Metal oxide nanoparticles are finding increasing application in various commercial products,
leading to concerns for their environmental fate and potential toxicity. It is generally assumed …

Microalgae are sensitive indicators of environmental change and, as the basis of most
freshwater and marine ecosystems, are widely used in the assessment of risk and …

Environmental context. It cannot be assumed that nanomaterials entering aquatic
environments will have the same impacts on aquatic biota as their macroscopic particle …

Although it has been well established that different species of marine algae have different
sensitivities to metals, our understanding of the physiological and biochemical basis for …

Background Microalgae have been an emerging biofuel resource; however, the germplasm
improvement has been slow due to the lack of molecular tools. Pyruvate dehydrogenase …

Since most risk assessment for toxicants is based on individual single-species test, the
deduction of such results to ecosystem evaluation is afflicted with uncertainties. Herein, we …

Eutrophication or excessive nutrient richness is an impairment of many freshwater
ecosystems and a prominent cause of harmful algal blooms. It is generally accepted that …

Copper sulphate is a common algaecide applied to ponds in order to keep phytoplanktonic
blooms under control, especially those prone to cyanobacterial development. The copper …

BPA is a hazard for human and environmental health and recently BPA was added to the
Candidate List of substances of very high concern by European Chemical Agency (ECHA) …

The factors affecting the chronic (72-h) toxicity of three nanoparticulate (10–34 nm) and one
micron-sized form of CeO 2 to the green alga, Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata were …