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15 January 2026

The increasing need for sustainable wastewater treatment technologies has accelerated the development of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), including hydroponic systems applied as tertiary treatment. This study aimed to assess changes in algal species com...

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12 Citations
5,215 Views
22 Pages

8 June 2021

The species diversity and changes in the structural dynamics of the algal flora from the alpine lake Nesamovyte has been studied for 100 years. During the period of investigations, 234 species (245 infraspecific taxa) were revealed to cover more than...

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4 Citations
3,810 Views
21 Pages

6 May 2020

Many studies have been concentrated on the distribution of algae in lakes, rivers, and seas, however, few studies have been concerned about their distribution and relation with polluted urban rivers. In this study, the spatio-temporal variation chara...

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1 Citations
1,639 Views
24 Pages

Epiplastic Algal Communities on Different Types of Polymers in Freshwater Bodies: A Short-Term Experiment in Karst Lakes

  • Ekaterina Vodeneeva,
  • Yulia Pichugina,
  • Darja Zhurova,
  • Ekaterina Sharagina,
  • Pavel Kulizin,
  • Vyacheslav Zhikharev,
  • Alexander Okhapkin and
  • Stanislav Ermakov

15 November 2024

The increasing amount of plastic debris in water ecosystems provides a new substrate (epiplastic microhabitats) for aquatic organisms. The majority of research about epiplastic communities has focused on seawater environments, while research is still...

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2 Citations
2,194 Views
15 Pages

Changes in Composition of Mollusks within Corallina officinalis Turfs in South Istria, Adriatic Sea, as a Response to Anthropogenic Impact

  • Moira Buršić,
  • Ljiljana Iveša,
  • Andrej Jaklin,
  • Milvana Arko Pijevac,
  • Branka Bruvo Mađarić,
  • Lucija Neal,
  • Emina Pustijanac,
  • Petra Burić,
  • Neven Iveša and
  • Paolo Paliaga

18 August 2023

A very common intertidal alga, Corallina officinalis, serves as a refuge for numerous invertebrates within its settlements. The composition and structure of invertebrates may differ in relation to different natural or human-induced stress, and this s...

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16 Citations
8,847 Views
18 Pages

28 April 2021

Algae are a significant component of a biological monitoring program in an aquatic ecosystem. They are ideally suited for water quality assessments because of their nutrient requirements, rapid reproduction rate, and very short life cycle. Algae comp...

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3 Citations
3,320 Views
20 Pages

25 April 2024

Algae are currently used in many areas, including dietetics, pharmacy, cosmetology and to increase the nutritional value of food and animal feed due to their chemical composition. They are a source of extremely valuable molecules, including polyunsat...

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5 Citations
3,689 Views
20 Pages

14 November 2021

Lake Hula, the core of one of the most extensive wetland complexes in the Eastern Mediterranean, was drained in 1951–1958. However, about 350 hectares of papyrus marshes were allocated in the southwestern part of the previous lake and became the Hula...

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9 Citations
6,906 Views
13 Pages

6 September 2019

Globally, coral reefs are under threat from climate change and increasingly frequent bleaching events. However, corals in Kāneʻohe Bay, Hawaiʻi have demonstrated the ability to acclimatize and resist increasing temperatures. Benthic cover (i.e., cora...

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7 Citations
2,012 Views
24 Pages

25 August 2023

An analysis of the lipidome of the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales) was performed’ more than 900 molecular species were identified in 12 polar lipids and 1 neutral lipid using HPLC/MS-MS. The seasonal changes of U. pinnatifida lipi...

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2 Citations
2,849 Views
23 Pages

9 March 2023

Results of studies of plankton algae and invertebrates in salt lakes of the territory of a closed runoff in the south of South-Eastern Transbaikalia (Russia) carried out in 2021–2022 are presented. Phyto- and zooplankton of sixteen saline lakes...

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20 Citations
5,784 Views
21 Pages

Biochemical and Nutritional Characterization of Edible Seaweeds from the Peruvian Coast

  • Natalia Arakaki,
  • Leenin Flores Ramos,
  • Alberto Isidoro Oscanoa Huaynate,
  • Anthony Ruíz Soto and
  • María Eliana Ramírez

27 April 2023

In Peru, the number of species of edible seaweeds within the genera Chondracanthus, Porphyra (hereafter P.), Pyropia (hereafter Py.), and Ulva has not been fully established, nor is there a significant level of information available related to their...

