Functional traits are ecologically relevant characteristics of species. They are relevant to
community structuring in face of environmental drivers (response traits) and to ecosystem …

More than two‐thirds of the world's nickel (Ni) lateritic deposits are in tropical regions, and
just less than half are within South East Asia and Melanesia (SEAM). With increasing Ni …

Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NP) have been produced on a large scale due to their
economically interesting thermophysical properties. This heightens the concern about risks …

The effect of sublethal concentrations of heavy metals on cladoceran growth and
reproduction is a cornerstone of modern ecotoxicology. However, the literature contains …

Studies which showed the influence of organic carbon on the toxicity of sediment-associated
contaminants on benthic invertebrates suggest this was primarily due to its influence on the …

In aquatic environments, copper (Cu) plays important physiological roles in planktonic food
chain, such as electron transfer in photosynthesis and constituting proteins that transport …

Metal pollution of aquatic ecosystems continues to be a worldwide concern, and many
studies have previously been conducted evaluating metal toxicity to aquatic organisms …

The presence of metals in aquatic environments has increased worldwide. Environmental
assessments of metals in freshwater ecosystems presume that toxicity is mainly caused by …

Los cladóceros han sido utilizados como organismos de prueba para evaluar el efecto
adverso de contaminantes en sistemas acuáticos. Daphnia magna y Ceriodaphnia dubia …

The hypothesis that adaptive evolution in cities can occur on both contemporary and
microgeographic scales was tested by investigating morphological, genetic and life history …