Foraminifera as bioindicators of water quality: The FoRAM Index revisited

M Prazeres, M Martínez-Colón, P Hallock - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Coral reefs worldwide are degrading at alarming rates due to local and global stressors.
There are ongoing needs for bioindicator systems that can be used to assess reef health …

[HTML][HTML] A review of metal contamination in seagrasses with an emphasis on metal kinetics and detoxification

Y Li, F Chen, R Zhou, X Zheng, K Pan, G Qiu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seagrasses are important foundation species in coastal ecosystems, and they provide food
and habitat that supports high biodiversity. However, seagrasses are increasingly subjected …

Macroalgae for biomonitoring of trace elements in relation to environmental parameters and seasonality in a sub-tropical mangrove estuary

MTM Diganta, ASM Saifullah, MAB Siddique… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2023 - Elsevier
Being a resourceful ecosystem, mangrove estuaries have always been subjected to trace
elements (TEs) contamination, and therefore, the biomonitoring approach holds immense …

Heavy metal concentrations in the macroalgae, seagrasses, mangroves, and crabs collected from the Tuticorin coast (Hare Island), Gulf of Mannar, South India

U Arisekar, RJ Shakila, R Shalini, G Jeyasekaran… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the concentration of heavy metals in the macroalgae, seagrasses,
mangroves, and crabs collected from Hare Island, Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere …

Trophic transfer of heavy metals through aquatic food web in a seagrass ecosystem of Swan Lagoon, China

C Hu, B Shui, X Yang, L Wang, J Dong… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Swan Lagoon is a national nature reserve and an important spawning ground
in China. In this study, we evaluated the concentration of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and …

Assessment of Cd bioavailability using chemical extraction methods, DGT, and biological indicators in soils with different aging times

P Ma, T Tian, Z Dai, T Shao, W Zhang, M Liu - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Total cadmium (Cd) cannot be used to accurately assess the ecological risk of Cd pollution
in soil. Currently there is no universally recognized method to evaluate Cd bioavailability in …

Macrobenthos functional trait responses to heavy metal pollution gradients in a temperate lagoon

C Hu, J Dong, L Gao, X Yang, Z Wang, X Zhang - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Biological traits analysis (BTA) can help identify the effect of various contaminants on
functional trait composition of macrobenthos. However, the effects of bioavailable heavy …

A living plant cell-based biosensor for real-time monitoring invisible damage of plant cells under heavy metal stress

X Wang, M Cheng, Q Yang, H Wei, A Xia… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metals inevitably cause invisible or visible damage to plants, leading to significant
economic losses. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a method for timely monitoring the …

Seagrass vegetation affect the vertical organization of microbial communities in sediment

Y Sun, Z Song, H Zhang, P Liu, X Hu - Marine Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Seagrasses represent high primary productivity and provide important ecosystem services to
the marine environment. Seagrass-associated microbial communities are playing essential …

Comparisons of diatoms and fishes as toxic metal bioindicator: A case study of an A-class wetland in northwest Turkey under effect of an intensive paddy cultivation …

C Tokatli - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
In this research, diatoms as the first step and fishes as the last step of the food chain were
compared as toxic metal accumulation bioindicator in an A-class wetland in Turkey …