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Plant bioindicators of pollution in Sadat City, Western Nile Delta, Egypt

bioRxiv, 2019
This study investigated using plants growing in industrial and residential areas as bioindicators and biomarkers of industrial pollution by analyzing flavonoids and metals in Bougainvillea glabra leaves by HPLC-MS, neutron activation analysis, and atomic
M. Azzazy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the Health Impacts of Contaminants on Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Along the Southern Coast of Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical pollutants pose a significant threat to marine ecosystems. Among these contaminants are trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Green turtles can be employed to evaluate the oceans' health due to their coastal habitats and exposure to multiple threats.
Camila Roberta da Silva Ribeiro, Andressa Maria Rorato Nascimento de Matos, Eloiza Teles Caldart, Liana Rosa, Camila Domit, Guilherme dos Santos Lima, Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flora algal de la cuenca del río Guadalquivir: Su valor en la determinación de la ecorregionalización de la cuenca [PDF]

, 2018
In compliance with the Water Framework Directive of the European Union, we needed to diagnose the ecologic quality of the different sections of the rivers of the Guadalquivir basin. In order to establish a regional classification of the water bodies by a
Casco, Maria Adela, Fernández, María R., Martín, Gonzalo, Reyes, Isabel, Sala, Silvia Estela, Toja, Julia   +5 more
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A health assessment of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of Mexico using fluctuating asymmetry as a bioindicator of stress

, 2023
C Crawford
openalex   +1 more source

Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in the Shrimp Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862): Assessment in an Environmental Preservation Area in the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anthropogenic activities generate a significant amount of pollutants that are released into the environment, causing physiological and ecological disturbances. Among the xenobiotics present in aquatic ecosystems, numerous chemical and organic compounds have oxidative potential or are metabolized through oxidative processes, which may amplify ...
Natália Eduarda da Silva, Arllon José dos Santos Dias, Layane Vitoria dos Santos e Santos, Natalie de Matos Araujo, Darlan Coutinho dos Santos, Jefferson Romáryo Duarte da Luz, Gabriel Araujo‐Silva   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Contaminant Accumulation in Freshwater Turtles Inhabiting Three Rivers of the Permian Basin, New Mexico, USA

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are valuable sentinels of aquatic systems due to their long lifespans and resilience in environments impacted by contaminants. The Permian Basin, dominated by the oil and gas sector, spans western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA, including the Pecos River and its tributaries, the Delaware and Black Rivers.
Ana G. G. Sapp, W. Gregory Cope, Christopher E. Moorman, Frank X. Weber, Ivana Mali   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE INFLUENCE OF MERCURY POLLUTION ON THE GROWTH OF BIO-INDICATOR PLANTS [PDF]

, 2018
Heavy metals are found naturally in the earth, and become concentrated as a result of human caused activities. Common sources are from mining and industrial wastes, vehicle emissions, lead- acid batteries, fertilisers, paints, treated woods, aging ...
Kalinina, Katerina, Kovrov, Oleksandr
core  

Phytoplankton Saprobity as Pollution Bioindicator: A Study of Genera Chaetoceros in Port of Tanjung Emas Waters, Semarang

, 2023
Agus Tjahjono, Agus Tjahjono, Okvita Wahyuni, Rudy Sugiharto, Yohan Wibisono, Anugrah Nur Prasetyo   +1 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Assessment of Oxidative Stress, Vitellogenin, and Human Health Risks Derived From Nile Tilapia Exposed to Metals and Metalloids in Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban coastal lagoons are highly vulnerable ecosystems increasingly affected by metal contamination, as well as multiple anthropogenic stressors. This study evaluated ecotoxicological and human health risks associated with chronic metal exposure in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from an anthropogenically impacted lagoon in southeastern ...
Julia Araújo Alves, Priscila M. O. Muniz Cunha, Shênia Patrícia Corrêa Novo, Lorena Oliveira Souza Soares, Tatiana Dillenburg Saint‐Pierre, Fábio Veríssimo Correia, André Luís de Sá Salomão, Rachel Ann Hauser‐Davis, Enrico Mendes Saggioro   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communities of oribatid mites and heavy metal accumulation in oribatid species in agricultural soils in Egypt impacted by waste water

Plant Protection Science, 2010
The continued use of waste water for irrigation of agricultural fields in Egypt may lead to accumulation of heavy metals in soils and adverse effects on soil-living communities.
Hamdy Mahmoud EL-SHARABASY, Ahmed IBRAHIM   +1 more
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