anthropogenic eutrophication conditioned frequent and more pronounced blooms of toxicalgae and cyanobacteria in the fresh and saline aquatic ecosystems all world around. however, bloomingspecies could serve as a possible resource instead of a threat by exploiting them to remediate nutrients. theoptimised use of algae and cyanobacteria may provide the environmental service together with economic...

The Curonian Lagoon is a unique system that temporary reservoir of water, accumulating about 62% the suspended solids in river runoff. average activity plutonium particulate matter water Neris River was 0.26±0.02 Bq/kg, and 137Cs ranged from 23±8 to 49±12 Bq/kg. flux dissolved species estimated be (78±61) × 109 Bq/year. Preliminary estimates indicate annual input 239,240Pu Neman into 0.9 GBq, w...

Abstract. Coastal lagoons are important sites for nitrogen (N) removal via sediment burial and denitrification. Blooms of heterocystous cyanobacteria may diminish N retention as dinitrogen (N2) fixation offsets atmospheric losses We measured N2 in the Curonian Lagoon, Europe's largest coastal lagoon, to better understand factors controlling context seasonal changes phytoplankton community compo...

Conflict arises in fisheries worldwide when piscivorous birds target fish species of commercial value. This paper presents a method for estimating size selectivity functions for piscivores and uses it to compare predation selectivities of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis L. 1758) with that of gill-net fishing on a European perch (Perca fluviatilis L. 1758) population in the Curoni...