Industrial processes and mining of coal and metal ores are generating a number of threats
by polluting natural water bodies. Contamination of heavy metals (HMs) in water and soil is …

Toxic metals and metalloid are being rapidly added from multiple pathways to aquatic
ecosystem and causing severe threats to inhabiting fauna including fish. Being common in …

When looking for a book on fish toxicology, you might find one that discusses the
biochemical and molecular aspects, or one that focuses aquatic toxicology in general. You …

Oxidative stress can take place in marine bivalves under a series of environmental adverse
conditions. The study of different systems related to oxidative stress in these organisms can …

Oxidative damage and antioxidant properties have been studied in Perna viridis subjected
to short-term exposure to Hg along with temperature (72h) and long-term temperature …

Antioxidant response was used to assess the effects of the main pollutants in wild mussels
(Mytilus galloprovincialis) along the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Antioxidant enzyme …

This review uses the marine bivalve Crassostrea gigas to highlight redox reactions and
control systems in species living in dynamic intertidal environments. Intertidal species face …

Understanding the toxic effects of nanoparticles on aquatic organism is the biggest obstacle
to the safe development of nanotechnology. However, little is known about the toxic …

Mussels Perna perna were exposed to air for 24 h showing a clear increase in the levels of
lipid peroxidation and oxidative DNA damage, measured as 8-oxo-7, 8-dihydro-2 …

One of the most widespread aquatic organisms in the rivers and estuarine ecosystems, in
the world, is Asian clam Corbicula fluminea. This clam, that can adapt to environmental …