Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, Sunanda Bhola et al.
Microplastics (plastic < 5 mm in size) are now known to contaminate riverine systems but understanding about how their concentrations vary spatially and temporally is limited. This information is critical to help identify key sources and pathways of microplastic and develop management interventions....
Sarah E. Nelms, Emily M. Duncan, Surshti Patel, Ruchi Badola et al.
Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear represents a substantial proportion of global marine plastic pollution and can cause significant environmental and socio-economic impacts. Yet little is known about its presence in, and implications for, freshwater ecosystems or its downstream cont...
Molly K. Grace, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Thomas M. Brooks et al.
Recognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called for development of a "Green List of Species" (now the IUCN Green Status of Species). A draft Green Status framework for assessing species' progres...
Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Alexandra Zieritz, David C. Aldridge
Freshwater mussels (Unionida) are globally endangered but perform crucial ecosystem services in temperate ecosystems. Their status and role in tropical regions are poorly understood, resulting in a nearly complete lack of effort toward their conservation. Understanding mussel functions in developing...
Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Heather J. Koldewey, Emily M. Duncan, Imogen E. Napper et al.
Rivers play a crucial role in transporting land-based plastic waste to the ocean, with the Ganges reported as the second largest contributing river of plastic pollution globally. To better quantify global plastic pollution transport and effectively reduce the sources and risks imposed, a clear under...
Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, Sunanda Bhola et al.
Rivers are key pathways for the transfer of microplastics (MP) to marine environments. However, there are considerable uncertainties about the amount of microplastics transported by rivers to the ocean; this results in inaccuracies in our understanding of microplastic quantity and transport by fresh...
Subrata Sarker, A.N.M. Samiul Huda, Md. Nazmul Hasan Niloy, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury
Globally microplastics (MPs) contaminations have been widely reported across the large number of organisms in the marine ecosystem. Consequently, trophic transfer of MPs inferred to occur across the organisms of marine food webs. However, scientific evidence on trophic transfer of MPs across the mar...
Emily M. Duncan, Alasdair Davies, Amy Brooks, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury et al.
Rivers worldwide are now acting as major transport pathways for plastic pollution and discharge large quantities of waste into the ocean. Previous oceanographic modelling and current drifter data have been used to predict the movement and accumulation of plastic pollution in the marine environment, ...
Mohammed Anwarul Islam, Mayeen Uddin, Mohammad Abdul Aziz, Sabir Bin Muzaffar et al.
Three species of bears occur in Bangladesh, but most populations have declined to very low numbers or disappeared completely. No systematic surveys have been conducted to determine status and distribution of the remnant populations. Therefore, we conducted surveys at 87 sites with historical records...
Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Md. Sazedul Islam, Papia Haque, M. Nuruzzaman Khan et al.
We report a facile technique to prepare biocomposite dressing material using interpolymeric complexation of fibrous chitosan-alginate condensed with calcium phosphate (CaP-NPs) and zinc oxide (ZnO-NPs) nanoparticles to attain the cell proliferation, antibacterial activity and, enhance wound healing....
Sabir Bin Muzaffar, Md. Anwarul Islam, Dihider Shahriar Kabir, Mamunul Hoque Khan et al.
Md Anwar Hossain, Benjamin S. Thompson, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Samiul Mohsanin et al.
Abstract Sawfish are among the world's most threatened and understudied marine fishes. There are few studies on sawfish from outside Australian and USA waters ‐ a significant knowledge gap considering their circumtropical distribution and migratory nature. This paper presents the first assessment of...
Kathryn Youngblood, Amy Brooks, Navin Das, Avinash Kumar Singh et al.
Efforts to understand macroplastic pollution have primarily focused on coastal and marine environments to the exclusion of freshwater, terrestrial, and urban ecosystems. To better understand macroplastics in the environment and their sources, a dual approach examining plastic input and leakage can b...
Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Heather J. Koldewey, Md. Nazmul Hasan Niloy, Subrata Sarker
Assessing three interlinked issues, plastic pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss separately can overlook potential interactions that may lead to positive or negative impacts on global ecosystem processes. Recent studies suggest that threatened species and ecosystems are vulnerable to both...
Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Belinda Gallardo, David C. Aldridge