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  • Effects of heavy metal stress on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: A comprehensive study.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Athanasiadis, Kiriakos
    Thesis advisor: Lydakis-Simantiris, Nikos
    Publication Date: 2018-06-01
    In marine and freshwater ecosystems, unicellular photosynthetic organisms are being considered as members of great importance for the early detection of potential hazards. Moreover, microalgae are in the base of the food ...
  • Resistance of airborne microorganism to lead and mercury.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Mosios, Spyridon; Mpeis, Ioannis
    Thesis advisor: Katsivela, Eleftheria
    Publication Date: 21-10-2011
    The growth and persistence of airbornes, viable microbes (heterotrophic bacteria, actinobacteria and mesophilic fungi) in the pres ence of heavy metals concentrations (inorganic lead and mercury) was studied. Air samples ...
  • Heavy metals in Keritis river basin.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Mantela, Argiri
    Thesis advisor: Stavroulakis, Georgios
    Publication Date: 10-03-2009
    The purpose of this study is the study of heavy metals in the basin of river Keritis. The determination became with the atomic absorption phasmatoscopy. This study contains the study on ten heavy metals including general ...
  • Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in vegetables.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition (STeGTET), Department of Agriculture
    Authors: Galanaki, Elpida-Kalliopi
    Thesis advisor: Goumenaki, Eleni
    Publication Date: 2019-05-21
    Consumption of vegetable products is essential for a balanced diet and they are decisively involved in the proper functioning of metabolism and in maintaining health. Recent research results have shown a significant reduction ...
  • Variation of the concentrations of heavy metals in organic matter depending on their placement in soil.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition (STeGTET), Department of Crop Science
    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition (STeGTET), Department of Agriculture
    Authors: Foukaraki, Sofia
    Thesis advisor: Tsikalas, Ploutarchos
    Publication Date: 29-02-2008
    The aim of this experimental research was to study the effect of adding organic matter on the concentration of heavy metals in soil and organic matter. The experiment took place at the lab Nutrition of plants-Fertility ...
  • Management of urban greenery with phytoremediation in Argos-Mycenae Municipality.

    H.M.U., School of Agricultural Sciences (SAGRIS), MSc in Applied Science and Technology in Agriculture
    Authors: Stamatis, Georgios
    Thesis advisor: Loulakakis, Konstantinos
    Publication Date: 2021-03-23
    In recent years there has been a large increase in the population living in cities or towns. A set of human actions contribute to the pollution of the earth's surface to a great extent, resulting in the appearance of forms ...
  • Effect of concentration of heavy metals in the soil depending on the mode of application of organic materials.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition (STeGTET), Department of Crop Science
    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition (STeGTET), Department of Agriculture
    Authors: Kartsonaki, Maria
    Thesis advisor: Tsikalas, Ploutarchos
    Publication Date: 29-02-2008
    In order to investigate how the fitting of organic materials influences on the concentration of heavy metals in the soil and on the organic materials as well, we made this experiment in the laboratory of plant analysis of ...
  • Effect of heavy metal cadmium (cd) and copper (cu) to develop crop (Nicotiana tabacum) and wild (Nicotiana glauca) tobacco plants.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition (STeGTET), Biofloriculture and GreenHouse Crops Department
    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition (STeGTET), Department of Agriculture
    Authors: Siniolakis, Christoforos
    Thesis advisor: Primikyrios, Nikolas
    Publication Date: 29-02-2008
  • Levels of heavy metals and bioavailabilty in soils from the industrial area of Heraklion Crete.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Velegraki, Despoina; Vlachaki, Konstantina
    Thesis advisor: Papafilippaki, Androniki
    Publication Date: 03-03-2015
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the heavy metal pollutions in soils from the industrial area of Heraklion in comparison to other industrial areas in Greece.
  • Pollution caused by heavy metals, in the soils of Keritis hydrological basin, in Chania prefecture.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Chrisou, Eleftheria
    Thesis advisor: Papafilippaki, Androniki
    Publication Date: 29-08-2008
    The main purpose of this project is to determine the pollution caused by heavy metals in the soils of Keritis hydrological basin, which located in Chania prefecture. The main sources of pollution in the region coming from ...
