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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief, Sandra Bouwhuis, Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Wouter Courtens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecotoxicological Effects of Commercial Microplastics on Earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) (Clitellata; Lumbricidae)

Agriculture
As soil invertebrates with a unique digestive system, earthworms are regularly used as bioindicators and test organisms. Due to their burrowing activity and casting, earthworms are involved in the structuring of the soil.
Tanja Trakić, Filip Popović, Jovana Sekulić, Davorka K. Hackenberger   +3 more
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Leaching potential of S-metolachlor in a medium-textured Oxisol soil with bioindicator plants

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2022
Information about the impact of herbicides in the soil based on the growth of bioindicator species is extremely useful in developing crop management strategies.
Ana P. da Silva, Ricardo F. Marques, Antônio C. da Silva Junior, Sidnei R. de Marchi, Dagoberto Martins   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioindicators in radiation protection [PDF]

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2008
Biodosimetry is the evaluation of absorbed dose using bioindicators. Among chromosomal aberrations, scoring of dicentrics from peripheral human blood has been used as gold standard for biodosimetry, although in case of large scale incidents its use presents some drawbacks. Advances in technology have led to new investigations allowing or permitting the
Amaral, Ademir, Fernandes, Thiago Salazar, Cavalcanti, Mariana Brayner   +2 more
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Assessment of the water quality of ten Waikato lakes based on zooplankton community composition. CBER Contract Report No. 60 [PDF]

, 2007
Zooplankton communities were documented from ten Waikato lakes from net haul samples collected in late 2006 and from species hatched from diapausing eggs in sediments collected in early 2007.
Duggan, Ian C.
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Anuran call properties as reliable indicators of environmental suitability for reproduction

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
The onset of animal breeding activity is often accompanied by auditory signals, typically produced by males, that indicate reproductive status to potential mates and competitors. Here, using male anuran advertisement calls as a case study, we present the novel hypothesis that characteristics of ectotherm auditory signals that are modulated by ...
Julianne E Pekny, Brian D Todd, Eric Post   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of anthropogenic pollution on ecological and morphological characteristics of the narrow-headed vole (Stenocranius gregalis Pallas, 1779) in steppe ecosystems of the Pavlodar Pre-Irtysh region

Journal of Ecology and Environment
Background: The article presents the results of a comprehensive study of the impact of industrial pollution on narrow-headed vole (Stenocranius gregalis Pall., 1779) in steppe ecosystems of Pavlodar Pre-Irtysh.
Zarina Mukhtarovna Sergazinova, Alexander Vladimirovich Makarov, Nurlan Telmanovich Yerzhanov   +2 more
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Cricket singing means rain: semiotic meaning of insects in the district of Pedra Branca, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2006
This paper deals with the semiotic meanings which are given both to the appearance and/or behavior of insect species according to the ethnoentomological knowledge of the inhabitants of the village of Pedra Branca, Bahia State, Brazil. Data were collected
Eraldo M. Costa Neto
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Beyond Tradition: An Integrated Toxicological, Ecological, and Public Health Perspective on Aristolochic Acids

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aristolochia species have long been used in traditional medicine for their presumed anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial properties. However, extensive toxicological and epidemiological evidence now demonstrates that these plants contain aristolochic acids (AAs) I and II, highly potent nephrotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic ...
Victor Ventura de Souza, Lara Rodrigues De Andrade, Tatiana da Silva Souza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On‐site pilot‐scale advanced oxidation pretreatment of hospital wastewater: assessment of pharmaceuticals, pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes and acute ecotoxicity

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Hospital premises generate wastewater containing a wide spectrum of contaminants, such as pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and pathogenic microorganisms, whilst plenty of them are classified under the antibiotic resistant bacteria (ΑRΒ) category.
Andreas Kaliakatsos, Iosifina Gounaki, Spyros Dokianakis, Georgios Gkotsis, Maria‐Christina Nika, Eleni Aleiferi, Athanasios S Stasinakis, Nikos Katsarakis, Nikolaos S Thomaidis, Thrassyvoulos Manios, Michalis S Fountoulakis, Danae Venieri   +11 more
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