Environmental Indicators

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Non-renewable Resources as Indicator of Thermodynamic Changes in Environment....Pages 3-13
Photon Dissipation Rates as an Indicator of Ecosystem Health....Pages 15-36
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Environmental Indicators of Climate Change: Phenological Aspects....Pages 39-49
Carbon Footprint – An Environmental Sustainability Indicator of Large Scale CO 2 Sequestration....Pages 51-66
Urban Heat Islands....Pages 67-75
Tsunami....Pages 77-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Species Extinction Indicators....Pages 91-102
Indicators of Pollinator Decline and Pollen Limitation....Pages 103-115
Coral Bleaching....Pages 117-146
Invasive Alien Species and Their Indicators....Pages 147-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Marine Eutrophication....Pages 177-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Framework for Analyzing Environmental Indicators Measurements Acquired by Wireless Distributed Sensory Network – Air Pollution Showcase....Pages 207-223
Environment Benefits Quantification Through Statistical Indicators....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Environmental Indicators of Dryland....Pages 239-250
Pesticide Drift: Seeking Reliable Environmental Indicators of Exposure Assessment....Pages 251-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Environmental Indicators of Land Cover, Land Use, and Landscape Change....Pages 265-276
Desertification and Desertification Indicators Classification (DPSIR)....Pages 277-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Soil Conservation....Pages 293-305
Soil Erosion....Pages 307-317
Soil Salination Indicators....Pages 319-330
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Soil Contamination by Diffuse Inputs....Pages 331-341
Markers, Indicators of Soil Pollution....Pages 343-364
Landsnail for Ecotoxicological Assessment of Chemicals and Soil Contamination – Ecotoxicological Assessment of Chemicals and Contaminated Soils Using the Terrestrial Snail, Helix aspersa , at Various Stage of Its Life Cycle: A Review....Pages 365-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Land Use Changes and Landscape Degradation in Central and Eastern Europe in the Last Decades: Epigeic Invertebrates as Bioindicators of Landscape Changes....Pages 395-420
Environmental Indicators of Biological Urbanization....Pages 421-432
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Environmental Impact of the Coal Industry and Resource Equivalency Method for Environmental Damage with Ecological Indicators....Pages 435-460
Environmental Quality Assessment: Geoenvironmental Indices....Pages 461-478
Nonpoint Source Pollution: Assessment and Management of Environmental Quality According to Geoenvironmental Indices....Pages 479-493
Point Source Pollution Indicators....Pages 495-499
Noise Pollution Indicators....Pages 501-513
Snow Samples as Markers of Air Pollution in Mass Spectrometry Analysis....Pages 515-541
Front Matter....Pages 543-543
Marine Pollution-Environmental Indicators in Marine Meiofauna from Brazil....Pages 545-560
Environmental Impacts of Reservoirs....Pages 561-575
Front Matter....Pages 577-577
Bacteriological Indications of Human Activities in the Ecosystems....Pages 579-611
Indicators of Waterborne Viruses....Pages 613-631
Algal Bloom Indicators....Pages 633-642
Biological Indicators of Water Quality: The Role of Fish and Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Water Quality....Pages 643-661
Histopathological Indicators in Fish for Assessing Environmental Stress....Pages 663-675
Risk Management During Effluent Application for Irrigation....Pages 677-693
Molecular Bioindicators of Pollution in Fish....Pages 695-720
Front Matter....Pages 721-721
Ocean Acidification and Related Indicators....Pages 723-742
Mercury in Fish: History, Sources, Pathways, Effects, and Indicator Usage....Pages 743-766
The Chronic POEDCs Ecotoxicological Impact: An Aquatic Environmental Indicator of Surface and Groundwater....Pages 767-780
Bioaccumulation and Long-Term Monitoring in Freshwater Ecosystems – Knowledge Gained from 20 Years of Zebra Mussel Analysis by the German Environmental Specimen Bank....Pages 781-803
Viability and Reliability of Dense Membranes in Removing Trace Organic Contaminants for Wastewater Reclamation and Purification: Pros and Cons, Mechanisms, and Trends....Pages 805-823
Front Matter....Pages 825-825
Indoor Air Quality Indicators....Pages 827-841
Front Matter....Pages 843-843
Environmental Burden of Diseases....Pages 845-857
Textile Toxicants in Environmental and Human Health....Pages 859-869
Biological Indicators of Ionizing Radiation in Nature....Pages 871-881
Health-Related Indicators of Outdoor Air Quality....Pages 883-898
Health Implications of Combustion Engine Exhaust....Pages 899-924
Health-Related Indicators of Indoor Air Quality....Pages 925-944
Human Biological Monitoring and Public Health....Pages 945-966
Chemicals Disaster Management and Public Health....Pages 967-993
On the Relationships Between Health Outcome and Urban Air Quality....Pages 995-1010
Electromagnetic Radiation – Environmental Indicators in Our Surroundings....Pages 1011-1024
Electromagnetic Radiation and Health: Human Indicators....Pages 1025-1046
Molds and Radon, Indoors Problems as Indicated by Diseases....Pages 1047-1060
Back Matter....Pages 1061-1068