Over the last years, issues concerning diatom teratological forms and environmental stress
have received growing interest within the scientific community. Publications on this topic …

This study comprehensively investigated the influences of salinity, exposure concentration
and time on the aggregate size, surface charge and dissolution of zinc oxide nanoparticles …

Estuarine waters are usually eutrophic due to nutrients input derived from natural and
anthropogenic sources. In the Caeté Estuary, nutrients and thermotolerant coliforms input is …

As suggested by the Water Framework Directive (WFD), in order to determine the ecological
status of the rivers, it is necessary to define the reference conditions that can be compared …

The first reports of diatoms growing on marine mammals date back to the early 1900s.
However, only recently has direct evidence been provided for similar associations between …

In order to assess the current ecological status of the tidal Thi Vai Estuary and the Can Gio
Mangrove Forest in Southern Vietnam, we evaluated the spatial diatom composition and …

Glyphosate is a very effective herbicide and the main active ingredient in Roundup®—the
most extensively used herbicide in the world. Since glyphosate is highly water soluble it …

Se presenta el registro de las diatomeas epilíticas de los ríos Dolores y Laja, localizados en
la cuenca alta del río Laja, Guanajuato, México. Las muestras se recolectaron en las …

Knowledge about the diversity and spatiotemporal variability of epiphytic diatom
communities in estuarine meadows has great relevance for coastal ecology and, thus …

Diatom identification must consider the large variability in both morphological and
morphometric features, characteristic of this group of microorganisms. This chapter …