Bioaccumulation and maternal transfer of mercury and selenium in amphibians.

abstract：:As part of the University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study, soil samples were collected from 766 residential properties near the Tittabawassee River between Midland and Saginaw; near the Dow Chemical Facility in Midland; and, for comparison, in the other areas of Midland and Saginaw Counties and in Jackson and Calhou...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Towey TP,Chang SC,Demond A,Wright D,Barabás N,Franzblau A,Garabrant DH,Gillespie BW,Lepkowski J,Luksemburg W,Adriaens P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the relative importance of copper (aqueous Cu and CuO particles of different sizes) added to sediment to determine the bioaccumulation, toxicokinetics, and effects in the deposit feeder Potamopyrgus antipodarum. In experiment 1, the bioaccumulation of Cu (240 µg Cu/g dry wt of sediment) adde...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Pang C,Selck H,Banta GT,Misra SK,Berhanu D,Dybowska A,Valsami-Jones E,Forbes VE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute toxicity of photoactivated anthracene and pyrene to the glochidial larvae of the paper pondshell (Utterbackia imbecillis) was characterized in the laboratory using two sets of experiments. Acute toxicity tests designed to determine the overall sensitivity of glochidia to anthracene and pyrene were conducted ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Weinstein JE,Polk KD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aqueous suspensions of fullerene aggregates (aqua-nC60) were used to investigate the movement of carbon-based nanomaterials in a marine water column and to determine their effects on different life stages of a marine teleost. Fullerene aggregates formed precipitates as a result of mixing in natural seawater, and level...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Blickley TM,McClellan-Green P

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Insectivorous passerines often bioaccumulate polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) via trophic transfer processes. Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) frequently are used for estimating PCB bioaccumulation, yet the focus on specific trophic links between contaminated sediment and bird has been limited. Bioaccumulation of P...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Maul JD,Belden JB,Schwab BA,Whiles MR,Spears B,Farris JL,Lydy MJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Military activities associated with training have resulted in soil residues of munition compounds and their breakdown products. Often, these areas are valuable habitats used by birds. To evaluate the possibility of adverse effects in birds, the effects from oral exposures of 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) and 1,3,5-trin...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Johnson MS,Quinn MJ,Bazar MA,Gust KA,Escalon BL,Perkins EJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the potential reproductive effects of toxicants on Australian freshwater fish species. The present study uses the Australian rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis) as a model for testing the potential effects of 17beta-estradiol. Groups of reproductively active rainbowfish were exposed to...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Pollino CA,Georgiades E,Holdway DA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently reported quantification of the atmospheric sampling artifact for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was applied to existing gas and particle concentration measurements. Specifically, gas phase concentrations were increased by a factor of 3.5 and particle-bound concentrations by a factor of 0.1. The correlation...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Webster EM,Ellis DA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity testing with Antarctic species is required for risk assessment of fuel spills in Antarctic coastal waters. The lethal and sublethal (movement behavior) sensitivities of adults and juveniles of the Antarctic amphipod Paramoera walkeri to the water accommodated fractions (WAFs) of 3 fuels were estimated in exte...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Brown KE,King CK,Harrison PL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diclofenac (DCF) is a widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that is regularly detected in surface waters. To support a robust aquatic risk assessment, two early life stage (ELS) tests, compliant with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) test guideline 210, were conducted in rainb...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Memmert U,Peither A,Burri R,Weber K,Schmidt T,Sumpter JP,Hartmann A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mab-3 of Caenorhabditis elegans and doublesex of Drosophila are two sex-determining genes that are found to have only a common DNA binding motif called a doublesex and mab-3 (DM) domain among phyla. The DM domain regulates some aspects of sexual development such as yolk protein synthesis. In the present study, by ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zhang X,Zha J,Wang Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uranium (U) mining and milling release arsenic (As), nickel (Ni) and U to receiving waters, which accumulate in sediments. The objective of the present study was to investigate if As, Ni, and U concentrations in tissue residue of Hyalella azteca, overlying water, sediment porewater, and solids could predict juvenile a...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Goulet RR,Thompson P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic musks were measured in surface sediments collected from the Pearl River Delta and Macao coastal region, South China, to investigate contamination from domestic sewage. Three polycyclic musk compounds-4-acetyl-1,1-dimethyl-6-tert-butylindan, 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta(g)-2-benzopy...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zeng X,Mai B,Sheng G,Luo X,Shao W,An T,Fu J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of a series of chlorinated ethenes and ethanes on hybrid poplar (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34) were assessed in laboratory experiments. Poplar cuttings were grown in sealed reactors with hydroponic solutions and were exposed to a chlorinated solvent for a period of two weeks. Exposure concentrations ranged f...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Dietz AC,Schnoor JL

