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Principles and Topical Applications of 19F NMR Spectrometry
Fluorine occurs naturally in only a few organic compounds. In the chemical industry fluorine is a substituent of choice used to modify synthetic...
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A Brief Review of Chemical and Biological Continuous Monitoring of Rivers in Europe and Asia
The continuous chemical and biological monitoring in Europe dates back to the sixties and seventies. After three decades of development there are a...
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The Management of Dutch Elm Disease
Dutch elm disease (DED) has been a major environmental catastrophe in North America. Its management has been a saga highlighted more by failure than...
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Absence of overall feedback in a benthic estuarine community: A system potentially buffered from impacts of biological invasions
Species introductions are among the most dramatic human-induced impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems around the world. Stability patterns of...
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Physiological Responses: Their Measurement and Use as Environmental Biomarkers in Ecotoxicology
This paper briefly reviews the utility of physiological measurements as biomarkers of pollutant exposure and biological effect, and then gives a step...
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Solid Phase Cadmium and the Reactions of Aqueous Cadmium with Soil Surfaces
In most soils, more than 99% of the Cd content is associated with the solid phase and less than 1% is found in the soil solution, as illustrated in...
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Ecological Problems of the Katowice Administrative District
The Katowice Administrative District (KAD), with its Upper Silesia Industrial Region (USIR), is the oldest and largest industrial region in Poland....
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Analysis of the Ecological Risks Associated with Genetically Engineered Marine Microorganisms
Research is proceeding throughout the world to develop genetically engineered marine microorganisms (GEMMs) for a wide variety of environmental and...
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Risk Assessment for Uncontained Applications of Genetically Engineered Organisms
By applying the tools of modern molecular biology it is possible to produce genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) tailored to particular uses....
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Bioreporters and Biosensors for Environmental Analysis
The study of microbial ecology is necessary for a full understanding of the natural world. Microorganisms affect every aspect of life, from global...
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Land pollution
Polluted land may be defined as land within or upon which substances are present at concentrations that may cause harm to the health of humans or any...
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Effects of vibration frequency and postural changes on human responses to seated whole-body vibration exposure
The present investigation evaluated the effects of changes in pelvic orientation and vibration frequency on the seated human’s response to...
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Exploration, mining and mineral processing
Mining is of economic importance to many countries in the Australasia-Pacific region because in addition to providing export income, it is also the...
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Automated Techniques for the Monitoring of Water Quality
Techniques for the automated monitoring of water quality during the treatment of potable and waste water are reviewed with a brief description of the...
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Manipulation of rhizobia microflora for improving legume productivity and soil fertility: A critical assessment
Inputs of biologically fixed nitrogen derived from the symbiotic relationship between legumes and their root-nodule bacteria into terrestrial...
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Functional properties of a microcosm of the freshwater benthic zone and the effects of 2,4-dichlorophenol
A sediment-water microcosm system was evaluated that was designed to address some ecosystem functions selected a priori for their significance to...