Search Results - "Bustamante, P"
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Demographic responses to mercury exposure in two closely related Antarctic top predators
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-04-2014)“…Although toxic chemicals constitute a major threat for wildlife, their effects have been mainly assessed at the individual level and under laboratory…”
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Crosstalk Between Long Non-coding RNAs, Micro-RNAs and mRNAs: Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Master Regulators in Cancer
Published in Frontiers in oncology (25-07-2019)“…Cancer is a complex disease, and its study requires deep understanding of several biological processes and their regulation. It is an accepted fact that…”
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Does trophic level drive organic and metallic contamination in coral reef organisms?
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-06-2019)“…Metallic and organic pollutants constitute a serious threat for coral reef ecosystems, potentially affecting a great number of species interacting within…”
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Large-scale survey of lithium concentrations in marine organisms
Published in The Science of the total environment (10-01-2021)“…Trace metals such as Cu, Hg, and Zn have been widely investigated in marine ecotoxicological studies considering their bioaccumulation, transfer along trophic…”
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Non-competitive resource exploitation within mosquito shapes within-host malaria infectivity and virulence
Published in Nature communications (27-08-2018)“…Malaria is a fatal human parasitic disease transmitted by a mosquito vector. Although the evolution of within-host malaria virulence has been the focus of many…”
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Trophic ecology drives trace element concentrations in the Antarctic octopod community
Published in The Science of the total environment (10-05-2021)“…Despite the Antarctic Ocean being considered a pristine environment, elevated trace element concentrations have been reported in many marine organisms. The…”
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Evolutionary and Functional Relationships in the Truncated Hemoglobin Family
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-01-2016)“…Predicting function from sequence is an important goal in current biological research, and although, broad functional assignment is possible when a protein is…”
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Denitrifying bioreactors and dissolved phosphorus: Net source or sink?
Published in Journal of environmental quality (06-05-2024)“…Understanding the world through a lens of phosphorus (P), as Dr. Andrew Sharpley aimed to do, adds a deeper dimension for water quality work in the heavily…”
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Trace element analysis reveals bioaccumulation in the squid Gonatus fabricii from polar regions of the Atlantic Ocean
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-01-2020)“…The boreoatlantic gonate squid (Gonatus fabricii) represents important prey for top predators—such as marine mammals, seabirds and fish—and is also an…”
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Mother-embryo isotope (δ15N, δ13C) fractionation and mercury (Hg) transfer in aplacental deep-sea sharks
Published in Journal of fish biology (01-05-2014)“…Stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic values and total mercury (Hg) concentrations were analysed in muscle and liver of mothers and embryos of two…”
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Corticosterone, prolactin and egg neglect behavior in relation to mercury and legacy POPs in a long-lived Antarctic bird
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-02-2015)“…Seabirds often have high loads of contaminants. These contaminants have endocrine disrupting properties but their relationships with some endocrine mechanisms…”
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Total and organic Hg concentrations in cephalopods from the North Eastern Atlantic waters: Influence of geographical origin and feeding ecology
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-09-2006)“…Total (T–Hg) and organic (O–Hg) mercury concentrations and tissue distribution were examined in 20 species of cephalopods ( n = 278) from the north eastern…”
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Simple and rapid formic acid sample treatment for the isolation of HgSe nanoparticles from animal tissues
Published in Analytica chimica acta (15-04-2023)“…The present work explores for the first time the potential of formic acid on the extraction of tiemannite (HgSe) nanoparticles from seabird tissues, in…”
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Trace elements in invertebrates and fish from Kerguelen waters, southern Indian Ocean
Published in Polar biology (2018)“…Given the lack of background data on essential and non-essential trace elements in invertebrates and fish known to be the predominant prey of marine mammals…”
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Amino acid δ13C and δ15N from sclerotized beaks: a new tool to investigate the foraging ecology of cephalopods, including giant and colossal squids
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (15-08-2019)“…Combining the use of predators as biological samplers together with measurements of the stable isotopic ratios (δ13CBulk and δ15NBulk) of their sclerotized…”
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Ultrastructural calibration model for proficiency testing
Published in Journal of applied statistics (04-04-2023)“…Proficiency testing (PT) determines the performance of individual laboratories for specific tests or measurements and it is used to monitor the reliability of…”
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Accumulation of nine metals and one metalloid in the tropical scallop Comptopallium radula from coral reefs in New Caledonia
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-04-2008)“…Uptake of waterborne Cd, Co, Mn and Zn was determined in laboratory experiments using radiotracer techniques ( 109Cd, 57Co, 54Mn and 65Zn). Labelled Zn was…”
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Persistent organic pollutants in a marine bivalve on the Marennes–Oléron Bay and the Gironde Estuary (French Atlantic Coast)—Part 2: Potential biological effects
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-05-2015)“…Contaminant effects on defence responses of ecologically and economically important organisms, such as the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, are likely to…”
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Seabird colonies as relevant sources of pollutants in Antarctic ecosystems: Part 1 - Trace elements
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-08-2018)“…Global distillation is classically pointed as the biggest responsible for contaminant inputs in Polar ecosystems. Mercury (Hg) and other trace elements (TEs)…”
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Variability and bias in microbiome metagenomic sequencing: an interlaboratory study comparing experimental protocols
Published in Scientific reports (29-04-2024)“…Several studies have documented the significant impact of methodological choices in microbiome analyses. The myriad of methodological options available…”
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