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Estimation of the percentile of Birnbaum-Saunders distribution and its application to PM2.5 in Northern Thailand
Maria Gavrilescu, Handling Editor
Domestic sewage dispersion scenarios as a subsidy to the design of urban sewage systems in the Lower Amazon River, Amapá, Brazil
"The paper emphasises the need for regulated wastewater treatment in the Amazon region to protect biodiversity and water resources for human use."
Jörg Oehlmann, Handling Editor
Using vulnerability assessment to characterize coastal protection benefits provided by estuarine habitats of a dynamic intracoastal waterway
"The paper provides important information on how to manage the protection of estuarine ecosystems and coastal areas under climate change conditions."
Jörg Oehlmann, Handling Editor
Impact of livestock grazing management on carbon stocks: a case study in sparse elm woodlands of semi-arid lands
"Interesting article on how livestock grazing management influences carbon stocks in sparsely wooded elm areas. A noteworthy addition to scientific understanding, especially relevant for informed decision-making."
Maria Luisa Fernandez-Marcos, Handling Editor
Composite environmental indices—a case of rickety rankings
"Indices and metrics are increasingly being used by scientists and assessment practitioners to evaluate environmental quality and even to set goals. This paper helps to serve as guidance for how they should be used."
James Latimer, Handling Editor
Assessing the ecological risk of heavy metal sediment contamination from Port Everglades Florida USA
"This study impressively shows the high contamination of harbor sediments with heavy metals and arsenic, which can have a significant impact on benthic organisms in the event of anticipated dredging activities. The study is thus of importance far beyond the local area examined."
Jörg Oehlmann, Handling Editor
Effects of the age of raised beds on the physicochemical characteristics of fruit orchard soil in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
Mohan Lal, Handling Editor
Linking watershed nutrient loading to estuary water quality with generalized additive models
"This is a clear demonstration of how modern statistical analysis improves our understanding of complex ecological systems"
James Latimer, Handling Editor
The weathering process of carbonatite: weathering time
"The work contains important and substantiated data, more broadly reveals the essence of the process of chemical weathering using the example of carbonatite."
Mykola Karabiniuk, Handling Editor
Responses of soil organic carbon cycle to land degradation by isotopically tracing in a typical karst area, southwest China
"An interesting study for researchers all over the globe"
Habib Ali, Handling Editor
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