Chapter 10The study of algae has been conducted throughout the ages recreating multiple times
scientific research with the latest technology and development that renders the results
more efficient and reliable. In the Maltese scenario certain advances have not been backed
up with the local situation and therefore they lack the real counterpart issue of what
in reality we can observe. The Maltese Islands have undergone several infrastructural
changes, which in some cases altered the natural setting. The arena of algae in relation to
the anthropogenic disturbance being imposed on them has not been scrutinised in depth.
Th is study aims to focus on such field in order to have real life analyses of the environment
that surrounds us. In order to homogenise an array of features, biotic and abiotic factors
have been emphasised on. Chemical tests are part of the lab analysis that consume most of
the time since the water samples are very critical to the study. Th e time span required for
the data collection and tests to be carried out is one of the issues for such data to create a
determinative pattern.peer-reviewe
