The increased overexploitation of freshwater ecosystems and their extended watersheds
often generates a cascade of anthropogenic stressors (eg, acidification, eutrophication …

There is growing scientific, regulatory and public concern over anthropogenic input of
radionuclides to the aquatic environment, especially given the issues surrounding existing …

The water flea Daphnia magna is a small planktonic cladoceran. D. magna has been used
as a model species for ecotoxicology, as it is sensitive to environmental stressors and …

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been assessed to have a high exposure risk for humans
and aquatic organisms. Toxicity varies considerably between different types of AgNPs. This …

Background Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), the major species of farmed
shrimps in the world, has been attracting extensive studies, which require more and more …

The use of chemical flame-retardants (FR) in consumer products has steadily increased over
the last 30 years. Toxicity data exist for legacy FRs such as pentabromodiphenyl ether …

Concise and authoritative, Clinical Toxicology: Principles and Mechanisms examines the
complex interactions associated with clinical toxicological events and chemical exposure or …

Ecotoxicogenomics is developing into a key tool for the assessment of environmental
impacts and environmental risk assessment for aquatic ecosystems. This review aims to …

The freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna has traditionally been a model for
ecotoxicological studies owing to its sensitivity to many xenobiotics. Because it is used in …

There is relatively little information regarding the critical xenobiotic-metabolizing cytochrome
P450 (CYP) enzymes in Caenorhabditis elegans, despite this organism's increasing use as …