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Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- 1. Trade-offs in the high-mountain conservation --- 2. Present phylogeorgraphic patterns in European mountains resulting from past large climatic oscillations --- 3. The early human occupation of the high mountain --- 4. Millenial socio-ecological trajectories in high mountain and land use --- 5. Non-equilibrium in alpine plan assemblages, current shifts in summit floras --- 6. Diversity assembly in alpine plant communities --- 7. Regional forest idiosyncrasy and the response to global change --- 8. Life-history responses to the altitudinal gradient in mountain fauna --- 9. Towards a microbial conservation perspective in high-mountain lakes --- 10. On defence of fishless high mountain lakes --- 11. Atmospheric chemical loadings in the high mountain: current forcing and legacy pollution --- 12. High soil carbon stocks in mountain grasslands may be compromised by land use changes --- 13. Why recovering large carnivore populations in high mountains? --- 14. The role of environmental history in high mountain landscape conservation --- 15. Conservation lessons from long-term studies of the bearded vulture --- 16. Monitoring global change in the high mountain --- 17. Evaluating global change effects on high mountain snow and the impact on water resources --- 18. A modelling approach to the understanding of past, present and future shifts in vegetation --- 19. Challenges for conservation in a changing world, perspective from the high mountains

Description / Table of Contents: Part I  - The Theory of Rewilding --- 1. Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe --- 2. European Wilderness in a Time of Farmland Abandonment --- 3. Ecosystem Services: the Opportunities of Rewilding in Europe --- Part II - Rewilding and Biodiversity --- 4. Bringing Large Mammals Back: Large Carnivores in Europe --- 5. Top Scavengers in a Wilder Europe --- 6. Rewilding: Pitfalls and Opportunities for Moths and Butterflies --- 7. Vegetation Restoration and Other Actions to Enhance Wildlife in European Agricultural Landscapes --- 8. Maintaining Disturbance-dependent Habitats.- Part III - Rewillding in Practice --- 9. Rewilding Europe: A New Strategy for an Old Continent --- 10. Preparing a New Generation of Wilderness Entrepreneurs --- 11. Towards a European Policy for Rewilding --- Index

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Physical and Geological Oceanography --- Hydrography in the RSA during the RT/V Umitaka-Maru Cruises / J. Yoshida, M. Matsuyama, T. Senjyu, T. Ishimaru, T. Morinaga, H. Arakawa, A. Kamatani, M. Maeda, A. Otsuki, S. Hashimoto, I. Kasuga, Y. Koike, Y. Mine, Y. Kurita, A. Kitazawa, A. Noda, T. Hayashi, T. Miyazaki, and K. Takahashi / pp. 1-22 --- Vertical structure of a current and density front in the Strait of Hormuz / M. Matsuyama, Y. Kitade, T. Senjyu, Y. Koike, and T. Ishimaru / pp. 23-34 --- High salinity lens from the Strait of Hormuz / T. Senjyu, T. Ishimaru, M. Matsuyama, and Y. Koike / pp. 35-48 --- Distribution of Turbidity in the ROPME Sea Area / Y. Arakawa, T. Hirawake, and T. Morinaga / pp. 49-63 --- Mineralogy, genesis and sources of surficial sediments in the ROPME Sea Area / A. N. Al-Ghadban, A. M. Al-Dousari, A. Al-Kadi, M. Behbehani, and P. Caceres / pp. 65-88 --- Chapter 2. Chemical Oceanography --- Concentrations of bromide and chloride ions and their relationships with salinity in the central region of the ROPME Sea Area / A. Otsuki, K. Nagaoka, S. Hashimoto, R. Tsujimoto, T. Senjyu, and Y. Koike / pp. 89-98 --- Distribution of nutrient, nitrous oxide and chlorophyll a of RSA: Extremely high ratios of nitrite to nitrate in whole water column / S. Hashimoto, R. Tsujimoto, M. Maeda, T. Ishimaru, J. Yoshida, Y. Takasu, Y. Koike, Y. Mine, A. Kamatani, and A. Otsuki / pp. 99-124 --- Levels of mercury in the marine environment of the ROPME area / N. B. Al-Majed and W. A. Rajab / pp. 125-147 --- Metal concentrations in sediment samples collected during Umitaka-Maru Cruises in 1993-1994 / I. Alam, A. A. Al-Arfaj, and M. Sadiq / pp. 149-159 --- Trace metals in the finest fraction of surface sediments from the inner part of ROPME Sea Area / M. Maeda, H. Akitake, I. Kamiya, F. Shibata, and A. Kamatani / pp. 161-180 --- Chapter 3. Biological Oceanography --- Primary production in the ROPME Sea Area / T. Hirawake, K. Tobita, T. Ishimaru, H. Satoh, and T. Morinaga / pp. 181-191 --- Post-spill spatial distribution of zooplankton in the ROPME Sea Area. / F. Al-Yamani, K. Al-Rifaie, H. Al-Mutairi, and W. Ismail / pp. 193-202 --- Aspects of reproduction in the pearl oyster, Pinctada radiata (Leach). / S. A. A. Khamdan / pp. 203-214 --- Chapter 4. Marine pollution --- Distribution of n-alkanes and heterocyclic sulfur compounds in the central region of the ROPME Sea Area (Persian Gulf) / R. Tsujimoto, S. Hashimoto, and A. Otsuki / pp. 215-230 --- Distribution of organotin compounds in fish and the ratio of phenyl-tin to total organic-tin in the ROPME Sea Area / M. Watanabe, S. Hashimoto, K. Fujita, and A. Otsuki / pp. 231-244 --- Toxicity of dibenzothiophene and its distribution in the eastern coast of Japan and northwestern coast of the ROPME Sea Area / J. Koyama, and R. Kuroshima / pp. 245-256 --- Levels of trace metals and hydrocarbons in fish from the ROPME Sea Area / N. B. Al-Majed, F. Al-Safar, W. A. Rajab, M. S. Farhan, and E. Al-Ruqaab / pp. 257-279 --- Appendix: Technical reports --- Study of phytoplankton in ROPME Sea Area / M. Husain, and S. Ibrahim / pp. 281-301 --- Distribution of copepoda in the ROPME Sea Area 1994 / M. Al-Khabbaz, and A. M. Fahmi / pp. 303-318

Description / Table of Contents: Part I  - The Theory of Rewilding --- 1. Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe --- 2. European Wilderness in a Time of Farmland Abandonment --- 3. Ecosystem Services: the Opportunities of Rewilding in Europe --- Part II - Rewilding and Biodiversity --- 4. Bringing Large Mammals Back: Large Carnivores in Europe --- 5. Top Scavengers in a Wilder Europe --- 6. Rewilding: Pitfalls and Opportunities for Moths and Butterflies --- 7. Vegetation Restoration and Other Actions to Enhance Wildlife in European Agricultural Landscapes --- 8. Maintaining Disturbance-dependent Habitats.- Part III - Rewillding in Practice --- 9. Rewilding Europe: A New Strategy for an Old Continent --- 10. Preparing a New Generation of Wilderness Entrepreneurs --- 11. Towards a European Policy for Rewilding --- Index

Description / Table of Contents: Fish Immunotoxicology: Research at the Crossroads of Immunology, Ecology and Toxicology / H. Segner, A. M. Möller, M. Wenger and A. Casanova-Nakayama / pp. 1-12 --- Homology Modeling of the Mysid Ecdysone Receptor and Docking Simulation with Ecdysteroids / M. Hirano, H. Ishibashi, E.-Y. Kim, K. Arizono and H. Iwata / pp. 13-18 --- Effects of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) on the Peripheral Nervous System in Developing Red Seabream (Pagrus major) Embryos / M. Iida, E.-Y. Kim, Y. Murakami, Y. Shima and H. Iwata / pp. 19-24 --- Evaluation of Quantitative-Extra Long PCR to Assess Levels of DNA Damage in an Estuarine Fish Population / N. K. Roy and I. Wirgin / pp. 25-34 --- The Synthesis and Role of Taurine in the Eel Spermatogenesis / M. Higuchi, F. T. Celino, C. Miura and T. Miura / pp. 35-40 --- Establishment of the Protocol for Developmental Analysis and Observation of Embryogenesis and Axonogenesis in a Freshwater Goby, Rhinogobius flumineus / M. Kawaguchi, J. Shibata, R. Kawanishi, A. Sogabe, T. Kawanaka, K. Matsumoto, K. Omori and Y. Murakami / pp. 41-48 --- Transgenic Medaka, Small Fresh Water Teleost (Oryzias latipes), is Now Available for Environmental Science / M. Kinoshita / pp. 49-54 --- Physiological Effects of 3 Non-PBDE Brominated Flame Retardants on Pimephales promelas (Fathead Minnow) Exposed in Outdoor Mesocosms / B. de Jourdan, K. Oakes, M. Hanson, P. Sibley, M. Servos, D. Muir and K. Solomon / pp. 55-66 --- Use of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Models in Marine Mammal Toxicology / L. Weijs, R. S. H. Yang, K. Das, R. Blust and A. Covaci / pp. 67-72 --- Applicability of Human Hair as a Bioindicator for Trace Elements Exposure / T. Noguchi, T. Itai, M. Kawaguchi, S. Takahashi and S. Tanabe / pp. 73-77 --- Application of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis as an Ecotoxicological Tool to Investigate the Effects of aqu-Fullerene on a Bacterial Community / R. A. Kanaly, A. H. Maeda, M. Kunihiro and N. Hamamura / pp. 79-88 --- Iodide Oxidizing Activity of Bacteria from Subsurface Sediments of the Savannah River Site, SC, U.S.A. / H.-P. Li, R. Brinkmeyer, W. L. Jones, S. Zhang, C. Xu, Y.