The role of biomarkers in the assessment of aquatic ecosystem health

SE Hook, EP Gallagher… - Integrated environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ensuring the health of aquatic ecosystems and identifying species at risk from the
detrimental effects of environmental contaminants can be facilitated by integrating analytical …

Effect-based tools for monitoring and predicting the ecotoxicological effects of chemicals in the aquatic environment

RE Connon, J Geist, I Werner - Sensors, 2012 - mdpi.com
Ecotoxicology faces the challenge of assessing and predicting the effects of an increasing
number of chemical stressors on aquatic species and ecosystems. Herein we review …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarker for monitoring heavy metal pollution in aquatic environment: An overview toward molecular perspectives

MK Kadim, Y Risjani - Emerging Contaminants, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is a significant problem in almost all parts of the world. The complexity of
anthropogenic activities along the watershed seems to lead the river to function as a giant …

Environmental DNA methods for ecological monitoring and biodiversity assessment in estuaries

RP Nagarajan, M Bedwell, AE Holmes, T Sanches… - Estuaries and …, 2022 - Springer
Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection methods can complement traditional biomonitoring to
yield new ecological insights in aquatic systems. However, the conceptual and …

A framework for incorporating evolutionary genomics into biodiversity conservation and management

A Hoffmann, P Griffin, S Dillon, R Catullo… - Climate Change …, 2015 - Springer
Evolutionary adaptation drives biodiversity. So far, however, evolutionary thinking has had
limited impact on plans to counter the effects of climate change on biodiversity and …

The utility of transcriptomics in fish conservation

RE Connon, KM Jeffries… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
There is growing recognition of the need to understand the mechanisms underlying
organismal resilience (ie tolerance, acclimatization) to environmental change to support the …

Immune response genes and pathogen presence predict migration survival in wild salmon smolts

KM Jeffries, SG Hinch, MK Gale, TD Clark… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first data to link physiological responses and pathogen presence with
subsequent fate during migration of wild salmonid smolts. We tagged and non‐lethally …

20 Years of fish immunotoxicology–what we know and where we are

K Rehberger, I Werner, B Hitzfeld… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Despite frequent field observations of impaired immune response and increased disease
incidence in contaminant-exposed wildlife populations, immunotoxic effects are rarely …

An effective method for the rapid detection of microplastics in soil

Y Li, J Yao, P Nie, X Feng, J Liu - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic accumulation in the soil may have a negative impact on environmental security
and human health. The lack of standardized method to identify and quantify microplastics in …

Triclosan Impairs Swimming Behavior and Alters Expression of Excitation-Contraction Coupling Proteins in Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)

EB Fritsch, RE Connon, I Werner… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Triclosan (TCS), a high volume chemical widely used in consumer products, is a known
aquatic contaminant found in fish inhabiting polluted watersheds. Mammalian studies have …