Biomarkers and integrated environmental risk assessment: are there more questions than answers?

JA Hagger, MB Jones, DRP Leonard… - Integrated …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of the European Commission's Water Framework Directive (WFD;
2000/60/EC) established a new era in environmental risk assessment. In addition to …

Contaminants and their effects on estuarine and coastal organisms in the United Kingdom in the late twentieth century

P Matthiessen, RJ Law - Environmental pollution, 2002 - Elsevier
The biological effects of contaminants in British estuaries and coastal waters have been
studied for over 100 years. Until the 1970s, the major pollution impact on estuarine …

Effects of Roundup Transorb on fish: hematology, antioxidant defenses and acetylcholinesterase activity

KA Modesto, CBR Martinez - Chemosphere, 2010 - Elsevier
Roundup Transorb®(RDT) is a glyphosate-based herbicide containing a mixture of
surfactants. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of this herbicide on the …

Neurotoxic responses in brain tissues of rainbow trout exposed to imidacloprid pesticide: Assessment of 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine activity, oxidative stress and …

A Topal, G Alak, M Ozkaraca, AC Yeltekin, S Comaklı… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
The extensive use of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, causes undesirable toxicity in
non-targeted organisms including fish in aquatic environments. We investigated neurotoxic …

Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) as bioindicators of pollution and health in the Atlantic Ocean: Contamination levels and biochemical stress responses

LMF Alves, M Nunes, P Marchand, B Le Bizec… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Marine ecosystems are constantly being threatened by contaminants produced by human
activities. There is an urge to better understand their impacts on marine organisms and …

Toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles in immune cells of the sea urchin

C Falugi, MG Aluigi, MC Chiantore, D Privitera… - Marine Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The potential toxicity of stannum dioxide (SnO2), cerium dioxide (CeO2) and iron oxide
(Fe3O4) nanoparticles (NPs) in the marine environment was investigated using the sea …

Acetylcholinesterase activity in fish species exposed to crude oil hydrocarbons: A review and new perspectives

HF Olivares-Rubio, JJ Espinosa-Aguirre - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Crude oil and its derivatives are primary energy resources for humans, and processes
involving these materials could affect aquatic environments. Acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) …

Chronic brain toxicity response of juvenile Chinese rare minnows (Gobiocypris rarus) to the neonicotinoid insecticides imidacloprid and nitenpyram

X Tian, W Yang, D Wang, Y Zhao, R Yao, L Ma, C Ge… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Imidacloprid and nitenpyram are widely used neonicotinoid pesticides worldwide and were
observed to adversely affect non-target aquatic organisms. In this study, the toxic effect of …

Integrated biomarker responses and metal contamination survey in the wedge clam Donax trunculus from the Atlantic coast of Morocco

I Lamine, A Elazzaoui, M Ben-Haddad… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In Morocco, the marine environment has always been a major occupation for socioeconomic
activities (industry, tourism, urbanization, etc.). Thus, this work displays a case study of …

The three‐spined stickleback as an environmental sentinel: effects of stressors on whole‐body physiological indices

TG Pottinger, TR Carrick… - Journal of Fish Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Indicators of a generalized stress response (changes in cortisol, glucose, RNA: DNA ratio
and total protein) when measured in whole‐body preparations of individual three‐spined …