Aquatic pollution negatively affects water bodies, marine ecosystems, public health, and
economy. Restoration of contaminated habitats has attracted global interest since protecting …

Abstract Beyşehir Lake, Turkey's largest freshwater lake, is also a “Drinking Water Reserve”.
In the study, heavy metal (As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Cd, Hg, Fe, Al, Mn) concentrations of …

Aquatic ecosystems like rivers serve as sinks for heavy metals and other pollutants, and
being an open system, rivers are more vulnerable to contamination due to anthropogenic …

The coastal region of Agadir, Morocco, is subject to various human activities and industrial
development, raising concerns about potential heavy metal pollution in the surrounding …

This paper evaluates the dynamics of Metallic Trace Elements (MTEs; Cd, Pb, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ni
and Co) in the gonads of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus collected in five sites: four …

This study investigates, for the first time, the bioaccumulation of trace metals in the chiton
Rhyssoplax olivacea. Fe, Cu, Co, Cr and Cd were measured in the shell and soft tissue of R …

Bay ecosystems with unique economic and ecological value are more vulnerable to heavy
metal pollution than other marine ecosystems. In South Korea, rapid economic development …

This study aims to investigate heavy metal accumulation in water-sediment, plankton, and
macrophyte samples of Lake Iznik, one of the important lakes of Turkey. In 2016, water …

This study investigates sediment samples from the Indian Sundarbans' mangrove habitat,
where most samples were alkaline and hypersaline, except for one acidic sample …

Road transportation significantly contributes to heavy metals (HMs) in the atmosphere. The
introduction of HMs into the environment is a major global ecotoxicological concern. The …