A broad‐taxa approach as an important concept in ecotoxicological studies and pollution monitoring

A Rosner, L Ballarin, S Barnay‐Verdier… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic invertebrates play a pivotal role in (eco) toxicological assessments because they
offer ethical, cost‐effective and repeatable testing options. Additionally, their significance in …

Ecological risk assessment when species-specific data are scarce: how trait-based approaches and modeling can help

N Galic, V Forbes, V Grimm, A Schmolke… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Ecological risk assessments are legally required to ensure that there are no unacceptable
risks to living organisms from exposure to chemicals and other anthropogenic stressors …

Climate warming shifts riverine macroinvertebrate communities to be more sensitive to chemical pollutants

T Sinclair, P Craig, LL Maltby - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwaters are highly threatened ecosystems that are vulnerable to chemical pollution and
climate change. Freshwater taxa vary in their sensitivity to chemicals and changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variation in the sensitivity of freshwater macroinvertebrate assemblages to chemical stressors

R Liang, TM Sinclair, PS Craig, L Maltby - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Assessing spatial variation in the chemical sensitivity of natural assemblages will enhance
ecological relevance and reduce uncertainty in ecological risk assessments and the …

[HTML][HTML] Building species trait-specific nano-QSARs: Model stacking, navigating model uncertainties and limitations, and the effect of dataset size

S Balraadjsing, WJGM Peijnenburg, MG Vijver - Environment International, 2024 - Elsevier
A strong need exists for broadly applicable nano-QSARs, capable of predicting toxicological
outcomes towards untested species and nanomaterials, under different environmental …

Spatial variation in the recovery potential of freshwater macroinvertebrate assemblages: Moving towards spatially defined assemblage vulnerability to chemicals

R Liang, L Maltby - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The vulnerability of freshwater biodiversity to chemical stressors is dependent on its ability to
resist chemical stress and recover from any stress-induced effects. Spatial variation in …

Assessment of the impacts of GABA and AChE targeting pesticides on freshwater invertebrate family richness in English Rivers

IP Poyntz-Wright, XA Harrison, A Johnson… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally, riverine system biodiversity is threatened by a range of stressors, spanning
pollution, sedimentation, alterations to water flow, and climate change. Pesticides have been …

Acute toxicity assessment of chloroxylenol on the whirligig beetle, Orectogyrus alluaudi (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)

BO Amusan, AF Koleosho, GE Richard - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ajol.info
This study assessed the acute toxicological effects of different concentrations of
chloroxylenol (PCMX), an active ingredient in most liquid cleaning products, on the whirligig …