A Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: In this Issue of BECT Erin Bennett EDITORIAL 08 October 2016 Pages: 589 - 590
Concentration Trends for Lead and Calcium-Normalized Lead in Fish Fillets from the Big River, a Mining-Contaminated Stream in Southeastern Missouri USA Christopher J. SchmittMichael J. McKee OriginalPaper 11 June 2016 Pages: 593 - 600
Responses of the Antioxidant and Osmoregulation Systems of Fish Erythrocyte Following Copper Exposures in Differing Calcium Levels E. G. CanliG. AtliM. Canli OriginalPaper 06 October 2016 Pages: 601 - 608
Mesodesma mactroides Gill Cells Exposed to Copper: Does Hyposmotic Saline Increase Cytotoxicity or Cellular Defenses? V. A. AnjosJ. S. GalvãoM. M. Souza OriginalPaper 06 September 2016 Pages: 609 - 613
Analysis of Pesticides and Toxic Heavy Metals Contained in Mosquito Coils John KasumbaBryan HettickDavid Klein OriginalPaper 03 October 2016 Pages: 614 - 618
Acute Toxicity of Nitrite to Various Life Stages of the Amazon River Prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum, Heller, 1862 Fabrício Martins DutraCarolina Arruda FreireEduardo Luis Cupertino Ballester OriginalPaper 11 October 2016 Pages: 619 - 625
Low, Chronic Exposure to Endosulfan Induces Bioaccumulation and Decreased Carcass Total Fatty Acids in Neotropical Fruit Bats Alessandro BrinatiJerusa Maria OliveiraMariella Bontempo Freitas OriginalPaper 03 September 2016 Pages: 626 - 631
Dynamics of Aromatase and Physiological Indexes in Male Fish as Potential Biomarkers of Anthropogenic Pollution N. F. GuyónM. A. RoggioM. A. Bistoni OriginalPaper 26 September 2016 Pages: 632 - 638
Influence of Three Citrus Herbicides on Potential Production of Sorghum bicolor ‘Topper 76-6’ as a Bioenergy Crop Patrick C. WilsonBarrett GruberSandra Wilson OriginalPaper 29 September 2016 Pages: 639 - 645
Emerging Concern from Short-Term Textile Leaching: A Preliminary Ecotoxicological Survey G. LofranoG. LibralatoS. Meriç OriginalPaper 04 October 2016 Pages: 646 - 652
Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere of the Botanical Garden of the City of Rio de Janeiro: A Preliminary Study Cleyton Martins da SilvaElaine Cesar C. A. SouzaGraciela Arbilla OriginalPaper 14 July 2016 Pages: 653 - 658
Determination of Synthetic Musks in Surface Sediment from the Bizerte Lagoon by QuEChERS Extraction Followed by GC-MS Mouna NecibiLaurent LanceleurMathilde Monperrus OriginalPaper 14 October 2016 Pages: 659 - 669
Determination of Xylene and Toluene by Solid-Phase Microextraction Using Au Nanoparticles–Thiol Silane Film Coupled to Ion Mobility Spectrometry Ali Reza AllafchianAva AkhgarMahmoud Tabrizchi OriginalPaper 21 September 2016 Pages: 670 - 676
Comparison of Three Analytical Methods for the Quantitation of Mercury in Environmental Samples from the Volta Lake, Ghana Edward Ebow Kwaansa-AnsahAnthony Apeke AdimadoNiladri Basu OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 677 - 683
Characterization of Crude Oil Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Contaminated Soils Surrounding Gas Stations Reda A. I. Abou-ShanabMohamed ErakyAhmed M. Salem OriginalPaper 21 September 2016 Pages: 684 - 688
Biodegradation of Phenanthrene by Pseudomonas sp. JPN2 and Structure-Based Degrading Mechanism Study Jingnan JinJun YaoQingye Zhang OriginalPaper 15 September 2016 Pages: 689 - 694
Effects of Different Soil Amendments on Mixed Heavy Metals Contamination in Vetiver Grass Chuck Chuan NgAmru Nasrulhaq BoyceMhd Radzi Abas OriginalPaper 21 September 2016 Pages: 695 - 701
Toxicity of CuO Nanoparticles to Structure and Metabolic Activity of Allium cepa Root Tips Fei DengShuling WangHua Xin OriginalPaper 04 October 2016 Pages: 702 - 708
Comparison of Selenium Toxicity in Sunflower and Maize Seedlings Grown in Hydroponic Cultures Farzaneh GarousiSzilvia VeresBéla Kovács OriginalPaper 09 September 2016 Pages: 709 - 713
Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Vegetables Grown Using Paper Mill Wastewater in Wonji Gefersa, Ethiopia Temesgen ElikuSeyoum Leta OriginalPaper 08 September 2016 Pages: 714 - 720
Uptake and Distribution of Trace Elements in Dominant Mangrove Plants of the Indian Sundarban Wetland Azibar Rodríguez-IruretagoienaRanju ChowdhuryPerumal Venkatachalam OriginalPaper 20 September 2016 Pages: 721 - 727
Screening of Cyanobacterial Peptide Toxin, Microcystins in Hyperscum Water Samples from an Inland Sub Saharan Drinking Freshwater Reservoir Kennedy Uchenna EguzozieVuyo MavumengwanaEmmanuella Chioma Nnabuo-Eguzozie OriginalPaper 19 September 2016 Pages: 728 - 736
Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination and Calculation of Its Pollution Index for Uglješnica River, Serbia Jelena MilivojevićDragana KrstićVera Djekić OriginalPaper 16 September 2016 Pages: 737 - 742