Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are globally increasing with negative effects on aquatic
ecosystems, water use and human health. Blooms' main driving forces are eutrophication …

A recent paper by Beretta-Blanco and Carrasco-Letelier (2021) claims that agricultural
eutrophication is not one of the main causes for cyanobacterial blooms in rivers and artificial …

Microplastics (MPs) represent an emergent contamination marker. For this reason, we
analyzed the vertical distribution of MPs in six sediment cores retrieved from the Patos-Mirim …

Despite the importance of the Mirim-São Gonçalo Basin in providing drinking and irrigation
water for rice crops, both in Brazil and Uruguay, occurrence of pesticides in its surface …

Continental freshwater contributions are the main long-term control on the variability of
suspended particulate matter (SPM) concentrations in choked lagoons. The current work …

The presence of microplastics (MPs) in both water and sediment has been extensively
reported in marine environments, with fewer works on their presence in rivers, particularly in …

Abstract The Yaqui River Irrigation District is a region in Mexico with intensive agricultural
production; thus, large quantities of fertilizers are used, and excess fertilizer can affect the …

In this study, we explored the association between land use and fish species richness on 52
coastal lagoons in Southeast and South Brazil. We measured the proportion of agriculture …

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis (hereafter BBSA) is a migratory shorebird
that specializes in grasslands and is considered a Near Threatened species of global …

Anthropogenic sources of nutrients cause eutrophication in coastal waters. Narraganset Bay
(USA), the largest estuary in New England, has large seasonal zones of hypoxia. In …