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Soil and Sediment Organisms as Bioindicators of Pollution
EcologiesThis review examines the role of soil and sediment organisms as bioindicators in environmental pollution assessment. As fundamental elements of terrestrial ecosystems, soils harbour a rich and diverse biodiversity that plays a key role in regulating ...
Sabri Kanzari +2 more
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Do We Need to Use Bats as Bioindicators?
Biology, 2021 Bats show responses to anthropogenic stressors linked to changes in other ecosystem components such as insects, and as K-selected mammals, exhibit fast population declines.
Danilo Russo +5 more
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Efficiency of Birds as Bioindicators for Other Taxa in Mountain Farmlands
Ecological IndicatorsBiodiversity loss is a global issue, particularly in mountain regions, where land-use/land-cover and climate change dramatically impact on species and communities. Sound ecological research and up-to-date information on biodiversity are needed to support
Matteo Anderle +10 more
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Suitability of Free-Living Marine Nematodes as Bioindicators: Status and Future Considerations
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Nematodes are among the most abundant organisms on Earth, and have important roles in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. Free-living marine nematodes have been used successfully as indicators of biological health and ocean pollution for at ...
Aaron Ridall +2 more
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Bacterial bioindicators enable biological status classification along the continental Danube river
Communications Biology, 2023 Despite the importance of bacteria in aquatic ecosystems and their predictable diversity patterns across space and time, biomonitoring tools for status assessment relying on these organisms are widely lacking.
Laurent Fontaine +6 more
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Butterflies as bioindicators of metal contamination
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 Anthropogenic trace metal contamination has significantly increased and has caused many hazardous consequences for the ecosystems and human health. The Terni basin valley (Central Italy) shows a heavy load of pollutants from industrial activities, while ...
M. Pallottini +10 more
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Review of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as bioindicators in the Brazilian Savanna [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2018 The Brazilian Savanna is threatened mainly by the expansion of agriculture and livestock. Regarding environmental problems, habitat loss in the biome and the need to verify studies on ants as bioindicators, the goal of this paper was to carry out a ...
Mariáh Tibcherani +3 more
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Mexican Journal of Medical Research ICSA, 2013 The health of an ecosystem can be examined through the use of bioindicators (BI), while the health of a human being can be determined using some molecules such as biomarkers (BM).
Alejandra Hernández-Ceruelos +3 more
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Effectiveness of Dung Beetles as Bioindicators of Environmental Changes in Land-use Gradient in Sulawesi, Indonesia [PDF]
Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology, 2014 Bioindicators have been widely accepted as useful tools for monitoring and detecting changes in the environment or habitat condition. By using bioindicators, it is possible to assess the impact of human activities on the biota, instead of examining the ...
Shahabuddin Saleh +2 more
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Viviparous sea snakes can be used as bioindicators for diverse marine environments
Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, 2021 Shallow tropical marine ecosystems are under great anthropogenic pressure due to habitat destruction, overfishing, shrimping, climate change, and tourism.
A. Rasmussen +5 more
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