Herbicides Harming Freshwater Ecosystems

A study developed by researchers from the Department of Botany and Plant Physiology of the University of Malaga has warned that the indiscriminate use of herbicides in intensive agriculture poses a risk to freshwater ecosystems.

Researchers have studied how the sustained increase of herbicides in these water bodies – swamps, wetlands or rivers- It affects two model phytoplankton organisms – a cyanobacterium and a microalga – responsible for producing organic matter through photosynthesis.

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