This study examined to what degree bioaccumulated pesticides in transplanted zebra
mussels can give an insight to pesticide bioavailability in the environment. In addition, it was …

Two of the questions raised in the validation process of biomarkers are their relevance in the
identification and discrimination of environmental perturbations, and the influence of …

Five biomarkers (MT: metallothionein-like proteins, EROD: ethoxyresorufin ortho-dééthylase,
DNA strand breaks, LPO: peroxidation of lipids, VG: vitellogenin-like protiens) were …

For over 20 years, mussels have been recommended as one of the most suitable
biomonitoring organisms for aquatic ecosystems. Though the common mussel (Mytilus …

The validation of a suite of cellular biomarkers for biomonitoring studies necessitates a good
knowledge of the meaning of these early responses to environmental stress in terms of …

We compared contaminants in zebra and quagga mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and
Dreissena bugensis) of two different size classes from sites within the Niagara River to …

Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) were translocated in cages to 56 water bodies in
Flanders (Belgium) during summer 2001. After six weeks, concentrations of polychlorinated …

The zebra mussel is among the best studied freshwater molluscs in ecotoxicology, but
information on the quagga mussel is lacking. Considering its potential spread, we selected a …

Illicit drugs are considered to be emerging aquatic pollutants since they are commonly found
in freshwater ecosystems in the high ng L− 1 to low μg L− 1 range concentrations. Although …

The aim of this study was to verify whether the biogeochemical features (eg concentration of
nutrients, oxygen consumption, mineralization rate, Eh) of sediments changed by the zebra …