Environmental and Agricultural Research Summaries. Volume 8

471 Pages·2014·2.424 MB·English

by  Lucille T. Cacioppo

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CONTENTS

Preface xxv
Chapter 1 Persistent Pollutants Monitoring in a South Atlantic Coastal
Environment: Case Study: The Bahía Blanca Estuary 1
Andrés H. Arias, Melisa D. Fernandez-Severini,
Federico Delucchi, Rubén H. Freije
and Jorge E. Marcovecchio
Chapter 2 Contamination and Impact of Organotin Compounds
on the Brazilian Coast 3
Dayana Moscardi dos Santos, Bruno Sampaio Sant’Anna,
Ana Flávia Locateli Godoi, Alexander Turra
and Mary Rosa Rodrigues de Marchi
Chapter 3 Environmental Noise Pollution, Modeling and Health Effects 5
Sheetal Agarwal and B. L. Swami
Chapter 4 Use of Water Quality Models for Adaptive Monitoring
and Management of Aquatic Systems During Periods
of Rapid Environmental Change 7
L. M. Mosley and M. R. Hipsey
Chapter 5 Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Analyses in Tree Rings
to Detect Pollution Effects in the Years 9
Manuela Capano and Simona Altieri
Chapter 6 7, 8-Dihydro-8-Oxoguanine, as a Bio-Monitoring Indicator
for Pollutants 11
Takeshi Hirano and Kazuyoshi Tamae
Chapter 7 The Origin and Intensity of Heavy Metal Contamination
in Lakes of the Jura Region of France: A Case Study
of Saint-Point Lake 13
Rachid Nedjai, Jean-Pierre Mettetal
and Messaoud-Nacer Nasreddine
vi Contents
Chapter 8 Freshwater Pollution and Biological Water Quality Monitoring:
The Increasing Problem of Invasive Species and Accurate
Ecological Assessment 15
Calum MacNeil
Chapter 9 Experimental Evaluation of Phosphorus Export Due
to Agricultural and Forestry Land Use in Lake Vico
Basin (Central Italy) 17
F. Recanatesi, M. N. Ripa and A. Leone
Chapter 10 Are Microbial Enzyme Activities Sensitive Indicators
of the Trophic State of Marine Ecosystems? 19
Gabriella Caruso, Franco Decembrini, Rosalba Caruso,
Giuseppe Zappalà, Alessandro Bergamasco
and Marcella Leonardi
Chapter 11 Environment, Pollution and Child Health: Overview
and Report from Thailand 21
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Chapter 12 Pollution in Buddhist Temple: An Experience on Monitoring Study 23
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Chapter 13 Building a Spatio-Temporal Environmental Quality Index:
The Case of Madrid 25
C. Chasco
Chapter 14 Water Quality Monitoring of Yellow Jacket River,
Mazowe, Zimbabwe: A Review 27
G. Nyamadzawo, F. Mapanda, M. Wuta,
J. Nyamangara, P. Nyamugafata and Z. Jiri
Chapter 15 Pond Usage by Anuran Amphibians 29
Mattias Hagman
Chapter 16 Recreational and Commercial Ponds in the Southeastern
United States: Factors Influencing Nutrients
and Fish Production 31
Andrew W. McDonnell, Tyler J. Stubbs
and Robert Kröger
Chapter 17 Optimum Size of Non-Convective Zone of Salt Gradient
Solar Pond 33
Mujahid Husain and Sanjoy Kumar Samdarshi
Chapter 18 A Dynamic Perspective of Shallow Lakes of Arid Patagonia
as Habitat for Waterbirds 35
Julio L. Lancelotti, Miguel A. Pascual
and Antonio Gagliardini
Contents vii
Chapter 19 Phytoplankton From Subtropical Ponds: Growth Parameters,
Carbohydrate Production, and Polysaccharide Composition
of Three Chlorophytes 37
Lucas da Silva Maria, Armando Augusto Henriques Vieira
and Danilo Giroldo
Chapter 20 Lakes Beyond the Earth: Dry Lakebeds on Mars,
and Active Methane-Ethane Lakes on Titan 39
Akos Kereszturi
