<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/461/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--27-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Algal Bloom in Aquatic Ecosystems-an Overview</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff004'><sup>4</sup><instname>Islamic Azad University</instname>,<deptname>Department of Environmental Science</deptname>, <instaddress>Faculty of Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch</instaddress>, <instcity>Tehran</instcity>, <instcountry>Iran</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2014-04-30</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.9.1.15</doi><volume>Volume 9</volume><issue>Volume 9</issue><page>105-108</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&quot;&gt;Algae play an important role in all aquatic ecosystems by providing all living organisms of water bodies with preliminary nutrients and energy required. However, abnormal and excessive algal growth so-called algal bloom would be detrimental as much. Given the importance of algae in aquatic environment as well as their sensitivity to environmental changes, algal measurements are of key components of water quality monitoring programs.&amp;nbsp; The algal blooms could include a variety of adverse impacts on environmental, social, cultural and economic environments. The present study is an overview on the algal growth, its mechanisms and mitigating strategies in aquatic ecosystems whereas in spite of the growing knowledge of human being of ecological, physiological, and functional conditions of eutrophication, a systematic understanding of algal blooms is still lacking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Algal Bloom</kwd><kwd> Phytoplankton</kwd><kwd> Aquatic Ecosystems</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>