Organismal tolerance to environmental pollution is thought to be constrained by fitness costs, where variants with higher survival in polluted environments have lower performance in nonpolluted environments. Yet, costs are not always detected in empirical studies. One hypothesis suggests that...

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) may exert adverse effects on human and ecosystem health. However, as an ecologically fragile zone with strong interaction between river and groundwater, the POPs pollution in the riparian zone has received little attention. The goal of this research is to...

Respiratory epithelial cells form a selective barrier between the outside environment and underlying tissues. Epithelial cells are polarized and form specialized cell-cell junctions, known as the apical junctional complex (AJC). Assembly and disassembly of the AJC regulates epithelial morphogenesis ...

The prevalence of allergic diseases in Australian children is high, but few studies have assessed the potential role of outdoor air pollution in allergic sensitization. We investigated the association between outdoor air pollution and the prevalence of aeroallergen sensitization in a national...

Submerged macrophytes-biofilm symbionts are sensitive to water pollution and can be possibly used as the bio-indicators of aquatic ecosystems. However, the physiological responses of submersed macrophyte and microbial community to environmental pollution remain unclear. In this study, impacts of...

Biodiversity in running water ecosystems such as streams and rivers is threatened by chemical pollution derived from anthropogenic activities. Zooplankton are ecologically indicative in aquatic ecosystems, owing to their position of linking the top-down and bottom-up regulators in aquatic food...

The interaction of abiotic (temperature, humidity, rainfall, soil texture, geographical area, pollutants) and biotic (crop plants, weeds, insect pests, and humans) components determine the agro-ecosystem environment. Abiotic factors modulate the effect of biotic factors, but the most dangerous...

Retention of rainwater runoff is a primary function of green roofs in their contribution as one of the main indicators of "Sponge City". However, the influence of green roofs on runoff quality and whether they are a source or sink of pollutants is ambiguous. A concept model of pollutant cycling is...

The article is devoted to the pollution problems and the identification of the main sources of pollution of Boyuk Shor lake of the Absheron Peninsula under the ever-increasing rate of industrial development and urbanization. The purpose of the research was to determine the current ecological state...

Imidacloprid, one of the most commonly used insecticides, is highly toxic to honeybees and other beneficial insects. Imidacloprid is a chloronicotinyl insecticide, which has a highly specific affinity to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the honeybee's nervous system. So it may...