according to the increased probability of the presence of nanomaterials in the aquatic ecosystems, the present study examined the toxicity of three engineered silver nanoparticles (agnps) as well as silver ions in the pontogammarus maeoticus, a brackish water benthic organism living in the littoral zone of the caspian sea. the animals were acutely exposed to different concentrations of two comm...

Los crustáceos son un grupo diverso y abundante de la fauna invertebrada comunidad litoral estuarina. Este estudio presenta el primer compendio sobre anfípodos en estuario del río Miño, Península Ibérica, recolectada a través captura accidental pesca angula, muestreos con draga arrastre vara. Se examinaron total 100 especímenes pertenecientes 18 familias, 23 géneros 34 especies (23 nuevos regis...

A new Ponto-Caspian species of the genus Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899 (Amphipoda: Gammaridae), E. mazestiensis sp. n., is described from estuary Mazesta River, Sochi Area, southwestern Caucasus. The can be clearly separated related ischnus (Stebbing, 1899) and trichiatus (Martynov, 1932) by a significantly smaller size mature specimens various morphological features. Molecular genetic analysis...

Soil faunal communities play key roles in maintaining soil nutrient cycling. Affected by different land-use types, environment and change significantly. However, few studies have focused on the aforementioned observations coastal zones, which provide suitable habitats for many species of concern. Here, we investigated changes mesofaunal under including cotton fields, jujube trees, ash a saline ...