abstract：:Copper and zinc contents have been determined in up to 28 species of edible mushrooms from different sites in the province of Lugo (NW Spain). Two hundred thirty-eight collected samples were analyzed by an anodic stripping voltammetric technique using a drop mercury as the working electrode. The results showed that th...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Alonso J,García MA,Pérez-López M,Melgar MJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissipation processes are described for a combination of commonly used pesticides-atrazine (6-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino- s-triazine), metolachlor (2-chloro- N-[2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenyl]- N-[2-methoxy-1-methylethyl] acetamide), and chlorpyrifos ( O-O diethyl O-[3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl] phosphorothioate)-i...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mazanti L,Rice C,Bialek K,Sparling D,Stevenson C,Johnson WE,Kangas P,Rheinstein J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between exposure to p-dichlorobenzene (p-DCB) and urinary excretion of 2,5-dichlorophenol (2,5-DCP), the major metabolite of p-DCB, was examined to evaluate the usefulness of the metabolite as a biological index for low-level exposure of p-DCB in the general population. Personal exposure concentration...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Yoshida T,Andoh K,Fukuhara M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate treatment of lead-contaminated soil may be a cost-effective remedial alternative for in situ stabilizing soil Pb and reducing Pb toxicology to human. The leaching behaviors of the P added to soil surface and the effect on subsurface Pb bioaccessibility must be addressed for this remedial technology to be acc...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Yang J,Mosby DE,Casteel SW,Blanchar RW

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eggs of nesting birds situated in peripheral areas serving as fire breaks are at risk of being sprayed with fire control chemicals. Acute toxicity tests were conducted by immersing northern bobwhite quail eggs for 10 s in different water-based concentrations of Silv-Ex(R) (SE), a foam-suppressant chemical, and Phos-Ch...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Buscemi DM,Hoffman DJ,Vyas NB,Spann JW,Kuenzel WJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, there is increasing interest in the microbial degradation of endocrine disruptors. This study was conducted to show the isolation and property of bacteria having bisphenol A (BPA) biodegradability in river water and to identify the difference of BPA degradation under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Three r...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kang JH,Kondo F

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of growth and physical condition on the level of heavy metals accumulated in the organs of common bream (Abramis brama L.) populating Lake Balaton was investigated on samples collected in October 1999 and May 2000 from two well-separable sites regarding their trophic state and pollution impact (western and ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Farkas A,Salánki J,Specziár A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is the first in a series of three that describe the results of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) conducted in the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Area of Concern (IHAOC). The assessment area is located in northwest Indiana and was divided into nine reaches to facilitate the assessment. Th...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： MacDonald DD,Ingersoll CG,Smorong DE,Lindskoog RA,Sparks DW,Smith JR,Simon TP,Hanacek MA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of soil concentrations of trace and pollutant metals over large spatial areas requires laborious and expensive sampling effort. In this study, we examined the feasibility of using calves as biomonitors of soil semimetal and trace metal concentrations in Galicia (NW Spain), a region in which calves are pr...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： López Alonso M,Benedito JL,Miranda M,Castillo C,Hernández J,Shore RF

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory studies of algicide toxicity to algal species provide information to improve the efficacy and efficiency of copper-containing algicides in actual field situations. The objectives of this study were (1) to measure the influence of copper form, initial concentration, and duration of exposure on the response o...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Murray-Gulde CL,Heatley JE,Schwartzman AL,Rodgers JH Jr

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of pyrene on the regulation of the gene expression of cytochrome P4501A ( CYP1A) was studied in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), a tropical fish of great ecological and economical importance. To evaluate CYP1A mRNA, tilapia CYP1A cDNA was cloned, sequenced, and compared with those CYP1A reported sequences i...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zapata-Pérez O,Gold-Bouchot G,Ortega A,López T,Albores A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chironomid mouthpart deformities and aberrations of their polytenic chromosomes are sublethal responses to toxic stress. These endpoints have been used in several cases as bioindications for sediment pollution. In the present study we aimed to establish whether there was an association between mouthpart deformities an...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Meregalli G,Bettinetti R,Pluymers L,Vermeulen AC,Rossaro B,Ollevier F

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have examined mercury accumulation in crocodilians. However, though most researchers have focused on tissue concentrations, few have examined mercury levels in crocodilian eggs. In July 1995, we analyzed mercury in 31 nonviable Morelet's crocodile ( Crocodylus moreletii) eggs collected from eight nests ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rainwater TR,Adair BM,Platt SG,Anderson TA,Cobb GP,McMurry ST

