Latest Articles of Aquatic Toxicology


The Physiological Effects of Oil, Dispersant and Dispersed Oil on the bay mussel, Mytilus trossulus, in Arctic/Subarctic Conditions 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.04.002 2018-04-07 Increasing oil development around Alaska and other Arctic regions elevates the risk for another oil spill. Dispersants are used to mitigate the impact of an oil spill by accelerating natural degradation processes, but the reduced hydrophobicity of dispersed o...
Effects of multi-walled carbon nanotube materials on Ruditapes philippinarum under climate change: the case of salinity shifts 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.04.001 2018-04-04 The toxicity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is closely related to their physico-chemical characteristics as well as the physico-chemical parameters of the media where CNTs are dispersed. In a climate change scenario, changes in seawater salinity are becoming a to...
Effects of multiple life stage exposure to the fungicide prochloraz in Xenopus laevis: manifestations of antiandrogenic and other modes of toxicity 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.013 2018-04-03 The Larval Amphibian Growth and Development Assay (LAGDA) is an internationally harmonized testing guideline for evaluating effects of chronic chemical exposure in amphibians. In order to evaluate the effects of chronic exposure to an antiandrogenic chemical ...
NmtA, a novel metallothionein of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 imparts protection against cadmium stress but not oxidative stress 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.035 2018-03-30 Metallothioneins (MTs) are low molecular weight, sulfhydryl-containing, cysteine-rich, metal-binding proteins. Eukaryotes have multiple metallothionein genes; however, there is dearth of reports on prokaryotic metallothioneins. Bacterial MTs with SmtA from Sy...
Bioactive extracellular compounds produced by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum are highly detrimental for oysters 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.034 2018-03-29 Blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp., known as producers of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), are regularly detected on the French coastline. PSTs accumulate into harvested shellfish species, such as the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, and can cau...
In vitro bioassays reveal that additives are significant contributors to the toxicity of commercial household pesticides 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.033 2018-03-28 Pesticides commonly used around households can contain additives of unknown concentrations and toxicity. Given the likelihood of these chemicals washing into urban waterways, it is important to understand the effects that these additives may have on aquatic o...
High-throughput assessment of oxidative respiration in fish embryos: Advancing adverse outcome pathways for mitochondrial dysfunction 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.031 2018-03-27 Mitochondrial dysfunction is a prevalent molecular event that can result in multiple adverse outcomes. Recently, a novel high throughput method to assess metabolic capacity in fish embryos following exposure to chemicals has been adapted for environmental tox...
Effects of oil spill response technologies on the physiological performance of the Arctic copepod Calanus glacialis 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.032 2018-03-27 A mesocosm study with oil in ice was performed in Van Mijenfjorden in Svalbard to compare effects of the oil spill responses (OSR) in situ burning, chemical dispersion and natural attenuation on the physiological performance of the Arctic copepod Calanus glac...
Oyster transcriptome response to Alexandrium exposure is related to saxitoxin load and characterized by disrupted digestion, energy balance, and calcium and sodium signaling 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.030 2018-03-27 Harmful Algal Blooms are worldwide occurrences that can cause poisoning in human seafood consumers as well as mortality and sublethal effets in wildlife, propagating economic losses. One of the most widespread toxigenic microalgal taxa is the dinoflagellate G...
Characterization of genes encoding the retinoid X receptors and comparison of the transcriptional activities of the receptors under exposure to various organotin compounds in three prosobranch gastropods: Thais clavigera, Nucella lapillus and Babylonia japonica 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.029 2018-03-26 Two cDNAs of RXR were isolated, for the first time, from the ivory shell, Babylonia japonica, and the transcriptional activities were tested in vitro to compare with other gastropod (Thais clavigera and Nucella lapillus) RXR isoforms. The transcriptional acti...

The Physiological Effects of Oil, Dispersant and Dispersed Oil on the bay mussel, Mytilus trossulus, in Arctic/Subarctic Conditions

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.04.002

2018-04-07

Increasing oil development around Alaska and other Arctic regions elevates the risk for another oil spill. Dispersants are used to mitigate the impact of an oil spill by accelerating natural degradation processes, but the reduced hydrophobicity of dispersed o...

Effects of multi-walled carbon nanotube materials on Ruditapes philippinarum under climate change: the case of salinity shifts

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.04.001

2018-04-04

The toxicity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is closely related to their physico-chemical characteristics as well as the physico-chemical parameters of the media where CNTs are dispersed. In a climate change scenario, changes in seawater salinity are becoming a to...

Effects of multiple life stage exposure to the fungicide prochloraz in Xenopus laevis: manifestations of antiandrogenic and other modes of toxicity

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.013

2018-04-03

The Larval Amphibian Growth and Development Assay (LAGDA) is an internationally harmonized testing guideline for evaluating effects of chronic chemical exposure in amphibians. In order to evaluate the effects of chronic exposure to an antiandrogenic chemical ...

NmtA, a novel metallothionein of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 imparts protection against cadmium stress but not oxidative stress

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.035

2018-03-30

Metallothioneins (MTs) are low molecular weight, sulfhydryl-containing, cysteine-rich, metal-binding proteins. Eukaryotes have multiple metallothionein genes; however, there is dearth of reports on prokaryotic metallothioneins. Bacterial MTs with SmtA from Sy...

Bioactive extracellular compounds produced by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum are highly detrimental for oysters

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.034

2018-03-29

Blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp., known as producers of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), are regularly detected on the French coastline. PSTs accumulate into harvested shellfish species, such as the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, and can cau...

In vitro bioassays reveal that additives are significant contributors to the toxicity of commercial household pesticides

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.033

2018-03-28

Pesticides commonly used around households can contain additives of unknown concentrations and toxicity. Given the likelihood of these chemicals washing into urban waterways, it is important to understand the effects that these additives may have on aquatic o...

High-throughput assessment of oxidative respiration in fish embryos: Advancing adverse outcome pathways for mitochondrial dysfunction

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.031

2018-03-27

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a prevalent molecular event that can result in multiple adverse outcomes. Recently, a novel high throughput method to assess metabolic capacity in fish embryos following exposure to chemicals has been adapted for environmental tox...

Effects of oil spill response technologies on the physiological performance of the Arctic copepod Calanus glacialis

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.032

2018-03-27

A mesocosm study with oil in ice was performed in Van Mijenfjorden in Svalbard to compare effects of the oil spill responses (OSR) in situ burning, chemical dispersion and natural attenuation on the physiological performance of the Arctic copepod Calanus glac...

Oyster transcriptome response to Alexandrium exposure is related to saxitoxin load and characterized by disrupted digestion, energy balance, and calcium and sodium signaling

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.030

2018-03-27

Harmful Algal Blooms are worldwide occurrences that can cause poisoning in human seafood consumers as well as mortality and sublethal effets in wildlife, propagating economic losses. One of the most widespread toxigenic microalgal taxa is the dinoflagellate G...

Characterization of genes encoding the retinoid X receptors and comparison of the transcriptional activities of the receptors under exposure to various organotin compounds in three prosobranch gastropods: Thais clavigera, Nucella lapillus and Babylonia japonica

10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.029

2018-03-26

Two cDNAs of RXR were isolated, for the first time, from the ivory shell, Babylonia japonica, and the transcriptional activities were tested in vitro to compare with other gastropod (Thais clavigera and Nucella lapillus) RXR isoforms. The transcriptional acti...