“Mussel Watch”—Measurements of Chemical Pollutants in Bivalves as One Indicator of Coastal Environmental Quality

2008 ◽  
pp. 125-125-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
JW Farrington ◽  
AC Davis ◽  
BW Tripp ◽  
DK Phelps ◽  
WB Galloway
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Mussel Watch ◽  
Chemical Pollutants

Measuring the Biological Effects of Pollution: The Mussel Watch Approach

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1089-1100 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Bayne
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Environmental Quality Assessment ◽  
Mussel Watch

The Mussel Watch approach to environmental monitoring is briefly described and the potentials for various biological measurements to complement the normal practice of chemical determinations are discussed. Some of the available “biological effects techniques” are illustrated by reference to a recent practical workshop at which they were tested. Certain shortcomings in the approach are considered, but the conclusion reached that wider application of available biological techniques would benefit coastal environmental quality assessment.

scholarly journals Adaptation of Indoor Health and Comfort Criteria to Mitigate Covid-19 Transmission in the Workplace

Humaniora ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Dyah Kusuma Wardhani ◽  
Susan Susan
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
Chemical Pollutants ◽  
User Capacity ◽  
Comfort Criteria

The research discussed the application of indoor health and comfort criteria that needed to be reviewed to create good indoor environmental quality and reduce the transmission of the Covid-19 virus where people spent most of their time indoors. A confined area, which was poorly ventilated and reliant on air conditioning, helped transmit the Covid-19 virus easily as air recirculation was the main cause of office clusters. One of the categories of Greenship Interior Space, Indoor Health and Comfort (IHC), could be used as a guide for creating better indoor quality. The method used for the research was a systematic literature review to define, study, analyze, and classify all available research relating to adaptation of indoor health and comfort criteria to mitigate the transmission in the workplace. The results show the adjustment to IHC criteria in IHC 1-10, which focus on providing good air quality by introducing outside air, stopping air recirculation, reducing indoor user capacity, and reducing indoor biological and chemical pollutants. To illustrate the implementation of the new normal, Ciputra University workplace was being observed, as the findings of the results, some strategies that are in line with the objectives of IHC 1, IHC 2, and IHC 5. Adjustment of these criteria must be supported by implementing health protocols through basic hygiene routines, fitness screening, and maintaining physical distancing.

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