Scientists are sounding the alarm about growing dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. Dead zones are areas of water with hypoxia, or dangerously low levels of oxygen. Dead zones are caused by ...

The various regulatory systems for approving pesticides in operation around the world are crude and flawed. This has long ...

Bacteria frequently encounter adverse environmental conditions, such as nutrient scarcity and antibiotic exposure, which can induce DNA damage ...

Dr. Maria Sepúlveda’s main area of research is ecotoxicology. Over the last two decades, she has conducted extensive research evaluating the sublethal effects of a wide-range of environmental ...

It has been shown that silymarin is as active as quercetin and dihydroquercetin, and more active than quercitrin, in terms of antiperoxidant activity, independent of the experimental model used to ...

Broadly, research has focused on the following potential causes: chemical contamination (including retinoids and endocrine disruptors), UV-B radiation, sublethal predation, and parasite infection. For ...

Prior to construction of dams on the Trinity River, flow and river temperatures were synchronized throughout the watershed ...

The School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ...

Immunotoxicity, a form of sublethal toxicity, considers how chemicals may impact the immune system of an organism. Fish are regularly exposed to bacterial and other pathogens in their natural aquatic ...

Nepal, V., and M.C. Fabrizio. 2021. Reproductive characteristics differ in two invasive populations of blue catfish. North American Journal of Fisheries Management ...

The flavonoid silymarin and one of its structural components, silibinin, are substances with documented hepatoprotective properties. Their mechanisms of action are still poorly understood. However ...