1. Examining the impacts of anthropogenic pollution and environmental gradients to leaf litter decomposition and related biodiversity concerns.
2. Understanding the potential threats of new emerging pollutants like nanomaterials to aquatic food webs.
3. Estimating the diversity of aquatic fungi both by microscope-based conventional and DNA/RNA-based molecular techniques.
4. Evaluating the role of intraspecific microbes in leaf litter decomposition.