River dam impacts on biogeochemical cycling

T Maavara, Q Chen, K Van Meter, LE Brown… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
The increased use of hydropower is currently driving the greatest surge in global dam
construction since the mid-20th century, meaning that most major rivers on Earth are now …

Detection of contaminants in water supply: A review on state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and their applications

SN Zulkifli, HA Rahim, WJ Lau - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018 - Elsevier
Water monitoring technologies are widely used for contaminants detection in wide variety of
water ecology applications such as water treatment plant and water distribution system. A …

Soil salinization research in China: Advances and prospects

J Li, L Pu, M Han, M Zhu, R Zhang, Y Xiang - Journal of Geographical …, 2014 - Springer
With the environmental deterioration caused by the advance of climate change, soil
salinization is a serious and growing global problem. Currently about 7% of the world's land …

Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia

NN Rabalais, RJ Diaz, LA Levin, RE Turner… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
Water masses can become undersaturated with oxygen when natural processes alone or in
combination with anthropogenic processes produce enough organic carbon that is …

COVID-19 lockdown improved the health of coastal environment and enhanced the population of reef-fish

JKP Edward, M Jayanthi, H Malleshappa… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reduction in the impact of human-induced factors is capable of enhancing the
environmental health. In view of COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns were imposed in India …

Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, aka “The dead zone”

NN Rabalais, RE Turner… - Annual Review of …, 2002 - annualreviews.org
The second largest zone of coastal hypoxia (oxygen-depleted waters) in the world is found
on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf adjacent to the outflows of the Mississippi …

Nitrogen as the limiting nutrient for eutrophication in coastal marine ecosystems: evolving views over three decades

RW Howarth, R Marino - Limnology and oceanography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The first special volume of Limnology and Oceanography, published in 1972, focused on
whether phosphorus (P) or carbon (C) is the major agent causing eutrophication in aquatic …

Coastal nitrogen pollution: a review of sources and trends globally and regionally

RW Howarth - Harmful algae, 2008 - Elsevier
The past few decades have seen a massive increase in coastal eutrophication globally,
leading to widespread hypoxia and anoxia, habitat degradation, alteration of food-web …

Overview of eutrophication indicators to assess environmental status within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

JG Ferreira, JH Andersen, A Borja, SB Bricker… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2011 - Elsevier
In 2009, following approval of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD,
2008/56/EC), the European Commission (EC) created task groups to develop guidance for …

Differences in phosphorus and nitrogen delivery to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin

RB Alexander, RA Smith, GE Schwarz… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
Seasonal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico has been linked to increased nitrogen
fluxes from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins, though recent evidence shows that …