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The juvenile growth rate (gj) of Daphnia is a good predictor of the per capita rate of increase (r), which is considered the ecologically most meaningful parameter. The hypothesis is tested that gj may be used as a surrogate for r in short-term ecotoxicological tests to replace the time-consuming population-based test...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Trubetskova I,Lampert W

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury and selenium act as mutual antagonists in mature birds, but their toxicity is additive or synergistic in avian embryos and immature birds. Twenty eggs and livers from 18 mature and 9 immature common loon carcasses found in Minnesota were collected. Livers and eggs were analyzed for mercury and selenium by atom...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bischoff K,Pichner J,Braselton WE,Counard C,Evers DC,Edwards WC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adverse effects of heavy metals (mostly Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Se) on the environment were appraised by comparing fluctuating asymmetry of dental characters (molars) in Algerian mice (Mus spretus) from polluted (Oeiras) and reference (Xévora) riparian areas, in central Portugal. The size of tooth traits was shown...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nunes AC,Auffray JC,Mathias ML

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoids are key species involved in the regulation of natural populations. Host parasitization is realized via some important steps in which kairomone perception is essential. Due to the wide use of insecticides and their contribution to environmental pollution, the determination of their sublethal effects on beha...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Komeza N,Fouillet P,Boulétreau M,Delpuech JM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of cadmium and copper were assayed in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata. Acute assays were made on the first larvae stage, and both acute and chronic assays were made on juvenile crabs. The acute lethal toxicity of the assayed heavy metals was three orders of magnitude higher in larvae than in ju...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Greco LS,Sánchez MV,Nicoloso GL,Medesani DA,Rodríguez EM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragment constant model for estimating partition coefficient of nonionic organic mixtures is developed based on group contribution theory. For 60 mixtures randomly composed of eight substituted benzenes, the C(18)-Empore disks/water partition coefficients (K(MD)) are determined. Establishment of a model between th...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lin Z,Yu H,Gao S,Cheng J,Wang L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic lead exposure was studied in 31 volunteers employed in storage battery plant. The genotoxicity of lead was measured in terms of sister chromatid exchange (SCE). Erythrocyte delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydrogenase (ALAD) activity, urinary delta-aminolevulinic acid (U-ALA), and blood lead levels (PbBs) were al...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Duydu Y,Süzen HS,Aydin A,Cander O,Uysal H,Işimer A,Vural N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Cu and Cd on functional responses of hemocytes in Tapes philippinarum, a Veneridae clam widespread in the lagoon of Venice, were evaluated. Bivalves were exposed for 7 days to various concentrations of CuCl(2) x 2H(2)O (0, 10, 60, and 110 microg/L) and CdCl(2) x H(2)O (0, 150, 300, and 450 microg/L). He...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Matozzo V,Ballarin L,Pampanin DM,Marin MG

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of fish to water of impaired quality has been shown to disrupt the function of the hypothalamo-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) axis and alter the interpretation of data from field studies due to the varying effects of handling and delayed sampling on exposed and reference animals. In the present study, juvenile wh...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lappivaara J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 208 samples of water, sediment, tomato crops, blood, and mothers' breast milk were collected from the environs of Akumadan, a prominent vegetable-farming community in Ghana. The samples were analyzed for organochlorine (OC) pesticide residues. Lindane and endosulfan were found in water and sediment, while o...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ntow WJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural edge-of-field runoff usually contaminates surface waters with particle-associated pesticides. However, the acute and chronic effects on the aquatic macroinvertebrate communities have rarely been addressed. Outdoor flow-through stream microcosms were exposed for 1 h in triplicate to approximately 3.1 g/L o...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Schulz R,Liess M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organotin tributyltin (TBT) is an antifouling biocide used in marine paints and is a common pollutant in harbor estuaries. We previously demonstrated that the immune system of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is a sensitive target organ of TBT. Exposure strongly suppresses humoral immune responses. Harbor est...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Regala RP,Rice CD,Schwedler TE,Dorociak IR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soils from the Yorktown Naval Base contaminated with trinitrotoluene (TNT) and other explosives were used to prepare eluates before and after bioremediation using microbial growth amendments in the presence (P1 eluates) or absence (P2 eluates) of exogenous white rot fungus. Effectiveness of bioremediation was examined...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Beltz LA,Neira DR,Axtell CA,Iverson S,Deaton W,Waldschmidt TJ,Bumpus JA,Johnston CG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of temperature variation on the humoral immune response using the plaque-forming cell (PFC) assay in freshwater fish Channa punctatus (Bloch) was investigated. The fish was exposed to 1% concentration (v/v in water) of paper and pulp mill effluent under standard laboratory conditions in glass aquaria. Ef...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Fatima M,Ahmad I,Siddiqui R,Raisuddin S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasingly growing global production of sewage sludge, evaluation of its applicability in agriculture and land restoration is essential. This study assessed the potential effects of composting process and fly ash amendment on soil-ameliorating properties of sewage sludge. The metal availability and phytotox...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lau SS,Fang M,Wong JW

