Environmental and Agricultural Research Summaries. Volume 8

Table of Contents: 
Preface 
Persistent Pollutants Monitoring in a South Atlantic Coastal Environment: Case Study: The Bahía Blanca Estuary 
(Andrés H. Arias, Melisa D. Fernandez-Severini, Federico Delucchi, Rubén H. Freije and Jorge E. Marcovecchio) 

Contamination and Impact of Organotin Compounds on the Brazilian Coast 
(Dayana Moscardi dos Santos, Bruno Sampaio Sant’Anna, Ana Flávia Locateli Godoi, Alexander Turra and Mary Rosa Rodrigues de Marchi) 

Environmental Noise Pollution, Modeling and Health Effects 
(Sheetal Agarwal and B. L. Swami) 

Use of Water Quality Models for Adaptive Monitoring and Management of Aquatic Systems During Periods of Rapid Environmental Change 
(L. M. Mosley and M. R. Hipsey) 

Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Analyses in Tree Rings to Detect Pollution Effects in the Years 
(Manuela Capano and Simona Altieri) 

7, 8-Dihydro-8-Oxoguanine, as a Bio-Monitoring Indicator for Pollutants 
(Takeshi Hirano and Kazuyoshi Tamae) 

The Origin and Intensity of Heavy Metal Contamination in Lakes of the Jura Region of France: A Case Study of Saint-Point Lake 
(Rachid Nedjai, Jean-Pierre Mettetal and Messaoud-Nacer Nasreddine) 


Freshwater Pollution and Biological Water Quality Monitoring: The Increasing Problem of Invasive Species and Accurate Ecological Assessment 
(Calum MacNeil) 

Experimental Evaluation of Phosphorus Export Due to Agricultural and Forestry Land Use in Lake Vico 
Basin (Central Italy) 
(F. Recanatesi, M. N. Ripa and A. Leone) 

Are Microbial Enzyme Activities Sensitive Indicators of the Trophic State of Marine Ecosystems? 
(Gabriella Caruso, Franco Decembrini, Rosalba Caruso, Giuseppe Zappalà, Alessandro Bergamasco and Marcella Leonardi) 

Environment, Pollution and Child Health: Overview and Report from Thailand 
(Viroj Wiwanitkit) 

Pollution in Buddhist Temple: An Experience on Monitoring Study 
(Viroj Wiwanitkit) 

Building a Spatio-Temporal Environmental Quality Index: The Case of Madrid 
(C. Chasco) 

Water Quality Monitoring of Yellow Jacket River, Mazowe, Zimbabwe: A Review 
(G. Nyamadzawo, F. Mapanda, M. Wuta, J. Nyamangara, P. Nyamugafata and Z. Jiri) 

Pond Usage by Anuran Amphibians 
(Mattias Hagman) 

Recreational and Commercial Ponds in the Southeastern United States: Factors Influencing Nutrients and Fish Production 
(Andrew W. McDonnell, Tyler J. Stubbs and Robert Kröger) 

Optimum Size of Non-Convective Zone of Salt Gradient Solar Pond 
(Mujahid Husain and Sanjoy Kumar Samdarshi) 

A Dynamic Perspective of Shallow Lakes of Arid Patagonia as Habitat for Waterbirds 
(Julio L. Lancelotti, Miguel A. Pascual and Antonio Gagliardini) 

Phytoplankton From Subtropical Ponds: Growth Parameters, Carbohydrate Production, and Polysaccharide Composition of Three Chlorophytes 
(Lucas da Silva Maria, Armando Augusto Henriques Vieira and Danilo Giroldo) 

Lakes Beyond the Earth: Dry Lakebeds on Mars, and Active Methane-Ethane Lakes on Titan 
(Akos Kereszturi) 

Zooplankton Assemblages in Southern Chilean Ponds: Potential Role of Trophic Status and Natural Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure 
(Patricio De los Ríos, Luciano Parra and Patricio Acevedo) 

Laboratory Studies on Behavior of Boundaries between Gradient Zone and Convective Zones in a Salinity Gradient Solar Pond 
(Choubani Karim) 

Various Ponds Alive 
(Kuang-ming Wu) 

The Influence of Fertilization on Duck Breeding in Extensively Managed Fishponds of the Brenne, Central France 
(Joël Broyer And Laurence Curtet) 

Precipitation of Anions: Chemistry, Prediction,and Environmental Applications 
(Warmadewanthi, H. M. Citraningrum and J. C. Liu) 

Inter-Decadal Trend Turnings of Climate Modes and Dynamic/Thermodynamic Structures Associated 
with a Series of Winter Precipitation Events over China in January 2008 
(Xiaohui Shi, Xiangde Xu and Chungu Lu) 

Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Daily Precipitation for Weather Generation 
(W. W. Ng, U. S. Panu and T. Sharma) 

Preparation Methods and Investigation of Properties of Mg−Al Layered Double Hydroxides 
(Tomohito Kameda and Toshiaki Yoshioka) 

