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Contents list for Journal of Environmental Monitoring, issue 5, 2008
Front cover
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 577
DOI: 10.1039/b806470a
Contents and Chemical Science
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 579
DOI: 10.1039/b806471g
News
News
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 587
DOI: 10.1039/b805974h
Mike Sharpe provides a summary of the latest environmental news, literature and legislation.
Editorial
Foreword: 10th Anniversary Review: Addressing land degradation and climate change in dryland agroecosystems through sustainable land management
Camilla Toulmin,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 594
DOI: 10.1039/b805886p
Camilla Toulmin introduces Richard Thomas
10th Anniversary Critical Review.
Critical Review
10th Anniversary Review: Addressing land degradation and climate change in dryland agroecosystems through sustainable land management
Richard James Thomas,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 595
DOI: 10.1039/b801649f
Desertification threatens the livelihoods of nearly 1 billion people living in drylands.
Perspective
The SSC cycle: a PDCA approach to address site-specific characteristics in a continuous shallow water quality monitoring project
Eduardo J. Miles,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 604
DOI: 10.1039/b717406c
This article presents a management decision support tool designed to ensure a comprehensive overview of the site-specific characteristics that can influence the monitoring objectives, and data quality in a continuous shallow water quality-monitoring project.
Papers
Toxic equivalent concentrations (TEQs) for baseline toxicity and specific modes of action as a tool to improve interpretation of ecotoxicity testing of environmental samples
Beate I. Escher, Nadine Bramaz, Jochen F. Mueller, Pamela Quayle, Sibylle Rutishauser and Etiënne L. M. Vermeirssen,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 612
DOI: 10.1039/b800949j
A novel combined algae test on 96-well plate format allows the assessment of multiple endpoints and yields information on the modes of action of the micropollutants in a (waste)water sample.
Monitoring of the ecotoxicological hazard potential by polar organic micropollutants in sewage treatment plants and surface waters using a mode-of-action based test battery
Beate I. Escher, Nadine Bramaz, Pamela Quayle, Sibylle Rutishauser and Etiënne L. M. Vermeirssen,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 622
DOI: 10.1039/b800951a
Application of a robust test battery for the routine monitoring of wastewater treatment efficiency and water quality assessment that yields additional information on the mode of action of the micropollutants.
Preparation of a highly sensitive enzyme electrode using gold nanoparticles for measurement of pesticides at the ppt level
Gha-Young Kim, Joonmok Shim, Min-Su Kang and Seung-Hyeon Moon,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 632
DOI: 10.1039/b800553b
A highly sensitive enzyme electrode using gold nanoparticles was prepared and its feasibility in on-line monitoring of pesticides at the ppt level was demonstrated.
Organotins in a medium-size Mediterranean basin (the Herault River)
Chrystelle Bancon-Montigny, Jean-Luc Seidel, François Brissaud and Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 638
DOI: 10.1039/b800234g
This study reports the first assessment of organotin pollution in a medium size Mediterranean basin (Hérault). Butyl-, phenyl- and octyltins were analyzed in surface waters, wells supplying drinking water and sewage treatment plants (STPs).
Dust exposure in indoor climbing halls
Stephan Weinbruch, Thomas Dirsch, Martin Ebert, Heiko Hofmann and Konrad Kandler,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 648
DOI: 10.1039/b719344k
Dust exposure in indoor climbing halls is characterized in detail. Particle mass and number concentrations, chemical composition and hygroscopic properties of the particles are reported.
Quantitative PCR analysis of fungi and bacteria in building materials and comparison to culture-based analysis
Veli-Matti Pietarinen, Helena Rintala, Anne Hyvärinen, Ulla Lignell, Päivi Kärkkäinen and Aino Nevalainen,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 655
DOI: 10.1039/b716138g
This work investigated building material samples for microbial contamination using qPCR and compared the results to cultivation based analysis. In most cases, qPCR detected microbes more frequently and in higher concentrations than culture.
Pharmaceutical residues in the river Rhine—results of a one-decade monitoring programme
Frank Sacher, Melanie Ehmann, Sabine Gabriel, Carola Graf and Heinz-Jürgen Brauch,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 664
DOI: 10.1039/b800701b
This paper presents results of a one-decade monitoring programme for residues of widely used human pharmaceuticals like analgesics, lipid regulators, antiepileptics and others in the river Rhine.
Implementing infrared determination of quartz particulates on novel filters for a prototype dust monitor
Donald P. Tuchman, Jon C. Volkwein and Robert P. Vinson,
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 671
DOI: 10.1039/b803804j
A recently developed worker-wearable personal dust monitor utilizes TEOM technology. Current research shows the feasibility of using fully polymeric TEOM filters to enable ashing analysis of mineral and inorganic particulates.
Back matter
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 679
DOI: 10.1039/b806472p
Back cover
J. Environ. Monit., 2008, 10, 683
DOI: 10.1039/b806473n
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