Marine sponges as a powerful tool for trace elements biomonitoring studies in coastal environment

Comparative bioaccumulation kinetics of trace elements in Mediterranean marine sponges.

While marine organisms such as bivalves, seagrasses and macroalgae are commonly used as biomonitors for the environment pollution assessment, widely distributed sponges received little attention as potential helpful species for monitoring programmes. In this study, the trace element and radionuclide bioaccumulation and retention capacities of some marine sponges were estimated in a species-comp...

Meiofauna as a Tool for Marine Ecosystem Biomonitoring

Molecular docking and druggability studies of terpenoid-derived metabolites from marine sponges as IL-17A inhibitors

In this study, physicochemical properties of 49 compounds extracted from anti-inflammatory sponge species with the aim of ADMET test and Lipinski rule of five have been determined. Fourteen compounds, which showed best results, were subjected to molecular docking studies with IL-17. Among these compounds, Four compounds with low binding energy were obtained. These compounds, namely, frondosins ...

Habitat Simulation Technique as a Powerful Tool for Instream Flow Needs Assessment and River Ecosystem Management

Instream flow needs (IFN) assessment studies are performed to provide guidelines for stream water management and to assess the impacts of different water projects such as weirs, dams and stream diversions on the available fish habitat. The physical habitat simulation is one of the IFN assessment methods and also a powerful tool in management of river ecosystem that has not become a common metho...

LOFAR: A Powerful Tool for Pulsar Studies

The LOw Frequency ARray, LOFAR, will have the sensitivity, bandwidth, frequency range and processing power to revolutionise low-frequency pulsar studies. We present results of simulations that indicate that a LOFAR survey will find approximately 1500 new pulsars. These new pulsars will give us a much better understanding of the low end of the luminosity function and thus allow for a much more p...