Contaminant Levels and Ecological Effects

Dr. Biljana Balabanova is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Goce Delčev University, North Macedonia.   Dr. Trajče Stafilov is a Professor in the Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Saints Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia.

• Chapter 1.- General aspects of environmental degradation vs. technological development progression. Chapter 2.- Noble metals in environmental matrices: analytical challenges. Chapter 3.- Predicting the spatial distributions of elements in former military operation area using linear and nonlinear methods across the Stavnja Valley, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chapter 4.- Improving effective methodology of GC–MS for tracking potential contaminants in groundwater. Chapter 5.- The potential ecological risk from agriculture activities on the groundwater quality. Chapter 6.- Time series and multivariate analysis in assessing the contamination level and ecological effects of trace metal atmospheric deposition by using mosses as bioindicator. Chapter 7.- Moss biomonitoring of air pollution around the coal mine and Bitola thermoelectric power plant, North Macedonia. Chapter 8.- Lichens as the main indicator in biological monitoring of air quality. Chapter 9.- Proposing chemometric tool for efficacy surface dust deposition tracking in moss tissue cross bio-indication process of metals in environment. Chapter 10.- Chemometric characterization of barley genotypes with different origin grown in the Republic of North Macedonia. Chapter 11.- Accumulation abilities of endemic plant species from the vicinity of an As-Sb-Tl abandoned mine, Allchar, Kožuf Mountain. Chapter 12.- Chemometric model for composition determination and evaluation of nutritional and functional properties of wild red goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.). Chapter 13.- Characterization of urban aerosols: analysis, chemical mass balance and source apportionment. Chapter 14.- Personal exposure to air particulates in urban areas: how much are we exposed. Chapter 15.- Enchasing Anthropogenic Element Trackers for Evidence of Long-Term Atmospheric Depositions in Mine Environs. Chapter 16.- Characterization of multi-element profiles and multi-isotope ratios records as a tool for determination of thegeographical origin of various plant species, food-stuffs and beverages.