Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: resilience and sustainability–a review

A Ekanayake, AU Rajapaksha, C Hewawasam… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of novel respiratory disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has
become a public health emergency worldwide and perturbed the global economy and …

Insects in high‐elevation streams: Life in extreme environments imperiled by climate change

JH Birrell, AA Shah, S Hotaling, JJ Giersch… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is altering conditions in high‐elevation streams worldwide, with largely
unknown effects on resident communities of aquatic insects. Here, we review the challenges …

Acute toxicity of 6 neonicotinoid insecticides to freshwater invertebrates

M Raby, M Nowierski, D Perlov, X Zhao… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neonicotinoids are a group of insecticides commonly used in agriculture. Due to their high
water solubility, neonicotinoids can be transported to surface waters and have the potential …

Salinized rivers: degraded systems or new habitats for salt-tolerant faunas?

BJ Kefford, D Buchwalter… - Biology …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic salinization of rivers is an emerging issue of global concern, with significant
adverse effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Impacts of freshwater salinization …

Evaluating aquatic invertebrate vulnerability to insecticides based on intrinsic sensitivity, biological traits, and toxic mode of action

A Rico, PJ Van den Brink - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, the authors evaluated the vulnerability of aquatic invertebrates to
insecticides based on their intrinsic sensitivity and their population‐level recovery potential …

Daily temperature fluctuations can magnify the toxicity of pesticides

J Verheyen, V Delnat, C Theys - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Daily temperature fluctuations (DTF) are often neglected in ecotoxicological
studies.•DTF increased pesticide toxicity, especially in terms of decreased survival.•Jensen's …

Aquatic insect ecophysiological traits reveal phylogenetically based differences in dissolved cadmium susceptibility

DB Buchwalter, DJ Cain, CA Martin… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
We used a phylogenetically based comparative approach to evaluate the potential for
physiological studies to reveal patterns of diversity in traits related to susceptibility to an …

Framework for traits‐based assessment in ecotoxicology

MN Rubach, R Ashauer, DB Buchwalter… - Integrated …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A key challenge in ecotoxicology is to assess the potential risks of chemicals to the wide
range of species in the environment on the basis of laboratory toxicity data derived from a …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of bioconcentration factors in fish and invertebrates using machine learning

TH Miller, MD Gallidabino, JI MacRae, SF Owen… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of machine learning has recently gained interest from ecotoxicological fields
for its ability to model and predict chemical and/or biological processes, such as the …

Can⿿ t take the heat: Temperature-enhanced toxicity in the mayfly Isonychia bicolor exposed to the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid

AA Camp, DB Buchwalter - Aquatic Toxicology, 2016 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoid insecticide usage has increased globally in recent decades. Neonicotinoids,
such as imidacloprid, are potent insect neurotoxicants that may pose a threat to non-target …