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The Journal of Environmental Protection (JEP) is published monthly and one of most prospective international journals with multiple disciplines. It covers various aspects of environmental issues, such as research, strategies and the state-of-the-art technologies for prediction, prevention and protection addressing up-…
Eduardo Ortega, Francisco Javier Lozano, Carlos Manuel Asensio, Sara Montoya, Maria Luisa Lorenzo
Many authors have studied cadmium concentrations in tobacco leaves. However, crops such as tobacco store Cd mainly in their leaves and these are for human consumption. The objective of this study is to establish the cadmium levels present in each of the soils…
Ana Ribeiro, Natividade Vieira
Leaf litter input from riparian landscapes has been identified as both a major energy flow to stream ecosystems and as a food source for stream macroinvertebrates. In this study the benthic macroinvertebrate community was used to evaluate the decomposition of…
Monia Renzi, Andrea Giovani, Silvano E. Focardi
In this paper, the efficiency of lipid extraction from macrophytes ( Chaetomorpha linum , Ulva laetevirens , Valonia aegagrophyla , Gracilariopsis longissima , Ruppia cirrhosa ) for the biodiesel production is evaluated using four different methods based on t…
Innocent Kouassi Kouame, Aristide Gountôh Douagui, Kouadio Koffi, Brou Dibi, Lazare Kouakou Kouassi, Issiaka Savane
The pollution generated by human activities in the area “Vridi canal-Grand Bassam” puts more at risk the quaternary groundwater that supplies water to a large part of the population of the southern part of Abidjan city. This paper deals with the combined appr…
Adebayo Oke, Abimbola Sangodoyin, Kayode Are, Ayodele Adelana
Evaluation of levels and spatial characteristics of dissolved nutrients and heavy metals in the river bed sediment within a basin are critical to understanding the extent of land-use impact on the river systems. Surface river bed sediments across eight rivers…
Jorge Laine
World increasing population and use of energy for transportation and electricity are demanding more extensive and more efficient use of land for agriculture; aiming to both food and biofuel supplies. This communication assesses the possible improvements in so…
Isabel Silva Dutra de Oliveira, Marcelo Montaño, Marcelo Pereira de Souza
The wider consideration of environmental effects and alternatives in early stages of decision-making has been pointed as one of the major benefits of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Adopted by virtually all of developed countries and sprawling aroun…
E. Dahwa, C. P. Mudzengi, T. Hungwe, M. D. Shoko, X. Poshiwa, S. Kativu, C. Murungweni
Key issues of concern regarding the environmental impacts of livestock on grazing land are their effects on soil, water quality, and biodiversity. This study was carried out to determine how grazing intensity influences soil physical and chemical properties a…
Mohammad Hassan Rezaie-Boroon, Sonya Diaz, Vanessa Torres, Tresa Lazzaretto, Dimitri D. Deheyn
We investigated the effects of elevated carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) on biogeochemistry of marsh sediment including speciation of selected heavy metals in Salinas de San Pedro mudflat in California. The Salinas de San Pedro mudflat has higher carbon (C) content tha…
Vu Van Hieu, Le Xuan Quynh, Pham Ngoc Ho, Luc Hens
Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam and the second largest city of the country, just behind Ho Chi Minh City. During the last two decades, Hanoi developed fast and expanded steadily. Since the city acquired large parts of the surrounding provinces in 2008, H…
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