A review of the effects of agricultural and industrial contamination on the Ebro delta biota and wildlife

S Mañosa, R Mateo, R Guitart - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2001 - Springer
Abstract The Ebro delta (NE Spain) is a 320 km 2 wetland area ofinternational importance
for conservation. The area is devotedto rice farming and receives large amounts of …

Antioxidant enzymes and peroxisome proliferation in relation to contaminant body burdens of PAHs and PCBs in bivalve molluscs, crabs and fish from the Urdaibai …

A Orbea, M Ortiz-Zarragoitia, M Solé, C Porte… - Aquatic toxicology, 2002 - Elsevier
With the aim of studying levels of antioxidant and peroxisomal enzymes and the structure of
peroxisomes in relation to body burdens of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and …

Organochlorine chemicals in seafood: occurrence and health concerns

AG Smith, SD Gangolli - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2002 - Elsevier
The cheap availability of chlorine gas, together with the development of industrial
chlorinating procedures in the 20th century, led to the production of a wide range of …

Investigation of anthropogenic and natural organic inputs in estuarine sediments using hydrocarbon markers (NAH, LAB, PAH)

I Bouloubassi, A Saliot - Oceanologica acta, 1993 - archimer.ifremer.fr
Surface sediments were collected in the Rhone delta, NW Mediterranean, at two seasons
and analyzed for composition of non-aromatic hydrocarbons (NAH), long-chain linear …

Organic micropollutants in coastal waters from NW Mediterranean Sea: sources distribution and potential risk

J Sánchez-Avila, R Tauler, S Lacorte - Environment International, 2012 - Elsevier
This study provides a first estimation on the sources, distribution and risk of organic
micropollutants (OMPs) in coastal waters from NW Mediterranean Sea. Polycyclic aromatic …

Bioaccumulation patterns of hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in bivalves, crustaceans, and fishes

C Porte, J Albaigés - Archives of Environmental Contamination and …, 1994 - Springer
Hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in tissues of marine
organisms (mussels, crabs, benthic, and pelagic fishes) from six sites along the Catalan …

Pesticides and PCBs in sediments and fish from the Salton Sea, California, USA

Y Sapozhnikova, O Bawardi, D Schlenk - Chemosphere, 2004 - Elsevier
The Salton Sea, the largest manmade lake in California, is officially designated by the State
of California as an agricultural drainage reservoir. The purpose of this study was to …

[PDF][PDF] Reproductive and developmental effects of PCBs in fish: a synthesis of laboratory and field studies

E Monosson - Reviews in Toxicology, 2000 - semspub.epa.gov
Polychloririated biphenyls disrupt reprrx'nction and development in fish in the laboratory.
However, the effects of PCBs on fish exposed in the field• t often unclear. In this …

Oxidative stress biomarkers in two resident species, mullet (Mugil cephalus) and flounder (Platichthys flesus), from a polluted site in River Douro Estuary, Portugal

M Ferreira, P Moradas-Ferreira, MA Reis-Henriques - Aquatic toxicology, 2005 - Elsevier
Exposure of marine animals to certain pollutants can enhance reactive oxygen species
(ROS) production with subsequent damage to macromolecules and alterations in oxidant …

Decadal assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesopelagic fishes from the Gulf of Mexico reveals exposure to oil-derived sources

IC Romero, T Sutton, B Carr… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
This study characterizes a decadal assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
in the muscle tissues of mesopelagic fish species as indicators of the environmental health …