abstract：:Pollinator populations are in decline worldwide. Multiple factors have been cited as potential causes to these declines. In honey bees, a combination of stressors is known to cause colony losses. Adequate nutrition is a key factor for honey bee growth and colony development. Several studies show that the nutritional q...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Mitton GA,Szawarski N,Mitton FM,Iglesias A,Eguaras MJ,Ruffinengo SR,Maggi MD

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sewage treatment plants effectively remove silver (Ag) from sewage. Sewage sludge can therefore be important Ag sinks, polluting the environment with this element. In this work, we report a nation-wide survey on the Ag content of sewage sludge in China (0.23-19.02 mg kg-1, average 2.72 mg kg-1). Furthermore, we identi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Chen Y,Mao Y,Song M,Yin Y,Liu G,Cai Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron and steel production is one of the main anthropogenic sources of mercury (Hg) emission and release. Oxidized and particulate Hg discharged from iron and steel enterprises deposit into the surrounding soil, which accumulate and introduce environmental risks. Therefore, it is important to assess Hg pollution in the...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Yang L,Li S,Wen T,Meng F,Chen G,Qian X

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Salinity represents a serious environmental threat to crop production and by extension, to world food supply, social and economic prosperity of the developing world. Salicylic acid (SA) is an endogenous plant signal molecule involved in regulating various plant responses to stress. In the present study, we characteriz...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Kamran M,Xie K,Sun J,Wang D,Shi C,Lu Y,Gu W,Xu P

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we evaluated the effects of nitrite exposure on hematological parameters, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in juvenile Takifugu rubripes. The fish were exposed to nitrite (0, 0.5, 1, 3, and 6 mM) for up to 96 h. In the high nitrite concentration groups (i.e., 3 and 6 mM), the concentrations of met...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Gao XQ,Fei F,Huo HH,Huang B,Meng XS,Zhang T,Liu BL

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular and humoral responses were evaluated in Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles when exposed to malathion, endosulfan, and their mixture. Each experiment was performed in the hemolymph collected at each exposure time (5 and 96 h) in duplicate; total hemocyte count, coagulation time, hemocyanin concentration, phenoloxi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Bautista-Covarrubias JC,Aguilar-Juárez M,Voltolina D,Navarro-Nava RG,Aranda-Morales SA,Arreola-Hernández JO,Soto-Jiménez MF,Frías-Espericueta MG

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we reported the design and the fabrication of Ag and TiO2 modified polycaprolactone (PCL) electrospun nanofiber (NF) mats. The as-prepared NF mats were fabricated by one-step electrospinning and it was exploited for three different purposes (i) reusable SERS substrate for quantitative analysis to trace ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Karagoz S,Kiremitler NB,Sakir M,Salem S,Onses MS,Sahmetlioglu E,Ceylan A,Yilmaz E

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic progestins are emerging contaminants of the aquatic environment with endocrine disrupting potential. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the synthetic progestins gestodene, and drospirenone on sex differentiation in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) by histological analysis. To ga...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Šauer P,Tumová J,Steinbach C,Golovko O,Komen H,Maillot-Maréchal E,Máchová J,Grabic R,Aït-Aïssa S,Kocour Kroupová H

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal regulation controls mammary gland (MG) development. Therefore some hormone-related factors can disrupt the early phases of MGs development, making the gland more susceptible to long term modifications in its response to circulating hormones. Endocrine disruptors, such as bisphenol A (BPA), are able to cause a...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Leonel ECR,Campos SGP,Guerra LHA,Bedolo CM,Vilamaior PSL,Calmon MF,Rahal P,Amorim CA,Taboga SR

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper is an essential micronutrient but its excess in the dietary can be toxic. Both copper deficiency and abundance can occur in natural conditions and can lead to pathological dysfunctions. Many of the toxic effects of copper, such as increased lipid peroxidation in cell membranes and DNA damage, are due to its rol...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Carotenuto R,Capriello T,Cofone R,Galdiero G,Fogliano C,Ferrandino I

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the release of nanomaterials pollutants to water bodies, to a great extent, attributed to anthropogenic activities. Their impacts on aquatic organisms as well as nanomaterial monitoring and bioremediation using organism have drawn much attentions. However, studies on relationship of nano-contaminants ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Weijie M,Chongnv W,Xuming P,Weixin J,Yuhang W,Benhui S

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thallium (Tl) is a toxic element, but little is known about microbial communities' response to TI mobilization and sequestration. Here, we characterize the microbial communities and their feedbacks to Tl-pollution in riverbank soils to understand the distribution of microbial metal tolerance. These soils have been aff...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Rasool A,Nasim W,Xiao T,Ali W,Shafeeque M,Sultana SR,Fahad S,Munis MFH,Chaudhary HJ

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the most used chemicals in the world are nonionic surfactants. One of these environmental pollutants is nonylphenol ethoxylate (NP-9), also known as Tergitol, and its degradation product, nonylphenol (NP). The objective of this work was to determine the toxicity of NP and NP-9 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Wild-typ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： De la Parra-Guerra A,Olivero-Verbel J

