Olfat Abdelsaleheen

My thesis focus on the reproduction biology and the environmental threats to freshwater mussels. A greater biomass density of freshwater mussels has globally greater potential for enhancing water clarity, reductions in water pollutants and increasing aquatic biodiversity. Effect of pollutions such as polycyclic aromatic compounds and nanoscale-plastic toxicity on freshwater mussels in Finland is poorly documented. So, my research will help to predict the impact of pollution, nanoscale- plastic toxicity and global warming on Finnish freshwater mussels. This information can be applied also internationally and scaled up to larger systems. In general, my research will diminish the large gap in our knowledge on the biology of this globally ecologically and economically important taxa, which are in many areas declining at an alarming.