issolved gas supersaturation (DGS) is a condition that occurs when the partial pressures of atmospheric gases in solution exceed their respective partial pressures in the atmosphere. Individual atmospheric dissolved gases (oxygen, nitrogen, and trace gases such as argon and carbon dioxide) can often be supersaturated without adverse effects on aquatic and marine organisms. When the sum of the p...

Marine debris is a global environmental issue. Smoked cigarette filters are the predominant coastal litter item; 4.5 trillion are littered annually, presenting a source of bioplastic microfibres (cellulose acetate) and harmful toxicants to marine environments. Despite the human health risks associated with smoking, little is known of the hazards cigarette filters present to marine life. Here we...

Intuitively, it may seem that from the perspective of an individual bacterium the ocean is a vast, dilute, and largely homogeneous environment. Microbial oceanographers have typically considered the ocean from this point of view. In reality, marine bacteria inhabit a chemical seascape that is highly heterogeneous down to the microscale, owing to ubiquitous nutrient patches, plumes, and gradient...

Microplastic has become a ubiquitous environmental pollutant. in the oceans detrimental effects on aquatic organisms. The presence of microplastic marine fish heightens chance finding seafood targeted for human consumption. Mediterranean Sea is known to suffer from significant plastic pollution. It also one most thoroughly studied water bodies regard contamination. manuscript reviews available ...

The concentrations of natural (226Ra, 232Th, 40K) and anthropogenic (137Cs) in Western Coastal South Sulawesi were measured by gamma-ray spectrometry with a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector connected to multichannel analyzer. maximum activity concentration radionuclides was found 47.29 ± 4.14 Bq/kg for226Ra, 52.73 5.28 for232Th 744.00 29.45 for40K. In general, the radioactivity marine sedi...

Oxygen is recognized as a structuring factor of metazoan communities in marine sediments. The importance of oxygen as a controlling factor on meiofauna (32 µm-1 mm in size) respiration rates is however less clear. Typically, respiration rates are measured under oxic conditions, after which these rates are used in food web studies to quantify the role of meiofauna in sediment carbon turnover. Se...

BACKGROUND Bacterial community composition in the marine environment differs from one geographical location to another. Reports that delineate the bacterial diversity of different marine samples from geographically similar location are limited. The present study aims to understand whether the bacterial community compositions from different marine samples harbour similar bacterial diversity sinc...

An analytical method for simple and rapid determination of methylmercury in sediment and organism samples is described. The proposed method employs the oxygen combustion-gold amalgamation using Direct Mercury Analyser (DMA-80) after complete removal of MeHg by organic extraction and back extraction to an aqueous medium. DMA-80 instrument is equally suitable for the analysis of solid and liquid ...

Many symbiotic marine invertebrates acquire free-living Symbiodinium from the environment. Abundance and diversity of free-living Symbiodinium could influence recovery from bleaching, resilience, and the long-term adaptation of host organisms. Although free-living Symbiodinium have been detected in the water column and substrates of coral reefs, their diversity and availability to the hosts are...

Experimental materials currently being investigated for use as amendments for the in situ remediation of contaminated sediments were assessed for their potential impacts on marine benthos. Laboratory toxicity tests involving lethal and sublethal endpoints were conducted on sediments amended with apatite, organoclay, chitin, or acetate, with the polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentata, the amphipod ...