Agrarian extractivism in Bolivia

BM McKay - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
The expansion of Bolivia's agricultural frontier fueled by the development of a soy complex
has become part of the state's three-pronged “neo” extractivist development model based on …

Similarities and differences in occurrence and temporal fluctuations in glyphosate and atrazine in small Midwestern streams (USA) during the 2013 growing season

BJ Mahler, PC Van Metre, TE Burley, KA Loftin… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Glyphosate and atrazine are the most intensively used herbicides in the United States.
Although there is abundant spatial and temporal information on atrazine occurrence at …

Complex mixtures of Pesticides in Midwest US streams indicated by POCIS time-integrating samplers

PC Van Metre, DA Alvarez, BJ Mahler, L Nowell… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Midwest United States is an intensely agricultural region where pesticides in
streams pose risks to aquatic biota, but temporal variability in pesticide concentrations …

Efficacy of Spirulina platensis diet supplements on disease resistance and immune-related gene expression in Cyprinus carpio L. exposed to herbicide atrazine

SR Khalil, RM Reda, A Awad - Fish & shellfish immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the immunotoxicological effects of the herbicide atrazine (ATZ)
at sub-lethal concentrations and the potential ameliorative influence of Spirulina platensis …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and impregnation of copper oxide nanoparticles on activated carbon through green synthesis for water pollutant removal

J Peternela, MF Silva, MF Vieira, R Bergamasco… - Materials …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
In this article was developed a green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles on vegetal activated
carbon (VAC), using pomegranate leaf extract as reducing and stabilizing agent in the …

Conservation endocrinology

SD McCormick, LM Romero - Bioscience, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Endocrinologists can make significant contributions to conservation biology by helping to
understand the mechanisms by which organisms cope with changing environments. Field …

Derivation of predicted no-effect concentration and ecological risk for atrazine better based on reproductive fitness

L Zheng, Y Zhang, Z Yan, J Zhang, L Li, Y Zhu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atrazine (ATZ) is an herbicide most commonly used in China and other regions of the world.
It is reported toxic to aquatic organisms, and frequently occurs at relatively high …

Effects of atrazine and chlorothalonil on the reproductive success, development, and growth of early life stage sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

LM Du Gas, PS Ross, J Walker… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of 2 currently used commercial pesticide formulations on Pacific sockeye salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka), from fertilization to emergence, were evaluated in a gravel‐bed …

Effects of atrazine on ovarian growth, in the estuarine crab Neohelice granulata

GR Silveyra, IS Canosa, EM Rodriguez… - … and physiology part C …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atrazine, a herbicide that is intensively used in Argentina, was assayed to evaluate the
alteration of reproduction in a wild species of crustaceans. Adult females of the estuarine …

Persistent testicular structural and functional alterations after exposure of adult rats to atrazine

E Martins-Santos, CG Pimenta, PRN Campos… - Reproductive …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atrazine is an endocrine disruptor affecting testicular steroidogenesis, and promoting
testicular atrophy and 3β-HSD reduction. However, it remains unknown whether these …