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I am carrying out a research to assess the ecological risk associated with the speciation of trace and toxic metals in floodplain suspension. Bearing in mind that the reducible, oxidizable and...
19 August 2020 4,473 4 View
It seems to be a colonial growth of some biota or algea. Need identification of this growth feature.
02 February 2020 8,553 1 View
It is suggested that FTIR or Raman spectroscopy is quiet useful to identify Microplastics extracted from samples. But when fibers are microscopic in size , then technical issues rises. For FTIR, a...
09 January 2020 1,432 4 View
01 January 2020 6,250 4 View
invasive plants always outperformed over the native ones, an invasive plant is more friendly to soil biota and nutrients utilization than the native plant. after all this, there may be specifics...
10 October 2019 1,381 2 View
How FTIR Spectrum is helpful for the environmental analysis of freshwater/saline water, sediments, biota/fish, zooplankton to determine contamination, contamination impacts etc.
10 October 2019 6,253 2 View
01 October 2019 10,053 2 View
Fuel dyes are used to differentiate different fuels (diesel, gasoline/petrol, and jet fuels). Solvent dyes (e.g. Solvent Red 24, Solvent Red 26, Solvent Red 164) are used to colour hydrocarbon...
29 September 2019 2,875 2 View
09 September 2019 5,160 1 View
Dear all, I have been searching through the literature for examples of possible impacts on biological communities of interventions targeted at restoring / stabilizing landslides. I found just a...
17 August 2019 6,930 6 View
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When you let concrete channels "go" and do not maintain them, vegetation seems to take over and the concrete can crack or collapse over time. I am sure there are effects to biota when you let the...
07 July 2019 9,384 3 View
Can the arsenic contents of the sediments of the vadose zone change the composition of the pore water and finally affect the biota? May I expect some references.
06 June 2019 8,036 1 View
I am new in ecology and community ecology. I can't interpret these pictures, ask your valuable suggestions.
04 April 2019 9,242 1 View
Sampling techniques for study river biotic community like zooplankton, phytoplankton and macrophytes.
24 March 2019 5,315 6 View
The current administration intends to remove clean water act protections from small waterbodies such as ephemeral and intermittent streams. We suspect that this will harm water quality, but I am...
03 March 2019 3,185 1 View
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I deployed fouling panels at 4 different sites (2 seagrass sites and 2 marinas). The panels were in cages to prevent predation and allowed for communities to develop. At different times I added...
12 February 2019 2,129 3 View
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I want to compare the levels of heavy metals in some selected bird species with USEPA and World Health Organization standard for permissible limit of heavy metals in biota. Thank you.
12 December 2018 7,564 0 View
I am only interested in methods that don't change the GAC's surface chemistry or absorption capacity. The ionising and non-ionising irradiation methods we have looked into seem likely to affect...
04 April 2018 5,036 4 View
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We are trying to start a project that faces three main objectives: 1. We are trying to determine PAHs (benzo(a)pyrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(ghi)perylene,...
02 February 2018 5,333 6 View
Some additives used in the plastic materials are surfactants but frequently they are not used for their surface or interfacial activity. Surfactant-like stuffs may increase the leaching...
04 January 2018 7,467 2 View