@Research Paper
<#LINE#>Determination of physico-chemical properties of different industrial wastewater of Hyderabad, India<#LINE#>N. @Gandhi,D. @Sirisha,Smita @Asthana <#LINE#>1-10<#LINE#>1.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-107.pdf<#LINE#>Centre for Environment and Climate Change, School of Environ. Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Hyderabad, India@Centre for Environment and Climate Change, School of Environ. Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Hyderabad, India@Department of Chemistry, St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad, India<#LINE#>7/7/2016<#LINE#>5/2/2017<#LINE#>In recent years with industrial and agricultural development, human has increasingly caused serious environmental damages on water, leading to the global shortage of water. Due to high toxicity, high concentration and complicated composition of wastewater from manufacturing agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, its treatment and purification have become one of the biggest challenges. Reclamation and reuse of effluents and industrial wastewater is occupying major place in the field of water resources management.  The present study investigated physico-chemical parameter of the industrial effluent, collected from the Jeedimetla effluent Treatment Plant (JETL). Laboratory experiments were carried out with the aim of studying physico-chemical parameter of industrial wastewater. The observed values of different physico-chemical parameters like pH, Temperature, Electrical conductivity, (EC)  Turbidity, Total hardness (TH), Total alkalinity (TA), Total acidity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Total dissolved solids (TDS), Sulphates, Nitrate nitrogen, Nitrite nitrogen, Chlorides, Phosphate (ortho phosphate + inorganic phosphate), and Salinity of samples were compared with standard values.<#LINE#>Ackah M., Agyemang O., Osei J., Bentil N.O., Kpattah L., Gyamfi E.T., Hanson J.E.K. and Anim A.K. (2011).@Assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation: the case study of Teiman-Oyarifa Community, Ga East Municipality, Ghana.@Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 1(3-4), 186-194.@Yes$Aller L., Petty R., Bennett T. and Lehar J.H. (1987).@DRASTIC-A standardised system to Evaluate Groundwater Pollution Potential using Hydrogeological settings.@National Water Well Association, Worthington, Ohio, United States of America, 38-57.@Yes$APHA (1998).@Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater (14th edition).@American Public Health Association, Washington, USA.@No$Babu P., Bhai M., Nitnavere N.V. and Sinha M. (2007).@Nitrate Contamination in groundwater in Maregaon Taluka, Yavatmal District.@Gondwana Geological Magazine (Special), 11, 107-111.@Yes$Bhartiya K.G. and Agrwal A.K. (2004).@High values of nitrates and chloride in groundwater and their possible source in parts of Chhotanagpur granite gneiss comples: A case study from cast and west Singbhum and Saraikela districts, Jharkhand.@Geology Survey of India (Special Publication), 83, 299-305.@Yes$Brault J.L. and Degrement A. (1991).@Water Treatment handbook.@Degremont, France.@Yes$Munter R. (2003).@Industrial wastewater characteristics, sustainable water management in the Baltic Sea basin course.@The Balltic University Programme (BUP), Sweden.@No$Abdulrazzak A. (2007).@Dairy Industry Effluents Treatment.@Thesis submitted to Ministry of Education and Research Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest (UTCB).@No$Bond R.G. and Straub C.P. (1974).@Text book of waste water treatment and disposal.@@No
<#LINE#>Field characteristics, micro-morphology and GIS based evaluation of major element geochemistry of calcrete deposits of Vilathikulam and its surrounding villages, Thoothukudi District, Tamilnadu, India<#LINE#>Thangavel @M.,Udayanapillai @A.V.,John S. @Armstrong-Altrin,Satyanarayanan @M. <#LINE#>11-19<#LINE#>2.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-114.pdf<#LINE#>PG Studies and Research Department of Geology, V.O. Chidambaram College, (MS University Tirunelveli), Tuticorin – 628008, India@PG Studies and Research Department of Geology, V.O. Chidambaram College, (MS University Tirunelveli), Tuticorin – 628008, India@Unidad de Process Oceánicos y Costeros, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior s/n, 04510 Mexico D.F., Mexico@CSIR-National Geophysical and Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India<#LINE#>16/7/2016<#LINE#>8/2/2017<#LINE#>Calcretes is impure carbonate deposit formed with in the vadose zone by pedogenic leaching or phreatic zone by evapotranspiration of groundwater under the arid and semi-arid climatic conditions. It occurs in some places as duricrust outcrop centered on Vilathikulam region, Thoothukudi district of Tamilnadu. The general stratigraphic succession of the area profile is cited. The spatial collection of calcrete samples from the outcrops of various landscape setting were carried out. The Micromorphological characters of calcrete are in the form of gravel, nodular, lumby, massive, hardpan and chalky nature. The Micromorphological illustration reveals the micritic or microsparitic calcite precipitation which makes rimming, peloidal or colloform, veining, displacive and replacive structures. Major element geochemical analysis of calcrete indicates that CaO, MgO, SiO2, Fe2O3 and Al2O3 are in elevated concentration (>1%), whereas MnO, Na2O, K2O, TiO2 and P2O5 are in low level concentration (<1%). The GIS based major element geochemical iso-quality spatial contour maps illustrate the distributional quality of the area which helps to demarcate the suitability of the mining site of calcrete. Further, major element geochemistry delineates the geochemical environmental of the study area.