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Analytical methods for Cyhalofop-butyl and its metabolites in Soil and water

Mwalilino, Jilisa K; L i, Zhao; Guonian, Zhu; Yingxu, Chen (China academic journal electronic publishing house, 2001)

A relatively simp le and less expensive m ethod is p ropo sed fo r the determ ination of cyhalofop2butyl (XDE2537) and its m etabo lites: R2(+ ) 222[ 42(22fluo ro242 cyanophenoxy) phenoxy ] p ropano ic acid (AC ID ); ...
Response of gstase and L iver esterase in goldf ish (Ca rra sius aura tus) and topmouth gudegon (Pseudora sboraparva ) after sublethal exposure to cyhalofop-butyl and profur ite-am in ium

ZHU, Guo-nian; Hui ming, WU; Mwalilino, Jilisa K.; Shao-nan, L I (Chinese journal of pesicide science, 2002)

Investigations w ere carried to assess the sublethal effects of a herbicide clincher ( 100 EC) containing cyhalofop2butyl [ 100 g (a. i) ·L - 1 ] as the active ingredient and the insecticide p rofurite2am inium [ 78% ...
Household waste recovery and recycling: a case study of Kigoma-Ujiji, Tanzania

Shams, Shahriar; Ibrahimu, Chikira (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2003)

Management of waste in most developing countries has become important for most of the cities as they try to curb and control city growth and urbanisation. The general norm where waste management had been the sole duty ...
The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya

Burgess, N.D.; Butynski, T.M.; Cordeiro, N.J.; Doggart, N.H.; Fjeldså, J.; Howell, K.M.; Kilahama, F.B.; Loader, S.P.; Lovett, J.C.; Mbilinyi, B.; Menegon, M.; Moyer, D.C.; Nashanda, E.; Perking, A. (Elsevier, 2006-10)

The Eastern Arc Mountains are renown in Africa for high concentrations of endemic Received 17 June 2005 species of animals and plants. Thirteen separate mountain blocks comprise the Eastern Received in revised Arc, ...
Groundwater exploitation and hydraulic parameter estimation for a Quaternary aquifer in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Van Camp, Marc; Walraevens, Kristine (Elsevier Ltd, 2009-07-03)

The fact that groundwater exploitation has largely increased since 1997 in the Dar-es-Salaam aquifer, calls for a directed attention towards possible problems of aquifer overexploitation that may arise in the near future. ...
Conservation implications of deforestation across an elevational gradient in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

Burgess, Neil D.; Mbilinyi, Boniface; Gereau, Roy E.; Hall, Jaclyn; Lovett, Jon (Elsevier, 2009-11)

Deforestation is a major threat to the conservation of biodiversity, especially within global centers of endemism for plants and animals. Elevation, the major environmental gradient in mountain regions of the world, ...
Groundwater vulnerability to petroleum hydrocarbons pollution of quaternary sand aquifer in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mjemah, I. C.; Mato, R.R.A.M.; Thunvik, R. (The Journal of Building and Land Development., 2010)

Groundwater is inherently susceptible to contamination from anthropogenic activities and remediation is very expensive and often impractical. Prevention of contamination is hence critical in effective groundwater management. ...
Integrating the management of the ruaha landscape of Tanzania with local needs and preferences

Masozera, M.; Erickson, J.D.; Clifford, D. L.; Coppolillo, P.; Nguvava, M.; Sadiki, H.; Mazet, J. A .K. (University of California, 2010-01)

ustainable management of landscapes with multiple competing demands requires balancing the diverse preferences and needs of stakeholder groups. Conservation and development organizations have often made unwarranted ...
The potential of hyper-temporal NDVI data to assess vegetation condition and grazing intensity

Hamad, Amina Amri (International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, 2010-02)

Land degradation has been reported to be a major environmental problem in Crete for a long time and is largely caused by excessive grazing. Several attempts have been done using satellite images for the purpose of monitoring ...
Groundwater exploitation and recharge rate estimation of a quaternary sand aquifer in Dar-es-Salaam area, Tanzania

Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Van Camp, Marc; Martenes, Kristine; Walraevens, Kristine (Springer-Verlag, 2010-09-10)

Dar-es-Salaam City gets water supply from surface water and groundwater. The groundwater is used to supplement surface water supply and has increasingly become a major source of water supply in the city. The study area ...
Enhancing protection of Dar es Salaam quaternary aquifer: Groundwater recharge assessment.

