The bioconcentration factor shows the concentration of chemical substances in fish as compared to the surrounding water. It ...

Aquatic species are continually exposed to a myriad of organic chemicals through industrial discharges, agricultural runoff, and urbanisation. These chemicals can accumulate in tissues over time—a ...

A research collaboration between BOKU Tulln and IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems is using the further development of bioleaching and bioaccumulation to develop a two-stage, environmentally ...

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A Galápagos penguin is perched on the molten rock of the Isabela Islands. The authors captured this photo during a 2021 expedition to collect microplastics in the Galápagos Marine Reserve.

Researchers from the University of Tübingen have identified a major weakness in current methods used to assess the bioaccumulation of chemicals in fish, showing that the bioconcentration factor varies ...