Bioremediation: Role of zooplankton in urban waters

Abstract

The various everyday developments of our urban society have led to the improvement of industries and agricultural growth causing the mismanagement of wastewaters coming out from these industries. This wastewater exerts many faceted pollution issues leading to the biomagnification and thus affecting human population. Bioremediation is one of the most effective methods of removing hazardous impurities from wastewater. Due to their role as bio indicators in showing the status of any environment, zooplankton have been used to remove the effects of hazardous pollutants from wastewater and thus aid in bioremediation for a while. Zooplankton and other microbes act to remove or reduce pollutants through biological degradation of pollutants into nontoxic substances. Several parameters decide the correct method of bioremediation among in situ or ex situ methods. Processes like bio stimulation, bioaugmentation, bioventing, bio piles and bio attenuation are required to develop a complete bioremediation process.