<#LINE#>Hill S.M., McQueen K.G. and Foster K.A. (1999).@Regolith carbonates accumulation in Western and Central NSW; Characteristics and Potential as an Exploration sampling medium.@In; Taylor G.M and Pain C.F. eds., State of Regolith, Proc. Of Regolith, CRC LEME, Perth, 98, 191-208.@Yes$Bedelean Horea (2004).@Study on the diagenetic calcareous accumulations in a soil profile from flore&#351;ti (Cluj County, Romania).@Studia Universitatis Babe&#351;-Bolyai, Geologia, XLIX, 1, 75-85.@Yes$Tandon S.K. and Andrews J.E. (2001).@Lithofacies associations and stable isotopes of palustrine and calcrete carbonates: examples from and Indian Maastrichtian regolith.@Sedimentology, 48(2), 339-355.@Yes$Achyuthan Hema and Navin Sankar (2004).@Pedogenic calcrete from Coimbatore area; Micromorphology, Geochemistry and Palaeoclimate significance.@Int. conf. on UNESCO and IAEA, MIRAMARETI ESTE, 1-38.@Yes$Ringrose S., Huntsman-Mapila P., Kampunzu H., Downey W.D., Coetzee S., Vink B., Matheson W. and Vanderpost C. (2005).@Geomorphological and geochemical evidence for palaeo feature formation in the northern Makgadikgadi sub-basin, Botswana.@Palaeogeog. Palaeoclim. Palaeoecol, 217, 265-287.@Yes$Mc Queen K.G. (2006).@Calcrete Geochemistry in the Cobar-Girilambone Region.@New South Wales, CRC LEME Open File Report 200, ISSN 1329-4768, 1-27.@Yes$Hirmas D.R. and Allen B.L. (2007).@Degradation of pedogenic calcrete in west texas.@Soil Sci Soc. Am.J., 71(6), 1878-1888.@Yes$Bustillo M.A. and Alonso-Zarza A.M. (2007).@Overlapping of pedogenesis and meteoric diagenesis in distal alluvial and shallow lacustrine deposits in the Madrid Miocene Basin, Spain.@Sedimentary Geology, 198(3), 255-271.@Yes$Prudencio M.I., Dias M.I.., Waerenborgha J.C., Ruiz F., Trindade M.J., Marques R., Gouveia M.A. and Abad M. (2001).@Rare earth and other trace and major elemental distribution in a pedogenic calcrete profile (Sliment, NE Tunisia).@Catena, 87(1), 147-156.@Yes$Plet Chloe, Bustillo Ma Angeles and Alonso-Zarza Ana M. (2012).@Calcrete-silcrete duricrusts from distal-alluvial fan deposits (Madrid Basin, Torrijos area, Toledo, Spain).@GEOGACETA, 52, 85-88.@Yes$Krishna A.K., Murthy N.N. and Govil P.K. (2007).@Multielement analysis of soil by wavelength- dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.@Atomic spectrometry, 28(6), 202-214.@Yes$Anand R.R. and Paine M. (2002).@Regolith Geology of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia; implications for exploration.@Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 49(1), 3-162.@Yes$Achyauthan Hema (2004).@Paleopedology of ferricrete horizons around Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.@Revista Mexicana de Ciescias Geologicas, 21(1), 133-143.@Yes$Udayanapillai A.V., Thirugnanasambandam R., Venkataraman P., Thangavel M., Kaliammal M., Perumal V. and Dash Amar Kumar (2014).@GIS based evaluation of major element geochemistry of calcrete deposit in and around Sivalarpatti village, near Pandalgudi, Virudhunagar District, Tamilnadu, India.@Journal of outreach, 7, 136- 141.@Yes$Chen X.Y., Lintern M.J. and Roach I.C. (2002).@Calcrete characteristics, distribution and use in mineral exploration, Co-operative research centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration.@Perth, 160.@Yes$Udayanapillai A.V. and Thirugnanasambandam R. (2012).@Petro-mineralogy and major element geo chemistry of calcrete deposits at Maravarperungudi village, near Pandalgudi area, Viruthunagar district Tamilnadu, India.@Jour.of outreach, 123-128.@No$Perumal V. and Udayanapillai A.V. (2015).@Petro-Mineralogy and Major Elements Geochemistry of Regolith profile of Calcrete deposits at Pandalgudi,Virudhunagar District, Tamilnadu, India.@International research Journal of Earth Sciences, 3(1),  1-7.@No$Grevenitz Paul (2006).@The character and genesis of pedogenic calcrete in southern Australia.@PhD thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong. This paper is posted at Research Online,http//ro.uow.edu.au/theses/559.@Yes$Deer W.A., Howie R.A. and Zussman J. (1979).@An Introduction of Rock-Forming Minerals.@The English Language Book Society and Longman, 1-528.@No
<#LINE#>Impact of climate change on maize yield in the maize growing region of Nigeria<#LINE#>Buba Adamu @Ndawayo,Mad Nasir B. @Shamsudin,Alias B. @Radam,Ahmad Makmom @Bin Abdullah <#LINE#>20-24<#LINE#>3.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-160.pdf<#LINE#>Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and School of Basics and Remedial Studies, Ahmadu Bello University Funtua,, P.M.B. 6009, Funtua, Katsina State, Nigeria@Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and School of Basics and Remedial Studies, Ahmadu Bello University Funtua,, P.M.B. 6009, Funtua, Katsina State, Nigeria@Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia @Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and School of Basics and Remedial Studies, Ahmadu Bello University Funtua,, P.M.B. 6009, Funtua, Katsina State, Nigeria<#LINE#>14/11/2016<#LINE#>13/2/2017<#LINE#>Crop production is amongst the many delicate occupations that would be affected by weather fluctuations. We assess the conceivable effects of climate change on maize production in Nigeria. DSSAT crop simulation model was employed for this study to predict the maize yield in the northern maize producing areas until 2039, using projected weather data and current management practices. Increased in temperature, carbon-dioxide and variation in rainfall pattern throughout the growing period were found to affect the maize yields. The results presented that maize yield, during 2016 – 2039, compared to the base-values are projected to decrease by 10.8%, 6.8% and 8.1% largely caused by temperature increase, CO2 and decrease in rainfall respectively. The results point out that maize yield could be more negatively affected by the temperature increase due to climate change.