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Exploring the Effects of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen on Biomass and Lipid Synthesis in Brackish Water Cyanobacteria: A Study on Sustainable Biofuel Production

by Jambulingam Ranjitha Sivaraman Chandhinipriya

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

This work is mainly focused on the enhancement of biomass and lipid productivity of the cyanobacterial strains isolated from seawater to produce biodiesel. Initially, Seawater was collected, cultured, and analyzed to isolate cyanobacterial strains. The isolated cyanobacterial species were analyzed...

Saline water carbon +4 more

Ammonium nitrate enhances salinity stress tolerance by inducing physiological and phy-tohormonal regulation changes in Vigna radiata L.

by Fu Shilin Iqbal Babar Alahmadi Tahani Awad Ansari Mohammad Javed Jalal Arshad Nazir Muhammad Junaid Li Guanlin Du Daolin

Issue 6

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Mungbean is a key leguminous crop species highly regarded for its nutritious properties. However, soil salinity greatly reduced its growth and yield. Our study investigated whether applying exogenous nitrogen (N) (ammonium nitrate; AN) could improve salinity tolerance in mungbean seedlings by...

abiotic stresses salinization +3 more

N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine as an enhancer of salinity tolerance via modulating physiological and anatomical attributes in faba bean

by Ramadan Khaled Mohamed Hisham Al Hashedi Sallah Ghazzawy Hesham El-Beltagi Hossam El-Mogy Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Saudy Hani Abdelkhalik Abdelsattar Abd El-Mageed Shimaa Mohamed Ibrahim Abd El-Mageed Taia

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

To meet the increasingly food demands, all environmental resources should be exploited in sustainable manner. Soil, a major component in agricultural for production, is subjected to salinization owing to climate changes. Growing crop plants in saline soil dramatically results in significant yield...

Lipid peroxidation osmo-protectants +5 more

Unveiling the physio-biochemical, photosynthetic and ionic Responses of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes exposed to NaCl and chromium stress

by Ali Muhammad Chen Yu Ahmad Salman Aloufi Salman Al-Asmari Fahad İzgü Tolga Şimşek Özhan Alalawy Adel M.AL-Balawi Siham Alasmari Abdulrahman Alaida Meaad

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

Heavy metal pollution and salinity is a serious ecological concern posing threat to agriculture sustainability and global food security. Chromium (Cr) accumulation in arable lands is of serious concern due to its long term persistent in the soil and strong detrimental impacts on crop yield. Soil...

Leaf gas exchange combined abiotic stresses +3 more

Exploring the Effect of Salinity as a Primary Cause of Teratology in Freshwater Diatoms

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Noune Faiza et al. View all

Issue 3

Air pollution and health

Increased water conductivity levels have been proposed as a key factor to explain the occurrence of teratological forms in freshwater diatom assemblages. The current study aimed to carry out an experiment on a laboratory scale to assess the response of periphytic diatoms to artificially increased...

aberrant cells water conductivity +3 more

Treatment of net washing wastewater by Fenton process

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Ozgur C. et al. View all

Issue 6

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The discharge of wastewater from net washing is one of the most significant problems in the marine ecosystem because of its high organic and saline content. Sea water quality is deteriorated every day due to the high amount of organic matter produced in the aquaculture sector. The aim of this study...

ANOVA factorial design +4 more

Assessment of Groundwater Quality in and around the Solid Waste Dump Site using Multivariate Plot Analysis

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Kanmani S et al. View all

Issue 5

Air pollution and health

Groundwater sources play an important role in meeting the day today needs of the present generation. Frequent monitoring of the ground water source plays an important part. The aim of this study is to analyze the quality of the ground water in and around the solid waste dumpsite near Sathyamangalam...

