The 7th SETAC World Congress / 37th SETAC North America Annual Conference takes place in Orlando, USA, from 06 to 10 November 2016. ECT is contributing with the following presentations:
J. Römbke: Effects of chemicals on soil organisms in the field: available methods and ecological background
ECT contributes to the 5th EUROSOIL Congress (Istanbul, Turkey, 16-21 October 2016):
J. Römbke, J.-J. Ortega-Calvo, J. Harmsen, J.R. Parsons, K.T. Semple: From bioavailability science to regulation of organic chemicals – the role of biological methods. (Platform presentation)
The 46th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (‘150 Years of ecology – lessons for the future’) is taking place in Marburg, Germany from 05 to 09 September 2016. ECT contributes with the following presentations:
S. Jänsch, J. Römbke, A. Scheffczyk, R.M. Schmelz, U. Burkhardt, A. Toschki: The Edaphobase nationwide field monitoring – a survey of soil oligochaete (Lumbricidae, Enchytraeidae) assemblages in different habitat types in Germany
The XVII International Colloquium on Soil Zoology takes place in Nara, Japan on 22-26 August 2016. ECT is contributing with the following presentations:
C. Bandow, P. Lorenz, T. Natal-da-Luz, R. Schmelz, J.P. Sousa, J. Römbke: Effects of a combination of soil moisture levels and an insecticide on invertebrates (Oligochaeta, Arthropoda) and their feeding rate in Terrestrial Model Ecosystems (TME)
ECT contributes to the 12th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae (ISE 12, Tihany, Hungary, 27-29 June 2016)
J. Römbke et al.: Oligochaetes (Lumbricidae, Enchytraeidae) and litter decomposition at six forest sites in Germany and Portugal, differing in site and climate properties
With regard to terrestrial ecotoxicity testing methods, boreal regions (including the inhabiting species) are under-represented. For this reason, Environment Canada has developed a new test method with an oribatid mite that is applicable to both boreal and temperate regions.
In the recently published review, information on sources (with a specific focus on personal care products) and fate of microplastic particles in the aquatic and terrestrial environment, and on their uptake and effects, mainly in aquatic organisms, is evaluated.
Microplastics in the environment originate from a variety of sources. First estimates indicate that abrasion and fragmentation of larger plastic items and materials containing synthetic polymers are likely to be most relevant.
The aim of the project was the validation of a bioaccumulation test with terrestrial organisms (soil dwelling oligochaetes) by an international ring test. The test method was developed taking into account existing methods (UBA-reports 206 03 909 (1997) and 298 64 416 (2001)). A test protocol was prepared and used to run the test. A […]
Despite efforts to include ecotoxicological tests as an integral components of the assessment of contaminated land, most decisions regarding soil remediation or natural attenuation monitoring and/or assessment still rely on the results of chemical residue analyses. The German Federal Soil Protection Act (1998) stipulated the protection of natural soil functions, including the function as habitat […]
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