<#LINE#>Ahmed Kazi Farzan., Wang Guiling, Yu Miao, Koo Jawoo and You Liangzhi (2015).@Potential impact of climate change on cereal crop yield in West Africa.@Climatic Change, 133(2), 321-334.@Yes$Porter J.R. and Semenov M.A. (2005).@Crop responses to climatic variation.@Philos Trans R SocLond B, 360(1463), 2021-2035.@Yes$Schlenker W. and Lobell D.B. (2010).@Robust negative impacts of climate change on African agriculture.@Environ Res Lett 5(1), 014010.@Yes$Lobell D.B., Hammer G.L., McLean G., Messina C., Roberts M.J. and Schlenker W. (2013).@The critical role of extreme heat for maize production in the United States.@Nat Clim Chang, 3(5), 497-501.@Yes$Ruane A.C., Major D.G., Yu W.H., Alam M., Hussain S.G., Khan A.S., Hassan A., Al Hossain B.M.T., Goldberg R., Horton R.M. and Rosenzweig C. (2013).@Multi-factor impact analysis of agricultural production in Bangladesh with climate change.@Glob. Environ. Change, 23(1), 338-350. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.09.001.@Yes$Waha K., Müller C. and Rolinski S. (2013).@Separate and combined effects of temperature and precipitation change on maize yields in sub-Saharan Africa for mid-to late-21st century.@Glob Planet Chang, 106, 1-12.@Yes$Lobell D.B., Banziger M., Magorokosho C. and Vivek B. (2011).@Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials.@Nature Climate Change, 1(1), 42-45.@Yes$Roudier P., Sultan B., Quirion P. and Berg A. (2011).@The impact of future climate change on West African crop yields: what does the recent literature say?.@Glob Environ Chang, 21(3), 1073-1083.@Yes$Sultan B., Roudier P., Quirion P., Alhassane A., Muller B.,  Dingkuhn M., Ciais P., Guimberteau M., Traore S. and Baron C. (2013).@Assessing climate change impacts on sorghum and millet yields in the Sudanian and Saheliansavannas of West Africa.@Environ Res Lett, 8(1), 014040.@Yes$Meza F.J. and Silva D. (2009).@Dynamic adaptation of maize and wheat production to climate change.@ClimChang, 94(1-2), 143-156.@Yes$Ritchie J.R. and Otter S. (1985).@Description and performance of CERES-Wheat: a user-oriented wheat yield model.@ARS Wheat Yield Project, ARS-38.Natl Tech Info Serv, Spring- field, Missouri, 159/175.@Yes$Jones, C.A., Dyke P.T. and Kiniry J.R. (1986).@CERES-Maize: A Simulation Model of Maize Growth and Development.@Texas A&M University Press.College Station, TX.194.@Yes$Jones J.W., Keating B.A. and Porter C.H. (2001).@Approaches to modular model development.@Agricultural Systems, 70(2), 421-443.@Yes$Porter C., Jones J.W., Braga R. (2000).@An approach for modular crop model development.@International Consortium for Agricultural Systems Applications, 2440 Campus Rd., 527 Honolulu, HI 96822, pp. 13. Available from http:// www.icasanet.org/ modular/index.html.@Yes$NAERLS (2014).@National Agriculture Extension Research and Liaison Services.@Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.@No$Willmott C.J. (1982).@Some comments on the evaluation of model performance.@Bull Am Meteorol Soc 63(11), 1309-1313.@Yes$Li Zhuo Ting, Yang J., Drury C.F and Hoogenboom G. (2015).@Evaluation of the DSSAT-CSM for simulating yield and soil organic carbon N of long-term maize and wheat rotation experiment in the loess plateau of northwestern china.@Agriculturalsystem, 135, 90-104.@Yes$Thorp K.R., Batchlor W.D., and Paz J.O. (2005).@A cross validation approach to evaluate CERES-Maize simulations of corn yield spatial variability.@ASAE Paper No.:053002. St. Joseph, Mich., ASAE, 1-8.@Yes
<#LINE#>Statistical and multivariate analysis of ground water along the coastal aquifers in Palk Strait<#LINE#>Balakrishnan @A.,Ramu @A. <#LINE#>25-29<#LINE#>4.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-178.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Chemistry, Mohamed Sathak AJ College of Engineering, Siruseri, Chennai – 603 103, India@School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625 021, India<#LINE#>18/12/2016<#LINE#>21/2/2017<#LINE#>The main objective of this present paper is to analyze nineteen physico, chemical and biological parameters for twenty five different ground water samples in Palk Strait sea shore area during three seasons like pre monsoon, monsoon and post monsoon. The obtained water quality parameters were used to evaluate the correlation coefficients between various water quality parameters. The regression analysis showed significant linear relationships among different pairs of water quality parameters. A multivariate analysis such as principal component analysis (PCA) was carried out by SPSS software. Results showed that EC, TDS, Total Hardness, Total alkalinity, Chloride, Magnesium and BOD were significantly damaged the ground water system at Palk Strait sea shore area.<#LINE#>Gupta S.K. and Deshpande R.D. (2004).@Water for India in 2050, first order assessment of available options.@Current. Sci., 86(9), 1216-1224.@Yes$Lu F. and Li L. (2006).@Principal Component Analysis of Water Quality Evaluation in Liaohe River.@Water Conservancy Science and Tech and Economy, 12(10), 660-662.@Yes$Dash J.R., Dash P.C. and Patra H.K. (2006).@A Correlation and Regression Study on the Ground Water Quality in Rural Areas and Angul – Talcher Industrial zone.@Indian J. of Environ. Protec., 26(6), 550-558.@Yes$Mulla J.G., Farooqui M. and Zaheer A. (2007).@A Correlation and Regression Equations among Water Quality Parameters.@Int.J. Chem. Sci., 5(2), 943-952.@Yes$Kumar Navneet and Sinha D.K. (2010).@Drinking Water Quality Management through Correlation Studies among various Physico – Chemical Parameters – A Case Study.