Open dumpsite Sathyamangalam +4 more

Eco-water diversion project is not a simply measure to improve the ecological environment

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chunyan zhao et al. View all

Issue 3

Climate change

The Heihe River is the second longest inland river in China, which is one of the most important inland river basins in the northwest area. The effect of drought on ecological environment can be exacerbated by climate change. Eco-water diversion project was implemented since 2000 to solve the...

eco-water diversion project soil water +3 more

Spatial and temporal variations of hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in Indus River Estuary,Pakistan

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Noor Ahmed Kalhoro et al. View all

Issue 4

Environmental management and policy

Field investigations were conducted to study the seasonal variation of hydrodynamics and sediment transport in Indus River Estuary (IRE), Pakistan. The data of water levels, currents, salinity, and suspended sediment concentration (SSC) were collected hourly covering both wet and dry seasons. Tidal...

Seasonality fluvial discharge +4 more

Hydrological behavior of natural springs/streams in mid hills of Chakrata Himalaya, India

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U K Maurya et al. View all

Issue 3

Environmental management and policy

The present study was carried out to understand the hydrological behavior of natural springs/streams in Semalta watershed, Kalsi block, Dehradun. The surface catchment areas of springs/streams were delineated using Survey of India Toposheet (1:50,000 scale) whereas drainage, slope, and land use maps...

Watershed Chakrata Himalaya +3 more

Water Quality Monitoring with Emphasis on Estimation of Point and Diffuse Pollution Sources

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Burcu SIMSEK UYGUN et al. View all

Issue 2

Air pollution and health

Population growth, urbanization and anthropogenic activities are becoming a serious problem for water resources in Turkey, which necessitates their monitoring and maintenance of water quality. In this study, water quality was implemented in the Porsuk Stream in Inner Anatolia, Turkey. Water samples...

Water quality stream monitoring +7 more

Impact of salinity on the performance and microbial community of anaerobic ammonia oxidation (Anammox) using 16S rRNA High-throughput Sequencing technology

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Yayi Wang et al. View all

Issue 3

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Salinity is a key environmental factor for the successful application of anammox technology in wastewater treatment, because it impacts the activity and the community structure of anammox bacteria. In this study, the changes in activity and population shifts of an anammox system response to the...

Salinity anammox bacteria +2 more

Seasonal variation in ground water quality and its suitability for drinking and agriculture –a case study in Kancheepuram region, Tamil Nadu, India

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Arivarasi R et al. View all

Issue 1

Air pollution and health

In the present study an attempt has been made to assess the seasonal ground water quality variations at Kancheepuram region, Tamil Nadu, India. In order to evaluate the seasonal ground water quality for drinking and irrigation purposes, 68 groundwater well data were collected and analyzed for...

irrigation Physico-chemical +3 more

Effect of Zeolux use on Sage (Salvia officinalis) plant irrigated by fresh and Ro reject waters

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Ammary B. Y. et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The effect of Zeolux use as soil amendment on the yield and some of the agronomic traits of a home garden plant, Sage ( Salvia officinalis), irrigated by either fresh or RO reject waters was studied. Clay and different combinations of clay-Jordanian zeolux were compared for that purpose. Each...

Saline water RO +5 more

Assessment of water quality in drainage canals of Çarşamba Plain, Turkey, through water quality indexes and graphical methods

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Hakan Arslan et al. View all

Issue 1

Air pollution and health

In this study, the seasonal variation on drainage water quality of Çarşamba Plain, Turkey has been evaluated from June 2012 to January 2013 and determined the suitability of water for irrigation purpose. Water samples collected from 21 drainage canals during July and January were analysed for 12...

Salinity Water quality +3 more

Multivariate Statistical Analysis of pollutants in Ennore creek, South-East coast of India.

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Dr.M.Krishnaveni et al. View all

Issue 3

Air pollution and health

Multivariate statistical techniques involving factor analysis (FA) and dendrograms for hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) were performed on nine water samples from Ennore Creek, Chennai, Tamil Nadu to assess the spatial distribution of water quality in each of three seasons. The water samples were...

