Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) quantitative modelling was used to measure the protein,
lipid and glycogen composition of five marine bivalve species (Saccostrea glomerata, Ostrea …

BACKGROUND Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) is a pesticide used in control of the
malaria-carrying mosquito. While banned internationally, some countries, including South …

The present study has investigated the effects of Metro Vancouver's wastewater treatment
plant (WWTP) effluents on English sole (Parophrys vetulus) hepatic gene expression using …

Environmental contaminants released into water tend to accumulate in sediment, leading to
exposure for sediment-dwelling organisms. This study aimed to clarify whether chronic (56 …

In macro-public finance, the Ramsey rule (RR) concerns variable taxation to maximize social
welfare and economic efficiency in a purely competitive monopolistic system. To extract tax …

A bioenergetics model was developed from observed consumption, respiration and growth
rates for zebrafish Danio rerio across a range (18–32° C) of water temperatures, and …

A case study is presented where an integrated, ecologically relevant exposure assessment
is presented for a polluted lowland river. Using partial least squares regression of latent …

Despite their complexity, ecotoxicological measurements using higher level responses
remain a major tool in the assessment of ecosystem integrity. Nevertheless, the past decade …

Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) represent a plethora of chemicals only recently
recognized as potentially causing harm at environmental concentrations to organisms …