Tritium (3 H) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is abundantly released from nuclear
industries. It is extremely mobile in the environment and in all biological systems …

The seas worldwide are threatened by a “new” source of pollution. Munitions dumped into
the seas worldwide will corrode and start to leak. Their impacts on the environment and on …

Increasing global research has identified microplastics (MPs) to be impacting marine
organisms. The present work aimed at investigating the physiological and behavioral effects …

Bivalve histopathology has become an important tool in aquatic toxicology, having been
implemented in many biomonitoring programmes worldwide. However, there are various …

Harbors are critical environments with strategic economic importance but with potential
environmental impact: health assessment criteria are a key issue. An ecosystem health …

Aquaculture of extractive species, such as bivalves and macroalgae, already supplies a
large amount of the production consumed worldwide, and further production is steadily …

Abstract Since World War I considerable amounts of warfare material have been dumped at
sea worldwide, but little is known about the fate of the explosive components in the marine …

Baltic mussels (Mytilus spp.) were exposed to the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) for 96 h
(0.31–10.0 mg/L) and 21 d (0.31–2.5 mg/L). Bioaccumulation of TNT and its degradation …

Autophagy (a process of cellular self-eating) is a conserved cellular degradative process
that plays important roles in maintaining homeostasis and preventing nutritional, metabolic …

Estuaries, coastal lagoons and other transition ecosystems tend to become the ultimate
reservoirs of pollutants transported by continental runoff, among which pesticides constitute …