@Int.J.of Environ.Sci., 1(2), 253-259.@Yes$Anderson T.W. (1958).@Introduction to multivariate statistical analysis.@New York, Wiley.@Yes$Morrison D.F. (1964).@Multivariate statistical methods.@New York, McGraw Hill.@No$Sharma S. (1996).@Applied multivariate Techniques.@New York, Wiley, 90-143.@Yes$Balakrishnan A., Ramu A. and Murugesan A. (2013).@Spatial Distribution of  Heavy Metal Concentration in Ground Water in and around Palk Strait Sea shore area using GIS Techniques.@International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2(12), 7650-7656.@Yes$APHA (2005).@Standard methods for the examination of water and waste water.@American Public Health Association.@Yes$Miller J.C. and Miller J.N. (1988).@Statistics for Analytical Chemistry.@2nd edn, John Wiley and Sons, New York.@Yes$Karunakaran K., Thamilarasu P. and Sharmila R. (2009).@Statistical Study of Physicochemical Characteristics of Ground Water in and around Namakal, Tamilnadu, India.@E.J. of Chemistry, 6(3), 909-914.@Yes$Sunitha V., Sudharsnan V. and Reddy B.R. (2005).@Hydrochemistry of Ground Water –Gooty area, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.@Poll. Res., 24(1), 217-224.@Yes$Reymont R. and Joreskog K.G. (1993).@Applied factor analysis in the natural Sciences.@New York, Cambridge University Press, 371.@Yes$Kumaresan M. and Riyazuddin P. (2008).@Factor Analysis and Linear Regression Model (LRM) of Metal Speciation and Physico – Chemical Characters of Ground Water Samples.@Environ Monit Assess, 138(1), 65-79.@Yes$Zali Munirah Abdul, Retnam Ananthy and Juahir Hafizn (2011).@Spatial Characterization of Water Quality Using Principal Component Analysis Approach at Juru River Basin, Malaysia.@World Applied Sciences Journal, 14, 55-59.@Yes$Kuppusamy M.R. and Giridhar V.V. (2006).@Factor Analysis of Water Quality Characteristics including Trace Metal Speciation in the Coastal Environmental System of Chennai Ennore.@Environmental International, 32(2), 174-179.@Yes$Mondal N.C., Singh V.S., Saxena V.K. and Singh V.P. (2011).@Assessment of Sea Water Impact Using Major Hydrochemical Ions – A Case Study from Sadras, Tamilnadu, India.@Environ. Monit. Assess, 177(1), 315- 335.@Yes
<#LINE#>Toxicity of quaternary mixtures of metals to aquatic microbial community<#LINE#>Nweke @C.O.,Mbachu @I.A.C.,Opurum @C.C.,Mbagwu @C.L. <#LINE#>30-37<#LINE#>5.ISCA-IRJEvS-2017-003.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, P.M.B.1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria@Department of Microbiology, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli Campus, P.M.B. 02  Ihiala, Anambra State, Nigeria@Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, P.M.B.1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria@Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, P.M.B.1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria<#LINE#>11/1/2017<#LINE#>25/2/2017<#LINE#>The toxicities of quaternary mixtures of metal ions [Cd(II), Co(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II)] against microbial community of river water were assessed using inhibition of INT-dehydrogenase activity as endpoint and uniform design concentration ratios. The effective concentrations (EC50) were estimated using logistic concentration-response model. The toxicity of the individual metal ion was ranked as Cd(II) > Co(II) > Zn(II) > Ni(II).  In comparison to observed toxicities, the concentration addition (CA) and independent action (IA) models predicted the combined toxicities of the mixtures with varying accuracy. The deviations from accurate prediction of the mixture toxicities indicate possible synergistic and antagonistic effects of the mixtures. However, the model deviation ratios (MDR) based on 50% effective concentrations (EC50s) for most mixtures lie between 0.5 and 2.0. Thus, the combined action of the mixtures were considered to be additive.<#LINE#>Roane Timberley M. and Pepper Ian L. (2000)@Microorganisms and metal pollutants.@In: Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba (Eds.). Environmental Microbiology. Academic Press, New York, 421-441. ISBN: 0124975704@Yes$Mergeay M., Nies D., Schlegel H.G., Gerits J., Charles P. and van Gijsegem F. (1985).@Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34 is a facultative chemolithotroph with plasmid-borne resistance to heavy metals.@Journal of Bacteriology, 162(1), 328-334.@Yes$Bruins M.R., Kapil S. and Oehme F.W. (2000).@Microbial resistance to metals in the environment.@Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 45(3), 198-207. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1006/eesa.1999.1860@Yes$Ji G. and Silver S. (1995).@Bacterial resistance mechanisms for heavy metals of environmental concern.@Journal of Industrial Microbiology, 14(2), 61-75. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/BF01569887@Yes$Chasapis  C.T., Loutsidou A.C., Spiliopoulou C.A. and Stefanidou M.E. (2012).@Zinc and human health: an update.@Archives of Toxicology, 86(4), 521-534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-011-0775-1@Yes$Choudhury R. and Srivastava S. (2001).@Zinc resistance mechanisms in bacteria.@Current Science, 81(7), 768-775.@Yes$Kasahara M. and Anraku Y. (1974).@Succinate and NADH oxidase systems of Escherichia coli membrane vesicles.@mechanism of selective inhibition of the system by zinc ions. Journal of Biochemistry, 76(5), 967-976.@Yes$Beard S.J., Hughes M.N. and Poole R.K. (1995).@Inhibition of the cytochrome bd-terminated NADH oxidase system in Escherichia coli K-12 by divalent metal cations.@FEMS Microbiology Letters, 131(2), 205-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ j.1574-6968.1995.tb07778.x@Yes$Nweke C.O. and Orji J.C. (2009).