In aquaculture industry, fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants are cultivated in fresh, salt, or
brackish waters. The increasing demand of aquatic products has stimulated the rapid growth …

Antifouling biocides are toxic to the marine environment impacting negatively on the aquatic
ecosystems. These biocides, namely, tributyltin (TBT) and Cu (I) compounds, are used to …

Cyanotoxins are produced by the toxic cyanobacterial species present in algal blooms
formed in water bodies due to nutrient over‐enrichment by human influences and natural …

Nutrient over-enrichment in freshwater environments, together with the on-going climate
change, favour the toxin-producing cyanobacteria bloom. Human health hazard may arise …

Analytical methods based on direct injection (DI) and solid phase extraction (SPE) coupled
with ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC …

Simplicity, sensitivity and high throughput are the qualities researcher always difficultly
pursue in the screening surveillance assay for food contaminants. Herein, coupled with a …

Water is an absolutely required resource for life, nourishment which now became a
worldwide threat due to unenviable changes in an environment that are mainly instigated by …

Cyanobacteria are major biomass producers in aquatic ecosystems; however, tremendous
cyanobacterial growth can cause ecological and public health concerns. Rapid and …

Microalgae in marine, and cyanobacteria in both marine and freshwaters are able to
produce harmful effects, including a broad range of phenomena referred to as “harmful algal …

Microcystins (MCs) are toxic secondary metabolites produced by freshwater cyanobacteria.
Algal bloom subsidence can stimulate MC release, which can impair liver function if orally …