Accelerated eutrophication, which is harmful and difficult to repair, is one of the most obvious
and pervasive water pollution problems in the world. In the past three decades, the …

Phytoplankton blooms in coastal oceans can be beneficial to coastal fisheries production
and ecosystem function, but can also cause major environmental problems,—yet detailed …

The succession of primary producer communities in coastal lagoons is analysed in the light
of the regime shift theory. Pristine coastal lagoons are considered to be dominated by …

Many countries have attempted to monitor and predict harmful algal blooms to mitigate
related problems and establish management practices. The current alert system-based …

Written by an internationally renowned group of contributors, this book examines the
function and structure of coastal lagoon ecosystems and the factors that affect them. The …

Axenic Ulva mutabilis gametes develop parthenogenetically into callus‐like colonies
consisting of undifferentiated cells without normal cell walls. From the accompanying …

Macroalgal blooms of Hypnea musciformis and Ulvafasciata in coastal waters of Maui only
occur in areas of substantial anthropogenic nutrient input, sources of which include …

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and emissions reduction are essential to alleviate climate
change. Ocean macroalgal afforestation (OMA) is a CDR method already undergoing field …

Coastal regions are subjected to degradation due to anthropogenic pollution. Effluents
loaded with variable concentrations of heavy metal, persistent organic pollutant, as well as …

Despite their ecological and economic importance, Transitional Waters (TWs) have fallen
behind all the other water categories in respect to the implementation of the Water …