Effects of Pollution on Freshwater Organisms

Abstract

This review includes works published in the general scientific literature during 2008 on the effects of anthropogenic pollutants on freshwater organisms. It begins with two broad sections: research reviews and broad field studies and surveys. This is followed by reviews of research categorized in sections to reflect the pollutant class. These sections include wastewater, stormwater and non‐point source pollution, nutrients, metals, acid mine drainage, persistent organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, and nanomaterials. The final section includes works describing innovations in the field of freshwater pollution research.

Short-term transport of glyphosate with erosion in Chinese loess soil — A flume experiment

“…However, the occurrence of glyphosate cannot be explained by agricultural use only attributing to the comparison of agricultural application and the seasonal concentration and load pattern (Botta et al, 2009;Hanke et al, 2010;Huang et al, 2004;Kolpin et al, 2006). The freely glyphosate and AMPA from farmland or urban sewer are dissolved in runoff/water involving dilution, dissipation and degradation in the receiving water system (Harmon, 2008;Majewski et al, 2014). The risk of offsite transport glyphosate and AMPA should be particularly evaluated due to the heavy rain after glyphosate-based herbicides application (Hanke et al, 2010;Styczen et al, 2011).…”

Spatial Distribution of Bulk Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals in Metropolitan Sydney, Australia

“…Birch and Taylor 1999;Birch et al 2005;Fletcher et al 2004;Irvine and Birch 1998;Peters 2009;Rand and Schuler 2009;Sanger et al 1999;US EPA 1983). The toxicity of this NPS chemical assemblage to the aquatic ecosystem has also been well established (Harmon 2009;Mearns et al 2009). Moreover, despite the phase-out of leaded fuel at the start of the century, road-derived pollutants continue to pose a hazard to human and ecological health, particularly over extended periods of accumulation (Fang et al 2009;Hjortenkrans et al 2006;Madrid et al 2007;Preciado et al 2007).…”

Ecology and welfare of aquatic animals in wild capture fisheries

“…Anthropogenic waterborne pollutants include wastewater, stormwater and non-point source pollution, nutrients, silt/sediment, metals, acid mine drainage, persistent organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals, detergents, endocrine disruptors, pesticides and herbicides, petroleum hydrocarbons, and nanomaterials (Harmon 2009). Pollution is particularly problematic in freshwater rivers and estuaries, especially in regions where natural environmental flows are low or sporadic, but it also impairs ecosystem function in coastal regions.…”