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9 Citations
3,377 Views
13 Pages

Structural and Elemental Analysis of the Freshwater, Low-Mg Calcite Coralline Alga Pneophyllum cetinaensis

  • Federica Ragazzola,
  • Regina Kolzenburg,
  • Jurgita Zekonyte,
  • Sebastian Teichert,
  • Chulin Jiang,
  • Ante Žuljević,
  • Annalisa Caragnano and
  • Annalisa Falace

24 August 2020

Coralline algae are one of the most diversified groups of red algae and represent a major component of marine benthic habitats from the poles to the tropics. This group was believed to be exclusively marine until 2016, when the first freshwater coral...

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14 Citations
2,909 Views
17 Pages

6 October 2022

To understand the interactions among eutrophication, algal bloom, and POPs (persistent organic pollutants) in freshwater ecosystems, the cumulative selectivity of PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) in phytoplankton, water, and sediment with diff...

  • Technical Note
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6 Citations
3,112 Views
15 Pages

22 February 2023

The environmental disaster in Kamchatka in the autumn of 2020 was caused by an extensive bloom of harmful microalgae of the genus Karenia. A spectral shape algorithm was used to detect algae on satellite imagery. The algorithm calibration of in situ...

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7 Citations
6,759 Views
23 Pages

Global Chemical Characterization of Sargassum spp. Seaweeds from Different Locations on Caribbean Islands: A Screening of Organic Compounds and Heavy Metals Contents

  • Jérôme Bauta,
  • Elliot Calbrix,
  • Sophie Capblancq,
  • Christine Cecutti,
  • Jérôme Peydecastaing,
  • Christine Delgado Raynaud,
  • Antoine Rouilly,
  • Valérie Simon,
  • Guadalupe Vaca-Medina and
  • Pascale De Caro
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13 April 2024

Large-scale strandings of Sargassum spp. seaweeds occur annually on the beaches of the Caribbean islands and cause major environmental, health, and economic problems. In order to support an approach of valorisation of algae, an exhaustive characteris...

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20 Citations
3,782 Views
17 Pages

Assessment of the Resource Potential of Baltic Sea Macroalgae

  • Yuliya Kulikova,
  • Stanislav Sukhikh,
  • Olga Kalashnikova,
  • Evgeny Chupakhin,
  • Svetlana Ivanova,
  • Boris Chubarenko,
  • Julia Gorbunova and
  • Olga Babich

1 April 2022

The excess biomass of drifting algae and their casting to the Baltic Sea coast imposes a significant environmental burden. The analysis of beach-cast algae showed that the dominant species are macroalgae Ulva sp., Furcellaria lumbricalis, Cladophora...

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740 Views
15 Pages

Practical Algal Control in Lower Yangtze Reservoirs Using Composite Microfiltration Physical Enclosure

  • Bin Xu,
  • Fangzhou Liu,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Congcong Ni,
  • Jianan Gao and
  • Xin Huang

13 October 2025

Source water reservoirs in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are increasingly threatened by algal contamination, driven by fluctuations in upstream water quality. To ensure stable reservoir operation and protect downstream drinking water sources...

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7 Citations
4,671 Views
11 Pages

2 February 2019

The red macroalga Agarophyton chilensis is a well-known producer of eicosanoids such as hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids, but the alga produces almost no prostaglandins, unlike the closely related A. vermiculophyllum. This indicates that the related two...

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56 Citations
7,273 Views
21 Pages

The Use of Invasive Algae Species as a Source of Secondary Metabolites and Biological Activities: Spain as Case-Study

  • Antia G. Pereira,
  • Maria Fraga-Corral,
  • Paula Garcia-Oliveira,
  • Catarina Lourenço-Lopes,
  • Maria Carpena,
  • Miguel A. Prieto and
  • Jesus Simal-Gandara

24 March 2021

In the recent decades, algae have proven to be a source of different bioactive compounds with biological activities, which has increased the potential application of these organisms in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, animal feed, and other industrial...

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3 Citations
1,811 Views
18 Pages

Spatio-Temporal Variation in Cyanobacteria and Epiphytic Algae of Thalassia testudinum in Two Localities of Southern Quintana Roo, Mexico

  • Rocio Nava-Olvera,
  • Luz Elena Mateo-Cid,
  • Itzel González-Contreras and
  • Ángela Catalina Mendoza-González

28 May 2024

The leaves of Thalassia testudinum provide an ideal substrate for the establishment of small-sized algae with different morphologies that are abundant and diverse. There are few studies on epiphytism in Mexico, and most of them are floristic lists. T...

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9 Citations
4,828 Views
13 Pages

Seaweed Beds and Community Structure in the East and South Coast of Korea

  • Seung Wook Jung,
  • Hyun Soo Rho and
  • Chang Geun Choi

This study conducted a community investigation via scuba-diving excursions into the subtidal regions of seven sea areas on the eastern coasts and three sea areas on the southern coasts, from October to December 2017, to determine the characteristics...

