Defining the role of omics in assessing ecosystem health: perspectives from the Canadian environmental monitoring program

PA Bahamonde, A Feswick, MA Isaacs… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Scientific reviews and studies continue to describe omics technologies as the next
generation of tools for environmental monitoring, while cautioning that there are limitations …

Does environmental pollution affect male reproductive system in naturally exposed vertebrates? A systematic review

CPA de Oliveira, AA Carneiro, LOG Ervilha… - Theriogenology, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to environmental contamination, the environment constantly receives pollutants from
various anthropic actions. These pollutants put ecological health at risk due to contamination …

Assessment of biomarkers for contaminants of emerging concern on aquatic organisms downstream of a municipal wastewater discharge

EJ Jasinska, GG Goss, PL Gillis… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including pharmaceuticals, personal care
products and estrogens, are detected in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharges …

Reduction of intersex in a wild fish population in response to major municipal wastewater treatment plant upgrades

KA Hicks, MLM Fuzzen, EK McCann… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Intersex in fish downstream of municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWWTPs) is a global
concern. Consistent high rates of intersex in male rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) …

Distribution of selected antiandrogens and pharmaceuticals in a highly impacted watershed

MJ Arlos, LM Bragg, WJ Parker, MR Servos - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Endocrine disruption and high occurrences of intersex have been observed in wild fish
associated with municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents in urbanized …

Whole organism responses and intersex severity in rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) following exposures to municipal wastewater in the Grand River basin …

PA Bahamonde, ML Fuzzen, CJ Bennett, GR Tetreault… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater effluents (MWWEs) contain anthropogenic substances that can exhibit
endocrine-disrupting activity. These complex mixtures have been observed to exert adverse …

Municipal wastewater effluent affects fish communities: A multi-year study involving two wastewater treatment plants

ES McCallum, KE Nikel, H Mehdi, SNN Du… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although effluent from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is a major stressor in
receiving environments, relatively few studies have addressed how its discharge affects …

Effects of bifenthrin exposure on the estrogenic and dopaminergic pathways in zebrafish embryos and juveniles

LB Bertotto, J Richards, J Gan, DC Volz… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bifenthrin is a pyrethroid insecticide used in urban and agricultural applications. Previous
studies have shown that environmentally relevant (ng/L) concentrations of bifenthrin …

Severe intersex is predictive of poor fertilization success in populations of rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)

MLM Fuzzen, CJ Bennett, GR Tetreault, ME McMaster… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater effluent (MWWE) contains emerging contaminants such as
pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) that have estrogenic properties …

Intersex in fishes and amphibians: population implications, prevalence, mechanisms and molecular biomarkers

A Abdel‐moneim, DP Coulter… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intersex is defined as the abnormal presence of both testicular and ovarian cells in gonads
of gonochoristic animals. Its occurrence is widespread and reports on its presence in the …