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Manuel López-Vicente and Gao-Lin Wu
This special issue includes six articles that cover a variety of issues about the topic of soil and water conservation in agricultural systems, including the following: a bibliometric analysis of soil and water conservation in the Loess Region of China; ...
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Xiang Liu, Jin Zhang, Wenqing Shi, Min Wang, Kai Chen and Li Wang
Understanding the drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure is fundamental for adequately controlling pollutants and managing ecosystems under global change. In this study, the abundance and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates, as well as thei...
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Xinyue Yan, Xin Chen, Wenyan Zheng, Guilin Zhang and Aiguo Dong
Fifty-one surface sediment samples from Dongshan Bay, China, were analyzed for heavy metals to evaluate their distribution, pollution status, and controlling factors. The enrichment factor is suggestive of the potential pollution status, ranging from min...
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Mengting Li, Kuanle Bao, Hongsong Wang, Youxu Dai, Shuyu Wu, Kun Yan, Shuliang Liu, Qingzheng Yuan and Jiaxing Lu
As urbanization accelerates, a growing influx of pollutants enters the sea through land runoff, posing a threat to coastal ecosystems. In this study, we systematically determined the concentrations of nutrients and heavy metals in the water and sediments...
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Adharsh Rajasekar, Raphinos Tackmore Murava, Eyram Norgbey and Xukun Zhu
This comprehensive study aimed to evaluate the water quality and sediment contamination in the Chuhe River in Nanjing. The spatial assessment of 10 samples collected in September highlighted that, in surface water, Copper (Cu) > Nickel (Ni) > Zinc (Zn) >...
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Sayed Shah Jan Sadiqi, Won-Ho Nam, Kyoung-Jae Lim and Eunmi Hong
This study investigated the effects of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution reduction and pollutant dynamics in a highland agricultural watershed in Korea. We employed the SWAT model to simulate hydrological processes and pollution transport within the waters...
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Suveshnee Munien, Puspa L. Adhikari, Kimberly Reycraft, Traci J. Mays, Trishan Naidoo, MacKenzie Pruitt, Jacqueline Arena and Sershen
This systematic review represents one of the first attempts to compare the efficacy of the full suite of management interventions developed to control (prevent or remove) microplastics (MPs) in freshwater bodies, both man-made and natural. The review als...
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Kristina M. Chomiak, Wendy A. Owens-Rios, Carmella M. Bangkong, Steven W. Day, Nathan C. Eddingsaas, Matthew J. Hoffman, André O. Hudson and Anna Christina Tyler
Plastic debris is a growing threat in freshwater ecosystems and transport models predict that many plastics will sink to the benthos. Among the most common plastics found in the Laurentian Great Lakes sediments are polyethylene terephthalate (especially ...
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Antonella Marsico, Angela Rizzo, Domenico Capolongo, Francesco De Giosa, Antonella Di Leo, Stefania Lisco, Giuseppe Mastronuzzi, Massimo Moretti, Giovanni Scardino and Giovanni Scicchitano
Contaminated marine and coastal sediments represent the main source of secondary pollution for the aquatic environment and marine fauna, affecting, directly and indirectly, ecosystems and human health. The assessment of the distribution of chemical pollu...
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Guoyao Huang, Xuhui Dong, Hanbiao Xian, Weijian Xu, Hanfei Yang, Yuewei Zhang and Giri Kattel
Coastal lagoons connecting the land and sea provide essential ecosystem services. However, emerging environmental issues such as environmental pollution and ecological degradation from rapid socio-economic development in coastal zones of south China are ...
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