-F. Ho, K. A. Schwehr, D. I. Kaplan, P. H. Santschi and C. M. Yeager / pp. 89-97 --- Identification of Bacterial Community and Arsenate-Reducing Bacteria Associated with a Soda Lake in Khovsgol, Mongolia / N. Hamamura, Y. Liu and W. P. Inskeep / pp. 99-107 --- Arsenic Contamination of Paddy Fields through Groundwater Irrigation in Bangladesh: Risks for Rice Production and Mitigation Perspectives / L. C. Roberts, S. J. Hug, J. Dittmar, A. Voegelin, R. Kretzschmar, B. Wehrli, G. C. Saha, M. A. Ali and A. B. M. Badruzzaman / pp. 109-115 --- Arsenic Release and Transport in Sediments of the Mekong Delta / B. D. Kocar and S. Fendorf / pp. 117-124 --- Exposure, Metabolism, and Effects of Arsenic in Residents from Arsenic-contaminated Groundwater Areas of Southeast Asia / T. Agusa, T. Kunito, R. Kubota, S. Tanabe and H. Iwata / pp. 125-132 --- Mobilization of Manganese and Arsenic under Hypoxia in the Bottom of Lake Biwa / Y. Hyobu, T. Itai, D. Hayase, M. Kumagai and S. Tanabe / pp. 133-140 --- Spatial Profile of Trace Elements in Marine Sediments from Jakarta Bay, Indonesia / A. S. Riyadi, T. Itai, T. Isobe, M. Ilyas, A. Sudaryanto, I. E. Setiawan, S. Takahashi and S. Tanabe / pp. 141-150 --- A Comparative Study on Temporal Trends of Trace Elements in Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from Coastal Waters of North Japan / Y. Yasuda, S. Hirata, T. Itai, T. Isobe, T. Matsuishi, T. K. Yamada, Y. Tajima, S. Takahashi and S. Tanabe / pp. 151-159 --- Trace Element Contamination around the E-waste Recycling Site at Agbogbloshie, Accra City, Ghana / M. Otsuka, T. Itai, K. A. Asante, M. Muto and S. Tanabe / pp. 161-167 --- Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements in Marine Organisms from Deep-Waters of Off-Sanninn and Off-Hokuriku, Japan / H. Adachi, T. Itai, S. Takahashi, T. Kubodera, S. Haruta and S. Tanabe / pp. 169-176 --- Organohalogen Compounds and Their Metabolites in the Blood of Japanese Amberjack and Scalloped Hammerhead Shark from Japanese Coastal Waters / K. Nomiyama, Y. Uchiyama, S. Horiuchi, A. Eguchi, C. Kanbara, S. Horai-Hirata, R. Shinohara and S. Tanabe / pp. 177-185 --- Accumulation of Halogenated Phenolic Compounds in Small Toothed Whales / M. Ochiai, K. Nomiyama, T. Isobe, T. K. Yamada, Y. Tajima, T. Matsuishi, M. Amano and S. Tanabe / pp. 187-192 --- Accumulation Features of Halogenated Phenolic Compounds in the Blood of Pinnipeds from Japanese Coastal Waters / C. Kanbara, K. Nomiyama, H. Mizukawa, A. Eguchi, T. Isobe, T. K. Yamada and S. Tanabe / pp. 193-202 --- Accumulation Features of Organohalogen Metabolites in the Blood of Japanese Terrestrial Mammals / H. Mizukawa, K. Nomiyama, S. Nakatsu, S. Yachimori, T. Hayashi, Y. Tashiro, M. Yamamoto and S. Tanabe / pp. 203-210 --- Contamination Status and Accumulation Features of Organohalogen Compounds in Raccoon Dog and Masked Palm Civet / M. Yamamoto, T. Isobe, T. Hayashi, S. Yachimori, K. Nomiyama and S. Tanabe / pp. 211-219 --- Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Fishes Collected from Tam Giang-Cau Hai Lagoon, Vietnam / P. T. Hien, N. M. Tue, G. Suzuki, S. Takahashi and S. Tanabe / pp. 221-227 --- Contamination of Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) in Human Hair from E-waste Recycling Site in Vietnam / M. Muto, T. Isobe, K. Ramu, N. M. Tue, P. H. Viet, S. Takahashi and S. Tanabe / pp. 229-237 --- Determination of Perfluoroalkyl Compounds in Aqueous Samples from Northern Vietnam / T. Isobe, J.-W. Kim, N. M. Tue, K. Misaki, S. Takahash, P. H. Viet and S. Tanabe / pp. 239-244 --- Concentrations of Perfluorinated Compounds in Tap Water and Human Serum from Osaka, Japan / S. Takagi, J. Yoshida and F. Adachi / pp. 245-251 --- Hexabromocyclododecane Levels in Foodstuff and Human Breast Milk in Osaka, Japan / K. Kakimoto, K. Akutsu, Y. Konishi, A. Toriba and K. Hayakawa / pp. 253-259 --- Analysis of Benzotriazole UV Stabilizers in House Dust Using an UHPLC-MS/MS / J.-W. Kim, T. Isobe, G. Malarvannan, A. Sudaryanto, K.-H. Chang, M. Prudente and S. Tanabe / pp. 261-267 --- Contamination Status of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Brominated Flame Retardants in Environmental and Biota Samples from India / G. Devanathan, T. Isobe, A. Subramanian, K. A. Asante, S. Natarajan, P. Palaniappan, S. Takahashi and S. Tanabe / pp. 269-277 --- Fireworks Displays and Production as a Perchlorate Emission Source / R. Sugimoto, T. Isobe, K. Ramu, G. Malarvannan, G. Devanthan, A. Subramanian and S. Tanabe / pp. 279-284 --- Atmospheric Deposition of Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in Dongjiang River Basin of Guangdong Province, South China / Y. Wang, Z. N. Cheng, J. Li, C. L. Luo, X. Liu and G. Zhang / pp. 285-293 --- Changes of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Atmospheric Concentration and Soil Load in the UK and Norway over 10 Years / J. K. Schuster, R. Gioia, C. Moeckel, T. Agarwal, T. D. Bucheli, K. Breivik, E. Steinnes and K. C. Jones / pp. 295-302 --- Inter-Congener Variability in the Global Dynamics of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: A Message from Finely-Advanced Transboundary Environmental Model (FATE) / T. Kawai, N. Suzuki and I. C. Handoh / pp. 303-309 --- Modeling of Suspended Particulate Matter in the East China Sea / J. Ono and X. Guo / pp. 311-319 --- Toxic Metals Derived from Plastic Litter on a Beach / E. Nakashima, A. Isobe, S. Kako, T. Itai and S. Takahashi / pp. 321-328 --- Radon and Radium Isotopes, Groundwater Discharge and Harmful Algal Blooms in Little Lagoon, Alabama / N. Su, W. C. Burnett, K. T. Eller, H. L. MacIntyre, B. Mortazavi, J. D. Liefer and L. Novoveská / pp. 329-337 --- Seasonal Variation of the 222Rn Concentration in the Central Part of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan / M. Saito, S. Onodera, X. Guo, K. Onishi, Y. Shimizu, M. Yoshikawa, G. Jin, M. Tokumasu and H. Takeoka / pp. 339-344 --- Development of an On-site Simplified Determination Method for Hydrogen Sulfide in Marine Sediment Pore Water Using a Shipboard Ion Electrode with Consideration of Hydrogen Sulfide Oxidation Rate / S. Asaoka, T. Yamamoto, Y. Takahashi, H. Yamamoto, K. H. Kim and K. Orimoto / pp. 345-352 --- The Effect of Microphytobenthic Resuspension on Suspended Particulate Matter Dynamics in a Shallow Lagoon in Hokkaido, Japan / N. Suga and S. Montani / pp. 353-365 --- Occurrence of Tetracycline Resistant Bacteria and tet(M) Gene in Seawater from Korean Coast / S.-j. Kim, M. Ogo, M.-J. Oh and S. Suzuki / pp. 367-375 --- Vertical Community Structure of Bacteria and Phytoplankton in Lake Biwa Using Respiratory Quinone and Pigment Analysis / H. Takasu, T. Kunihiro and S. Nakano / pp. 377-385 --- Deterioration of Soft Bottom Macroinfaunal Communities in a Milkfish Mariculture Zone off Bolinao-Anda, Pangasinan (NW Philippines) / H. M. E. Nacorda, J. M. Obliosca, M. C. L. Tentia, G. S. Jacinto and M. L. C. San Diego-McGlone / pp. 387-395 --- Relative Biomass of Bacteria and Microphytobenthos in Surface Sediments of the Seto Inland Sea of Japan / T. Kunihiro, J. Shibata, H. Hamaoka, A. Sogabe, K. Moriya, M. Kuwae, K. Ito, A. Katayama, H. Tsutsumi and K. Omori / pp. 397-406 --- Bacterial Community should be Considered in Ecosystem Model in the Ocean?—Comparison between Community-Based Model, Black Box Model, and Exponential Decay Model / T. Miki / pp. 407-418 --- A Mini-Review of Spatial Segregation of Aquatic Food Webs: Stable Isotope Technique and Human Impact / H. Doi / pp. 419-425 --- Contribution of Pelagic and Benthic Grazing and Detritus Food Chains to the Coastal Ecosystem of the Western Seto Inland Sea: A Stable Isotope and Bayesian Mixing Model Analysis Approach / J. Shibata, K. Matsumoto, H. Hamaoka, A. Sogabe, T. Nanko, T. Kunihiro, H. Onishi and K. Omori / pp. 427-435 --- Contamination Status and Geographical Distribution of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, Hexabromocyclododecanes and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Fish and Shellfish from the Seto Inland Sea, Japan / H. Hamada, T. Isobe, K.-H. Chang, J. Shibata, A. Sogabe, K. Ohmori and S. Tanabe / pp. 437-445 --- Applying Trophic Tracers to Study Contaminant Levels and Trends in Arctic Marine Wildlife and Food Webs: A Review / M. A. McKinney / pp. 447-454 --- Comparison of Marine Food Webs across Environmental Gradients—A Tool for Unraveling Environmental Factors Driving Trophic Structure / T. W. Miller / pp. 455-461 --- Depth Profiles of δ13C and Trace Element Concentrations in Mangrove Ecosystem of Tien Hai Natural Reserve, Vietnam / N. T. Tue, T. D. Quy, H. Hamaoka, L. V. Dung, M. T. Nhuan and K. Omori / pp. 463-470

