Environmental effect of pharmaceutical in the Alexander estuary
Micro-estuarine ecosystems have a surface area of less than 1 km² and are abundant in Mediterranean regions. Due to their small size, these systems are particularly vulnerable to the effects of chemical pollution. Fluctuating flow conditions, base flow dominated by treated wastewater effluents and flood events transporting rural and urban non-point-source pollution, place micro-estuaries under […]
pesticides effect in Alexander estuary
Pesticides are potentially toxic to aquatic systems, even at low concentrations, depending on their individual ecotoxicological properties and mixture composition. To evaluate the possible ecological stress caused by pesticide load, a thorough assessment of the potential toxicity of pesticide mixtures is required. Here we report water discharge and quality data from an eastern Mediterranean micro-estuary […]
Sandbar manipulation as a tool to increase bottom water oxygen concentration
An experiment we conducted show that sandbar breaching in order to enable seawater to enter the estuary increases nottom water oxygen concentration which supports more diverse ecosystem, but the increase is too short lived and the sandbar retains it original shapes within hours. the possibility of long term maintanence of the sandbar should be examined […]