Freshwater riverbeds are a major repository of microplastics (MPs) from inland activities.
Benthic macroinvertebrates that live in close contact with sediments seem to ingest a …

A considerable part of the world's population is currently experiencing a severe scarcity of
freshwater and nutrition. Inland aquaculture has the fastest growth in fresh waters, and this …

Graphene oxide (GO) materials possess physicochemical properties that facilitate their
application in the industrial and medical sectors. The use of graphene may pose a threat to …

Diamesinae is a subfamily of Chironomidae, whose species live in cold lotic or oligotrophic
lentic habitats with global distribution excepting Antarctica. The cool stenothermic ecology of …

Larvae of chironomids are benthic organisms, having the extreme capability to adapt to the
changing physicochemical parameters of the aquatic body and the potentiality to …

Some biological aspects of local bloodworms in Thailand were investigated. In this study,
the larvae of one species of bloodworm, identified as Chironomus pallidinubeculosus …

In this study, the effect of diet food (soybeans, egg yolk and chicken manure) on biomass
weight and body composition (the amount of protein, fat, moisture and ash) Chironomid …

Recent taxonomic studies suggest that findings of larval chironomids should be supported
also by adult findings in order to obtain more robust and reliable results on the studied …

Different pig dung doses were used to fertilize medium production of freshwater benthic
macroinvertebrates in order to test the fertilization effect and determine the optimal dose. In …

As mentioned in Chapter 1, the bottom sediment of shrimp ponds has a major influence on
shrimp farming. In particular, sludge accumulated in the center of the pond has serious …