Contaminants are ubiquitous in the environment and their impacts are of increasing concern
due to human population expansion and the generation of deleterious effects in aquatic …

Water pollution is a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems. Various methods of monitoring,
such as in situ approaches, are currently available to assess its impact. In this paper we …

In order to achieve the objectives of the European Union's Water Framework Directive
(WFD) for assessing chemical contamination of water bodies [ie checking compliance with …

Metal accumulation and effects on plasma Ca2+, alanine transaminase (ALT) and fish
condition factor were examined in caged carp (Cyprinus carpio) and resident roach (Rutilus …

The aim of this study was to investigate the responses of biomarkers in feral and caged fish
and the capacity of these biomarkers to discriminate contamination levels along a stream …

Complex physiological traits, such as routine aerobic metabolic rate or exercise
performance, are indicators of the functional integrity of fish that can reveal sub-lethal …

This study aimed to investigate the relationships between levels of organochlorine
compounds (PCBs and DDTs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals and …

The Elbe River is one of the most polluted aquatic ecosystems in the Czech Republic. The
effect of three major chemical plants located on the Elbe River (at Pardubice, Neratovice …

A three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) cDNA array and one-dimensional 1H
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolomics approach, together …

Biomarker responses to toxic exposure have been used for decades to indicate stress in
aquatic organisms, or the magnitude of environmental pollution. However, little has been …