Description / Table of Contents: The Carbiocial Project investigates viable carbon-optimized land management strategies for maintaining tropical ecosystem services under land use change and changing climate conditions in Southern Amazonia – a hotspot of global change. The project aims at understanding the vital natural processes and socio-economic driving forces in the region and develops strategies to enhance and protect carbon stocks in the recently deforested agroscapes of Central/Northern Mato Grosso and South Pará. That is why Carbiocial analyzes and models soil, water and climate as well as agro-economics, social and political transformations. Based on detailed storylines, the project aims at identifying possible entry-points for a necessary change in local and regional production patterns, considering local livelihoods as well as the present national and global economic, legal and political situation. This book gives an overview of the first results of the multi-disciplinary Carbiocial Project by publishing the main presentations, held on the Carbiocial Status Conference, on October 7-8, 2013, in Cuiabá. In sixteen chapters the authors elucidate the project‘s current state of knowledge, illustrating adapted methods for regional modeling and promising strategies for the Amazon development. | Contents --- Stefan Hohnwald & Gerhard Gerold: Carbon-Optimized Land Management Research for the Southern Amazon-Geographical and Organizational Settings of the Carbiocial-Carbioma Project Consortium --- Philip M. Fearnside, Aurora M. Yanai & Claudia S. M. N. Vitel: Modeling Baselines for REDD Projects in Amazonia: Is the Carbon Real? --- Jens Boy, Charlotte Schumann, Simone Strey, Robert Strey, Georg Guggenberger & Regine Schönenberg: Digging Deeper – Biographic Interviews as a Promising Tool for the Joint Dissemination of Natural- and Social Science Results in REDD Contexts --- Carlos E. P. Cerri, Thalita F. Abbruzzini, Carolina B. Brandani, Mariana R. Durigan & Denise Signor: Soil Carbon Stocks and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agrosystems in Brazil --- Karl M. Wantzen, Malte Unger, Eduardo G. Couto, Ricardo S. S. Amorim, Karina P. Peña & Ulrich Irmler: Carbon Farming: Enriching Tropical Farm Soils with Organic Matter --- Alphonce C. Guzha, Ricardo S. S. Amorim, Rodolfo Nóbrega, Gabriele Lamparter, Kristof Kovacs, Norma Bertão & Gerhard Gerold: Impacts of Land Cover and Climate Change on Hydrology and Hydrochemistry in Selected Catchments in Southern Amazonia: Preliminary Analysis and Results --- Marcus Schindewolf, Daniela Schönke, Ricardo S. S. Amorim & Jürgen Schmidt: Effects of Contour Banks and No-Till Measures on Run-Off and Sediment Yield in Campo Verde Region, Mato Grosso --- Alessandra R. Gomes, César G. Diniz & Cláudio A. Almeida: Amazon Regional Center (INPE/CRA) Actions for Brazilian Amazon Forest: TerraClass and Capacity Building Projects --- Patrick Hostert, Tobia Lakes, Hannes Müller, Florian Gollnow & Letícia B. V. Hissa: Land-Use Monitoring and Change Detection --- Jürgen Böhner, Helge Dietrich, Klaus Fraedrich, Tobias Kawohl, Markus Kilian, Valerio Lucarini & Frank Lunkeit: Development and Implementation of a Hierarchical Model Chain for Modelling Regional Climate Variability and Climate Change Over Southern Amazonia --- Claas Nendel, Hermann Jungkunst & Adriano M. R. Figueiredo: Intercol and Steps Towards a Simplified DSS --- Neli A. de Mello-Théry & Paulo R. Cunha: Environmental Policies and Forest Code: Changes and Repercussions on the Agriculture in Mato Grosso --- Regine Schönenberg, Korbinian Hartberger & Charlotte Schumann: Challenges and Chances of Social Transformation for GHG-Optimized Land- and Natural Resource Management Strategies: Stakeholder-Dialogues as Prerequisite for the Elaboration of Applicable Results --- José H. Benatti & Luly R. da Cunha Fischer: Land Use Regulations in the State of Pará: An Introductory Approach of Its Guidelines --- Martin Coy, Michael Klingler, Matthias Siebold & Thomas Berger: Socio-Economic Regional Change and Agro-Economic Development Along the BR-163 --- Edna Castro: Deforestation Along the BR-163: Socio-Environmental Conflicts and Ignored Governmental Politics

Description / Table of Contents: Rapid trend of industry and high technological progress are the main sources of the accumulation of hazardous wastes. Recently, nuclear applications have been rapidly developed, and several nuclear power plants have been started to work throughout the world. The potential impact of released hazardous contaminants into the environment has received growing attention due to its serious problems to the biological systems. The book Management of Hazardous Wastes contains eight chapters covering two main topics of hazardous waste management and microbial bioremediation. This book will be useful to many scientists, researchers, and students in the scope of development in waste management program including sources of hazardous waste, government policies on waste generation, and treatment with particular emphasis on bioremediation technology.

