Conspectus There has been a surge of consumer products that incorporate nanoparticles,
which are used to improve or impart new functionalities to the products based on their …

Marine plankton capable of photosynthesis and predation (“mixoplankton”) comprise up to
50% of protist plankton and include many harmful species. However, marine environmental …

Coastal zones are exposed to various anthropogenic impacts, such as different types of
wastewater pollution, eg, treated wastewater discharges, leakage from sewage systems …

To assess the aquaculture-induced sediment conditions associated with sulfur cycles, shifts
in bacterial communities across farming stages were investigated. The sulfate reduction rate …

Biodiversity'is one of the most common keywords used in environmental sciences, spanning
from research to management, nature conservation, and consultancy. Despite this, our …

At present there is no consistent approach for the definition of Good Environmental Status
(GES) and targets in the Mediterranean Sea, especially for Biodiversity Descriptors …

Soil microorganisms are key to ecological environment stability, but climate change and
human activities exacerbate ecological environment changes. Therefore, assessment of …

In most of the aquatic ecosystems, microorganisms are major players in the biogeochemical
and nutrients cycles (Carbon Nitrogen, Phosphorus), through their enzymatic activities …

Planktonic microbial communities mediate many vital biogeochemical processes in wetland
ecosystems, yet compared to other aquatic ecosystems, like oceans, lakes, rivers or …

Abstract Background Genomic Observatories (GOs) are sites of long-term scientific study
that undertake regular assessments of the genomic biodiversity. The European Marine …