@Toxicity of heavy metals to microbial community of New Calabar River.@Nigerian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 24(1), 48-54.@No$Gikas P. (2007).@Kinetic responses of activated sludge to individual and joint nickel (Ni(II)) and cobalt (Co(II)): an isobolographic approach.@Journal of Hazardous Materials, 143(1), 246-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. jhazmat.2006.09.019@Yes$Gikas P. (2008).@Single and combined effects of nickel (Ni(II)) and cobalt (Co(II)) ions on activated sludge and on other aerobic microorganisms: A review.@Journal of Hazardous Materials, 159(2), 187-203. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.048@Yes$Nweke C.O., Okolo J.C., Nwanyanwu C.E. and Alisi C.S. (2006).@Response of planktonic bacteria of New Calabar River to zinc stress.@African Journal of Biotechnology, 5(8), 653-658.@Yes$Nweke C.O., Alisi C.S., Okolo J.C. and Nwanyanwu C.E. (2007).@Toxicity of zinc to heterotrophic bacteria from a tropical river sediment.@Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 5(1), 123-132.@Yes$Orji J.C., Nweke C.O., Nwabueze R.N., Anyaegbu B., Chukwu J.C., Chukwueke C.P. and Nwanyanwu C.E. (2008).@Impacts of some divalent cations on periplasmic nitrate reductase and dehydrogenase enzymes of Escherichia, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species.@Revista Ambiente e Água, 3(2), 5-18.@Yes$Nweke C.O. and Okpokwasili G.C. (2011).@Inhibition of &#946;-galactosidase and &#945;-glucosidase synthesis in petroleum refinery effluent bacteria by zinc and cadmium.@Journal of Environmrntal Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 3(3), 68-74.@No$Nweke C.O. and Okpokwasili G.C. (2012).@Kinetics of dose-response relationship of heavy metals with dehydrogenase activity in wastewater bacteria.@Journal of Research in Biology, 2(4), 392-402.@No$Nweke C.O., Ntinugwa C., Obah I.F., Ike S.C., Eme G.E., Opara E.C. Okolo J.C and Nwanyanwu C.E. (2007).@In vitro effects of metals and pesticides on dehydrogenase activity in microbial community of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) rhizoplane.@African Journal of Biotechnology, 6(3), 290 – 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJB06.680@Yes$Nweke C.O., Ike C.C. and Ibegbulem C.O. 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(2007).@How well can we predict the toxicity of pesticide mixtures to aquatic life?.@Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 3(3), 364-372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ ieam.5630030326@Yes$Li Y., Zhang B., He X., Cheng W-H., Xu W., Luo Y., Liang R., Luo H. and Huang K. (2014).@Analysis of individual and combined effects of ochratoxin A and zearalenone on HepG2 and KK-1 cells with mathematical models.@Toxins, 6(4), 1177-1192. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins6041177@Yes$Lee J.S., Lee K.T. and Park G.S. (2005).@Acute toxicity of heavy metals, tributyltin, ammonia and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to benthic amphipod Grandidierella japonica.@Ocean Science Journal, 40(2), 61-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03028586@Yes$Nies D.H. (1992).@Resistance to cadmium, cobalt, zinc, and nickel in microbes.@Plasmid, 27(1), 17-28.@Yes$Rossel D. and Tarradellas J. 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(1999).@Assessment of toxic interactions of heavy metals in binary mixtures: a statistical approach.@Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 36(4), 365- 372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00006607@Yes$Preston S., Coad N., Townend J., Killham K. and Paton G.I. (2000).@Biosensing the acute toxicity of metal interactions: are they additive, synergistic, or antagonistic?.@Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19(3), 775-780. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620190332@Yes$Fulladosa E., Murat J.C. and Villaescusa I. (2005).@Study on the toxicity of binary equitoxic mixtures of metals using the luminescent bacteria Vibrio fischeri as a biological target.@Chemosphere, 58(5), 551-557. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j .chemosphere.2004.08.007@Yes$Nweke C.O., Orji J.C. and Ahumibe N.C. (2015).@Prediction of phenolic compound and formulated glyphosate toxicity in binary mixtures using Rhizobium species dehydrogenase activity.@Advances in Life Sciences, 5(2), 27-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5923/j.als.20150502.01@Yes$Backhaus T., Altenburger R., Boedeker W., Faust M., Scholze M. and Grimme L.H. (2000).@Predictability of the toxicity of a multiple mixture of dissimilarly acting chemicals to Vibrio fischeri.@Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19(9), 2348-2356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620190927@Yes$Faust M., Altenburger R., Backhaus T., Blanck H., Boedeker W., Gramatica P., Hamer V., Scholze M., Vighi M. and Grimme L.H. (2003).@Joint algal toxicity of 16 dissimilarly acting chemicals is predictable by the concept of independent action.@Aquatic Toxicology, 63(1), 43-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-445X(02)00133-9@Yes$Liu S.S., Song X.Q., Liu H.L., Zhang Y.H. and Zhang J. (2009).@Combined photobacterium toxicity of herbicide mixtures containing one insecticide.@Chemosphere, 75(3), 381-388. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.12.026@Yes$Boedeker W., Drescher K., Altenburger R., Faust M. and Grimme L.H. (1993).@Combined effects of toxicants: the need and soundness of assessment approaches in ecotoxicology.@Science of the Total Environment, 134, 931-939. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0048-9697(05)80100-7@Yes$Cedergreen N. (2014).@Quantifying synergy: a systematic review of mixture toxicity studies within environmental toxicology.