Chapter 21 Zooplankton Assemblages in Southern Chilean Ponds:
Potential Role of Trophic Status and Natural Ultraviolet
Radiation Exposure 41
Patricio De los Ríos, Luciano Parra and Patricio Acevedo
Chapter 22 Laboratory Studies on Behavior of Boundaries between Gradient
Zone and Convective Zones in a Salinity Gradient Solar Pond 43
Choubani Karim
Chapter 23 Various Ponds Alive 45
Kuang-ming Wu
Chapter 24 The Influence of Fertilization on Duck Breeding in Extensively
Managed Fishponds of the Brenne, Central France 47
Joël Broyer And Laurence Curtet
Chapter 25 Precipitation of Anions: Chemistry, Prediction,
and Environmental Applications 49
Warmadewanthi, H. M. Citraningrum and J. C. Liu
Chapter 26 Inter-Decadal Trend Turnings of Climate Modes
and Dynamic/Thermodynamic Structures Associated
with a Series of Winter Precipitation Events over
China in January 2008 51
Xiaohui Shi, Xiangde Xu and Chungu Lu
Chapter 27 Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Daily Precipitation
for Weather Generation 53
W. W. Ng, U. S. Panu and T. Sharma
Chapter 28 Preparation Methods and Investigation of Properties
of Mg−Al Layered Double Hydroxides 55
Tomohito Kameda and Toshiaki Yoshioka
Chapter 29 Main Water-Soluble Ions in Precipitation of the Central
Mediterranean Region 57
Dragana S. Đorđević, Pavle Đurašković, Ivana Tošić,
Miroslava Unkašević and Ljubiša Ignjatović
Chapter 30 Coping with Daily Precipitation Errors of Regional Climate Models 59
Matthias Jakob Themeßl, Martin Suklitsch and Andreas Gobiet
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Chapter 31 Natural and Man-Made Radionuclides in Soil as Sources
of Radiation Exposure 61
Snežana D. Dragović, Ljiljana J. Janković-Mandić,
Ranko M. Dragović and Milan M. Đorđević
Chapter 32 Radiation Exposure and Protection in Conventional Pediatric
Radiology of Thorax 63
Vera Garaj-Vrhovac, Goran Gajski, Đurđica Milković,
Mária Ranogajec-Komor, Saveta Miljanić, Natko Beck
,
Željka Knežević and Marko Gerić
Chapter 33 Hemopoiesis in Residents of the Techa Riverside Villages
after Long-Term Low-Dose Rate Radiation Exposure 65
Alexander Akleyev, Tatyana Varfolomeyeva,
Ludmila Krestinina, and Georgiy Dimov
Chapter 34 The Current State of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Eastern
Ural Radioactive Trace 67
V. N. Pozolotina, I. V. Molchanova, L. N. Mikhaylovskaya,
E. V. Antonova and E. N. Karavaeva
Chapter 35 Radiation Exposure in Pregnancy: Appropriateness,
Risks, Dose Reduction Strategies 69
Mahesh K. Shetty
Chapter 36 Pharmaceuticals Photochemical Reactions 71
Cecilia M. Peralta and Liliana P. Fernández
Chapter 37 Ultraviolet Exposure Measurements on a Coral Reef
by Application of Polyphenylene Oxide Film Dosimeters 73
Nathan J. Downs, Peter W. Schouten and Alfio V. Parisi
Chapter 38 Radiation Exposures in Medical Imaging 75
Márcio Sommer Bittencourt and Henrique Lane Staniak
Chapter 39 How to Use UV Radiation to Monitor the Photostability
of Pharmaceutical Products 77
Clayton Anderson de Azevedo Filho,
Daniel de Filgueiras Gomes
and Beate Saegesser Santos
Chapter 40 Coping with Rainfall Variability in Northern Tanzania 79
Sara Trærup
Chapter 41 Rainfall Variability and Changes in Bangladesh
during the Last Fifty Years 81
Shamsuddin Shahid
Chapter 42 Non-Parametric Methods for Forecasting Time Series
from Cumulative Monthly Rainfall 83
Julián Pucheta, C. Rodríguez Rivero, Martín Herrera,
Carlos Salas, Víctor Sauchelli and H. Daniel Patiño