Diel investigations of water environments are one means to holistically understand the dynamics and functional roles of phytoplankton,bacteria and viruses in these ecosystems.They have the potential to substantially i...
This work was supported by a research grant from Alberta Innovates,a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)Senior Industrial Research Chair(IRC)in Oil Sands Tailings Water Treatment through the support of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance(COSIA),Syncrude Canada Ltd.,Suncor Energy Inc.,Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.,Imperial Oil Resources,Teck Resources Limited,EPCOR Water Services,Alberta Innovates,and Alberta Environment and Parks.We also acknowledge an NSERC Collaborative Research and Development(CRD)grant for financial support and the Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative(HAI)through the Alberta Environment and Parks’ecoTrust Programfor analytical support;DML was supported in part by an NSERC research grant RGPIN 06395 and a University of Alberta Faculty of Science research transition fund.The authorswould like to acknowledge graduate student scholarships from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Alberta(to NASH and YYC).Lastly,the authors would also like to thank the University of Alberta Flow Cytometry Facility(Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)and the University of Alberta Molecular Biology Service Unit(Faculty of Science)for their use of equipment.
In this study,we provide evidence that oil sands process-affected waters(OSPW)contain factors that activate the antimicrobial and proinflammatory responses of immune cells.Specifically,using the murine macrophage RAW ...
The oil sands in Northern Alberta are the largest oil sands in the world,providing an important economic resource for the Canadian energy industry.The extraction of petroleum in the oil sands begins with the addition ...
supported by the Key Deployment Project of Centre for Ocean Mega-Research of Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. COMS2019J08);the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project (No. 201904010291);National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21806042);Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety (No. 2019B030301008)。
The passive sampling technique, diffusive gradients in thin films(DGT) has attracted increasing interests as an in-situ sampler for organic contaminants including per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances(PFAS). However, its...
partially supported by National Science Foundation Project of China(No.51678351);Research and demonstration on key technology of direct drinking guarantee of municipal water in Shanghai(No.19DZ1204400);State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Foundation(No.PCRRF19003)。
Recently, layered double hydroxide-peroxodisulfate(LDH-PDS) as an advanced oxidation system can effectively remove organics by the pathway of free radical. However, little has been known if there is a potential risk r...
supported by the Sub-project of Geological Survey Work Item of China Geological Survey Bureau (No. 12120113005200);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2015QN102)
This study provides the presence of carbonic anhydrase(CA) activity in waters of the Yangtze River basin, China, as well as the correlation of CA activity with HCO-3 concentration and CO2 sink flux. Different degree...
the support & contributions of the Singapore-Delft Water Alliance (SDWA)
Effective control of eutrophication is generally established through the reduction of nutrient loading into waterways and water bodies. An economically viable and ecologically sustainable approach to nutrient pollutio...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China for Creative Research Groups(No.41121064);the National Basic Research Program (973)of China(No.2011CB403602,2010CB951802);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41306070)
Biogenic elements and six phosphorus (P) fractions in surface sediments from the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent waters were determined to investigate the governing factors of these elements, and further to discuss ...
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentrations have been measured in the waters of a semiarid freshwater wetland, the Tablas de Daimiel, Spain, when the system-characterised by variable hydroperiodicity conditions, w...
funded by the research program on municipal effluents of Environment Canada
Municipal wastewaters are major sources of pollution for the aquatic biota. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of some pharmaceutical products and the immunotoxic potential of a municipal wastewater...