Main Water-Soluble Ions in Precipitation of the Central Mediterranean Region 
(Dragana S. Đorđević, Pavle Đurašković, Ivana Tošić, Miroslava Unkašević and Ljubiša Ignjatović) 

Coping with Daily Precipitation Errors of Regional Climate Models 
(Matthias Jakob Themeßl, Martin Suklitsch and Andreas Gobiet) 

Natural and Man-Made Radionuclides in Soil as Sources of Radiation Exposure 
(Snežana D. Dragović, Ljiljana J. Janković-Mandić, Ranko M. Dragović and Milan M. Đorđević) 

Radiation Exposure and Protection in Conventional Pediatric Radiology of Thorax 
(Vera Garaj-Vrhovac, Goran Gajski, Đurđica Milković, Mária Ranogajec-Komor, Saveta Miljanić, Natko Beck, Željka Knežević and Marko Gerić) 

Hemopoiesis in Residents of the Techa Riverside Villages after Long-Term Low-Dose Rate Radiation Exposure 
(Alexander Akleyev, Tatyana Varfolomeyeva, Ludmila Krestinina, and Georgiy Dimov) 

The Current State of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Eastern Ural Radioactive Trace 
(V. N. Pozolotina, I. V. Molchanova, L. N. Mikhaylovskaya, E. V. Antonova and E. N. Karavaeva) 

Radiation Exposure in Pregnancy: Appropriateness, Risks, Dose Reduction Strategies 
(Mahesh K. Shetty) 

Pharmaceuticals Photochemical Reactions 
(Cecilia M. Peralta and Liliana P. Fernández) 

Ultraviolet Exposure Measurements on a Coral Reef by Application of Polyphenylene Oxide Film Dosimeters 
(Nathan J. Downs, Peter W. Schouten and Alfio V. Parisi) 

Radiation Exposures in Medical Imaging 
(Márcio Sommer Bittencourt and Henrique Lane Staniak) 

How to Use UV Radiation to Monitor the Photostability of Pharmaceutical Products 
(Clayton Anderson de Azevedo Filho, Daniel de Filgueiras Gomes and Beate Saegesser Santos) 

Coping with Rainfall Variability in Northern Tanzania 
(Sara Trærup) 

Rainfall Variability and Changes in Bangladesh during the Last Fifty Years 
(Shamsuddin Shahid) 

Non-Parametric Methods for Forecasting Time Series from Cumulative Monthly Rainfall 
(Julián Pucheta, C. Rodríguez Rivero, Martín Herrera, Carlos Salas, Víctor Sauchelli and H. Daniel Patiño) 

Long Term and Interannual Rainfall Variability in Argentinean Chaco Plain Region 
(Marcela H. González, Diana Dominguez and Mario N. Nuñez) 

Rainfall and Water Quality 
(Benoit Roig, Estelle Baures, Aude-Valérie Jung, Ianis Delpla and Olivier Thomas) 

Study of Wet Scavenging of Atmospheric Aerosols Using 222Rn Decay Products in Rainwater 
(Masanori Takeyasu) 

Spatial Variability of Rain and Its Erosivity in a Tropical Semi-Arid Area in Kenya 
(E. C. Kipkorir, C. K. Songok and A. K. Toromo) 

Rainfall Erosivity Measurement and Evaluation: Potential of Piezoelectric Transducers under Tottori, Japan Rainfall 
(Mohamed A. M. Abd Elbasit, Hiroshi Yasuda and Atte Salmi) 

Trend of Rain in Northeast Brazil 
(Priscilla Teles de Oliveira, Cláudio Moisés Santos Silva and Kellen Carla Lima) 

Kalman Filtering Approach in the Calibration of Radar Rainfall Data: A Comparative Analysis of State Space Representations 
(Marco A. S. Costa, Magda S. V. Monteiro and A. Manuela Goncalves) 

Climatic Change Impacts on Watershed Hydrologic Dynamics: A Systems Approach to Adaptation 
(Timothy O. Randhir, Paul Ekness and Olga Tsvetkova) 

Water Consumption in Biodiesel Production: Optimization through Measurement of Electrical Properties 
(Patricio Aníbal Sorichetti and Silvia Daniela Romano) 

Overview on the Lipo-Polysaccharide Endotoxin as Emergent Contaminant in Reclaimed Wastewater 
(Guizani Mokhtar and Funamizu Naoyuki) 

Adsorption Equilibrium and Kinetics of Fluoride on Two Synthetic Zeolites 
(Lucy M. Camacho, Shuguang Deng and Arely Torres) 

Association between Root Length Density and Seed Yield in Mungbean (VignaRadiata (L.)Wilczek) 
(P. Khajudparn, H. Boonjung, P. Laosuwan and P. Tantasawat) 

