abstract：:Recognizing the pollution characteristics of trace metals in river sediments and targeting their potential sources are of key importance for proposing effective strategies to protect watershed ecosystem health. In this study, a comprehensive investigation was conducted to identify the contamination and risk characteri...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Chen H,Chen R,Teng Y,Wu J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing persistent organic pollutants i.e., PCBs, PBDEs, DPs and OCPs for sediment samples collected from Mehmood Booti Drain, Lahore, Pakistan that receives higher pollution loads from adjacent waste dumping site. Levels of ∑PCBs, ∑PBDEs, ∑DPs and ∑OCPs ranged between 5.9-62...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Ali U,Li J,Zhang G,Mahmood A,Jones KC,Malik RN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile Sebastes schlegelii were exposed for 4 weeks with the different levels of dietary chromium (Cr(6+)) concentration (0, 30, 60, 120 and 200mg/kg). The superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity, and glutathione (GSH) level of liver and gill were evaluated after 4 weeks exposur...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Kim JH,Kang JC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalate esters are plasticizers frequently found in wastewater effluents. Previous studies on phthalates have reported anti-androgenic activity in mammals, causing concerns of their potential effects on the reproduction of aquatic organisms. Another group of environmental endocrine disrupters, steroidal estrogens, a...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Prokkola JM,Katsiadaki I,Sebire M,Elphinstone-Davis J,Pausio S,Nikinmaa M,Leder EH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research work is to present data that show the seasonal changes (spring-summer-autumn) of basic erythrocyte-metric parameters (ЕL: Erythrocyte length, ЕW: Erythrocyte width, ЕL/ЕW, ES: Erythrocyte size; NL: Nucleus length, NW: Nucleus width, NL/NW; NS: Nucleus size, NS/ES: Nucleus-cytoplasmic ratio...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Zhelev ZM,Mehterov NH,Popgeorgiev GS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare earth elements (REE) used to be taken as tracers of geological origin for fluvial transport. Nowadays their increased applications in innovative environmental-friendly technology (e.g. in catalysts, superconductors, lasers, batteries) and medical applications (e.g. MRI contrast agent) lead to man-made, elevated l...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Herrmann H,Nolde J,Berger S,Heise S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet/persulfate (UV/PS) has been widely used to generate sulfate radicals for degradation of water organic pollutants in previous studies. However, its impacts on disinfection byproduct formation during post-chlorination of degraded compounds is unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts o...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Wenhai C,Tengfei C,Erdeng D,Deng Y,Yingqing G,Naiyun G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 36 street dust samples were collected from the streets of the Organised Industrial District in Kayseri, Turkey. This region includes a total of 818 work places in various industrial areas. The modified BCR (the European Community Bureau of Reference) sequential extraction procedure was applied to evaluate t...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Yıldırım G,Tokalıoğlu Ş

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of methyl jasmonate (MJ) as a signal molecule able to take part in the defense mechanism against copper (Cu)-imposed oxidative stress was studied in the leaves and roots of runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) plants. Roots of plants cultivated hydroponically were preincubated in MJ (10µM) for 1h or 24h ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Hanaka A,Wójcik M,Dresler S,Mroczek-Zdyrska M,Maksymiec W

