Cutting-Edge Research on Environmental Processes & Impacts
Cover Gallery 2008
Journal of Environmental Monitoring cover images from 2008 are available to browse here
Cover Gallery
The western mountain ranges of North America include manu favourable geological environments for naturally occuring asbestos. This asbestiform amphibole mineral was photographed in a road-cut near Juneau, Alaska (by Martin Harper and Patrick Hintz of NIOSH).
DOI: 10.1039/B820241A
Computed air flow patterns around a person during mouth breathing at the moments of exhalation (left) and inhalation (right). Image reproduced by permission of Albert Gilmutdinov.
DOI: 10.1039/B820242G
Coupled biochemical and molecular methodologies to characterize microbial activity and bacterial diversity in soils contaminated with heavy metals and hydrocarbons. Image reproduced by permission of Emilio Benitez.
DOI: 10.1039/B808567F
Ocean margins are important zones of carbon remineralization. This paper presents a novel study in a Scottish fjord, Loch Creran, whereby lignin is used as the biomarker to determine the distribution of terrestrial organic matter. Picture of Loch Creran in winter, courtesy of John Howe, SAMS.
DOI: 10.1039/B808970A
The grand urban scenery of Dalian, where the soil-air exchange of PAHs was investigated and assessed. Image reproduced by permission of Dianbing Lv.
DOI: 10.1039/B805840G
A Ringed seal Phoca hispida (Natseq in Greenlandic) is swimming in the silty waters of the Citronen Fjord, Peary Land, North Greenland at 83°N during late July. The Ringed seal is common in all marine waters in Greenland. Image provided by Christian Glahder and reproduced by permission of Christian Glahder and Frank Rigét
DOI: 10.1039/B807017B
The cover highlights the exposition of a passive sampler for dissolved phosphate ('P-Trap') in combination with a water gauge for the integrative estimation of the P load of a small river influenced by a mainly agriculturally dominated catchment. Photo reproduced by permission of Beat Müller.
DOI: 10.1039/b806465b
The cover highlights the potential impact of nanotechnology on the environment. Pumpkin plants can take up nanoparticles and accumulate them in their roots and leaves. Photo © Jupiter Images. SEM image of nanoparticles reproduced by permission of Yan Jin.
DOI: 10.1039/b805998e
The cover shows ancient Roman ruins from the 4th century with a backdrop of eroded hillsides, indicating that agriculture has prevailed here but land degradation has taken place and denuded the hillsides that were once forests. Reproduced by permission of Richard Thomas.
DOI: 10.1039/b801649f
The image represents healthy looking food that could potentially be polluted. Reproduced by permission of PhotoDisc.
DOI: 10.1039/b800784p
The image highlights the wide range of sources impacting carbonaceous particulate matter in freight terminals, which cannot all be attributed to diesel engines operating at the terminal. Image reproduced by permission of J Schauer.
DOI: 10.1039/b715429a
Post-disaster impacts on the community: Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami. Image reproduced by permission of A Cook.
DOI: 10.1039/b713256p
Image shows a coral seascape in the northern Great Barrier Reef. In the background a diver is inspecting a water temperature logger. Image provided by E Matson from AIMS' Coral Record Photo Archive and reproduced by permission of J Lough.
DOI: 10.1039/b714627m
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