Silicon (Si) is the second richest element in the soil and surface of earth crust with a variety
of positive roles in soils and plants. Different soil factors influence the Si bioavailability in soil …

Our current understanding of silicon (Si) availability in agricultural soils is reviewed and
knowledge gaps are highlighted. Silicon is a beneficial rather than essential plant nutrient …

Silicon is a beneficial plant nutrient, and yield responses to its application on Si-deficient
soils have been frequently demonstrated in Si-accumulator crops such as rice, sugarcane …

Damming of rivers represents a major anthropogenic perturbation of the hydrological cycle,
with the potential to profoundly modify the availability of nutrient silicon (Si) in streams, lakes …

To test the serial discontinuity concept (SDC) predictions in a regulated river ecosystem,
environmental parameters and phytoplankton community structure were determined in a …

The groundwater resources from open dug wells in Abeokuta municipality are mostly
abstracted from shallow depth of< 10.0 m with a static water level in the range of 0.2 to 5.0 …

In this study, the phytoplankton composition of Ibiekuma dam, Ekpoma was investigated
between January and February, 2010. A total of 20 phytoplankton taxa belonging to three …

This data article aimed to evaluate the influencing mechanisms of the nutrients and the level
of eutrophication in the Yangtze River estuary. The seasonal characteristics of nutrients …

Knowing variations of phytoplankton community characteristics is of great significance to
many marine ecological and biogeochemical processes in oceanography and related fields …

The damming of rivers represents one of the most far-reaching human modifications to the
flows of water and associated matter from land to sea. Globally there are over 70 000 large …