Sensitivity of hypogean and epigean freshwater copepods to agricultural pollutants

T Di Lorenzo, WD Di Marzio, ME Sáenz… - … Science and Pollution …, 2014 - Springer
Widespread pollution from agriculture is one of the major causes of the poor freshwater
quality currently observed across Europe. Several studies have addressed the direct impact …

Temperature effect on the sensitivity of the copepod Eucyclops serrulatus (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopoida) to agricultural pollutants in the hyporheic zone

TDI Lorenzo, WD Di Marzio, M Cifoni, B Fiasca… - Current …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The sensitivity of freshwater invertebrates to agricultural pollutants is supposed to increase
with rising temperature due to global warming. The aim of this study was to measure the …

A plea for the use of copepods in freshwater ecotoxicology

D Kulkarni, A Gergs, U Hommen, HT Ratte… - … Science and Pollution …, 2013 - Springer
Standard species used in ecological risk assessment are chosen based on their sensitivity
to various toxicants and the ease of rearing them for laboratory experiments. However, this …

Relative sensitivity of hyporheic copepods to chemicals

WD Di Marzio, D Castaldo, C Pantani… - Bulletin of …, 2009 - Springer
The sensitivity of harpacticoid copepods was tested against selected pollutants. Acute
toxicity tests were carried out for five hyporheic species exposed to pesticides, ammonia …

Developmental endpoints of chronic exposure to suspected endocrine-disrupting chemicals on benthic and hyporheic freshwater copepods

WD Di Marzio, D Castaldo, T Di Lorenzo… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aims of this study were:(i) to assess if carbamate pesticides and ammonium, widely
detected in European freshwater bodies, can be considered ecologically relevant endocrine …

Development of a larval bioassay using the calanoid copepod, Eurytemora affinis to assess the toxicity of sediment-bound pollutants

T Lesueur, C Boulangé-Lecomte, B Xuereb… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrophobic pollutants, in particular sediment-sorbed organic compounds, are widespread
in the aquatic environment and could represent a threat to living organisms. Estuarine …

Copepods as references species in estuarine and marine waters

KWH Kwok, S Souissi, G Dur, EJ Won, JS Lee - Aquatic Ecotoxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Copepods are a class of small crustaceans that are widespread and naturally abundant in
all aquatic ecosystems as a key link between primary producers and higher predators. They …

Acute sensitivity to Nitokra sp benthic copepod to potassium dichromate and ammonia chloride

E Sousa, L Zaroni, T Bergmann Filho… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2012 - eec.ecotoxbrasil.org.br
The present study assesses acute toxicity of non-ionized ammonia and potassium
dichromate using the estuarine benthic copepod Nitokra sp from laboratory cultures …

Sensitivity of a widespread groundwater copepod to different contaminants

A Castaño-Sánchez, JL Pereira, FJM Gonçalves… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Groundwater is an indispensable resource for humankind and sustainable biomes
functioning. Anthropogenic disturbance threatens groundwater ecosystems globally, but to …

Behavioral responses of the estuarine calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis to sub-lethal concentrations of waterborne pollutants

FG Michalec, M Holzner, D Menu, JS Hwang, S Souissi - Aquatic toxicology, 2013 - Elsevier
Estuarine waters contain a variety of chemicals which affect to various extents the behavior
of aquatic organisms. Little is known, however, on the behavioral response of copepods …