Aim: Recently lake sediments and their studies have been drawing increasing attention due to organic farming and environmental engineering. This pilot study was carried out to examine chemical element content in sediments of several shallow freshwater lakes in the forest-steppe z...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/37445
The delineation of watersheds can be carried out manually using topographic maps but these maps are mostly outdated, scarce and incomplete for most parts of Nigeria and may be of different scales for large watersheds that require several sheets of the map. Watershed boundaries ne...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/35972
The problem of erosion has over time been exacerbated by the development and constructions of buildings, roads, poor drainage system and other urban characters on areas transiting from rural to urban setting. This study set out to evaluate the vulnerability of Orlu L.G.A., Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/34143
Rehabilitation is one of the important and considerable topics for an environment protection in mine closure process. A lot of open cut mine keep the topsoil in the natural forest during soil stripping process to spread the topsoil to rehabilitation area for success of revegetati...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/37291
The present investigation was carried out to study the status of wetlands in the Coimbatore district in the TamilNadu, for the period of November 2016 to March 2017. Out of 49 wetlands, less than10 acres occupies 26%, between 11-100 acres represent 51%, 101-250 acres occupies 17%...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/36421
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the treatment of synthetic wastewater (low salinity) followed by actual shrimp farm wastewater (high salinity) and laboratory scale of constructed wetlands (CWs). Study Design: A horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) constructed wetlands, which f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/37021
Tea is used almost all over the world and is brewed from the tea plant Camellia sinensis. Manufacturing of tea involves several labor intensive processes. The main risks posed are from unguarded machinery, chemical, and biological agents as well as unfavorable working conditions...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/36418
Tropical coral reefs are known to harbor considerable biodiversity, especially among invertebrates. Gastropod fauna, as an important component of this biodiversity, yet remains poorly surveyed across most tropical reefs. Moreover, the few published inventories are generally far f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/36831
The study was carried out by artificially polluting an agricultural soil in Calabar with varying concentrations (0 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml, 1000 ml and 2000 ml) of rubber effluent, in which 0 ml served as control, with the aim of assessing their effect on soil microflora and fertility...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/35292
Assessment of the source and geometry of contaminated soils by hydrocarbon spills is the first step towards designing an effective remediation programme. Electrical Resistivity Tomorgraphy and Ground Penetrating Radar are shown in this review to easily delineate spills under cert...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/36742