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Use of Leaves as Bioindicator to Assess Air Pollution Based on Composite Proxy Measure (APTI), Dust Amount and Elemental Concentration of Metals

open access: yesPlants, 2020
Monitoring air pollution and environmental health are crucial to ensure viable cities. We assessed the usefulness of the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) as a composite index of environmental health.
Vanda Éva Molnár   +4 more
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Is there a need for a more explicit accounting of invasive alien species under the Water Framework Directive? [PDF]

open access: yesManagement of Biological Invasions, 2013
Through ratification of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), EU Member States committed themselves to a pressure-based assessment ofthe ecological status of their water bodies.
Jochen Vandekerkhove   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community Structure of Benthic Macrofauna and the Ecological Quality of Mangrove Wetlands in Hainan, China

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Few studies have systematically assessed the ecological status of mangrove wetlands following the stress of anthropogenic activities in China. This study investigated the spatial and seasonal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities and ...
Ping Li   +12 more
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The Status of Industrial Ecology in Australia: Barriers and Enablers [PDF]

open access: yesResources, 2014
Drawing on current international industrial ecology thinking and experiences with Australian initiatives, this article critically overviews the current status of industrial ecology in Australia and examines the barriers and potential strategies to realise greater uptake and application of the concept.
Corder, Glen D.   +3 more
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Ecological assessment of Juniperus turbinata Guss. forest on the Strofades Islands, Ionian Sea, Greece

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2018
The Strofades Islands form part of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos. Juniperus turbinata Gussone (syn. Juniperus phoenicea Linnaeus) forests are one of the few remaining high forest forms in Mediterranean.
Aristotelis MARTINIS   +3 more
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Ecological Status and Change by Remote Sensing [PDF]

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2010
Evaluating ecological patterns and processes is crucial for the conservation of ecosystems [1]. In this view, remote sensing is a powerful tool for monitoring their status and change. This involves several tasks like biodiversity estimate, landscape ecology, and species distribution modeling, to name a few [2].
openaire   +3 more sources

Ecological status of the Ayusai gorge

open access: yesBulletin of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Construction, 2021
In the context of the increasing pace of economic development of the country and the increased use of natural resources, the issue of further improving the system of territorial protection of nature, primarily specially protected areas, is becoming urgent. The article presents the results of studies of the ecological state of the gorge Ayusay, which is
L.M. Pavlichenko   +4 more
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Distribution of Alien and Translocated Freshwater Fish Species in Bulgarian Lotic Ecosystems, according to the WFD Classification

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
The terms ‘non-native’, ‘non-indigenous’, ‘alien’, and ‘exotic’ refer to species or races that do not occur naturally in an area, i.e., they have not previously existed there, or their dispersal into the area has been mediated by humans. In a broad sense,
Apostolos Apostolou
doaj   +1 more source

Shaping changes in the ecological status of watercourses within barrages with hydropower schemes – literature review [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Environmental Protection, 2020
Hydropower use of watercourses has tangible consequences for the environment, society and economy. Based on a literature review and their own research, the authors present current data on changes in the ecological status of waters within run-of-river and
Paweł Tomczyk, Mirosław Wiatkowski
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Assessment of Surface Water Body Quality (on the Example of the Psel River)

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Екологія, 2021
Purpose. To analyze the qualitative malt of the surface water body to determine changes in its ecological status. Methods. Statistical and systematic analysis of  ecological status changes was performed according to the interactive map "Monitoring and
S. A. Kovalenko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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