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Interactions between Environmental Contaminants and Gastrointestinal Parasites: Novel Insights from an Integrative Approach in a Marine Predator by Carravieri, Alice, Burthe, Sarah J, de la Vega, Camille, Yonehara, Yoshinari, Daunt, Francis, Newell, Mark A, Jeffreys, Rachel M, Lawlor, Alan J, Hunt, Alexander, Shore, Richard F, Pereira, M. Glória, Green, Jonathan A

“…Environmental contaminants and parasites are ubiquitous stressors that can affect animal physiology and derive from similar dietary sources (co-exposure). To…”
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Biological and anthropogenic predictors of metal concentration in the Eurasian otter, a sentinel of freshwater ecosystems by Brand, Anne-Fleur, Hynes, Juliet, Walker, Lee A., Glόria Pereira, M., Lawlor, Alan J., Williams, Richard J., Shore, Richard F., Chadwick, Elizabeth A.

“…Toxic metals have been linked to a range of adverse health effects in freshwater organisms. However, for higher vertebrates, there is little understanding of…”
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Concentration and origin of lead (Pb) in liver and bone of Eurasian buzzards (Buteo buteo) in the United Kingdom by Taggart, Mark A., Shore, Richard F., Pain, Deborah J., Peniche, Gabriela, Martinez-Haro, Mónica, Mateo, Rafael, Homann, Julia, Raab, Andrea, Feldmann, Joerg, Lawlor, Alan J., Potter, Elaine D., Walker, Lee A., Braidwood, David W., French, Andrew S., Parry-Jones, Jemima, Swift, John A., Green, Rhys E.

“…Ingestion of lead (Pb) derived from ammunition used in the hunting of game animals is recognised to be a significant potential source of Pb exposure of wild…”
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The presence of EU priority substances mercury, hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene and PBDEs in wild fish from four English rivers by Jürgens, Monika D., Johnson, Andrew C., Jones, Kevin C., Hughes, David, Lawlor, Alan J.

“…Since 2007 about 200 to 300 fish per year – generally roach (Rutilus rutilus) also a few bleak (Alburnus alburnus) and eels (Anguilla anguilla) – have been…”
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Particulate and colloidal silver in sewage effluent and sludge discharged from British wastewater treatment plants by Johnson, Andrew C., Jürgens, Monika D., Lawlor, Alan J., Cisowska, Iwona, Williams, Richard J.

“…[Display omitted] •Average silver removal during sewage treatment in 9 British plants was high at 98%.•Mean silver in effluent was 84ngL−1, of which 6ngL−1 was…”
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Phosphorus Retention and Remobilization along Hydrological Pathways in Karst Terrain by Jarvie, Helen P, Sharpley, Andrew N, Brahana, Van, Simmons, Tarra, Price, April, Neal, Colin, Lawlor, Alan J, Sleep, Darren, Thacker, Sarah, Haggard, Brian E

“…Karst landscapes are often perceived as highly vulnerable to agricultural phosphorus (P) loss, via solution-enlarged conduits that bypass P retention…”
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An analysis of benign human prostate offers insights into the mechanism of apocrine secretion and the origin of prostasomes by Fullwood, Nigel J., Lawlor, Alan J., Martin-Hirsch, Pierre L., Matanhelia, Shyam S., Martin, Francis L.

“…The structure and function of normal human prostate is still not fully understood. Herein, we concentrate on the different cell types present in normal…”
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An assessment of the fate, behaviour and environmental risk associated with sunscreen TiO2 nanoparticles in UK field scenarios by JOHNSON, Andrew C, BOWES, Michael J, SVENDSEN, Claus, THOMPSON, Ian P, BARNES, Robert J, WILLIAMS, Richard J, NAN XU, CROSSLEY, Alison, JARVIE, Helen P, JURKSCHAT, Kerstin, JÜRGENS, Monika D, LAWLOR, Alan J, PARK, Barry, ROWLAND, Phillip, SPURGEON, David

“…The fate of Ti was examined in an activated sludge plant serving over 200,000 people. These studies revealed a decrease of 30 to 3.2 μg/L of Ti < 0.45 μm from…”
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Comparative chronic toxicity of nanoparticulate and ionic zinc to the earthworm Eisenia veneta in a soil matrix by Hooper, Helen L., Jurkschat, Kerstin, Morgan, Andrew J., Bailey, Joanne, Lawlor, Alan J., Spurgeon, David J., Svendsen, Claus

“…Manufactured nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly being used in a range of consumer products and are already entering the environment. NP ZnO is one of the…”
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Earthworms produce phytochelatins in response to arsenic by Liebeke, Manuel, Garcia-Perez, Isabel, Anderson, Craig J, Lawlor, Alan J, Bennett, Mark H, Morris, Ceri A, Kille, Peter, Svendsen, Claus, Spurgeon, David J, Bundy, Jacob G

“…Phytochelatins are small cysteine-rich non-ribosomal peptides that chelate soft metal and metalloid ions, such as cadmium and arsenic. They are widely produced…”
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Consistency and uncertainty of UK measurements of mercury in precipitation by Brown, Richard J.C., Goddard, Sharon L., Harris, Peter M., Malcolm, Heath M., Thacker, Sarah A., Lawlor, Alan J., Guyatt, Hayley J.

