Heavy metal levels in fish from coastal waters of Uruguay.

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：:Urinary hippuric acid, phenol, and o-cresol, which are biomarkers for toluene, benzene, and phenol exposures, are usually present in a significant amount in urine collected from subjects who have not been occupationally exposed to the organic solvents. With the improvement of working environments, the urinary concentr...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kawamoto T,Koga M,Oyama T,Kodama Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the enzyme delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALA-D) was strongly depressed in erythrocytes, spleen and renal tissue of rainbow trouts (Salmo gairdnerii) exposed to sublethal levels of inorganic lead (10, 75 and 300 microgram Pb2+/L) for 30 days. The fish exposed to the highest lead concentration a...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Johansson-Sjöbeck ML,Larsson A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within their aquatic habitats, larval amphibians are often subjected to multiple natural and anthropic stressors. Among these, predation and waterborne pollution represent two types of stressing factor that frequently co-occur. In this connection, the present laboratory study was designed to investigate the effects of...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mandrillon AL,Saglio P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two Noccaea species-Noccaea praecox originating from Mežica, Slovenia (Me) (Pb, Zn, Cd pollution) and Noccaea caerulescens from Redlschlag, Austria (Re) (high levels of Ni, Cr, Mg)-were studied to compare Cd accumulation and tolerance. After 120 days of plant cultivation in Cd-contaminated soil (90 mg Cd kg(-1) so...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zemanová V,Pavlík M,Pavlíková D,Hnilička F,Vondráčková S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Antarctica is considered one of the most pristine areas on Earth, an accelerating human presence in this remote continent, such as scientific operations and functioning of numerous scientific stations, logistics, and tourism activities, has increased the risks of environmental impacts in recent decades. Durin...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Alekseev I,Abakumov E

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of high concentrations of a PCB (Aroclor 1254) in the Pensacola estuary prompted field and laboratory studies by the Gulf Breeze Environmental Research Laboratory (EPA). Monitoring of the estuary indicates the chemical is present in all components--particularly in sediments and fishes. Residues appear t...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nimmo DR,Hansen DJ,Couch JA,Cooley NR,Parrish PR,Lowe JI

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryos of fathead minnows were more resistant to phenol, 2,4-dimethylphenol (2,4-DMP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), and pentachlorophenol (PCP) than were larval or juvenile life stages. Growth of 28-day-old fish was the most sensitive indicator of stress during exposures to phenol, 2,4-DMP, and PCP, whereas survival...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Holcombe GW,Phipps GL,Fiandt JT

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed germination and early stage seedling growth tests were conducted to determine the ecotoxicological threshold of 2,4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) in two soils of different properties. Soils were amended up to 1,600 mg TNT kg-1 soil and four representative species of higher plants, two dicotyledons (Lepidium sativum L....

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Gong P,Wilke B,Fleischmann S

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoids are key species involved in the regulation of natural populations. Host parasitization is realized via some important steps in which kairomone perception is essential. Due to the wide use of insecticides and their contribution to environmental pollution, the determination of their sublethal effects on beha...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Komeza N,Fouillet P,Boulétreau M,Delpuech JM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the concentrations of p-nitrophenyl acetate esterase activity (EA) and cortisol in serum of marine Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from a Mexican Pacific population ("La Escobilla" beach) and to evaluate the possible relationship of inorganic elements with these biomar...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Cortés-Gómez AA,Tvarijonaviciute A,Teles M,Cuenca R,Fuentes-Mascorro G,Romero D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether high school chemistry teachers had higher urinary mercury concentrations than other high school teachers, 24 high school teachers from nine schools in northeastern Ohio were studied. First morning voided urine samples and air samples from the teachers' classrooms were analyzed for total mercury conte...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Crump C,Bearer CF,Paschal DC,Rodenbaugh D,Etzel RA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1997 until 1999 the extent and the ecological effects of zinc, copper, lead, and cadmium pollution were studied in different reaches of the South American Pilcomayo River. A comparison of metal concentrations in water, sediment, and chironomid larvae, as well as the diversity of macroinvertebrate species, was mad...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Smolders AJ,Lock RA,Van der Velde G,Medina Hoyos RI,Roelofs JG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dietary exposure to copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) on feeding activities, growth response, and mortality of Theba pisana snails were studied in 5-week feeding tests. Snails were fed on an artificial diet containing the following Cu, Pb, or Zn concentrations: 0, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000, a...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： El-Gendy KS,Radwan MA,Gad AF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pot culture experiments were performed under controlled greenhouse conditions to investigate whether four Cr(VI)-reducing bacterial strains (SUCR44, SUCR140, SUCR186, and SUCR188) were able to decrease Cr toxicity to Pisum sativum plants in artificially Cr(VI)-contaminated soil. The effect of pretreatment of soil with...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Soni SK,Singh R,Singh M,Awasthi A,Wasnik K,Kalra A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several field studies of selenium-contaminated lakes and reservoirs have indicated the possibility of selenium-induced reproductive failure in important populations of fish. These investigators have hypothesized that bioaccumulation of selenium through the food chain led to fish selenium levels high enough to elicit t...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ogle RS,Knight AW

