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Towards sustainable management of kelp forests: An analysis of adaptive governance in developing regimes for wild kelp harvesting in Scotland and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Kelp forests are highly productive habitats which support important marine species and ecosystem services including coastal protection and carbon storage. Demand is increasing for commercial products from wild and cultivated ... -
Toxicity of microplastics and natural particles in the freshwater dipteran Chironomus riparius: Same same but different?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Microplastics (MP) are contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic ecosystems. While the number of studies is rapidly increasing, a comparison of the toxicity of MP and natural particulate matter is largely missing. In ... -
Toxicity of organic compounds from unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs) to primary fish hepatocytes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Many environmental matrices contaminated with organic pollutants derived from crude oil or degraded petroleum contain mixtures so complex that they are typically unresolved by conventional analytical techniques such as gas ... -
Traditional Dimensions of Seabed Resource Management in the Context of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific: Learning From the Socio-Ecological Interconnectivity Between Island Communities and the Ocean Realm
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In many of the Pacific Islands, local communities have long-held cultural and spiritual attachments to the sea, in particular to species and specific marine areas, processes, habitats, islands, and natural seabed formations. ... -
Trait‐based ecology at large scales: Assessing functional trait correlations, phylogenetic constraints and spatial variability using open data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The growing use of functional traits in ecological research has brought new insights into biodiversity responses to global environmental change. However, further progress depends on overcoming three major challenges involving ... -
Transcriptional changes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) after embryonic exposure to road salt
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Road salt is extensively used as a deicing chemical in road maintenance during winter and has in certain areas of the world led to density stratifications in lakes and ponds, and adversely impacted aquatic organisms in the ... -
Transcriptomic analysis reveals dose-dependent modes of action of benzo(a)pyrene in polar cod (Boreogadus saida)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Polar cod (Boreogadus saida) has been used as a model Arctic species for hazard assessment of environmental stressors such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). However, most of the PAH studies using polar cod rely ... -
Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Between April to November of 2017, microplastics (MPs) were analysed in biosolids from two separate suppliers, and in the soils of three agricultural fields to which they were applied, in Ontario, Canada. Soils of a control ... -
Transformation as praxis: responding to climate change uncertainties in marginal environments in South Asia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper provides some of the conceptual and methodological underpinnings being developed in the ongoing TAPESTRY project which is part of the Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) Programme. We debate how the notion ... -
Transformation Kinetics of Burnt Lime in Freshwater and Sea Water
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Calcium oxide (CaO), also known as burnt lime, is being considered as a possible treatment to reduce the negative impact of sea urchins on tare forests in northern coastal waters and blue-green algal blooms in the surrounding ... -
Transgenic (cyp19a1b-GFP) zebrafish embryos as a tool for assessing combined effects of oestrogenic chemicals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Endocrine disrupting chemicals and especially oestrogen receptor (ER) agonists have been extensively studied over the years due to their potential effects on sexual development and reproduction in vertebrates, notably fish. ... -
Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The monitoring of contaminants represents a priority to preserve the integrity of marine ecosystems, as well as to plan and to manage restoration activities in order to protect environmental and human health. In the present ... -
Trends in surface water chemistry in acidified areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Acidification of lakes and rivers is still an environmental concern despite reduced emissions of acidifying compounds. We analysed trends in surface water chemistry of 173 acid-sensitive sites from 12 regions in Europe and ... -
Tryptophan metabolic pathways and brain serotonergic activity: A comparative review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The essential amino acid L-tryptophan (Trp) is the precursor of the monoaminergic neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT). Numerous studies have shown that elevated dietary Trp has a suppressive effect on ... -
Two different approaches of microbial community structure characterization in riverine epilithic biofilms under multiple stressors conditions: Developing molecular indicators
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Microbial communities are major players in the biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning of river networks. Despite their importance in the ecosystem, biomonitoring tools relying on prokaryotes are still lacking. ... -
Two stage algorithm vs commonly used approaches for the suspect screening of complex environmental samples analyzed via liquid chromatography high resolution time of flight mass spectroscopy: A test study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)LC-HR-QTOF-MS recently has become a commonly used approach for the analysis of complex samples. However, identification of small organic molecules in complex samples with the highest level of confidence is a challenging ... -
Ultrafast Electrochemical Self-Doping of Anodic Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes for Enhanced Electroanalytical and Photocatalytic Performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study explores an ultrarapid electrochemical self-doping procedure applied to anodic titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotube arrays in an alkaline solution to boost their performance for electroanalytical and photocatalytic ... -
Ultraviolet B modulates gamma radiation-induced stress responses in Lemna minor at multiple levels of biological organisation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Elevated levels of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation may co-occur and pose cumulative hazards to biota. However, the combined effects and underlying toxicity mechanisms of different types of radiation in aquatic plants ... -
Uncertainties in assessing the environmental impact of amine emissions from a CO 2 capture plant
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)In this study, a new model framework that couples the atmospheric chemistry transport model system WRF-EMEP and the multimedia fugacity level III model was used to assess the environmental impact of amine emissions to air ... -
Understanding temporal variability across trophic levels and spatial scales in freshwater ecosystems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A tenet of ecology is that temporal variability in ecological structure and processes tends to decrease with increasing spatial scales (from locales to regions) and levels of biological organization (from populations to ...