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Contamination Links Between Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems: The Neonicotinoid Case
Current rates of economic development are interrelated with an increase in environmental pollution. Among different contamination agents, modern insecticides such as neonicotinoids (NNIs) require precise atten...
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Ecotoxicological Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on Economically Important Terrestrial Insects
Pollution is among the major anthropogenically induced drivers of environmental change. Heavy metals, released from industry and transport, can contaminate aquatic and terrestrial environments, inducing furthe...
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Biomarkers of Ecotoxicological Effects in Social Insects
Complementing ecotoxicity testing, a biomarker approach is widely used in ecological risk assessment programs. Biomarkers provide information about early warning biological responses to one or several chemical...
