E. Franchi

TL;DR: Female penguins made on average longer foraging trips than males, ranged greater distances more frequently and consumed larger quantities of krill and fed more extensively on fish throughout chick rearing while males made shorter journeys to closer foraging grounds during the guard period.

TL;DR: This study isolated arsenic‐resistant bacteria from contaminated sediment of the Orbetello Lagoon, Italy, to characterize isolates for As(III), As(V), heavy metals resistance, and from the phylogenetic point of view.

TL;DR: As aquaculture makes its transition to a major food-producing sector, proper assessment and control of environmental impacts and food safety awareness are becoming increasingly important and the development of simple tools able to monitor the extent of environmental and biological impacts associated with farming operations is required.

TL;DR: Two bacterial strains isolated in the presence of naphthalene as the sole carbon and energy source from sediments of the Orbetello Lagoon, Italy, which is highly contaminated with both organic compounds and metals, showed higher tolerance towards arsenic, cadmium, and lead whereas it was far more sensitive towards mercury.

TL;DR: Hepatopancreas, gills, haemolymph and excreta seem to be useful for biomarker studies in this species, and several biomarkers were found suitable for evaluating chemical stress due to different Mediterranean contaminants.