pesticides in the marine environment of ghana

Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis - Part 7 pot

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 02:23

... profile The zone of influence of the EM field in the metal ring probes includes the plastic separating the rings, the PVC access pipe, and the surrounding soil, which is in a fringe field of the ... of Æ0:01 m3 mÀ3 The EM field for TDR measurement propagates both in the resin comprising the probe, and in the surrounding soil, with more of the field in soil in wet than in dry soil, meaning ... arrival of the signal reflected from the end of the probe (t2 in Figure 70.2) The TDR waveform in Figure 70.2 shows the recommended way of estimating the two times The intersection of tangential lines...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Water balance of a Southern Moravian floodplain forest under natural and modified soil water regimes and its ecological consequences" pps

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 14:21

... near the small town of Lednice in the southernmost part of Moravia (district Breclav) in the alluvium of the Dyje river (elevation of 160 ± m) The site is classified as Ulmeto-fraxinetum carpineum, ... (i.e., precipitation in the open, P after subtracting the interception, Ei) Psf is the amount of water coming with the stem flow, U is the amount of water within soils obtained from the underground ... to overlapping crowns of trees of different height creating multi-layer systems in the forest That is why ground plan area of the model tree was taken as the proportion of the tree in the entire...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "A generic model of forest canopy conductance dependent on climate, soil water availability and leaf area index" potx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 14:22

... R0 + b ⋅ D (5) Fitting of the parameters in equations (4) and (5) (and in the further functions) was based on the minimum sum of squares using the Gauss-Marquardt algorithm In contrast to stomatal ... large scattering of gc within the lowest radiation class (0 to 200 W m–2) This scatter is the result of both the rapid increase of gc with R, but also to the large uncertainty in calculating canopy ... significant fraction of the radiative flux reaches the soil surface, heat flux in the soil should not be neglected Nevertheless, in the absence of soil heat flux measurement in most of the studied stands,...

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Control of Dioxins (and other Organochlorines) from the Pulp and Paper Industry under the Clean Water Act and Lead in Soil at Superfund Mining Sites: Two Case Studies in EPA''''s Use of Science potx

Ngày tải lên : 24/03/2014, 05:20

... of the vernacular of many of those providing the information and of many of the ultimate users of the study results Figure A presents a simplified model of the fate and transport of science in ... processes involving chlorine and other halogens In the U.S., municipal and medical waste incineration are the dominant known sources of dioxin (EPA 1994a), but the total releases of dioxin from ... chlorine-containing compounds (including chlorine dioxide) are used in the bleaching process EPA expects that [reductions in] AOX discharges will in turn further reduce the likelihood of the formation...

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The relationships of forest and watershed characteristics to soil water retention, storm, runoff, erosion, and wave attenuation in vietnam

Ngày tải lên : 03/04/2014, 12:22

... in the upper intertidal zones of the tropics They are the primary source of energy and nutrients in these environments They have a special role in stabilizing shorelines, minimizing wave damage, ... with increasing and decreasing flow rate It explains about 28% of the total variation in increasing flow rate, and about 49% of the total variation in decreasing flow rate, respectively There are ... dissertation was designed independently from the others The general objective of these chapters was to improve the understanding of the hydrological response to forests in the topographically and...

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Water harvesting and soil moisture retention - chapter 1,2 pot

Ngày tải lên : 04/07/2014, 02:20

... from insufficient and unreliable rainfall In these areas a high rate of evaporation in the growing season is also common When it rains in (semi-)arid areas, the rainstorms are usually heavy The ... applied at the same time Possible methods for maintaining soil fertility in the cultivated area being described in Agrodok no 2: Soil Fertility Crops One of the main criteria for the selection of a ... transport of stones, maintenance of the structures, etc will provide an indication of the cost of the scheme Usually these labour requirements are high Most water harvesting structures are built in the...

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Water harvesting and soil moisture retention - chapter 3,4 ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 04/07/2014, 02:20

... The amount of runoff depends on the absorbtion capacity of the soil and the amount of rain The amount of rain which falls in a certain period of time on the soil is called the rainfall intensity ... the soil from the raindrop impact, reduces sealing of the soil and increases the infiltration rate Both the root system as well as organic matter in the soil increase the porosity and hence the ... preceding to this paragraph If the rainfall intensity of a rainstorm is below the infiltration capacity of the soil, no runoff will occur The proportion of total rainfall which becomes runoff is...

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Water harvesting and soil moisture retention - chapter 5,6 potx

Ngày tải lên : 04/07/2014, 02:20

... using a string The string has a length equal to the radius of the structure Mark out the centre point (the point in the middle of the tips of one structure, on the contour line) Then, holding ... along the contour line Point [c] is found using two lengths of string Each string is the same length as the side length of the micro-catchment One string is held at point [a], the other at point ... first runoff is harvested The seedlings are planted in the space between the cross-ties and the infiltration pit A second seedling is planted in the infiltration pit in case of shortage of rainfall...

