Control strategies and routine biomonitoring programs are commonly performed worldwide
using sentinel marine invertebrates, such as mussels of the genus Mytilus, for assessing the …

Landfilling is the most common solid waste management practice. However, there exist a
potential environmental risk to the surface and ground waters due to the possible leaching of …

The paper outlines a 2-tier approach for wide-scale biomonitoring programmes. To obtain a
high level of standardization, we suggest the use of caged organisms (mussels or fish). An …

Aquatic pollutants produce multiple consequences at organism, population, community and
ecosystem level, affecting organ function, reproductive status, population size, species …

Environmental impacts by both natural events and man-made interventions are a fact of life;
and developing the capacity to minimise these impacts and their harmful consequences for …

The potential prognostic use of lysosomal reactions to environmental pollutants is explored
in relation to predicting animal health in marine mussels, based on diagnostic biomarker …

Due to the increasing production of nanoparticles (NPs) and their potential release in the
aquatic environment, evaluation of their biological impact on aquatic organisms represents a …

Microplastics (MPs)'ingestion has been demonstrated in several aquatic organisms. This
process may facilitate the hydrophobic waterborne pollutants or chemical additives transfer …

Pharmaceuticals represent a diverse collection of thousands of bioactive chemicals used in
human and veterinary medicine. The increased consumption, together with the recent …

Pollution of the aquatic environment is an ever-growing problem, as waters are the ultimate
sink for the large number of xenobiotics from multiple sources. DNA damaging agents have …