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Sensitivity of freshwater organisms to cadmium and copper at tropical temperature exposures: Derivation of tropical freshwater ecotoxicity thresholds using species sensitivity distribution analysis

open access: yesEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Tropical freshwater ecosystems are increasingly influenced by chemical stressors including heavy metals posing threats to biodiversity. Adequate ecotoxicity data are not available for native tropical freshwater species for deriving water quality ...
Savinda Heshani Arambawatta-Lekamge   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comparative Study of Ecological Risk Index for Site-specific Soil Ecological Risk Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes대한환경공학회지, 2022
Objectives Since the risk of pollutants in soil environment may vary depending on the characteristics, functions, and environmental conditions of the soil, the site-specific soil ecological risk assessment (SERA) should be conducted to protect soil ...
Dokyung Kim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life cycle assessment of completely recyclable concrete [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Since the construction sector uses 50% of the Earth. s raw materials and produces 50% of its waste, the development of more durable and sustainable building materials is crucial.
De Belie, Nele   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

An extensive characterization of various environmentally relevant microplastics - Material properties, leaching and ecotoxicity testing.

open access: yesScience of the Total Environment, 2021
Microplastics in the environment occur in different sizes and shapes and are made of various polymers. Therefore, they also considerably differ in their properties and ecotoxicity.
U. Rozman   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Performance Comparison between the Specific and Baseline Prediction Models of Ecotoxicity for Pharmaceuticals: Is a Specific QSAR Model Inevitable?

open access: yesJournal of Chemistry, 2021
Assessing the ecotoxicity of pharmaceuticals is of urgent need due to the recognition of their possible adverse effects on nontarget organisms in the aquatic environment.
Qingwei Bu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Edito of the special focus issue on Environmental Toxicity of Nanoparticles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
“The main goal of this special focus issue is to introduce the main parameters that affect the potential ecotoxicity of nanoparticles and to describe the state of the art with a few selected examples of interaction of different nanoparticles...
Flahaut, Emmanuel
core   +1 more source

Comparative ecotoxicity of three polluted industrial soils for the Collembola Folsomia candida [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
We tried to quantify the ecotoxicity of three industrial soil samples contaminated by different metals, using the Collembolan Folsomia candida as a biological model and mortality, growth and reproduction as parameters.
Crouau, Yves, Pinelli, Eric
core   +2 more sources

Predation risk affects the ecotoxicity evaluation of antibiotics: Population growth and antioxidase activity in the ciliate Paramecium jenningsi

open access: yesEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023
Although predation risk exists under natural conditions, its role is usually ignored when evaluating the ecotoxicity of environmental contaminants, and the interaction between predation risk and antibiotic ecotoxicity is not yet clear. To investigate the
Jiqiu Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Marine Ecotoxicity Potential Impacts of Industrial Wastewater Discharge from the Secondary Battery Industry: A Life Cycle Impact Assessment Approach [PDF]

open access: yes대한환경공학회지
This study aims to develop a quantitative methodology for assessing the marine ecotoxicity of wastewater from the secondary battery industry and to establish discharge limits based on this assessment.
Su-Bok Chae   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecotoxicity of Polyvinylidene Difluoride (PVDF) and Polylactic Acid (PLA) Microplastics in Marine Zooplankton

open access: yesToxics, 2022
The aim of this study was to investigate the ecotoxicity of polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) and polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics (MPs) in two marine zooplankton: the crustacean Artemia franciscana and the cnidarian Aurelia sp. (common jellyfish).
Michela Di Giannantonio   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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