Fungal Inoculation with Clay Improves Carbon Stabilization of Tropical Forest Floor Litter 
(G. Seneviratne, A. D. Igalavithana, H. A. J. Sandamali, M. P. N. K. Henakaarachchi and A. N. Jayakody) 

Non-Symbiotic Ground Fungi Mobilize Soil (Heavy) Metals and Promote Their Plant Uptake 
(Gerhard Gramss and Hans Bergmann) 

Algae Sargassum as an Indicator of Trace Metal Pollution of South China Sea Coastal Waters 
(Elena N. Chernova and Nadezhda K. Khristoforova) 

High Polyacrylamide Application Rates Do Not Affect Eubacterial Structural Diversity 
(James A. Entry, DeEtta Mills, Krish Jayachandran and R. E. Sojka) 

Factors Controlling Herbicide Transformation under Anaerobic Conditions 
(Gerald K. Sims and Ramdas Gopinath Kanissery) 

Characterisation of Atmospheric Particulate Matter in Tanzania: A Review of Chemical Composition and Sources 
(Stelyus L. Mkoma) 

Phytoremediation Technologies for the Reclamation of Organic and Inorganic Polluted Soils and Water: 
A Review 
(V. Sheoran, A. S. Sheoran and P. Poonia) 

Ammonia–Induced and Withdrawal-Dependent Responses in Aerobic (MDH) and Anaerobic (LDH) Capacity of a Catfish 
(A. Shiwanand and G. Tripathi) 

Coping with Rainfall Variabilitynin Northern Tanzania 
(Sara Trærup) 

Polyols in the Crustose Lichen Rhizocarpon Geographicum 
(Richard A. Armstrong) 

The Effects of High Deer Density on Forest Regeneration and Carbon Sequestration 
(James W. Bressette and Harald Beck) 


Study of the Particle Size of the Natural Coagulant Tanfloc SG to Obtain Drinking Water by Coagulation/Flocculation 
(Joseane Debora Peruço Theodoro and Rosangela Bergamasco) 

A Conceptual Stakeholder-Assisted Model and Policy Design Framework for Sustainable Road Transport in Sub-Sahara Africa 
(Anderson Gwanyebit Kehbila) 

Solubility Profile and Toxicological Evaluation of an Enzymatic Protein Hydrolysate from Green Microalga Chlorella Vulgaris 
(Humberto J. Morris, Olimpia Carrillo, María E. Alonso, Rosa C. Bermúdez, Alfredo Alfonso, Onel Fong, Juan E. Betancourt, Gabriel Llauradó and Ángel Almarales) 

Anaerobic Degradation of Phenolic Wastewater: Batch Test Study 
(Athar Hussain, Shashi kant Dubey, Kaushik K. Shandilya and Paritosh Srivastav) 

Phytoremediation Technologies for the Reclamation of Organic and Inorganic Polluted Soils and Water:A Review 
(V. Sheoran, A. S. Sheoran and P. Poonia) 

Environmental Indicators for the Plastic Recycling Industry 
(Elen Beatriz Acordi Vasques Pacheco and Flávia Pinheiro Faria) 

Assessment of Glass Fiber Replacement with Banana Tree Fiber in High Density 
(Elen B. A. V. Pacheco, Leila L. Y. Visconte and Thiago S. Gomes) 

Recycling of Different Spent Earth from Filtration in the Production of Ceramic Materials 
(D. Eliche-Quesada, F. J. Iglesias-Godino,  L. Pérez-Villarejo and F. A. Corpas-Iglesias) 

Recycling and Reusing Fiber-Reinforced Composites 
(V. R. Patlolla and R. Asmatulu) 

Recycling of Regenerated Wastewater in the Process Using Water Cascade Analysis in Pulp and Paper Mills 
(Sudheer Kumar Shukla, Vivek Kumar, B. Chakradhar and Taesung Kim) 

Causes of Spontaneous Ignition by Disaster Waste Generated after the Great East Japan Earthquake 
(Naoharu Murasawa, Hiroshi Koseki, Yusaku Iwata and Takabumi Sakamoto) 

Components from Asteraceae Flowers 
(Ken Yasukawa) 

Arachis Species: Classification, Phylogenetic Status and Uses as Ornamental Groundcover 
(Chuan Tang Wang, Yue Yi Tang, Xiu Zhen Wang, Qi Wu, Zhen Yang, Qing Xuan Gong, Guo Sheng Song, Hua Yuan Gao, Wan Li Ni, Shu Tao Yu, Min Li, Lang Qian and Tong Rong Yang) 

Understanding the Role of Pigments in Flowers 
(María Gabriela Lagorio) 

Beyond the Physiological Role in Plants: Flowers as Sources 
of Therapeutic Molecules 
(Mahomoodally Mohamad Fawzi) 

To Be or Not to Be a Staminode: The Floral Development of Sauvagesia (Ochnaceae) Reveals Different Origins of Presumed Staminodes 
(J. Farrar and L. P. Ronse De Craene) 

