Water pollution is a significant problem in almost all parts of the world. The complexity of
anthropogenic activities along the watershed seems to lead the river to function as a giant …

Abstract Effects of contamination on aquatic organisms have been investigated and
employed as biomarkers in environmental quality assessment for years. A commonly …

This study aims to provide a method for developing artificial neural networks in estuaries as
emulators of process-based models to analyse bathing water quality and its variability over …

The objective of this work was to discover a biochemical pathway to explain the transfer of
cadmium, a toxic element, from seawater to cultured mussels. Understanding the intricacies …

The widespread use of copper nanomaterials (CuNMs) as antibacterial and antifouling
agents in consumer products increases the risk for metal contamination and adverse effects …

This review covers selected 2016 articles on the biological effects of pollutants and human
physical disturbances on marine and estuarine plants, animals, ecosystems and habitats …

As physical and chemical remediation of xenobiotics is costly and most of the time inefficient,
bioremediation has attracted attention in recent years. Bioremediation is the treatment of …

In the present work, a sensitive, simple, and fast method with little sample handling has been
developed for the determination of 34 semi-volatile organic xenobiotics from rain, sea and …

Globally, Chile is the second largest producer of mussels, with 99% of production
concentrated in the inland sea of the Los Lagos Region, Southern Chile. This study reveals …

Crustaceans of the order Amphipoda play a crucial role in marine, estuarine, and freshwater
ecosystems. The burrowing amphipod species are extensively used in marine and estuarine …