Microplastic pollution is a major threat to the marine environment attracting attention from
scientific and public communities. Although we have sufficient evidence that microplastic is …

An increasing variety of industrial, agricultural and other chemicals is entering the aquatic
environment and being taken up into the tissues of invertebrates and vertebrates (Walker …

Bivalve Molluscs is an extremely comprehensive book covering all major aspects of this
important class of invertebrates. As well as being an important class biologically and …

Nanotechnology is a major innovative scientific and economic growth area, which may
present a variety of hazards for environmental and human health. The surface properties …

Recent studies indicate that contaminant-stimulated reactive oxygen species (ROS)
production, and resulting oxidative damage, may be a significant mechanism of toxicity in …

Environmental impacts by both natural events and man-made interventions are a fact of life;
and developing the capacity to minimise these impacts and their harmful consequences for …

Organic pollutants exhibiting endocrine disrupting activity (Endocrine Disruptors—EDs) are
prevalent over a wide range in the aquatic ecosystems; most EDs are resistant to …

The potential prognostic use of lysosomal reactions to environmental pollutants is explored
in relation to predicting animal health in marine mussels, based on diagnostic biomarker …

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the potential toxic effects of polyethylene
microplastics (PE-MPs)(40–48 μm) on the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in …

In this study the effects of an anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), are assessed
on the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), exposed for 18 days at a …