Analysis of arsenic bioavailability in contaminated soils.

abstract：:Environment Canada has developed a new 42-d sediment toxicity test method that includes a reproduction test endpoint with the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca. Because of concerns that existing standard methodologies, whereby adults are transferred to a water-only exposure before release of their first brood at day...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Taylor LN,Novak L,Rendas M,Antunes PM,Scroggins RP

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical analysis was performed to examine the role of naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO) enzymes in determining differences in biodegradability and biodegradation rates of two- to four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) via oxygenation and desaturation reactions. Investigation of the thermodynamics of PAH b...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Wammer KH,Peters CA

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) were measured in sediments from 29 sites throughout Taihu Lake in China during 2 seasons to investigate spatiotemporal characteristics and source contributions using a 3-way source apportionment approach to positive matrix factorization (PMF3). Seasonal and spatial variations of ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Tian YZ,Shi GL,Liu GR,Guo CS,Peng X,Xu J,Zhang Y,Feng YC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of diet on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) assimilation was investigated by measuring dietary assimilation efficiencies (AEs) for 47 PCB congeners in juvenile koi (Cyprinus carpio) fed five experimental diets. Two of the diets were naturally contaminated and were obtained by collecting mayflies from Lake ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Liu J,Haffner GD,Drouillard KG

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific reviews and studies continue to describe omics technologies as the next generation of tools for environmental monitoring, while cautioning that there are limitations and obstacles to overcome. However, omics has not yet transitioned into national environmental monitoring programs designed to assess ecosyste...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bahamonde PA,Feswick A,Isaacs MA,Munkittrick KR,Martyniuk CJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, electron paramagnetic resonance coupled with spin-trapping technique was used, with alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) as a spin-trapping agent, to investigate free radical generation in freshwater fish with acute 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) poisoning. The PBN-radical adducts were detected i...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Luo Y,Wang XR,Shi HH,Mao DQ,Sui YX,Ji LL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples from lizards (Gallotia galloti) collected from two agricultural areas (Las Galletas and Punta del Hidalgo) and two reference areas on the Island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) were analyzed for butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) activity. Serum BChE activity was characterized first by in vitro experiments...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Sanchez-Hernandez JC

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of Daphnia pulex to the insecticide and juvenile hormone-mimic methoprene resulted in a decrease in the incidence of all-male broods and an increase in the incidence of all-female broods compared with controls. These effects were observed at nominal concentrations of 10 and 100 microg/L, within the upper rang...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Peterson JK,Kashian DR,Dodson SI

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Based on weight loss in water, 24 h is recommended for Tubifex tubifex gut clearance. Biota-to-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) in gut-cleared T. tubifex following six weeks of exposure to Cd-, Ni-, and Pb-spiked sediment were 12.4, 3.0, and 19.0, respectively. Tissue Ni concentrations peaked after 12 h, whereas ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Gillis PL,Dixon DG,Borgmann U,Reynoldson TB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the germination and growth of Triticum aestivum exposed to two different microcystins (microcystin-LR [where the two variable places in the toxin molecule are leucine (L) and arginine (R) (MC-LR)] and microcystin-RR) and to cell-free cyanobacterial crude extract containing MC-LR. The con...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Pflugmacher S,Hofmann J,Hübner B

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a highly selective and sensitive method for determination of estrone (E1) and beta-estradiol (E2) in sediments, using high-performance liquid chromatography/time-of-flight (HPLC-ToF) mass spectrometry. The method involved sequential cleanup of sediment extracts over solid phase extraction cartridges, norma...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Reddy S,Brownawell BJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of three photosystem II inhibitors and of their mixture on a freshwater phytoplankton community were studied in outdoor mesocosms. Atrazine, isoproturon, and diuron were applied as 30% hazardous concentrations (HC30s) obtained from species-sensitivity distributions. Taking concentration addition into account, ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Knauert S,Dawo U,Hollender J,Hommen U,Knauer K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subject of the present study was the piscivorous common mergansers (Mergus merganser). The total mercury (THg), methylmercury (MeHg), selenium (Se) inorganic mercury (InHg; THg - MeHg), percentage of THg that is MeHg (%MeHg), molar ratios (THg:Se, MeHg:Se, InHg:Se), and their mutual relations in livers and kidneys...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Kalisinska E,Gorecki J,Okonska A,Pilarczyk B,Tomza-Marciniak A,Budis H,Lanocha N,Kosik-Bogacka DI,Kavetska KM,Macherzynski M,Golas J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field monitoring campaign investigating the suitability of (Cd, Zn)-metallothionein concentrations (MTs) in different tissues of the gudgeon as a biomarker for metal contamination in the aquatic environment was conducted. Gudgeons were captured at 10 sampling sites on a river system in Flanders (Belgium). Nine sampl...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Van Campenhout K,Bervoets L,Blust R

