Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
The Challenge of Vehicular Emission and Atmospheric Deposition: From Air to Water
(Lakshika Weerasundara and Meththika Vithanage, Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka)
Chapter 2
Challenge to Enhance the Value of Eco-Friendly Products Biodegraded from Fishery Waste
(Joong Kyun Kim, Hyun Yi Jung, Hee Jin Lee and Ja Young Cho, Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea)
Chapter 3
Vegetative Buffer and Fly Ash Pad Surface Material System Application for Reducing Runoff, Sediment, and Nutrient Losses from Livestock Manure Windrow Composting Facilities
(D. Webber, S.K. Mickelson, T.L. Richard, and H.K. Ahn, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA, and others)
Chapter 4
An Update on Environmental Stressors and Their Effects on Oxidative Parameters in Limpets
(P. M. González, J. M. Ostera, S. Puntarulo and G. Malanga, Physical Chemistry-Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Chapter 5
The Dialog between Rhizosphere Microbes and Plant Root System
(Mihiri Seneviratne, Meththika Vithanage, Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, and others)
Chapter 6
Comparative Study on Gamma Attenuation Coefficients of Soil Samples by MCNP Simulation, XCOM and Experiment Results
(V. P. Singh, A. M. Ali, N. M. Badiger and A. M. El-Khayatt, Department of Physics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, and others)
Chapter 7
Heavy Metals Export from Plough Layer to Subsoil Strata by Downwash and Clay Migration: True Natural Attenuation Effects in Metalliferous Soils
(Gerhard Gramss and Klaus-Dieter Voigt, Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Burgweg, Jena, Germany, and others)
Chapter 8
The Influence of Shifting Habitat Heterogeneity and Environmental Stressors Over Space and Time on Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Upper Olifants River, South Africa
(Paul J. Oberholster, Judy Lai, Arno R. de Klerk, Leanie P. de Klerk, Anna-Maria Botha, Martin C.M. Blettler, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and others)
Chapter 9
Biomacromolecules as Effective Green Flame Retardants for Textiles: An Overview
(Giulio Malucelli, Politecnico di Torino, Dept. Applied Science and Technology, Alessandria, Italy)
Index