Aquatic insect biodiversity, water quality variables, and microplastics in the living weir freshwater ecosystem

A Vitheepradit, N Mitpuangchon, TO Prommi - Ecologica Montenegrina, 2024 - biotaxa.org
Most Thai rivers have not yet reached" good" ecological status. Furthermore, the scientific
community is deeply concerned about the existence and abundance of microplastics (MPs) …

Using aquatic insects as indicators of microplastic pollution in rice field ecosystems

P Khamboonruang, TO Prommi - Ecologica Montenegrina, 2024 - biotaxa.org
Aquatic insects may be at risk due to microplastics, which are new pollutants in the water
that are known to sink and accumulate in sediments. In this study, the concentration, type …

Microplastic accumulation in the golden apple snail Pomacea canaliculata serves as a bioindicator in the urban lowlands of Nakhon Pathom Province, central …

P Khamboonruang, S Klorvuttimontara… - Ecologica …, 2024 - biotaxa.org
Bioindicators are useful for assessing pollution levels, bioavailability, and the ecological
effects of pollutants. Several bioindicators have been proposed for monitoring microplastics …

Aquatic Hemiptera inhabiting rice fields in Karaikal, Puducherry, India

M Kandibane, L Gopianand - Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023 - threatenedtaxa.org
The present investigation was taken up to record the diversity and abundance of aquatic
hemipterans in an irrigated rice ecosystem during kharif 2019 and rabi 2019–2020. The …