It is clear that the climate is changing and ecosystems are becoming severely degraded.
Humans must mitigate the causes of, and adapt to, climate change and the loss of …

The degradation of water resources available for human consumption is increasing with the
continuous release of chemicals into aquatic environments and their inefficient removal in …

Abstract The Doce River Basin (DRB) represents a well-described watershed in terms of
contamination by metals, especially after a major environmental disaster of a mining tailing …

Worldwide water quality has declined progressively due to continuous pollution of aquatic
resources by agrochemicals in particular heavy metals. Fish genotoxicity biomarkers are …

The adverse effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on aquatic wildlife and
human health represent a current issue of high public concern. Even so, they are still poorly …

Azoxystrobin (AZX) is a broad-spectrum systemic fungicide massively used worldwide. Its
mode of action consists in the inhibition of mitochondrial respiration decreasing the …

The objectives of this study were (i) to evaluate the quality of the Ouro River, a tropical
Brazilian river, assessing the concentration of the metals in surface waters, sediments, and …

The wastewater contamination of urban rivers is a concern for biodiversity and a
consequence from poor urban conservation policies. In the current study, the impact of …

Abstract The Iguaçu River, located at the Southern part of Brazil, has a great socioeconomic
and environmental importance due to its high endemic fish fauna and its potential to …

The recent increase of freshwater eutrophication has favored cyanobacteria blooms and
consequently the increase of toxins such as microcystin-LR in aquatic environments, but few …