Due to the interconnectedness of aquatic ecosystems through highly effective marine and atmospheric transport routes, all are potentially vulnerable pollution. Whilst links between pollution increased mortality wild animals have now been firmly established, next steps should be focus on specific physiological pathways pathologies that link wildlife health deterioration. One pollution-induced at...

The impact of pesticides on macrobenthos communities was studied on two aquatic environments in Northern Italy; River Meolo, a site exposed to agricultural pollution, and River Upper Livenza a low pollution reference site. Colonisation of artificial substrates was compared throughout the productive season. The relevance of multiple environmental stressors other than pesticides (e.g. oxygen depl...

Antibiotic resistance has become a significant and growing threat to public and environmental health. To face this problem both at local and global scales, a better understanding of the sources and mechanisms that contribute to the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is required. Recent studies demonstrate that aquatic ecosystems are reservoirs of resistant bacteria and antibiotic res...

Our research goal is to monitor the water pollution and aquatic plants in the coastal lagoon environments using satellite data. This time, our past activities concerning some satellite study project and the preliminary result of ALOS/AVNIR-2 analysis in coastal lagoon such as Lakes Shinji and Nakaumi are introduced.

The effects of abundant Mancozeb (Mn, Zn-bisdithiocarbamate) applications (2.5 kg ha⁻¹week⁻¹ for 10 years) on soil and surface-, subsurface- and groundwater pollution were monitored in a banana production region of tropical Mexico. In soils, severe manganese accumulation was observed, wheras the main metabolite ethylenethiourea was near the detection limit. Surface and subsurface water was high...