Information about the side-effects of pesticides on biological control agents is an essential
requirement of integrated pest management (IPM). Different methods to test the effects of …

This is a pilot study for assessing soil ecosystem health in chronically polluted sites on the
basis of a 3-tier approach (screening+ scoring+ understanding) designed to be cost-effective …

The effects of several copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) nanomaterials were assessed using the
cellular energy allocation (CEA), a methodology used to evaluate the energetic status and …

Crossed effects between climate change and chemical pollutions were identified on
community structure and ecosystem functioning. Temperature rising affects the toxic …

Dyes have been used for more than twenty thousand years in textile, pharmaceutical, food,
cosmetic, and photographic industries, among others. Despite their importance in these …

Effluents are a main source of direct and often continuous input of pollutants into aquatic
ecosystems with long-term implications on ecosystem functioning. Therefore, the study of the …

The widespread contamination and persistence of the herbicide atrazine residues in the
environment resulted in the exposure of non-target organisms. The present study was …

This study assessed the effects of two emerging environmental pollutants caffeine (CAF) and
metformin (METF) on juvenile zebrafish, raised at 22° C or 27 ºC, after 96 h exposure. The …

In the aquatic environment, pharmaceutical drugs are submitted to degradation processes,
where photodegradation is one of the most important mechanisms affecting the fate …

Insecticides such as dimethoate persist for a long time in freshwater environments,
influencing the physiology of the animals inhabiting such environments. In aquatic …