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Pesticide sequestration in passive samplers (SPMDs): considerations for deployment time, biofouling, and stream flow in a tropical watershed
Beth A. Polidoro, Matthew J. Morra, Clemens Ruepert and Luisa Eugenia Castillo, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1866
DOI: 10.1039/b904329b


JEM Spotlight: Fungi, mycotoxins and microbial volatile organic compounds in mouldy interiors from water-damaged buildings
Viviana Polizzi, Barbara Delmulle, An Adams, Antonio Moretti, Antonia Susca, Anna Maria Picco, Yves Rosseel, Ruben't Kindt, Jan Van Bocxlaer, Norbert De Kimpe, Carlos Van Peteghem and Sarah De Saeger, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1849
DOI: 10.1039/b906856b


JEM Spotlight: Monitoring the treatment efficiency of a full scale ozonation on a sewage treatment plant with a mode-of-action based test battery
Beate I. Escher, Nadine Bramaz and Christoph Ort, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1836
DOI: 10.1039/b907093a


Setting the limits for engineered nanoparticles in European surface waters – are current approaches appropriate?
Anders Baun, Nanna B. Hartmann, Khara D. Grieger and Steffen Foss Hansen, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1774
DOI: 10.1039/b909730a


JEM Spotlight: Environmental monitoring of airborne nanoparticles
L. Morawska, H. Wang, Z. Ristovski, E. R. Jayaratne, G. Johnson, H. C. Cheung, X. Ling and C. He, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1758
DOI: 10.1039/b912589m


Analysis of settled dust with X-ray Fluorescence for exposure assessment of metals in the province of Brescia, Italy
Annalisa Zacco, Sergio Resola, Roberto Lucchini, Elisa Albini, Neil Zimmerman, Stefano Guazzetti and Elza Bontempi, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1579
DOI: 10.1039/b906430c


Mobilisation and transport of arsenic and antimony in the adjacent environment of Yata gold mine, Guizhou province, China
Guoping Zhang, Cong-Qiang Liu, Hong Liu, Jian Hu, Guilin Han and Ling Li, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1570
DOI: 10.1039/b908612a


Accumulation of endocrine disrupting compounds in sheep fetal and maternal liver tissue following exposure to pastures treated with sewage sludge
S. M. Rhind, C. E. Kyle, C. Mackie and L. McDonald, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1469
DOI: 10.1039/b902085c


Spatial and temporal evolution of imposex in dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.) populations from North Wales, UK
Isabel Benta Oliveira, Christopher Allan Richardson, Ana Catarina Sousa, Shin Takahashi, Shinsuke Tanabe and Carlos Miguez Barroso, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1462
DOI: 10.1039/b906766c


Insecticide dissipation from soil and plant surfaces in tropical horticulture of southern Benin, West Africa
Ingrid Rosendahl, Volker Laabs, Cyrien Atcha-Ahowé, Braima James and Wulf Amelung, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1157
DOI: 10.1039/b903470f


A study of aerosol entrapment and the influence of wind speed, chamber design and foam density on polyurethane foam passive air samplers used for persistent organic pollutants
Chakra Chaemfa, Edward Wild, Brian Davison, Jonathan L. Barber and Kevin C. Jones, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1135
DOI: 10.1039/b823016a


Monitoring of redox state in a dechlorinating culture with immobilized redox indicators
Peter Ruiz-Haas, James Ingle and Jr., J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1028
DOI: 10.1039/b818487a


A novel physiologic sampling pump capable of rapid response to breathing
Larry Lee, Michael Flemmer, Eun Gyung Lee, Martin Harper, Ming-I Lin, William Groves, Andris Freivalds and James Slaven, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1020
DOI: 10.1039/b816699d


Simultaneous determination of airborne carbonyls and aromatic hydrocarbons using mixed sorbent collection and thermal desorption-gas chromatography/mass spectrometric analysis
Yeh-chung Chien and Ko-ghun Yin, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1013
DOI: 10.1039/b820164a


Mercury distribution in key tissues of fish (Liza aurata) inhabiting a contaminated estuary—implications for human and ecosystem health risk assessment
Cláudia Leopoldina Mieiro, Mário Pacheco, Maria Eduarda Pereira and Armando Costa Duarte, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1004
DOI: 10.1039/b821253h


Mobile monitoring of air pollution in cities: the case of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Julie Wallace, Denis Corr, Patrick Deluca, Pavlos Kanaroglou and Brian McCarry, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 998
DOI: 10.1039/b818477a


Assessment of metal contamination in a small mining- and smelting-affected watershed: high resolution monitoring coupled with spatial analysis by GIS
Alexandra Coynel, Gérard Blanc, Antoine Marache, Jörg Schäfer, Aymeric Dabrin, Eric Maneux, Cécile Bossy, Matthieu Masson and Gilbert Lavaux, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 962
DOI: 10.1039/b818671e


Indoor formaldehyde and acetaldehyde levels in the province of Bari, South Italy, and estimated health risk
Piero Lovreglio, Antonio Carrus, Sergio Iavicoli, Ignazio Drago, Benedetta Persechino and Leonardo Soleo, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 955
DOI: 10.1039/b819843h


Models for the sorption of volatile organic compounds by diesel soot and atmospheric aerosols
Sanka N. Atapattu and Colin F. Poole, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 815
DOI: 10.1039/b818063f


