Constructed wetlands, status, progress, and challenges. The need for critical operational reassessment for a cleaner productive ecosystem

LA Nuamah, Y Li, Y Pu, AS Nwankwegu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The energy-demanding paradigm for biomass consumption during wastewater treatments
threatens cleaner productive ecosystems. The constructed wetlands (CWs) technology has …

Threats to Australia's oceans and coasts: A systematic review

T Laubenstein, TF Smith, AJ Hobday, GT Pecl… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oceans and coasts provide important ecosystem, livelihood, and cultural values to humans
and the planet but face current and future compounding threats from anthropogenic activities …

Urban impacts across realms: making the case for inter-realm monitoring and management

AB Bugnot, GC Hose, CJ Walsh, O Floerl… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Burgeoning populations and the increasing concentration of humans in urban areas have
resulted in extensive and increasing degradation and destruction of natural ecosystems. The …

Effects of landscape composition on mosquito population in urban green spaces

J Zhao, T Tang, X Wang - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that urban green spaces provide multiple benefits to urban residents, they
have some negative effects on people, such as mosquito bites which not only cause major …

[HTML][HTML] Urban surface water quality, flood water quality and human health impacts in Chinese cities. What do we know?

Y Rui, D Fu, H Do Minh, M Radhakrishnan… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Climate change and urbanization have led to an increase in the frequency of extreme water
related events such as flooding, which has negative impacts on the environment, economy …

Mannosylerythritol Lipids Mediated Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: An Eco-friendly and Operative Approach Against Chikungunya Vector Aedes albopictus

H Ga'al, G Yang, H Fouad, M Guo, J Mo - Journal of Cluster Science, 2021 - Springer
Recently the bioactive products of microbes and their nanoformulation particles have been
remarkably studied in insecticides. In the present study, the Mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) …

Management of arthropod pathogen vectors in North America: minimizing adverse effects on pollinators

HS Ginsberg, TA Bargar, ML Hladik… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Tick and mosquito management is important to public health protection. At the same time,
growing concerns about declines of pollinator species raise the question of whether vector …

Engaging urban stakeholders in the sustainable management of arthropod pests

EC Lowe, T Latty, CE Webb, MEA Whitehouse… - Journal of Pest …, 2019 - Springer
The management of arthropods in urban environments is complex. Although there are
species that threaten human health and property, there are also extensive communities of …

A meta‐analysis reveals that dragonflies and damselflies can provide effective biological control of mosquitoes

TS Priyadarshana, EM Slade - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dragonfly/damselfly naiads have the potential to control mosquitoes, and indirectly the
diseases they carry, due to their extensive predation on mosquito larvae. Experimental …

Habitat traits associated with mosquito risk and aquatic diversity in urban wetlands

JK Hanford, CE Webb, DF Hochuli - Wetlands, 2019 - Springer
Urban wetlands are increasingly being used to manage stormwater, provide valuable
resources for biodiversity, and to improve public amenity and wellbeing. However …