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water quality, habitats, and biota of streams in the upper Animas River watershed of Colorado, USA, are affected by metal contamination associated with acid drainage. We determined metal concentrations in components of the food web of the Animas River and its tributaries-periphyton (aufwuchs), benthic invertebrate...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Besser JM,Brumbaugh WG,May TW,Church SE,Kimball BA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated interactions between low pH, high nitrate level, and ultraviolet-B (UV-B) light on the survival and activity level of larval Cascades frogs (Rana cascadae). We used a fully factorial experimental design, with pH levels of 5 and 7; initial "pulse" nitrate exposure levels of 0, 5, and 20 mg/L; and UV-B p...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Hatch AC,Blaustein AR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell walls of plants, including those of algae, have the capacity to bind metal ions in negatively charged sites. The authors had already shown that the wild type (walled) strain of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dangeard was more tolerant to Cd, Co, Cu, and Ni than a wall-less mutant of the ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Macfie SM,Welbourn PM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A test system was developed to examine the effects of environmental contaminants on thiamine homeostasis in bird embryos. This system employs fresh chicken egg yolk lipids as a vehicle for use in egg injection studies. Furazolidone, an antibiotic suspected to interfere with thiamine metabolism, was used as a positive ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： de Roode DF,Balk L,Koeman JH

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sediment-bound toxicants to aquatic invertebrates may vary due to differences in bioavailability, food quality, or food structure. The equilibrium partitioning theory (EPT) assumes that organic matter content of sediments and not structure of organic matter is relevant for biological effects of polycycl...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Peeters ET,De Jager TJ,Beijer JA,Koelmans AA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine and compare persistent organic pollutant (POP) levels in different matrices in a female population. A total of 96 serum and 46 adipose tissue samples were collected from infertile women (n = 101) attending Centers for Reproductive Medicine in Belgium from 1996 to 1998. Gas chromat...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Pauwels A,Covaci A,Weyler J,Delbeke L,Dhont M,De Sutter P,D'Hooghe T,Schepens PJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquatic insects are an important component of the food web in salt marshes, therefore it is necessary to test whether pesticides used to control mosquitoes in salt marshes are safe for nontarget insects. We tested the nontarget effects of a combined formulation (duplex) of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (B.t.i.) a...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lawler SP,Dritz DA,Jensen T

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined mercury and selenium in 43 eggs (eggshell, albumen, and yolk) which belong to different clutch sizes of Audouin's gull from the Chafarinas Islands. The results were compared with those obtained previously with the same species at the Ebro Delta. Both, the intra- and the interclutch sources of variability...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sanpera C,Morera M,Ruiz X,Jover L

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pea Patch Island in Delaware Bay is the site of the largest heronry north of Florida. From 1989-93, the population of nine species of wading birds numbered approximately 12,000 pairs, but has recently declined to about 7,000 pairs. Because Delaware Bay is a major shipping channel and receives anthropogenic releases of...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rattner BA,Hoffman DJ,Melancon MJ,Olsen GH,Schmidt SR,Parsons KC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present project is to determine the feasibility of measuring hepatic cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) and metallothionein (MT) mRNA in fish as an integrative measurement of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metal contamination in sediment arising in Hong Kong. Sediment samples were collected fro...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wong CK,Yeung HY,Cheung RY,Yung KK,Wong MH

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorinated phenols and anilines were transformed by oxidoreductive catalysts with release of chloride ions in both the absence and the presence of humic substances (syringaldehyde, catechol, and humic acid). Dehalogenation of these xenobiotics resulted from oxidative coupling reactions occurring at the chlorinated si...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Park JW,Dec J,Kim JE,Bollag JM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clothing affords harvesters considerable protection against the elements and can retain substantial amounts of pesticide residue from treated crops. Normal work clothing of female harvesters was supplemented with rubber latex gloves and facial scarves to determine whether those measures reduced exposure. Captan fungic...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Krieger RI,Dinoff TM

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00