Comparison of microbial tests for the detection of heavy metal genotoxicity.

abstract：:Despite safety protocols, crude oil extraction and transportation in the Amazon basin has a potential for inadvertent oil spills, which can impact aquatic organisms in local rivers. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of crude oil on juvenile Amazonian fish tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum, at various ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kochhann D,de Azevedo Brust SM,Domingos FX,Val AL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic (As) is widely studied in several countries due to its toxicity to biota in the environment. Arsenic sources may be natural or anthropogenic, and the mobility of the element is ruled by physicochemical conditions that also define the dominant As species in the environment. Arsenic levels are evaluated in vario...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： de Souza ACM,de Almeida MG,Pestana IA,de Souza CMM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticoagulant rodenticides are widely used to control rodent infestations. Previous studies have shown that nontarget organisms, such as birds, are at risk for both primary and secondary poisoning. This paper presents rodenticide residue information on the livers from 164 strigiformes which included barn owls (Tyto al...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Albert CA,Wilson LK,Mineau P,Trudeau S,Elliott JE

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper (Cu)-containing compounds have been used in Florida as fungicides, herbicides, and soil amendments, resulting in elevated Cu in the aquatic ecosystem. The Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa), a key species in south Florida, may be adversely affected by Cu. Water-quality parameters, such as hardness, dissolve...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rogevich EC,Hoang TC,Rand GM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of mercury as Hg2Cl2 and HgCl2 on the antioxidant enzyme levels and its toxicity was investigated in an insect model comprised of adult females of the common housefly, Musca domestica, and fourth-instar larvae of the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni. HgCl2 was found to be more toxic than Hg2Cl2 to both ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zaman K,MacGill RS,Johnson JE,Ahmad S,Pardini RS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity tests were performed to assess the effect of tannery wastewater with different treatment levels on two wetland plants, Phragmites australis and Typha latifolia, which are frequently used in constructed wetlands (CWs) for water treatment, and thus deepen the knowledge on their capacity to withstand the applica...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Calheiros CS,Rangel AO,Castro PM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of insecticidal control programs for grasshoppers on the population density of birds were assessed under operational conditions in two rangeland sites in Wyoming during an outbreak (19 to 56 grasshoppers m(-2) on >1,500 ha). Malathion, carbaryl, and fipronil were evaluated using large-scale (>/=260 ha) red...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Norelius EE,Lockwood JA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) have become an ubiquitous upper soil component as a consequence of industrialization involving a multitude of combustion processes. Ingestion of PAH contaminated soil is considered to be a major exposure route, specifically for small children living on these soils. Health risk as...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： van Schooten FJ,Moonen EJ,van der Wal L,Levels P,Kleinjans JC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adverse effects of heavy metals (mostly Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Se) on the environment were appraised by comparing fluctuating asymmetry of dental characters (molars) in Algerian mice (Mus spretus) from polluted (Oeiras) and reference (Xévora) riparian areas, in central Portugal. The size of tooth traits was shown...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nunes AC,Auffray JC,Mathias ML

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique was used to determine pore water profile and to assess remobilization character of metals at sediment/water interface. The remobilization of Mn was due to redox reaction in profile, which engendered two large peaks: one with DGT concentration of 1355 µg L(-1) at depth ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wu Z,Jiao L,Wang S,Xu Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the efficacy and fate of most foliar-applied pesticides may be affected by weather variables, especially rain. A multiple-intensity rainfall simulator was used to determine the effects of rainfall intensity and amount on concentrations of carbaryl (Sevin(R) XLS Plus) washed from soybean plants. Two hours after ca...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Willis GH,Smith S,McDowell LL,Southwick LM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seawater, sediment, and mussels, potential toxicity of different matrices, and mussel anoxic survival from six sampling sites of the Gulf of Rijeka, the Adriatic Sea, Croatia was examined. The total concentrations of 10 PAHs vary from be...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bihari N,Fafandel M,Piskur V

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater macroinvertebrate communities were established within 12 artificial streams or "toroidal" mesocosms and exposed to three replicated concentrations of ammonia for 29 days at constant temperature (16 degrees C) and pH (median 8.4). The criterion units (CU = measured [ammonia]/US EPA 1985 chronic criterion val...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Hickey CW,Golding LA,Martin ML,Croker GF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agronomic practices followed in recent years have caused the agrarian sector to depend heavily on agri-chemicals such as herbicides, but herbicides have negative environmental consequences. Their usage has resulted in chemicals being introduced into the groundwater. Although the contaminants are in trace amounts, litt...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Biradar DP,Rayburn AL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During their formation, fish eggs receive a load of contaminants including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from their mother and then, after spawning, are exposed to pesticides present in water. This is the first study investigating the interaction between PCBs and organophosphorous pesticides in fish. The effect of ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Couillard CM,Lebeuf M,Légaré B,Trottier S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed to assess the levels of selected heavy metals and pesticides in soil and plant products from an agricultural area of Belgrade, Serbia and to indicate possible sources and risks of contamination. Soil, vegetable, and fruit samples from the most important agricultural city areas were collected from ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Marković M,Cupać S,Durović R,Milinović J,Kljajić P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, cadmium biosorption by Myriophyllum heterophyllum Michx. and Potamogeton crispus L. was investigated. Although both species were found to be capable of removing cadmium from water, the performance of P. crispus was the most significant. These species were treated with 0, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 mg L(-1) ca...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sivaci A,Elmas E,Gümüş F,Sivaci ER

