Effects of Non-native Fish on Lacustrine Food Web Structure and Mercury Biomagnification along a Dissolved Organic Carbon Gradient.

abstract：:Myriophyllum spp. have been proposed as a new standard laboratory aquatic macrophyte test species for the registration of pesticides. The main objectives of this investigation were to determine the power of Myriophyllum sibiricum and Myriophyllum spicatum toxicity data derived from an outdoor microcosm bioassay, to ev...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hanson ML,Sanderson H,Solomon KR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) by toluene-degrading bacteria was measured under aerobic conditions in aqueous and soil-slurry batch microcosms. For soil-phase experiments, a freshly contaminated soil and a soil containing only the desorption-resistant fraction of TCE were tested. In both cases, presence of ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Lee S,Moe WM,Valsaraj KT,Pardue JH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amphipod Hyalella azteca is commonly used as a model for determining safe concentrations of contaminants in freshwaters. The authors sequenced the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene for representatives of 38 populations of this species complex from US and Canadian toxicology research laborator...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Major K,Soucek DJ,Giordano R,Wetzel MJ,Soto-Adames F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the physiological state of fungi and the response of their functional system to metals is not known, limiting the use of fungal enzymes as tools for assessing metal ecotoxicity in terrestrial ecosystems. The present study attempts to establish how the development phases modulate the secretion ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Lebrun JD,Trinsoutrot-Gattin I,Laval K,Mougin C

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to the implementation of any new technology, possible environmental and health repercussions first must be researched. Fullerenes are to be produced soon on an industrial scale, with applications quickly following. To investigate the possible environmental impact of fullerenes, a C60-water suspension (nano-C60) ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Lyon DY,Fortner JD,Sayes CM,Colvin VL,Hughe JB

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cache Slough complex is an area of tidal sloughs in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta of California (USA), and is surrounding by irrigated agricultural lands. Among the species of concern in the area is the delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), a federally listed threatened species. Releases of the organoph...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Weston DP,Asbell AM,Lesmeister SA,Teh SJ,Lydy MJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological risk assessments for chemical stressors are used to establish linkages between likely exposure concentrations and adverse effects to ecological receptors. At times, it is useful to conduct screening risk assessments to assist in prioritizing or ranking chemicals on the basis of potential hazard and exposure...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Russom CL,Breton RL,Walker JD,Bradbury SP

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity and uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by earthworms were measured in soil samples collected from manufactured-gas plant sites having a wide range in PAH concentrations (170-42,000 mg/kg) and soil characteristics. Samples varied from vegetated soils to pure lampblack soot and had total orga...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Kreitinger JP,Quiñones-Rivera A,Neuhauser EF,Alexander M,Hawthorne SB

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian mortality events are common following large-scale oil spills. However, the sublethal effects of oil on birds exposed to light external oiling are not clearly understood. We found that American oystercatchers (area of potential impact n = 42, reference n = 21), black skimmers (area of potential impact n = 121, re...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Fallon JA,Smith EP,Schoch N,Paruk JD,Adams EA,Evers DC,Jodice PGR,Perkins C,Schulte S,Hopkins WA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loewe's additivity (concentration addition) is a well-known model for predicting the toxic effects of chemical mixtures under the additivity assumption of toxicity. However, from the perspective of chemical risk assessment and/or management, it is important to identify chemicals whose toxicities are additive when pres...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Takeshita J,Seki M,Kamo M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) petroleum crude oil was used to generate NIST water-accommodated hydrocarbon fractions (WAFs) for standardized assessment of crude oil effects on the copepod Amphiascus tenuiremis. Effects were assessed using a 96-well microplate, full life-cycle test. Bri...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bejarano AC,Chandler GT,He L,Cary TL,Ferry JL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microbial consortium that degrades ethyl-tert-butyl ether (ETBE) as the sole source of carbon and energy under aerobic conditions was selected from a gasoline-polluted soil. This consortium consists of a variety of microorganisms with a predominance of filamentous morphology. Degradation of ETBE was found to be sole...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Kharoune M,Kharoune L,Lebault JM,Pauss A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc sulfide clusters were synthesized and characterized at low micromolar concentrations to assess the effect of metal-sulfide ligands on metal toxicity to aquatic organisms in oxic environments. Recommended preparation times are greater than 2 h initial reaction of equimolar sodium sulfide and zinc nitrate, followed...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bowles LC,Bell RA,Ernste MJ,Kramer JR,Manolopoulos H,Ogden N

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased temperature and other environmental effects of global climate change (GCC) have documented impacts on many species (e.g., polar bears, amphibians, coral reefs) as well as on ecosystem processes and species interactions (e.g., the timing of predator-prey interactions). A challenge for ecotoxicologists is to p...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Moe SJ,De Schamphelaere K,Clements WH,Sorensen MT,Van den Brink PJ,Liess M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of dietary methylmercury (MeHg) on immune system development in captive-reared nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius) to determine whether T cell-mediated and antibody-mediated adaptive immunity are targets for MeHg toxicity at environmentally relevant concentrations. Nestlings ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Fallacara DM,Halbrook RS,French JB

