In order to assess the impact of recent industrialization and land-use changes in the Can Gio
Mangrove Forest, a Biosphere Reserve in Southern Vietnam, we analyzed heavy metal …

Oscillations in rainfall levels are one of the principal factors that determine seasonal shifts in
physicochemical and hydrobiological variables, and exceptional climate events can have an …

The abundance and variation in population and species composition of benthic organisms
reflects environmental conditions, which can be used in long term monitoring and …

Mangroves are threatened ecosystems that provide numerous ecosystem services,
especially through their wide biodiversity, and their bioremediation capacity is a challenging …

Being a primary producer, Microphytobenthos (MPB) play an important role in the benthic
ecosystem of mangrove swamps. The temporal and vertical distribution of MPB biomass …

Monthly sampling in mangrove intertidal sediments of Andaman Archipelago was carried out
during a 1-year study (January to December, 2013) in order to analyse the spatial and …

Heavy metal contamination in the environment, resulting from human activities or natural
processes, poses a significant and widespread challenge. L-glutamic (L-glu) and L-aspartic …

Las planicies de marea son ambientes altamente productivos y pueden proveer más del
50% de la productividad primaria y secundaria en los estuarios. Son sitios importantes …

Estuários urbanos recebem aportes de matéria orgânica (MO) de fontes antrópicas como
esgoto doméstico e hidrocarbonetos derivados de petróleo. Nesses estuários, uma …

Estuários recebem aportes de matéria orgânica (MO) de múltiplas fontes. Esses aportes
ficam registrados no sedimento, onde a MO se distribui nas frações granulométricas. O …