The effects of road salt on freshwater ecosystems and solutions for mitigating chloride pollution-A review

S Szklarek, A Górecka, A Wojtal-Frankiewicz - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Road salt (mainly NaCl) is commonly used during the winter to ensure road and pavement
safety; however, the long-term application of NaCl has negative consequences on soil and …

Management and control methods of invasive alien freshwater aquatic plants: a review

A Hussner, I Stiers, M Verhofstad, ES Bakker… - Aquatic Botany, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduced invasive alien aquatic plants (IAAPs) threaten ecosystems due to their excessive
growth and have both ecological and economic impacts. To minimize these impacts …

A global perspective on wetland salinization: ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands

ER Herbert, P Boon, AJ Burgin, SC Neubauer… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Salinization, a widespread threat to the structure and ecological functioning of inland and
coastal wetlands, is currently occurring at an unprecedented rate and geographic scale. The …

Salty freshwater macrophytes: The effects of salinization in freshwaters upon non-halophyte aquatic plants

MH Moreira, NH They, LR Rodrigues… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Salinization is a threat that affects aquatic ecosystems worldwide. As primary producers,
freshwater macrophytes are of paramount importance in these ecosystems, however …

[PDF][PDF] A success story: water primroses, aquatic plant pests.

L Thouvenot, J Haury, G Thiebaut - Aquatic Conservation, 2013 - researchgate.net
Aquatic ecosystems are currently invaded by non-indigenous aquatic plants. A major
challenge for biological invasion research is to develop the ability to predict the spread of …

Risks to biodiversity from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica shales

E Kiviat - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
High‐volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (HVHHF) for mining natural gas from the
Marcellus and Utica shales is widespread in Pennsylvania and potentially throughout …

Plant invaders in European and Mediterranean inland waters: profiles, distribution, and threats

G Brundu - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
The present brief and selective review focuses on a set of invasive alien aquatic plant
species (notably the 21 listed by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection …

Propagule pressure, invasibility of freshwater ecosystems by macrophytes and their ecological impacts: a review of tropical freshwater ecosystems

SM Thomaz, RP Mormul, TS Michelan - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
In this review, we aim to draw parallels between the principal concepts of invasion biology,
developed mainly for terrestrial plants in temperate regions, with findings for macrophytes …

Low pH alleviated salinity stress of ginger seedlings by enhancing photosynthesis, fluorescence, and mineral element contents

F Yin, S Zhang, B Cao, K Xu - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
We investigated the effects of low pH on the photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence, and
mineral contents of the leaves of ginger plants under salt stress. This experiment involved …

Regulatory mechanism of NaCl stress on photosynthesis and antioxidant capacity mediated by transglutaminase in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings

YY Tang, YH Yuan, S Shu, SR Guo - Scientia Horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we used two cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cultivars with different salt
tolerances, Jinyou NO. 4 (salt-sensitive) and Inbred line 9930 (salt-tolerant), to investigate …