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1. Aerobiological and phenological study of Pistacia in Córdoba city (Spain)

Author:
María José Velasco-Jiménez; Manuel Arenas; Purificación Alcázar; Carmen Galán; Eugenio Domínguez-Vilches
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1036-1042
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Pistacia lentiscus; Pistacia terebinthus; allergenicity; flowering; gardens; guidelines; monitoring; ornamental plants; parks; phenology; planting; pollen; temperate zones; trees; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean region; Spain
Abstract:
... Pistacia species grow in temperate regions, and are widespread in the Mediterranean area. Two species can be found in the Iberian Peninsula: Pistacia lentiscus L. and Pistacia terebinthus L. Airborne pollen from these species, recorded in some Spanish provinces, is regarded by some authors as potentially allergenic, and therefore should be of particular interest, given that these species are actua ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.017

2. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities in a coral cay system (Morrocoy, Venezuela) and their relationships with environmental variables

Author:
M.M. Alguacil; E. Torrecillas; Z. Lozano; A. Roldán
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 805-813
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Coccoloba uvifera; bioactive properties; biogeography; canopy; carbohydrate content; coasts; community structure; corals; correspondence analysis; ecosystems; environmental factors; genes; mycorrhizal fungi; national parks; rain; ribosomal DNA; soil properties; soil sampling; Venezuela
Abstract:
... Knowledge of the natural diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and understanding of their biogeographical patterns and what drive them might help to the maintenance and preservation of ecosystems under a changing environment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the contribution of different environmental factors to the determination of the composition of AMF assemblages in repres ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.030

3. Associations between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and glucose homeostasis as well as metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic adults

Author:
Hui Hu; Haidong Kan; Gregory D. Kearney; Xiaohui Xu
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 56-64
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; adults; combustion; cooking; environmental exposure; genotoxicity; glucose; homeostasis; insulin resistance; islets of Langerhans; linear models; metabolic syndrome; metabolites; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; regression analysis; smoking (habit); toxic substances
Abstract:
... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental toxic compounds formed from incomplete combustion of carbon-containing materials, cigarette smoking, and food cooking. The genotoxic effects of PAHs have been widely studied. However, their nongenotoxic effects such as their impacts on glucose and metabolic homeostasis have not been well examined.We used the National Health and N ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.085

4. Biogeochemical environments of streambed-sediment pore waters with and without arsenic enrichment in a sedimentary rock terrain, New Jersey Piedmont, USA

Author:
A.C. Mumford; J.L. Barringer; P.A. Reilly; D.D. Eberl; A.E. Blum; L.Y. Young
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1350-1360
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
DNA; acetates; aquifers; arsenic; arsenites; bacterial communities; genes; groundwater; groundwater contamination; microorganisms; molecular cloning; oxygen; piedmont; ribosomal RNA; rivers; sedimentary rocks; sequence analysis; stream channels; New Jersey
Abstract:
... Release of arsenic (As) from sedimentary rocks has resulted in contamination of groundwater in aquifers of the New Jersey Piedmont Physiographic Province, USA; the contamination also may affect the quality of the region's streamwater to which groundwater discharges. Biogeochemical mechanisms involved in the release process were investigated in the streambeds of Six Mile Run and Pike Run, tributari ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.104

5. Carbon pools and fluxes in a Tibetan alpine Kobresia pygmaea pasture partitioned by coupled eddy-covariance measurements and 13CO2 pulse labeling

Author:
Johannes Ingrisch; Tobias Biermann; Elke Seeber; Thomas Leipold; Maoshan Li; Yaoming Ma; Xingliang Xu; Georg Miehe; Georg Guggenberger; Thomas Foken; Yakov Kuzyakov
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1213-1224
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Kobresia; aboveground biomass; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; ecosystems; eddy covariance; grasslands; grazing; highlands; land use change; lawns and turf; pastures; root shoot ratio; roots; shoots; soil
Abstract:
... The Tibetan highlands host the largest alpine grassland ecosystems worldwide, bearing soils that store substantial stocks of carbon (C) that are very sensitive to land use changes. This study focuses on the cycling of photoassimilated C within a Kobresia pygmaea pasture, the dominating ecosystems on the Tibetan highlands. We investigated short-term effects of grazing cessation and the role of the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.082

