dry areas near the sea can obtain fresh water through solar distillation of saline sea water resources. however, these solar distillation sites produce wastewater as a result of desalination of sea water with high salt concentration. waste must be disposed of with the least effect on the receiving environment (sea, in most cases). initial dilution and its characteristics play important roles in...

CARLUCCI, A. F. (Rutgers, the State University, New Brunswick, N. J.), P. V. SCARPINO, AND DAVID PRAMER. Evaluation of factors affecting survival of Escherichia coli in sea water. V. Studies with heatand filter-sterilized sea water. Appl. Microbiol. 9:400404. 1961.-The bactericidal action of sea water was measured as the difference in survival of cells of Escherichia coli in untreated and autoc...

Sea levels are expected to rise as a result of global temperature increases, one implication of which is the potential exacerbation of sea water intrusion into coastal aquifers. Given that approximately 70% of the world's population resides in coastal regions, it is imperative to understand the interaction between fresh groundwater and sea water intrusion in order to best manage available resou...

Benecke1) was the first to report the isolation of Bacillus chitinovorus, a bacillus which decomposes chitin, from the sea water of Kiel Bay in 1905. Later, the bacillus was collected and studied mainly in Germany and in the United States, taking as sources various materials such as sea mud, sea water, fresh lake water, soil, compost, crustacea etc. However, the study of this bacillus has never...

Marine bacteria have been arbitrarily defined as bacteria from the sea which on initial isolation require for growth a medium containing sea water as the diluent (ZoBell and Upham, 1944). The function of sea water in media for the growth of these organisms has never been clearly established. It has been stated, however, that neither isotonic salt solution nor artificial sea water is as good as ...

Brackish water lake is home of peculiar organisms, as its salinity is middle of those of sea and fresh water. Its salinity changes sensitively with sea level, river flow rate and lake topography. Hinuma Lake is one of brackish water lakes in Japan and connects with the Pacific Ocean through a tributary and a major river. Therefore the inflow process of salt water to the lake is very complex. Th...

Deep-sea water is rich in minerals, e.g., Mg, Ca, and K which have been considered to be associated with prevention of cardiovascular disease. We investigated the effect of deep-sea water on cardiovascular hemodynamics in Kurosawa and Kusanagi-Hypercholesterolemic (KHC) rabbits. Deep-sea water was pumped in the offing of Cape Muroto in Japan and the mineral constituents were refined to a degree...

abstract   background : natural uranium exists in earth crust and seawater. the concentration of uranium might increase by human manipulation or geological changes. the aim of this study was to verify susceptibility of laser flourimetry method to determine the uranium concentration in caspian sea and persian gulf water.   materials and methods : laser flourimetric method was used to determine t...

Micropuncture techniques have been used to investigate kidney function in lampreys adapted to hyperosmotic media. Plasma electrolyte concentrations were maintained well below corresponding concentrations in the external environment. Urine composition was variable, but generally showed high concentrations of magnesium, sulphate and chloride ions. Lampreys in 50% sea water produced urine which wa...