Effects of hypoxia and sedimentary naphthalene on the activity of N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase in the epidermis of the brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus.

abstract：:We used a comparative approach to investigate the effects of a copper-based pesticide (EarthTec® QZ) on embryos of an invasive snail (Bithynia tentaculata) and a native snail (Physa gyrina). Embryos were exposed to one of three treatments: control (0 mg/L Cu2+), low-dose (0.1 mg/L Cu2+), or high-dose (0.6 mg/L Cu2+), ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Carmosini N,Gillis R,Ismail A,Sandland GJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal contamination in Chennai city was evaluated using a heavy metal pollution index (HPI) model in conjunction with the spatial distribution maps. Metals such as Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in the groundwater were determined using standard methods and the resultant data was utilized in the development of a HPI model...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sajil Kumar PJ,Davis Delson P,Thomas Babu P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of 12 metal(oid)s were investigated in the bloom-forming cyanobacteria and ambient water samples collected monthly between March 2009 and February 2010 at the Nanquan coast of Taihu Lake, China. The metal(oid) concentrations in ambient water decreased in the order Fe > Zn > Ni ≈ As ≈ Cu > Mn > Ag > Cr >...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Su Y,Liu H,Yang J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate statistical techniques were employed on twelve leaf traits in four selected common tree species (Mangifera indica L., Polyalthia longifolia Sonn., Ficus benghalensis L. and Psidium guajava L.) to evaluate their responses with respect to major air pollutants in an urban area. Discriminant analysis (DA) ide...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mukherjee A,Agrawal M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to assess the sulphate [Formula: see text] and iron (Fe) contamination and seasonal variations in the water resources (groundwater, surface water, and mine water) of the West Bokaro coalfield region, India. One hundred and twenty-four water resources samples were collected from the coa...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Tiwari AK,De Maio M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the concentration of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sandstorm depositions in Beijing, China. The PAH concentrations in 13 samples collected in Beijing ranged from 0.18 to 3.52 microg g(-1). Analysis of the sources of contamination revealed that the PAHs were derived...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Fu S,Li K,Xia XJ,Xu XB

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of phenolic compounds, i.e., o-cresol, m-cresol, and p-cresol from aqueous solution have been evaluated employing activated carbon (AC) coated with polymer supported iron nanoparticles (FeNPs). The synthesized FeNPs were characterized by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis. High cor...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sen BK,Deshmukh DK,Deb MK,Verma D,Pal J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalate diesters are used in personal care products, plastics, and pesticides, resulting in widespread human and wildlife exposure. Phthalate diesters leach out of these products and ultimately enter biological systems where they are quickly metabolized to phthalate monoesters and glucuronides. As such, phthalate mo...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bartsch PW,Edwards TM,Brock JW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyethylene tanks are commonly used by pest management professionals to mix and apply termiticides. These termiticides are susceptible to rapid photolysis and the ability of application tanks to filter sunlight has been questioned. We investigated the stability of imidacloprid (Premise 75) in aqueous solutions stored...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Spomer NA,Husen TJ,Kamble ST

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplastics (MP) are ubiquitous in the marine environment and have been shown to alter the behaviour of some species due to potential neurotoxic effect. However, very little is known on the effect of this stressor on behavioural responses of early and more vulnerable life stages. This study explores the effects of p...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Jacob H,Gilson A,Lanctôt C,Besson M,Metian M,Lecchini D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to detect, isolate and characterize tensioactive agents with or without emulsifying activity from marine bacterial strains present in seawater and sediment samples from the Venezuelan Atlantic Front. Biosurfactants found in cell-free supernatants from all cultures presented high surface activity as the...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bozo-Hurtado L,Rocha CA,Malavé R,Suárez P

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the spatial distribution of total mercury (THg) and total arsenic (TAs) in water, soil and cassava (Manihot esculenta) (leaves and roots) samples taken from areas in Rwamagasa village in northwestern Tanzania where daily living activities occur in close proximity to extensive artisanal and small sc...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nyanza EC,Dewey D,Thomas DS,Davey M,Ngallaba SE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A green, sensitive and accurate dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) method was used to preconcentrate four selected pesticides in dam lake water samples for determination by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Conditions of the DLLME method were comprehensively investigated and optimized accordi...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bodur S,Borahan T,Ates N,Bakırdere S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiresidue method was developed and optimized for the quantification of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in milk, egg and meat samples. Sample extraction was performed by adopting QuEChERS principle and the extracts were cleaned-up dispersive solid-phase extraction with primary secondary amine after salting out wi...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Selvi C,Paramasivam M,Rajathi DS,Chandrasekaran S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of edible parts of three dietary vegetables, Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.), Radish (Raphanus sativus L.), and Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) by air-borne cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and lead (Pb) was determined using pot culture experiments at three sites in the city o...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Pandey J,Pandey R,Shubhashish K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were analyzed in muscle, liver and gills of masu salmon caught in northern Japan. Liver is known to be a major pool site for POPs but there is not much information regarding accumulation of POPs in gills. The salmon were caught at the end of the feeding migration, and...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Oka M,Arai T,Shibata Y,Miyazaki N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of LC(50) and a sublethal concentration of lead nitrate on the activities of alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, lipase and urease in the kidneys and ovaries of a teleost fish, Channa punctatus has been examined after 96 hr and 30 days respectively. The results show that all the f...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sastry KV,Agrawal MK

