Table of Contents

Preface; Research Trends on Demersal Fisheries Oceanography in the Mediterranean; A Review of the Socio-Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biomass Gasification Based Power Plant: Lessons from India; Biotic Landfill Ch4 Emission Abatement Using Bio-Waste Compost as a Landfill Cover; Agricultural Pesticides Poisoning in Sub-Sahara Africa: Past Research and Future Needs; Interactions between Landscape Features, Disturbance and Vegetation in Frequently Burned Appalachian Oak Forests; Responses of Microbial Populations and Processes to Pulses of Precipitation in Semiarid Forest Ecosystems; Acidification in Boreal Environment: Response of Forested Podzolic Land to Acid Load; Modelling and Forecasting Around Power Plants in Complex Terrain: An Integrated Web-Based Environmental Data Acquisition and Forecasting System; Fluidised Bed Drying of Plant Sprouts at Low Temperatures; Nature Reserve Selection for Endangered Species Considering Habitat Needs: The Case of Thailand; Index.