The biomagnification of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) was investigated in a
tropical mangrove food web from an estuary in Bahia, Brazil. Samples of 44 organisms (21 …

Functional-approach studies are currently increasing in ecology. However, for zooplankton
communities, studies are mostly concentrated in marine environments. This study provides a …

Marine ecosystems are reported to be contaminated by microplastics (MPs)(< 5 mm);
however, the ecological mechanisms involved in the ingestion of debris by marine …

Mangroves are intertidal tropical ecosystems influenced by marine and terrigenous input.
They are important sinks of trace elements, like Rare Earth Elements (REE), which are …

Global shrimp catches are reported primarily in association with large industrial trawling, but
they also occur through small-scale fishing, which plays a substantial role in traditional …

Global aquatic ecosystems are essential to human existence and have deteriorated
seriously in recent years. Understanding the influence mechanism of habitat variation on the …

Estuaries in Brazil are mostly anthropically affected due to the discharge of industrial and
domestic effluents. In two of them, the Santa Cruz Channel Estuary (ITAP) and Sirinhaém …

A trophic model was constructed for the Poonthura Estuary, a small, anthropogenically
impacted estuary along the south-western coast of India. An Ecopath with Ecosim based …

Coastal habitat mosaics are among the most productive ecosystem on earth, having
important functions for fish species throughout their life cycle. The complex dynamic of these …

Estuarine ecosystems hold significant importance within global ecosystems, and modeling
serves as a crucial tool for analyzing them. With the continuous progress in this field …