Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis spp.) as sentinel organisms in coastal pollution monitoring: a review

J Beyer, NW Green, S Brooks, IJ Allan, A Ruus… - Marine environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The blue mussel (Mytilus spp.) is widely used as a bioindicator for monitoring of coastal
water pollution (mussel watch programs). Herein we provide a review of this study field with …

Mussel digestive gland as a model tissue for assessing xenobiotics: an overview

C Faggio, V Tsarpali, S Dailianis - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Control strategies and routine biomonitoring programs are commonly performed worldwide
using sentinel marine invertebrates, such as mussels of the genus Mytilus, for assessing the …

Microplastics effects in Scrobicularia plana

F Ribeiro, AR Garcia, BP Pereira, M Fonseca… - Marine pollution …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the most common plastics in the marine environment is polystyrene (PS) that can be
broken down to micro sized particles. Marine organisms are vulnerable to the exposure to …

Impacts of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles on marine organisms

TJ Baker, CR Tyler, TS Galloway - Environmental pollution, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasing use of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles [Me (O) NPs] in products means
many will inevitably find their way into marine systems. Their likely fate here is sedimentation …

Impact of heavy metals and nanoparticles on aquatic biota

SK Kahlon, G Sharma, JM Julka, A Kumar… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Human activities such as industrialisation, urbanisation and agriculture have adversely
impacted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Water pollutants such as heavy metals and …

Ecotoxicological impact of engineered nanomaterials in bivalve molluscs: an overview

TL Rocha, T Gomes, VS Sousa, NC Mestre… - Marine environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
The increasing production and application of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in
consumer products over the past decade will inevitably lead to their release into aquatic …

Tissue-Specific Biomarker Responses in the Blue Mussel Mytilus spp. Exposed to a Mixture of Microplastics at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations

M Revel, F Lagarde, H Perrein-Ettajani… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The impact of a microplastic (MP) mixture composed of polyethylene (PE) and
polypropylene (PP) plastic particles, prepared from commercially available products, was …

Genotoxicity of metal oxide nanomaterials: review of recent data and discussion of possible mechanisms

N Golbamaki, B Rasulev, A Cassano, RLM Robinson… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology has rapidly entered into human society, revolutionized many areas,
including technology, medicine and cosmetics. This progress is due to the many valuable …

Biogenic nanoparticles: copper, copper oxides, copper sulphides, complex copper nanostructures and their applications

O Rubilar, M Rai, G Tortella, MC Diez, AB Seabra… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Springer
Copper nanoparticles have been the focus of intensive study due to their potential
applications in diverse fields including biomedicine, electronics, and optics. Copper-based …

Recent advances in gold and silver nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

A Majdalawieh, MC Kanan, O El-Kadri… - … of nanoscience and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
In the last decade, gold and silver nanomaterials have received considerable attention due
to their attractive electronic and chemical properties and their potential applications in the …