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：: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：:Ten agronomic plant species were exposed to different concentrations of nano-titanium dioxide (nTiO2 ) or nano-cerium oxide (nCeO2 ) (0 μg/mL, 250 μg/mL, 500 μg/mL, and 1000 μg/mL) to examine potential effects on germination and early seedling development. The authors modified a standard test protocol developed for so...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Andersen CP,King G,Plocher M,Storm M,Pokhrel LR,Johnson MG,Rygiewicz PT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalic acid esters are frequently detected in aquatic environments. In the present study, zebrafish were exposed to low concentrations (0 µg/L, 0.46 µg/L, 4.0 µg/L, and 37.5 µg/L) of mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) for 81 d, and the effects on reproduction, gamete quality, plasma vitellogenin (VTG), sex steroid...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zhu Y,Hua R,Zhou Y,Li H,Quan S,Yu Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is an extensively researched tertiary predator. Studies have delineated information about its life history and the influences of various stressors on its reproduction. Due to the bald eagle's position at the top of the food web, it is susceptible to biomagnification of xenobio...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Wierda MR,Leith KF,Roe AS,Grubb TG,Sikarskie JG,Best DA,Pittman HT,Fuentes L,Simon KL,Bowerman W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake and toxicity of 2 poly(methylmethacrylate)-based plastic nanoparticles (PNPs) with different surface chemistries (medium and hydrophobic) were assessed using aquatic organisms selected for their relevance based on the environmental behavior of the PNPs. Pure poly(methylmethacrylate) (medium; PMMA PNPs) and ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Booth AM,Hansen BH,Frenzel M,Johnsen H,Altin D

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:The rising potential for the release of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) into aquatic environments requires evaluation of risks to protect ecological health. The present review examines knowledge pertaining to the interactions of metal-based ENPs with aquatic higher plants, identifies information gaps, and raises consi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Thwala M,Klaine SJ,Musee N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed a toxicity test with ciprofloxacin in fertilized eggs of common carp according to guideline 210 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The tested concentrations were 1 μg L(-1) , 100 μg L(-1) , 500 μg L(-1) , 1000 μg L(-1) , and 3000 μg L(-1) . Accelerated hatching was fou...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zivna D,Plhalova L,Chromcova L,Blahova J,Prokes M,Skoric M,Marsalek P,Praskova E,Stepanova S,Svobodova Z

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Octanol-water partition coefficients (KOW ) are widely used in fate and effects modeling of chemicals. Still, high-quality experimental KOW data are scarce, in particular for very hydrophobic chemicals. This hampers reliable assessments of several fate and effect parameters and the development and validation of new mo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Jonker MT

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects (CAFE) database is a centralized repository that allows for rapid and unrestricted access to data. Information in CAFE is integrated into a user-friendly tool with modules containing fate and effects data for 32 377 and 4498 chemicals, respectively. Toxicity data are summarized in...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bejarano AC,Farr JK,Jenne P,Chu V,Hielscher A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern bobwhite (quail) (Colinus virginianus) and scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) populations have declined dramatically in the Rolling Plains ecoregion of Texas and Oklahoma (USA). There is rising concern about potential toxicity of neonicotinoids to birds. To investigate this concern, the authors examined crops...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Turaga U,Peper ST,Dunham NR,Kumar N,Kistler W,Almas S,Presley SM,Kendall RJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms can make good bioindicators and biomarkers, offering a convenient tool to monitor metal contamination in streams that results from mine tailing sites. Biofilm metal content (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) as well as diatom diversity and the presence of teratologies (diatom abnormalities) were determined for biofilms from ri...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Leguay S,Lavoie I,Levy JL,Fortin C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the environmental risks of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has become very important in the field of aquatic toxicology. Hydroxylpropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) is an amphiphilic, toroidal shaped molecule with the ability to form noncovalent inclusion complexes with a variety of guest mo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Anderson JC,Beyger L,Guchardi J,Holdway D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dike failure at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Plant in East Tennessee, United States, in December 2008, released approximately 4.1 million m(3) of coal ash into the Emory River. From 2009 through 2012, samples of mayfly nymphs (Hexagenia bilineata) were collected each spring from sites in the Emory,...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Smith JG,Baker TF,Murphy CA,Jett RT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of the present study was to derive ecologically relevant effect threshold concentrations of (dissolved) Pb for selected European Union (EU) freshwater rivers, using the 2008 EU Voluntary Risk Assessment Report as a starting point and more advanced methodologies than those used in the Voluntary Risk ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Van Sprang PA,Nys C,Blust RJ,Chowdhury J,Gustafsson JP,Janssen CJ,De Schamphelaere KA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of antidepressants on wildlife are currently raising some concern because of an increased number of publications indicating biological effects at environmentally relevant concentrations (<100 ng/L). These results have been met with some scepticism because of the higher concentrations required to detect eff...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Ford AT,Fong PP