更新日期：2001-02-01 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 paucity of information on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment in African countries led the authors to investigate 8 acidic pharmaceuticals (4 antipyretics, 3 antibiotics, and 1 lipid regulator) in wastewater, surface water, and sediments from the Msunduzi River in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, So...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Agunbiade FO,Moodley B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a persistent bioaccumulative compound, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is found in various ecosystems and receives growing attention. The acute toxicity of PFOA was tested on 2 freshwater microalgae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Scenedesmus obliquus. The 96-h concentration for 50% of maximal effect (EC50) values wer...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hu C,Luo Q,Huang Q

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triclosan (TCS) is a common constituent of personal care products and is frequently present in biosolids. Application of biosolids to land transfers significant amounts of TCS to soils. Because TCS is an antimicrobial and is toxic to some aquatic organisms, concern has arisen that TCS may adversely affect soil organis...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Pannu MW,O'Connor GA,Toor GS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A feasible method has been optimized to simultaneously determine multiclass antibiotic residues, including sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones, trimethoprim, and chloramphenicol in urban riverine water and wastewater by off-line solid phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with a diode-array ul...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Peng X,Tan J,Tang C,Yu Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of elevated plasma cortisol levels on vitellogenin (VTG) induction were examined in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) in an attempt to evaluate the potential influence of stress on this commonly used biomarker of estrogenicity. Two separate experiments were conducted in which fish plasma cortisol wa...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Brodeur JC,Woodburn KB,Klecka GM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of antidepressants on wildlife are currently raising some concern because of an increased number of publications indicating biological effects at environmentally relevant concentrations (<100 ng/L). These results have been met with some scepticism because of the higher concentrations required to detect eff...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Ford AT,Fong PP

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude oils contain a mixture of hydrocarbons, including phototoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that have the ability to absorb ultraviolet (UV) light. Absorption of UV light by PAHs can substantially increase their toxicity to marine organisms. The objective of the present study was to examine the potentia...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Finch BE,Marzooghi S,Di Toro DM,Stubblefield WA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fish toxicity assay most commonly used to establish chronic effects is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 210, fish early-life stage test. However, the authors are not aware of any systematic analysis of the experimental design or statistical characteristics of the test since the tes...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Oris JT,Belanger SE,Bailer AJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of biodegradability was carried out for fragrance substances containing quaternary carbons by using data obtained from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 301F screening tests for ready biodegradation and from Biowin and Catalogic prediction models. Despite an expected challengi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Seyfried M,Boschung A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity of cadmium to early life stages of brown trout (Salmo trutta) was determined at multiple water hardnesses. Increasing water hardness decreased cadmium toxicity. Postswimup fry were much more sensitive than embryos and larvae. Chronic values from early life stage tests initiated with eyed embryos were 3.52, 6....

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Brinkman SF,Hansen DL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzotriazole ultra violet stabilizers (BZT-UVs) are compounds used in many applications and products to prevent photochemical degradation. Despite their widespread presence in aquatic ecosystems and persistence in the environment, there are very limited data on their effects and toxicity, and their modes of action re...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Giraudo M,Cottin G,Esperanza M,Gagnon P,Silva AO,Houde M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) can be found in high concentrations in sewage sludge and, hence, may enter the soil compartment as a result of sludge application. Here, LAS may pose a risk for soil-dwelling organisms. In the present probabilistic risk assessment, statistical extrapolation has been used to assess ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Jensen J,Løkke H,Holmstrup M,Krogh PH,Elsgaard L

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing concern over the effects of increased salinization on freshwater organisms, which are largely unknown for unionid mussels. Adult and larval Elliptio complanata were exposed to low-level salt concentrations to determine the effects on mussel survival, physiology, and reproduction. Adults were exposed t...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Blakeslee CJ,Galbraith HS,Robertson LS,St John White B

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous subchronic exposure experiments were conducted to assess the effects of diazinon, an organophosphate pesticide, on the survival, growth and activity of larvae of the Asian common toad Bufo melanostictus. Two larval stages, the gill stage (Gosner stages 21 and 22) and gill-atrophy stage (Gosner stages 24 and...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Sumanadasa DM,Wijesinghe MR,Ratnasooriya WD

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00