Understanding the dynamics of organic matter (OM) and the roles in global and local carbon
cycles is challenging to the fields of environmental sciences and biogeochemistry. The …

Chemical pollution is considered a factor that may threaten marine protected areas (MPAs),
and recent studies have found contamination and associated biological effects in some …

Microplastics are important vectors for the transport and accumulation of persistent organic
contaminants in coastal and marine environments. We determined the concentration of …

Research on estuarine ecology in South America (SA) increased quali-quantitatively since
the early 1980 in search of consistent recommendations for estuarine conservation. The …

Abstract The Capibaribe Estuarine System (CES) is a tropical estuary located within a
densely populated metropolitan region in the Brazilian Northeast, providing multiple …

Microbial water quality and concentrations of faecal sterols in sediment have been used to
assess the degree of sewage contamination in Kuwait's marine environment. A review of …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) tracing can provide important information for effective and
accurate management of soil erosion. However, tracing erosion-induced SOC is still …

This study provides an overview of the evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) in the coastal regions of Santos Basin, located in Brazil's Southeast region, the …

The occurrence of illicit drugs in natural waters (surface, source and drinking water) is of
interest due to the poor sanitation coverage and the high consumption of drugs of abuse in …

In this work, source pollution tracing of the sediments of the Danube River and its tributaries
in Serbia was performed using sterol ratios. Improved liquid chromatography-tandem mass …