[HTML][HTML] Application of new hyperspectral sensors in the remote sensing of aquatic ecosystem health: Exploiting PRISMA and DESIS for four Italian lakes

M Bresciani, C Giardino, A Fabbretto, A Pellegrino… - Resources, 2022 - mdpi.com
The monitoring of water bio-physical parameters and the management of aquatic
ecosystems are crucial to cope with the current state of inland water degradation. Not only …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of chp systems in wastewater treatment plants

DM Riley, J Tian, G Güngör-Demirci, P Phelan… - Environments, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) utilization of combined heat and power (CHP) systems
allows for the efficient use of on-site biogas production, as well as increased annual savings …

[HTML][HTML] Denitrification in intrinsic and specific groundwater vulnerability assessment: A review

G Busico, L Alessandrino, M Mastrocicco - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several groundwater vulnerability methodologies have been implemented throughout the
years to face the increasing worldwide groundwater pollution, ranging from simple rating …

Developing a nitrogen load apportionment tool: Theory and application

AM De Girolamo, M Spanò, E D'Ambrosio… - Agricultural Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a new nitrogen load apportionment tool was developed to quantify the
anthropogenic pressures from point sources and diffuse sources (DSs) on the water in a …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural practices regulate the seasonality of groundwater-river nitrogen exchanges

M Pinardi, E Soana, E Severini, E Racchetti… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Soil System Budgets (SSB) of nutrients are generally performed annually over
arable land to infer their use efficiency and water pollution risk in highly exploited …

[HTML][HTML] Is flood irrigation a potential driver of river-groundwater interactions and diffuse nitrate pollution in agricultural watersheds?

E Racchetti, F Salmaso, M Pinardi, S Quadroni… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the Po plain, northern Italy, rivers within agricultural basins display steep summer
increases in nitrate (NO3−) concentrations. Flood irrigation in overfertilized, permeable soils …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term effects of the EU nitrate directive reintroduction: reduced N loads to river from an alluvial aquifer in Northern Italy

E Severini, M Bartoli, M Pinardi, F Celico - Hydrology, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Po Plain (northern Italy) is one of the largest aquifers in Europe, and 67% of the utilized
agricultural land in this area is classified as a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ). However, it …

Silicon concentrations and stoichiometry in two agricultural watersheds: Implications for management and downstream water quality

LR Sethna, TV Royer, SL Speir, MT Trentman, UH Mahl… - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
Agriculture alters the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients such as nitrogen (N), phosphorus
(P), and silicon (Si) which contributes to the stoichiometric imbalance among these nutrients …

[HTML][HTML] In search for the missing nitrogen: closing the budget to assess the role of denitrification in agricultural watersheds

G Castaldelli, F Vincenzi, EA Fano, E Soana - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although representing a paramount mechanism against nitrogen excess in agricultural
landscapes, soil denitrification is still a largely unknown term in nitrogen balances at the …

Habitat morphology and connectivity better predict hydrophyte and wetland plant richness than land-use intensity in overexploited watersheds: evidence from the Po …

R Bolpagni, A Laini, F Buldrini, G Ziccardi, E Soana… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Preserving hydrophyte and wetland plant diversity is among the most critical
environmental issues worldwide. The progressive decline and disappearance of these …