Control strategies and routine biomonitoring programs are commonly performed worldwide
using sentinel marine invertebrates, such as mussels of the genus Mytilus, for assessing the …

Toxic metals and metalloid are being rapidly added from multiple pathways to aquatic
ecosystem and causing severe threats to inhabiting fauna including fish. Being common in …

Pesticides can enter aquatic environments potentially affecting non-target organisms.
Unfortunately, the effects of such substances are still poorly understood. This study …

Background Nanotechnology has enabled researchers to synthesize nanosize particles that
possess increased surface areas. Compared to conventional microparticles, it has resulted …

Unravelling the adverse outcomes of pharmaceuticals mixture represents a research priority
to characterize the risk for marine ecosystems. The present study investigated, for the first …

This study characterized the natural melanin from Auricularia auricula and investigated its
hepatoprotective effect on mice with acute alcoholic liver injury. The characterization of the …

The environmental impact of microplastics is a challenging theme, especially under realistic
experimental conditions. We investigated physiological responses to 0.1–1.0 μm PVC …

The present study aims to assess the effects of contamination of the Agadir bay coasts using
bivalves as a biomonitoring sentinel species. Seasonal variations of biochemical …

Contaminants of emerging concern and ocean changes are key environmental stressors for
marine species with possibly synergistic, but still unexplored, deleterious effects. In the …

Despite the increasing interest for pharmaceuticals in the marine environment, their
accumulation in wild organisms and consequent environmental hazards are still poorly …