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Comparison of different toxic effect sub-models in ecosystem modelling used for ecological effect assessments and water quality standard settingFrederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University Ugent, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 69:13-23. 2008..Ecosystem models using linear concentration-effect functions predict biomass decreases at concentrations that are four times lower than the observed NOECs...
Ecotoxicological mechanisms and models in an impact analysis tool for oil spillsFrederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Toxicol Environ Health A 74:605-19. 2011..Food availability and length of day were identified as important characteristics as these determine nutritional status and phototoxicity, respectively...- A re-evaluation of fifteen years of European risk assessment using effect modelsFrederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Applied Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Environ Toxicol Chem 32:594-601. 2013..This suggests that the derived PNECs are protective for aquatic ecosystems... - Biodiversity of freshwater diatom communities during 1000 years of metal mining, land use, and climate change in central SwedenF De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Applied Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Ghent University, Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Environ Sci Technol 46:9097-105. 2012..Our analysis illustrates that focusing on the direct toxic effects of metals alone may yield inaccurate environmental assessments on time scales relevant for biodiversity conservation... - Combining monitoring data and modeling identifies PAHs as emerging contaminants in the arcticF De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Applied Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Environ Sci Technol 45:9024-9. 2011..Our findings indicate that the debate on the environmental impacts of fossil fuel burning should move beyond the expected seawater temperature increase and examine the possible environmental impact of fossil fuel derived PAHs... - Functional redundancy and food web functioning in linuron-exposed ecosystemsF De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicity and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Environ Pollut 159:3009-17. 2011..Therefore, a risk assessment that protects macrophyte growth also protects the functioning of macrophyte-dominated microcosms... - Uncertainties in ecological, chemical and physiological parameters of a bioaccumulation model: implications for internal concentrations and tissue based risk quotientsF De Laender
NIOO CEME, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Korringaweg 7, 4400 Yerseke, The Netherlands
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 73:240-6. 2010..Conventional exposure based risk quotients were up to 5 times less probable to exceed one than were corresponding RQ(tissue), and this for both species... - Ecological significance of hazardous concentrations in a planktonic food webFrederik De Laender
NIOO CEME, Netherland Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, The Netherlands
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 73:247-53. 2010..We conclude that, next to measures of toxicity, ecological characteristics of species may help understanding ecological effects occurring in ecosystems also... - Seasonal PCB bioaccumulation in an arctic marine ecosystem: a model analysis incorporating lipid dynamics, food-web productivity and migrationFrederik De Laender
NIOO KNAW, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Korringaweg 7, 4400 Yerseke, The Netherlands
Environ Sci Technol 44:356-61. 2010..3-2.4) and lowest for PCB 52 in summer and fall/winter (1.5-1.6) and were driven by seasonal shifts in trophic level and lipid dynamics... - Ecosystem functions and densities of contributing functional groups respond in a different way to chemical stressFrederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Environ Toxicol Chem 30:2892-8. 2011..These variations could be explained by food web ecology but not by direct Cu effects, indicating that ecology may be a useful basis for understanding environmental effects of stressors... - An ecosystem modelling approach for deriving water quality criteriaF De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, J Plateaustraat 22, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Water Sci Technol 56:19-27. 2007..The small amount of required data and the high predictive capacity can make this ecosystem modelling approach an efficient tool in water quality criteria derivation for chemicals... - Comparing ecotoxicological effect concentrations of chemicals established in multi-species vs. single-species toxicity test systemsFrederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control BIOMATH, Ghent University Ugent, Coupure Links 654, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 72:310-5. 2009..Experimental research is required to test the predictions made by the model simulations for phytoplankton as well as for chemicals directly targeting phytoplankton... - Validation of an ecosystem modelling approach as a tool for ecological effect assessmentsFrederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University Ugent, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Chemosphere 71:529-45. 2008..In general, it can be stated that this type of models can serve as an ecology-based alternative to current extrapolation techniques in EEAs and water quality standard setting... - Inferring chemical effects on carbon flows in aquatic food webs: methodology and case studyFrederik De Laender
NIOO CEME, Netherland Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, The Netherlands
Environ Pollut 158:1775-82. 2010..We conclude that this tool has excellent potential to analyse the wealth of enclosure data as it only needs species abundance and general constraints... - Is ecosystem structure the target of concern in ecological effect assessments?Frederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control BIOMATH, Ghent University Ugent, Coupure Links 654, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Water Res 42:2395-402. 2008..g., total ingestion by fish) are more sensitive than functions associated with lower trophic levels (e.g., total photosynthesis by phytoplankton) for 749 toxicants... - Do we have to incorporate ecological interactions in the sensitivity assessment of ecosystems? An examination of a theoretical assumption underlying species sensitivity distribution modelsFrederik De Laender
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University Jozef Plateaustraat 22, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Environ Int 34:390-6. 2008.... - A single bioavailability model can accurately predict Ni toxicity to green microalgae in soft and hard surface watersNele M E Deleebeeck
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Water Res 43:1935-47. 2009..A single bioavailability model can therefore be used to predict Ni toxicity to green microalgae in soft and hard surface waters as a function of water hardness... - Comparison of nickel toxicity to cladocerans in soft versus hard surface watersNele M E Deleebeeck
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Gent University, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Aquat Toxicol 84:223-35. 2007.... - Incorporating ecological data and associated uncertainty in bioaccumulation modeling: methodology development and case studyFrederik De Laender
NIOO KNAW, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology
Environ Sci Technol 43:2620-6. 2009..Ranges of internal concentrations predicted by LIM-OMEGA were smaller in enclosures with fish, as strong predation pressure from the latter on mesozooplankton constrains food web flows and thus bioaccumulation... - Whole sediment toxicity tests for metal risk assessments: on the importance of equilibration and test design to increase ecological relevanceMichiel B Vandegehuchte
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Environ Toxicol Chem 32:1048-59. 2013..However, the onset of Zn toxicity occurred at lower concentrations than generally assumed. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2013;32:1048-1059. © 2013 SETAC...