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Polycarbonate Plastics and Neurological Disorders: From Exposure to Preventive Interventions
Plastics are widely used substances that hold a crucial place in today’s economy around the world. Despite their low cost and innumerable...
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Worldwide Occurrence of Organotins from Antifouling Paints and Effects in the Aquatic Environment
Organotins belong to the most toxic pollutants for aquatic life known so far. Widespread contamination of harbors and areas with high ship**...
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Phenoxy Herbicides in Aquatic Ecosystems: Environmental Levels, Toxicological Effects, and Remediation Methods
Inappropriate storage and application practices may lead to the wide dispersal of phenoxy herbicides, including 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Mediterranean Sea
Information on levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the different biotic (e.g. bivalves, fish, marine mammals and sea birds) and abiotic...
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Chemical Monitoring of Organic Ecotoxicants in Aqueous Systems
Monitoring of organochlorine pesticides (OCP), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in surface waters,...
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Bioaccumulation surveillance in Milford Haven Waterway
Biomonitoring of contaminants (metals, organotins, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PCBs) was undertaken in Milford Haven Waterway (MHW) and a...
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Use of metallothioneins as biomarkers for environmental quality assessment in the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia)
Detection and assessment of the impact of pollution on biological resources imply increasing research on early-warning markers such as...
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Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defense enzymes in Clarias gariepinus as useful biomarkers for monitoring exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
The toxicological evaluations of crude oil, xylene, toluene and benzene were carried out against juvenile stages of Clarias gariepinus . On the basis...
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Oxidative stress in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and armored catfish (Pterygoplichthys anisitsi) exposed to diesel oil
Considering that diesel oil is one of the most common aquatic contaminants, we compare the oxidative stress between two species of fish with...
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Water quality evaluation of two interconnected dam lakes with field-captured and laboratory-acclimated fish,
Cyprinus carpio Karakaya and Sultansuyu Dam Lakes, located in the eastern part of Turkey, are important water sources, both for irrigation and fishery. The main goal...
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Chronic genetic damages in Geophagus brasiliensis exposed to anthropic impact in Estuarine Lakes at Santa Catarina Coast–Southern of Brazil
Biological monitoring through animals exposed to pollutants using biomarkers provides a promising tool for the identification of pollutants that may...
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Changing lichen diversity in and around urban settlements of Garhwal Himalayas due to increasing anthropogenic activities
Decrease in lichen diversity is an important biometric tool to assess the prevailing environmental condition in an area. An attempt has been made to...
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Freshwater shrimp (Palaemonetes australis) as a potential bioindicator of crustacean health
Palaemonetes australis is a euryhaline shrimp found in southwestern Australian estuaries. To determine if P. australis is a suitable bioindicator...
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Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) as a bioindicator of trace element pollution in Tunisian aquatic ecosystems
The Little Egret, Egretta garzetta , has breeding colonies in the island of Chikly (in the lake of Tunis) and in Thyna saltpans (in the gulf of...
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The burrowing crab Neohelice granulata as potential bioindicator of heavy metals in estuarine systems of the Atlantic coast of Argentina
This paper presents the concentrations of total copper, lead, cadmium, and zinc in hepatopancreas of the burrowing crab Neohelice granulata from the...
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Response of algal metrics to nutrients and physical factors and identification of nutrient thresholds in agricultural streams
Many streams within the United States are impaired due to nutrient enrichment, particularly in agricultural settings. The present study examines the...
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Groundwater stress and vulnerability in rural coastal aquifers under competing demands: a case study from Sri Lanka
Rural coastal aquifers are undergoing rapid changes due to increasing population, high water demand with expanding agricultural and domestic uses,...
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Selecting objectively defined reference sites for stream bioassessment programs
Our study develops and demonstrates an objective method for selecting reference sites for the assessment of ecological condition in freshwater...
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Multimarker approach analysis in common carp Cyprinus carpio sampled from three freshwater sites
The aim of this study is to assess the response of a multimarker approach in common carp Cyprinus carpio sampled from three Tunisian dam lakes...