Pollen Grain Diameter: In Vitro Pollen Germination and Regression between Grain Diameter and In Vitro 
Pollen Germination in Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata L.) 
(Lyn A. Gettys) 

Development of Novel Pollination Techniques to Overcome the Effects of Heteromorphic Incompatibility and Herkogamy in Pickerelweed 
(Lyn A. Gettys) 

The Impact of Trade Openness on Technical Efficiency in U.S. Agriculture 
(Saleem Shaik and Dragan Miljkovic) 

Understanding Mexican Meat Consumption and Imports at the Table Cut Level 
(Jose A. Lopez, Jaime E. Malaga, Benaissa Chidmi, Eric Belasco and James Surles) 

Financial Development and International Trade: An Empirical Analysis 
(Dwi Susanto and C. Parr Rosson) 

Domestic Terms of Trade and Resource Transfers from Agriculture: A Case Study of Pakistan 
(Abdul Salam) 

A Dynamic Monthly Model of U.S. Pork Product Markets: Testing for and Discerning the Role of Hedging on Pork-Related Food Costs 
(Ronald A. Babula and John Paul Rothenberg) 

Trade Agreement Impact on Trade Flows, Trade Creation, and Trade Diversion: The Determinants of International Wheat Trade, 1999-2008 
(Jessica Jo Johnson and Andrew Barkley) 

Market Integration and Relationship between Farm-Level Prices: Evidence from Cherry Markets in BC, Washington and California 
(Richard Carew, Wojciech J. Florkowski and Ali Doroudian) 

Impact of Trade Liberalization in Rice: Assessing Alternative Proposals 
(Ranjit Mane and Eric Wailes) 

Border Effects on Spatial Price Transmission between Fresh Tomato Markets in Ghana and Burkina-Faso: Any Case for Promoting Trans-border Trade in West Africa? 
(Joseph Amikuzuno and Samuel A. Donkoh) 

Effect of Production on Large Cardamom Price Variability in Nepal 
(Mahadeb Prasad Poudel and Shwu-En Chen) 

The Impact of HACCP on U.S. Seafood Exports: The Case of Fish, Mollusks, and Shellfish Other Than Mollusks 
(Xiaoqian Li, Sayed Saghaian and Michael Reed) 

Measuring Commodity-Specific Trade Determinants and Export Potential: A Gravity Model of Pakistan’s Rice Exports 
(Burhan Ahmad and Roberto J. Garcia) 

A Dynamic Monthly Demand Model of U.S.-Produced Softwood Lumber with a Futures Market Linkage 
(Ronald A. Babula, Daowei Zhang and John Paul Rothenberg) 

Export-Led Growth and Terms of Trade Volatility in the East African Community Trade Bloc 
(Barnabas A. Kiiza and Glenn D. Pederson) 

The Response to Climate Variability among Farm Families in Northern Ghana 
(Frank Kyekyeku Nti and Andrew Barkley) 

On the Causal Links between Exports and Economic Growth in Costa Rica 
(Gustavo Ferreira, R. Wes Harrison and Pablo A. Garcia-Fuentes) 

Trade Liberalization, Free Trade Agreements, and Economic Growth: The Case of Sri Lanka 
(Nirodha De Silva, Jaime Malaga and Jeff Johnson) 

Interrelation of Land Use Change, Nature Conservation and Urbanization in the Gödöllő Hillside, Hungary 
(C. Centeri, V. Grónás, K. Demény, Sz. Idei, K. Penksza and A. Nagy) 

Child Independent Mobility: Making the Case, and Understanding How the Physical and Social 
Environments Impact on the Behavior 
(Hannah Badland) 

Impact of Urbanization on Groundwater Quality: A Case Study from a Fast Growing City of Central India 
(Deepali Marghade, D. B. Malpe and A. B. Zade) 

Socioeconomic and Residential Differences in Environmental Perception and Behavior: Insights from Metropolitan Brazil 
(Gilvan R. Guedes and Roberto do Carmo) 

Urbanization and Biodiversity in Semiarid Landscapes under Strong Environmental and Anthropogenic Stress 
(Victor Manuel Zapata, Francisco Robledano Aymerich and Jesús Miñano Martínez) 

Modeling the Impact of Changes in Land Use and Socio-Cultural Patterns from Urbanization on Recreational Fishing 
(Neelam C. Poudyal, J. M. Bowker, Gary T. Green and Donald G. Hodges) 

Postsuburban Sprawl in European Cities: Challenges for European Urban Policy and Research in the 21 
(Axel Borsdorf) 

Soil Organic and Inorganic Carbon Storages in Yangtze Delta Region, China 
(Naizheng Xu, Hongying Liu and Wei Feng) 

Tannery Sludge Compost: Use for Crop Production 
(Maria Dorotéia Marçal Silva, Jeová Lira dos Santos, Mara Lúcia Jacinto Oliveira and Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo) 

