The present-day study assesses diatom communities in river with relation to environmental conditions. Diatoms are susceptible to environmental conditions in river and their distribution is mainly governed by the physicochemical composition of the water. Diatoms and water samples were collected in 5 locations during summer season (May 2012). Analysed data were interpreted and the results are rep...

Water quality and metal contents of sediments were measured in Zayandeh-Rood River. Zayandeh-Rood is one of the most important rivers of Iran. The river water is used for drinking, industrial and agricultural purposes. The anthropogenic impact on the river over the last three decade has proven to be extremely negative due to the quick development of industry. Physico-chemical parameters of wate...

A 5 km stretch of the river Przemsza, in southern Poland, was investigated with the aim of finding out if a gradient of metal pollution was present along the river and to determine the bioavailable flow of Cd, Pb and Zn between water, sediment and submerged macrophytes. In situ experiments in pots as well as experiments in sealed jars were performed by using Potamogetonpectinatus and Myriophyll...

On the base of land disposal, the objective of this study was to use constructed rapid infiltration (Abbreviation: CRI) to improve slightly polluted surface water in town. The data indicated that the average removal rates of BOD5 and NH4 -N were 80% and 65% in summer, respectively. In winter, the removal rates of BOD5 decreased evidently with the lowering of water temperature, but the change of...

A simple, rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of trace amounts of copper in tap water, polluted water, human hair and alloys. The proposed method is based on the reaction of copper with potassium iodide in acidic medium to liberate iodine, which bleaches violet color of azure B and the absorbance is measured at 644nm. This decrease in absorbanc...

Phytoremediation is a technology that is based on the combined action of plants and their associated microbial communities to degrade, remove, transform, or immobilize toxic compounds located in soils, sediments, and more recently in polluted ground water and wastewater in treatment wetlands. Phytoremediation could be used to treat different types of contaminants including petroleum hydrocarbon...

Principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA) are utilized to identify the effects caused by human activities on water quality along the coast of Sanya, South China Sea. PCA and CA identify the seasonality of water quality (dry and wet seasons) and polluted status (polluted area). The seasonality of water quality is related to climate change and Southeast monsoons. Spatial patter...

Physiological integration can enhance the performance of clonal plants in aquatic and terrestrial heterogeneous habitats and associated ecotones. Similar to nutrients, pollutants may be transported among connected ramets via physiological integration. Few studies have examined the expansion of amphibious clonal plants from terrestrial to aquatic environments, particularly when the local water s...

The Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) of both clean seawaters and those polluted with oil film was determined using the Monte Carlo radiative transfer technique in which the spectrum of complex refractive index of Romashkino crude oil and the optical properties of case II water for chosen wavelengths was considered. The BRDF values were recorded for 1836 solid angular sect...

Heavily polluted sediment is becoming an important part of water pollution, and this situation is particularly acute in developing countries. Sediment has gradually changed from being the pollution adsorbent to the release source and has influenced the water environment and public health. In this study, we evaluated the pollutant distribution in sediment in a heavily polluted river and agitated...