Operational discharges of produced water and drill cuttings from offshore oil and gas
platforms are a continuous source of contaminants to continental shelf ecosystems. This …

Environmental regulatory edicts within the EU, such as the regulatory framework for
chemicals REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) …

Marine animals have been known to interact with and become entangled in plastic debris for
decades. Despite increasing annual input volumes of plastic waste to the natural …

中国湖泊污染形势严峻, 生态健康效应复杂, 亟需适合中国区域特点的水环境基准作为加强污染
控制, 治理和管理的理论依据, 但目前我国湖泊水环境基准的系统研究尚未开展 …

Sediments have a major role in ecosystem functioning but can also act as physical or
chemical stressors. Anthropogenic activities may change the chemical constituency of …

ABSTRACT A species sensitivity distribution (SSD) is a probability model of the variation of
species sensitivities to a stressor, in particular chemical exposure. The SSD approach has …

Various environmental indicators were used to evaluate the water and sediment quality of
the Netravathi-Gurupur estuary, India, for trace metals and pesticide pollution. The …

Pesticides can enter surface waters via different routes, among which runoff driven by
precipitation or irrigation is the most important in terms of peak concentrations. The exposure …

Communities of zooplankton can be adversely affected by contamination resulting from
human activities. Yet understanding the influence of water quality on zooplankton under field …

During the last decade, there have been substantial scientific advances in the development
of indices that measure the condition of biological ecosystem elements in coastal and …