Industrial activities in the Baia Mare, Romania area have generated strong pollution, and the impact on soil quality in the neighboring areas of the city remains unclear. The aim of the research is to investigate samples of soil from Baia Mare in ord...
Acid drainage resulting from mining operations has led to significant iron contamination in surface waters, posing serious ecological and public health hazards. Elevated iron levels in freshwater ecosystems can severely affect aquatic organisms and h...
The study presents an integrated assessment of water quality in wadis of the Bizerte Lagoon catchment (Northern Tunisia), using benthic diatom assemblages. Seasonal sampling was conducted between winter 2023 and winter 2024 in three wadis exposed to...
Rapid urbanization has significantly affected urban ecological environments, necessitating accurate and scientific quality assessments. In this study, we develop an enhanced remote sensing ecological index (WRSEI) for water network cities using Linyi...
Due to a lack of toxicity reference values that match the regional environmental characteristics, the ecological risk of metals in water bodies cannot be accurately assessed. The Fen River is the second-largest tributary of the Yellow River in China,...
Assessing ecological quality in mining areas is critical for environmental protection and sustainable resource management. However, most previous studies concentrate on large-scale analysis, overlooking fine-scale assessment in mining areas. To addre...
In response to the sustainability challenges of mining, restrictive policies aimed at improving ecological quality have been enacted in various countries and regions. The purpose of this study is to examine the environmental changes in the Ningdong m...
The urban ecological environment is crucial to the quality of life of residents and the sustainable development of the region, and the assessment and prediction of the ecological environment quality can provide a scientific guidance for ecological en...
This study assessed the water quality and ecological integrity of the Columbe River micro-watershed in the Ecuadorian Andes through a multidimensional approach incorporating biotic, physicochemical, and structural indices. Indices such as the Andean...
Quantifying vegetation ecological quality and ecological water requirement is essential for understanding ecosystem sustainability in arid regions. However, large-scale assessments of vegetation ecological quality and ecological water requirement thr...
The Yellow River Basin is among the regions in China most severely affected by soil erosion. Elucidating the evolution trend of its ecological environment quality and identifying the key driving factors can provide a theoretical basis for the managem...
In the context of ecological protection and urban expansion, the quality of the ecological environment and ecological security are gravely at risk. A simple, effective, and comprehensive assessment method for regional environmental quality monitoring...
Rapid urban expansion has intensified interactions between human disturbance and urban ecological processes, creating an urgent need for robust and urban-sensitive assessment tools. To improve the applicability of conventional remote sensing ecologic...
In the context of global climate change, implementing ecological projects in China is critical for improving ecosystem quality, conservation, and sustainable development. Despite progress, ecological engineering areas remain vulnerable to degradation...
7 May 2020
Nursing documentation is an important proxy of the quality of care, and quality indicators in nursing assessment can be used to assess and improve the quality of care in health care institutions. The study aims to evaluate the completeness and the ac...
The Dabie Mountain area in Anhui Province is an essential ecological security barrier and a critical protected area in East China. It is very important to assess its ecological environment quality and identify its key driving forces. Five indicators,...
The integrated assessment of ecological quality in estuarine ecosystems holds significant importance for environmental management. Previous monitoring programs predominantly focused on environmental data, lacking a comprehensive quality assessment ap...
In past decades, the reckless exploitation of rare earth mines devastated the ecological environment. Under strict regulation and governance, the exploitation has gradually gotten back on track in recent years. In this regard, timely and accurate ass...
Habitat fragmentation seriously threatens urban biodiversity conservation and ecosystem integrity. Constructing an ecological network and improving the connection level between habitat patches can effectively alleviate the general ecological environm...
Aquatic macrophytes are one of the four biological quality elements (BQE) used for assessing the ecological status of inland waters according to the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD 2000/60). With this article, we present the methodological approach...
Grazing potential (GP, in % day−1) was estimated for the plankton communities of 13 Greek lakes covering the trophic spectrum, in order to examine its sensitiveness in discriminating different classes of ecological water quality. Lakes with hig...
The Southwest Alpine Canyon Area (SACA) is a typical ecologically sensitive location in China; therefore, constructing and optimizing an ecological network for this area is essential to ensure the regional ecological security of its fragile ecosystem...
The widespread occurrence of fluoride pollution in water bodies and its toxic effects on aquatic organisms have raised significant environmental concerns; however, studies on water quality criteria for fluoride remain relatively limited. This study a...
The integrity and resilience of our environment are confronted with unprecedented challenges, stemming from the escalating pressures of urban expansion and the need for ecological preservation. This study proposes an Improved Remote Sensing Ecologica...
The Loess Plateau is the world’s largest loess landform region, characterized by a fragile ecosystem and frequent natural disasters that render it highly susceptible to ecological damage, highlighting urgent ecological restoration. We construct...
