Gadolinium as an emerging microcontaminant in water resources: threats and opportunities

P Ebrahimi, M Barbieri - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
As a result of high doses of paramagnetic gadolinium (Gd) chelates administered in
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams, their unmetabolized excretion, and insufficient …

Benefits and detriments of gadolinium from medical advances to health and ecological risks

C Unruh, N Van Bavel, M Anikovskiy, EJ Prenner - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gadolinium (Gd)-containing chelates have been established as diagnostics tools. However,
extensive use in magnetic resonance imaging has led to increased Gd levels in …

Ocean literacy in Brazilian school curricula: An opportunity to improve coastal management and address coastal risks?

CE Pazoto, EP Silva, MR Duarte - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Ocean literacy (OL) is defined as the understanding of the ocean's influence on human
beings and vice versa. It aims to improve knowledge on marine environments, enabling …

Tracking hospital effluent-derived gadolinium in Atlantic coastal waters off Brazil

RMA Pedreira, K Pahnke, P Böning, V Hatje - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of gadolinium (Gd) complexes as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) has resulted in point source releases of anthropogenic Gd into the environment and …

Microbiome and antibiotic resistance profiling in submarine effluent-receiving coastal waters in Croatia

M Kvesić, H Kalinić, M Dželalija, I Šamanić… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents are pointed as hotspots for the introduction of
both commensal and pathogenic bacteria as well as their antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) …

Anthropogenic impact on the organic carbon sources, transport and distribution in a subtropical semi-enclosed bay

C Gao, F Yu, J Chen, Z Huang, Y Jiang… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Suspended particulate organic carbon (POC) and sedimentary total organic carbon (TOC) in
coastal areas play critical roles in the global carbon cycle, yet sources and dynamics of …

Mussels get higher: A study on the occurrence of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in seawater, sediment and mussels from a subtropical ecosystem (Santos Bay, Brazil)

MK Fontes, BG de Campos, FS Cortez… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Data on the occurrence of cocaine (COC) and benzoylecgonine (BE) in marine
environmental compartments are still limited, with few studies reporting superficial water …

Simulations of water pollutants in the Hangzhou Bay, China: Hydrodynamics, characteristics, and sources

Z Fang, T Feng, G Qin, Y Meng, S Zhao, G Yang… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
China's coastal waters are confronting serious water quality problems, particularly the
Hangzhou Bay in the Yangtze River Delta. To find out the underlying cause, we use the …

Characterization and ecological function of bacterial communities in seabed sediments of the southwestern Yellow Sea and northwestern East China Sea, Western …

D Huang, Z Zhang, M Sun, Z Feng, M Ye - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The marine ecosystems of the marginal seas of the Western Pacific region are frequently
disturbed by terrigenous materials. It is of great significance to investigate the ecological …

Geochemical discrimination of bulk organic matter in surface sediments of the Cross River estuary system and adjacent shelf, South East Nigeria (West Africa)

SF Dan, SM Liu, B Yang, EC Udoh, U Umoh… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the sources, distribution and fate of organic matter (OM) in estuarine
and adjacent shelf sediments are important for the understanding of the global …