[HTML][HTML] Biogeochemical functioning of the Baltic Sea

K Kuliński, G Rehder, E Asmala… - Earth System …, 2022 - esd.copernicus.org
Location, specific topography, and hydrographic setting together with climate change and
strong anthropogenic pressure are the main factors sha** the biogeochemical functioning …

Plastic leachates impair growth and oxygen production in Prochlorococcus, the ocean's most abundant photosynthetic bacteria

SG Tetu, I Sarker, V Schrameyer, R Pickford… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Plastic pollution is a global threat to marine ecosystems. Plastic litter can leach a variety of
substances into marine environments; however, virtually nothing is known regarding how …

Phytoplankton and anthropogenic changes in pelagic environments

N Salmaso, M Tolotti - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Abstract “Phytoplankton” is a loosely defined functional term, indicating a group of
organisms distributed into several taxonomic groups ranging from oxygenic photosynthetic …

Microplastics leachate may play a more important role than microplastics in inhibiting microalga Chlorella vulgaris growth at cellular and molecular levels

L Gao, Y Su, T Mehmood, R Bao, L Peng - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The leaching of microplastics (MPs) additives and their negative effects on aquatic
organisms remain to be systematically elucidated. In this study, the toxicological effects of …

Bioconcentration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organochlorine pesticides in algae is an important contaminant route to higher trophic levels

YW Qiu, EY Zeng, H Qiu, K Yu, S Cai - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) present in water may be bioconcentrated in
phytoplankton and further transferred into higher trophic levels. In the present study …

Snow-dependent biogeochemical cycling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at coastal Antarctica

J Iriarte, J Dachs, G Casas… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The temporal trend of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coastal waters with highly
dynamic sources and sinks is largely unknown, especially for polar regions. Here, we show …

Microbial consumption of organophosphate esters in seawater under phosphorus limited conditions

M Vila-Costa, M Sebastián, M Pizarro… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The anthropogenic perturbation of the phosphorus (P) marine biogeochemical cycle due to
synthetic organophosphorus compounds remains unexplored. The objective of this work …

Investigating zinc toxicity responses in marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus

I Sarker, LR Moore, SG Tetu - Microbiology, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Marine plastic pollution is a growing concern worldwide and has the potential to impact
marine life via leaching of chemicals, with zinc (Zn), a common plastic additive, observed at …

Ecotoxicological effects of new generation pollutants (nanoparticles, amoxicillin and white musk) on freshwater and marine phytoplankton species

A Broccoli, S Anselmi, A Cavallo, V Ferrari… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton occupies a key trophic level in aquatic ecosystems. Chemical impacts on
these primary producers can disrupt the integrity of an entire ecosystem. Two freshwater …

Cu and Cd affect distinctly the physiology of a cosmopolitan tropical freshwater phytoplankton

P Echeveste, JC Silva, AT Lombardi - Ecotoxicology and environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Copper and Cd are natural constituents of freshwater ecosystems, both cycling influenced
by microbial communities. The present research examined the impacts of environmentally …