The Vaal River is situated in the mining and industrial heartland of South Africa. It is
regarded as a “work horse” river in South Africa and as a consequence it receives treated …

Despite of the large array of available carbon nanotube (CNT) configurations that allow
different industrial and scientific applications of these nanoparticles, their impacts on aquatic …

The bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis collected in the Ria de Aveiro, was selected to evaluate
the acute and chronic effects of carbamazepine (CBZ) at environmentally relevant …

Environmental pollutants are known as disruptors of gut microbiota. However, it remains
unexplored whether the dysbiosis of gut microbiota by pollutants is durable and …

Heat is a powerful stressor for fish living in natural and artificial environments.
Understanding the effects of heat stress on the physiological processes of fish is essential …

Biopesticides are natural compounds considered more safe and sustainable for the
environment. However, it is also important to evaluate the potential risk in non-target …

With increasing oil exploration in Arctic regions, the risk of an accidental oil spill into the
environment is inevitably elevated. As a result, concerns have been raised over the potential …

Several environmental contaminants including toxic trace metals are being discharged into
the coastal environment causing serious threat to marine organisms and posing public …

Water temperature is a key factor in aquaculture production of the commercially valuable
sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. Knowledge is scarce about actual energetic costs that can …

The constant release of pharmaceuticals products to aquatic environment even at low
concentrations (ng L− 1 to µg L− 1) could lead to unknown chronic effects to non-target …