In recent years, various environmental issues have aroused a concern on the pollution of
pesticides in rivers and in their various intercompartments. Multiple residues of pesticides …

Concentrations of four perfluorinated contaminants, including perfluorooctanesulfonate
(PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), were measured in liver tissue from 80 adult …

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most challenging issues in public health. Antibiotics have
been increasingly used not only for humans and animals but also for crop protection as …

The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is arguably the most important threat to human
and animal health. The impacts of antimicrobial use can reach far from the site of …

Persistent contaminants are ubiquitous in the environment, often present at concentrations
that may jeopardize reproductive fitness only after long periods of exposure. As the duration …

ABSTRACT 1 During the past 15–20 years, sea otters Enhydra lutris in the Aleutian Islands,
Alaska, USA, experienced a drastic decrease in population size. It has been hypothesized …

The southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) is listed as “threatened” under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) and is a “keystone species,” strongly influencing the …

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a condition associated with white fungal growth on ears,
wings, and nose of hibernating bats; this condition has recently resulted in high bat mortality …

Concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in livers of
81 adult female sea otters collected along the California coast in 1992–2002 …

In this study, tissues of the Eurasian otter (Lutralutra) from a naturally expanding population
along upper Loire River (France) catchment were used for contaminants analyses. nine …