Trace heavy metals have a tendency to persist in the effluent of industrial wastewater
treatment facilities, leading to toxic effects on downstream water bodies. Traditional …

In recent decades, the Río de la Plata Estuary has shown an increase in the frequency and
intensity of phytoplankton blooms with negative impacts on production activities, human …

In seawater particulate organic matter (POM) serves as a food source for heterotrophic
bacteria and zooplankton and is a source of dissolved organic compounds and nutrients …

Global warming, paired with eutrophication processes, is shifting phytoplankton
communities towards the dominance of bloom-forming and potentially toxic cyanobacteria …

Intensive land use favors eutrophication processes and algae bloom proliferation in
freshwaters, which is considered to be one of the main environmental issues worldwide. In …

The study and monitoring of communities within microbiomes is important as some
organisms can synthesize toxic substances, such as cyanotoxins synthesized by …

O fitoplâncton representa um dos principais constituintes dos ecossistemas aquáticos,
estando na base da cadeia alimentar e sendo um dos maiores produtores primários. Esses …

All members of the aquatic food web rely either directly on indirectly on the autotrophic
phytoplankton. The distribution and dynamics of phytoplankton groups reflects a number of …