Metallothionein (MT) concentrations in the whole soft tissue or in a particular tissue of
bivalves have widely been used in ecotoxicological studies and biomonitoring programmes …

Natural habitats are rapidly declining due to urbanisation, with a concomitant decline in
biodiversity in highly urbanised areas. Yet thousands of different species have colonised …

Freshwater mussels are frequently found in rivers receiving effluent from wastewater
treatment plants (WWTP), and there is strong evidence that poor water quality is deleterious …

Beach and coastal dune systems are increasingly subjected to a broad range of
anthropogenic pressures that on many shorelines require significant conservation and …

Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including pharmaceuticals, personal care
products and estrogens, are detected in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharges …

Benthic bioaccumulation of hazardous materials has been a great challenge to the health of
lake ecosystems. As representative benthic macroinvertebrates, freshwater mussels and …

The main goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of acute exposure to copper
(Cu) using a Neotropical freshwater fish as sentinel species through multi biomarkers …

Ecotoxicological tools have proved to be sensitive and appropriate for the evaluation of the
effectiveness of treatments used in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). The objective of …

The Athabasca oil sands deposit is the world's largest known reservoir of crude bitumen and
the third-largest proven crude oil reserve. Mining activity is known to release contaminants …

The substantial increase in urbanization worldwide has resulted in higher emissions of
wastewater to riverine systems near urban centers, which often impairs aquatic populations …