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Water harvesting and soil moisture retention - chapter 7,8 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 04/07/2014, 02:20

... across the contour furrows, creating mini-basins (Figure 29) In case of light rainfall, the water remains in the mini-basins When rainfall is heavy, the water runs off over the cross-ties along the ... depends on the size of the machinery The width of the strip will be an exact multiplication of the width of the machines If slopes are irregular, the strips with arable crops are kept the same ... overall fertility of the soil Layout The width of the strips depends on the slope gradient and the infiltration capacity of the soil Table below gives guidelines for the width of strips on reasonably...

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Water harvesting and soil moisture retention - chapter 9 pps

Ngày tải lên : 04/07/2014, 02:20

... slope, the water in the tube of Pole will fall, and the water in the tube of Pole will rise (Figure 40B) The difference in height between the two points on the ground is equal to the sum of the ... plan according to the amount of rain in the early part of the season ? A combination of legumes and cereals may increase the nitrogen status of the soil ? Plants with different rooting patterns (vertical ... living plants of the windbreak during the period in which the crop is not on the fields 9.2 Dry and sparse seeding Dry seeding, i.e sowing in advance of seasonal and unreliable rains, is a widespread...

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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Eﬀect of single Quercus ilex trees upon spatial and seasonal changes in soil water content in dehesas of central western Spain" potx

Ngày tải lên : 07/08/2014, 16:21

... the determination of θ, in order to get the dry weight of soil A total of 1290 determinations were done Aliquots of three randomly selected trees per plot were used for the determination of the ... wilting point (pF 4.2), taking into account the percentage of gravels Finally, predawn and midday water potentials were measured in Q ilex trees during the summer of 2002 and 2003 by means of the ... small, can also explain the favourable water status of the trees studied For instance, integrating θ variation in BA site in the ﬁrst m depth and at 13.3 m of distance – the half of mean distance...

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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Evapotranspiration of a declining Quercus robur (L.) stand from 1999 to 2001. II. Daily actual evapotranspiration and soil water reserve" potx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 00:22

... artefact of the variable number of functional flowmeters in the control plot Oaks transpiration in the thinned plot increased (from 77 to 126%), relatively to the control plot Forest floor in the thinned ... interception (In% ) In% during the leafy periods was always higher in the control plot, with the strongest difference observed in 2000 (Tab III) Daily In% varied between 18.2 and 27.7% in the thinned ... L., the latest being the most covering In the control plot, Prunus spinosa L shrubs are found in patches Herbaceous LAI reached values of 2.5 in the thinned plot and in the control one %SA 2.2...

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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp:" Comparison of soil water-contents as measured with a neutron probe and time domain reflectometry in a " ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 01:21

... type of model incorporates into its corresponding equation the contribution of each soil phase to the dielectric constant of the medium Thus, it takes into account the effects of variations in other ... [8, 13, 33] Accordingly, the aim of the present work was to compare the results obtained in the measurement of soil-water contents obtained using a NP and TDR At the same time, the temporal and ... soil profile (increasing the number of core holes with time), which can eventually affect the real water-flow inside of the original soil-profile Also, the measurements cannot be repeated at the...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Comparative studies of the water relations and the hydraulic characteristics in Fraxinus excelsior, Acer pseudoplatanus and A. opalus trees under soil water contrasted conditions Damien Lemoinea, Jean-Paul Peltierb and Gérard" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 14:21

... selected, one in the valley of the Drac river, the other in a mountain stand in the Alps The Ks (mol s–1 MPa–1 m–1) data are means ± SD with n being the number of replicates from two trees of each ... excelsior trees growing in the valley of the Drac river The experiments were carried out in the last days of July 2000 Data are the means of ten determinations (± SD) from two trees ψwp is the predawn ... one in the valley of the Drac river, the other in a mountain stand in the Alps The experiments were conducted on leaf petioles (full symbols) and branches (empty symbols) These data are obtained...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "The influences of age, extractive content and soil water on wood color in oak: the possible genetic determination of wood color" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 19:21

... factors influencing the color of oak wood were found to be both tree age and wood age, with wood becoming redder and darker with increasing tree age Nevertheless, much of the variation in wood ... abundant in spring The cor- Age and wood color We should distinguish tree age (biological age) from wood age (as indicated by the number of annual rings away from the cambium) Both ages greatly influence ... Examination of core samples revealed that the amount of available soil water influenced the color of Q robur but not Q petraea In pedunculate oaks, a darker, more reddish wood was produced in...

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