6. Comment on “Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: Release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments”

Author:
Andreas M. Buser; Christian Bogdal; Martin Scheringer
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1225-1227
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air; data collection; sediments; soil
Abstract:
... The review article “Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: Release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments” by Surita and Tansel covers a relevant topic, but there are several serious issues with this paper. The inappropriate handling of data gathered from various sources has resulted in a flawed dataset. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.037

7. Comparative study of potential transfer of natural and anthropogenic cadmium to plankton communities in the North-West African upwelling

Author:
P.A. Auger; E. Machu; T. Gorgues; N. Grima; M. Waeles
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 870-888
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
advection; anthropogenic activities; cadmium; fish; industry; marine ecosystems; models; molluscs; phosphates; plankton
Abstract:
... A Lagrangian approach based on a physical–biogeochemical modeling was used to compare the potential transfer of cadmium (Cd) from natural and anthropogenic sources to plankton communities (Cd-uptake) in the North-West African upwelling. In this region, coastal upwelling was estimated to be the main natural source of Cd while the most significant anthropogenic source for marine ecosystem is provide ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.045

8. Condition of in situ unexploded ordnance

Author:
Susan Taylor; Susan Bigl; Bonnie Packer
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 762-769
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
explosives; oxidation; soil
Abstract:
... Unexploded ordnance (UXO) become point contamination sources when their casings fail and their explosive fill dissolve. To determine the modes of failure, we documented the condition of UXO found on military training ranges and sampled soils for explosives beneath 42 in situ UXO. We found that oxidation caused the metal UXO casings to swell and fail catastrophically. Unlike previous work, pitting ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.059

9. Contaminant sources, gastrointestinal absorption, and tissue distribution of organohalogenated pollutants in chicken from an e-waste site

Author:
Xiao-Bo Zheng; Xiao-Jun Luo; Jing Zheng; Yan-Hong Zeng; Bi-Xian Mai
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1003-1010
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
animal ovaries; blood serum; blood-brain barrier; brain; chickens; dietary nutrient sources; electronic wastes; ethane; feces; flame retardants; heart; intestinal absorption; intestines; kidneys; liver; muscles; pollutants; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; polychlorinated biphenyls; recycling; soil; stomach; testes; tissue distribution; tissues; China
Abstract:
... Several organohalogenated pollutants (OHPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), and 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTBPE) were examined in chicken dietary sources (soil and feed) and gastrointestinal contents (chyme, intestinal contents, and feces), and in 11 chicken tissues (liver, muscle, heart, lung, fat, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.076

10. Continued implication of the banned pesticides carbofuran and aldicarb in the poisoning of domestic and wild animals of the Canary Islands (Spain)

Author:
Norberto Ruiz-Suárez; Luis D. Boada; Luis A. Henríquez-Hernández; Federico González-Moreo; Alejandro Suárez-Pérez; María Camacho; Manuel Zumbado; Maira Almeida-González; María del Mar Travieso-Aja; Octavio P. Luzardo
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1093-1099
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
European Union; aldicarb; baits; brodifacoum; bromadiolone; carbofuran; crime; domestic animals; education programs; endangered species; humans; islands; markets; poisoning; rural areas; wild animals; wildlife; Africa; Canary Islands; Spain
Abstract:
... Although nowadays the intentional poisoning of domestic and wild animals is a crime in EU, in the past the poison was used in rural areas of a number of European countries to kill animals that were considered harmful for human activities. In Spain evidences indicate that intentional poisonings continue to occur throughout the entire country nowadays. This situation seems to be of particular concer ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.093

