Fate of mercury accumulated by blowflies feeding on fish carcasses.

abstract：:The toxicity and efficacy of a bacteria-based commercial bioremediation agent (CBA) was assessed through bioassays with juvenile inland silverside minnows, Menidia beryllina, and flask studies of oil degradation. Addition of the CBA to weathered Alaska, USA North Slope crude oil (ANS-521) prior to testing increased to...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bidwell JR,Cherry DS,Merski AT

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the production and applications of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) increase, it is essential to characterize fate and effects in environmental systems. Nanosilver materials may settle from suspension; therefore, the authors' objective was to utilize environmentally relevant bioassays and study the impact, bioaccumulat...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Coleman JG,Kennedy AJ,Bednar AJ,Ranville JF,Laird JG,Harmon AR,Hayes CA,Gray EP,Higgins CP,Lotufo G,Steevens JA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioaccumulation assessment predominantly relies on the bioconcentration factor (BCF) as the sole decisive metric. The test guideline 305 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides the standard procedure for deriving this in vivo fish BCF, which is not only expensive and labor-intensi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Kosfeld V,Fu Q,Ebersbach I,Esser D,Schauerte A,Bischof I,Hollender J,Schlechtriem C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonicotinoid insecticides have been used globally on a wide range of crops through seed treatment as well as soil and foliar applications and have been increasingly studied in relation to the potential risk to bees because of their detection in pollen and nectar of bee-attractive crops. The present article reports th...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Overmyer J,Feken M,Ruddle N,Bocksch S,Hill M,Thompson H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonium nitrate (NH(4)NO(3)) is a common water pollutant associated with many industrial and municipal activities. One solution to reduce exposure of sensitive aquatic systems to nitrogenous compounds is to atomize (atmospherically disperse in fine particles) contaminated water over the Arctic tundra, which will redu...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Anaka A,Wickstrom M,Siciliano SD

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three environmental multimedia models of varying degrees of complexity are compared to assess when simple models are adequate and when more complex models are advantageous. The simplest model, the level II (L-II) model, assumes all environmental media are at chemical equilibrium, whereas the more complex models treat ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Cahill TM,Mackay D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multispecies stream microcosms were used to test the toxicity of the pyrethroid fenvalerate (FV) associated with suspended particles in order to simulate a typical runoff exposure scenario. Stream microcosms were exposed for 1 h in triplicate to 0.0, 13.6, 136, or 1,365 microg/kg FV and effects were monitored for 93 d...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Schulz R,Liess M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased ionic concentrations are associated with the impairment of benthic invertebrate assemblages. However, the causal nature of that relationship must be demonstrated so that it can be used to derive a benchmark for conductivity. The available evidence is organized in terms of six characteristics of causation: co...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Cormier SM,Suter GW 2nd,Zheng L,Pond GJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical monitoring data sets such as those provided by the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) offer opportunities to evaluate the ecological risks of pesticides under large spatiotemporal scales and to evaluate the protectiveness of the current prospective risk-assessment framework. As a case study...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Rico A,Dafouz R,Vighi M,Rodríguez-Gil JL,Daam MA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive studies of methylmercury (MeHg) toxicity in birds, molecular effects on birds are poorly characterized. To improve our understanding of toxicity pathways and identify novel indicators of avian exposure to Hg, the authors investigated genomic changes, glutathione status, and oxidative status indicator...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Jenko K,Karouna-Renier NK,Hoffman DJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We quantified the uncertainty due to biota-related parameters in estimated bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) of persistent organic pollutants for fish through Monte Carlo simulations. For this purpose, the bioaccumulation model OMEGA (Optimal Modeling for EcotoxicoloGical Applications) was parameterized based on data fro...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hauck M,Hendriks HW,Huijbregts MA,Ragas AM,van de Meent D,Hendriks AJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorption of organic compounds onto hard carbon constituents of soils and sediments may be described by a dual Langmuir-like equation for adsorption onto high-energy sites and low-energy sites. To describe quantitatively the sorbate-sorbent interactions on these high-energy sites and low-energy sites, Gibbs free ener...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： van Noort PC

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Aluminum (Al) toxicity to aquatic organisms is strongly affected by water chemistry. Toxicity-modifying factors such as pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), hardness, and temperature have a large impact on the bioavailability and toxicity of Al to aquatic organisms. The importance of water chemistry on the bioavailabil...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Santore RC,Ryan AC,Kroglund F,Rodriguez PH,Stubblefield WA,Cardwell AS,Adams WJ,Nordheim E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the influence of waterborne and dietary lead (Pb) exposure on the acute and chronic toxicity of Pb to the amphipod Hyalella azteca. Test solutions were generated by a modified diluter with an extended (24-h) equilibration period. Acute (96-h) toxicity of Pb varied with water hardness in the range of 71 to...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Besser JM,Brumbaugh WG,Brunson EL,Ingersoll CG