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36 Citations
6,289 Views
17 Pages

Chemical Composition and Potential Practical Application of 15 Red Algal Species from the White Sea Coast (the Arctic Ocean)

  • Nikolay Yanshin,
  • Aleksandra Kushnareva,
  • Valeriia Lemesheva,
  • Claudia Birkemeyer and
  • Elena Tarakhovskaya

24 April 2021

Though numerous valuable compounds from red algae already experience high demand in medicine, nutrition, and different branches of industry, these organisms are still recognized as an underexploited resource. This study provides a comprehensive chara...

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1 Citations
3,755 Views
20 Pages

Drift Algal Accumulation in Ice Scour Pits Provides an Underestimated Ecological Subsidy in a Novel Antarctic Soft-Sediment Habitat

  • Ignacio Garrido,
  • Heather L. Hawk,
  • Paulina Bruning,
  • Luis Miguel Pardo and
  • Ladd E. Johnson

13 January 2023

Ice scouring is one of the strongest agents of disturbance in nearshore environments at high latitudes. In depths, less than 20 m, grounding icebergs reshape the soft-sediment seabed by gouging furrows called ice pits. Large amounts of drift algae (u...

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8 Citations
3,246 Views
15 Pages

Significant Shifts in Microbial Communities Associated with Scleractinian Corals in Response to Algae Overgrowth

  • Chunrong Lu,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Qinyu Huang,
  • Shuying Wang,
  • Xiao Qin,
  • Tianfei Ren,
  • Rufeng Xie and
  • Hongfei Su

Microbes play a key role in reef dynamics, mediating the competition between scleractinian corals and benthic algae; however, major shifts in bacterial communities among coral species in response to increases in the abundance of algae are not well un...

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1,685 Views
2 Pages

Red Algae as Source of Nutrients with Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Potential

  • María. Carpena,
  • Cristina Caleja,
  • Paula García-Oliveira,
  • Carla Pereira,
  • Marina Sokovic,
  • Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira,
  • Jesús Simal-Gandara,
  • Lillian Barros and
  • Miguel A. Prieto

Seaweeds have been consumed since ancient times in different cultures, especially in Asian regions. Currently, several scientific studies have highlighted the nutritional value of algae as well as their biological properties. The present work was dir...

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2 Citations
2,639 Views
14 Pages

Macroalgae Compound Characterizations and Their Effect on the Ruminal Microbiome in Supplemented Lambs

  • Adriana Guadalupe De la Cruz Gómez,
  • Huitzimengari Campos-García,
  • German D. Mendoza,
  • Juan Carlos García-López,
  • Gregorio Álvarez-Fuentes,
  • Pedro A. Hernández-García,
  • José Alejandro Roque Jiménez,
  • Oswaldo Cifuentes-Lopez,
  • Alejandro E Relling and
  • Héctor A. Lee-Rangel

14 December 2024

The impact of macroalgae species on rumen function remains largely unexplored. This present study aimed to identify the biocompounds of the three types of marine macroalgae described: Macrocystis pyrifera (Brown), Ulva spp. (Lettuce), Mazzaella spp....

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2,498 Views
26 Pages

31 December 2023

For the first time, we investigated species composition, phytoplankton community structure, and hydrochemical parameters in the artificial cooling reservoir of a major thermal power plant (TPP) in northeastern Europe located in the Pechora River basi...

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11 Citations
4,282 Views
15 Pages

At the end of the rainy season in 2016 and at the end of the dry season in 2017, we conducted a floristic study of marine macrophytic algae in the intertidal and subtidal zones in moderately and heavily polluted areas at Luhuitou reef, Sanya Bay, Hai...

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3 Citations
1,476 Views
20 Pages

11 August 2025

The study of microalgae has led to significant progress in recent decades. The current microalgal biomass yield is unsatisfactory, except for certain species that are cultivated for the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries. In this study, the...

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32 Citations
5,421 Views
17 Pages

Nutritional Profiling and Preliminary Bioactivity Screening of Five Micro-Algae Strains Cultivated in Northwest Europe

  • Joran Verspreet,
  • Lise Soetemans,
  • Caoimhe Gargan,
  • Maria Hayes and
  • Leen Bastiaens

1 July 2021

This study aimed to map the nutritional profile and bioactivities of five microalgae that can be grown in Northwest Europe or areas with similar cultivation conditions. Next to the biochemical composition, the in vitro digestibility of carbohydrates,...