11. Contributing factors in foliar uptake of dissolved inorganic nitrogen at leaf level

Author:
Karen Wuyts; Sandy Adriaenssens; Jeroen Staelens; Tatiana Wuytack; Shari Van Wittenberghe; Pascal Boeckx; Roeland Samson; Kris Verheyen
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 992-1002
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Betula pendula; Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica; ammonium nitrate; canopy; dissolved inorganic nitrogen; ecosystems; foliar uptake; juveniles; leaves; models; nitrogen; rain; soil; trees; vegetative growth; wettability
Abstract:
... We investigated the influence of leaf traits, rainwater chemistry, and pedospheric nitrogen (N) fertilisation on the aqueous uptake of inorganic N by physiologically active tree leaves. Leaves of juvenile silver birch and European beech trees, supplied with NH4NO3 to the soil at rates from 0 to 200kgNha−1y−1, were individually exposed to 100μl of artificial rainwater containing 15NH4+ or 15NO3− at ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.042

12. Corrigendum to “Sorption/desorption of non-hydrophobic and ionisable pharmaceutical and personal care products from reclaimed water onto/from a natural sediment” Sci Total Environ 472 (2014) 273–281

Author:
Virtudes Martínez-Hernández; Raffaella Meffe; Sonia Herrera; Elena Arranz; Irene de Bustamante
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1232-1233
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
acetaminophen; caffeine; carbon; desorption; inorganic ions; ionization; organic matter; personal care products; rain; sandy loam soils; sediments; sulfamethoxazole
Abstract:
... In the present work, the sorption of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) (acetaminophen, atenolol, carbamazepine, caffeine, naproxen and sulphamethoxazole) onto the natural organic matter (NOM) and the inorganic surfaces of a natural sandy loam sediment was quantified separately. The quantification was based on the PPCP charge, their degree of ionisation, their octanol-water partitio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.104

13. Cost of areal reduction of gulf hypoxia through agricultural practice

Author:
Gerald Whittaker; Bradley L. Barnhart; Raghavan Srinivasan; Jeffrey G. Arnold
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 149-153
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Conservation Reserve Program; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; conservation practices; crop acreage; farms; hypoxia; nitrogen; prices; runoff; watersheds; weather; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi River
Abstract:
... A major share of the area of hypoxic growth in the Northern Gulf of Mexico has been attributed to nutrient run-off from agricultural fields, but no estimate is available for the cost of reducing Gulf hypoxic area using agricultural conservation practices. We apply the Soil and Water Assessment Tool using observed daily weather to simulate the reduction in nitrogen loading in the Upper Mississippi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.101

14. Coupled analysis on landscape pattern and hydrological processes in Yanhe watershed of China

Author:
J. Li; Z.X. Zhou
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 927-938
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; correlation; geographic information systems; humans; land use; landscapes; lawns and turf; remote sensing; runoff; sediment yield; sediments; shrinkage; soil erosion; soil water; spatial variation; water conservation; watersheds; China
Abstract:
... As a typical experimental Soil and Water Conservation District, Yanhe watershed has long been plagued by soil erosion due to severe human disturbances. Exerting remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) technology, this paper firstly analyzed and simulated ecological hydrological process in Yanhe watershed based on SWAT model, constructed a comprehensive landscape indices which w ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.068

15. Development of a road transport emission inventory for Greece and the Greater Athens Area: Effects of important parameters

Author:
K.M. Fameli; V.D. Assimakopoulos
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 770-786
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air pollution; air quality; automobiles; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; emissions; energy use and consumption; imports; inventories; nitrogen oxides; topography; traffic; urban areas; volatile organic compounds; Greece
Abstract:
... Traffic is considered one of the major polluting sectors and as a consequence a significant cause for the measured exceedances of ambient air quality limit values mainly in urban areas. The Greater Athens Area (located in Attica), the most populated area in Greece, faces severe air pollution problems due to the combination of high road traffic emissions, complex topography and local meteorological ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.015