Description / Table of Contents: Tetracycline Resistance Gene in Asian Aquatic Environments / S. Suzuki / pp. 1-8 --- Effects of Veterinary Medicines Introduced via Manure into Soil on Microbial Communities / H. Heuer, C. T. T. Binh, C. Kopmann, U. Zimmerling, E. Krögerrecklenfort and K. Smalla / pp. 9-13 --- Abundance of Sulfonamide-resistant Bacteria and Their Resistance Genes in Integrated Aquaculture-agriculture Ponds, North Vietnam / P. T. P. Hoa, S. Managaki, N. Nakada, H. Takada, D. H. Anh, P. H. Viet, P. T. Hien and S. Suzuki / pp. 15-22 --- Bacterial Mercury Resistance of TnMERI1 and Its' Application in Bioremediation / C.-C. Huang, M.-F. Chien and K.-H. Lin / pp. 23-29 --- Distribution of Mercury Resistance Determinants in a Highly Mercury Polluted Area in Taiwan / M.-F. Chien, K.-H. Lin, J.-E. Chang, C.-C. Huang, G. Endo and S. Suzuki / pp. 31-36 --- Aeromonas molluscorum Av27: A Potential Natural Tool for TBT Decontamination / A. Cruz, I. Henriques, A. Correia, S. Suzuki and S. Mendo / pp. 37-46 --- Distribution of Aerobic Arsenite Oxidase Genes within the Aquificales / N. Hamamura, R. E. Macur, Y. Liu, W. P. Inskeep and A.-L. Reysenbach / pp. 47-55 --- The Effect of Zinc Exposure on the Bacteria Abundance and Proteolytic Activity in Seawater / C. W. Bong, F. Malfatti, F. Azam, Y. Obayashi and S. Suzuki / pp. 57-63 --- Biodiversity of Bacteria that Dechlorinate Aromatic Chlorides and a New Candidate, Dehalobacter sp. / N. Yoshida and A. Katayama / pp. 65-76 --- PAH Degrading Bacteria in an Estuarine System / F. J. R. C. Coelho, S. Sousa, L. Santos, A. L. Santos, A. Almeida, N. C. M. Gomes and Â. Cunha / pp. 77-87 --- Isolation of Surfactant-Resistant Bacteria from the Surface Microlayer / A. Louvado, A. L. Santos, F. Coelho, S. Sousa, A. Moreira, F. Gomes, A. Almeida, N. C. M. Gomes and Â. Cunha / pp. 89-95 --- Bacterial Degradation of Microcystin / P. M. Manage, C. Edwards and L. A. Lawton / pp. 97-104 --- Risk Assessment of Dioxins in Wild Birds by the Combination of Contamination Level and Species-Specific Response of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor / H. Iwata and E.-Y. Kim / pp. 105-112 --- Interindividual Variation in Arsenic Metabolism in a Vietnamese Population: Association with 17 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in AS3MT / T. Agusa, H. Iwata, J. Fujihara, T. Kunito, H. Takeshita, T. B. Minh, P. T. K. Trang, P. H. Viet and S. Tanabe / pp. 113-119 --- Endocrine Disruption, Reproductive Cycle and Pollutants in Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis / C. M. Ciocan, M. A. Puinean, E. Cubero-Leon, E. M. Hill, C. Minier, M. Osada, N. Itoh and J. M. Rotchell / pp. 121-126 --- Novel Potential Molecular Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination in Dicentrarchus labrax and Liza aurata / P. Nogueira, M. Pacheco, M. L. Pereira, S. Mendo and J. M. Rotchell / pp. 127-138 --- The Use of Biomarkers to Evaluate the Toxicity of Metaldehyde and Methiocarb Baits to the Terrestrial Isopod Porcellionides pruinosus Brandt, 1833 / M. J. G. Santos, N. G. Ferreira, A. M. V. M. Soares and S. Loureiro / pp. 139-147 --- Experimental Mercury Bioaccumulation Trends in Sea Anemone Actinia equina Exposed to Chlor-Alkali Industry Effluent Contaminated Water / J. R. Gadelha, V. A. M. Ferreira, S. N. Abreu, A. M. V. M. Soares and F. M. R. Morgado / pp. 149-157 --- Mercury Depuration in Pomatoschistus microps during Acclimatation / S. N. Abreu, A. C. M. Rodrigues, J. R. Gadelha, F. Morgado and A. M. V. M. Soares / pp. 159-164 --- Mercury Distribution in Key Tissues of Caged Fish (Liza aurata) along an Environmental Mercury Contamination Gradient / S. Guilherme, M. E. Pereira, M. A. Santos and M. Pacheco / pp. 165-173 --- Combination of Field Monitoring and Laboratory Bioassays for the Assessment of TBT Pollution in Ria de Aveiro / F. M. G. Laranjeiro, A. C. A. Sousa, S. Takahashi, S. Tanabe and C. M. M. Barroso / pp. 175-188 --- Involvement of Retinoid X Receptor in Imposex Development in Nucella lapillus and Nassarius reticulatus—Preliminary Results / A. C. A. Sousa, C. M. Barroso, S. Tanabe and T. Horiguchi / pp. 189-196 --- Heavy Metals in Urban Channel Sediments of Aveiro City, Portugal / M. R. Pastorinho, T. C. Telfer and A. M. V. M. Soares / pp. 197-204 --- The Effects of Binary Combinations of Cadmium, Carbendazim