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Applicability of Microfinance for Adaptation to Sea Level Rise Impacts 小额信贷对适应海平面上升影响的适用性

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-09-29 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N2P48

Amornpun Kulpraneet

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引用次数: 0

Preparation of 15N-labeled Potassium Ferrocyanide for Tracer Studies 15n标记亚铁氰化钾的制备及其示踪研究

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-09-29 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N2P41

T. Dimitrova, F. Repmann, D. Freese

引用次数: 1

Sustainable Development of Green Paper Packaging 绿色纸包装的可持续发展

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-08-25 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N2P1

Jiapeng Huang

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引用次数: 19

Contaminants Leaching from Fresh Poultry Waste: A Lysimeter Study on Sandy Soils under Tropical Conditions 新鲜家禽粪便中污染物的淋滤:热带条件下沙质土壤的渗滤仪研究

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N1P38

P. Adeoye, H. Man, M. Soom, A. M. Thamer, Akinbile Christopher Oluwakunmi

{"title":"Contaminants Leaching from Fresh Poultry Waste: A Lysimeter Study on Sandy Soils under Tropical Conditions","authors":"P. Adeoye, H. Man, M. Soom, A. M. Thamer, Akinbile Christopher Oluwakunmi","doi":"10.5539/EP.V6N1P38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/EP.V6N1P38","url":null,"abstract":"A lysimeter study was conducted on sandy soil of Minna, North central Nigeria to assess the migration of nitrates, phosphates, bacteriological parameters and heavy metals contents of poultry manure through Minna soil. This is with a view to examining the environmental effect of indiscriminate land application of excessive poultry manure on shallow groundwater quality. A lysimeter and rainfall simulator assembly was installed on an undisturbed 0.9m diameter, 3m depth soil core after which 50kg of characterized poultry manure was applied at the top. Rainfall of 125mm was simulated and water samples were collected at different depths of the soil core through the lysimeter and were taken to laboratory for analysis. Results showed that nitrate and phosphate in poultry manure were able to leach to a depth of 2.5m of the soil core four months after poultry manure application while turbidity and electrical conductivity reached their maximum value at depth 2.5m after three months. Faecal coliform, total coliform and faecal streptococci were detected at depth 2.5m also two months after the application. Statistical analysis using New Duncan Multiple Range test showed significant variation (p<0.05) of all the parameters tested with depth of sample collection and months after application of poultry manure. Spearman’s correlation coefficient established both positive and negative correlation between the parameters studied in this research. Heavy metals tested, Arsenic, copper, zinc, chromium and manganese were not able to leach beyond 0.5m depth of the soil core throughout the experimental period.","PeriodicalId":11724,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82533389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Airborne Particulate Matter from Sparkling Fireworks 从闪闪发光的烟花空气中的微粒物质

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N1P19

H. Shimazu

引用次数: 1

Carbon Footprint of ADU Students: Reasons and Solutions ADU学生的碳足迹:原因和解决方案

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N1P27

N. Qafisheh, M. Sarr, Umm Amara Hussain, Shikha Awadh

引用次数: 3

What You Need to Know about Air Pollution: Its Importance and Effective Solutions 你需要知道的空气污染:其重要性和有效的解决方案

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N1P70

Joey Thomas

引用次数: 2

Visiting Hours Impact on Indoor to Outdoor Ratio of Fungi Concentration at Golestan University Hospital in Ahvaz, Iran 就诊时间对伊朗阿瓦士戈列斯坦大学医院室内室外真菌浓度比的影响

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N1P62

G. Goudarzi, Z. Soleimani, B. Sadeghi-Nejad, Mojgan Alighardashi, S. Latifi, M. Moradi

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引用次数: 4

Environmental Geochemistry of Mine Tailings Soils in the Artisanal Gold Mining District of Betare -Oya, Cameroon 喀麦隆比塔雷-奥亚手工金矿区尾矿土环境地球化学研究

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-03-31 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N1P52

V. Manga, Gladys Nchang Neba, Emmanuel Cheo Suh

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引用次数: 24

How Green Economy Contributes in Decreasing the Environment Pollution and Misuse of the Limited Resources 绿色经济如何减少环境污染和有限资源的滥用

Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2017-03-08 DOI: 10.5539/EP.V6N1P10

Haga Elimam

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引用次数: 3