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 ...
A new study offers yet more evidence. Research by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory shows how pesticide tests focus on the death of an animal and ignore any important "sublethal" effects. If a ...
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 ...
M. A. A. Orabi, E. A. Orabi, E. Abdel-SattarE, H. Sakagami, A. M. English, T. Hatano and H. Elimam (2023) Structuraldetermination and anticholinesterase assay of C ...
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 ...