The most fundamental questions such as whether a cell is alive, in the sense of being able
to divide or to form a colony, may sometimes be very hard to answer, since even axenic …

A review of the acute and chronic effects of produced formation water (PFW), drilling fluids
(muds) including oil-based cutting muds, water-based cutting muds, ester-based cutting …

This pilot study examined five commercial salmon feeds, four farmed salmon (one Atlantic,
three chinooks) and four wild salmon (one chinook, one chum, two sockeyes) from the …

During the winter of 1993–1994, male lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) were collected on the
heavily polluted Indiana Harbor Canal, East Chicago, Indiana, and examined for several …

The explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant resulted in some of the most
radioactively contaminated habitats on earth. Despite evacuation of all human inhabitants …

The Caspian region and specifically the Apsheron peninsula of Azerbaijan are known to be
polluted with a variety of environmental contaminants. These complex mixtures of …

Predatory waterbirds, such as ardeids, are susceptible to bioaccumulation of pollutants
through the ingestion of contaminated food sources. High body burdens of contaminants …

Genotoxic responses (chromosomal damage, DNA strandbreakage) of redbreast sunfish
(Lepomis auritis) populations exposed to industrial effluent andmutagenicity of the …

Dspite serious water‐quality problemsandpollutant loading andretention, Delaware River
and Bay (USA) provide important wildlife habitat. In 2002, we conducted a comprehensive …

In 1993, great blue heron (Ardea herodias; GBH) eggs were collected from 10 colonies on
the upper Mississippi River (UMR). They were then artificially incubated until pipping and …