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{"title":"Integration of new methodologies in monitoring native fish habitat and populations in the southwestern U.S.","authors":"Jackson M Leonard, Temuulen Ts Sankey, Lauren L Tango, Roger W Tyler","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127508","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Native fish populations and their habitats are declining in the southwestern United States. The upper Verde River (UVR) is one of a shrinking number of remaining perennial stream systems where multiple populations of native fish species still exist. This study utilized unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV), terrestrial lidar, real-time kinematic (RTK) survey technology and environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling to assess current riparian and in-stream habitat conditions and compare them to an assessment conducted in 2009 to assess current suitability and long-term trends in populations and habitat conditions of native fish. Average stream discharge within the UVR has fallen over 40%, from a high of 30.6 cubic feet per second (cfs) in 1995 to recent lows in 2023 of just over 18 cfs. Woody vegetation cover has increased within the riparian zone by approximately 30% since 2007 and cattail backwater areas, which support non-native fish and amphibian populations, now comprise nearly 9.4% of total riparian cover after being nearly absent in 2007. Analysis of eDNA fish samples suggest that populations of all native fish species are no longer detected within the first 10 km (kms) of the river, with Spikedace (Meda fulgida) appearing to have been extirpated from the UVR. Groundwater pumping in the upper watershed along with recent long-term drought conditions are most likely associated with the decline in baseflow and are resulting in the expansion of deep-rooted woody species and cattails along the streambanks, confining the stream channel and reducing suitable habitat for native fish species.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127508"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Policy, management, and the 'Level of Fouling' scale to transform marine invasion risk reduction from recreational boats.","authors":"M Gammon, O Floerl, S Happy, K Leonard, H Lass, K Walls, L Floerl, P Casanovas, E Goodwin, S Hucker, I Davidson","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127493","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Categorical scales have a rich history in environmental management, providing pragmatic means to assess ecological phenomena when full quantification is not feasible or necessary. The Level of Fouling (LOF) scale was developed 20 years ago to facilitate biosecurity policies that reduce the spread of marine invasive species by recreational boats. Applications of the six-category scale have since varied, and divergent implementation practices may undermine its value for marine biosecurity. To support researchers and practitioners to maintain accuracy and precision when applying the scale, we provide a review of LOF-based research and management and updated guidance on its implementation. Focussing on underwater observations and percentage cover metrics (rather than above water observation and species richness) can reduce uncertainty and error. To support users when applying the scale we provide an online application - LOFeR - which features: (i) thousands of underwater vessel images for training and self-assessment, and (ii) an LOF Calculator that can be used in the field to automatically calculate whole-vessel LOF ranks from multiple ranks applied to different underwater surfaces. The LOF scale has been used most extensively in New Zealand to establish biological thresholds and underpin regulations and monitoring for biosecure boating. New Zealand's three-tiered approach to managing boat biofouling addresses boats arriving at the border from overseas, travelling within and between different regions, and visiting marine protected areas. Over 47,000 LOF-based vessel surveys in recent years support New Zealand's approach, which provides a roadmap for other jurisdictions toward managing this large and unwieldy transfer mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127493"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adsorption of organic micropollutants on biogenic activated carbon: Potential of kitchen waste and woody residues as feedstocks for advanced wastewater treatment.","authors":"Nele Siebert, Hafiz Ali Raza, Konstantin Bachmann, Korbinian Kaetzl, David Laner, Michael Wachendorf, Tobias Morck","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127476","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127476"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fabrication of low-cost ceramic microfiltration membranes with controllable pore size distribution using nanometer attapulgite for gravity-driven filtration of microplastic-contaminated roofing rainwater.","authors":"Dachao Lin, Chuanxi Liu, Zihong Liao, Yi Wu, Qin Chen, Zhihong Wang, Jinxu Nie, Xing Du","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rapid urbanization usually leads to water shortage and roofing rainwater contamination. Although rainwater recycling offers a potential solution to both issues, the complexity in rainwater quality and roofing environments warrants additional concerns. In present study, low-cost ceramic microfiltration membrane with controllable pore size distribution was successfully fabricated with nanometer attapulgite (NMA) and Al₂O₃ for efficiently treating microplastic-contaminated rainwater in gravity-driven membrane filtration (GDM). Both Al₂O₃ particle size and starch dosage were optimized for improving membrane porosity, permeability, and hydrophilicity. The decreasing theoretical fouling potential of NMA-Al₂O₃ membranes was attributed to the reduction in Lewis base sites which might interact with Lewis acid sites on foulants. The feasibility of NMA-Al₂O₃ membranes for treating rainwater in GDM was systematically assessed in terms of membrane fouling development, mechanism, and pollutant removal efficiency towards typical pollutants (e.g. humic-like substances and microplastics) in rainwater. Noteworthy, membrane pore size distribution could be precisely controlled for reliable microplastic removal and excellent water permeability (∼321 L/(m²·h)) with the waterhead of 0.2 m. Over the 140 L/m² NMA-Al₂O₃ membrane filtration of simulated rainwater in GDM, favorable organic removal efficiency (up to 93 %) and considerable permeability (up to 311 L/(m²·h)) were also achieved. Economic analysis further highlighted the cost-saving features of NMA-Al₂O₃ membrane filtration, which total material cost for industry-scale fabrication was only 65-75 $/m² and all energy required for roofing rainwater GDM treatment (6.81 × 10^-3 kWh/m³) was supplied by gravitational potential energy.