The blue mussel (Mytilus spp.) is widely used as a bioindicator for monitoring of coastal
water pollution (mussel watch programs). Herein we provide a review of this study field with …

Environmental proteomics, the study of changes in the abundance of proteins and their post-
translational modifications, has become a powerful tool for generating hypotheses regarding …

Over the last forty years global aquaculture presented a growth rate of 6.9% per annum with
an amazing production of 52.5 million tonnes in 2008, and a contribution of 43% of aquatic …

Anthropogenic pollutants are found worldwide. Their fate and effects on human and
ecosystem health must be appropriately monitored. Today, ecotoxicology is focused on the …

Background New methods are needed for research into non-model organisms, to monitor
the effects of toxic disruption at both the molecular and functional organism level. We …

Bivalves and especially mussels are very good indicators of marine and estuarine pollution,
and so they have been widely used in biomonitoring programs all around the world …

Biomonitoring of aquatic environment and assessment of ecosystem health play essential
roles in the development of effective strategies for the protection of the environment, human …

New regulations, in particular the new European chemicals legislation (REACH), will
increase the demands on environmental risk assessment (ERA). The requirements on …

The growing interest in the application of proteomic technologies to solve toxicology issues
and its relevance in ecotoxicology research has resulted in the emergence of …

Ecotoxicology describes a three‐way relationship between ecosystems, chemical pollutants
and living organisms. It is predicated on the fact that chemical pollution can exert toxic …