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the results of various biodegradation experiments on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sandy soil employing a mixed culture of acclimatized bacteria. Following the optimization of different variables without chemical pretreatment, the elimination rate achieved of Aroclor 1242 in slurry-p...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Manzano MA,Perales JA,Sales D,Quiroga JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of atomistic simulations was performed to assess the ability of the Schulten dissolved organic matter (DOM) molecule, a well-established model humic molecule, to reproduce the physical and chemical behavior of natural humic substances. The unhydrated DOM molecule had a bulk density value appropriate to humic ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Sutton R,Sposito G,Diallo MS,Schulten HR

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Eel aquaculture is capture based and thus dependent on the fishery for juvenile glass eels. This fishery typically takes place in estuaries where salinity varies and ammonia levels can be elevated. Also, during capture and transport glass eels are kept at high densities and ammonia from endogenous production can incre...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Da Silva JM,Coimbra J,Wilson JM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant amounts of soil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were discovered at a military radar station in Saglek Bay, Labrador, Canada, in 1996. Subsequent work showed elevated PCB concentrations in local marine sediments, in the benthic-associated food web, and in some ringed seals (Pusa hispida)....

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Brown TM,Fisk AT,Helbing CC,Reimer KJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dynamic, segmented, multimedia fate and transport model has been developed, evaluated, and applied to gain insight regarding the behavior of seven polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in the Inner Oslofjord (Norway). A comparison with a dated sediment core reveals that the model is not capable of reproducing som...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Breivik K,Bjerkeng B,Wania F,Helland A,Magnusson J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we assessed and compared the suitability of three in vitro screening tools for the measurement of estrogenic activity in sewage treatment plant effluents (STPEs). These assays were the yeast estrogen screen (YES), production of zona radiata proteins (ZRPs) in trout hepatocytes, and the induction of repo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Rutishauser BV,Pesonen M,Escher BI,Ackermann GE,Aerni HR,Suter MJ,Eggen RI

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics are used to maintain healthy livestock and to promote weight gain in concentrated animal feed operations. Antibiotics rarely are metabolized completely by livestock and, thus, are often present in livestock waste and in waste-treatment lagoons. The introduction of antibiotics into anaerobic lagoons commonl...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Loftin KA,Henny C,Adams CD,Surampali R,Mormile MR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firemaster 550 and Firemaster BZ-54 are two brominated formulations that are in use as replacements for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. Two major components of these mixtures are 2,3,4,5-tetrabromo-ethylhexylbenzoate (TBB) and 2,3,4,5-tetrabromo-bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (TBPH). Both have been...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bearr JS,Stapleton HM,Mitchelmore CL

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong positive correlations between selenium (Se) and total mercury (HgT) contents in the liver of marine mammals and mercury mine workers in modern times have been documented in numerous investigations. Herein, we report a positive correlation between Se and HgT concentrations over the past 1,500 years in the seal h...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Yin X,Sun L,Zhu R,Liu X,Ruan D,Wang Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies examining the influence of ecological characteristics of fish on Hg concentration in fish tissues have focused on a few variables and been conducted in northern ecosystems. We examined how total length (TL), age, food-web position (estimated using delta13C and delta15N), and habitat were related to total ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Chumchal MM,Hambright KD

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) such as caffeine and sulfamethoxazole have been detected in the estuarine environment. The present study characterized effects of a maternal exposure of these compounds on the development of the daggerblade grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio from embryo to juvenile life ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Garcia RN,Chung KW,DeLorenzo ME,Curran MC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parabens, bisphenol A (BPA), triclosan, and triclocarban are recognized endocrine-disrupting contaminants (EDCs); and their occurrence in the environment has attracted increasing concern. Body size-dependent bioaccumulation, tissue distribution, trophic magnification, and maternal transfer of methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-,...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Peng X,Zheng K,Liu J,Fan Y,Tang C,Xiong S

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:The fate of esfenvalerate was investigated by sampling and chemical analysis after spraying of an artificial pond (25 g a.i./ha) and in the laboratory with [14C]esfenvalerate by trapping of 14CO2 and fractionation of the sediment. The effects were investigated on pelagic communities in enclosures in a natural lake and...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Samsøe-Petersen L,Gustavson K,Madsen T,Mogensen BB,Lassen P,Skjernov K,Christoffersen K,Jørgensen E

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00