The reproductive biology of amphipods is reviewed to update the knowledge of the male
and female reproductive processes of oogenesis and spermatogenesis as well as the …

In the last 15 years the diversity of pollutants and routes of impact have increased. However,
the polychaete families, species and endpoints investigated have remained fairly constant …

Among freshwater invertebrates, Gammarus fossarum is an important test organism and is
currently used in ecotoxicology for acute and chronic assays; nevertheless, reproductive …

Hermaphrodite systems offer unique opportunities to study sexual differentiation, due to their
high degree of sexual plasticity and to the fact that, unlike gonochoristic systems, the …

Tropical coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves, have a great ecological and
socioeconomic importance for adjacent systems and local populations, but intensive …

The toxicity of several waterborne heavy metals to aquatic organisms is associated with
oxidative damages due to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In the present …

Anthropogenic pressures are increasing in coastal ecosystems globally, yet identifying
robust indicators of change and managing coastal resources can be complicated by …

Global change assessments have typically ignored synthetic chemical pollution, despite the
rapid increase of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals in the environment …

Melita plumulosa is an epibenthic, detritivorous amphipod native to eastern Australia that
has been adopted as a test organism for toxicity evaluations of contaminated estuarine …

Invertebrate infertility has been under-explored as a potential ecological issue or biomarker
of stress within ecotoxicology. To date, the majority of studies focussing on contaminant …