In this post, Verena Sesin reports on her visit at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) in Toronto from July 21-26, 2018, themed “Connecting biodiversity from urban to wild areas by connecting practitioners, managers and researchers”.
Tag Archives: aquatic ecosystems
PhD position on microplastics at Goethe University Frankfurt
The Department of Aquatic Ecotoxicology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main is looking for a PhD student investigating freshwater and marine microplastics in the project “PLAWES: Plastics in the model system Weser-Wadden Sea”.
Carryover of pesticide effects to non-polluted patches
In this post, Ralf Schäfer talks about their recently published paper “Assessing recovery of stream insects from pesticides using a two-patch metapopulation model”.
Large scale risks from agricultural pesticides in small streams
In this post, Ralf Schäfer talks about their recently published paper “Large scale risks from agricultural pesticides in small streams”.
EU risk assessments for pharmaceuticals overestimate dilution of effluents in receiving waters
In this post, Moritz Link reports about his recently published paper “Comparison of dilution factors for German wastewater treatment plant effluents in receiving streams to the fixed dilution factor from chemical risk assessment”.
Silver nanoparticles in freshwaters – how can they be measured?
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “Monitoring the Fate and Transformation of Silver Nanoparticles in Natural Waters”. Continue reading
Interactive effects of multiple exposure routes on grazing invertebrates
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “Multiple exposure routes of a pesticide exacerbate effects on a grazing mayfly”. Continue reading