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Contents list for Journal of Environmental Monitoring, issue 7, 2008
Front cover
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 785
DOI: 10.1039/b810400j
Contents and Chemical Science
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 787
DOI: 10.1039/b810401h
News
News
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 793
DOI: 10.1039/b809447k
Mike Sharpe provides a summary of the latest environmental news, literature and legislation.
Perspectives
Radioactivity levels in major French rivers: summary of monitoring chronicles acquired over the past thirty years and current status
Frédérique Eyrolle, David Claval, Gilles Gontier and Christelle Antonelli,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 800
DOI: 10.1039/b805752b
This paper aims to provide a summary of a very large volume of environmental monitoring data acquired in river systems over the past thirty years at the scale of the French territory in the frame of radioecology studies; a function of making the data available to the international scientific community.
Large scale remote sensing for environmental monitoring of infrastructure
Matthew J. Whelan, Michael P. Fuchs and Kerop D. Janoyan,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 812
DOI: 10.1039/b719165k
This paper presents an introduction to wireless sensing and to the use of external antennas for increasing the antenna radiation intensity and shaping signal directivity for monitoring applications requiring larger mote-to-mote communication distances.
Papers
A low-tech, low-cost passive sampler for the long-term monitoring of phosphate loads in rivers and streams
Beat Müller, Ruth Stierli and René Gächter,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 817
DOI: 10.1039/b806465b
The phosphate trap is based on the sorption of dissolved reactive phosphorus onto Fe-(oxy)hydroxide. It facilitates the accurate monitoring of loads with a minimum of maintenance over several months in the aquatic environment.
Chemcatcher® and DGT passive sampling devices for regulatory monitoring of trace metals in surface water
Ian J. Allan, Jesper Knutsson, Nathalie Guigues, Graham A. Mills, Anne-Marie Fouillac and Richard Greenwood,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 821
DOI: 10.1039/b802581a
Complementing infrequent bottle sampling with passive sampling measurements can contribute to reducing the uncertainty associated with estimates of average filtered concentrations of trace metals in surface waters
Evolving Pb isotope signatures of London airborne particulate matter (PM10)—constraints from on-filter and solution-mode MC-ICP-MS
Stephen R. Noble, Matthew S. A. Horstwood, Pamela Davy, Vanessa Pashley, Baruch Spiro and Steve Smith,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 830
DOI: 10.1039/b802151a
PM10 sampled at the Marleybone Road Air Quality Monitoring Site record changing Pb isotope compositions of London UK atmospheric aerosols during and after the phasing out of leaded petrol. Photo courtesy of ERG, King
s College London.
Return period of enhanced gamma ray dose rates: regional differences observed in Japan
Yayoi Inomata, Yasuhito Igarashi, Masaru Chiba, Michio Aoyama and Katsumi Hirose,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 837
DOI: 10.1039/b800893k
As a novel approach, the return period is useful to warn of the unusual excess 
ray dose rates observed in monitoring points of nuclear power plants.
Defining chemical status of a temporary Mediterranean River
Nikolaos Th. Skoulikidis,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 842
DOI: 10.1039/b800768c
This paper proposes a methodology for the assessment and classification of the chemical status of a typical Mediterranean temporary river considering, additionally to aquatic quality, sediment quality aspects.
Feasibility of detection and quantification of gas-phase carbonyls in indoor environments using PFBHA derivatization and solid-phase microextraction (SPME)
Bruce D. Pacolay, Jason E. Ham, James E. Slaven and J. R. Wells,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 853
DOI: 10.1039/b801926f
Volatile organic compounds can be transformed indoors into oxygenated organic compounds that may be a health concern. Combining solid-phase microextraction with derivatization yields a convenient, robust and chemical specific sampling technique.
Spatial biomonitoring of persistent organic pollutants in Iran: a study using locally produced butter
Amirali Jafari, Claudia Moeckel and Kevin C. Jones,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 861
DOI: 10.1039/b802061b
Butter as a suitable biomonitoring matrix reflected environmental burdens of POPs in a countrywide spatial survey.
Airborne particulate matter and BTEX in office environments
Benjamin Horemans, Anna Worobiec, Anna Buczynska, Katleen Van Meel and René Van Grieken,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 867
DOI: 10.1039/b804475a
Total suspended particulate, PM2.5 and BTEX were collected at nine different office environments. Atmospheric particulates were analysed for their chemical composition (elemental/ions), and the indoor–outdoor exchange was discussed as a function of some typical office characteristics.
Towards the establishment of an environmental quality standard for aluminium in surface waters
M. J. Gardner, B. Brown, P. Whitehouse and M. Birch,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 877
DOI: 10.1039/b717812c
Steps taken to establish an environmental quality standard (EQS) for aluminium are described.
Tenax-TA extraction as predictor for free available content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in composted sewage sludges
Patryk Oleszczuk,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 883
DOI: 10.1039/b800532j
The usability of the solid phase extraction method with Tenax-TA adsorbent for the forecasting of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon losses during sewage sludges composting has been evaluated.
Bacterial biosensors for rapid and effective monitoring of biodegradation of organic pollutants in wastewater effluents
Ademola O. Olaniran, Ronnie Mache Motebejane and Balakrishna Pillay,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 889
DOI: 10.1039/b805055d
The constructed pLUX-based whole-cell bacterial biosensors developed in this study were found to be very useful as bioindicators for rapid and effective monitoring of wastewater effluents undergoing biodegradation processes.
Inputs of chemicals from recreational activities into the Norwegian coastal zone
K. H. Langford and K. V. Thomas,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 894
DOI: 10.1039/b806198j
This work demonstrates that mans recreational water-based activities are a diffuse source of some contaminants into coastal and fjord environments and this study provides an initial assessment of the levels being released.
Back cover
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 899
DOI: 10.1039/b810402f
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