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Looking beyond stratification: a model-based analysis of the biological drivers of oxygen deficiency in the North Sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Low oxygen conditions, often referred to as oxy- gen deficiency, occur regularly in the North Sea, a temperate European shelf sea. Stratification represents a major process regulating the seasonal dynamics of bottom oxygen, yet, low- est oxygen ...
Greenwood, Naomi   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Impacts of geopolitics and policy on Latin American biodiversity and water resources

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Latin America is a major agricultural producer with important natural resources. Efforts have been made to protect sensitive areas but are hindered by agricultural trade disruptions outside the control of individual countries due to globally integrated crop markets.
Jerome Dumortier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polystyrene Microplastics Can Aggravate the Damage of the Intestinal Microenvironment Caused by Okadaic Acid: A Prevalent Algal Toxin

open access: yesMarine Drugs
As emerging contaminants, microplastics (MPs) may pose a threat to human health. Their co-exposure with the widespread phycotoxin okadaic acid (OA), a marine toxin known to cause gastrointestinal toxicity, may exacerbate health risk and raise public ...
Hong-Jia Huang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eutrophication and the management of planktonic algae: What Vollenweider couldn't tell us [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
The ”Vollenweider model” is a sophisticated mathematical statement about the long-range behaviour of (mainly temperate) lakes and their ability to support phytoplankton chlorophyll.
Reynolds, C.S.
core  

Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life cycle assessment of biosolids land application and evaluation of the factors impacting human toxicity through plants uptake [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Due to the increasing environmental concerns in the wastewater treatment sector, the environmental impacts of organic waste disposal procedures require careful evaluation. However, the impacts related to the return of organic matter to agricultural soils
Ademe   +25 more
core   +3 more sources

Development of Chitosan/PVA Nanofibrous Membranes for Efficient Removal of Microcystis aeruginosa

open access: yesJournal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
Removal of Microcystis aeruginosa from CS/PVA fibers by A‐HSBS. ABSTRACT In this study, chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) (CS/PVA) polymeric nanofibers were produced using the Air‐Heated Solution Blow Spinning (A‐HSBS) method and applied for the efficient removal of Microcystis aeruginosa from contaminated water.
Cynthia Ribeiro Guimarães   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological study of Carassotrema schistorchis in wild silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
Carassotrema schistorchis is a digenea parasite whose juvenile and adult stages parasitize the intestinal tract of definitive host fish. There is no available ecological information about this parasitic infection in wild host fish. The present work aimed
Yao-Wu Fu, Jia-Ju Luo, Qi-Zhong Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Potential of LCA for designing technological innovations – the case of organic eggs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Ecological sustainability in agriculture is a concept that contains various environmental problems, which are caused by emission of pollutants and unsustainable use of limited resources, during different processes along the food chain.
Aarnink, A.J.A.   +3 more
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Life cycle assessment of completely recyclable concrete [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Since the construction sector uses 50% of the Earth. s raw materials and produces 50% of its waste, the development of more durable and sustainable building materials is crucial.
De Belie, Nele   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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