Microalgae are recognized for their potential in the bioremediation of acid mine drainage (AMD), despite the challenges posed by AMD's low pH, high heavy metal content, and oligotrophic conditions. However, the impact of AMD chemoautotrophic microorganisms on microalgal growth and remediation efforts within AMD has been largely overlooked. This study aims to elucidate the effects the chemoautotrophic

The ecological state of aquatic ecosystems is systematically monitored using various bioindicators in many countries worldwide. In the European Union, freshwater biomonitoring is the central component of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC) and currently based on morpho-taxonomic methods. DNA metabarcoding is a novel approach to assess the ecological state fast and efficiently based on

Single-solute batch kinetic and isotherm experiments were conducted in Type 1 (18.2 MΩ·cm resistivity) water supplemented with 10 mM carbonate buffer (pH 7.75, 25°C) for nine drinking water relevant perfluoroalkyl chemicals and three bituminous-coal based granular activated carbons (GACs). Except for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), mass transfer was well represented by a film diffusion model

Section snippets Use of glyphosateSchwientek et al. carried out a large meta-analysis of sites in Europe and the USA, and noticed differences in glyphosate and AMPA concentration patterns. They hypothesized that the presence of measured concentrations glyphosate and its transformation product AMPA in WWTP effluent cannot be attributed to the use of glyphosate as a herbicide. For this study they used