Mtoni, Y.; Mjemah, I. C.; Van Camp, M.; Walraevens, K. (Springer-Verlag, 2011)

Water balance for Dar es Salaam Quaternary coastal aquifer (DQCA) was calculated according to the method of Thornthwaite and Mather. Monthly potential evapotranspiration estimates were calculated from 39 years (1971–2009) ...
Nitrate pollution of Neogene alluvium aquifer in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania.

Kibona, Irene; Mkoma, Stelyus L.; Mjemah, Ibrahimu C. (International Formulae Group, 2011-02)

Concern over nitrate pollution of groundwater in integrated water quality management has been growing recently. The levels of nitrate in wells from septic tanks and urban agriculture with nitrogen fertilizers application ...
Influence of meteorology on ambient air quality in Morogoro, Tanzania

Mkoma, Stelyus L.; Mjemah, Ibrahimu C. (International Journal of Enviromental Science., 2011-03)

The influence of meteorological parameters on air quality was investigated for a rural background site in Morogoro. Precipitation, temperature, relative humidity and wind speed were measured during wet and dry seasons ...
Climate characteristics over southern highlands Tanzania

Mbululo, Yassin; Nyihirani, Fatuma (Scientific Research, 2012)

This study was conducted to examine the climate characteristic of southern highland Tanzania (Latitude 6°S - 12°S and Longitude 29°E - 38°E). The study findings reveal that rainfall over the region is linked with SST over ...
Climate change impacts and adaptation among coastal and mangrove dependent communities: a case of Bagamoyo district

Mbwambo, J.S; Madalla, D; Zahabu, E; Ndelolia, D; Mnembuka, B; Lamtane, H. A; Mwandya, A. W (2012)

The study was done to determine perception, impacts and adaptation of coastal communities towards climate change. A total of three villages and 120 respondents were involved in the study. Both Focus Group Interviews and ...
Saltwater intrusion in the quaternary aquifer of the Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania

Mtoni, Yohana; Mjemah, Ibrahimu C.; Msindai, Kristoko; Van Camp, Marc; Walraevens, Kristine (GEOLOGICA BELGICA, 2012)

A description of the occurrence of the salt water intrusion from seawater close to the coastline of Dar es Salaam Region is presented. The present status of intrusion in two pilot areas located between Mlalakuwa and ...
The role of development projects in strengthening community-based adaptation strategies: the case of Uluguru mountains Agricultural development project (UMADEP)-Morogoro-Tanzania

Mussa, Kassim Ramadhani; Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Malisa, Emmanuel Timothy (International Scholars Journals, 2012)

This study was trying to find out whether the designing and implementation of the Uluguru Mountain Agricultural Development Project (UMADEP) has taken into account the hazards, impacts and risks associated with climate ...
Urban climate and bioclimate of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – preliminary results

Ndetto, Emmanuel L; Matzarakis, Andreas (Meteorological Institute, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 2012)

Understanding of the urban climate of a city is important for future planning and human wellbeing. The well known Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) and the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) indices were ...
Towards regional, error-bounded landscape carbon storage estimates for data-deficient areas of the world

Willcock, Simon; Phillips, Oliver L.; Platts, Philip J; Balmford, Andrew; Burgess, Neil D.; Lovett, Jon C.; Ahrends, Antje; Mbilinyi, Boniface; Lewis, Simon L. (PLOS ONE, 2012-09-14)

Monitoring landscape carbon storage is critical for supporting and validating climate change mitigation policies. These may be aimed at reducing deforestation and degradation, or increasing terrestrial carbon storage at ...
Modeling approaches and strategies for data-scarce aquifers: example of the Dar es Salaam aquifer in Tanzania

Camp, Marc Van; Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Farrah, Nawal Al; Walraevens, Kristine (Springer, 2013)

Management of groundwater resources can be improved by using groundwater models to perform risk analyses and to improve development strategies, but a lack of extensive basic data often limits the implementation ...

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