In this post, we talk about our recently published paper “UV-irradiation and leaching in water reduce the toxicity of imidacloprid-contaminated leaves for the aquatic leaf-shredding amphipod Gammarus fossarum“.
About sun, water and toxic leaves…
Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 3
In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 3 is all about the students Priscilla and Julian who tell us about their bat conservation efforts in agroecosystems such as banana plantations.
Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 2
In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 2 is all about his host Clemens Ruepert who is an experienced environmental analytical chemist at the Regional Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances of the National University of Costa Rica.
Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 1
In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 1 is all about his first impressions and what he learned about pesticide use on tropical crops such as the bananas that get shipped to Germany. Continue reading
A look at River Rhine ecology and risks – German/French SERIOR event on March 22
The German/French Graduate Academy “Security-Risk-Orientation” (SERIOR) is hosting a bilingual event “Rheingold oder Source de risque” to look at the River Rhine from a societal, economic and ecological perspective in Landau on 22 March 2018.
Nanoparticles in the environment – Lessons learned today?
In this post, Simon Lüderwald talks about their recently accepted literature review “Nanoparticles in the environment – where do we come from, where do we go to?”.
How can we predict the effect of multiple stressors?
In this post, Ralf Schäfer reports on their recently published paper “Advancing understanding and prediction in multiple stressor research through a mechanistic basis for null models”.
Chironomid DNA metabarcoding in Bti-treated wetlands
In this post, Kathrin Theissinger talks about their recently published paper “Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change in mosquito controlled temporary wetlands”.
BECT 100th Volume Special Issue – Free access
In this post, we briefly highlight the 100th Volume Special Issue of the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (BECT), which is freely accessible until 23 March 2018.
A visit at the first conference on microbial ecotoxicology – EcotoxicoMic
In this post, Patrick Baudy reports on his visit at the first international conference on microbial ecotoxicology – the EcotoxicoMic 2017 in Lyon, France.