Freshwater as a sustainable resource and generator of secondary resources in the 21st century: Stressors, threats, risks, management and protection strategies, and …

D Bănăduc, V Simić, K Cianfaglione… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper is a synthetic overview of some of the threats, risks, and integrated water
management elements in freshwater ecosystems. The paper provides some discussion of …

Ecological interdependence of pollution, fish parasites, and fish in freshwater ecosystems of Turkey

A Öktener, D Bănăduc - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Records of mass fish deaths were found in different data sources for this study. A map of
mass fish deaths in Turkey was also realized for the first time. We aimed to present a review …

The role of aquatic refuge habitats for fish, and threats in the context of climate change and human impact, during seasonal hydrological drought in the Saxon Villages …

D Bănăduc, A Sas, K Cianfaglione, S Barinova… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
In spite of the obvious climate changes effects on the Carpathian Basin hydrographic nets
fish fauna, studies on their potential refuge habitats in drought periods are scarce …

Stepping stone wetlands, last sanctuaries for European Mudminnow: How can the human impact, climate change, and non-native species drive a fish to the edge of …

D Bănăduc, S Marić, K Cianfaglione, S Afanasyev… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Throughout their history humans “tamed” not only the Danube River basin land, but also the
river and its associated wetlands, drastically influencing their characteristic habitats …

The Danube river basin

N Sommerwerk, T Hein, M Schneider-Jakoby… - Rivers of …, 2009 - books.google.com
It was July 10 in 1648 when Pope Innocent X approved the construction of the 'Four-Rivers-
Fountain'at the Piazza Navona, probably the most beautiful square in Rome. He asked the …

Natural and anthropogenic driving forces as key elements in the Lower Danube Basin–South-Eastern Carpathians–North-Western Black Sea coast area lakes: a …

D Bănăduc, M Joy, H Olosutean, S Afanasyev… - Environmental Sciences …, 2020 - Springer
Background Climate changes influence the ecosystems and induce potential risks regarding
the natural products and services; the human society should predict and adapt in time to …

Adding the Mureş River Basin (Transylvania, Romania) to the list of hotspots with high contamination with pharmaceuticals

A Burcea, I Boeraş, CM Mihuţ, D Bănăduc, C Matei… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: The Mureș River Basin is a long-term heavily polluted watershed, in a situation
of climate changes with decreasing water flow and related decreasing dilution capacity …

Screening for Microplastic Uptake in an Urbanized Freshwater Ecosystem: Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758) Case Study

A Curtean-Bănăduc, C Mihuţ, A Burcea, GS McCall… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The feeding characteristics of the nase, based on its mouth morphology and feeding
behavior related to aquatic habitat substrata sediments make this fish a biological uptake …

The benthic trophic corner stone compartment in POPs transfer from abiotic environment to higher trophic levels—Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera pre-alert indicator …

A Curtean-Bănăduc, A Burcea, CM Mihuţ, D Bănăduc - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been at the forefront of environmental
contamination research even before their ban in 2001 at the Stockholm Convention. Their …

[HTML][HTML] Lotic Ecosystem Sediment Microbial Communities' Resilience to the Impact of Wastewater Effluents in a Polluted European Hotspot—Mureș Basin …

I Boeraș, A Burcea, D Bănăduc, DI Florea… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of WWTP effluents on the sediment microbial
communities throughout the Mureș River. This study shows the existence of an ecological …