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural edge-of-field runoff usually contaminates surface waters with particle-associated pesticides. However, the acute and chronic effects on the aquatic macroinvertebrate communities have rarely been addressed. Outdoor flow-through stream microcosms were exposed for 1 h in triplicate to approximately 3.1 g/L o...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Schulz R,Liess M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper, mercury, and zinc levels were determined in muscle and liver (N = 163) of seven fish species caught in coastal waters off Montevideo and Piriapolis (control site): Odontesthes spp., Mugil platanus, Micropogonias furnieri, Urophycis brasiliensis, Cynoscion guatucupa, Menticirrhus americanus, and Mustelus schmit...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Viana F,Huertas R,Danulat E

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calculated, acute oral LD50 of acephate and methamidophos to dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) was 106 mg/kg and 8 mg/kg, respectively. Brain cholinesterase (ChE) activity in birds that died after acephate poisoning was depressed 80% below that of control birds. Birds that died of acute methamidophos poisoning had...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zinkl JG,Roberts RB,Shea PJ,Lasmanis J

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Army is replacing traditional munitions with insensitive munitions (IM) resistant to accidental detonation. The aquatic toxicity of 1-methyl-3-nitroguanidine (MeNQ), which is being assessed for potential use in IM formulations, remains largely untested. The present study fills a number of critical data gaps for Me...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lotufo GR,Ballentine ML,May LR,Moores LC,Gust KA,Chappell P

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined possible adverse effects of heavy metals on microbial activity, biomass, and community composition using the simultaneously extracted metals (SEM)/acid-volatile sulfide (AVS)-based approach and measurements of exchangeable metal concentrations in three paddy soils (wastewater-contaminated soil, mine-contam...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kunito T,Toya H,Sumi H,Ishikawa Y,Toda H,Nagaoka K,Saeki K,Aikawa Y,Matsumoto S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polychaete Nereis virens occurs commonly in marine sediments, is widely distributed, and is a popular bait species, as well as a potential replacement for wild-caught fish in commercial fish feed preparations. It is being considered as a potential co-extractive species for culture in integrated multi-trophic aquac...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： McBriarty GJ,Kidd KA,Burridge LE

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish from western Lake Superior (1972-73) contained DDT and PCB residues at concentrations greater than o.1 ppm. The most predominant PCB's were those containing 3 to 6 chlorine atoms per molecule, and GLC data indicated that the mixtures were most like the commercial product Aroclor 1254(2). Other chlorinated contimi...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Veith GD,Kuehl DW,Puglisi FA,Glass GE,Eaton JG

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) was studied by using aquatic sediment and lake water under laboratory conditions. Most of the TCDD was found in the sediment from which it slowly disappeared. Evaporation may be a major mode of disappearance of TCDD in samples incubated 39 days or more, with metab...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ward CT,Matsumura F

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of embryo-larval bioassay with the purple sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis at 48 hours, and with neonates of the mysid Siriella armata at 96 hours, was used to evaluate the acute toxicities of the following preparations: (1) the shoreline cleaning agent CytoSol;...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rial D,Beiras R,Vázquez JA,Murado MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonially nesting aquatic birds can indicate site-specific contamination because they are high-level predators and dependent upon local resources during the breeding season. We compared persistent organochlorine concentrations in black-crowned night heron (Nvcticorax nvcticorax) eggs collected in 1992-93 among areas ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Matz AC,Parsons KC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free extracts of fungal mycelia of two non-aflatoxigenic isolates of Aspergillus parasiticus (SRRC 163 and SRRC 2043) were examined for enzyme activities involved in the latter stages of aflatoxin biosynthesis. Post-microsomal fractions (105 Kxg supernatant) of both SRRC 163 (ATTC 56774) and SRRC 2043 were able t...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bhatnagar D,Cleveland TE,Lax AR

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial decoupling of mercury (Hg) loading and observed Hg concentrations ([Hg]) in biotic and abiotic samples has been documented in aquatic systems. We studied two Colorado reservoirs to test whether shifts in prey for sport fish would lead to changes in [Hg] independent of external atmospheric Hg deposition. We com...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wolff BA,Johnson BM,Lepak JM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple factors can influence bioavailability, which can make predictions of toxicity in natural systems difficult. The current study examined the potential use of solid-phase microextraction fibers as a matrix-independent approach to predict the toxicity of permethrin to Daphnia magna across various water sources, i...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Harwood AD,Bunch AR,Flickinger DL,You J,Lydy MJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00