Harbors are critical environments with strategic economic importance but with potential
environmental impact: health assessment criteria are a key issue. An ecosystem health …

When consuming bivalves, special concern should be taken to the total element burden. In
order to assess this issue the present study aimed to measure the element levels in the …

Recent studies have reported an unusually high frequency of nonamplifying alleles at
microsatellite loci in bivalves. Null alleles have been associated with heterozygous deficits …

The peer-reviewed literature on the health and ecological effects of lead (Pb) indicates
common effects and underlying modes of action across multiple organisms for several …

Metal pollutants in marine systems are broadly acknowledged as deleterious: however, very
little data exist for tropical scleractinian corals. We address this gap by investigating how life …

The composition of near shore marine environments is increasingly being altered by
contaminants from human activities. The ability of lead, which has no known biological …

This study described the behavior of Pb and its isotopes in forest soils affected by different
temperature wildfires. We collected samples of burned (and unburned) soil and ash in Abiul …

The present work integrates the active biomonitoring (ABM) concept in mussels Mytilus
galloprovincialis from the South coast of Portugal transplanted during 28 days between two …

The input of anthropogenic contaminants to the aquatic environment is a major concern for
scientists, regulators and the public. This is especially relevant in areas such as the Tamar …

Lead entering aquatic ecosystems adsorbs to sediments and has the potential to cause
adverse effects on the health of benthic organisms. To evaluate the freshwater bivalve …