In this study, soil samples collected from different plain afforestation time (1 year, 4 years, 10 years, 15 years, and 20 years) in Miyun were characterized, including total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), available K (K(+)), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). The DOM in the soil samples with different afforestation time was fu...

the main object of this study was to compare the natural and synthetic( naa and nam) zeolites as absorbents in removing emulsified and dissolved traces of organic compounds, which appear in the wastewater of  power plants, refinery and petrochemical complexes.  the specific objectives of the work was: a) to select the best species that have the highest amount of absorption; b) to measure the ra...

The changing climate in the Arctic has a profound impact on permafrost coasts, which are subject to intensified thermokarst formation and erosion. Consequently, terrestrial organic matter (OM) is mobilized and transported into the nearshore zone. Yet, little is known about the fate of mobilized OM before and after entering the ocean. In this study we investigated a retrogressive thaw slump (RTS...

feasibility of methanolic wastes treatment containing chlorophenol in experimental uasb reactors i.e. r-i and r-ii working side by side constantly for a couple of almost 32 weeks were studied. uasb reactor r-i was initiated by utilizing the digested sludge alone, whereas, the uasb reactor r-ii was startedup by adding an activated carbon of an effective size 1.5-2.5mm to the digested sludge with...

Human activities have begun to transform northern peatlands into global sources of dissolved organic carbon (DOC). In Estonia, there are 10,091 km of peatlands, constituting 22.3% of the country’s total area. The increasing number of drought days during the last 50 years, which constitutes a threat of an increased flux of dissolved carbon, has also been observed in Estonia. The aim of the curre...

In order to investigate sources and turnover rates of dissolved organic matter from Chesapeake Bay and Galveston Bay, colloidal organic matter (COM) was isolated using cross-flow ultrafiltration and subsequently characterized for its elemental (C, N, and S) and isotopic (13C and 14C) composition. Distributions of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in Chesapeake Bay showed a non-systematic variation...

The metal bioavailability concept is implemented in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) compliance assessment. assessment usually performed by application of user-friendly Biotic Ligand Models (BLMs), which require dissolved concentrations to be used with “matching” data supporting physicochemical parameters organic carbon (DOC), pH and Cadissolved. Many national surface water monitoring networ...