Fate and transport of Irgarol 1051 in a modular estuarine mesocosm
Yelena Sapozhnikova, Paul Pennington, Edward Wirth and Michael Fulton, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 808
DOI: 10.1039/b818273f


Assessing inter-generational transfer of a brominated flame retardant
Avenel D. Joseph, Metrecia L. Terrell, Chanley M. Small, Lorraine L. Cameron and Michele Marcus, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 802
DOI: 10.1039/b816867a


Influence of QA/QC procedures on non-sampling error in deposition monitoring in forests
Aldo Marchetto, Rosario Mosello, Gabriele Tartari, Ombretta Tornimbeni, John Derome, Kirsti Derome, Pia Sorsa, Nils König, Nicholas Clarke, Erwin Ulrich and Anna Kowalska, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 745
DOI: 10.1039/b818168n


Non-sampling error in ozone biomonitoring: the role of operator training
Alessandra Francini, Elisa Pellegrini, Giacomo Lorenzini and Cristina Nali, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 736
DOI: 10.1039/b818252n


Rapid biodiversity assessment in lichen diversity surveys: implications for quality assurance
Paolo Giordani, Giorgio Brunialti, Renato Benesperi, Guido Rizzi, Luisa Frati and Paolo Modenesi, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 730
DOI: 10.1039/b818173j


Human toenails as a biomarker of exposure to elevated environmental arsenic
Mark Button, Gawen R. T. Jenkin, Chris F. Harrington and Michael J. Watts, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 610
DOI: 10.1039/b817097e


Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective
F. Bouraoui, B. Grizzetti, G. Adelsköld, H. Behrendt, I. de Miguel, M. Silgram, S. Gómez, K. Granlund, L. Hoffmann, B. Kronvang, S. Kvćrnř, A. Lázár, M. Mimikou, G. Passarella, P. Panagos, H. Reisser, B. Schwarzl, C. Siderius, A. S. Sileika, A. A. M. F. R. Smit, R. Sugrue, M. VanLiedekerke and J. Zaloudik, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 515
DOI: 10.1039/b822931g


Impact of irrigation with arsenic-rich groundwater on soils and crops
A. Moyano, A. Garcia-Sanchez, P. Mayorga, H. M. Anawar and E. Alvarez-Ayuso, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 498
DOI: 10.1039/b817634e


Evaluation of sequential extraction procedures for soluble and insoluble hexavalent chromium compounds in workplace air samples
Kevin Ashley, Gregory T. Applegate, A. Dale Marcy, Pamela L. Drake, Paul A. Pierce, Nathalie Carabin and Martine Demange, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 318
DOI: 10.1039/b812236a


An optimized method to detect influenza virus and human rhinovirus from exhaled breath and the airborne environment
Patricia Fabian, James Joseph McDevitt, Wai-Ming Lee, Eugene Andres Houseman and Donald Kirby Milton, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 314
DOI: 10.1039/b813520g


Optimal operational conditions for the electrochemical regeneration of a soil washing EDTA solution
Raffaele Cesaro and Giovanni Esposito, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 307
DOI: 10.1039/b816295f


Field evaluation of thermal and chemical desorption BTEX radial diffusive sampler radiello® compared with active (pumped) samplers for ambient air measurements
Claudio Cocheo, Caterina Boaretto, Diego Pagani, Franco Quaglio, Paolo Sacco, Laura Zaratin and Danilo Cottica, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 297
DOI: 10.1039/b814629b


Findings from quality assurance activities in the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network
Rosa Wu, Sean Backus, Ilora Basu, Pierrette Blanchard, Kenneth Brice, Helena Dryfhout-Clark, Peter Fowlie, Melissa Hulting and Ronald Hites, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 277
DOI: 10.1039/b810428j


Application of an unsteady state environmental distribution model to a decadal time series of PAH concentrations in Central Europe
Jií Komprda, Klára Kuboová, Alice Dvorská, Martin Scheringer, Jana Klánová and Ivan Holoubek, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 269
DOI: 10.1039/b815719g


Demonstration of a mobile Flux Laboratory for the Atmospheric Measurement of Emissions (FLAME) to assess emissions inventories
Tim O. Moore, David C. Doughty and Linsey C. Marr, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 259
DOI: 10.1039/b810798j


Diversity of hepatotoxic cyanobacteria in the Nile Delta, Egypt
Ranya Amer, Beatriz Díez and Rehab El-Shehawy, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 126
DOI: 10.1039/b814319f


Investigation of the matrix effects on a HPLC-ESI-MS/MS method and application for monitoring triazine, phenylurea and chloroacetanilide concentrations in fresh and estuarine waters
N. Mazzella, F. Delmas, B. Delest, B. Méchin, C. Madigou, J.-P. Allenou, R. Gabellec and Th. Caquet, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 108
DOI: 10.1039/b805160g


Temporal evolution of imposex in Nassarius reticulatus (L.) along the Portuguese coast: the efficacy of EC regulation 782/2003
Miléne Rato, Nelson Ferreira, José Santos and Carlos Barroso, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 100
DOI: 10.1039/b810188d


Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, phthalates and organotins in northern Atlantic Spain's coastal marine sediments
Blanca Antizar-Ladislao, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 85
DOI: 10.1039/b808668k