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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]
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
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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]
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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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]
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].
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Ecological status of the Ayusai gorge
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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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
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Shaping changes in the ecological status of watercourses within barrages with hydropower schemes – literature review [PDF]
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
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Environmental Assessment of Surface Water Body Quality (on the Example of the Psel River)
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
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