Legacy and Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Tree Swallows Along an Agricultural to Industrial Gradient: Maumee River, Ohio.

abstract：:This study investigates reproductive impairment and biochemical changes in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) exposed for 39 d to varying concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) under microcosm conditions. While the concentrations tested in this study were much higher than those normally found in the environ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Oakes KD,Sibley PK,Solomon KR,Mabury SA,Van der Kraak GJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and chronic bioassays were used to evaluate the lethal and sublethal effects of copper chloride and tributyltin chloride on mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) embryos, a pelagic life stage often found in the surface microlayer where anthropogenic contaminants can accumulate. Acute bioassay testing determined the me...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Adema-Hannes R,Shenker J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is proposed for estimating metabolic biotransformation rate constants for nonionic organic chemicals from measured laboratory bioconcentration and dietary bioaccumulation data in fish. Data have been selected based on a quality review to reduce uncertainty in the measured values. A kinetic mass balance model ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Arnot JA,Mackay D,Bonnell M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific consensus model USEtox® has been developed since 2003 under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme-Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Life Cycle Initiative as a harmonized approach for characterizing human and freshwater toxicity in life cycle assessment and other compar...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Saouter E,Aschberger K,Fantke P,Hauschild MZ,Kienzler A,Paini A,Pant R,Radovnikovic A,Secchi M,Sala S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplastics are emerging threat contaminants that have been shown to provide toxic pollutants, either from the environment or from their inherent toxic monomers and additives, a pathway into the aquatic food web. In the present study, the occurrence, abundance, and composition of microplastic load in the surface wat...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Migwi FK,Ogunah JA,Kiratu JM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently toxicity data for iron (Fe) in seawater are limited; furthermore, these data are of poor quality as a result of the importance of Fe solubility in test solutions being overlooked. The present study characterized the solubility and lability of Fe(III) in seawater and then examined the effects of Fe(III) on th...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Leigh-Smith J,Reichelt-Brushett A,Rose AL

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the uptake of two organochlorine pesticides from slow-release pellets by largemouth bass and the utility of a blood plasma enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method for exposure verification. We measured blood and tissue levels by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and by a novel ELISA met...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Muller JK,Sepúlveda MS,Borgert CJ,Gross TS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bird eggs are used widely as noninvasive bioindicators for environmental mercury availability. Previous studies, however, have found varying relationships between laying sequence and egg mercury concentrations. Some studies have reported that the mercury concentration was higher in first-laid eggs or declined across t...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Ou L,Varian-Ramos CW,Cristol DA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) on the thyroid and steroid-metabolizing system in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr. Fish were exposed to waterborne DDE and thyroxine (T4), both singly and in combination, for 5 d. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSHbeta), ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Mortensen AS,Arukwe A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study was carried out to investigate direct and direct plus trophic contamination routes of the crayfish Astacus astacus by inorganic mercury (Hg(II)) or methylmercury (MeHg). Direct exposure was based on low contamination conditions, 300 and 30 ng/L in the dissolved phase, respectively, during 30 d at...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Simon O,Boudou A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Guideline 203, Fish Acute Toxicity Test, states that the test should be performed using at least five concentrations in a geometric series with a separation factor not exceeding 2.2, with at least seven fish per concentration. However, the efficiency of thi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Rufli H,Springer TA

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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：:Inorganic fluorides were declared toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act in 1993 based on their potential to cause long-term harmful effects in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, but information on the toxicity of sediment-associated fluoride to freshwater benthic organisms was considered incomplete. T...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Metcalfe-Smith JL,Holtze KE,Sirota GR,Reid JJ,de Solla SR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sea urchin sperm fertilization bioassay is an approved U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) biomonitoring tool for regulatory and compliance purposes. The method adapted for the Hawaiian species Tripneustes gratilla recommends a sperm-to-egg ratio of 2,500. Using a fixed ratio for all tests does not suf...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Vazquez LC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and herbicides are important contaminants of world water systems with effects on aquatic organisms. The uptake of naphthalene, anthracene, and chrysene by gills of the bivalve mollusk Elliptio complanata was determined. Additionally, the effects of paraquat, atrazine, alachlor, ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Birdsall K,Kukor JJ,Cheney MA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of chemicals as bioaccumulative in the regulatory process makes use of the bioconcentration factor as a metric. However, this metric does not account for the dietary uptake route and therefore cannot be applied to terrestrial food chains. In recent years, the biomagnification factor (BMF) and the trophi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Goss KU,Brown TN,Endo S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxic effects of many persistent organic pollutants (e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls or polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans) are mediated via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). Although polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives also activate AhR, their toxic effects remain to be fully el...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Sovadinová I,Bláha L,Janosek J,Hilscherová K,Giesy JP,Jones PD,Holoubek I

