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.
Toxics,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
11(6), С. 490 - 490
Опубликована: Май 28, 2023
Fish
not
only
constitute
an
important
trophic
level
in
aquatic
ecosystems
but
also
serve
as
source
of
protein
for
human
beings.
The
health
fish
is
related
to
the
sustained
and
healthy
development
their
entire
ecosystem.
Due
widespread
use,
mass
production,
high
disposal
frequency,
degradation
resistance
plastics,
these
pollutants
are
released
into
environments
on
a
large
scale.
They
have
become
one
fastest
growing
substantial
toxic
effect
fish.
Microplastics
intrinsic
toxicity
can
absorb
heavy
metals
discharged
water.
adsorption
onto
microplastics
affected
by
many
factors
serves
convenient
way
migrate
from
environment
organisms.
exposed
both
metals.
In
this
paper,
effects
metal
reviewed,
focus
at
individual
(survival,
feeding
activity
swimming,
energy
reserves
respiration,
intestinal
microorganisms,
growth,
reproduction),
cellular
(cytotoxicity,
oxidative
damage,
inflammatory
response,
neurotoxicity,
metabolism)
molecular
(gene
expression)
levels.
This
facilitates
assessment
pollutants’
impact
ecotoxicity
contributes
regulation
environment.
Water,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
15(9), С. 1735 - 1735
Опубликована: Апрель 30, 2023
In
recent
years,
with
the
aggravation
of
environmental
pollution,
study
aquatic
ecotoxicology
has
become
a
hot
topic.
Some
organisms,
such
as
large
fleas,
toads,
and
zebrafish,
have
been
developed
applied
model
organisms.
They
increasingly
used
to
bioaccumulation
toxicity
pollutants
due
advantages
their
small
size,
easy
reproduction,
short
life
cycle,
low
maintenance
cost,
ability
combine
genetic,
cellular,
whole
organism
endpoints.
This
review
summarizes
methods
in
ecotoxicology,
using
its
developmental
toxicity,
biomarkers,
genomics,
phenotype
analysis
evaluate
pollutants,
providing
reference
value
for
researchers
select
animals
research.
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
15(23), С. 16242 - 16242
Опубликована: Ноя. 23, 2023
Heavy
metals
are
among
the
most
important
pollutants
that
threaten
aquatic
environment
when
their
concentrations
exceed
certain
limits.
Some
of
these
and
metalloids
beneficial
necessary
for
fish,
but
others,
such
as
arsenic
(As),
chromium
(Cr),
cadmium
(Cd),
lead
(Pb)
mercury
(Hg),
non-essential
toxic.
In
reviewing
recent
relevant
literature,
4
different
continents,
13
countries,
more
than
50
fish
species
were
analyzed
in
terms
As,
Cr,
Cd,
Pb
Hg
concentrations.
According
to
comparative
results,
it
was
found
Tercan
Dam
Lake,
Turkey,
highest
concentration
Cr
detected
Capoeta
umbla
(2.455
mg/kg),
As
Ctenopharyngodon
idella
(0.774
mg/kg)
species.
Greater
values
permissible
limits
FAO/WHO
also
Andalusia,
Southern
Spain,
Mullus
surmuletus
(0.427
Sardina
pilchardus
(0.561
Sprattus
sprattus
(0.636
Baltic
Sea,
a
remarkably
high
content
(8.48
determined
Penaeus
notialis,
Guinea,
Africa.
Moreover,
Cd
low
nil
almost
all
cases,
with
exception
Amblyceps
mangois
collected
from
Dhaleshwari
River
Bangladesh,
which
showed
value
(0.063
mg/kg).
Finally,
extremely
levels
Plectropomus
pessuliferus
(5.05
Epinephelus
summana
(2.80
Jeddah,
Saudi
Arabia.
The
under
limit
megrim
red
mullet
Andalusian
Sea
exhibiting
relatively
higher
(0.091
0.067
general,
sequence
accumulation
toxic
elements
>
Hg.
