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Pesticides in the Great Lakes
Pesticides have been widely and heavily used in agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin (approximately 93000 tons were used in 1995 alone). Herbicides...
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Brominated Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes
Brominated flame retardants in the Great Lakes have not been as well studied as many of the polychlorinated pollutants, especially PCBs, but in the...
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Great Lakes
This chapter reviews the scientific understanding of the concentrations, trends, and cycling of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Great...
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Great Lakes
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are produced during the incomplete combustion of organic material. They can also be produced through...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes: An Overview
This chapter presents background information on the Great Lakes and summarizes the content of each chapter of this book.
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Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in the Great Lakes
This review examines the sources and occurrence of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the Great Lakes environment and summarizes current...
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Perfluorinated Compounds in the Great Lakes
Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAs) are released to the environment via their manufacturing processes, their use in commercial products, or indirectly via...
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Toxaphene in the Great Lakes
Toxaphene is a major persistent organic contaminant in air, water and fish in the Great Lakes. The story of toxaphene in the Great Lakes, like that...
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Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans in the Great Lakes
The history of “dioxin”, PCDD/F, contamination in the Great Lakes is reviewed. Occurrence, geographical distribution, and temporal trends in air,...
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Study of hydrodynamic cavitation applied for the selective removal of Escherichia coli and Daphnia sp. present in the cultivation of microalgae in agro-industrial wastewater
The presence of undesirable microorganisms in wastewater, considered a low-cost medium, can affect the production of biomass as they take nutrients...
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Effect of zeolite and irrigation treatments on grapevine leaves, an interdisciplinary approach
AimsGlobal warming depicts a real challenge for viticulture. As found by PubMed results, a 90% increase in the abiotic stress publications number...
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Spatiotemporal distribution and density of a falconid at an airport offer insights into management plans
Airports can be attractive places for fauna to find food resources, especially for large birds, which can cause severe collisions with aircraft. At...
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Long-term biotic homogenization in the East African Rift System over the last 6 million years of hominin evolution
Eastern Africa preserves the most complete record of human evolution anywhere in the world but we have little knowledge of how long-term...
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Naturalized alien flora of Uzbekistan: species richness, origin and habitats
This is the first study providing an up-to-date account of the alien flora in Uzbekistan and analyzing the relationship between the invasion status...
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Transcriptome analysis of the degradation process of organic nitrogen by two heterotrophic nitrifying and aerobic denitrifying bacteria
The heterotrophic nitrification aerobic denitrification bacteria (HNDS) can perform nitrification and denitrification at the same time. Two HNDS...
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Aquatic deoxygenation as a planetary boundary and key regulator of Earth system stability
Planetary boundaries represent thresholds in major Earth system processes that are sensitive to human activity and control global-scale habitability...
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Screening microalgae strains for fish feed of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and their zootechnical performance
Fishmeal, the main protein source in fish feed, may become unsustainable due to economic and environmental issues in the fishing industry. In this...
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Combining habitat suitability with simulated movements for the predictive modelling of beaver distribution in Flanders
In Flanders, beavers have reappeared since 2000 and their numbers have expanded rapidly over the last decade, challenging impact management. To help...