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major problem with risk assessment of chemicals is the extrapolation of laboratory single-species toxicity tests, which oversimplify the actual field situation by ignoring species interactions, to natural communities. The authors tested if the bioavailability-normalized 5% hazardous concentration (HC5) estimated fro...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Van de Perre D,Roessink I,Janssen CR,Smolders E,Van Regenmortel T,Van Wichelen J,Vyverman W,Van den Brink PJ,De Schamphelaere KA

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:Field-related influences on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure were evaluated by employing caged deposit-feeders, Neanthes arenaceodentata, along with polyoxymethylene (POM) samplers using parallel in situ and ex situ bioassays with homogenized untreated or activated carbon (AC) amended sediment. The AC amendment...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Janssen EM,Oen AM,Luoma SN,Luthy RG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological soil-screening levels (Eco-SSLs) were developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the purposes of setting conservative soil screening values that can be used to eliminate the need for further ecological assessment for specific analytes at a given site. Ecological soil-screenin...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Sample BE,Fairbrother A,Kaiser A,Law S,Adams B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baltic Sea is a heavily polluted area. To assess the current contaminant pressure on the common guillemot (Uria aalge) living there, whole-body extracts of guillemots from the Baltic Sea were prepared and subdivided over six fractions, which differed in composition due to lipophilicity and polarity of the contamin...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： de Roode DF,Gustavsson MB,Rantalainen AL,Klomp AV,Koeman JH,Bosveldt AT

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To find the connections between microcystins and the phytoplankton community, coupled with environmental factors, we investigated 2 cyanobacteria blooming lakes, Lake Taihu (at the center of the Yangtze River Delta, eastern China) and Lake Yanghe (near Qinhuangdao City, northern China). Two years of data, including wa...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Jia J,Chen Q,Wang M,Zhang J,Yi Q,Hu L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental factors, in particular temperature, have been shown to affect the toxicity of chemicals. In the present study the authors exposed the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to five concentrations of Cd (2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 mg Cd/L agar) at four constant temperatures (11, 15, 18, and 21°C) and monitored survival ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Nørhave NJ,Spurgeon D,Svendsen C,Cedergreen N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One target of development and application of TiO(2) nanoparticles (nano-TiO(2) ) is photochemical degradation of contaminants and photo-killing of microbes and fouling organisms. However, few ecotoxicological studies have focused on this aspect of nano-TiO(2) , specifically whether this photoreactivity might significa...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Ma H,Brennan A,Diamond SA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and ciprofloxacin on the catabolism of microbial communities was assessed. This was accomplished through an ex situ methodology designed to give a priori knowledge on the potential for nanoparticles, or other emerging contaminants, to affect the catabolic capabilities of microb...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Weber KP,Petersen EJ,Bissegger S,Koch I,Zhang J,Reimer KJ,Rehmann L,Slawson RM,Legge RL,O'Carroll DM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim to refine water analysis in fish bioconcentration studies, automated solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was used as an alternative approach to conventional solvent extraction (liquid-liquid extraction [LLE]) for the extraction of 3 hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs; log KOW 5.5-7.8) from flow-through st...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Böhm L,Düring RA,Bruckert HJ,Schlechtriem C

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcystis aeruginosa is a dominant cyanobacterium commonly found in Chinese freshwater ecosystems during phytoplankton blooms, and copper sulfate is one of the most frequently used algicides for controlling the nuisance blooms. In this study, we examined the effects of varied water chemistry (dissolved organic matte...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zeng J,Yang L,Wang WX

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential differences in species susceptibility to nanoparticle (NP) contaminants make the use of multispecies community toxicity testing strategies beneficial in understanding NP risk to aquatic environments. Because of the limited knowledge of zinc oxide (ZnO) NP fate and toxicity, we conducted multispecies exposure...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Wu F,Harper BJ,Harper SL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00