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Organochlorine residues in blood of cinereous vultures and Eurasian griffon vultures in a northeastern Mediterranean area of nature conservation
In the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest (Dadia NP, Greece), seven “target” PCBs and 16 organochlorine pesticides (OCs) were analysed in...
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ANFIS-based modelling for coagulant dosage in drinking water treatment plant: a case study
Coagulation is the most important stage in drinking water treatment processes for the maintenance of acceptable treated water quality and economic...
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The rational use of the White Sea biological resources and production potential
This article is based on a paper heard at a meeting of the RAS Presidium. The state of the biological resources of the White Sea is characterized,...
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Measurement instability and temporal bias in chemical soil monitoring: sources and control measures
Concern that human impacts on the environment may be harmful to natural resources such as soils as well as to living conditions is the major...
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New land-based method for surveying sandy shores and extracting DEMs: the INSHORE system
The INSHORE system (INtegrated System for High Operational REsolution in shore monitoring) is a land-base survey system designed and developed for...
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Evaluating the power of surface attendance counts to detect long-term trends in populations of crevice-nesting auklets
Power analyses are essential when develo** a long-term monitoring program for a target species whose observation is logistically challenging and...
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Spatial distributions and eco-partitioning of soil biogeochemical properties in the Everglades National Park
Large-scale ecosystem restoration efforts, such as those in the Florida Everglades, can be long-term and resource intensive. To gauge success,...
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Contaminant Source Location Identification in River Networks Using Water Quality Monitoring Systems for Exposure Analysis
Improving real-time monitoring technologies introduces new tasks to the data analyst such as rapid identification of contamination source locations...
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Comparison of exhaled carbon monoxide levels among commuters and roadside vendors in an urban and a suburban population in Pakistan
Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the six criteria air pollutants related to urbanization and has a wide range of health effects. The study measured and...
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Long-term changes of heavy metal and sulphur concentrations in ecosystems of the Taymyr Peninsula (Russian Federation) North of the Norilsk Industrial Complex
The Norilsk industrial ore smelting complex (Taymyr Peninsula, Russian Federation) has significantly impacted many components of local terrestrial...
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Landscape changes of desertification in arid areas: the case of south-west Algeria
This study aims to monitor the arid Algerian High Plateaus, a key region for pastoral activities which has suffered harsh and widespread degradation...
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Bark regeneration and tannin content in Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão after simulation of extractive damages—implications to management
Due to the current exploitation and consequent extinction of native medicinal plants around the world, new strategies have been proposed to address...
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Identification of microcystins contamination in surface water samples from the Three Gorges Reservoir, China
Physicochemical and biological parameters related to water quality and microcystins (MCs) contamination in aquatic environment of the Three Gorges...
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Assessment of the sources of suspended particulate matter aerosol using US EPA PMF 3.0
The main purpose of this paper was to carry out a source apportionment of suspended particulate matter (SPM) samples using positive matrix...
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Natural factors and mining activity bearings on the water quality of the Choapa basin, North Central Chile: insights on the role of mafic volcanic rocks in the buffering of the acid drainage process
This contribution analyzes water chemical data for the Choapa basin, North Central Chile, for the period 1980–2004. The parameters considered are As,...
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Validation of plant based bioassays for the toxicity testing of Indian waters
Plant-based bioassays have recently gained remarkable popularity among the toxicological/eco-toxicological assessment procedures. The reasons for...
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Assessment of water quality of Rawal Lake by long-time monitoring
Water quality of rivers, natural lakes, and reservoirs in develo** countries is being degraded because of the contaminated inflows. There is a...
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A uniform fish consumption advisory protocol for the Ohio River
ORSANCO and the six Ohio River main stem states have been working to align states’ fish consumption advisories (FCAs) to enhance the value of advice...
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CORINE land cover and floristic variation in a Mediterranean wetland
The aims of the present study were to: (1) investigate whether CORINE land cover classes reflect significant differences in floristic composition,...
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Use of fish functional traits to associate in-stream suspended sediment transport metrics with biological impairment
Loss of ecological integrity due to excessive suspended sediment in rivers and streams is a major cause of water quality impairment in the USA....