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Effects of, and responses to materials in organisms, populations and ecosystems. Includes resistance, tolerance, and degradation mechanisms.

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Reduction of Cr(VI) by Bacillus toyonensis LBA36 and its effect on radish seedlings under Cr(VI) stress

Aobo Tan, Hui Wang, Hehe Zhang, Longfei Zhang, Hanyue Yao, Zhi Chen

Realistic nitrate concentrations diminish reproductive indicators in Skiffia lermae, an endemic species in critical endangered status

Ivette Marai Villa-Villaseñor, Ma. Antonia Herrera-Vargas, Beatriz Yáñez-Rivera, Mari Carmen Uribe, Rebeca Aneli Rueda-Jasso, Bryan V. Phillips-Farfán, Valentin Mar-Silva, Esperanza Meléndez-Herrera, Omar Domínguez-Domínguez

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Barnacle analysis as a microplastic pollution bioindicator on the East Coast of Surabaya

Miftakhul Sefti Raufanda, Aunurohim Aunurohim, Romanus Edy Prabowo

Ecotoxicological effects of tungsten on celery (Apium graveolens L) and pepper (Capsicum spp.)

Qi Li, Xiaojun Zheng, Ming Chen

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Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies?

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Gooseneck barnacles (Lepas spp.) ingest microplastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

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Rapid rise in toxic load for bees revealed by analysis of pesticide use in Great Britain

Dave Goulson, Jack Thompson, Amy Croombs

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A large-scale field study examining effects of exposure to clothianidin seed-treated canola on honey bee colony health, development, and overwintering success

G. Christopher Cutler, Cynthia D. Scott-Dupree, Maryam Sultan, Andrew D. McFarlane, Larry Brewer

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Neonicotinoids impact bumblebee colony fitness in the field; a reanalysis of the UK’s Food & Environment Research Agency 2012 experiment

Dave Goulson

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