Physico-chemical Multivariate statistics +2 more

Measuring 81 characterization parameters from different tropical landfill leachates and potential treatment techniques

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Dr SHUOKR QARANI AZIZ et al. View all

Issue 3

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Raw municipal landfill leachate is extremely polluted wastewater and it regards as one of the drawbacks of the sanitary landfill treatment method. If the untreated landfill leachate is discharged to the natural environment, a great problem for the environment can be created, particularly for the...

MSW landfill leachate +4 more

Total dissolved inorganic carbon and physicochemical characteristics of surface microlayer and upper mixed layer water from Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria

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Nsikak U. Benson et al. View all

Issue 2

Air pollution and health

The carbonate and physicochemical characteristics of the surface microlayer and upper mixed layer of a tropical coastal lagoon were investigated. Data on the physicochemical parameters generally indicated a moderately polluted ecosystem. The influence of the ocean environment over the Lagoon system...

Carbonate quantities physicochemical properties +3 more

Behaviour of trace elements during the naturel evaporation of sea water: case of solar salt works of Sfax saline (S.E. of Tunisia)

by

Amdouni R.

Issue 1

General

We have carried out a geochemical study on the behaviour of certain trace elements during the evaporative concentration of free brines (salinity from 41 to 400 ‰) of the solar salt works of Sfax saline (S.E of Tunisia). The elements concerned by this survey are Zinc, Cadmium, Manganese, Molybdenum...

Brines Salinity +8 more

Phytoplankton and macrofauna in the low salinity ponds of a productive solar saltworks: Spatial variability of community structure and its major abiotic determinants

by

Evagelopoulos A., Spyrakos E. and Koutsoubas D.

Issue 1

General

This paper focuses on the structure of the phytoplankton and macrobenthic invertebrates communities in a productive solar saltworks, as well as the major abiotic determinants of the observed biotic patterns. The observed patterns in the structure of the biotic communities attest that the ecosystem...

salinas Salinity +4 more

The ecological importance of the Margherita di Savoia Saltworks

by

Zeno C.

Issue 1

General

The Margherita di Savoia Saltworks, located in Apulia (South Italy), are the largest productive saltworks in Italy. They are connected with the Apulian wetlands, an important network thanks of its central geographic position, between the east and west of the Mediterranean basin. Several species and...

Lake Salpi long-term salt production +4 more

Temporal and salinity impacts on the microbial diversity at the Eilat, Israel Solar Salt Plant

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C.D. Litchfield, Oren A., Irby A., Sikaroodi M. and Gillevet P.M.

Issue 1

General

A major solar salt works in Israel is located just north of the town of Eilat and close to the airport. This solar salt works has been in operation since 1977 and produces about 170,000 tons a year. A three-year study was initiated to examine the temporal and salinity impacts on the microbial...

Bacteria fingerprinting +4 more

Project of Recovery the Biological Conditions of the Production System in Saltworks of Industria Salinera de Yucatan S.A. de C.V. (ISYSA) Damaged by the Hurricane Isidore in September of 2002

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Ortiz-Milan S.M.

Issue 1

General

Industria Salinera de Yucatan S.A. de C.V. (ISYSA) has its operation of primary production of salt by solar evaporation in Las Coloradas, Yucatan, Mexico, in the coast the northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula. One of the disadvantages of this location is the presence of extreme climatologic phenomena...

Brine crystallizers +7 more

The promotion of salt quality through optimizing brine concentration a new technique “bidirectional brine concentration”

by

Zhiling J. and Guangyu Y.

Issue 1

General

The commonly accepted brine concentration practice in most Chinese Northern solar works is to pump the sea water into salt works and then let it go through a physical changing process of natural evaporation, condensation and crystallization, during which, weather factor and the soil nature have to...

solar salt saltponds ecosystem +1 more

Dynamics of a temperate fluvial estuary in early winter

by

Vaz N., Dias J.M. and Martins I.

Issue 3

General

In order to evaluate how current speed, salinity and water temperature stratification behaves under the influence of a freshwater source in a tidal domain, a 25 hour survey campaign was performed in the upper sector of the Vouga River estuary, the major source of freshwater of Ria de Aveiro, a...

circulation Salinity +6 more