Waste for Life (WfL): Poverty Reducing Solutions to Sustainable Waste Management 
(Randika Jayasinghe and Caroline Baillie) 

Spatial Inequality in Waste Management in a Millennium City: The Nexus between Governance and Poverty 
(Martin Oteng-Ababio) 

Treatment of Oily Wastewaters from Metalworking Processes 
(G. Gutiérrez, M. Matos, D. Allende, J. M. Benito, J. Coca and C. Pazos) 

An Approach for Monitoring and Managing Household Solid Waste as Support Tool for Integrated Waste Management 
(Nguyen Phuc Thanh) 

Solid Residues as Amendments of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals 
(Mara Lucia Jacinto Oliveira and Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo) 

Biological Recycling of Bio-waste and Compost Utilisation from a Life Cycle Perspective 
(Francesco Razza, Sandra Zaccheo, Beatrice Cavanna and Francesco Degli Innocenti) 

Towards Sustainable Palm Oil Production: Minimizing the Environmental Damage from Oil Palm Processing 
(Rajeev Pratap Singh, Parveen Fatemeh Rupani, Anita Singh, Asha Embrandiri and Mahamad Hakimi Ibrahim) 

Modeling and Simulation of Process Sustainability in Waste Management in Singapore 
(Q. Z. Yang, Fengyu Yang and Zhiqi Shen) 

Modeling of Laminar Film-Wise Condensation 
(J. A. Esfahani and S. M. Modirkhazeni) 

Water Condensation at Nanoscale: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study 
(Lucel Sirghi) 

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds in Aqueous Medium 
(Y. V. D. Nageswar, K. Harsha Vardhan Reddy, S. Narayana Murthy and A. Ashwan Kumar) 

Theoretical Approach of Condensation for Solar Still 
(Amimul Ahsan, Monzur A. Imteaz, Md. Zahangir Alam, A. A. Mokammel Haque and Abdul Halim Ghazali) 

Effect of Noncondensable Gases on Water Vapor Condensation 
(Riad Benelmir) 

Analysis of Stormwater Harvesting Potential: A Shift in Paradigm is Necessary 
(Monzur Alam Imteaz, Amimul Ahsan and A. H. M. Faisal Anwar) 

Rainwater Harvesting 
(Ataur Rahman, Joseph Keane and Khaled Haddad) 

Water Supply through Rainwater Harvesting 
(Mohammad Hossein Rashidi Mehrabadi and Fereshte Haghighi Fashi ) 

Decision Dilemma in Adapting Stormwater: A Tale of Three Cities 
(Oz Sahin, Raymond Siems, Rudi van Staden and Graham Jenkins) 

Public Acceptance of Alternative Water Sources 
(Ana Kelly Marinoski, Arthur Santos Silva, Abel Silva Vieira and Enedir Ghisi) 

Challenges and Potentials of Reusing Greywater to Reduce Potable Water Demand 
(Cristina Santos and Cristina Matos) 

Reuse of Laundry Greywater in Irrigation: Potential Changes in Soil Parameters 
(A. H. M. Faisal Anwar and Monzur Alam Imteaz) 

Impacts of Water Price and Restrictions in Water Demand: A Case Study for Australia 
(Md. Mahmudul Haque, Amir Ahmed and Ataur Rahman) 

Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on a Mountainous Lake 
(Hassen M. Yesuf, Tena Alamirew, Mohammed Assen and Assefa M. Melesse) 

Challenges in the Transition toward Adaptive Water Governance 
(Kofi Akamani) 

Methods and Approaches of Groundwater Investigation, Development and Management 
(M. H. Ali and I. Abustan) 

Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using a Combination of Cavitational Reactors and Fenton Processes: A Review 
(Parag R. Gogate) 

The Slug Tests as a Technical Tool in Aquifers Characterization 
(A. Alfonso Aragón and M. P. Verma) 

Water Cluster Ion Beam Processing 
(Gikan H. Takaoka) 

Water Engineering: A Challenge for Sustainable Development for Vulnerable Communities-Case Colombia 
(Maria Catalina Ramirez, Andrea Maldonado, Diana Calvo, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Luis Camilo Caicedo, David Gereda and Felipe Muñoz) 

Guar Gum Based Materials for Water Remediation 
(Vandana Singh) 

Water Quality Indices from Unbalanced Spatio-Temporal Monitoring Designs 
(Sarah M. Raican, You-Gan Wang and Bronwyn Harch) 

Estimates of Likelihood and Risk Associated with Sydney Drinking Water Supply from Reservoirs, Local Dams and Feed Rivers 
(Ross Sparks, Gordon J. Sutton, Peter Toscas and Rod Mc Innes) 

Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Water Quality and Sediment-Associated Processes in Natural Lakes 
(Xiaobo Chao and Yafei Jia) 

Integrating Major Ion Chemistry with Statistical Analysis for Geochemical Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Coastal Aquifer of Saijo Plain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan 
(Pankaj Kumar and Ram Avtar) 

