Environmental Indicators

Environmental indicators are the first line of warning against hazards caused by humans or nature catastrophes to prevent diseases and death of living organisms. The present book covers a large variety of environmental indicators from physical-chemistry through economical, bioinformatics, electromagnetic irradiation and health aspects, all dealing with environmental pollution. This volume has been intended to environmentalists, engineers, scientists and policy makers as well to anybody interested in the latest development in the indicator field. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Non-renewable Resources as Indicator of Thermodynamic Changes in Environment....Pages 3-13 Photon Dissipation Rates as an Indicator of Ecosystem Health....Pages 15-36 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Environmental Indicators of Climate Change: Phenological Aspects....Pages 39-49 Carbon Footprint – An Environmental Sustainability Indicator of Large Scale CO 2 Sequestration....Pages 51-66 Urban Heat Islands....Pages 67-75 Tsunami....Pages 77-88 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Species Extinction Indicators....Pages 91-102 Indicators of Pollinator Decline and Pollen Limitation....Pages 103-115 Coral Bleaching....Pages 117-146 Invasive Alien Species and Their Indicators....Pages 147-173 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Marine Eutrophication....Pages 177-203 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Framework for Analyzing Environmental Indicators Measurements Acquired by Wireless Distributed Sensory Network – Air Pollution Showcase....Pages 207-223 Environment Benefits Quantification Through Statistical Indicators....Pages 225-236 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Environmental Indicators of Dryland....Pages 239-250 Pesticide Drift: Seeking Reliable Environmental Indicators of Exposure Assessment....Pages 251-261 Front Matter....Pages 263-263 Environmental Indicators of Land Cover, Land Use, and Landscape Change....Pages 265-276 Desertification and Desertification Indicators Classification (DPSIR)....Pages 277-290 Front Matter....Pages 291-291 Soil Conservation....Pages 293-305 Soil Erosion....Pages 307-317 Soil Salination Indicators....Pages 319-330 Front Matter....Pages 291-291 Soil Contamination by Diffuse Inputs....Pages 331-341 Markers, Indicators of Soil Pollution....Pages 343-364 Landsnail for Ecotoxicological Assessment of Chemicals and Soil Contamination – Ecotoxicological Assessment of Chemicals and Contaminated Soils Using the Terrestrial Snail, Helix aspersa , at Various Stage of Its Life Cycle: A Review....Pages 365-391 Front Matter....Pages 393-393 Land Use Changes and Landscape Degradation in Central and Eastern Europe in the Last Decades: Epigeic Invertebrates as Bioindicators of Landscape Changes....Pages 395-420 Environmental Indicators of Biological Urbanization....Pages 421-432 Front Matter....Pages 433-433 Environmental Impact of the Coal Industry and Resource Equivalency Method for Environmental Damage with Ecological Indicators....Pages 435-460 Environmental Quality Assessment: Geoenvironmental Indices....Pages 461-478 Nonpoint Source Pollution: Assessment and Management of Environmental Quality According to Geoenvironmental Indices....Pages 479-493 Point Source Pollution Indicators....Pages 495-499 Noise Pollution Indicators....Pages 501-513 Snow Samples as Markers of Air Pollution in Mass Spectrometry Analysis....Pages 515-541 Front Matter....Pages 543-543 Marine Pollution-Environmental Indicators in Marine Meiofauna from Brazil....Pages 545-560 Environmental Impacts of Reservoirs....Pages 561-575 Front Matter....Pages 577-577 Bacteriological Indications of Human Activities in the Ecosystems....Pages 579-611 Indicators of Waterborne Viruses....Pages 613-631 Algal Bloom Indicators....Pages 633-642 Biological Indicators of Water Quality: The Role of Fish and Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Water Quality....Pages 643-661 Histopathological Indicators in Fish for Assessing Environmental Stress....Pages 663-675 Risk Management During Effluent Application for Irrigation....Pages 677-693 Molecular Bioindicators of Pollution in Fish....Pages 695-720 Front Matter....Pages 721-721 Ocean Acidification and Related Indicators....Pages 723-742 Mercury in Fish: History, Sources, Pathways, Effects, and Indicator Usage....Pages 743-766 The Chronic POEDCs Ecotoxicological Impact: An Aquatic Environmental Indicator of Surface and Groundwater....Pages 767-780 Bioaccumulation and Long-Term Monitoring in Freshwater Ecosystems – Knowledge Gained from 20 Years of Zebra Mussel Analysis by the German Environmental Specimen Bank....Pages 781-803 Viability and Reliability of Dense Membranes in Removing Trace Organic Contaminants for Wastewater Reclamation and Purification: Pros and Cons, Mechanisms, and Trends....Pages 805-823 Front Matter....Pages 825-825 Indoor Air Quality Indicators....Pages 827-841 Front Matter....Pages 843-843 Environmental Burden of Diseases....Pages 845-857 Textile Toxicants in Environmental and Human Health....Pages 859-869 Biological Indicators of Ionizing Radiation in Nature....Pages 871-881 Health-Related Indicators of Outdoor Air Quality....Pages 883-898 Health Implications of Combustion Engine Exhaust....Pages 899-924 Health-Related Indicators of Indoor Air Quality....Pages 925-944 Human Biological Monitoring and Public Health....Pages 945-966 Chemicals Disaster Management and Public Health....Pages 967-993 On the Relationships Between Health Outcome and Urban Air Quality....Pages 995-1010 Electromagnetic Radiation – Environmental Indicators in Our Surroundings....Pages 1011-1024 Electromagnetic Radiation and Health: Human Indicators....Pages 1025-1046 Molds and Radon, Indoors Problems as Indicated by Diseases....Pages 1047-1060 Back Matter....Pages 1061-1068