Coastal marine areas of densely populated countries are exposed to a wide array of human
activities having an impact on their ecological status. The Baltic Sea is particularly …

Whole effluent toxicity (WET) testing uses whole animal exposures to assess the toxicity of
complex mixtures, like wastewater. These assessments typically include four apical …

This paper reports on a comparative perspective of liver histopathological data of the
sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus. The data was collected from a spectrum of relatively …

The deep-sea environment is a sink for a wide variety of contaminants including heavy
metals and organic compounds of anthropogenic origin. Life history traits of many deep …

The Northwestern Portuguese region is densely populated and highly industrialized,
suffering from high anthropogenic pressure. To assess the biological effect of the several …

During the EU project BEEP a battery of biomarkers was applied in flounder (Platichthys
flesus) and the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) collected at three locations off the Lithuanian …

Juvenile Senegalese soles were exposed through 28-day laboratory and field (in situ)
bioassays to sediments from three sites of the Sado estuary (W Portugal): a reference and …

Environmental factors can cause cancer in both wild animals and humans. In ecological
settings, genetic variation and natural selection can sometimes produce resilience to the …

In the present study, we depict the structural modification of test minerals, physiological
response and ovarian damage in the tropical sea urchin Salmacis virgulata using …

The need to develop biological effects monitoring to facilitate a reliable assessment of
hazardous substances has been emphasized in the Baltic Sea Action Plan of the Helsinki …