and Ultraviolet Radiation on Daphnia magna / F. Ribeiro, A. M. V. M. Soares and S. Loureiro / pp. 205-211 --- Microevolution in a Natural Population of Daphnia longispina Exposed to Acid Mine Drainage / R. M. Silva, F. Pereira, J. Carneiro, O. Sobral, R. Ribeiro, A. Amorim, A. M. V. M. Soares and I. Lopes / pp. 213-218 --- Measurement of Genotoxic Endpoints in Earthworms Exposed to Radioactive Wastes from an Abandoned Uranium Mine / J. Lourenço, R. Pereira, A. C. Silva, J. M. Morgado, J. Oliveira, F. Carvalho, A. Paiva, S. Mendo and F. Gonçalves / pp. 219-225 --- Acetylcholinesterase Characterization in the Terrestrial Isopod Porcellionides pruinosus / N. G. C. Ferreira, F. Rosário, I. Domingues, C. F. Calhôa, A. M. V. M. Soares and S. Loureiro / pp. 227-236 --- Enchytraeus albidus (Oligochaeta) Exposed to Several Toxicants: Effects on Survival, Reproduction and Avoidance Behaviour / S. C. Novais, A. M. V. M. Soares and M. J. B. Amorim / pp. 237-242 --- Combined Effects of Soil Moisture and Carbaryl on Earthworms and Plants / M. P. R. Lima, A. M. V. M. Soares and S. Loureiro / pp. 243-247

Description / Table of Contents: Multiple roles of clays in radioactive waste confinement – introduction / Simon Norris / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 1-9, 10 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2019-4 --- Identification of log units in clay rock formations based on local and spatial statistics of well-log properties: application to the Opalinus claystone in the Benken borehole / Alain Rabaute, Michel H. Garcia and Jens Becker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 11-24, 1 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2018-22 --- Automatic interpretation of geophysical well logs / Andrés Alcolea Rodríguez, Paul Marschall, Christophe Nussbaum and Jens Karl Becker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 25-38, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.9 --- A prediction–evaluation approach to the full-scale emplacement experiment (FE) in Mont Terri / A. Papafotiou, R. Senger, C. Li, A. Singh, B. Garitte, H. Müller and P. Marschall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 39-73, 8 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.10 --- New results of Boda Claystone research: Genesis, mineralogy, geochemistry, petrophysics / Ferenc Fedor, Zoltán Máthé, Péter Ács and Péter Koroncz / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 75-92, 7 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.13 --- Site screening of clay formations in NW China as host rocks for a high-level radioactive waste disposal repository / Xiaodong Liu, Pinghui Liu, Chaocheng Dai, Shuai Liu, Juzhi Deng, Weimin Zhang and Zheng Yu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 93-99, 24 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.17 --- Multiphase flow and underpressured shale at the Bruce nuclear site, Ontario, Canada / Michael R. Plampin and C. E. Neuzil / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 101-114, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.5 --- Development of a mathematical model for gas migration (two-phase flow) in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste disposal / E. E. Dagher, T. S. Nguyen and J. A. Infante Sedano / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 115-148, 29 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.14 --- A workflow for parametric sensitivity analysis of heat and gas release from a deep geological repository for SF/HLW / Alexandros Papafotiou, Argha Namhata, Abhishek Singh, Mark Williams, Marius Jigmond and Paul Marschall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 149-173, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.2 --- A study of methods to prevent piping and erosion in buffer materials intended for a vertical deposition hole at the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory / Mayumi Jo, Makoto Ono, Masashi Nakayama, Hidekazu Asano and Tomoko Ishii / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 175-190, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.7 --- Preliminary results for natural groundwater colloids in sedimentary rocks of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Hokkaido, Japan / Hiroshi Sasamoto and Shingo Onda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 191-203, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.1 --- A resistivity-based approach to determining