The environmental leaching characteristics of the ecotoxic metals Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Ag, Cd, Tl, and Pb within six coal gangue samples from mines located in Poland were assessed using the BCR-2 sequential extraction procedure. The samples’ bulk mineralogical and chemical compositions were determined by petrographic examination, x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and inductively-coupled mass spectromet...

Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and...

Worldwide, marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly created to protect and restore selected parts of the ocean and to enhance recreation, fishing, and sustainable resources. However, this process has outpaced the development and implementation of methods for assessing and monitoring these habitats. Here, we combine data from an echosounder, a conductivity-temperature-depth probe, and underwater cameras to efficiently sur...