dollars a...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Shear H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of restoring environmental health and qualities to Hamilton Harbour Great Lakes Area of Concern, an embayment at the western end of Lake Ontario, is considered to be achievable by the year 2015. Restoring Hamilton Harbour is a dynamic process that relies heavily on research and monitoring to direct remediatio...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Hall JD,O'Connor K,Ranieri J

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:Assessment method for ecological condition of Xiangxi River system was studied by using 13 candidate metrics of epilithic diatom which can reflect conditions in pH, salinity, nitrogen uptake metabolism, oxygen requirements, saprobity, trophic state, morphological character and pollution tolerant capability etc. By one...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Tang T,Cai Q,Liu J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denmark has a long tradition of monitoring the aquatic environment. Previous monitoring has mainly focused on loss of nutrients and subsequent impacts on the biological structure in lakes and coastal areas. However, as part of the third Action Plan for the Aquatic Environment more emphasis has been put on stream ecolo...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Friberg N,Baattrup-Pedersen A,Pedersen ML,Skriver J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal pathogens, browsing mammals, birds, insects, nutrient deficiencies, drought, frost and waterlogging are all damaging agents to plantation species. The subsequent loss in leaf tissue or reduced photosynthetic potential can reduce growth and potentially lead to tree death. The Crown Damage Index (CDI) was develop...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Smith AH,Pinkard EA,Stone C,Battaglia M,Mohammed CL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two boat-based and one in-water sampling method have been used to collect submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) as part of a long-term monitoring program in Lake Okeechobee, Florida, USA. The boat-based methods consisted of collecting SAV with a ponar dredge, used only to collect Chara, and an oyster tongs-like rake appa...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Rodusky AJ,Sharfstein B,East TL,Maki RP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molasses-based distilleries generate large quantities of effluent, which is used for irrigation in many countries including India. The effluent is rich in organic and inorganic ions, which may leach down and pollute the groundwater. An on-farm experiment was conducted to assess the impact of long-term irrigation with ...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Jain N,Bhatia A,Kaushik R,Kumar S,Joshi HC,Pathak H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution in the workplace environment due to industrial operation have been found to cause serious occupational health hazard. Similarly, heat stress is still most neglected occupational hazard in the tropical and subtropical countries like India. The hot climate augments the heat exposure close to sources like f...

journal_title：Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors： Bhanarkar AD,Srivastava A,Joseph AE,Kumar R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00