Advances in antiviral therapy have dramatically improved the therapeutic effects on HIV type
1 (HIV-1) infection. However, even with potent combined antiretroviral therapy, HIV-1 latently …

Marine clams Ruditapes philippinarum were exposed under laboratory conditions to
sediments sampled at five sites affected by wastewater effluents at the Bay of Cádiz (SW …

Recent research efforts in sediment and dredged material assessment research have
focused on the inclusion of sublethal endpoints (biomarkers) in acute and long-term …

This paper presents a harmonised framework of sediment quality assessment and dredging
material characterisation for estuaries and port zones of North and South Atlantic. This …

The biochemical response of Mediteranean Crab (Carcinus maenas) collected at five
stations of Monastir Bay and from Kuriat station as control was studied using a set of …

The acute effects of commercial formulation of chlorpyrifos-ethyl (Dursbanr®) and the
secondary treated industrial/urban effluent (STIUE) exposure on acetylcholinesterase …

Pisciculture by using composite effluent of Kolkata city is a common indigenous practice in
East Calcutta Wetlands (ECW), a Ramsar site in India. Apprehension over the …

The aim of the present work was to develop a new bioassay involving the presence of
phytochelatins (PCs), detoxifying intracellular metal-binding peptides, in microalgae as …

Sediment toxicity of different areas of Spanish littoral was evaluated using an internationally
recommended 10 day acute toxicity test with the amphipod Ampelisca brevicornis. Sediment …

If metallothionein concentrations in invertebrates are to be used as biomarkers for metal
contamination in the aquatic environment, it is imperative that the methods used for …