Environmental Degradation
Mostrando 37-48 de 644 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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37. Water Erosion in Oxisols under Coffee Cultivation
ABSTRACT Water erosion is one of the main environmental impacts of land use. When soil and water losses occur, nutrients essential for the growth and maintenance of plants are removed, with harmful outcomes on the sustainability of agriculture and the environment. In addition, they lead to other deleterious effects, such as sedimentation and eutrophication o
Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo. Publicado em: 02/07/2018
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38. Crop residue harvest for bioenergy production and its implications on soil functioning and plant growth: A review
ABSTRACT: The use of crop residues as a bioenergy feedstock is considered a potential strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, indiscriminate harvesting of crop residues can induce deleterious effects on soil functioning, plant growth and other ecosystem services. Here, we have summarized the information available in the literature to id
Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.). Publicado em: 2018-05
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39. Metrics derived from fish assemblages as indicators of environmental degradation in Cerrado streams
ABSTRACT The development of effective monitoring tools depends on finding sensitive metrics that are capable of detecting the most important environmental impacts at a given region. We assessed if metrics derived from stream fish assemblages reflect physical habitat degradation and changes in land cover. We sampled the ichthyofauna and environmental characte
Zoologia (Curitiba). Publicado em: 26/04/2018
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40. Drying and reduction in sensitivity to desiccation of seeds of Alibertia edulis: the influence of fruit ripening stage
ABSTRACT The intense environmental degradation in tropical regions suitable for agriculture has decreased native forest populations of plants with important fruits and medicinal properties. Alibertia edulis is a native tree from the Brazilian Cerrado. Knowledge about the effects of drying and storage on the physiological behavior of its seeds may aid in its
An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.. Publicado em: 2018-04
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41. Draft genome sequence of Vitellibacter aquimaris D-24T isolated from seawater
ABSTRACT Vitellibacter aquimaris D-24T (=KCTC 42708T = DSM 101732T), a halophilic marine bacterium, was isolated from seawater collected from Desaru beach, Malaysia. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of D-24T with a genome size of approximately 3.1 Mbp and G + C content of 39.93%. The genome of D-24T contains genes involved in reducing a potent gree
Braz. J. Microbiol.. Publicado em: 2018-03
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42. Simultaneous Determination of Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates in Wastewater Samples from Biodegradation Process by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method
The degradation products of nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPnEO), nonylphenol (NP) and short-chain NPnEO are representative of environmental endocrine disruptors. They possess strong lipophilicity, toxicity, cumulative property and estrogenic effect. They can pollute the environment, cause body precocious, and induce the body's estrogen-sensitive cancer cell prol
J. Braz. Chem. Soc.. Publicado em: 2017-12
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43. Spatial Distribution of Annual and Monthly Rainfall Erosivity in the Jaguarí River Basin
ABSTRACT The Jaguarí River Basin forms the main water supply sources for the São Paulo Metropolitan Region and other cities in the state. Since the kinetic energy of rainfall is the driving force of water erosion, the main cause of land and water degradation, we tested the hypothesis of correlation between the erosive potential of rainfall (erosivity) and
Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo. Publicado em: 09/11/2017
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44. Use of performance indicators to assess the solid waste management of health services
ABSTRACT Modern society faces serious challenges, among them, the complexity of environmental problems. Thus, there are several possible sources of environmental degradation, however, the waste produced by health services have an important peculiarity due to its toxic or pathogenic characteristics, since when managed improperly provide also health risk publi
An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.. Publicado em: 23/10/2017
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45. MODELADO DE PARTÍCULAS PM10 Y PM2.5 MEDIANTE REDES NEURONALES ARTIFICIALES SOBRE CLIMA TROPICAL DE SAN FRANCISCO DE CAMPECHE, MÉXICO
In this paper, a computational methodology based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) was developed to estimate the index of PM10 and PM2.5 concentration in air of San Francisco de Campeche city. A three layer ANN architecture was trained using an experimental database composed by days of the week, time of day, ambient temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind
Quím. Nova. Publicado em: 2017-09
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46. Nonylphenol: Properties, legislation, toxicity and determination
ABSTRACT This paper aims to gather and discuss important information about nonylphenol, such as physical chemistry properties, toxicity and analytical methods in various matrices. As a degradation product of ethoxylated alkylphenols, nonylphenol presents a higher degree of reactivity than its precursor. Due to its harmful effects on the environment, use and
An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.. Publicado em: 07/08/2017
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47. Development of a novel compound microbial agent for degradation of kitchen waste
Abstract Large quantities of kitchen waste are produced in modern society and its disposal poses serious environmental and social problems. The aim of this study was to isolate degradative strains from kitchen waste and to develop a novel and effective microbial agent. One hundred and four strains were isolated from kitchen waste and the 84 dominant strains
Braz. J. Microbiol.. Publicado em: 2017-07
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48. Evaluation of short-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation in Bacillus aryabhattai
Abstract This study was focused on the polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulation property of Bacillus aryabhattai isolated from environment. Twenty-four polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producers were screened out from sixty-two environmental bacterial isolates based on Sudan Black B colony staining. Based on their PHA accumulation property, six promising isolates we
Braz. J. Microbiol.. Publicado em: 2017-07