Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Heavy Metals in Marine Fish: Ecological and Ecosystem-Level Impacts
Journal of Xenobiotics,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(2), С. 59 - 59
Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2025
Heavy
metal
contamination
in
marine
ecosystems
poses
a
critical
environmental
challenge,
with
significant
implications
for
biodiversity,
trophic
dynamics,
and
human
health.
Marine
fish
are
key
bioindicators
of
heavy
pollution
because
their
role
food
webs
capacity
bioaccumulation
transfer.
This
review
synthesizes
current
knowledge
on
the
pathways
mechanisms
accumulation
fish,
focusing
factors
that
influence
uptake,
retention,
tissue
distribution.
We
explore
processes
governing
transfer
biomagnification,
highlighting
species-specific
patterns
risks
posed
to
apex
predators,
including
humans.
Additionally,
we
assess
ecological
consequences
at
population,
community,
ecosystem
levels,
emphasizing
its
effects
reproduction,
community
structure,
interactions.
By
integrating
recent
findings,
this
highlights
gaps
suggests
future
research
directions
improve
monitoring
risk
assessment.
Given
persistence
bioavailability
metals
environments,
effective
control
strategies
sustainable
fisheries
management
imperative
mitigate
long-term
public
health
risks.
Язык: Английский
Investigating the relationship between land use and water quality in urban waterbodies
Cleaner Water,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 100070 - 100070
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Assessment of Sediment Quality and Vulnerability of Tropical Marine Species in the Society Islands, French Polynesia
Research Square (Research Square),
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июнь 5, 2025
Abstract
Aquatic
sediments
act
as
reservoirs
of
multiple
sources
pollutants,
and
the
increasing
urbanization
coastal
marine
areas
generally
contributes
to
accumulation
contaminants,
endangering
aquatic
life
biodiversity.
In
present
study,
we
assessed
toxicity
sediment
sampled
at
150
sites
around
six
islands
in
Society
Archipelago,
French
Polynesia.
This
evaluation
is
based
on
use
standardized
biological
assays,
during
larval
development
tropical
benthic
species
systems
elutriates.
The
results
have
shown
a
significant
correlation
responses
four
studied:
oyster
Saccostrea
cucculata,
sea
cucumber
Holothuria
fuscogilva,
urchin
Tripneustes
gratilla,
shrimp
Litopenaeus
stylirostris.
Larvae
fuscogilva
gratilla
were
most
sensitive
suitable
for
assessing
quality.
Data
mapping
revealed
high
toxicity,
up
100%
mortality
larvae,
selected
such
Vaitepiha
river
mouth,
Titaaviri,
Atimaono
Tahiti
Islans,
well
‘Ōpūnohu
Bay,
Cook
Haapiti
Bay
Moorea,
lake
Maeva
Huahine.
attributable
various
pollution,
including
agricultural,
urban
runoff
industrial
effluents,
harbor
leisure
activities.
study
provides
contribution
by
identifying
that
will
provide
essential
predictive
tools
adaptive
management
lagoons
showed
rates
developmental
anomalies,
requiring
increased
monitoring.
Язык: Английский
Impact of emerging pollutants mixtures on marine and brackish phytoplankton: diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum and cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa
The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
955, С. 177080 - 177080
Опубликована: Окт. 30, 2024
Pharmaceuticals
and
ionic
liquids
(ILs)
are
emerging
as
significant
micropollutants
with
environmental
presence
potential
ecological
impacts.
The
possible
simultaneous
occurrence
of
these
two
groups
pollutants
in
aquatic
environments
raises
complex
challenges
due
to
their
diverse
chemical
properties
for
interactive
effects.
Given
the
documented
widespread
pharmaceuticals
concerns
about
ILs,
study
aims
evaluate
adverse
effects
binary
mixtures
imidazolium
liquid
IM1-8C(CN)
Язык: Английский