In this first installment of the ‘Year in Review’ series, we would like to give our readers a glimpse of some of the best blogposts of the year 2021.
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Category Archives: Research
Insects in nature reserves are contaminated with a cocktail of pesticides
In this blog post Carsten Brühl explains the background and findings of their paper on pesticide residues measured on insect samples from nature conservation areas in Germany published in Scientific reports.
Continue readingNot using synthetic pesticides in organic farming has multiple benefits?
In this blog post Carsten Brühl provides the background for their letter to Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE) entitled The rejection of synthetic pesticides in organic farming has multiple benefits.
Continue readingWeed killers change the diet of freshwater snails
In this post, Marco Konschak reports on the recently published paper “Herbicide-Induced Shifts in the Periphyton Community Composition Indirectly Affect Feeding Activity and Physiology of the Gastropod Grazer Physella acuta”.
Continue readingCan clay minerals make copper oxide nanoparticles toxic?
In this blogpost by Jonas Fischer, springtails were exposed to copper oxide nanoparticles at realistic field concentrations in four soils of varying properties. Toxic effects occurred only in loamy soils and mostly at the lowest test concentrations. Reduced nanoparticle agglomeration and clay-nanoparticle interactions were considered being responsible for this observation.
Continue readingThe nematode that senses contaminants
This blogpost is a guest contribution from researchers at European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology (Wetsus) in the Netherlands. In this post, Antoine Karengera talks about their recently published paper dealing with the potential use of the nematode – Caenorhabditis elegans – as a test organism for detecting toxic potencies of pollutants in water sources.
Continue readingMicrobial intermediaries: bacteria induce warring fungi to team-up
In this post, Patrick Baudy reports on his recently published paper “Fungal-fungal and fungal-bacterial interactions in aquatic decomposer communities: bacteria promote fungal diversity”.
Continue readingAquatic Biofilms—Sink or Source of Microplastics?
In this post, Gabriela Kalčikova talks about her recently published paper on microplastics being a source or sink for aquatic biofilms. Microplastics interact with aquatic biofilms, which crucially impacts the fate and behavior of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems.
Continue readingA mini-review of process-based food web models and their application in aquatic-terrestrial meta-ecosystems
In this post, Stephen Osakpolor talks about his review of process-based food web models for both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem. These models are essential for understanding how stressors affect the interconnected environments.
Continue readingInvertebrate turnover along gradients of anthropogenic salinization in rivers of two German regions
In this post, Trong Dieu Hien Le talks about her recently published paper “Invertebrate turnover along gradients of anthropogenic salinization in rivers of two German regions”.
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