Regarding the humane use of animals in scientific research, invertebrates are often
recommended in toxicological studies.“Freshwater planarians” refers to numerous free-living …

Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes form a clade called Rouphozoa. Representatives of both
taxa are main components of meiofaunal communities, but their role in the trophic ecology of …

Freshwater planarians have been gaining relevance as experimental animals for numerous
research areas given their interesting features, such as high regeneration potential, shared …

Many nominal species of microscopic animals traditionally fitting the 'everything is
everywhere'paradigm have been revealed to be complexes of cryptic species. Here, we …

El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la calidad del agua a partir de la diversidad de los
macroinvertebrados acuáticos presentes en tres zonas del río Teusacá (Cundinamarca …

Microbial insecticides are being used as ecologically-friendly alternatives to traditional
insecticides. However, their effects have been poorly investigated on non-target freshwater …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous pollutants of aquatic ecosystems.
Because they are persistent, there is great potential for chronic toxicity to aquatic species …

Fish-canning wastewater is characterized frequently by a high content of salt (NaCl), making
its treatment particularly difficult; however, the knowledge of the effect of NaCl on eukaryotic …

Since the first complete set of Platyhelminth nuclear receptors (NRs) from Schistosoma
mansoni were identified a decade ago, more flatworm genome data is available to identify …

Produced water (PW) generated by oil companies is a highly impacting waste that contains
chemicals such as metals and organic and inorganic compounds. Given its polluting …