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of marine litter, particularly plastic waste, is widely acknowledged as a growing global concern. Marine litter is an understudied issue in the Regional Organisation for Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) Sea Area where rapid economic growth has already placed considerable stress on infrastructure...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Lyons BP,Cowie WJ,Maes T,Le Quesne WJF

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about how the chemical properties (molecular structure, such as the hydrophobic and hydrophilic end group for organic chemical, and particle size for nanomaterials (NMs)) quantitatively affect the toxicokinetics (TK) in organisms especially in short-term, single-species studies. A novel method based on...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Gao Y,Xie Z,Feng J,Ma W,Zhu L

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanism(s) of microbial resistance to antimony (Sb) is critical in the bioremediation of Sb polluted environments. Here a novel bacterium (Acinetobacter sp. JH7) isolated from mine tailings decreased the Microtox toxicity of a Sb(III)-containing medium. DNA sequencing and physiological testing were...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Gu J,Sunahara G,Duran R,Yao J,Cui Y,Tang C,Li H,Mihucz VG

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, calcium and magnesium substituted strontium nano-hexaferrites (Sr0.96Mg0.02Ca0.02Fe12O19, SrMgCa nano-HF) were synthesized by the sol-gel auto-combustion method and their impact on the nutrient uptake, magnetic character and physiology of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), a crop plant, was investigated. Stru...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Tombuloglu H,Slimani Y,Tombuloglu G,Almessiere M,Sozeri H,Demir-Korkmaz A,AlShammari TM,Baykal A,Ercan I,Hakeem KR

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium (Cd) contamination has generated an environmental problem worldwide, leading to harmful effects on human health and damages to plant metabolism. Selenium (Se) is non essential for plants, however it can improve plant growth and reduce the adverse effects of abiotic stress. In addition, ethylene may interplay t...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Alves LR,Rodrigues Dos Reis A,Prado ER,Lavres J,Pompeu GB,Azevedo RA,Gratão PL

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive cadmium (Cd) in rice grains is of great concern worldwide, particularly in southern China where heavy metal pollution in the soil is widespread. Much work has been done regarding the key genes responsible for Cd absorption, transport, and accumulation in rice, but little is known about the differences of Cd ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Chen H,Yang Y,Ye Y,Tao L,Fu X,Liu B,Wu Y

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral ingestion is the main exposure pathway through which humans ingest trace metals in the soil, particularly for children. Metals in different soil particle size fractions may vary in terms of concentration and properties. Urban school/kindergarten soil samples were collected from three cities: Lanzhou in northwest ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Ma J,Li Y,Liu Y,Lin C,Cheng H

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we characterize the bioaccumulation of mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) in red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) from two river courses in Central Spain that are impacted by historical Hg and Pb mining activities, respectively. We estimate the absolute oral bioavailability of metals in crayfish tissues by means of i...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Rodríguez-Estival J,Morales-Machuca C,Pareja-Carrera J,Ortiz-Santaliestra ME,Mateo R

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt-tolerant rice cultivar (sea rice) is a research hotspot worldwide due to its high yield in high salinity soil. However, knowledge regarding the cadmium (Cd) effects on the growth of sea rice is limited. To determine the short-term and long-term impact of Cd stress, relatively low/high Cd-accumulative rice cultiva...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Yang X,Lin R,Zhang W,Xu Y,Wei X,Zhuo C,Qin J,Li H

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid rain is a global environmental problem. Acid rain can affect plants directly by damaging the leaves and indirectly by soil acidifying. Many studies have been conducted to investigate the impacts of acid rain on plant under a single soil type. However, there is little information on the effect of acid rain on plan...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Shu X,Zhang K,Zhang Q,Wang W

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to discuss the effects of copper (Cu)-induced toxicity on oxidative stress and autophagy in hypothalamus of broilers. In this study, 240 one-day-old broilers were randomly divided into 4 groups and the contents of dietary Cu in 4 groups were 11 mg/kg (control group), 110 mg/kg (group I...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Liao J,Yang F,Chen H,Yu W,Han Q,Li Y,Hu L,Guo J,Pan J,Liang Z,Tang Z

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Presence of missing data points in datasets is among main challenges in handling the toxicological data for nanomaterials. As the processing of missing data is an important part of data analysis, we have introduced a read-across approach that uses a combination of supervised and unsupervised machine learning technique...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Sizochenko N,Syzochenko M,Fjodorova N,Rasulev B,Leszczynski J

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplastics (MPs) are small plastic pieces with size less than 5 mm that have entered and polluted the environment. While many investigations including several critical reviews on MPs in the environment have been conducted, most of them are focused on their occurrences in marine environment. Current understanding on...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Wu P,Huang J,Zheng Y,Yang Y,Zhang Y,He F,Chen H,Quan G,Yan J,Li T,Gao B

