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SOLANGE PAPINI TOMAZ LANGENBACH LUIZ C. LUCHINI MARA M. DE ANDRÉA 《Journal of environmental science and health. Part. B》2013,48(5):523-530
Contamination of soil with pesticides can be evaluated using toxicity tests with worms because their ecological niche makes them good bioindicators. Bioaccumulation in compost worms of [methyl- 14C] paraquat (1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium dichloride) was measured after three-month exposure in two substrates with differing physicochemical characteristics, in particular their organic matter and clay contents. The treatments were 1.2, 12, and 120 μg paraquat g?1 substrate. The action of the worms did not influence the loss of 14C from the substrates, as the 14C-recovered was essentially quantitative at the end of the study in both the presence and absence of the worms. The organic matter and clay contents of the substrates determined the extent of the paraquat uptake by the worms; worms from the substrate with smaller amounts of clay and organic matter had the higher values of the bioconcentration factor (BCF), these being about 5 (fresh-weight basis) and independent of the application rate. The BCF values in the substrate containing more organic matter and clay were smaller but increased from 1.1 to 3.8 with the increasing rates of application. However, in both substrates the amounts of paraquat bioaccumulated in the worms was always less than 1% of that applied, indicating the very strong binding of paraquat to the substrates and hence low availability to the worms. 相似文献
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Rajith Mukundan Desmond E. Walling Allen C. Gellis Michael C. Slattery David E. Radcliffe 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2012,48(6):1241-1257
Abstract: Information on the nature and relative contribution of different watershed sediment sources is recognized as a key requirement in the design and implementation of targeted management strategies for sediment control. A direct method of assessing sediment sources in a watershed that has attracted attention in recent years is sediment fingerprinting. The aim of this article is to describe the development of sediment fingerprinting as a research tool and to consider how the method might be transformed from a research tool to a management tool within a regulatory framework, with special reference to the United States total maximum daily load (TMDL) program. When compared with the current source assessment tools in developing sediment TMDLs, sediment fingerprinting offers considerable improvement as a tool for quantifying sources of sediment in terms of source type (e.g., channel vs. hillslope) as well as spatial location (subwatershed). While developing a conceptual framework for sediment TMDLs, we recognize sediment fingerprinting along with sediment budgeting and modeling as valuable tools in the TMDL process for developing justifiable sediment TMDLs. The discussions presented in this article may be considered as a first step toward streamlining the sediment fingerprinting approach for its wider application in a regulatory framework. 相似文献
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YOAN PAILLET LAURENT BERGÈS JOAKIM HJÄLTÉN PÉTER ÓDOR CATHERINE AVON MARKUS BERNHARDT‐RÖMERMANN RIENK‐JAN BIJLSMA LUC DE BRUYN MARC FUHR ULF GRANDIN ROBERT KANKA LARS LUNDIN SANDRA LUQUE TIBOR MAGURA SILVIA MATESANZ ILONA MÉSZÁROS M.‐TERESA SEBASTIÀ WOLFGANG SCHMIDT TIBOR STANDOVÁR BÉLA TÓTHMÉRÉSZ ANNELI UOTILA FERNANDO VALLADARES KAI VELLAK RISTO VIRTANEN 《Conservation biology》2010,24(4):1157-1160
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RODOLFO JAFFÉ VINCENT DIETEMANN MIKE H. ALLSOPP CECILIA COSTA ROBIN M. CREWE RAFFAELE DALL’OLIO PILAR DE LA RÚA MOGBEL A. A. EL‐NIWEIRI INGEMAR FRIES NIKOLA KEZIC MICHAEL S. MEUSEL ROBERT J. PAXTON TAHER SHAIBI ECKART STOLLE ROBIN F.A. MORITZ 《Conservation biology》2010,24(2):583-593
Abstract: Although pollinator declines are a global biodiversity threat, the demography of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) has not been considered by conservationists because it is biased by the activity of beekeepers. To fill this gap in pollinator decline censuses and to provide a broad picture of the current status of honeybees across their natural range, we used microsatellite genetic markers to estimate colony densities and genetic diversity at different locations in Europe, Africa, and central Asia that had different patterns of land use. Genetic diversity and colony densities were highest in South Africa and lowest in Northern Europe and were correlated with mean annual temperature. Confounding factors not related to climate, however, are also likely to influence genetic diversity and colony densities in honeybee populations. Land use showed a significantly negative influence over genetic diversity and the density of honeybee colonies over all sampling locations. In Europe honeybees sampled in nature reserves had genetic diversity and colony densities similar to those sampled in agricultural landscapes, which suggests that the former are not wild but may have come from managed hives. Other results also support this idea: putative wild bees were rare in our European samples, and the mean estimated density of honeybee colonies on the continent closely resembled the reported mean number of managed hives. Current densities of European honeybee populations are in the same range as those found in the adverse climatic conditions of the Kalahari and Saharan deserts, which suggests that beekeeping activities do not compensate for the loss of wild colonies. Our findings highlight the importance of reconsidering the conservation status of honeybees in Europe and of regarding beekeeping not only as a profitable business for producing honey, but also as an essential component of biodiversity conservation. 相似文献
