Water pollution is a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems. Various methods of monitoring,
such as in situ approaches, are currently available to assess its impact. In this paper we …

Steroid sex hormones play an important role in the sexual differentiation of fish. Thus, it is
not surprising that chemical contaminants with steroid-like activities were considered as …

ABSTRACT The Global Horizon Scanning Project (GHSP) is an innovative initiative that
aims to identify important global environmental quality research needs. Here we report 20 …

For the last 20 years, studies conducted in North America, Scandinavia, and New Zealand
have shown that pulp and paper mill effluents affect fish reproduction. Despite the level of …

We have studied the seasonal variability of four turbid river plumes along the central Chilean
coast using daily, high-resolution images of surface turbidity from MODIS (Moderate …

We carried out a caging field experiment to assess the potential effects of an untreated
sewage effluent on the health status of Prochilodus lineatus. We analyzed multiple …

Industrial wastewaters and urban discharges contain complex mixtures of chemicals
capable of impacting reproductive performance in freshwater fish, called endocrine …

In Chile, mediterranean climate conditions only occur in the Central Zone (ChMZ). Despite
its small area, this mediterranean climate region (med-region) has been recognised as a …

Wood extractives present in pulp and paper mill effluents may cause reproductive
disturbances in fish. A chronic-exposure toxicity experiment using immature rainbow trout …

Endocrine disruption (ED) effects due to pulp and paper mill effluents extracts involving
different industrial procedures and effluent treatments (nontreated, primary, and secondary …