Suitability of Groundwater of Zeuss-Koutine Aquifer (Southern of Tunisia) for Domestic and Agricultural Use 
(Fadoua Hamzaoui-Azaza, Besma Tlili-Zrelli, Rachida Bouhlila and Moncef Gueddari) 

Application of Water Quality Indices (WQI) and Stable Isotopes (18O and 2H) for Groundwater Quality Assessment of the Densu River Basin of Ghana 
(Abass Gibrilla, Edward Bam, Dickson Adomako, Samuel Ganyaglo and Hadisu Alhassan) 

Evaluation of Community Water Quality Monitoring and Management Practices, and Conceptualization of a Community Empowerment Model: A Case Study of Luvuvhu Catchment, South Africa 
(L. Nare and J. O. Odiyo) 

The Fate and Persistence of the Antimicrobial Compound Triclosan and Its Influence on Water Quality 
(Teresa Qiu, Christopher P. Saint and Mary D. Barton) 

Water Quality Assessment Methods: The Comparative Analysis 
(Tatyana I. Moiseenko, Alexandr G. Selukov and Dmitry N. Kyrov) 

Water Quality Impacts on Human Population Health in Mining-and-Metallurgical Industry Regions, Russia 
(T. I. Moiseenko, N. A. Gashkina, V. V. Megorskii, L. P. Kudryavtseva, D. N. Kyrov and S. V. Sokolkova) 

Chitosan Biopolymer for Water Quality Improvement: Application and Mechanisms 
(Xinchao Wei and F. Andrew Wolfe) 

Groundwater Contamination and Challenges in Meeting Increasing Water Demand 
(Arjun B. Chhetri, Bishnu H. Adhikari and M. Rafiqul Islam) 

Canadian Bottled Water Export Potential to the United States and the Gulf Countries 
(Anisur Rahman and Tahir Husain) 

Disinfection By-Products in Rural Water Supply Systems in Newfoundland: Experimental Investigation and Laboratory Analysis 
(Rajya Lakshmi Boyalla, T. Husain and M. Abedinzadegan Abdi) 

Disinfection By-Products in Rural Water Supply Systems in Newfoundland: Predictive Modeling 
(T. Husain, Rajya Lakshmi Boyalla and M. Abedinzadegan Abdi) 

Wastewater Discharge and its Management for Reuse in a Periurban Area of Bangladesh 
(M. P. Islam, M. D. Hussain, A. B. Chhetri, M. R. Islam and M. Z. Hossain) 

Nutrient Mineral Deficiency in Drinking Water and Its Impact on Human Health 
(Anisur Rahman and Tahir Husain) 

Water Pollution Governance in Trans-Boundary River Basins: Lessons from a Policy Network Analysis of the Songhua River Pollution Event 
(Yongchi Ma, Bao Xi and Yang Wang) 

Removal of Arsenite from Contaminated Water by Constructed Soil Filter (CSF) 
(Pravin D. Nemade and Hariharan S. Shankar) 

Distribution of Trace Metal Pollutants in Surface Water System Connected to Effluent Disposal Points of Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), Bangladesh: A Statistical Approach 
(Golam Ahmed, M. Khabir Uddin, Golam Monir Khan, 
M. Safiur Rahman and Didarul Alam Chowdhury) 

Effects of Thinning on Material Transformation in Cryptomeria Japonica Stand in a Watershed in Eastern Japan 
(Takashi Yamanaka, Keizo Hirai, Yuko Itoh, Tomoaki Morishita, Kyotaro Noguchi and Shuichiro Yoshinaga) 

Natural and Human Influences on the Inorganic Water Chemistry in an Arid Land of Northern Xinjiang, China 
(Bingqi Zhu, Jingjie Yu, Xiaoguang Qin, Patrick Rioual, Heigang Xiong and Ziting Liu) 

Summer Holding Areas of the Gulf Sturgeon within the Conecuh/Escambia River System, Alabama and Florida 
(Paul M. Stewart, Jon B. Sawyer, Frank M. Parauka and Evelyn G. Reátegui-Zirena) 

Climate Change and its Effect on Florida Watersheds 
(Smita Barkataky and Debashish Goswami) 

Factors Affecting Farmers' Adoption of Best Management Practices in Ontario’s Grand River Watershed 
(Glen Filson, Delia Bucknell and Stewart Hilts) 

Adaptation of National Elevation Datatset to Estimate Depression Storage in a Glaciated Watershed 
(Sarita Pachhai Karki and Xixi Wang) 

Weed Seed Dormancy, Germination and Seedling Emergence Characteristics 
(Alireza Taab) 

Seedling Emergence Characteristics of Carthamus Oxyacantha and Vaccaria Pyramidata in the Soil Profile: Winter Annual Species 
(Alireza Taab, Saghi Anbari, Mehrangiz Akbari and Maryam Mottaghi Shahpar) 

