Pollution of water bodies and sediments/soils by trace elements remains a global threat and
a serious environmental hazard to biodiversity and human's health. Globalization and …

Microplastics as a new class of environmental contaminants have become the hot issue of
global concern. We conducted quantitative and qualitative experiments to investigate …

Pollution-induced neurotoxicity is of high concern. This pilot study investigated the potential
relationship between the presence of microplastics (MPs) in the brain of 180 wild fish …

This study documented seasonal levels of microplastics (MPs) and biomarkers (condition
index, neurotoxicity, energy, oxidative stress) in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), and …

Influenced by both marine and river flows, estuaries can present a high potential for
hydrokinetic energy exploitation. In this study, the hydrokinetic energy production in the …

This chapter presents the causes of physical and ecological degradation of estuaries in
relation to human activities and climate change. The direct and indirect effects of …

Dissolved trace metal concentrations were determined in coastal and transitional waters
during 6 years (2012 to 2015, 2018, 2019) of monitoring for the implementation of the EU …

Larval stages of fishes are highly vulnerable to environmental shifts and anthropogenic
pressures can pose additional stress to such a critical phase. The present study aimed to …

A comprehensive geochemical study was conducted in the Sibuti River estuary by
considering water, suspended solids (SS), and sediment samples from 36 stations during …

The biogeochemical behavior of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb along the historically polluted
Scheldt estuary (Belgium-The Netherlands) was investigated in this study. As never studied …