Heavy metal toxicity and persistence are becoming major issues for people. These heavy
metals mostly gather in wastewater from effluents released by different industries. The …

As demands for freshwater withdrawals continue to escalate in water-stressed regions,
negative consequences of alterations to natural systems will become ever more severe …

Epiphytic diatoms perform a variety of ecological functions. Diatoms are important primary
producers and sources of oxygen which can modify the chemistry of the surrounding aquatic …

The influence of periphytic biofilm on phosphorus (P) content and species between water
and sediment interfaces was evaluated in a simulated experiment. Results showed that the …

The cyanobacteria are an ancient lineage of photo-oxygenic bacteria. Globally responsible
for much of the primary productivity and nitrogen fixation, they are also evolutionarily …

We analyzed the depth distributions of benthic diatoms in two adjacent, but hydrologically
distinct subalpine lakes (Lakes Soiernseen, S-Germany). Lake Unterer Soiernsee is affected …

The physiological performance and ultrastructural integrity of the vegetative freshwater
green alga Zygnema sp., growing under ambient polar day solar radiation and after …

In shallow aquatic systems, benthic and pelagic primary producers typically compete for light
and nutrients along opposing vertical supply axes: pelagic algae shade the benthic habitat; …

Filamentous epipelic cyanobacteria were isolated from ponds and lakes in the Czech
Republic, Austria and Italy. Morphological and genetic variation of 20 isolated strains within …

Whole-lake microalgal biomass surveys were carried out in Lake Balaton to investigate the
seasonal, spatial, and temporal changes of benthic algae, as well as to identify the drivers of …