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Environmental monitoring
About: Environmental monitoring is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4476 publications have been published within this topic receiving 72216 citations.
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TL;DR: This article examined the relationship between various environmental indicators and the level of a country's per capita income and found no evidence that environmental quality deteriorates steadily with economic growth, rather, for most indicators, economic growth brings an initial phase of deterioration followed by a subsequent phase of improvement.
Abstract: Using data assembled by the Global Environmental Monitoring System we examine the reduced-form relationship between various environmental indicators and the level of a country's per capita income. Our study covers four types of indicators: concentrations of urban air pollution; measures of the state of the oxygen regime in river basins; concentrations of fecal contaminants in river basins; and concentrations of heavy metals in river basins. We find no evidence that environmental quality deteriorates steadily with economic growth. Rather, for most indicators, economic growth brings an initial phase of deterioration followed by a subsequent phase of improvement. The turning points for the different pollutants vary, but in most cases they come before a country reaches a per capita income of $8,000.
4,300 citations
TL;DR: Understudied areas of emerging contaminant (EC) research in wastewaters and the environment are identified, and direction for future monitoring is recommended, and the fate and impact of ECs in all exposed environmental compartments are studied.
1,939 citations
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17 Apr 2007
TL;DR: An introduction to water quality strategies for water quality assessment the selection of water quality variables the use of particulate material, use of biological material rivers lakes and reservoirs groundwater data handling and presentation as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: An introduction to water quality strategies for water quality assessment the selection of water quality variables the use of particulate material the use of biological material rivers lakes and reservoirs groundwater data handling and presentation.
1,763 citations
TL;DR: It is argued that monitoring should not be viewed as a stand-alone activity, but instead as a component of a larger process of either conservation-oriented science or management, which would lead to substantial increases in the efficiency and usefulness of monitoring results in conservation.
Abstract: Human-mediated environmental changes have resulted in appropriate concern for the conservation of ecological systems and have led to the development of many ecological monitoring programs worldwide. Many programs that are identified with the purpose of 'surveillance' represent an inefficient use of conservation funds and effort. Here, we revisit the 1964 paper by Platt and argue that his recommendations about the conduct of science are equally relevant to the conduct of ecological monitoring programs. In particular, we argue that monitoring should not be viewed as a stand-alone activity, but instead as a component of a larger process of either conservation-oriented science or management. Corresponding changes in monitoring focus and design would lead to substantial increases in the efficiency and usefulness of monitoring results in conservation.
1,113 citations
TL;DR: The imperative need to boost research and innovation for new and cost-effective treatment technologies, in line with the uptake, mode of action and consequences of each emerging contaminant, is demonstrated.
859 citations