Due to extremely high rates of evaporation and low precipitation in the Persian Gulf,
discharges from desalination plants (DPs) can lead to ecological stresses by increasing …

Simple Summary The genus Diopatra is a major driver in sedimentary systems, altering the
structure of habitats and changing the frequency of refugia and predator access to prey. It is …

Toilet flushing with seawater results in saline wastewater, which may contain approximately
33–50% seawater. Halogenated disinfection byproducts (DBPs), especially brominated and …

Microplastics are found in abundance in and on coastal sediments, and yet, whether
exposure to this emerging pollutant negatively impact whole organism function is unknown …

The toxicity induced in non-target organisms by pharmaceutical drugs has been the focus of
several studies. In the aquatic environment, most of the studies have been devoted to fish …

In recent years, there have been many studies on the recognition of strawberry maturity, but
there are still problems such as low recognition accuracy and expensive experimental …

The present study evaluated the impacts of predicted seawater acidification and Hg
pollution, when stressors were acting alone and in combination, on the polychaete Hediste …

Taxonomy based on morphology can be difficult. The challenges arise from different sources
such as poor original descriptions, new records based on inadequate knowledge, uncritical …

In the last decade studies have reported the presence of several pharmaceutical drugs in
aquatic environments worldwide and an increasing effort has been done to understand the …

With the ever-increasing consumption of pharmaceutical compounds, their presence in the
environment is now an undisputable reality. The majority of these compounds are released …