The sensitivity of the copepods Acartia tonsa, commonly used in standardized tests for
environmental risk assessment and A. clausi, the dominant autochthonous congener …

Coastal tropical ecosystems provide livelihood for millions of people but are at the same
time exposed to an increasing intensity of diverse anthropogenic stressors, including …

Nickel compounds are widely used in industries and have been massively introduced in the
environment in different chemical forms. Here we report the effect of two different chemical …

The influence of six monoalgal diets was tested on the reproductive success of the copepod
Acartia tonsa over a 15-day period in order to define the most favorable diet for the …

Pseudodiaptomus marinus is a marine calanoid copepod originating of the Indo-Pacific
region, who has successfully colonized new areas and it was recently observed in the …

The copepod Acartia tonsa was used as a model species to assess marine sediment quality.
Acute and chronic bioassays, such as larval development ratio (LDR) and different end …

Although nickel (Ni) frequently enters into water, documents on speciation of the metal and
its toxicity to freshwater organisms are scanty. Laboratory experiments, made in this study …

Copepods are small crustaceans of great ecological and ecotoxicogenomic importance.
Among them, Acartia tonsa, invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea, is a model species …

Copepods are small crustaceans capable to survive in various aquatic environments. Their
responses to changes in different external factors such as salinity and temperature can be …

Cultures of the copepod Acartia tonsa are used both in aquaculture and ecotoxicology
studies. However, the cultivation of these crustaceans at high densities results in the …