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Open AccessNano-enabled pesticides: a comprehensive toxicity assessment of tebuconazole nanoformulations with nematodes at single species and community level
There is an increasing imperative to explore safer alternatives for pesticides due to their indiscriminate use and consequential health impacts on the environment and humans. Nanoformulations of pesticides are...
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Determining the toxicity of organic compounds to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans based on aqueous concentrations
Caenorhabditis elegans is used for assessing the toxicity of chemicals in aqueous medium. However, chemicals can absorb to the bacterial food, which reduces the freely dissolved concentrations of the tested comp...
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Nematode-Based Effect Assessment in Freshwater Sediments
Sediments provide a habitat for a very diverse fauna and considerably contribute to important ecosystem services of aquatic ecosystems. Especially soft (fine and sandy) sediments are known to be hotspots of ch...
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Open AccessThe Uptake of Sporopollenin Exine Capsules and Associated Bioavailability of Adsorbed Oestradiol in Selected Aquatic Invertebrates
Lycopodium clavatum sporopollenin exine capsules (SpECs) are known to both adsorb and absorb chemicals. The aim of the present work was to determine whether oestradiol (E2) is ‘bioavailable’ to bioindicator speci...
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Effects of waste materials on Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda) using the ISO standard soil toxicity test
The ecotoxicological characterization of waste according to the European Waste List (HP14) is part of its hazard classification, which is based on 15 different hazardous properties and should include toxicity ...
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Reply to the letter to the editor by Swarthout et al. (2018): Comments for Mertens et al. (2018), Glyphosate, a chelating agent—relevant for ecological risk assessment?
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Open AccessGlyphosate, a chelating agent—relevant for ecological risk assessment?
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), consisting of glyphosate and formulants, are the most frequently applied herbicides worldwide. The declared active ingredient glyphosate does not only inhibit the EPSPS but ...
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Is Caenorhabditis elegans representative of freshwater nematode species in toxicity testing?
Multi-species toxicity tests were conducted using a broad range of freshwater nematode species to assess interspecific differences in sensitivity to chemical stress and to compare the toxicity to that on the s...
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Organic carbon source in formulated sediments influences life traits and gene expression of Caenorhabditis elegans
River water quality is strongly influenced by their sediments and their associated pollutants. To assess the toxic potential of sediments, sediment toxicity tests require reliable control sediments, potentiall...
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Nutzen und Grenzen von Modellökosystemen zur Erfassung der Wirkung von Schadstoffen auf benthische Lebensgemeinschaften
Ziel dieses Kurzbeitrages ist es, einen Einblick in den Nutzen und die Grenzen von Modellökosystemen bei der Untersuchung von Schadstoffeffekten auf benthische Lebensgemeinschaften, insbesondere der Meiofauna,...
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Endocrine disruption in nematodes: effects and mechanisms
This paper reviews the current knowledge on endocrine disruption in nematodes. These organisms have received little attention in the field of ecotoxicology, in spite of their important role in aquatic ecosyste...
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The SeKT Joint Research Project: Definition of reference conditions, control sediments and toxicity thresholds for limnic sediment contact tests (2 pp)
In current biotest approaches, intact organisms or in vitro systems are exposed to sediments using different exposure scenarios. The most important issue in sediment toxicity testing protocols is the question ...
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Veränderung von Biokonzentration und Wirkung vom PSM in Anwesenheit von Huminstoffen
Huminstoffe, im Freiwasser im wesentlichen Fulvosäuren, können auf Organismen einen fördernden oder auch einen hemmenden Einflß ausüben. Dies wurde an bakterienhaltigen Algenkulturen, ebenso wie an Nematoden-K...