With tiny leaf-like fronds, and the smallest flower and fruit in the plant world ... using microorganisms to break down contaminants require a lot of energy to aerate the water.

Aquaculture wastewater, rich in organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus, poses a significant environmental threat when discharged untreated, leading to eutrophication and water quality degradation.

a pond ecosystem may consist of a pond habitat, inhabited by aquatic plants, microorganisms in the mud at the bottom, fish in the water and a heron on the bank. If one part of an ecosystem is ...

And as she's discovered, there's a lot of it. This is water from a garden pond in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It contains single-celled organisms called coleps which are caught up in a dance. It almost ...

The Sellafield outdoor pond was colonised by a seasonal “bloom” of microorganisms dominated by the alga Haematococcus, which can accumulate high levels of radioactive isotopes in the water. This ...