Water pollution is a major concern influencing human lives in many ways. It affects not only the nature of potable water, but also the health of those who consume it. Hazardous water pollutants are broadly categorized into soluble toxicants and toxic planktons. The presence of planktons in potable...

Three marine microalgae were exposed to diethyl phthalate (DEP) and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) to investigate interactions between the algae and the pollutants. The 96-h 50% effect concentration (EC₅₀) and no observed effect concentration (NOEC) based on cell density or chlorophyll a were in the...

Generally, fishes are continuously exposed to several aquatic pollutants originating from agricultural runoff, mining activities, discharges from industrialized regions, or other sources that throw their polluted water into the aquatic ecosystems. Fish exposure to pollutants such as heavy metals,...

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) may exert adverse effects on human and ecosystem health. However, as an ecologically fragile zone with strong interaction between river and groundwater, the POPs pollution in the riparian zone has received little attention. The goal of this research is to...

Biogenic TiO₂ diatoms can be prepared by metabolic incorporation of TiO₂ on the frustule surface of the diatoms. To utilize the photo-catalytic activity of biogenic TiO₂ for practical applications, high production of TiO₂-deposited diatoms is required. Here, we evaluated the growth rate and...

Microplastics (MPs), as an emergent pollutant, are causing global attention in terms of water pollution, which poses a great detriment to aquatic organisms, like algae, fish and shellfish. This study aimed to investigate the toxicity of MPs of different particle sizes to microalgae with different...

Wetlands are among the crucial nature based solutions for river water purification. The ecological quality of these multi-purposed ecosystems could be disrupted due to overloading of nutrients and other pollutants. We investigated the water purifying efficiency and ecological quality of three...

Microplastics are considered as the emerging pollutants, which not only directly affect aquatic organisms, but also causes combined pollution by adsorbing other pollutants. Diuron, as one of the most widely used herbicides, is frequently monitored in the aquatic environment for its adverse effects...

Currently water resources in nature conservation areas are under severe pressure due to external drivers of anthropogenic pollution. There is a lack of monitoring tools to determine water quality status of dams situated in nature reserves receiving a mixture of pollutants over space and time. The...

Untreated domestic wastewater and agricultural runoff are emerging as a potent cause of non-point source (NPS) pollutants which are a major threat to aquatic ecosystems. Periphyton biofilm-based technologies due to their high growth rate, energy efficiency and low input costs offer promising...