@PLoS ONE 9(5), e96580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096580,@Yes$Petersen K. and Tollefsen K.E. (2011).@Assessing combined toxicity of estrogen receptor agonists in a primary culture of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes.@Aquatic Toxicology, 101(1), 186-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.aquatox.2010.09.018@Yes$Zeb B., Ping Z., Mahmood Q., Lin Q., Pervez A., Irshad M., Bilal M., Bhatti Z.A. and Shaheen S. (2016).@Assessment of combined toxicity of heavy metals from industrial wastewaters on Photobacterium phosphoreum T3S.@Applied Water Science, 6, 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13201-016-0385-4@Yes$Salgueiro M.J., Zubillaga M., Lysionek A., Sarabia M., Caro R., Paoli T.D., Hager A., Weill R. and Boccio J. (2000).@Zinc as an essential micronutrient: a review.@Nutrition Research, 20(5), 737-755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00163-9@Yes$Satarug S., Baker J.R., Urbenjapol S., Haswell-Elkins M., Reilly P.E., Williams D.J. and Moore M.R. (2003).@A global perspective on cadmium pollution and toxicity in non- occupationally exposed population.@Toxicology Letters, 137(1), 65-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00381-8@Yes$Xu X., Li Y., Wang Y. and Wang Y. (2011).@Assessment of toxic interactions of heavy metals in multi-component mixtures using sea urchin embryo-larval bioassay.@Toxicology in Vitro, 25(1), 294-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2010.09.007@Yes$Khan M.S., Zaidi A., Wani P.A. and Oves M. (2009).@Role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the remediation of metal contaminated soils.@Environmental Chemistry Letters, 7(1), 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10311-008-0155-0@Yes
<#LINE#>Radioactivity characterization of some exported foodstuffs from Sudan<#LINE#>Haitham M. @Elhassan,Mustafa M.O. @Ahamed,Isam @Salih,Hajo @Idriss <#LINE#>38-42<#LINE#>6.ISCA-IRJEvS-2017-006.pdf<#LINE#>Sudan Academy of Sciences, Khartoum, Sudan and Radiation Protection and Nuclear Security Unit, Sudan Customs, Ministry of Interior, Khartoum, Sudan@Sudan Atomic Energy Commission, Khartoum, Sudan@Sudan Atomic Energy Commission, Khartoum, Sudan@Sudan Atomic Energy Commission, Khartoum, Sudan<#LINE#>13/1/2017<#LINE#>10/3/2017<#LINE#>Radioactivity monitoring It is one of the basic prerequisites before exporting any food items according to the law of the Sudanese customs authority. Therefore, measurement of anthropogenic and natural radionuclides in some foodstuffs intended for export have been carried out. The measurement was performed using HPGe detector (High- Purity Germanium detectors) which is a type of high-resolution &#947;-spectroscopy . Result obtained have revealed that the activity concentration of 40K was the highest in all samples, followed by 238U and 232Th, whereas 137Cs exhibited the lowest activity concentration. Upon comparing the average value of 238U(2.37 Bq/kg),232Th(1.00 Bq/kg) and 40K(349.47 Bq/kg)  with worldwide values reported by United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). It was found they were full far below the average level of UNSCEAR with the exception eleven samples exhibited activity concentration of 40K higher than an average value of UNSCEAR. Furthermore, the average value of 137Cs activity concentration falls far below the international food standards limit.<#LINE#>Fujinaga A., Yoneda M. and Ikegami M. (2014). Risk Assessment of the Intake of Foods and Soil With the Radionuclides and the Air Radiation Dose After the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 136(8), 082901, 1-7.@undefined@undefined@Yes$Hu Q.H., Weng J.Q. and Wang J.S. (2010). Sources of anthropogenic radionuclides in the environment: a review. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity., 101(6), 426-437.@undefined@undefined@Yes$De Castro, L. P., Maihara V.A., Silva P.S.C. and Figueira R.C.L. (2012). Artificial and natural radioactivity in edible mushrooms from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Journal of environmental radioactivity., 113, 150-154.@undefined@undefined@Yes$Bréchignac F., Mazzilli B.P., Silva P.S.C. and Nisti M.B. (2002). Enhancement of natural radioactivity in the surrounding of a phosphate fertilizer complex in Santos basin, Brazil. Radioprotection Colloques, França, 37, 795-799 (C1).@undefined@undefined@Yes$Jibiri N.N., Farai I.P. and Alausa S.K. (2007). Estimation of annual effective dose due to natural radioactive elements in ingestion of foodstuffs in tin mining area of Jos-Plateau, Nigeria. 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<#LINE#>In situ measurement of primary production and production respiration ratio of Thol Wetland, Mehsana, Gujarat, India<#LINE#>Bhadrecha @Mahendra H.,Mankodi @Pradeep C. <#LINE#>43-49<#LINE#>7.ISCA-IRJEvS-2017-010.pdf<#LINE#>Scientific Officer, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Sector 10-A, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India@Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India<#LINE#>23/1/2017<#LINE#>12/3/2017<#LINE#>The value of primary productivity reflects the ecological health of an aquatic ecosystem. Considering this, the in situ measurement of primary production and production respiration were made using light and dark bottle in the Thol Wetland Bird Sanctuary during the year 2015 - 2016 covering winter, summer and monsoon seasons. The total productivity ranged from 12.45 g C/m3/d to 0.3 g C/m3/d having maximum value in summer and minimum value in monsoon. The production respiration ratio ranged from 2.06 to 0.032 having maximum value in summer and minimum value in monsoon. Factors affecting the Primary Productivity and Photosynthesis Respiration ratio in an aquatic ecosystem are mainly light, nutrients, hydrographic conditions, temperature, turbidity, solar radiation and plankton density.