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127483"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The application of nitrogen improved the remediation ability of Hydrangea macrophylla to cadmium-contaminated soil.","authors":"Chang Qiu, Yurou Dong, Bing Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hydrangea macrophylla is a potential plant for cadmium (Cd) remediation. Many studies have shown that nitrogen (N) can enhance the remediation efficiency of plants for heavy metals. However, little research has been conducted on the nitrogen-enhanced remediation efficiency of Hydrangea macrophylla in high Cd concentrations. This study employed two cultivars of Hydrangea macrophylla in pot experiments with CO(NH₂)₂, NH₄Cl, and NaNO₃ to investigate the effects of N application on growth physiology, Cd accumulation and translocation, and soil physicochemical properties under high Cd stress, aiming to determine the optimal fertilization strategy. The results demonstrated that NH₄Cl significantly increased the fresh weights of the shoots and roots and nitrate reductase activity in two cultivars. The medium concentration of CO(NH₂)₂ significantly enhanced the activities of peroxidase, elevated the contents of glutathione, free proline, soluble proteins, and soluble sugars of two cultivars. In addition, NH₄Cl and NaNO₃ greatly promoted the uptake and accumulation of Cd in two cultivars and reduced the percentage of Cd in the residue form in the soil. The combined affiliation function analysis yields that the 0.8 g kg^-1 of NaNO₃ (N3A3) and 0.2 g kg^-1 of NH₄Cl (N2B6) were the most effective treatments for enhancing the Cd-contaminated soil remediation potential of the two cultivars.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127491"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards individual-based conservation strategies - the case of invasive raccoons in an agricultural pond-rich landscape.","authors":"Manuel Roeleke, Carolin Scholz, Rafael Arce Guillen, Jan Pufelski, Florian Jeltsch","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Raccoons have recently been declared alien species of special concern by the European Union. However, high densities in high-quality habitats such as wetlands make it almost impossible or at least extremely laborious to control raccoon populations with comprehensive and undifferentiated brute force approaches. Here, we asked if individual-based analysis may hint at more applicable conservation approaches that account for individual space use patterns. We used GPS collars to record the space use of 20 raccoons in their invasive range in northern Germany, a landscape dominated by intensive agriculture, including numerous small ponds. These ponds are biodiversity hotspots that act as source habitats and offer shelter and food for local wildlife, including vulnerable species like birds and amphibians. Half of the tracked raccoon individuals showed a weak preference for ponds as foraging grounds, yet the preference for larger waterbodies on the population scale masked this pattern. A detailed look at the intensity of pond use revealed that only a comparably small but highly mobile fraction of the local raccoon population used ponds intensively. These few individuals may thus have a disproportionate large negative effect on native wildlife, leading to a landscape-scale effect by disturbing the most vulnerable yet important habitat islands. Our results suggest that removing few specialized individuals might be an effective and economical strategy to reduce the impact of invasive species on local animal communities. Individual-based conservation and management strategies could be most effective in landscapes characterized by island-like biodiversity hotspots embedded in a low quality matrix.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127511"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Political economy of renewable energy transitions: Technology-specific responses to geopolitical risk and political stability in G7 economies.","authors":"Jiancheng Xi, Seth Acquah Boateng, Gabriel Mordzifa Sackitey, Frank Agyemang Karikari, Michael Provide Fumey","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127453","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The global transition to renewable energy faces increasing challenges from geopolitical uncertainties, political instabilities, and varying innovation capabilities across different technologies and countries. This study examines the heterogeneous effects of geopolitical risk, political stability, and the moderating role of technological innovation on renewable energy deployment. The study examined solar PV, onshore wind, and hydropower technologies in G-7 countries from 2000 to 2024. The study adopted Driscoll-Kraay standard errors and Panel FMOLS estimation techniques. The analysis reveals significant technology-specific vulnerabilities to external factors. Geopolitical risk substantially reduces solar PV deployment by 1.99 % and hydropower by 1.98 % per unit increase, while wind energy demonstrates resilience. Political stability proves critical only for hydropower development, requiring extensive institutional coordination. Technological innovation emerges as both a direct catalyst for solar expansion and a crucial moderating factor mitigating geopolitical risks for hydropower. These findings challenge assumptions of uniform renewable energy responses and underscore the necessity for technology-specific policy approaches rather than generalized strategies in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical landscape.