Heavy metal bioaccumulation in honey bee matrix, an indicator to assess the contamination level in terrestrial environments

E Goretti, M Pallottini, R Rossi, G La Porta, T Gardi… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The most significant risk factor for organisms living in an environment contaminated by
heavy metals is the metal bioavailability. Therefore, an efficient ecotoxicological approach to …

Exposure to anthropogenic chemicals in wild carnivores: a silent conservation threat demanding long-term surveillance

J Rodríguez-Estival, R Mateo - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Top predators are fundamental drivers in maintaining ecosystems and preserving
biodiversity. However, a number of species have experienced severe population declines …

Research trends and frontiers on source appointment of soil heavy metal: a scientometric review (2000–2020)

J Wang, Y Cai, J Yang, X Zhao - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, source appointment of soil heavy metal has attracted growing attention.
However, few studies have attempted to make a comprehensive and systematical review on …

Bioaccumulation and risk assessment of heavy metals in soil-crop systems in Liujiang karst area, Southwestern China

M Tang, G Lu, B Fan, W Xiang, Z Bao - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
Evaluating the bioaccumulation and health risk of heavy metals in soil-crop systems is
essential in Liujiang karst regions. In the current study, the single and comprehensive …

Reduction of heavy metals bioaccumulation in sorghum and its rhizosphere by heavy metals-tolerant bacterial consortium

HE Abou-Aly, AM Youssef, TA Tewfike… - Biocatalysis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A consortium of three heavy metals tolerant-plant growth promoting bacteria (HMT-
PGPB)(Bacillus cereus MG257494. 1, Alcaligenes faecalis MG966440. 1 and Alcaligenes …

Butterflies as bioindicators of metal contamination

M Pallottini, E Goretti, C Argenti, G La Porta… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Anthropogenic trace metal contamination has significantly increased and has caused many
hazardous consequences for the ecosystems and human health. The Terni basin valley …

Metal and metalloid concentrations in wild mammals from SW Europe: European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) and badger (Meles meles)

J García-Muñoz, NA Cacciola, F Plazzi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, there have been increasing ecological and global concerns associated to
Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs). Thus, the relevance of wild mammals as biomonitors has …

Fate of heavy metals in selective vegetable plants irrigated with primary treated sewage water at slightly alkaline medium

H Abdel-Shafy, MA El-Khateeb - Egyptian Journal of …, 2019 - ejchem.journals.ekb.eg
It is well known that pH is the controlling factor for solubility of metals, which is affected by
the “law of chemical solubility product constant”(ChSP). The present investigation focuses …

Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in farmland soils in Beijing by three improved risk assessment methods

R Chen, X Cai, G Ding, F Ren, Q Wang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Beijing, as the capital of China, still has soil pollution problems that cannot be ignored.
However, there are few studies on the overall ecological risks of heavy metals in farmland …

Use of Larval Morphological Deformities in Chironomus plumosus (Chironomidae: Diptera) as an Indicator of Freshwater Environmental Contamination (Lake …

E Goretti, M Pallottini, S Pagliarini, M Catasti… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The mentum deformity incidence in Chironomus plumosus larvae to assess the
environmental contamination level in Lake Trasimeno, Central Italy, was investigated. The …