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytotoxic effects of parthenium residues incorporation and parthenium-infested rhizospheric soil on emergence and seedling growth of winter crops (wheat and canola) and weed species (wild oat and canary grass) were examined in different pot studies. In first experiment, parthenium whole plant residues were incorporat...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Khaliq A,Aslam F,Matloob A,Hussain S,Tanveer A,Alsaadawi I,Geng M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home and personal care products (HPCPs) including biocides, benzotriazoles (BTs) and ultraviolet (UV) filters are widely used in our daily life. After use, they are discharged with domestic wastewater into the receiving environment. This study investigated the occurrence of 29 representative HPCPs, including biocides,...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Zhang NS,Liu YS,Van den Brink PJ,Price OR,Ying GG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the stress response of earthworms (Eisenia andrei) to exposure to a commonly used herbicide, 2,4 dichloro-phenoxy-acetic acid (2,4-D). We evaluated both stress biomarkers and the transcriptional expression levels and activity of three enzymes involved in oxidative stress responses. Earthworms w...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Hattab S,Boughattas I,Boussetta H,Viarengo A,Banni M,Sforzini S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioherbicides from plant extracts are an effective and environmentally friendly method to prevent weed growth. The present investigation was aimed at determining the inhibitory effect of bur cucumber seed extracts (BSE) on lettuce plant growth. Bur cucumber seeds were ground with water, and two different concentration...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Lee SM,Radhakrishnan R,Kang SM,Kim JH,Lee IY,Moon BK,Yoon BW,Lee IJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare earth elements such as lanthanum (La) have been used as agricultural inputs in some countries in order to enhance yield and improve crop quality. However, little is known about the effect of La on the growth and structure of soybean, which is an important food and feed crop worldwide. In this study, bioaccumulati...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： de Oliveira C,Ramos SJ,Siqueira JO,Faquin V,de Castro EM,Amaral DC,Techio VH,Coelho LC,e Silva PH,Schnug E,Guilherme LR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nickel (Ni) is a metal of environmental concern, known to cause toxicity to freshwater organisms by impairing ionoregulation and/or respiratory gas exchange, and by inducing oxidative stress. However, little is known regarding how nickel toxicity is influenced by salinity. In the current study we investigated the sali...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Blewett TA,Wood CM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven food items, namely, meat, egg, fish, milk, vegetables, cereals and fruits were collected from Bogra district, Bangladesh to evaluate the levels of heavy metal and associated health risk to the adults and children. The samples were analyzed for the quantification of selected heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd and P...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Islam MS,Ahmed MK,Habibullah-Al-Mamun M,Raknuzzaman M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TiO2 nanoparticles have been synthesized from the inorganic precursor Ti [OC3H7]4via sol-gel technique. Similarly, ZnO nanoparticles have also been synthesized from zinc sulfate precursor using precipitation method. The prepared nanoparticles was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Gnanaprakasam A,Sivakumar VM,Sivayogavalli PL,Thirumarimurugan M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study on enzymatic transesterification was performed to produce biodiesel from waste vegetable oils. Lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia was covalently immobilized on a epoxy-acrylic resin support. The immobilized enzyme exhibited high catalytic specific surface and allowed an easy recovery, regeneration a...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Lopresto CG,Naccarato S,Albo L,De Paola MG,Chakraborty S,Curcio S,Calabrò V

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiesel is a clean renewable fuel derived from vegetable oils and animal fats. It is biodegradable, oxygenated, non toxic and free from sulfur and aromatics. The biodiesel prepared from pinnai oil undergoes acid esterification followed by alkaline transesterification process. The fatty acid methyl esters components ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Ashok Kumar T,Chandramouli R,Mohanraj T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the effect of the pesticides on activity and expression of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in the midgut of the silkworm after intense selections by phoxim and fenpropathrin for five and four generations, respectively. GSTs activity towards cumene hydroperoxide (CHP), a substrate of GSH-dependent...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Zhou L,Fang SM,Huang K,Yu QY,Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the response to "Commentary on 'Arsenic mobility in the arsenic-contaminated Yangzonghai Lake in China' by Changliang Yang et al. [Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 107(2014)321-327]" (by Jing Chen et al.). To doubts and questions raised by Chen et al., we give further explanations and provide more relev...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Li S,Yang C,Liu K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insecticide imidacloprid and the herbicide sulfentrazone are two different classes of pesticides that are used for pest control in sugarcane agriculture. To evaluate the genotoxic potential of low concentrations of these two pesticides alone and in mixture, the comet assay and the micronucleus (MN) test employing ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Bianchi J,Cabral-de-Mello DC,Marin-Morales MA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary fish gill cell culture system (FIGCS) is an in vitro technique which has the potential to replace animals in whole effluent toxicity tests. In the current study FIGCS were transported into the field and exposed to filtered (0.2μm) river water for 24h from 4 sites, on 2 different sampling dates. Sites 1 and...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Schnell S,Bawa-Allah K,Otitoloju A,Hogstrand C,Miller TH,Barron LP,Bury NR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanobacterial neurotoxin, β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) bioaccumulates and biomagnifies within the environment. However, most reports on the environmental presence of BMAA focus on the presence of BMAA in animals rather than in plants. Various laboratory studies have reported that this neurotoxin, implicated i...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Downing S,Esterhuizen-Londt M,Grant Downing T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies indicated that essential and xenobiotic metals differ substantially in terms of their toxicokinetics. Whether these differences are due to different assimilation rates, different elimination rates, or both, and whether all metals are regulated in a similar manner but with different efficiency remains ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Bednarska AJ,Opyd M,Żurawicz E,Laskowski R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harmful algal blooms (HABs) contaminate aquatic ecosystems and are responsible for animal poisoning worldwide. We conducted a toxicity test with the aquatic fern and the biofertilizer, Azolla filiculoides. The sporophytes were exposed to three concentrations (0.01, 0.1 and 1μgmL(-1)) of a microcystin (MC) cyanobacteri...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Pereira AL,Monteiro B,Azevedo J,Campos A,Osório H,Vasconcelos V

