In this chapter we reflect on a relatively small but influential example of adaptive management which seeks to enhance the environmental benefits of the flow regime in the highly regulated Mitta Mitta River in Australia’s MurrayDarling Basin. In 1999 an operational review recommended the reintroduction of greater in-stream flow variability in the Mitta Mitta River in an attempt to improve river...

This work quantifies the agricultural water footprint (WF) of production (WFprod, agr) and consumption (WFcons, agr) and the resulting net virtual water import (netVWi, agr) of 365 European river basins for a reference period (REF, 1996–2005) and two diet scenarios (a healthy diet based upon food-based dietary guidelines (HEALTHY) and a vegetarian (VEG) diet). In addition to total (tot) amounts...

Justice in Central and Eastern Europe The conclusion of the recent EHP monograph on environmental justice (Shepard et al. 2002) is that environmental exposures and environmental health issues impact disproportionately on vulnerable populations. In Central and Eastern Europe, we enviously read about the studies (primarily American) carried out in this field. As a consequence of the lack of moral...

this study was conducted to determine taxonomic and zoogeographic features of fishes from the kor and helleh river basins in southwestern iran. the specimens were collected from 2004 to 2007. twenty four species belonging to 20 genera, 9 families, and 6 orders from the kor river basin and 21 species belonging to 19 genera, 8 families, and 6 orders from helleh basin were identified. ichthyofauna...

Diseases and parasites are important mortality factors affecting cervid populations. Meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) is a nematode parasite found in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations throughout eastern North America. To determine the distribution of meningeal worm in South Dakota, heads of hunter harvested deer were examined for P. tenuis from 1997-1999. A total...