Halophytes are widely distributed worldwide and thrive in a wide range of environments
such as coastal salt marshes, dunes, saline depressions, and inland deserts. They are also …

Coastal wetlands, such as mangroves, seagrass beds, and salt marshes, are highly
threatened by increasing anthropic pressures, including chemical pollution. Persistent …

Microplastics could be grazed by marine organisms and possibly transferred to higher
trophic levels along the microbial loop. Due to their size and capacity to concentrate heavy …

A microcosm experiment was carried out to study the ecotoxicity and interactions between
heavy metals and polyvinyl chloride microplastics. Fifteen treatments were tested and results …

Estuarine environments, which are complex and sensitive coastal system, and are the final
receptacle of several human wastes. Consequently, biomonitoring contaminants, such as …

Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), located at the land-sea interface, provide critical ecological
services including the buffering of anthropogenic pollutants. Understanding the interactions …

Coastal reclamation has created enormous extra land for the rapidly growing economy, but it
has also caused serious environmental pollution problems and threatened the sustainable …

Biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution through the use of biomarkers could be a difficult task
since the organisms' physiological changes could shift regarding natural factors (ie, the …

Studies from around the world have suggested salt marshes or coastal wetlands can be
used as sites for phytoremediation of metals. However, no investigations have been …

Aims The effects of invasive plants on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling are widely
documented, while the mechanisms of their influences on the microbial ecology of soil …