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41 Citations
8,198 Views
17 Pages

Pigment Composition of Nine Brown Algae from the Iberian Northwestern Coastline: Influence of the Extraction Solvent

  • Pascual Garcia-Perez,
  • Catarina Lourenço-Lopes,
  • Aurora Silva,
  • Antia G. Pereira,
  • Maria Fraga-Corral,
  • Chao Zhao,
  • Jianbo Xiao,
  • Jesus Simal-Gandara and
  • Miguel A. Prieto

31 January 2022

Brown algae are ubiquitously distributed in the NW coastline of the Iberian Peninsula, where they stand as an underexploited resource. In this study, five solvents were applied to the extraction of pigments from nine brown algae, followed by their de...

  • Review
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9 Citations
3,255 Views
14 Pages

Algal lipidomics is a new field of research that is gaining increasing popularity. The use of high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) has made it possible to accurately determine the structure of each lipid molecule i...

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3 Citations
2,194 Views
24 Pages

Seasonal Dynamics of Microphytobenthos Distribution in Three Ecotopes on a Mussel Farm (Black Sea)

  • Larisa Ryabushko,
  • Daria Balycheva,
  • Sergey Kapranov,
  • Armine Shiroyan,
  • Anastasiia Blaginina and
  • Sophia Barinova

1 November 2023

As the production of cultured bivalve mollusks is increasing worldwide, there is a growing need to study the biodiversity and ecology of microalgae in the mariculture zones. This study presents multiannual data (obtained in 2015–2016 and 2018&n...

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2 Citations
1,869 Views
14 Pages

Study on Syntaxonomic Diversity of Algal Cenoses in Soils of the Russian Far East, Using an Integrative Taxonomic Approach

  • Shamil R. Abdullin,
  • Arthur Yu. Nikulin,
  • Veronika B. Bagmet,
  • Vyacheslav Yu. Nikulin,
  • Elena A. Zharikova,
  • Irina V. Kiseleva and
  • Andrey A. Gontcharov

20 January 2024

Soil is a unique ecosystem with peculiar biodiversity that includes cyanobacteria and algae. Traditionally, cyanobacterial and algal cenoses were described mainly using the dominance approach, rarely based on the Braun-Blanquet method (floristic clas...

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17 Citations
4,559 Views
21 Pages

12 October 2023

In mountain regions, biological soil crusts (BSCs) provide essential ecological services by being involved in primary production and nitrogen fixation. Eukaryotic algae and cyanobacteria are important photosynthetic components of these unique cryptog...

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6 Citations
2,768 Views
19 Pages

Enhanced Coagulation for Algae Removal Using Composite Al-Based Coagulants: Collaborative Optimization Mechanism of Aluminum Morphology

  • Yangyuan Zhou,
  • Dawei Zhang,
  • Guosheng Zhang,
  • Weiying Li,
  • Ningzheng Zhu,
  • Jinpei Bo,
  • Xiangzhou Meng,
  • Yao Chen,
  • Yu Qin and
  • Huajie Liu

The main purpose of this paper was to reveal the effect of aluminum (Al)-based coagulants on enhanced coagulation for the removal of algae and the synergistic optimization mechanism among different Al species. The formation, breakage, and regrowth pr...

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22 Citations
9,366 Views
28 Pages

30 June 2021

This article gives a comprehensive overview on potentially harmful algae occurring in the built environment. Man-made structures provide diverse habitats where algae can grow, mainly aerophytic in nature. Literature reveals that algae that is potenti...

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7 Citations
2,240 Views
20 Pages

Structure and Productivity of the Phytoplankton Community in the Southwestern Kara Sea in Early Summer

  • Sergey A. Mosharov,
  • Elena I. Druzhkova,
  • Andrey F. Sazhin,
  • Pavel V. Khlebopashev,
  • Anastasia N. Drozdova,
  • Nikolay A. Belyaev and
  • Andrey I. Azovsky

Knowledge of the features of the structure and productivity of the Arctic communities of marine planktonic algae is necessary to identify possible changes in the pelagic ecosystem functioning under the changing climate condition of the Kara Sea. This...

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15 Citations
3,443 Views
16 Pages

GC- and UHPLC-MS Profiles as a Tool to Valorize the Red Alga Asparagopsis armata

  • Diana C. G. A. Pinto,
  • Marie L. Lesenfants,
  • Gonçalo P. Rosa,
  • Maria Carmo Barreto,
  • Artur M. S. Silva and
  • Ana M. L. Seca

16 January 2022

Asparagopsis armata Harvey is a red alga native from the southern hemisphere and then introduced in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, including the Azores Archipelago, where it is considered an invasive alga. Some studies show that the ex...