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential of wastewater treatment in car industry and groundwater contamination by volatile organic compounds include perchloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethylene (TCE) and dichloromethane (DCM) near car industry was conducted in this study. Samples were collected in September through December 2011 from automobile indus...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kargar M,Nadafi K,Nabizadeh R,Nasseri S,Mesdaghinia A,Mahvi AH,Alimohammadi M,Nazmara S,Rastkari N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to ascertain the efficacy of immobilized yeasts for the degradation of pyrene in soil. Pyrene degradation by individual yeasts and their mixtures was clearly enhanced when the yeasts were immobilized with chemical and physical entrapments, and cross-shaped beads from physical entrapment we...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wang X,Gong Z,Li P,Zhang L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial baby food was roughly classified into six food groups, including vegetable, fruit, fish, meat, dairy product, and cookie. Dioxin levels in commercial baby food were determined, and dioxin intake in infants was assessed on the basis of the proposed original model food groups. The total daily dioxin intake wa...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Saito K,Ohmura A,Takekuma M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissipation of pyraclostrobin, a strobilurin fungicide, in soil was found to be influenced by soil moisture, organic matter content and microbial population. Among the different moisture regimes, dissipation was faster under submerged condition (T1/2 10 days) followed by field capacity (T1/2 28.7 days) and in dry ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Reddy SN,Gupta S,Gajbhiye VT

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avoidance tests with collembolans provide a quick assessment of soil quality. However, some parameters of the procedure can be modified in order to increase its performance. In this study we assessed the tendency of Folsomia candida to avoid soils contaminated with boric acid [350-700-1400-2800-5600 mg/kg soil dry wei...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bori J,Riva MC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to solve environmental problems resulting from ammonia released into the atmosphere, the emission of ammonia contamination from monosodium glutamate (MSG) production was quantitatively observed, and the relationships with relevant influencing factors (ammonium-N, nitrate/nitrite-N and pH) were statistically a...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Liu R,Zhou Q

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brinjal fruits were sprayed with recommended dose (0.001%) of cypermethrin. Effects of processing viz. washing, cooking in water, cooking in oil, microwave cooking, and grilling was studied to dislodge cypermethrin residues on brinjal. Cypermethrin residues remaining in the control and processed samples were analyzed ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Walia S,Boora P,Kumari B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitous distribution, fast growth rate and manifold relevance has credited algae a potential bioresource in current state of affairs of environmental degradation. In the present study, green alga Chlorococcum sp. has been collected from waste water, isolated and cultured to assess their accumulation and toxicity re...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Upadhyay AK,Singh L,Singh R,Singh DP,Saxena G

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid multiresidue method was developed for the determination of 20 pesticides in Radix paeoniae Alba of Chinese herb by ultrasonic wave extraction, silica gel column chromatography and gas chromatography (GC) with electron-capture detection (ECD) in this study, Mean recoveries of the method ranged from 74.45 to 115...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Qian G,Rimao H,Feng T,Xiangwei W,Xuede L,Haiqun C,Yanhong S,Jun T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil mercury concentrations at a typical small-scale mine site in the Bolivian Andes were elevated (28-737 mg/kg or ppm) in localized areas where mercury amalgams were either formed or vaporized to release gold, but was not detectable beyond approximately 10 m from its sources. Arsenic was measurable, exceeding known ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Johnson GD,Pavilonis B,Caravanos J,Grassman J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), an anionic surfactant, has been used extensively due to its low cost and excellent foaming properties. Fifteen different bacterial isolates capable of degrading SDS were isolated from detergent contaminated soil by enrichment culture technique and the degradation efficiency was assessed ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Yeldho D,Rebello S,Jisha MS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for developing water quality standards allow U.S. states to exclude toxicity data for the family Salmonidae (trout and salmon) when deriving guidelines for warm-water habitats. This practice reflects the belief that standards based on salmonid data may be overprotective of toxic effects on other fish taxa. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Besser JM,Dorman R,Ivey CD,Cleveland D,Steevens JA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth study and hydrocarbonoclastic potential of microorganisms isolated from aviation fuel spill sites at Inua-eyet Ikot in Ibeno, Nigeria were examined using standard microbiological methods. The results of the analysis revealed that the viable plate count of microorganisms in the polluted soil ranged from 2.2 ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Etuk CU,John RC,Ekong UE,Akpan MM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00