Atmospheric and Biological Environmental Monitoring

1. Environmental Toxicity Monitoring and Assessment

   1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae as Biosensor for Cyto- and Genotoxic Activity

      • Jost Ludwig, Marcel Schmitt, Hella Lichtenberg-Fraté

      Pages 251-259

   2. The Application of Cell Based Biosensor and Biochip for EnvironmentalMonitoring

      • Junhong Min, Cheol-Heon Yea, Waleed Ahmed El-Said, Jeong-Woo Choi

      Pages 261-273

   3. Fabrication of Electrophoretic PDMS/PDMS Lab-on-a-chip Integrated with Au Thin-Film Based Amperometric Detection for Phenolic Chemicals

      • Hidenori Nagai, Masayuki Matsubara, Kenji Chayama, Joji Urakawa, Yasuhiko Shibutani, Yoshihide Tanaka et al.

      Pages 275-284

   4. Swimming Behavioral Toxicity in JapaneseMedaka (Oryzias latipes) Exposed to Various Chemicals for Biological Monitoring ofWater Quality

      • Ik Joon Kang, Junya Moroishi, Mitoshi Yamasuga, Sang Gyoon Kim, Yuji Oshima

      Pages 285-293

   5. The Effects of Earthworm Maturity on Arsenic Accumulation and Growth After Exposure to OECD Soils Containing Mine Tailings

      • B.-T. Lee, K.-W. Kim

      Pages 295-302

2. Back Matter

   Pages 303-311

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The extent of harmful effects of pollution on atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic environments can be translated into extreme temperature changes, dirty air, clean water shortages, and increased incidence of toxicity that harms every life on earth. Within a lifetime, our environment is changing drastically. Much of the information of environmental pollution impacts needs to be studied, from the mechanism of toxic nanoparticles on the molecular level to the detection of trace gases on the satellite perspective. It is therefore essential to develop advanced monitoring techniques, e- cient process technologies and health impact assessment tools to ?ll the gaps in our scienti?c knowledge. This edition of “Atmospheric and Biological Environmental Monitoring” is a handful of recent developments and techniques from environmental scientists in well-diversi?ed ?elds. These collections of manuscripts are extracts from the recently concluded “7th International Symposium on Advanced Environmental Monitoring” organized by the ADvanced Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (ADEMRC), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea and held on February 25–28, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The three parts highlight important aspects of emerging environmental monitoring technologies: Atmospheric Environment, Contaminants Control Process, and Environmental Toxicity Asse- ment. Observational tools presented in the ?rst part ranges from in-situ measurements to satellite remote sensing for atmospheric monitoring. Highlighted in the second part is the recently developed water quality monitoring system for lake strati?cation and membrane technologies for detection and removal of contaminants. Lastly, toxicity monitoring of endocrine disruptors andnanoparticles are highlighted in the third part with new discoveries.

• Aerosol
• Monitoring
• Scale
• Smog
• biological
• contaminants
• emission
• emissions
• environment
• environmental monitoring
• health
• pollution
• satellite
• temperature
• toxicity
• air pollution and air quality

• Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea

  Young J. Kim

• Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

  Ulrich Platt

• College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea

  Man Bock Gu

• Health Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Japan

  Hitoshi Iwahashi

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