Alarming water pollution is toxic to the aquatic ecosystem leading to a sharp decline in species diversity. Diatoms have great potency to survive in contaminated water bodies …
Diatoms are excellent ecological indicators of water quality because they are broadly distributed, they show high species diversity and they respond rapidly to human pressures …
F Li, Y Peng, W Fang, F Altermatt, Y Xie… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Rivers are among the most threatened freshwater ecosystems, and anthropogenic activities are affecting both river structures and water quality. While assessing the organisms can …
V Vasselon, A Bouchez, F Rimet… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in developing environmental DNA metabarcoding. However, its ability to quantify species relative abundance remains …
Given the widespread presence of plastics, especially in micro-and nanoscale sizes, in freshwater systems, it is crucial to identify a suitable model organism for assessing the …
S Sun, X Hu, W Kang, M Yao - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Algae dominate primary production in groundwater and oceans and play a critical role in global carbon dioxide fixation and climate change but are threatened by ongoing global …
Over the last years, issues concerning diatom teratological forms and environmental stress have received growing interest within the scientific community. Publications on this topic …
Ecological status assessment of watercourses is based on the calculation of quality indices using pollution sensitivity of targeted biological groups, including diatoms. The …
X Liu, Y Li, R Shen, M Zhang, F Chen - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Response of aquatic organisms to eutrophication have been well reported, while less studies are available for the recovery of eutrophic lakes following a reduction in the external …