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Data-Driven Models’ Integration for Evaluating Coastal Eutrophication: A Case Study for Cyprus

Researchers developed and compared two artificial neural network models trained on in situ monitoring data to predict coastal eutrophication in Cypriot waters, demonstrating a data-driven approach to environmental monitoring that supports the aquaculture industry's regulatory compliance requirements.

2023 Preprints.org 3 citations
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Simulation of nutrient management and hydroclimatic effects on coastal water quality and ecological status—The Baltic Himmerfjärden Bay case

Researchers used computer modeling to simulate how different nutrient management scenarios and climate conditions would affect water quality and ecological status in the Baltic Sea's Himmerfjarden Bay. The study provides a tool for coastal managers to evaluate strategies for reducing eutrophication under future climate scenarios.

2020 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Chlorophyll-a Detection Algorithms at Different Depths Using In Situ, Meteorological, and Remote Sensing Data in a Chilean Lake

Researchers used a combination of field measurements, weather data, and satellite imagery to estimate chlorophyll-a concentrations at different depths in a Chilean lake. They compared deep learning and statistical models and found all three approaches performed well for predicting algal levels in the freshwater ecosystem. The study advances water quality monitoring techniques that can help track environmental changes, including those potentially linked to pollution.

2024 Remote Sensing 13 citations
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Good eutrophication status is a challenging goal for coastal waters

Not relevant to microplastics — this study models nutrient pollution and eutrophication in the Baltic Sea's Archipelago Sea, finding that meeting current international nutrient reduction targets can improve outer coastal water quality but is insufficient for inner coastal zones, without addressing microplastic pollution.

2023 AMBIO 6 citations
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Water Quality Monitoring And Ground Water Level Prediction Using Machine Learning

Researchers applied machine learning techniques to water quality monitoring and groundwater level prediction, demonstrating the potential of data-driven approaches for environmental sensing and resource management.

2025 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS
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Drinking water potability prediction using machine learning approaches: a case study of Indian rivers

Researchers applied machine learning techniques to predict drinking water quality in Indian rivers based on key parameters like pH, dissolved oxygen, and bacterial counts. Their models achieved high accuracy in classifying water as potable or non-potable. The study demonstrates how data-driven approaches could help developing countries monitor water safety more efficiently, especially in regions where traditional testing infrastructure is limited.

2023 Water Practice & Technology 16 citations
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Use of the Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 Satellites for Water Quality Monitoring: An Early Warning Tool in the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon

Researchers used Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 satellites to monitor water quality during the 2021 ecological crisis in Mar Menor, a large coastal lagoon in the Western Mediterranean. The satellite-based methods accurately measured chlorophyll-a and turbidity with low error margins, enabling identification of eutrophication hotspots. The study demonstrates that satellite remote sensing can serve as a cost-effective early warning tool for monitoring water quality in coastal environments.

2022 Remote Sensing 56 citations
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Regional Satellite Algorithms to Estimate Chlorophyll-a and Total Suspended Matter Concentrations in Vembanad Lake

Researchers developed regional satellite algorithms to estimate chlorophyll-a concentrations and total suspended matter in Vembanad Lake, India, using remote sensing data to monitor water quality in a highly productive but increasingly polluted coastal ecosystem. The algorithms were calibrated against in-situ measurements and found to improve the accuracy of water quality assessments compared to global ocean-color models, supporting sustainable development monitoring goals.

2022 Remote Sensing 13 citations
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Preliminary approach to modelling eutrophication – anthropopressure impact on sea water quality

This chapter reviews methods for modeling eutrophication — the process by which excess nutrients cause algal blooms and oxygen depletion in water — with a focus on the Baltic Sea. Eutrophication interacts with microplastic pollution because nutrient-rich conditions promote the biofilm communities that colonize plastic particles.

2023 1 citations
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A review of remote sensing in coastal aquaculture: data, geographic hotspots, methods, and challenges

This review examines remote sensing applications in coastal aquaculture, synthesising data sources, geographic hotspots, and methodological advances that allow satellite and aerial imagery to monitor aquaculture facility extent, water quality, and environmental impacts including plastic debris from aquaculture infrastructure.

2025 Figshare
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Machine Learning Approaches for Microplastic Pollution Analysis in Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Western Black Sea

Machine learning models were applied to microplastic data from Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in the western Black Sea, successfully predicting MP contamination levels and identifying pollution hotspots relevant to seafood safety and fisheries management.

2025 Sustainability 2 citations
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Coastal Marine Debris Detection and Density Mapping With Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery

Researchers used high-resolution satellite imagery combined with machine learning to detect and map coastal marine debris density in southern Japan, finding that satellite-based methods can estimate debris amounts and types on beaches with reasonable accuracy.