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased incidence of solar ultraviolet radiation (UV) due to ozone depletion has been affecting both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and it may help to explain the enigmatic decline of amphibian populations in specific localities. In this work, influential events concerning the Antarctic ozone hole were ident...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Passaglia Schuch A,Dos Santos MB,Mendes Lipinski V,Vaz Peres L,Dos Santos CP,Zanini Cechin S,Jorge Schuch N,Kirsh Pinheiro D,da Silva Loreto EL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific surveillance program has been set up to monitor avian scavenger populations in the French Pyrenean Mountains, hosting a high proportion of the French populations. The two main purposes of the study were to identify all causes of death and to investigate poisoning cases. All 170 birds found dead during the 7...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Berny P,Vilagines L,Cugnasse JM,Mastain O,Chollet JY,Joncour G,Razin M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the suitability of the seahorse Hippocampus reidi (Ginsburg, 1933) for assessing biomarkers of genotoxic effects and its use as a sentinel organism to detect the effects of acute exposure to petroleum hydrocarbons. Fish were exposed to three concentrations of crude oil (10, 20 and 30 g/kg) for 96 h...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Delunardo FA,de Carvalho LR,da Silva BF,Galão M,Val AL,Chippari-Gomes AR

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a ubiquitous contaminant classified as a human carcinogen. Vinyl chloride (VC) is primarily used to manufacture polyvinyl chloride and can also be a degradation product of TCE. Very few data exist on the toxicity of TCE and VC in aquatic organisms particularly at environmentally relevant con...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Houde M,Douville M,Gagnon P,Sproull J,Cloutier F

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common (Uria aalge) and Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) are apex predators in the North Atlantic Ocean, and are also subject to a traditional hunt in Newfoundland and Labrador during the winter months, along with small numbers of illegally harvested Razorbills (Alca torda). Because of their high trophic position, au...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Bond AL,Robertson GJ,Lavers JL,Hobson KA,Ryan PC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brassica juncea (Indian mustard) L. plants were exposed to different concentrations (0.0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3mM) of arsenic (V) and harvested after 30 and 60 days of sowing for the analysis of growth parameters, metal uptake, brassinosteroids (BRs) synthesis and oxidative stress markers. As (V) significantly hampered the...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Kanwar MK,Poonam,Bhardwaj R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known for their carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic properties. Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) possesses the greatest carcinogenic potential among the various PAHs. In this study, digital gene expression (DGE) was performed to investigate the digestive gland transcriptome profile ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Liu T,Pan L,Jin Q,Cai Y

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5 was collected from May 2010 to December 2012 at Agra, a semi-urban site in north-central India. PM2.5 samples were chemically characterized for 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by gas chromatography. PM2.5 values varied between 8.4 and 300 µg m(-3) with 55% of the values excee...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Dubey J,Kumari KM,Lakhani A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually mature male Chlamys farreri were exposed to benzo[a]pyrene for 10 days at four concentrations at 0, 0.025, 0.5 and 10 μg/L. Fluctuations in sex steroids during the exposure period were observed, which indicated that sex steroids have a role in gamete development. Exposure to B[a]P altered levels of 17β-estrad...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Tian S,Pan L,Tao Y,Sun X

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large amount of oil cake is generated during biodiesel production from Jatropha seeds. Although Jatropha oil cake is rich in plant nutrients, presence of toxic phorbol esters restricts the usage of oil cake as a fertilizer. The objective of this study is to evaluate the components and tumor promoting activity of phorb...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Nakao M,Hasegawa G,Yasuhara T,Ishihara Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate antioxidative responses in roots, stem and leaves of four alfalfa cultivars to different concentrations of zinc (Zn) (0, 300, 600 and 900 μM) for 23 days. Among the four cultivars, Aohan displayed the highest Zn concentrations in tissues and the largest Zn amount in aerial parts. ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Dai HP,Shan CJ,Zhao H,Li JC,Jia GL,Jiang H,Wu SQ,Wang Q

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) expression in fish is used as a biomarker of exposure to organic contaminants, such PAHs, PCBs and dioxins, in the aquatic environment. South American guppy fish Jenynsia multidentata were exposed to the prototypical aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonist beta-naphthoflavone (BNF; 1μM) and ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Pinto DP,Chivittz CC,Ferreira RS,Sopezki MS,Zanette J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical partitioning of heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Cu, Cr, Pb, Zn, Ni) were determined in surface sediments of three reservoirs at the Delta region of Cauvery River, India. The abundance of metals in sediments varied in the following descending order: Fe, Mn, Cr, Zn, Cu, Ni, and Pb. Higher concentrations of Zn, Pb, Fe, Mn...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Dhanakumar S,Solaraj G,Mohanraj R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration addition (CA) model has been widely applied to predict mixture toxicity. However, its applicability is difficult to evaluate due to the complexity of interactions among substances. Considering that the concentration-response curve (CRC) of each component of the mixture is closely related to the predi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Wang N,Wang XC,Ma X

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00