<#LINE#>Odum H.T. (1956).@Primary Production in Flowing Waters.@Limnol. Oceanogr., 1(2), 102-117.@Yes$Cornell Linda P. and Klarer David M. (2008).@Patterns of Dissolved Oxygen, Productivity and Respiration in Old Woman Creek Estuary, Erie County, Ohio during Low and High Water Conditions.@Ohio Journal of Science, 108(3), 31-43.@Yes$Zwart D. de., Kruijf HAM de and Trivedi Dr. R.C. (1995).@Manual on Integrated Water Quality Evaluation.@RIVM, Report 802023003.@Yes$Pringault O., Tassas V. and Rochelle-Newall E. (2007).@Consequences of respiration in the light on the determination of production in pelagic system.@Biogeoscience, 4(1), 105-114.@Yes$Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Head of the Forest Force Govn. of Gujarat (2016) https://forests.gujarat.gov.in, accessed on 21.12.2016@undefined@undefined@No$Ajayan K.V. and Parameswara Naik T. (2014).@Phytoplankton Primary Productivity in Lentic Water Bodies of Bhadravathi Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka, India.@International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, 3(4), 34-41.@Yes$Kumar Ashok (2015).@Studies on Monthly and Seasonal Variations in Primary Productivity of Glacial fed Mountainous Goriganga River in Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand.@International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, India, 4(3), 53-65.@No$Selvaraj G.S.D. (2005).@Estimation of Primary Productivity (Modified Light and Dark bottle Oxygen method).@Mangrove Ecosystems: A manual for the Assessment of Biodiversity, 83, 199-200.@Yes$Kohler Jan (1998).@Measurement of photosynthetic oxygen production.@Rostock, Meerersbiol, Beitr., 6, 17-21.@Yes$Koenings J.P., Edmundson Jim A., Kyle G.B., Edmundson J.M. and Burkett R.B. (1987).@Limnology Field and Laboratory Manual : Methods for Assessing Aquatic Production.@Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Fisheries Rehabilitation, Enhancement and Development, 71, 221.@Yes$Water Environmental Federation, APH Association (2005).@Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater.@21st edition, APHA, AWWA, WEF.@Yes$Sarma Jayashree (2016).@A comparative study of Primary Productivity Estimation in the Selected Wetlands of Dimoria Tribel –belt in Kamrup Metro District, Assam, India.@Imperial Journal of interdisciplinary Research (IJIR), 2(5), 460-462.@Yes$Ocean (2016).@Message in the Bottles.@http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02arctic/background/education/media/arctic_message.pdf, accessed on 24.12.2016@No$Leonard Nancy J., Wang Lili and Mitsch William J., (2000).@Gross primary productivity and aquatic plant Biomass: Indicators of divergence in two constructed wetlands.@The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, GPP, 69-76.@Yes$Rajyalakshmi T. and Premswarup T.V. (1975).@Primary productivity in river Godavari India.@Indian Journal of Fisheries, 22(1), 205-214.@Yes$Williams P.J.le B and del Giorgio P.A. (2005).@Respiration in aquatic ecosystems.@Oxford University Press, New York, 1-17, 103-121.@Yes
<#LINE#>Studies on defluoridation of groundwater by aluminium modified bentonite clay, as a potential adsorbent<#LINE#>Vijai @K.,Mazhar Nazeeb Khan @S.M.,Ravikumar @A. <#LINE#>50-57<#LINE#>8.ISCA-IRJEvS-2017-011.pdf<#LINE#>PG & Research Department of Chemistry, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy – 620020, Tamilnadu, India@PG & Research Department of Chemistry, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy – 620020, Tamilnadu, India@Department of Chemistry, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy – 621112, Tamilnadu, India<#LINE#>24/1/2017<#LINE#>10/3/2017<#LINE#>The aim of this present study is targeted to decide the fluoride removal capacity of Aluminium modified bentonite (Al-bent) clay as well asbentonite (bent) clay material. The bentonite clay was collected and dried in an oven at 1200C for 24hrs. The Al-Bent clay was prepared by 300ml of 10% solution of Al2SO4.18H2O was mixed with 500 gram of bentonite clay and dried in an oven at 120&#61616;C for 24hrs. The dried material of bent and Al-bent clays are powdered, sieved and preserved. The consequence of pH, contact time, adsorbent dose, temperature and adsorbent size were examined for bent and Al-bent clay materials. The removal capacity of these clay materials was declared by raising the adsorbent dose and contact time. At low pH (pH=2) the maximum amount of fluoride is adsorbed by the Al-bent clay (51%). The amount of fluoride adsorption is increased from 40% to 49% with the maximum temperature of 70&#61616;C. The physical attributes of before and after treatment of the Al-bent clay was done by XRD, FT-IR, SEM and EDAX. The results indicated that the Al-bent clay can be successfully used as an effective adsorbent for fluoride removal. It can be prepared easily, cheap, efficient and eco-friendly adsorbent of fluoride removal since aqueous solutions. We concluded that Al-bent clay is a potential adsorbent than bentonite clay for defluoridation which can be applied in fluoride-rich water in rural areas of India and other developing countries.<#LINE#>THY Tebbutt (1983).@Relationship between natural water quality and health.@Technical documents in hydrology, United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural organization, Paris.1-31@Yes$Kantharaja D.C., Lakkundi T.K., Basavanna M. and Manjappa S. (2012).@Spatial analysis of fluoride concentration in groundwaters of shivani watershed area, Karnataka state, South India, through Geospatial information system.