Seedling Emergence of Chenopodium Album in the Soil Profile: Summer Annual Species 
(Alireza Taab, Mehrangiz Akbari and Maryam Mottaghi Shahpar) 

Weeds in Perennial Crops As an Unexpected Tool of Integrated Crop Management 
(Ilias S. Travlos) 

The Role of Cover Crops in Agro-Ecosystems Management 
(Rosario P. Mauro, Gaetano Roberto Pesce and Giovanni Mauromicale) 

Beneficial and Detrimental Interactions between Weeds and Other Pests of Sugarcane 
(Allan T. Showler) 

Isolated Wetlands within the Lake Okeechobee Drainage Basin of Florida: Source and Sink of Phosphorus 
(Jehangir H. Bhadha) 

How can the Functioning of Treatment Wetlands be Enhanced? 
(Ana Dordio and A.J. Palace Carvalho) 

The Ethics of Wetland Management and the Application of a New Philosophical Approach to the Somerset Levels, UK 
(Adrian Armstrong and Chris Bradley) 

Interactions of Structural Marsh Management, Salinity, and Water Depth on Wintering Waterbird Communities 
(François Bolduc and Alan D. Afton) 

Farm Ponds and Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICWs): A Case Study in Ireland 
(Gustavo Becerra-Jurado and Mary Kelly Quinn) 

Plant-Microbe Interactions Influencing Removal of Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Constructed Wetlands 
(He Chang, Zhenhua Zhang, Zed Rengel and Kathy Meney) 

Effect of Livestock Grazing on Water Beetle (Coleoptera) and Bug (Heteroptera) Assemblages in a Restored Salt Marsh: Different Responses to the Same Treatment 
(Ákos Molnár, János Oláh, József Szekeres and Pál Boda) 

Nutrient Reduction Capabilities of Agricultural Drainage Ditch Wetlands: Creation and Policy Implications 
(E. Usborne, K. A. Littlejohn, S. C. Pierce and R. Kröger) 

Constructed Wetland for Improving the Performance of a Facultative Pond Treating High Strength Urban Wastewater 
(J. A. Herrera Melián, O. González-Díaz, J. Araña-Mesa, G. Martel, J. M. Doña-Rodríguez and J. Pérez-Peña) 

Community Changes in Mires in Volcanic Areas Caused by Frequent Volcanic Activity and a Consideration of Conservation Possibilities 
(Akira Haraguchi) 

Wetland-Watershed Modelling and Assessment: GIS Methods for Establishing Multiscale Indicators 
(Javier Martínez-López, M. Francisca Carreño, José Antonio Palazón-Ferrando, Julia Martínez-Fernández and Miguel Ángel Esteve) 

Changes in Composition and Threats to the Sustainable Management of Woodlands in Portugal 
(Adélia Nunes, Albano Figueiredo and António Campar de Almeida) 

The Role and Diversity of Soil Fauna in Different Woodlands 
(Cristina Menta, Luis G. García-Montero, Federica D. Conti and Stefania Pinto) 

Climate Change and Forest Fires in the Ave Region (NW of Portugal) 
(António Bento-Gonçalves, António Vieira, Flora Ferreira-Leite, Paula Alexandra Malta and Luís da Vinha) 

Drivers of Deforestation and Potential for Carbon Trading in Miombo Woodlands 
(Royd Vinya, Stephen Syampungani, Exhildah C. Kasumu, Robby Kasubika and Concilia Monde) 

Soil Microbial Diversity in Dry Woodlands of Central-Western Argentina: Response to Ecological Conditions 
(L. Noe and A. Abril) 

Developing Silvicultural Systems Based on Disturbance-Recovery Knowledge of the Southern African Miombo Woodlands 
(Stephen Syampungani, Coert J. Geldenhuys and Paxie W. Chirwa) 

River Ecology and Stream Restoration 
(Zhao-Yin Wang and Bao-Zhu Pan) 

Ecological Assessment of Mediterranean Streams and the Special Case of Temporary Streams 
(M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, R. Gómez, M. L. Suárez and M. R. Vidal-Abarca) 

Historical Change and Management of the Floodplain Forests of the Middle Elbe River 
(Brack W. Hale and Michael S. Adams) 

From “All Stakeholders” to Balanced Process in Participatory Planning: A Practical, Stepwise Ethics 
(Wouter T. de Groot and Jeroen F. Warner) 

Volga River: Pollution, Water Quality, Toxic Contamination and Fish Health 
(T. I. Moiseenko, N. A. Gashkina and Yu. N. Sharova) 

Ecohydrology-Based Planning as a Solution to Address an Emerging Water Crisis in the Serengeti Ecosystem and Lake Victoria 
(Bakari Mnaya, Yustina Kiwango, Emmanuel Gereta and Eric Wolanski) 

Temporary Streams: The Hydrology, Geography, and Ecology of Non-Perennially Flowing Waters 
(Owen T. McDonough, Jacob D. Hosen and Margaret A. Palmer) 

