The high biodiversity of fish in the Neotropical region contrasts with scarce or biased studies
on the mechanisms involved in the sex determination in members of this fauna. In this …

In aquatic toxicology, perhaps no pharmaceutical has been investigated more intensely than
17alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2), the active ingredient of the birth control pill. At the turn of the …

Natural and synthetic steroid hormones, excreted by humans and farmed animals, have
been considered as important sources of environmental endocrine disruptors. A suite of …

The increase of cultivated areas together with the intensive use of pesticides have greatly
contributed to impair the quality of aquatic systems along different areas of South America …

Abstract Benzophenone-3 (BP-3) often used as a UV filter in various products and an
endocrine disruptor. In this work, we exposed the clown anemonefish to 10 μg/L and 50 μg/L …

The impact of pharmaceuticals on marine invertebrates has been a topic of rising concern,
with an increasing number of studies regarding the impacts on bivalves. However, very few …

Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, exist in almost all waters. In the present study,
we expose adult male Gobiocypris rarus rare minnow to 15 μg/L BPA to study the effect BPA …

The primary reason for conducting ecotoxicology research is to obtain information that can
be used by regulators to protect the environment from the many chemicals accidentally or …

Anesthetics are commonly used in fish for surgery and to facilitate capture, handling and
transport in aquaculture and experimental procedures. In research, the selection of the …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) including 17β-estradiol (E2) are widely distributed in
the aquatic environment and are known to negatively affect the reproductive system of many …