Wastewater overflows (WOs) are a growing concern for water quality and ecological health in urban estuaries. This study provides a robust water quality and ecological assessment of WOs from four pump stations discharging into the Waimea Estuary, Aote...
The Yangtze, Asia’s longest river, supports ecosystems and people, but rising stress from development is degrading water quality and altering algae. Using 2016–2021 water quality data from 83 sites and 2021 phytoplankton (55 sites) and pe...
With the fast pace of global urbanization, anthropogenic disturbances not only lead to frequent disasters, but also cause direct and indirect ecological and economic losses. To reduce the adverse effects of anthropogenic disturbances as part of susta...
2 December 2022
Transition metal pollution in rivers in South Asia is more serious than in other regions because of the lack of adequate freshwater management measures. Water quality criteria (WQC) for South Asia is urgently needed to protect regional aquatic enviro...
The ecological security of cultivated land critically depends on maintaining the quality of the land under cultivation. For the security of the nation’s grain supply, the evaluation and early warning of cultivated land quality (CLQ) are essenti...
The accurate assessment and prediction of forest ecosystem quality is an important basis for evaluating the effectiveness of regional ecological protection and restoration, establishing a positive feedback mechanism for forest quality improvement and...
31 August 2022
Carbamazepine, as one of several pharmaceutical and personal care products, has gained much attention in recent years because of its continuous discharge in natural waters and toxicity to aquatic ecosystems. However, it is difficult to evaluate and m...
Worldwide legislation emphasizes the need to monitor the health of aquatic ecosystems based on the response of biological quality elements to environmental conditions. A plethora of methodologies have been suggested in this sense. Lately, substantial...
This study evaluates the temporal evolution and structural constraints on the ecological and environmental quality of urban human settlements in Shaanxi Province, China, from 2011 to 2024. An indicator system covering four dimensions—urban gree...
This paper aims to propose a method for the evaluation of the hydromorphological quality of a river and its riparian areas using three essential components: morphological characterization, river connectivity, and vegetation coverage. The method has b...
This study utilizes four environmental indicators derived from six-phase Landsat images (TM, OLI, and TIRS) to construct a remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) and to quantitatively and comprehensively assess the spatiotemporal changes in the eco-e...
Microalgae in planktonic communities are the main producers of biomass in lake ecosystems; however, their stability is influenced by many environmental factors. This study aims to assess the ecological state of Lake Maybalyk, located in Astana (Kazak...
Background: Jeju Island is a world-renowned tourist destination. However, with the increasing intensity of anthropogenic activities, the coastal marine environment of Jeju Island has been negatively affected. Methods and Results: Our study used five...
South Korea is one of the world’s major centers for marine shellfish aquaculture. Since the industry’s rapid expansion began in the 1980s, concerns have grown regarding its environmental impacts on coastal marine ecosystems. Evaluating th...
Habitat fragmentation represents a significant threat to biodiversity, particularly the survival of wild species. Constructing and optimizing ecological networks are critical for promoting sustainable biodiversity, especially in the conservation of u...
A study of the water quality of the Adolfo López Mateos Reservoir (ALMD) was developed through different indicators from a spatial and seasonal perspective. Variables related to the general characteristics of water quality, trophic level, and...
The ecological security of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) alpine transitional region plays a critical role in regional and global climate regulation. Conventional Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RSEI) assessments, however, rely on single-date...
Worldwide, most ecosystem services have declined. However, the theoretical and analytical frameworks for the ecological risk assessment of ecosystem services are still lacking. Here a framework for the risk assessment of ecosystem services was develo...
Ecological quality is a critical factor affecting the livability of urban areas. Remote sensing technology enables the rapid assessment of ecological quality (EQ), providing scientific theoretical support for the maintenance and management of urban e...
Rapid urbanization significantly affects the productivity of the terrestrial ecosystem and the foundation of regional ecosystem services, thereby detrimentally influencing the ecological environment and urban ecological security. The United Nations’...
The construction of green mines is a core strategy for promoting ecological civilization in China’s mining sector, yet its long-term ecological effects require quantitative assessment. Using a cement-grade limestone mine operated by Linyi Zhong...
The Santos Estuarine System, one of the most anthropogenically impacted coastal regions in Brazil, was studied using benthic foraminiferal assemblages to determine four distinct stages of organic pollution. Predictive models combined with the Ecologi...
Nature-based solutions (NBS) positively impact ecological landscape quality (ELQ) by providing multiple benefits, including enhancing natural capital, promoting biodiversity, mitigating water runoff, increasing water retention, and contributing to cl...
Due to the multiple pressures from human activities, many freshwater ecosystems are facing degradation. To address this issue, a new approach for assessing stream water quality and ecological (WQE) risk using a multi-criteria analysis through a GIS-b...
The long-term sustainability of conservation efforts in critical reforestation regions requires timely, spatiotemporal assessments of ecological quality. In alignment with China’s environmental initiatives, this study integrates Google Earth En...
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