Polystyrene Micro-and Nanoplastics (PS MNPs): A Review of Recent Advances in the Use of-Omics in PS MNP Toxicity Studies on Aquatic Organisms

MC Eliso, B Billè, T Cappello, M Maisano - Fishes, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent years, micro-and nanoplastics (MNPs) have represented an emerging threat for the
aquatic environment due to their persistence and widespread distribution. Indeed, their …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing Ascidians as Model Organisms for Environmental Risk Assessment

A Rosner, B Rinkevich - Environments, 2024 - mdpi.com
Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) often relies on a restricted set of species as bio-
indicators, introducing uncertainty when modeling complex environmental variables. This …

Toxicity of rare earth elements (REEs) to marine organisms: Using species sensitivity distributions to establish water quality guidelines for protecting marine life

SJ Markich, JP Hall, JM Dorsman, PL Brown - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
A lack of chronic rare earth element (REE) toxicity data for marine organisms has impeded
the establishment of numerical REE water quality benchmarks (eg, guidelines) to protect …

Pollutants in urban runoff: Scientific evidence on toxicity and impacts on freshwater ecosystems

L Cojoc, N de Castro-Català, I de Guzmán, J González… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban runoff effluents transport multiple pollutants collected from urban surfaces. which
ultimately reach freshwater ecosystems. We here collect the existing scientific evidence on …

Zebrafish neuromast sensory system: Is it an emerging target to assess environmental pollution impacts?

F Cirqueira, LP de Figueirêdo, G Malafaia… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution poses risks to ecosystems. Among these risks, one finds
neurotoxicity and damage to the lateral line structures of fish, such as the neuromast and its …

Cnidarian Models for Toxicology

AH Ringwood, M Lowder, E Provance, J O'Dea… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2025 - Elsevier
Coral reefs and tropical habitats are threatened worldwide by global warming and pollution
stress. The purpose of these studies was to evaluate potential strategies for using jellyfish for …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of Micro-and Nanoplastics with Enzymes: The Case of Carbonic Anhydrase

G Polo, F Lionetto, ME Giordano… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have emerged as significant environmental
pollutants with potential detrimental effects on ecosystems and human health. Several …

Substantial unrealised global biodiversity of continental microcrustaceans

RL Macêdo, M Toutain, J Reid, I Soto… - Journal of Plankton …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Freshwater ecosystems provide essential services for human well-being, with their
conservation success reliant on the precise quantification of biodiversity. Diplostraca …

Can evolutionary immunology decode micro and nanoplastic challenges?

A Alijagic, E Särndahl - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The exceptional versatility and broad applicability of plastics in various industries and daily
life is resulting in escalating release rates of plastics across environments. Under varying …

[HTML][HTML] Motility of Mytilus galloprovincialis hemocytes: Sensitivity to paracetamol in vitro exposure

G Udayan, ME Giordano, P Pagliara, MG Lionetto - Aquatic Toxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals released into the environment (PiEs) represent an environmental problem
of growing concern for the health of ecosystems and humans. An increasing number of …