Aquatic ecosystems are the ultimate descend of natural and anthropogenic inputs of contaminants into the environment. Many of the environmental pollutant especially pesticides enter into aquatic ecosystem through agricultural run off and ultimately affects the different non target aquatic animals like bivalves, crustaceans, molluscs, prawn and fish, which are of great economics important to hum...

The occurrence, distribution, speciation, and biotransformation of arsenic in aquatic environment (marine and freshwater) have been studied extensively by several research groups during last couple of decades. However, most of those studies have been conducted in marine waters, and the results are available in a number of reviews. Speciation, bioaccumulation, and biotransformation of arsenic in...

While more developed countries have a well-established systems to develop water quality criteria (WQC), little research has been done on the adequacy of the current WQC to protect endemic species of China. In order to maintain the health of aquatic ecosystems in China, a series of projects to establish national WQC based on regional characteristics has recently been initiated. However, the esta...

The aquatic products are the term of the aquatic animal and plant products and their processed products produced by marine and freshwater fisheries in general. The marketability of aquatic products is an important issue in the development of aquaculture. In addition, processing and marketing facilities provide the great opportunities for employment within the aquaculture industry. Such products...

Biological indicators are species that can be employed to monitor environmental quality and ecosystem health. Different groups of organisms such as plants, animals, bacteria and parasites regularly produce certain molecular signal in response to changes in their environmental milieu. Parasites are important tools for providing wealth of information on physicochemical quality, environmental stre...

Plant posture can play a key role in the health of aquatic vegetation, by setting drag, controlling light availability, and mediating the exchange of nutrients and oxygen. We study the flow-induced reconfiguration of buoyant, flexible aquatic vegetation through a combination of laboratory flume experiments and theoretical modeling. The laboratory experiments measure drag and posture for model b...

Richard A Shelby, Lawrence J Myers, Kevin K Schrader & Phillip H Klesius U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory, Auburn, AL 36830, USA Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, USA U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Natural Products Uti...

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55108, USA [email protected] Respiratory Diseases Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, UK. [email protected] Aquatic Ecology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing ...