Study of the biodeterioration building materials is often hampered by inaccessibility colonization and impossibility sampling in protected buildings considered part cultural heritage. There therefore a recognised need to develop laboratory mesocosm that realistically represents nature enables study analysis both substrate organisms involved. Although many studies have investigated formation bio...

In order to determine hydrocarbon contamination of drinking water in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata and to identify its source, we sampled water and subaqueous surface sediments from Lake Pertusillo, a fresh-water, highly dynamic, artificial reservoir located entirely within the largest oil field in Italy (Val d'Agri, Basilicata). Monitoring by the Basilicata Agency for Environmental...

The practice of placing sediment dredged from navigation channels in the downdrift nearshore is common US. These placements sediment, or nourishments, often correspond to a variety positive morphology and shoreline stability benefits. They are able beneficially use not directly suitable for dry beach placement, which increases volume available nourish full profile keeps system that would otherw...