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil tests have been widely developed to predict trace metal uptake by plants. The prediction of metal toxicity, however, has rarely been tested. The present study was set up to compare 8 established soil tests for diagnosing phytotoxicity in contaminated soils. Nine soils contaminated with Zn or Cu by metal mining, s...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hamels F,Malevé J,Sonnet P,Kleja DB,Smolders E

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Athabasca River basin, located in Alberta, Canada, covers 157, 000 km(2) and holds significant cultural and economic importance. Recent research assessed changes in several water quality and quantity parameters that have changed both spatially (along the river continuum) and temporally (pre-development and present...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Squires AJ,Dubé MG,Rozon-Ramilo LD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and accumulation of persistent contaminants at high latitudes from long-range transport is an important environmental issue. Atmospheric transport has been identified as the source of pollutants in several arctic ecosystems and has the potential to severely impact high-latitude populations. Elevated level...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Rocque DA,Winker K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic sea salts are often used to adjust the salinity of effluent, ambient, and laboratory water samples to perform toxicity tests with marine and estuarine species. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) provides guidance on salinity adjustment in its saltwater test guidelines. The U.S. EPA suggests ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Arnold WR,Cotsifas JS,Winter AR,Klinck JS,Smith DS,Playle RC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We raised embryos and tadpoles of green frogs (Rana clamitans melanota) and leopard frogs (R. pipiens) in situ along a contamination gradient in the Fox River/Green Bay ecosystem (WI, USA). Differences in exposure were reflected by significant positive regressions between concentrations in sediment and in frogs of pol...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Karasov WH,Jung RE,Langenberg SV,Bergeson TL

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lanthanide emissions to the environment increase as a result of the growing industrial applications of these elements. However, robust data to evaluate the environmental fate of lanthanides are scarce. This article describes the accumulation and elimination of lanthanum (La) by common duckweed (Lemna minor L.). Specia...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Weltje L,Brouwer AH,Verburg TG,Wolterbeek HT,de Goeij JJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wetlands are important habitats and spawning grounds to a diverse wildlife population and are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects of endocrine disruptors. Many pesticides possess hormonal activity and have thus been classified as endocrine disruptors. A new analytical method based on ultrasonic-assisted extract...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Xue N,Li F,Hou H,Li B

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metals, such as Fe, Zn, and Cd, are major pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. These toxicants usually are present in these ecosystems in the form of mixtures, and their effect on exposed organisms is the result of interactions occurring between the metals as well as with other pollutants and environmental factors....

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Grajeda y Ortega Mde L,López EL,Perotzi LF,Garduño-Siciliano L,Martínez MG

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new short life-cycle test methodology is presented to evaluate sublethal effects of contaminated sediments to the harpacticoid copepod species Nitocra spinipes. The method combines a 4-d survival-gravidity test with a 7-d development test. For water-only Cu exposures, the sensitivity of the development test endpoint...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Perez-Landa V,Simpson SL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymer adsorbent Tenax has been widely employed for studying desorption of organic contaminants in soils and sediments and for correlating physical availability with bioavailability. Although Tenax has been invoked to act as an infinite sink that completely and instantaneously removes solutes from the aqueous pha...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zhao D,Pignatello JJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight propylene glycol substances, ranging from 1,2-propanediol to a poly(propylene glycol) (PPG) having number-average molecular weight (M(n)) of 2,700 (i.e., PPG 2700), were evaluated in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ready- and seawater biodegradability tests. Uniformity in test pa...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： West RJ,Davis JW,Pottenger LH,Banton MI,Graham C

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An urgent need exists to identify suitable tropical marine species for use in the development of sensitive and reliable test methods for routine laboratory ecotoxicological testing. Corals are a group of organisms not represented in routine ecotoxicology due to inherent difficulties in laboratory husbandry, and sea an...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Howe PL,Reichelt-Brushett AJ,Clark MW

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in gastropods from the Lagoon of Venice, Italy. The visceral coil and the rest of the soft body of organisms (Hexaplex trunculus) sampled at two stations inside the lagoon and three ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Maran C,Centanni E,Pellizzato F,Pavoni B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) has resulted in the widespread occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater, drinking water, soils, sediments, and receiving waters throughout the United States and other countries. We present the research and development efforts to date by the Str...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Leeson A,Thompson T,Stroo HF,Anderson RH,Speicher J,Mills MA,Willey J,Coyle C,Ghosh R,Lebrón C,Patton C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continental population of scaup has declined over the last three decades to levels that remain well below conservation goals. One proposed hypothesis for this decline is that increasing exposure to contaminants has led to decreased fitness in scaup, and selenium (Se) has been identified as a contaminant of concern...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： DeVink JM,Clark RG,Slattery SM,Scheuhammer TM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00