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3 Citations
2,553 Views
13 Pages

Blue-Green Algae as Stimulating and Attractive Feeding Substrates for a Mediterranean Commercial Sea Urchin Species, Paracentrotus lividus

  • Paolo Solari,
  • Giorgia Sollai,
  • Viviana Pasquini,
  • Angelica Giglioli,
  • Roberto Crnjar and
  • Piero Addis

5 July 2023

Sea urchins rely on chemical senses to localize suitable food resources, therefore representing model species for chemosensory studies. In the present study, we investigated the chemical sensitivity of the Mediterranean sea urchin Paracentrotus livid...

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12 Citations
4,058 Views
16 Pages

Antarctic Marine Algae Extracts as a Potential Natural Resource to Protect Epithelial Barrier Integrity

  • Seong-Hee Ko,
  • YoonHee Lim,
  • Eun Jae Kim,
  • Young Wook Ko,
  • In-Sun Hong,
  • Sanghee Kim and
  • YunJae Jung

31 August 2022

The intestine and skin provide crucial protection against the external environment. Strengthening the epithelial barrier function of these organs is critical for maintaining homeostasis against inflammatory stimuli. Recent studies suggest that polar...

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21 Citations
4,355 Views
15 Pages

15 July 2020

This study aims to evaluate the potential of consortium biomass formation between Mucor circinelloides, an oleaginous filamentous fungal species, and Chlorella vulgaris, in order to promote a straightforward approach to harvest microalgal cells and t...

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15 Citations
4,522 Views
20 Pages

Coastal Phytoplankton Pigments Composition in Three Tropical Estuaries of Indonesia

  • Ario Damar,
  • Franciscus Colijn,
  • Karl-Juergen Hesse and
  • Fery Kurniawan

In this study, the composition and distribution of phytoplankton pigments and its relation to nutrients and light was investigated, and an elaboration of using it as a proxy for phytoplankton group composition followed, in different nutrient-level tr...

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17 Citations
4,180 Views
22 Pages

Response of Aquatic Organisms Communities to Global Climate Changes and Anthropogenic Impact: Evidence from Listvennichny Bay of Lake Baikal

  • Lyubov Kravtsova,
  • Svetlana Vorobyeva,
  • Elena Naumova,
  • Lyudmila Izhboldina,
  • Elena Mincheva,
  • Tatyana Potemkina,
  • Galina Pomazkina,
  • Elena Rodionova,
  • Natalya Onishchuk and
  • Igor Khanaev
  • + 1 author

13 September 2021

Recent studies have revealed how the freshwater biota of Lake Baikal responds to climate change and anthropogenic impacts. We studied phyto- and zooplankton, as well as phyto- and zoobenthos, in the open coastal waters of the southern basin of the la...

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657 Views
15 Pages

8 November 2025

The mechanisms of nutritional niche differentiation among sympatric Schizothoracinae fishes play an important role in their adaptive evolution and should be considered in conservation strategies. To date, there have been no reports about the role of...

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13 Citations
4,714 Views
23 Pages

Biocompounds from Green Algae of Romanian Black Sea Coast as Potential Nutraceuticals

  • Emin Cadar,
  • Ticuta Negreanu-Pirjol,
  • Rodica Sirbu,
  • Ana-Maria Laura Dragan,
  • Bogdan-Stefan Negreanu-Pirjol,
  • Elena Roxana Axente and
  • Ana-Maria Ionescu

8 June 2023

Three green algae, collected from the Romanian Black Sea coast, are studied: Ulva lactuca, Enteromorpha intestinalis, and Cladophora vagabunda, which were collected from six different coastal areas. This paper aims to identify the bioactive compounds...

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8 Citations
3,424 Views
20 Pages

Macroalgae and macroalgae-associated bacteria together constitute the most efficient metabolic cycling system in the ocean. Their interactions, especially the responses of macroalgae-associated bacteria communities to algae in different geographical...

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18 Citations
20,192 Views
11 Pages

Lichen as Multipartner Symbiotic Relationships

  • Lourdes Morillas,
  • Javier Roales,
  • Cristina Cruz and
  • Silvana Munzi

3 August 2022

Lichens have long been considered as composite organisms composed of algae and/or cyanobacteria hosted by a fungus in a mutualistic relationship. Other organisms have been gradually discovered within the lichen thalli, such as multiple algal species,...

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7 Citations
4,058 Views
15 Pages

6 July 2022

In order to explore the characteristics of the periphytic algae community structure and its relationship with environmental factors in the Taiyuan region of the Fenhe River, a total of six sampling sites were investigated in July and December 2021. T...

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