Abstract Background The atyid shrimp Paratya australiensis occurs in surface freshwater
habitats throughout eastern Australia and has been used to study the ecotoxicology of …

The diverse mixture of contaminants frequently present in estuaries complicates their
assessment by routine chemical or biological analyses. We investigated the use of gene …

The influence of water hardness on copper (Cu) toxicity in Daphnia magna was studied
using gene expression analysis. Exposing D. magna to Cu in water with increasing levels of …

Triphenyltin chloride (TPTC), which has been extensively used in industry and agriculture,
can occur at concentrations in the environment sufficient to be toxic. Here, potency of TPTC …

Cellular stress responses are frequently presumed to be more sensitive than traditional
ecotoxicological life cycle end points such as survival and growth. Yet, the focus to reduce …

The recognized and unknown risks associated with the ever-increasing number of pollutants
in our environment presents a serious threat to us all. This poses a pressing need for a …

The evaluation of chemical hazard is based on the identification of the quality and the
quantity of adverse effects as a consequence of exposure. The adverse effects that do not …

Standard bioassays allow hazard assessment at the population level, but much remains to
be learned about the molecular level response of organisms to stressors. The main aim of …

This review includes works published in the general scientific literature during 2008 on the
effects of anthropogenic pollutants on freshwater organisms. It begins with two broad …

The concept of the vanishing zero, which was first discussed 50 years ago in relation to
pesticide residues in foods and food crops, focused on the unintended regulatory …