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Synthetic Musks in House Dust
House dust is a sink and repository for semi-volatile organic compounds and particle bound organic matter. Although data are available on the...
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Indoor Particles, Combustion Products and Fibres
Pollutants in an indoor environment are a complex mixture of gases, vapours and particles in either the liquid or the solid phase, suspended in the...
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Sensory Evaluation of Indoor Air Pollution Sources
The basic biological principles of the perception mechanisms for odour and irritants are fairly well understood. Much more uncertain is how these...
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The Role of Musk and Musk Compounds in the Fragrance Industry
An overview of the role of musk and musk compounds in the fragrance industry is given. Discovery and syntheses of representatives occurring naturally...
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DNA Repair: Mechanisms and Measurements
The early findings that significant amounts of modifications are induced to the cellular DNA both spontaneously and as a consequence of metabolism...
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Mitochondrial Free Radical Production, Antioxidant Defenses and Cell Signaling
Mitochondria were classically recognized as the organelles that produce the energy required to drive the endergonic processes of cell life, but now...
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Protein Repair and Degradation
Protein oxidation is one of the important processes taking place during oxidative stress. Numerous amino acids can be modified within proteins...
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Superoxide Dismutases and Catalase
Superoxide dismutases (SODs) and catalase represent the primary enzymatic defense against reactive oxygen species. Both enzymes are present in...
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Estuary of the Danube
The Danube is the second largest major European river, with a huge estuary located in two countries: Ukraine and Romania. The Danube watershed...
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The Mackenzie Estuary of the Arctic Ocean
The Mackenzie Estuary is a seasonally ice covered, deltaic estuary. It receives over 300 km3 of freshwater and 125 × 106 t of sediment annually...
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Biodiversity
Modern autochthonous Caspian fauna evolved from a few marine species over 1.8 million years in conditions of splendid isolation, existing...
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Environmental Quality of the Po River Delta
The Po River collects the discharges of the most populated and industrialized area of Northern Italy and enters the Adriatic Sea with a mean flow...
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Evaluation of Antifouling Booster Biocides in Marine Water and Sediments Based on Mass Spectrometric Techniques
This chapter outlines the stages involved in chemical analysis of antifouling booster biocides, reviews the sample preparation strategies and the...
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The Nile Estuary
The River Nile, the most famous river of the ancient world, is the dominant geographic feature of northeastern Africa and the longest river on...
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Biogeochemistry and Chemical Contamination in the St. Lawrence Estuary
The many contrasting environments one finds in the St. Lawrence estuary make it attractive for the study of estuarine biogeochemical processes....
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Photochemical Fate of Organic Booster Biocides in the Aquatic Environment
Considering the relevance and importance of photochemical processes in the environmental fate and behavior of organic micropollutants, the present...
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Sea Surface Temperature Variability
A weekly mean Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) data set was used to study seasonal and interannual variability of SSTs averaged over...
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Emission Estimation and Chemical Fate Modelling of Antifoulants
Triggered by the debates around entry of force of the antifouling convention of the International Maritime Organization and the upcoming ban of...
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General Aspects of Natural Products Antifoulants in the Environment
Many marine lives prevent the surface of their bodies with antifouling substances without causing serious environmental problems. Some terrestrial...
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Musk Fragrances and Environmental Fate Models – HHCB as an Example for Model Refinements
The theory of environmental fate and distribution models is briefly introduced. Afterwards, by means of the models laid down in the European Union...