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although mounting evidence have linked traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) with increased risk of preterm birth (PTB), whether it can interact with indoor environmental factors remains unknown, and its window(s) susceptibility at the stage of gestation is unclear. OBJECTIVE:To explore PTB risk for prenatal...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Lu C,Cao L,Norbäck D,Li Y,Chen J,Deng Q

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The existing form of ionizable organic contaminants (IOCs) could affect their adsorption characteristics to soil and biochar. In this study, 2 IOCs, namely, sulfadiazine and imazalil, were selected to study their adsorption by rice straw-derived biochar-amended soils, as well as the effect of pH and gallic acid on the...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： He Y,Yao T,Tan S,Yu B,Liu K,Hu L,Luo K,Liu M,Liu X,Bai L

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf vegetables have strong capabilities to take up cadmium (Cd) compared to other vegetable varieties. Until now, the differences in Cd uptake and accumulation by leaf vegetables from different families and genera and the related health risks were unknown. To remedy this, we studied 71 leaf vegetables (multiple genot...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Fang H,Li W,Tu S,Ding Y,Wang R,Rensing C,Li Y,Feng R

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium (Mg) is a common contaminant in mine water discharges. Although Mg is an essential element in biological processes, increased concentrations from anthropogenic sources can stress aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, studies evaluating the effects of Mg on north Australian freshwater species have indicated that ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Kleinhenz LS,Nugegoda D,Trenfield MA,van Dam RA,Humphrey CL,Mooney TJ,Harford AJ

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to explore the response and adaptation mechanisms of photosynthesis of the leaves of mulberry (Morus alba L.) seedlings to saline-alkali stress. Photosynthetic activity, and the response of related proteomics of M. alba seedling leaves under NaCl and NaHCO3 stress were studied by using chlorophyll fluorescenc...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Hui-Hui Z,Guang-Liang S,Jie-Yu S,Xin L,Ma-Bo L,Liang M,Nan X,Guang-Yu S

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Imidazolium-based ionic liquids (IL) with short-alkyl side chain such as 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium chloride ([Emim]Cl) and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium chloride ([Bmim]Cl) has immense application potential including in lignocellulosic bioenergy production. But they are toxic to most microorganisms, and those isolat...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Pal S,Sar A,Dam B

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity and environmental risk of chemicals, such as the antiepileptic drug carbamazepine (CBZ), is commonly assessed using standardized laboratory tests and laboratory-to-field extrapolation. To investigate the toxicity of CBZ to aquatic key organisms in a more complex and environmentally relevant scenario, we c...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Heye K,Graumnitz S,Rybicki M,Schür C,Völker J,Wick A,Oehlmann J,Jungmann D,Oetken M

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-scale impacts of glyphosate-based herbicides on wetland plant communities and the magnitude of those impacts that should be considered biologically relevant are poorly understood. We contrast three different thresholds for setting biologically meaningful critical effect sizes for complex ANOVA study designs....

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Mudge JF,Houlahan JE

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The two biological control agents, predatory mite Amblydromalus limonicus Garman & McGregor (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae), have the potential to independently suppress the invasive tomato potato psyllid (TPP), Bactericera co...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Liu JF,Zhang ZQ,Beggs JR,Wei XY

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tephrosia vogelii Hook was excellent insecticidal plant, it was introduced into China and planted over a large area in Guangdong province. The main active components of T. vogelii was rotenone and it widely found in leaves and pods of T. vogelii. This paper study of the safety assessment of T. vogelii flowers to worke...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Wang YQ,Wang RF,Ma QL,Chen XT,Li YM,Zhang ZX

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms of the differences among the Cd tolerance and accumulation of different pak choi cultivars are essential to further breed Cd-safe genotypes pak choi. In our research, via morphological comparison, qRT-PCR and yeast function complementary approaches, we explored the differences of Cd tolerance ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Wu X,Chen J,Yue X,Wei X,Zou J,Chen Y,Su N,Cui J

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke can affect female reproductive health by causing follicle destruction and oocyte dysfunction. Third-hand smoke has received increasing attention as a public health issue. However, the effects of third-hand smoke on the female reproductive system, particularly the ovaries, remain unclear. 1-(N-methyl-N-...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Liu H,Liu Z,Meng L,Fu X,Hou Y

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to understand the levels and behaviour of the herbicide propoxycarbazone in environmental compartments, which are poorly characterized considering degradation products that might reach either surface water as groundwater or soil samples. To this end, an analytical method, based on ultra-high p...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Vargas-Pérez M,González FJE,Frenich AG

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2), a ubiquitous synthetic endocrine disrupting chemical, was the principal component of contraceptive drugs and one of common hormone medications. The detrimental impact of EE2 on the reproduction of organisms was widely recognized. However, the underlying mechanisms of physiological and metab...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Zhou X,Li Y,Li H,Yang Z,Zuo C

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00