@Environ Earth Sci., 65(1), 67-76.@Yes$Viero A.P., Roisenberg C., Roisenberg A. and Vigo A. (2009).@The Origin of Fluoride in the Granitic Aquifer of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil.@Environ Geol. 56(8), 1707-1719.@Yes$Meenakshi and Maheswari R.C. (2006).@Fluoride in drinking water and its removal.@J.  Hazard. Mater. 137(1), 456-463.@Yes$Tor Ali (2006).@Removal of fluoride from an aqueous solution by using Montmorillonite.@Desalination, 201(1-3),267-276.@Yes$Yakout S.M, Daifullah A.A.M and Elreefy S.A. (2007).@Adsorption of fluoride in aqueous solution using KMnO4-modified Activated Carbon derived from steam Pyrolysis of Rice Straw.@J. Hazard. Mater., 147(1), 633-643.@Yes$Bhtnagar A., Kumar E., Kumar U. and Sillanpa N. (2011).@Defluoridation from aqueous solutions by Nano-Alumina: Characterization and sorption studies.@J. Hazard. Mater., 186(2), 1042-1049.@Yes$WHO (2004).@Guidelines for drinking water quality.@Geneva, World Health Organization.@Yes$Mohapata M., Annad S. and Mishra B.K. (2009).@Review of fluoride removal from drinking water.@J. Environ. Management, 91(1), 67-77.@Yes$Yadav A.K., Kausik C.P., Haritash A.K., Kansal A. and Rani N. (2006).@Defluoridation of groundwater using brick powder as an adsorbent.@J. Hazard. Mater, 128(2), 289-293.@Yes$Majima T. and Takatsuki H. (1987).@Fluoride removal from smoke-washing wastewater by using CaF2 separating method.@Water Purification of Liq. Waste Treatment, 28(7), 433-443.@Yes$Karthikayen G, Pius Anitha and Alagumuthu G. (2005).@Fluoride adsorption studies of Montmorillonite clay.@Indian J. Chem. Tech, 12, 263-272.@Yes$Murugan M. and Subramanian E. (2006).@Studies on Defluoridation of water by Tamarind seed, an unconventional biosorbent.@J. Water Health, 4(4), 453-461.@Yes$Nagappa B. and Chandrappa G.T. (2007).@Mesoporous Nano crystalline magnesium oxide for environmental remediation.@Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 106(1), 212-218.@Yes$Zhou D., Zhang L. and Guo S. (2005).@Mechanism of Lead biosorption on cellulose/chitin beads.@Water Res. 39(16), 3755-3762.@Yes$Kumar Ravi A. (2015).@Assessment of fluoride in Groundwater and its correlation with other water Quality Parameters of TiruchengodeBlock, Namakkal District, Tamilnadu, India.@(Unpublished Doctoral dissertation) Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India, 188.@No
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<#LINE#>Big promises, underwhelming results: evaluation of shortcomings of environment impact assessment mechanism in India<#LINE#>Kundan @Sagar <#LINE#>58-65<#LINE#>9.ISCA-IRJEvS-2017-009.pdf<#LINE#>PG Research Scholar, School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar, India <#LINE#>20/1/2017<#LINE#>14/3/2017<#LINE#>Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is a practice to be done before any venture or significant movement is attempted to guarantee that it will not at all damage the environment on a long haul premise. Any formative effort entails not adjust in-depth examination of the need for such a venture, fiscal expenses, and advantages but also, it requires a nitty gritty appraisal of the impact of a proposed venture. The point of an EIA is to guarantee that potential effects are distinguished and tended to at an early stage in the ventures arranging and plan. To accomplish this point, the appraisal finding is conveyed to all, who will settle on choices about the proposed ventures, the venture engineers, and their financial specialists and in addition controllers, organizers and the government officials. So that EIA can shape the venture with the goal that its advantages can be accomplished and managed without bringing about unfriendly effects. Lately, significant ventures have experienced genuine troubles in light of the fact that deficient record has been brought of their association with the encompassing environment. Many new ventures have been observed to be unsustainable on account of asset exhaustion and their unfavorable effects. Although the purpose of introducing EIA in India was like other country in world to use it as a device for safeguarding that environmental anxieties, which are cohesive into the development project or programme planning process, however after more than 20 years, still it doesn\'t appear as a powerful device to \" ‘safeguard’ the environment and socioeconomic arrangement of the communities in the country. Thus, this article, by tracing the evidence from various case studies related to the EIA from various sources of secondary data, including from various literatures, texts, articles, news, archives, explores the notable inadequacies in EIA processes and practices in India and finally by analyzing the loopholes, it distinguishes opportunities for exploiting the present conditions for reinforcing the EIA procedure. Hence this article, by tracing the evidence from history provides a background, how over the year and the EIA is converted into the project justification tool rather than project planning tool.<#LINE#>Scorer R.S. (1994).@Earth in the balance, Al Gore, Houghton Mifflin, Boston and Earthscan Publications (London), 1992. No. of pages: 406.@Int. J. Climatol., 14(1) 116-117. doi:10.1002/joc.3370140118@Yes$Spechler M.C. (2000).@David Held, Anthony McGrew, David Goldblatt, and Jonathan Perraton, Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture.@Journal of Comparative Economics,28(3), 629-631.@Yes$Wapner P. (1995).@Politics beyond the state environmental activism and world civic politics.@World Politics, 47(03), 311-340.@Yes$Gray K.R. (2000).@International Enviromnental Impact Assessment-Potential for a Multilateral Environmental Agreement.@Colo. J. Int@Yes$Knox J.H. 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