the rates of groundwater seepage into buffer materials / T. Ishii, M. Kawakubo, H. Asano, I. Kobayashi, P. Sellin, D. Luterkort and P. Eriksson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 205-212, 24 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.16 --- Self-sealing of claystone under X-ray nanotomography / Richard Giot, Christophe Auvray and Jean Talandier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 213-223, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.4 --- Kinetics of selenite interactions with Boom Clay: adsorption–reduction interplay / Alwina L. Hoving, Melanie A. Münch, Christophe Bruggeman, Dipanjan Banerjee and Thilo Behrends / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 225-239, 12 March 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2018-60 --- Modelling the Prototype Repository / V. Tsitsopoulos, S. Baxter, D. Holton, J. Dodd, S. Williams and S. Thompson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 241-260, 7 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.15 --- Conceptual uncertainties in modelling the interaction between engineered and natural barriers of nuclear waste repositories in crystalline rocks / S. Finsterle, B. Lanyon, M. Åkesson, S. Baxter, M. Bergström, N. Bockgård, W. Dershowitz, B. Dessirier, A. Frampton, Å. Fransson, A. Gens, B. Gylling, I. Hančilová, D. Holton, J. Jarsjö, J.-S. Kim, K.-P. Kröhn, D. Malmberg, V. M. Pulkkanen, A. Sawada, A. Sjöland, U. Svensson, P. Vidstrand and H. Viswanathan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 261-283, 7 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.12 --- Predictions of the wetting of bentonite emplaced in a crystalline rock based on generic site characterization data / S. Baxter, D. Holton, S. Williams and S. Thompson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 285-300, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.8 --- Analysis of corrosion mechanisms of carbon steel in contact with FEBEX bentonite / Masao Uyama, Takashi Hitomi, Sayaka Hayagane, Naoe Kadota, Hiroyuki Saito, Sho Okamoto, Kazuki Aoshima and Motoaki Osawa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 301-312, 12 March 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2018-6 --- Safety concept, FEP catalogue and scenario development as fundamentals of a long-term safety demonstration for high-level waste repositories in German clay formations / A. Lommerzheim, M. Jobmann, A. Meleshyn, S. Mrugalla, A. Rübel and L. Stark / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 313-329, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.6 --- Preliminary non-intrusive geophysical electrical resistivity tomography surveys of a mock-up scale monitoring of an engineered barrier system at URL Tournemire / Bruna de Carvalho Faria Lima Lopes, Cédric Sachet, Philippe Sentenac, Vojtěch Beneš, Pierre Dick, Johan Bertrand and Alessandro Tarantino / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 331-345, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.11 --- The Enhanced Sealing Project (ESP): 2009–17 monitoring of a full-scale shaft seal installed in granitic rock / D. Dixon, D. Priyanto, J. Hansen, R. Farhoud and A. ŽivkoviĆ / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 347-359, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.3

Description / Table of Contents: The reversible elimination of hydrogen from metal hydrides serves as the basis for unique methods of energy transformation. This technology has found widespread practical utilization in applications such as hydrogen compressors, storage, and sensors, as well as batteries. Moreover, it is plausible that metal hydride technology could be utilized to provide practically viable solutions to the challenges of energy storage. For nearly two decades, an extensive, worldwide research effort has been devoted to complex metal hydrides possessing high volumetric and/or gravimetric hydrogen densities with the goal of their practical utilization as onboard hydrogen storage materials. Additionally, a significant and growing number of efforts have been devoted to developing metal hydrides as advanced sensors and ionic conductors, and for electrochemical and stationary energy storage. This Special Issue will provide a sampling of on-going, state-of-art research on metal hydrides, ranging from fundamental investigations to practical applications with a concentration on topics which are currently of high interest.