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Byers HL Cabrera ML Matthews MK Franklin DH Andrae JG Radcliffe DE McCann MA Kuykendall HA Hoveland CS Calvert VH 《Journal of environmental quality》2005,34(6):2293-2300
Contamination of unfenced streams with P, sediments, and pathogenic bacteria from cattle (Bos taurus) activity may be affected by the availability of shade and alternative water sources. The objectives of this study were to evaluate water quality in two streams draining tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.)-common bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) pastures with different shade distribution, and to quantify the effects of alternative water sources on stream water quality. For 3 yr, loads of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP), total phosphorus (TP), and total suspended solids (TSS) were measured during storm flow, and loads of DRP, TP, TSS, and Escherichia coli were measured every 14 d during base flow. We also used GPS collars to determine amount of time cattle spent in riparian areas. Our results showed that cattle-grazed pastures with unfenced streams contributed significant loads of DRP, TP, TSS, and E. coli to surface waters (p < 0.01). Time spent by cattle in riparian areas as well as storm flow loads of DRP, TP, and TSS were larger (p < 0.08) in the pasture with the smaller amount of nonriparian shade. Water trough availability decreased base flow loads of TSS and E. coli in both streams, and decreased time cattle spent in riparian areas in the pasture with the smaller amount of nonriparian shade (p < 0.08). Our results indicate that possible BMPs to reduce contamination from cattle-grazed pastures would be to develop or encourage nonriparian shade and to provide cattle with alternative water sources away from the stream. 相似文献
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Polluting substances are spread as a consequence of the construction and use of roads. This article provides a summary of
the substances with which traffic pollutes the environment on a local, regional and global level. The mechanisms of dispersion
of pollutants to soil and groundwater are described. Based on environmental quality requirements established in rules and
regulations in the Netherlands, the paper discusses mitigating measures necessary to limit the distribution of pollutants
along highways. Most of the data in this article come from original research carried out by or by order of the Road and Hydraulic
Institute. For comparison, other data from the Netherlands have been included. It is shown that source-oriented measures (volume
and technical) will have more effect on environmental quality than measures with regard to treating runoff. The use of porous
asphalt instead of nonporous asphalt on highways in the Netherlands has environmental benefits. The article also pays attention
to combined use of the roadside verges for treatment of runoff using ecological engineering techniques in the form of natural
processes in helophyte filter systems in combination with enhancement of ecological values along highways. 相似文献
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MARZIO BABILLE PIERPAOLO DE COLOMBANI RANIERI GUERRA NEVIO ZAGARIA CHIARA ZANETTI 《Disasters》1994,18(1):58-75
In 1991 a computerized, comprehensive epidemiological surveillance system was developed to monitor health trends in approximately 25,000 acutely displaced Kurds in Nowsood and Saryas refugee camps, Bakhtaran region, Northwestern Iran. In addition, community-based surveys offered information unobtainable from health facilities. Weekly population movements, attack rates, point-prevalence estimates, and case fatality ratios were calculated, and the data were analysed and compared. The overall crude mortality rate (CMR) in the camps under study was still 9 times higher than the reported CMR for Iraq. Health problems with very low rates (less than 1.0/ 1,000 population/week) included the triad of measles, meningitis and tetanus. However, morbidity for the most common conditions (acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, skin infections, eye diseases and, finally, typhoid fever) was shown to increase at the end of the intervention, highlighting that the pressure of repatriation on refugees made them progressively worse. This article concludes that epidemiological surveillance systems should be implemented during mass-migrations in developing countries also in post-emergency settings. Furthermore, surveillance appears to be indispensable in order for the international agencies to keep abreast of events and to safeguard human rights when international attention subsides. 相似文献
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RÔMULO ROMEU DA NÓBREGA ALVES GENTIL ALVES PEREIRA FILHO YURI CLÁUDIO CORDEIRO DE LIMA 《Environment, Development and Sustainability》2007,9(4):455-464
This paper documents zootherapeutic practices in Northeast Brazil. It is primarily based on field surveys carried out in fishing villages located in the States of Maranhão and Paraíba, where dwellers provided information on snake species used as medicine, body parts used to prepare the remedies, and the illnesses to which the remedies were prescribed. The species used as medicinal drug and their respective families were: Crotalus durissus (rattlesnake), Bothrops leucurus (‘lance head’, a venomous snake), and Lachesis muta (bushmaster) of the family Crotalidae; and Boa constrictor (boa constrictor), Epicrates cenchria (‘salamanta’), and Eunectes murinus (anaconda) of the family (Boidae). These zootherapeutical resources were used for the cure of 14 illnesses. The most commonly cited species were Crotalus durissus (n=26) e Boa constrictor (n=6), Apparently, the medicinal use of snakes does not pose a threat for their population in the studied sites. 相似文献