  • The effect of heavy metals in human health.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Zikou, Aristea
    Thesis advisor: Stavroulakis, Georgios
    Publication Date: 28-03-2008
    In this thesis are presented the symptoms in the human health of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury in drinking water.
  • Drug-resistance and heavy metal tolerance of airborne microbes.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Nikiforou, Olga; Kykna, Anastasia
    Thesis advisor: Katsivela, Eleftheria
    Publication Date: 17-01-2014
    The growth and persistence of natural, airborne, viable microbes (heterotropic bacteria and mesophilic fungi) was studied indoors/outdoors in the presence of drugs (streptomycin or cucloheximide) and heavy metals (mercury ...
  • Study of bioaccumulation of heavy metals from spearmint cultivated in polluted soil.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Kagiaftaki, Eleni
    Thesis advisor: Lydakis-Simantiris, Nikolaos
    Publication Date: 23-02-2009
    The scope of this assignment was the investigation of the effect of heavy metals on the growth of plants. Furthermore, their resistibility, their capability to uptake via the roots contaminations of heavy metals and their ...
  • A study on the effect of Nickel on the photosynthetic algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Sarlote-Goniotaki, Maria
    Thesis advisor: Lydakis-Simantiris, Nikos
    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    In this thesis the tolerance of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to nickel was examined and the growth curves of the cells in the presence of the metal were constructed. Also, the accumulation of nickel was studied quantitatively ...
  • Assessment of lead contamination in the new and old roadside soils and plants from Chania city.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Nousiou, Despoina
    Thesis advisor: Papafilippaki, Androniki
    Publication Date: 19-11-2009
    The aim of this study was to evaluate the Pb pollution in soils and plants from the old and new highway of Chania Prefecture. The sampling was carried out in the summer of 2007. The analytical part of the study was carried ...
  • The pollution from the lignite power plant in Megalopoli in Peloponnesos.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Damianovits, Ourania; Droulia, Kassiani - Konstantina
    Thesis advisor: Kokkinou, Eleni
    Publication Date: 30-03-2009
    Main purpose of the present study is to investigate the suitability of magnetic susceptibility measurements as a pollution monitoring tool and indicating heavy metal transmission factors in an area around a major local ...
  • Identification of heavy metals in surface and underground water in Chania region.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Androutsou-Vasilaki, Panagiota
    Thesis advisor: Stavroulakis, Georgios
    Publication Date: 2018-05-18
    The aim of this thesis is to study these heavy metals in Apocoronas region as well as in the broader area of Crete. Their identification was made by atomic absorption spectroscopy. This thesis presents these nine metals ...
  • Determination of heavy metals in the airborne particulate matter in the city of Chania.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Voudouri, Vasiliki
    Thesis advisor: Katsivela, Eleftheria
    Publication Date: 29-05-2013
    The current study considers the spatial variability of the Concentrations of eight trace metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in aerosol at the roadside environment og the urban area of the coastal city of Chania ...
  • Accumulation of heavy metals in higher plants and unicellular photosynthetic organisms, exposed to contaminated environments.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Bolanaki, Maria
    Thesis advisor: Lydakis-Simantiris, Nikolaos
    Publication Date: 2018-02-09
    Heavy metals are a major risk to the environment, plant and animal organisms. In this work, we consider the study of the effect/accumulation of cadmium, nickel and lead in pelargonium graveoleus and the unicellular graveolens ...
  • Pollution of Lead and Cadmium in soil and plants in various parks of Chania.

    T.E.I. of Crete, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
    Authors: Paida, Evanthia; Sotiriou, Christina
    Thesis advisor: Stavroulakis, Georgios
    Publication Date: 10-04-2009
    The work that follows has as aim the estimate of pollution that they have suffered the soil and the plants of city of Chanias from the heavy metals of Lead and Cadmium. The sampling was realised the summertime 2007 in ...