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127453"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics, driving factors, and risk assessment of water quality in long-distance inter-basin water transfer projects during 2015-2023.","authors":"Qifan Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Weijun Sun, Zhibing Chang, Jiankui Liang, Xinyong Liu, Guodong Ji","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route (SNWDP-MR), as a large-scale inter-basin water diversion project, has played a significant role in social development and ecological environment protection. However, the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics, seasonal driving factors, and potential risks are still unclear. This study established a methodological framework based on the composite water quality index (WQI-DET), Spearman analysis, Boruta algorithm, positive matrix factorization (PMF), and entropy-analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to conduct system analysis from 2015 to 2023. Parameters including DO, COD_Mn, NH₃-N, SO₄^2-, F.coli, and COD demonstrated an increasing trend from south to north, driven by seasonal dynamics. Except DO, all peaked in summer and dipped in winter. TP remained at low trophic levels. The WQI-DET consistently exceeded 75, but exhibited significant seasonal fluctuations, particularly post-Yellow River Crossing (YRC), decreasing by 5-8 %. Pre-YRC were predominantly governed by TP, NH₃-N, and COD, strongly correlated with temperature, flow velocity, and precipitation. Post-YRC, drivers such as COD_Mn and SO₄^2- intensified, amplifying climate-induced stressors. PMF identified potential sources: Pre-YRC were dominated by endogenous contributions (51.4-64.4 %), with summer algal metabolites. Post-YRC natural input sources surged, up to 40.2 % in autumn, linked to migratory bird excretions and F.coli transmission. Entire canal was \"low-risk\" (P < 0.4), but sensitive sections (HZ, BPS) in summer and autumn require vigilance against algal blooms. The developed methodological framework demonstrates strong applicability for risk assessment in cement-lined cross-basin water transfer systems, revealing critical water quality patterns in the SNWDP-MR over long-term sequences, providing a robust scientific foundation for future risk prevention strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127506"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does financial sector development mitigate power sector-based carbon dioxide emissions to establish environmental sustainability in BRICS?","authors":"Nazia Iqbal Hashmi, Samariddin Makhmudov, Wafa Ghardallou, Mohammad Mahtab Alam","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127527","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the BRICS bloc accounts for around half of global carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with energy use. Thus, mitigating CO2 emissions is critically important not only to promote environmental sustainability across this bloc, but also for the sake of improving global environmental conditions as a whole. Accordingly, this study evaluates whether financial sector development is likely to enable the BRICS countries to curtail emissions associated with their power sectors, while controlling for their natural resource dependency, renewable energy adoption, institutional quality, and international trade participation levels. Regarding novelty, while past studies mostly assessed how financial development and natural resources independently affect total CO2 emission levels, this study also emphasizes the joint impacts of financial development and natural resources specifically on Power Sector-based Carbon-dioxide Emissions (PSCO2) in the BRICS countries. In addition, although past studies checked how natural resources, as a whole, affect CO2 emissions, this study probes further to estimate whether the natural resource-CO2 emissions nexus exhibits heterogeneity across dependencies on different types of natural resources. Accordingly, based on empirical estimates, it is found that as financial sectors in the BRICS countries develop, their yearly PSCO2 are likely to rise as well. Besides, more reliance on natural resources is also found to exert CO2 emission-boosting impacts in the long-run. However, financial sector development and natural resource dependency are jointly observed to mitigate the yearly CO2 emission figures of the BRICS countries. Thus, these findings endorsed that developing the financial sector by providing green financial services can enhance the productivity of natural resource sectors, which, in turn, might enable the BRICS countries to partially offset the PSCO2-boosting impacts associated with natural resource dependency. Moreover, the findings also affirm that annual PSCO2 can be reduced by undergoing the renewable energy transition. Contrastingly, enhancing quality of institution was found to enhance the emissions levels, while international trade's effect on emissions is not statistically conclusive. Furthermore, when disaggregated natural resource data is considered, the above findings are found to hold most natural resource types considered in this study. In addition, the robustness of the findings across alternative estimation techniques is also confirmed by findings derived from the robustness-checking analysis. Therefore, in the BRICS context, these findings highlight the significance of adopting green financial sector development policies, making natural resource-based sectors more productive and less energy intensive, enhancing renewable energy transition speeds, and developing strict environmental institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127527"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Centralized strategies for decentralized nitrogen recovery: A model for sustainable fertilizer supply chains.","authors":"Ruben Vingerhoets, Marc Spiller, Siegfried E Vlaeminck, Jeroen Buysse, Erik Meers","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores how decentralized nitrogen (N) recovery can be aligned with centralized, uniform fertilizer production to enhance economic sustainability and support the European Union's (EU) Farm-to-Fork (F2F) strategy goals of reducing nutrient emissions by 50 % and fertilizer use by 20 %. Existing NH₃ recovery technologies face adoption challenges, including inconsistent composition, liquid state, and high costs. Our mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model optimizes centralized processing, incorporating pretreatment/transport hubs and monitoring chemical changes. Scenario modelling highlights cost reductions, halving transport costs and reducing pretreatment costs by 43 %. Exploiting full N recovery in manure's liquid fraction increases revenue fivefold with operational costs rising only threefold, boosting net profit from €0.6M (€0.6 kg N^-1) to €5.1M (€1.1 kg N^-1). These findings demonstrate the economic feasibility of centralized NH₃ processing and provide a scalable framework for improving nutrient circularity across different EU regions and meet EU's environmental targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"394 ","pages":"127371"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}