The steady increase in abalone aquaculture production throughout the world has attracted
growing interest in the application of new technologies, such as omics approaches for …

The use of copper hydroxide nanopesticide can pose exposure risks to aquatic organisms.
In this study, the toxicity of a copper hydroxide nanopesticide, compared to conventional …

The combined effects of exposure to increasing temperature and copper (Cu) concentrations
were evaluated in the zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Mussismilia harttii. Endpoints …

In freshwater osmoregulating mollusks, Cu can cause toxicity by inducing ionoregulatory
disturbances. In mussels, it inhibits the activity of key enzymes involved in Na+ uptake and …

Illicit drugs represent not only a great social problem but are also considered an
environmental problem because their use and, often, abuse release large amounts of parent …

Copper contamination of coastal waters is a long-standing problem in many regions. Copper
water quality criteria in marine waters is often determined with bivalve embryo-larval toxicity …

The abalone production in Chile has increased considerably in recent years with no sign of
tapering off. Open and semi-closed circuits in the marine water zones in the north and south …

Background The evaluation of suitable reference genes as normalization controls is a
prerequisite requirement for launching quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (RT-qPCR) …

The effect of short-term exposure to copper on the cellular and physiological response in
haemocytes of juvenile abalone Haliotis rufescens cultivated in hatcheries in the north of …

Ferritins are ubiquitous proteins with a pivotal role in iron storage and homeostasis, and in
host defense responses during infection by pathogens in several organisms, including …