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Environmental DNA for biomonitoring

Molecular Ecology, 2021
Jan Pawlowski1,2,3, Aurélie Bonin4, Frédéric Boyer5, Tristan Cordier1,6, Pierre Taberlet5,7 1 Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 2 Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland 3 ID-Gene ...
J. Pawłowski, A. Bonin, F. Boyer, T. Cordier, P. Taberlet   +4 more
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Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Women’s Serum in the European Arctic Russia

Toxics, 2021
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are heterogeneous carbon-based compounds that can seriously affect human health. The aim of this study was to measure serum concentrations of POPs in women residing in the Euro-Arctic Region of Russia.
Yulia Varakina, Dmitry Lahmanov, Andrey Aksenov, Anna Trofimova, Rimma Korobitsyna, Natalia Belova, Nikita Sobolev, Dmitry Kotsur, Tatiana Sorokina, Andrej M. Grjibovski, Valery Chashchin, Yngvar Thomassen   +11 more
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Spatial Distribution of Salmonella in Soil near Municipal Waste Landfill Site

Agriculture, 2022
Due to the heterogeneous origin of municipal waste, different substrates support the growth of many microorganisms, including those hazardous to humans.
Krzysztof Frączek, Dariusz Roman Ropek, Jacek Kozdrój   +2 more
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Mycotoxins—Biomonitoring and Human Exposure

Toxins, 2021
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungal species that commonly have a toxic effect on human and animal health. Different foodstuff can be contaminated and are considered the major source of human exposure to mycotoxins, but occupational ...
Kristina Habschied, Gabriella Kanižai Šarić, Vinko Krstanović, K. Mastanjević   +3 more
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Age and annual growth rate cause spatial variation in body size in Phrynocephalus przewalskii (Agamid)

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Whether or not biogeographic rules dealing with spatial patterns of animal body sizes are valid for ectotherms is controversial. As the ectotherms grow all their lives, we explored the role of age and annual growth rate in body size variation in ...
Wei Zhao, Yangyang Zhao, Rui Guo, Yue Qi, Xiaoning Wang, Na Li   +5 more
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An Overview of Antibiotics as Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence in Bivalves as Biomonitoring Organisms

Animals, 2021
Simple Summary In recent years, the use of antibiotics has increased worldwide in both human and veterinary fields. This led to them accumulating in the environment to such an extent that they are actually included in the category of contaminants of ...
E. Baralla, M. Demontis, Filomena Dessì, M. V. Varoni   +3 more
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Bacterial Diversity and Composition in the Internal Organs of Taiga Bean Goose, Greater White-Fronted Goose and Willow Ptarmigan as a New Tools in the Arctic Biomonitoring System

Diversity
Birds, fish, and marine mammals consumed by indigenous people are included in Arctic biomonitoring. However, there are still many gaps in the data on the microbiota associated with these animals.
Evdokia Durnova, Elena Karmanova, Tatiana Sorokina, Ksenia Mayorova, Andrey Aksenov   +4 more
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Vitamin D status of the Russian reproductive population over the past 10 years: a systematic review

Российская Арктика, 2022
Vitamin D deficiency is a public health problem in Russia. Insufficient supply of vitamin D negatively affects reproductive health, the degree of risk depends directly on the severity of the deficiency.
Korobitsyna R.D., Sorokina Т.Yu.
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Benthic Diatoms in River Biomonitoring—Present and Future Perspectives within the Water Framework Directive

Water, 2021
The European Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) has been implemented over the past 20 years, using physicochemical, biological and hydromorphological elements to assess the ecological status of surface waters. Benthic diatoms (i.e., phytobenthos)
Andreas Masouras, I. Karaouzas, E. Dimitriou, G. Tsirtsis, E. Smeti   +4 more
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Specific depletion of resident microglia in the early stage of stroke reduces cerebral ischemic damage

Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2021
Background Ischemia can induce rapid activation of microglia in the brain. As key immunocompetent cells, reactive microglia play an important role in pathological development of ischemic stroke.
Ting Li, Jin Zhao, Wenguang Xie, Wanru Yuan, Jing Guo, Shengru Pang, Wen-Biao Gan, Diego Gómez-Nicola, Shengxiang Zhang   +8 more
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