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine waters have been poorly investigated for the occurrence of pharmaceutical contamination. Recent data confirm that pharmaceuticals occur widely in marine and coastal environments; therefore, assessment of potential risk to marine species needs further efforts. The present study represents the first extensive rev...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Fabbri E,Franzellitti S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antidepressants have been found in measurable concentrations in final treated wastewater effluent and receiving waters throughout the world. Studies have shown that these concentrations are typically not overtly toxic, but the psychotropic mode of action of these chemicals warrants examination of their behavioral effe...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bisesi JH Jr,Sweet LE,van den Hurk P,Klaine SJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instream flows of the rapidly urbanizing watersheds and estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas (USA) are increasingly dominated by reclaimed waters. Though ionizable pharmaceuticals have received increasing attention in freshwaters, many research questions remain unanswered, particularly in tidally influenced urban ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Scott WC,Du B,Haddad SP,Breed CS,Saari GN,Kelly M,Broach L,Chambliss CK,Brooks BW

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard ecotoxicity tests are conducted under constant and favorable experimental conditions. In natural communities, however, the toxicity of chemicals may be influenced by abiotic and biotic environmental factors. Firstly, the authors examined the influence of temperature and total food concentration on the nature ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hochmuth JD,Janssen CR,De Schamphelaere KA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estuarine fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico are exposed annually to hypoxic conditions. In addition to hypoxia, fish located throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico were potentially exposed to oil released during the Deepwater Horizon incident. Therefore, the interaction between oil exposure and hypoxia is worth inve...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hedgpeth BM,Griffitt RJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal mixture toxicity has been studied for decades. However, the results are not consistent, and thus ecological risk assessment and regulation of mixtures has been difficult. The objective of the present study was to use a systematic experimental design to characterize the toxicity of binary-metal mixture of Cu, Zn,...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Lynch NR,Hoang TC,O'Brien TE

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Metal pollution has been increasing rapidly over the past century, and at the same time, the human population has continued to rise and produce contaminants that may negatively impact pollinators. Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) forage over large areas and can collect contaminants from the environment. The primary obje...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hladun KR,Di N,Liu TX,Trumble JT

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study determined concentrations of estrogenic bisphenol A (BPA), nonylphenol, octylphenol (4-tert-octylphenol), butylphenol (4-tert-butylphenol), and progestogenic norethindrone by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in bile extracts from field fish from the Xin'an River and market fish in Shang...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Wu M,Pan C,Yang M,Xu B,Lei X,Ma J,Cai L,Chen J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paucity of information on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment in African countries led the authors to investigate 8 acidic pharmaceuticals (4 antipyretics, 3 antibiotics, and 1 lipid regulator) in wastewater, surface water, and sediments from the Msunduzi River in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, So...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Agunbiade FO,Moodley B

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:With increasing application and commercial production, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) will inevitably be released into aquatic environments and affect the transport and toxicity of toxic metals in ecosystems. The present study examined how CNTs affected the biokinetics and toxicity of a toxic metal, cadmium (Cd), in the fres...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Liu J,Wang WX

