Functional trait‐based approaches as a common framework for aquatic ecologists

S Martini, F Larras, A Boyé, E Faure… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective

A Kock, HC Glanville, AC Law, T Stanton… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are a ubiquitous group of emerging pollutants of considerable importance
due to their biological potency and potential to elicit effects in wildlife and humans …

Diatoms biotechnology: various industrial applications for a greener tomorrow

N Sharma, DP Simon, AM Diaz-Garza… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The benefits of the complex microscopic and industrially important group of microalgae such
as diatoms is not hidden and have lately surprised the scientific community with their …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of wastewater on the microbial diversity of periphyton and its tolerance to micropollutants in an engineered flow-through channel system

L Carles, S Wullschleger, A Joss, RIL Eggen… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play an important role in retaining organic matter and
nutrients but to a lesser extent micropollutants. Therefore, treated wastewater is recognized …

[HTML][HTML] Diatom DNA metabarcoding for ecological assessment: Comparison among bioinformatics pipelines used in six European countries reveals the need for …

B Bailet, L Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, A Baričević… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecological assessment of lakes and rivers using benthic diatom assemblages currently
requires considerable taxonomic expertise to identify species using light microscopy. This …

Towards the fate of antibiotics and the development of related resistance genes in stream biofilms

K Jing, Y Li, C Yao, C Jiang, J Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are ubiquitously found in natural surface waters and cause great harm to aquatic
organisms. Stream biofilm is a complex and active community composed of algae, bacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater microorganisms impact the micropollutant biotransformation potential of natural stream biofilms

WL Desiante, L Carles, S Wullschleger, A Joss… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Biotransformation is the most important process removing manmade chemicals from the
environment, yet mechanisms governing this essential ecosystem function are …

Diatom DNA metabarcoding for biomonitoring: strategies to avoid major taxonomical and bioinformatical biases limiting molecular indices capacities

K Tapolczai, F Keck, A Bouchez, F Rimet… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recent years provided intense progression in the implementation of molecular techniques in
a wide variety of research fields in ecology. Biomonitoring and bioassessment can greatly …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater microorganisms impact microbial diversity and important ecological functions of stream periphyton

L Carles, S Wullschleger, A Joss, RIL Eggen… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Effluents of wastewater treatment plants can impact microbial communities in the receiving
streams. However, little is known about the role of microorganisms in wastewater as …

Evaluation and sensitivity analysis of diatom DNA metabarcoding for WFD bioassessment of Mediterranean rivers

J Pérez-Burillo, R Trobajo, V Vasselon, F Rimet… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Our study of 164 diatom samples from Catalonia (NE Spain) is the first to evaluate the
applicability of DNA metabarcoding, based on high throughput sequencing (HTS) using a …