Three new species are described from Iran: Cortodera kukinae Danilevsky et Skrylnik, sp. n. (Tehran province), Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) olegpaki and Phytoecia (Musaria) plyushchi (Gilan province). The illustrated redescription of (C.) cingulatum Ganglbauer, 1884 is given. New synonyms proposed: D. = ursulaheinzi Bernhauer, 2015, syn. invicinum Pic, 1902, stat. resurr. considered as a distinc...

Acidic wetlands are global sources of the atmospheric greenhouse gases methane (CH(4)), and nitrous oxide (N(2)O). Consumption of both atmospheric gases has been observed in various acidic wetlands, but information on the microbial mechanisms underlying these phenomena is scarce. A substantial amount of CH(4) is consumed in sub soil by aerobic methanotrophs at anoxic-oxic interfaces (e.g., tiss...

Discharge from former uranium mining and milling areas is world wide a source of elevated uranium contents in wetlands. The efficiency of organic rich wetland environments for entrapment and accumulation of uranium was assessed in this work using hydrogeochemical field studies of natural small-sized wetlands in Thuringia and Saxony, Eastern Germany. The objective was to estimate, if artificial ...

Understanding wetland changes under urbanization is important for wetland management. In this study, net transition intensity (NTI) and total transition intensity (TTI) are presented to characterize wetland transitions based on spatial data obtained from Landsat satellite images of Pearl River estuary in South China. NTI is commonly used to represent changes in absolute amounts for each class o...

Wetland soils contain some of the highest stores of soil carbon in the biosphere. However, there is little understanding of the quantity and distribution of carbon stored in our remaining wetlands or of the potential effects of human disturbance on these stocks. Here we use field data from the 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment to provide unbiased estimates of soil carbon stocks for wet...

Natural wetlands constitute a major source of methane emission to the atmosphere, accounting for approximately 32 ± 9.4% of the total methane emission. Estimation of methane emission from wetlands at both local and national scale using process-based models would improve our understanding of their contribution to global methane emission. The aim of the study is to estimate the amount of methane ...

Wetlands are considered an integral part of the global ecosystem, the development of the remote sensing technology makes us obtain very abundant information of wetlands, especially with the appearance of high resolution satellite imagery which extends the visual field of the wetlands. The aim of this study is to explore the viability of applying high resolution satellite imagery for inland limn...

Constructed wetlands have become a good alternative to urban and industrial wastewater treatments. Because of the many interactions between the different parts that form the wetland, the design of these systems used to be very complex so a good design tool is required. Hybrid constructed wetlands mix the aerobic and anaerobic properties of vertical and horizontal subsurface flow constructed wet...

There is rich biodiversity and biomass in wetlands and these areas are important in ecosystems. Assessment of the environment of wetlands is critical in the management of pivotal ecosystems. The energy ecological footprint (EEF) is an improved form of the ecological footprint method based on the theory of energy value. EEF can be a useful tool for comparing and monitoring environmental impacts....