Pesticides are extensively used in modern agriculture and are an effective and economical
way to enhance the yield quality and quantity, thus ensuring food security for the ever …

Over the past decades, the bulk of chemists' interests have been on heterocyclic compounds
and their various derivatives as well as their applications in the pharmaceutical and …

A fair evaluation of the net benefits provided by pesticides is essential to feed the current
debate on their benefits and adverse consequences. Pesticides provide many benefits by …

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a World Heritage Area and contains extensive areas of
coral reef, seagrass meadows and fisheries resources. From adjacent catchments …

Chlorophyll a fluorescence is established as a rapid, non-intrusive technique to monitor
photosynthetic performance of plants and algae, as well as to analyze their protective …

Cyanobacteria proliferation is among the most threatening consequences of freshwater
pollution. Health risks from human and other-organism exposure to cyanobacteria have led …

Recent estimates put average coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) at about 20–
30%. This is estimated to be a large reduction since the 1960s. The Great Barrier Reef …

To help ban the use of general toxic algicides, research efforts are now directed towards the
discovery of compounds that are specifically acting as cyanocides. Here, we review the past …

The aim of the present review was to give an overview of the current state of science
concerning herbicide exposure and toxicity to aquatic primary producers. To this end we …

This special issue presents a collection of papers covering the environmental fate, effects,
and risk of pesticides in tropical environments, which is expected to facilitate improved …