Evaluation of Non-Point Sulfate Contamination in River Basins 
(Akira Haraguchi) 

Relation between River Management and Economic Growth in Urban Regions 
(Tadanobu Nakayama, Ying Sun and Yong Geng) 

Fire Regimes, Stand Structure, Fuel Loads, and Fire Behavior in Riparian and Upland Forests, Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA 
(Kip Van de Water and Malcolm North) 

Ecological and Socioeconomic Stakes for Conserving and Protecting Riparian Forests in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa) 
(Kouami Kokou, Armand Natta, Kossi Adjonou and Adzo Dzifa Kokutse) 

Partial Geomorphic and Floristic Recovery of an Incised Channel over the Last Twenty Years on Dairy Arm, Hunter Valley, Australia 
(Anita Chalmers, Wayne D. Erskine and Fiona Erskine) 

Ground Water Chemistry under Riparian Zones and Its Possible Effect on the Longitudinal Change in Stream Water Chemistry in the Forested Watersheds, Northern Japan 
(Yasunori Nakagawa) 

Protection of Riparian Landscapes in Israel 
(Tseira Maruani and Irit Amit-Cohen) 

Importance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for Recovery of Riparian Sites in Southern Brazil 
(Sidney Luiz Stürmer, Andressa Franzoi Sgrott, Felipe Luiz Braghirolli, Rosete Pescador, Alexandre Uhlmann) 

Different Solutions for Road Pavement Recycling 
(Joel R. M. Oliveira, Hugo M. R. D. Silva and Jorge C. Pais) 

Thermal Degradation of Polymers during Their Mechanical Recycling 
(Xavier Colin and Abbas Tcharkhtchi) 

Polymer-Base Waste Materials for Recycling 
(Miguel Miranda, I. Cabrita, I. Gulyurtlu and Filomena Pinto) 

Review of Cheese Whey Recovery Technologies 
(P. S. D. Brito) 

Environmental Indicators for the Plastic Recycling Industry 
(Elen Beatriz Acordi Vasques Pacheco and Flávia Pinheiro Faria) 

Assessment of Glass Fiber Replacement with Banana Tree Fiber in High Density Polyethylene Composites 
(Elen B. A. V. Pacheco, Leila L. Y. Visconte and Thiago S. Gomes) 

Recycling of Different Spent Earth from Filtration in the Production of Ceramic Materials 
(D. Eliche-Quesada, F. J. Iglesias-Godino, L. Pérez-Villarejo and F. A. Corpas-Iglesias) 

Recycling and Reusing Fiber-Reinforced Composites 
(V. R. Patlolla and R. Asmatulu) 

Recycling of Regenerated Wastewater in the Process Using Water Cascade Analysis in Pulp and Paper Mills 
(Sudheer Kumar Shukla, Vivek Kumar, B. Chakradhar and Taesung Kim) 

Causes of Spontaneous Ignition by Disaster Waste Generated after the Great East Japan Earthquake 
(Naoharu Murasawa, Hiroshi Koseki, Yusaku Iwata and Takabumi Sakamoto) 

Difficulties Encountered in Establishing Parameters for Global Monitoring of Activities in Social Responsibility Areas 
(A. S. S. Jose and M. A. G. de Figueiredo) 

Recycling of Petroleum Oily Sludge to Produce Sustainable Clay Ceramics: A Brief Review 
(J. N. F. Holanda) 

Microbial Contamination and Spoilage of Consumer Milk – Facts and Fiction 
(Valerie De Jonghe, An Coorevits, Sophie Marchand, Anita Van Landschoot, Jan De Block, Els Van Coillie, Paul De Vos and Marc Heyndrickx) 

Applicability of Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis for the Identification of Lipolytic and/or Proteolytic Psychrotrophic Pseudomonas 
(P. D. Button, H. Roginski, H. C. Deeth and H. M. Craven) 

Raw Sheep Milk in the Province of Karak: Production, Consumption and Health Effects 
(Riadh AL-Tahiri) 

Raw Milk: Production, Consumption and Health Benefits 
(Marcelo A. Ferraz, Claudio Antonio Versiani Paiva, Marcelo R. Souza and Mônica M. O. P. Cerqueira) 

Camel Milk as Therapeutic Alternative to Treat Diabetes; Comparison with Insulin 
(Amel Sboui, Touhami Khorchani, Mongi Djegham and Omrane Belhadj) 

Progress in Pasteurization Processing of Raw Milk: Bactericidal Effect and Extension of Shelf Life, Impacts on the Physicochemical Properties, Milk Components, Flavor and Processing Characteristics 
(Ruijin Yang, Sha Zhang and Wei Zhao) 

Controlled Atmosphere-Based Improved Storage of Cold Raw Milk: Potential of N 
(Patricia Munsch-Alatossava and Tapani Alatossava) 

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