Occurrence of heavy metals in sediment and their bioaccumulation in sentinel crab (Macrophthalmus depressus) from highly impacted coastal zone

NU Saher, AS Siddiqui - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The current study aimed to investigate the eight heavy metals (Fe, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni, Co, Pb,
and Cd) occurrence and risk assessment in the sediment and sentinel crab …

Oxidative stress, metabolic and histopathological alterations in mussels exposed to remediated seawater by GO-PEI after contamination with mercury

F Coppola, A Bessa, B Henriques, T Russo… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2020 - Elsevier
The modern technology brought new engineering materials (eg nanostructured materials)
with advantageous characteristics such as a high capacity to decontaminate water from …

Molluscan indicator species and their potential use in ecological status assessment using species distribution modeling

ML Moraitis, I Tsikopoulou, A Geropoulos… - Marine environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine habitat assessment using indicator species through Species Distribution Modeling
(SDM) was investigated. The bivalves: Corbula gibba and Flexopecten hyalinus were the …

Assessing benthic ecological impacts of bottom aquaculture using macrofaunal assemblages

L Wang, Y Fan, C Yan, C Gao, Z Xu, X Liu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
Bottom aquaculture of bivalves is a high-yield culture method, which is increasingly adopted
by shellfish farmers worldwide. However, the effects of bottom aquaculture on benthic …

The use of carboxylesterases as biomarkers of pesticide exposure in bivalves: a methodological approach

M Solé, G Rivera-Ingraham, R Freitas - Comparative Biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bivalves are worldwide sentinels of anthropogenic pollution. The inclusion of biomarker
responses in chemical monitoring is a recommended practise that has to overcome some …

Paralytic shellfish toxin profiles in mussel, cockle and razor shell under post-bloom natural conditions: Evidence of higher biotransformation in razor shells and cockles

MJ Botelho, F Marques, R Freitas, A Pires… - Marine environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Concentrations of the paralytic shellfish toxins GTX6, C1+ 2, GTX5, C3+ 4, dcSTX, dcNEO
and dcGTX2+ 3 were determined by LC-FLD in composite samples of whole soft tissues of …

Multibiomarker biomonitoring approach using three bivalve species in the Ebro Delta (Catalonia, Spain)

S Dallarés, N Carrasco, D Álvarez-Muñoz… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Bivalves have proved to be useful bioindicators for environmental pollution. In the present
study, mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), cockles (Cerastoderma edule), and razor shells …

Using mollusks as indicators of restoration in nearshore zones of south Florida's estuaries

GL Wingard, BL Stackhouse… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Current south Florida ecosystem restoration efforts are focused on restoring more natural
freshwater flow through the wetlands and into the estuaries to reestablish natural salinity …

Live-dead analysis reveals long-term response of the estuarine bivalve community to water diversions along the Colorado River

GP Dietl, JA Smith - Ecological Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Dam construction and water diversions along the Colorado River during the twentieth
century have altered the downstream estuarine ecosystem. Although it is clear that the …

Effects of sediment contamination on physiological and biochemical responses of the polychaete Diopatra neapolitana, an exploited natural resource

A Pires, C Velez, E Figueira, AMVM Soares… - Marine pollution …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study reports metal and arsenic contamination in sediments, as well as element
accumulation and partitioning in the polychaete Diopatra neapolitana in the Ria de Aveiro …