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is continuing concern that release of certain chemicals into the environment leads to human exposure to toxins, particularly through contaminated ground and surface waters. The triazine herbicide atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamine-6-isopropylamino-S-triazine) is routinely found as a contaminant in many surface and ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Manske MK,Beltz LA,Dhanwada KR

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal pollution in the river Godavari in India, due to discharges of liquid wastes from a paper mill, has been studied for a period of two years. At the discharge point and 1 km from the point of discharge, iron, manganese, and zinc were recorded in high concentrations, whereas cadmium and chromium were observed in lo...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sudhakar G,Jyothi B,Venkateswarlu V

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burrowing mayflies (Hexagenia bilineata) were analyzed to assess longitudinal patterns in their cadmium and mercury content along the upper Mississippi River. Emergent mayflies (subimagoes and imagoes) were collected in 1988 at 34 sites (25 navigation pools), extending 1260 km from Little Falls, Minnesota, downstream ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Dukerschein JT,Wiener JG,Rada RG,Steingraeber MT

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of hepatic microsomal NAD(P)H-dependent hydroxyl radical (.OH) production by model compounds, viz. menadione (2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) and nitrofurantoin (N-(5-nitro-2-furfurylidene)-1-aminohydantoin), and pollutant xenobiotics, viz. benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) diones (products of microsomal BaP metabolism), ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lemaire P,Matthews A,Förlin L,Livingstone DR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD), and mercury (Hg) were determined in blubber and liver tissues of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) collected along the ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lake CA,Lake JL,Haebler R,McKinney R,Boothman WS,Sadove SS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chironomid mouthpart deformities and aberrations of their polytenic chromosomes are sublethal responses to toxic stress. These endpoints have been used in several cases as bioindications for sediment pollution. In the present study we aimed to establish whether there was an association between mouthpart deformities an...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Meregalli G,Bettinetti R,Pluymers L,Vermeulen AC,Rossaro B,Ollevier F

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 70-kDa stress protein family (HSP70) plays important roles in a variety of physiological processes, including protein chaperoning, protection against apoptosis, steroidogenesis, and general cellular stress responses in vertebrate organisms, and has also been proposed as a biochemical marker of environmental stress...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Yoo JL,Janz DM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead poisoning of waterfowl has been reported for decades in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin (CDARB) in Idaho as a result of the ingestion of lead-contaminated sediments. This study was conducted to determine whether the addition of phosphoric acid to sediments would reduce the bioavailability and toxicity of lead to ma...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Hoffman DJ,Heinz GH,Audet DJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moss biomonitoring technique was applied in a heavy-metal pollution study of Croatia in 2006 when this country participated in the European moss survey for the first time. This survey was repeated in 2010, and the results are presented in this study. For this purpose, 121 moss samples were collected during summer and ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Špirić Z,Vučković I,Stafilov T,Kušan V,Frontasyeva M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing human populations and increasingly intensive agriculture have resulted in widespread aquatic nitrate pollution. Freshwater mussel populations have been in decline for decades but often are underrepresented in data used for the development of ambient water quality criteria and acute toxicity of nitrate to musse...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Moore AP,Bringolf RB

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the waterfowl affected by white phosphorus (P4) at a military base in Alaska are tundra (Cygnus columbianus) and trumpeter (C. buccinator) swans. To estimate the toxicity of P4 to swans and compare the toxic effects to those of mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), we dosed 30 juvenile mute swans (C. olor) with 0 to 5....

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sparling DW,Day D,Klein P

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural workers are exposed to pesticide residues via dermal contact with foliage upon entry of treated fields. Restricted Entry Intervals (REIs) are established based on both toxicity and exposure. Key factors for estimation of potential worker exposures are dislodgeable foliar residues (DFRs) and the manner in ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Whitmyre GK,Ross JH,Lunchick C,Volger B,Singer S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely recognized that marine mammals are exposed to a wide variety of pollutants, with a weight of evidence indicating impacts on their health. Since hundreds of new chemicals enter the global market every year,the methods, approaches and technologies used to characterize pollution levels or impacts are also in...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Weijs L,Zaccaroni A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium and mercury were evaluated in muscle, liver, kidney, brain, and the stomach contents of juvenile scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini. Se:Hg molar ratios were calculated. The average Hg levels in muscle ranged from 0.12 to 1.17 μg/g (wet weight); Hg was <0.39 μg/g in liver and kidneys and <0.19 μg/g in b...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bergés-Tiznado ME,Márquez-Farías F,Lara-Mendoza RE,Torres-Rojas YE,Galván-Magaña F,Bojórquez-Leyva H,Páez-Osuna F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00