During the last decade, water demand and wastewater generation has increased due to
urbanization around the globe which had led to an increase in the utilization of …

Biopolymers are considered a potential alternative to conventional chemical polymers
because of their ease of biodegradability, high efficiency, non-toxicity and non-secondary …

The microorganisms in biofilms live in a self-produced matrix of hydrated extracellular
polymeric substances (EPS) that form their immediate environment. EPS are mainly …

Accumulation of multiple organic pollutants in the soil is a huge threat to ecological systems
and health of human beings. Iron-based catalysts, such as zero-valent iron (ZVI) catalysts …

Cohesive sediment is an important component of aquatic environments, which must be
monitored and managed for environmental, engineering, and human health reasons. While …

Microbial ecology is the study of interactions among microbes in natural environments and
their roles in biogeochemical cycles, food web dynamics, and the evolution of life. Microbes …

The last two decades have seen geomicrobiology evolve into a broad field encompassing a
wide range of environmentally significant processes such as proton and metal adsorption …

Stoffhaushalt ist die Summe des Stoff-und Energieumsatzes in einem Ökosystem. Die
Untersuchung des Stoffhaushaltes eines Gewässers geht von der Feststellung der gelösten …

In aquatic habitats, micro‐organisms successfully adhere to and mediate particles, thus
changing the erosive response of fine sediments to hydrodynamic forcing by secreting glue …

Billions of dollars are being spent in the United States to restore rivers to a desired, yet often
unknown, reference condition. In lieu of a known reference, practitioners typically assume …