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical ultraviolet (UV) filter benzophenone-3 (BP-3) is suspected to be an endocrine disruptor based on results from in vitro and in vivo testing. However, studies including endpoints of endocrine adversity are lacking. The present study investigated the potential endocrine-disrupting effects of BP-3 in zebrafis...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Kinnberg KL,Petersen GI,Albrektsen M,Minghlani M,Awad SM,Holbech BF,Green JW,Bjerregaard P,Holbech H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental sources, fate, transport, and routes of exposure of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5; CAS no. 541-02-6) are reviewed in the present study, with the objective of contributing to effective risk evaluation and assessment of this and related substances. The present review, which is part of a series of st...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Mackay D,Cowan-Ellsberry CE,Powell DE,Woodburn KB,Xu S,Kozerski GE,Kim J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations (300 ng/L) of androstenedione (A4) were identified in snowmelt runoff from fields fertilized with manure from livestock feeding operations in Wisconsin, USA. In fishes, A4 is an active androgen and substrate for biosynthesis of functional androgens (e.g., testosterone and 11-ketotestosterone) and e...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： DeQuattro ZA,Hemming JD,Barry TP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecotoxicology research on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixtures has focused principally on short-term effects on reproduction, growth, and other physiological endpoints. Latent cognitive effects from early life exposure to low-level PCBs were examined in an avian model, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Thir...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zahara AR,Michel NL,Flahr LM,Ejack LE,Morrissey CA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogenicity of sewage effluents, and related ecotoxicological effects in effluent-receiving environments, have been widely reported over the last 2 decades. However, relatively little attention has been given to other endocrine pathways that may be similarly disrupted by a growing list of contaminants of concern. Fu...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Roberts J,Bain PA,Kumar A,Hepplewhite C,Ellis DJ,Christy AG,Beavis SG

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothesis-based no-effect-concentration (NOEC) and regression-based x% effect concentration (ECx) values are common statistical approaches used to summarize ecotoxicological effects. Controversy over the NOEC model has prompted a movement toward discontinuation of the NOEC in favor of ECx, but the best x% effect surr...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Beasley A,Belanger SE,Brill JL,Otter RR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pesticide use has led to the ubiquitous contamination of natural habitats, which has inadvertently increased pesticide tolerance in target and nontarget species. Historically, increased pesticide tolerance has been attributed to natural selection for tolerance among individuals of affected populations. Recent research...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Jones DK,Relyea RA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural organic matter (NOM) can interact with engineered nanoparticles (NPs) in the environment and modify their behavior and toxicity to organisms. In the present study, the phytotoxicity of copper oxide (CuO) NPs to rice seedlings in the presence of humic acid as a model NOM was investigated. The results showed tha...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Peng C,Zhang H,Fang H,Xu C,Huang H,Wang Y,Sun L,Yuan X,Chen Y,Shi J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bird eggs are used widely as noninvasive bioindicators for environmental mercury availability. Previous studies, however, have found varying relationships between laying sequence and egg mercury concentrations. Some studies have reported that the mercury concentration was higher in first-laid eggs or declined across t...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Ou L,Varian-Ramos CW,Cristol DA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melano-macrophage aggregates, collections of specialized cells of the innate immune system of fish, are considered a general biomarker for contaminant toxicity. To elucidate further the relationship between macrophage aggregates and metals exposure, yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus), a long-lived species, were ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Barst BD,Bridges K,Korbas M,Roberts AP,Van Kirk K,McNeel K,Drevnick PE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time taken for organisms to recover from a pulsed toxicant exposure is an important consideration when water quality guidelines are applied to intermittent events in the environment. Organisms may appear to have recovered by standard toxicity testing methods but could carry residual toxicant or damage that may mak...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Prouse AE,Hogan AC,Harford AJ,van Dam RA,Nugegoda D

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00