Increasing attention has been focused on the presence of contaminants (eg, polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorinated …

Mariculture activities including enclosure, raft and cage cultures employ a variety of plastic
gear such as fishing nets, buoyant material and net cages. The plastic gear poses a …

Introduction: China is responsible for more than 60% of global aquaculture production. As
the frontiers of food production have expanded, the cultivation of marine organisms in …

Abstract Organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs) and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the
surface sediments from shrimp ponds in four regions of the northern part of the Central Java …

Contamination characteristics, equilibrium partitioning and risk assessment of phthalate
esters (PAEs) were investigated in seawater, sediment and biological samples collected …

Atrazine (ATR) is one of the most commonly used herbicides that could directly impair the
growth and health of organisms in mariculture areas and adversely affect human health …

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is well known for its harmful effects and has been
banned around the world. However, DDT is still frequently detected in natural environments …

Trichloro-2-(p-chlorophenyl)-2-(o-chlorophenyl) ethane (o, p'-DDT) and 1, 1-dichloro-2, 2-bis
(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene (p, p′-DDE) cause thyroid disruption, but the underlying …

Most investigations on organophosphate esters (OPEs) are conducted predominantly in a
separate biological or abiotic medium, and few joint analyses have been performed in the …

Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were determined in surface sediment from five …