Wildlife and human populations are affected by contaminants in natural settings. This
problem has been a growing concern over the last decade with the realization that various …

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 …

The increasing emphasis on the assessment and monitoring of estuarine ecosystems has
highlighted the need to deploy appropriate biological indices for these locations. Fish …

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) have been shown to produce changes in the
endocrine system of organisms that lead to increases in cancers and abnormalities in …

In a partial life-cycle test, the impact of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and 17α-
methyltestosterone (MT) on juvenile zebrafish was evaluated by use of vitellogenin …

In this study, a procedure for the determination of various naturally occurring hormones and
of some related synthetic chemicals, commonly used for birth control and treatment of certain …

Concentrations of vitellogenin (VTG) in serum of wild male flounder (Pleuronectes
yokohamae) were investigated, as a biomarker for environmental estrogens in marine …

Nonylphenols and related compounds are common products of biodegradation of a large
group of nonionic surfactants, the nonylphenol polyethoxylates. Many of these compounds …

In 1996, The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) initiated a
project to establish whether oestrogenic materials are present in UK estuarine and marine …

This study investigated the occurrence and levels of neurotoxic contamination in UK
estuaries by the determination of cholinesterase (ChE) activity in the muscle of the flounder …