Rainfall water quality at Atlixco, Puebla

Margarita Teutli Andrés Armando Sánchez Erendira Moreno Gutierrez (2021, [Artículo, Artículo])

This work reports the follow up of rainfall water quality at Atlixco, Puebla during the 2018 season. The main objective of this work was to evaluate how height and pollutants define the quality of water precipitated. Samples were collected at the roof of a house in Atlixco center, and others at the roof of a convent located at the San Miguel Hill, this represents a 44 m difference in height. Chemical composition was analyzed for 19 physicochemical parameters using gravimetric and spectrophotometric techniques. Obtained results were compared with drinking water standards finding that Pb and Cd contents are exceeded. Also, it was found a strong contribution of terrestrial sources since the marine rates are above unit, as well as excess concentrations whose values go from negative to positive. Finally, Pearson correlation was obtained finding that most of chemical parameters correlations are in disagreement for both sites, fact which confirms that ionic content is strongly influenced by anthropogenic sources.

rainfall ionic content marine rates excess concentrations Lluvia contenido iónico cociente marino concentración en exceso Estudios urbanos CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA

Recuperación de fósforo mediante remoción con adsorbente y recuperación de fósforo inorgánico

ANNE MARGRETHE HANSEN HANSEN (2015, [Documento de trabajo])

Uno de los problemas más importantes de contaminación de embalses y lagos, es el enriquecimiento progresivo de nutrientes (fundamentalmente nitrógeno y fósforo) o eutroficación. Esta problemática se manifiesta en la proliferación y acumulación de algas y plantas acuáticas originando el deterioro de la calidad del agua. Dada la imposibilidad de controlar las concentraciones de nitrógeno debido a la capacidad de algunas plantas y bacterias de fijar este nutriente, además de la deposición atmosférica, los métodos de control de nutrientes se orientan principalmente en la reducción de fósforo. Los objetivos principales de este proyecto son, evaluar a nivel de laboratorio: 1) la remoción de fósforo del agua en intercambiadores iónicos; y 2) la recuperación de fósforo inorgánico de los intercambiadores iónicos.

Remoción de contaminantes Fósforo Intercambio iónico Eutroficación CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA

Recuperación de fósforo con hidróxido de doble capa, para la protección de cuerpos de agua: 2a. etapa

Anne M. Hansen LUIS ANGEL CUETO BRAVO (2016, [Documento de trabajo])

Uno de los problemas más importantes de contaminación de embalses y lagos, es el enriquecimiento progresivo de nutrientes (fundamentalmente nitrógeno y fósforo) o eutroficación. Esta problemática se manifiesta en la proliferación y acumulación de algas y plantas acuáticas originando el deterioro de la calidad de agua. El desarrollo de este proyecto se plantea para tres años. Esta es la segunda etapa del proyecto y los objetivos establecidos para esta etapa son: 1) Recopilar y analizar información sobre la composición de agua tratada, que actualmente se descarga a los cuerpos de agua y que proviene de diferentes actividades, donde se encuentra fósforo en elevadas concentraciones y se ha consumido la mayor parte de la materia orgánica; y 2) Realizar experimentos y modelación numérica simulando el efecto de estos parámetros: iones mayores pH, Eh y contenido de materia orgánica, tanto individualmente como combinados, en el proceso.

Remoción de contaminantes Fósforo Intercambio iónico Eutroficación CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA

Balancing quality with quantity: a case study of UK bread wheat

Nick Fradgley Keith Gardner Stéphanie M. Swarbreck Alison Bentley (2023, [Artículo])

Grain Protein Content Environmental Sustainability End-Use Quality Modern Bread Baking Methods CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA GRAIN PROTEIN CONTENT HISTORY QUALITY WHEAT YIELDS

Soil CO2 efflux fluctuates in three different annual seasons in a semideciduous tropical forest in Yucatan, Mexico

El flujo de CO2 del suelo fluctúa en tres temporadas del año en un bosque tropical semideciduo de Yucatán, México

Fernando Arellano-Martín JUAN MANUEL DUPUY RADA ROBERTH ARMANDO US SANTAMARIA José Luis Andrade Torres (2022, [Artículo])

Tropical forest soils store a third of the global terrestrial carbon and control carbon dioxide (CO2) terrestrial effluxes to the atmosphere produced by root and microbial respiration. Soil CO2 efflux varies in time and space and is known to be strongly influenced by soil temperature and water content. However, little is known about the influence of seasonality on soil CO2 efflux, especially in tropical dry forests. This study evaluated soil CO2 efflux, soil temperature, and soil volumetric water content in a semideciduous tropical forest of the Yucatan Peninsula under two sites (flat areas close to and far from hills), and three seasons: dry, wet, and early dry (a transition between the rainy and dry seasons) throughout a year. Additionally, six 24-h periods of soil CO2 efflux were measured within these three seasons. The mean annual soil CO2 efflux was 4±2.2 μmol CO2 m-2 s-1, like the mean soil CO2 efflux during the early dry season. In all seasons, soil CO2 efflux increased linearly with soil moisture, which explained 45% of the spatial-temporal variation of soil CO2 efflux. Soil CO2 efflux was higher close to than far from hills in some months. The daily variation of soil CO2 efflux was less important than its spatial and seasonal variation likely due to small diel variations in temperature. Transition seasons are common in many tropical dry forests, and they should be taken into consideration to have a better understanding of the annual soil CO2 efflux, especially under future climate-change scenarios. © 2022 Mexican Society of Soil Science. All Rights Reserved.

EARLY DRY SEASON SOIL TEMPERATURE SOIL VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT TROPICAL DRY FOREST BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

Soil moisture content and maize grain yield under conventional and conservation agriculture practices - results of short term field tests in liselo, Namibia

Christian Thierfelder (2023, [Artículo])

This article focuses on the results from trials developed to monitor the short-term effects of conventionally tilled systems versus CA on soil quality and crop productivity under conditions of the major cropping systems in central, north-central and north-eastern regions of Namibia. Conventional tillage (CT), Minimum tillage (MT), Minimum tillage, mulch (MT-M), Minimum tillage, rotation (MT-R) and Minimum tillage, mulch and rotation (MT-MR) were the primary treatments tested. Significant differences (p≤0.000) among the treatments were observed in the 0-60 cm soil profiles where MT-M plots had the highest soil moisture content (39.8 mm, Standard Error of Mean 0.2815) over the study period. A significant difference (p=0.0206) in grain yield was observed in the second season with CT plots yielding the highest grain yield (3852.3 kg ha-1, standard error of mean 240.35). Results suggest that CA has the potential to increase water conservation and contribute to reduction of the risk of crop failure. Climate change driven degradation under conventional tillage necessitate alternative sustainable tillage methods. Conservation tillage methods and conservation agricultural practices that minimize soil disturbance while maintaining soil cover need to be adopted more locally as viable alternatives to conventional tillage.

Grain Yield Soil Moisture Content CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE GRAIN YIELDS SOIL WATER CONTENT MAIZE

Determining factors of durum wheat bread loaf volume and alveograph characteristics under optimal, drought and heat stress conditions

Maryke Labuschagne Carlos Guzman Jose Crossa Angeline van Biljon (2023, [Artículo])

Loaf Volume Durum Wheat Flour Protein Content CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ALVEOGRAPHS HARD WHEAT HEAT STRESS DROUGHT STRESS