eight selected heavy metals (cu, zn, pb, cd, cr, mn, fe and al) in surface and sub-surfacesediments in the northern coast of sfax (tunisia) were studied in order to assess the sediment quality and tohighlight the anthropogenic contributions to heavy metal distributions in the two study sediment levels.multiple chemometric approaches based on geographic information system (gis), enrichment facto...

We assessed the spatial and temporal variations of pollution indicators and geochemical and trace metal parameters (23 in total) from water and sediment (144 samples) of three different eco-niches (beach, fishing harbor, and estuary) in larger coastal cities of southern India (Cuddalore and Pondicherry) for one year. A total of 120 marine Pseudomonas isolates were challenged against different c...

in the present study, 45 rainwater samples were collected from february to december 2012 on event basis in east bokaro coal mining environment. physico-chemical and major ionic compositions of rainwater samples as well as water soluble major ion composition were analyzed to employ principle component analysis for source identification. the average ph value was recorded 6.1 and varied from 5.1 t...

The evaluation of potential ecological risk aquatic sediments associated with the presence potentially toxic elements (PTE) determines its degree danger on native biota. In this work, V, Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd, Sn, Hg and Pb in superficial is explained three different areas Lake Maracaibo: El Tablazo Bay, Strait Maracaibo lake itself, through a multi-guideline approach (elemental enrich...

The impact of heavy metal contamination caused by human activities on mangroves, rivers, estuaries, and coastal wetlands has gained attention recently. In this study, the presence metals in mangrove Sepang Besar River's surface sediments was examined. As, Mo, Pb, Cr, Co, Cd, Ni, Hg concentrations sand were measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Across all sampling...

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aim and background: the aim of current study was to investigate the factor structure, reliability, and validity of parenting stress index-short form (psi-sf) among tehran city's mothers with 7-12 year-old children. methods and materials: after translation, back translation and adaptation of instrument, due to normalization this instrument by applied survey design, 468 mothers from those which s...

Agriculture plays an important role in the sustainable development of country. Use chemical fertilizers escalate certain components excess quantity thereby deteriorate productivity and leads to unpredicted outcome. This study makes effort reckon accumulation some selected heavy metals [Lead (Pb), Nickel (Ni) Cadmium(Cd)] related indices [bio concentration factor(BCF) translocation factor (TF)] ...

Light intensity intercepted by the soybean canopy during the reproductive period is an important environmental factor determining soybean yield components and grain yield. A 2-year field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of light enrichment and its interaction with planting density on yield formation of soybean cultivars. Light enrichment increased seed yield per plant and yie...