Purpose This review of sediment source fingerprinting assesses the current state-of-the-art,
remaining challenges and emerging themes. It combines inputs from international scientists …

In arid regions, montane lakes are valuable water sources and play important ecological
roles. However, recent human-induced inputs of organic pollutants are threatening lake …

Central Asia is the global hotspot resulting from either a scarcity of natural resources or
environmental degradation. Tajikistan, however, is called the “central Asian water tower”, is …

In this study, a green microscale solid-liquid extraction method using a miniaturized device
combined with cleanup via dispersive micro-solid-phase extraction (MSLE-DµSPE) was …

Sedimentary organic matter (SOM) plays an important role in the transportation and
transformation of various pollutants and the carbon cycle in aquatic and terrestrial …

Sediment fingerprinting (SF) methods using taxonomic-specific biomarkers such as n-
alkanes have been successfully used to distinguish sediment sources originating from …

Purpose Identification of hotspots of accelerated erosion of soil and organic carbon (OC) is
critical to the targeting of soil conservation and sediment management measures. The …

N–alkanes are ideal molecular markers for the source apportionment of organic matter.
However, the estimation of both biogenic and anthropogenic sources under mixed scenario …

Sediment source fingerprinting provides an effective and reliable way for targeted control of
soil erosion. However, the accuracy of source contribution predictions of different …

The monitoring and prediction of algae cell density are the fundamental supports for
eutrophication management. As the molecular marker of algae, n-heptadecane has been …