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:Since the early 2000s, biotic ligand models and related constructs have been a dominant paradigm for risk assessment of aqueous metals in the environment. We critically review 1) the evidence for the mechanistic approach underlying metal bioavailability models; 2) considerations for the use and refinement of bioavaila...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Mebane CA,Chowdhury MJ,De Schamphelaere KAC,Lofts S,Paquin PR,Santore RC,Wood CM

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:There is no use restriction associated with bees for many fungicides used in agriculture; however, this does not always mean that these pesticides are harmless for these nontarget organisms. We investigated whether the fungicide pyraclostrobin, which acts on fungal mitochondria, also negatively affects honey bee mitoc...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Nicodemo D,Mingatto FE,De Jong D,Bizerra PFV,Tavares MA,Bellini WC,Vicente EF,de Carvalho A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) from the Rolling Plains ecoregion in Texas and Oklahoma were evaluated for organochlorine pesticides, Pb, and Hg. Of all organochlorine pesticides analyzed, only p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) and p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldich...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Baxter CE,Pappas S,Abel MT,Kendall RJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of exposure-water pH on chemical uptake at rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) gills were investigated for nine weakly acidic, chlorinated phenols with different ionization constants and hydrophobicities and for a moderately hydrophobic, nonionizable reference chemical (1,2,4-trichlorobenzene). Uptake rates fo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Erickson RJ,McKim JM,Lien GJ,Hoffman AD,Batterman SL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of standardized protocols for both organism culture and bioassay with ecologically relevant species is of great concern in ecotoxicology. Acartia tonsa represents an important, often dominant, member of zooplankton communities and meets all the practical criteria suggested for model species. New stand...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Gorbi G,Invidia M,Savorelli F,Faraponova O,Giacco E,Cigar M,Buttino I,Leoni T,Prato E,Lacchetti I,Sei S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total mercury and stable isotopes of nitrogen (δ(15) N) were measured in samples from 57 species of invertebrates (17 species) and finfish (40 species) from the coastal waters off southwest Florida, USA, to evaluate the biomagnification of mercury through the food web. Mercury concentrations (wet wt) and δ(15) N value...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Thera JC,Rumbold DG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of intersex fish in a number of European rivers has been attributed to exposure to estrogenic chemicals present in sewage treatment work (STW) effluents. To further understand the environmental fate of these contaminants, the estrogenic activity of effluents, water, and sediments were investigated both ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Peck M,Gibson RW,Kortenkamp A,Hill EM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrethroid insecticide use in California, USA, is growing, and there is a need to understand the fate of these compounds in the environment. Concentrations and toxicity were assessed in streambed sediment of the San Joaquin Valley of California, one of the most productive agricultural regions of the United States. Con...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Domagalski JL,Weston DP,Zhang M,Hladik M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sediments are sinks for aquatic pollutants, and analyzing toxicity in such complex matrices is still challenging. To evaluate the toxicity of bioavailable pollutants accumulated in sediments from the Bizerte lagoon (Tunisia), a novel assay, the medaka embryo-larval assay by sediment contact, was applied. Japanese meda...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Barhoumi B,Clérandeau C,Landi L,Pichon A,Le Bihanic F,Poirier D,Anschutz P,Budzinski H,Driss MR,Cachot J

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:The authors used 5 species of periphytic algae to conduct toxicity assays of 20 herbicides. The 5 tested species represent riverine primary producers most likely to be affected by herbicides. A fluorescence microplate toxicity assay was used as an efficient and economical high-throughput assay. Toxicity characteristic...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Nagai T,Taya K,Yoda I

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The E,E-(4,4'-bis[2-sulfostyryl]biphenyl) (DSBP) is a fluorescent whitening agent widely used by the textile and detergent industries to whiten fabrics. Hypochlorite used to bleach fabrics oxidizes DSBP slowly at room temperature and in a higher rate at 60 degrees C. The ions of metals such as Fe, Cu, and Mn accelerat...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Blanco M,Jiménez L,Valverde I

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00