“…A novel method to assess the uncertainty of measurement of mercury in precipitation for the UK’s Heavy Metals Monitoring Network is presented. The method makes…”
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An intermediate complexity dynamic model for predicting accumulation of atmospherically-deposited metals (Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) in catchment soils: 1400 to present by Lofts, Stephen, Tipping, Edward, Lawlor, Alan J., Shotbolt, Laura

“…The Intermediate Dynamic Model for Metals (IDMM) is a model for prediction of the pools of metals (Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) in topsoils of catchments resulting from…”
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In Situ Speciation Measurements of Trace Metals in Headwater Streams by Warnken, Kent W, Lawlor, Alan J, Lofts, Stephen, Tipping, Edward, Davison, William, Zhang, Hao

“…Concentrations of Al, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn were measured using DGT (diffusive gradients in thin-films) devices deployed in situ in 34 headwater…”
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Influence of soil porewater properties on the fate and toxicity of silver nanoparticles to Caenorhabditis elegans by Schultz, Carolin L., Lahive, Elma, Lawlor, Alan, Crossley, Alison, Puntes, Victor, Unrine, Jason M., Svendsen, Claus, Spurgeon, David J.

“…Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) entering the environment are subject to various transformations that in turn influence how particles are presented to, and taken…”
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High-frequency water quality time series in precipitation and streamflow: From fragmentary signals to scientific challenge by Neal, Colin, Reynolds, Brian, Rowland, Philip, Norris, David, Kirchner, James W., Neal, Margaret, Sleep, Darren, Lawlor, Alan, Woods, Clive, Thacker, Sarah, Guyatt, Hayley, Vincent, Colin, Hockenhull, Kathryn, Wickham, Heather, Harman, Sarah, Armstrong, Linda

“…Eighteen months of 7-hourly analyses of rainfall and stream water chemistry are presented, spanning a wide range of chemical determinands and building on over…”
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Ecological drivers influence the distributions of two cryptic lineages in an earthworm morphospecies by Spurgeon, David J., Liebeke, Manuel, Anderson, Craig, Kille, Peter, Lawlor, Alan, Bundy, Jacob G., Lahive, Elma

“…•787 Lumbricus rubellus from 26 sites were assigned to one of two cryptic lineages.•Lineage A L. rubellus were more commonly found than Lineage B.•Lineage A…”
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Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Mercury in Gulls Eggs from the Iberian Peninsula by Pereira, M. Glória, Lawlor, Alan, Bertolero, Albert, Díez, Sergi, Shore, Richard F., Lacorte, Silvia

“…We examined how coastal mercury contamination varied spatially and temporally across the Iberian Peninsula by measuring mercury concentrations in the eggs of…”
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Pulmonary toxicity of synthetic amorphous silica - effects of porosity and copper oxide doping by Hadrup, Niels, Aimonen, Kukka, Ilves, Marit, Lindberg, Hanna, Atluri, Rambabu, Sahlgren, Nicklas M., Jacobsen, Nicklas R., Barfod, Kenneth K., Berthing, Trine, Lawlor, Alan, Norppa, Hannu, Wolff, Henrik, Jensen, Keld A., Hougaard, Karin S., Alenius, Harri, Catalan, Julia, Vogel, Ulla

“…Materials can be modified for improved functionality. Our aim was to test whether pulmonary toxicity of silica nanomaterials is increased by the introduction…”
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High-frequency precipitation and stream water quality time series from Plynlimon, Wales: an openly accessible data resource spanning the periodic table by Neal, Colin, Reynolds, Brian, Kirchner, James W., Rowland, Phil, Norris, Dave, Sleep, Darren, Lawlor, Alan, Woods, Clive, Thacker, Sarah, Guyatt, Hayley, Vincent, Colin, Lehto, Kathryn, Grant, Simon, Williams, Jeremy, Neal, Margaret, Wickham, Heather, Harman, Sarah, Armstrong, Linda

“…This scientific briefing announces the availability of a new multi‐element high‐frequency water quality data set that is openly accessible to the research…”
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Acid gases and aerosol measurements in the UK (1999–2015): regional distributions and trends by Tang, Y. Sim, Braban, Christine F., Dragosits, Ulrike, Simmons, Ivan, Leaver, David, van Dijk, Netty, Poskitt, Janet, Thacker, Sarah, Patel, Manisha, Carter, Heather, Pereira, M. Glória, Keenan, Patrick O., Lawlor, Alan, Conolly, Christopher, Vincent, Keith, Heal, Mathew R., Sutton, Mark A.

“…The UK Acid Gases and Aerosol Monitoring Network (AGANet) was established in 1999 (12 sites, increased to 30 sites from 2006), to provide long-term national…”
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