16. Distribution and molecular characterization of genes encoding CTX-M and AmpC β-lactamases in Escherichia coli isolated from an Indian urban aquatic environment

Author:
Priyanka Bajaj; Nambram Somendro Singh; Pawan Kumar Kanaujia; Jugsharan Singh Virdi
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 350-356
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Escherichia coli; antibiotic resistance; aquatic environment; beta-lactamase; beta-lactams; epidemiology; gene overexpression; genes; genetic resistance; genotype; monitoring; mutation; phenotype; phylogeny; public health; rivers; India
Abstract:
... Aquatic environments harboring antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli constitute an important public health concern. Thus, it is important to characterize the resistance genetic elements of waterborne E. coli. It is also important to identify the predominant clonal groups/phylogroups represented by resistant strains to understand the epidemiology of antibiotic resistant E. coli in natural environme ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.084

17. Distribution and uptake pathways of organochlorine pesticides in greenhouse and conventional vegetables

Author:
Anping Zhang; Wenxiu Luo; Jianqiang Sun; Hang Xiao; Weiping Liu
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1142-1147
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
bioaccumulation; organochlorine pesticides; vegetable growing; vegetables; food chain; arithmetics; greenhouses
Abstract:
... The application of greenhouse vegetable cultivation has dramatically expanded worldwide during the last several decades. However, little information is available on the distribution and uptake of pesticides in greenhouse vegetables. To bridge this knowledge gap, the present study was initiated to investigate the distribution and uptake of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in vegetables from plastic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.023

18. Ecological and human health hazards of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in road dust of Isfahan metropolis, Iran

Author:
Naghmeh Soltani; Behnam Keshavarzi; Farid Moore; Tahereh Tavakol; Ahmad Reza Lahijanzadeh; Nemat Jaafarzadeh; Maryam Kermani
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 712-723
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; antimony; arsenic; benzo(a)pyrene; cadmium; children; chromium; coal; cobalt; combustion; copper; correlation; emissions; health hazards; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; lead; neoplasms; nickel; petroleum; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; soil; toxicity; traffic; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... This study investigates trace elements and PAHs content in road dust of Isfahan metropolis, central Iran. The mean concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb and Zn are 22.15, 2.14, 182.26, 66.63, 393.33, 6.95 and 707.19mgkg−1, respectively. When compared with upper continental crust, the samples generally display elevated trace element concentrations, except for Co and Cr. The decreasing trend of c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.097

19. Efficiency of wipe sampling on hard surfaces for pesticides and PCB residues in dust

Author:
Joane Cettier; Marie-Laure Bayle; Rémi Béranger; Elise Billoir; John R. Nuckols; Bruno Combourieu; Béatrice Fervers
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 11-21
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
cellulose; dust; floors; hardwood; pesticides; polychlorinated biphenyls
Abstract:
... Pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are commonly found in house dust and have been described as a valuable matrix to assess indoor pesticide and PCB contamination. The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency and precision of cellulose wipe for collecting 48 pesticides, eight PCBs, and one synergist at environmental concentrations. First, the efficiency and repeatability of wipe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.086

20. Environmental health impacts of unconventional natural gas development: A review of the current strength of evidence

Author:
Angela K. Werner; Sue Vink; Kerrianne Watt; Paul Jagals
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.505 pp. 1127-1141
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air; databases; environmental hazards; environmental health; health hazards; human health; leaves; natural gas; neoplasms
Abstract:
... Rapid global expansion of unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) raises environmental health concerns. Many studies present information on these concerns, yet the strength of epidemiological evidence remains tenuous. This paper is a review of the strength of evidence in scientific reporting of environmental hazards from UNGD activities associated with adverse human health outcomes. Studies ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.084