Crustaceans are major constituents to aquatic ecosystems that provide a variety of
ecological and economic services. Individual crustacean species are adept at occupying …

The water flea Daphnia magna (Crustacea, Cladocera) is a cyclical parthenogen, which can
reproduce both by parthenogenesis and by sexual reproduction. With its ease of handling in …

Growing evidences revealed the deleterious impacts of microplastics (MPs) on marine
organisms. However, the effects of MPs on the movement behavior of marine crustacean is …

Nanomolar concentrations of steroid hormones such as 17β-estradiol can influence the
reproductive development and sex ratios of invertebrate and vertebrate populations. Thus …

Environmental stressors are assessed through methods that quantify their impacts on a wide
range of metrics including species density, growth rates, reproduction, behaviour and …

Among freshwater invertebrates, Gammarus fossarum is an important test organism and is
currently used in ecotoxicology for acute and chronic assays; nevertheless, reproductive …

Selecting an appropriate invertebrate assay has been a primary goal of national and
international testing programs for endocrine disrupting chemicals. The available information …

New and updated methods to detect and characterize endocrine disrupting chemicals
(EDCs) are urgently needed for the purpose of environmental risk assessment since these …

Highlights•Biomicrofluidics is a recent technology with great potential in aquatic
ecology.•Ostracoda have an enormous importance as bioindicators of environmental …

Abstract The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Test
Guidelines Programme is involved in the international harmonisation and validation of test …