2022 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 25 citations
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Simulation of Chlorophyll a Concentration in Donghu Lake Assisted by Environmental Factors Based on Optimized SVM and Data Assimilation

An optimized machine learning model was developed and combined with data assimilation techniques to simulate chlorophyll-a concentrations — an indicator of algal growth — in Donghu Lake, China. The model accurately reproduced observed chlorophyll patterns by incorporating environmental factors like temperature and nutrients. Better lake eutrophication models support water quality management and early warning of harmful algal blooms.

2022 Water 6 citations
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A review of remote sensing in coastal aquaculture: data, geographic hotspots, methods, and challenges

This review synthesises remote sensing methods for monitoring coastal aquaculture, covering satellite and aerial data sources, identifying geographic hotspots of aquaculture expansion, and evaluating current and emerging techniques for assessing environmental impacts such as plastic debris from nets, cages, and buoys.

2025 Figshare
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Predicting Aquaculture Water Quality Using Machine Learning Approaches

Researchers compared four machine learning approaches for predicting water quality parameters in industrial aquaculture systems, finding that back propagation and radial basis function neural networks outperformed support vector machine models for most parameters. The models achieved sufficient accuracy to support real-time management decisions without continuous in-situ monitoring.

2022 Water 68 citations
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A review of remote sensing in coastal aquaculture: data, geographic hotspots, methods, and challenges

A review of remote sensing applications in coastal aquaculture examined available data sources, geographic coverage, and analytical methods for monitoring aquaculture zones. This is relevant to microplastic research because aquaculture operations are both exposed to and potential sources of microplastic contamination in coastal waters.

2025 GIScience & Remote Sensing 1 citations
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Remote Data for Mapping and Monitoring Coastal Phenomena and Parameters: A Systematic Review

This systematic review of over 15,000 papers identified 103 coastal phenomena and 39 parameters that can now be accurately mapped and monitored using remote sensing data. The authors validated 91% of retrieved parameters, demonstrating that satellite and aerial remote sensing has become a comprehensive tool for tracking coastal environmental changes including pollution and habitat degradation.

2024 Remote Sensing 21 citations
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Data-driven machine learning modeling reveals the impact of micro/nanoplastics on microalgae and their key underlying mechanisms

Researchers used machine learning to predict how micro- and nanoplastics affect freshwater algae, training models on a decade of published experimental data. The best-performing model identified plastic concentration, exposure time, and particle size as the most important factors determining toxicity. The study offers a data-driven framework that could reduce the need for time-consuming laboratory experiments when assessing microplastic risks to aquatic organisms.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials 2 citations
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Water Quality Modelling, Monitoring, and Mitigation

This special issue review examines advances in water quality modelling, monitoring, and mitigation approaches, noting that while models and indices have become central tools for water resource management, site-specific limitations and high uncertainty in predictions remain key challenges for reliably assessing freshwater body health.

2022 Applied Sciences 20 citations
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Microplastic Loads in Freshwater Lakes: Prioritized Regions and Management Strategies

Researchers compiled trawl-net survey data from freshwater lakes globally, applied redundancy analysis and structural equation modeling to identify key drivers of microplastic concentrations, and used machine learning to estimate loads in under-sampled regions, producing the first global prioritization framework for lake microplastic management.

2025
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Development of Novel Classification Algorithms for Detection of Floating Plastic Debris in Coastal Waterbodies Using Multispectral Sentinel-2 Remote Sensing Imagery

Researchers developed classification algorithms using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery to detect floating plastic debris in coastal waters near Cyprus and Greece. They tested both unsupervised and supervised methods and found that a semi-supervised fuzzy c-means approach achieved the highest accuracy for identifying plastics. The study demonstrates that remote sensing technology can be an effective tool for monitoring and mapping marine plastic pollution at scale.

2021 Remote Sensing 79 citations
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Machine learning approach for automated beach waste prediction and management system: A case study of Mumbai

Researchers developed a machine learning system to predict beach waste generation patterns in Mumbai, aiming to enable more effective and automated waste management for one of the world's most polluted coastal cities.

2023 Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 9 citations
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An Effective Machine Learning Scheme to Analyze and Predict the Concentration of Persistent Pollutants in the Great Lakes

Scientists applied multiple machine learning methods to predict concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the Great Lakes, finding that LSTM neural networks outperformed simpler models for these complex time-series patterns. Similar predictive modeling could track microplastic concentrations in large water bodies over time.

2021 IEEE Access 12 citations
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Integrated Analytical Approach: An Added Value in Environmental Diagnostics

Researchers demonstrated the value of an integrated multi-technique analytical approach for environmental diagnostics, showing through three marine case studies that combining multiple survey methods yields a more complete and accurate picture of anthropogenic environmental impacts than any single method alone.

2023 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2 citations