International publications in scientific journals (peer-review)

  1. M. J. Jonker, A. Gerhardt, T. Backhaus, C.A.M. van Gestel (2011): Test design, mixture characterization and data evaluation. Chapter 4, p. 121-157. In: C.A.M. van Gestel etc. (eds.) Mixture toxicity: linking approaches from ecotoxicology and human toxicology. SETAC/Moniracle workshop Proc., April 2-6, Krakow, Poland, SETAC publication, Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, New York, 280 pp.
  2. Langer-Jaesrich M, Kienle C, Köhler H-R, Gerhardt A. (2010): Impairment of trophic interactions between zebrafish (Danio rerio) and midge larvae (Chironomus riparius) by chlorpyrifos. Ecotoxicology, July, 1294-1301.
  3. Bednarska A., Gerhardt A., Laskowski R (2010): Locomotor activity and respiration rate of the ground beetle P. oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) exposed to extended nickel concentrations at different temperatures: novel application of the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor. Ecotoxicology 19 (5), 864-871.
  4. Stewart, SC; Dick JTA; Laming PR and A. Gerhardt (2010): Assessment of the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor (MFB) in a marine context: the Green crab (Carcinus maenas) as an early warning indicator. JEM 12, 1566-1574.
  5. Gerhardt, A., Ud-Daula, A., K-W. Schramm (2010): Tetrahymena spp. as key organisms for integrated multi-level (eco)toxicological testing. Acta Protozoologica 49 (4): 271-280.
  6. Langer-Jaesrich, M., Köhler, H-R, Gerhardt, A. (2010): Can mouth part deformities of Chironomus riparius (Diptera: Chironomidae) serve as indicators for water and sediment pollution. A laboratory approach. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 10, 414-422.
  7. Langer-Jaesrich, M., Köhler, H-R., Gerhardt, A. (2010): Assessing toxicity of the insecticide Thiacloprid on Chironomus riparius (Insecta: Diptera) using multiple endpoints. Arch. Environm. Contam. Tox. 58, 963-972.
  8. Holmstrup, M., Bindesbol AM, Oostingh G, Duschl, A, Scheil V, Köhler H, Loureiro S, Soares A, Ferreira A, Gerhardt A, Kienle C, Laskowski R, Kramarz P, Bayley M, Svendsen C, Spurgeon D (2010): The interactions between effects of environmental chemicals and natural stressors: a review. STOTEN 408, 3746-3762.
  9. Kunz P, Kienle C., Gerhardt A. (2010): Gammarus spp in aquatic ecotoxicology and water quality assessment: towards integrated multilevel tests. RECT (Vol 205): 1-76.
  10. Sardo, A.M., Pereira, L., Gerhardt, A. & Soares, A.M.V M (2010/11): .Influence of the metal lead on the regenerative ability of Lumbriculus variegatus (Oligochaeta).. Accepted for publication: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2010.10.010
  11. Kienle, C., Köhler H.R., Gerhardt, A. (2009): Behavioural and developmental toxicity of chlorpyrifos and nickle chloride to zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos and larvae. Ecotox. Environm. Safety 72: 1740 1747.
  12. Kase R., Kunz P., Gerhardt A. (2009): Identifikation geeigneter Nachweismöglichkeiten von hormonaktiven Substanzen und reproduktionstoxischen Wirkungen in aquatischen Ökosystemen. Umweltwiss. Schadstoff. Forsch. 21: 339 . 378.
  13. Gerhardt, A (2009): Screening the toxicity of Ni, Cd, Cu, Ivermectin and Imidacloprid in a short-term automated behavioural toxicity test with Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta) HERA 15 (1).
  14. Peeters, ETHM, Gerhardt, A. and C. Amiard-Triquet (2009): Behavioural Ecotoxicology: Mechanisms, Effects, Applications and Biomonitoring. HERA 15 (1): 7 . 10.
  15. Scheil, V., Kienle, C., Osterauer, R., Gerhardt, A., Köhler, H.R. (2009): Effects of 3.4-DCA and Diazinon on different biological organisation levels of zebrafish embryos and larvae. Ecotoxicology, 18, 355-363.
  16. Chandra S. & A. Gerhardt (2008): Invasive species in aquatic ecosystems: Issue of global concern. Aquatic Invasions, March 2008, Vol. 3 (1), p 1-2.
  17. Macedo-Sousa, J.A., Gerhardt, A., Brett, C.M.A., Nogueira, A.J.A., Soares, A.M.V.M. (2008): Behavioural responses of indigenous benthic invertebrates (Echinogammarus meridionalis, Hydropsyche pellucidula and Choroterpes picteti) to a pulse of Acid Mine Drainage: a laboratory study. Environmental Pollution 156: 966-973.
  18. Kienle, C., Gerhardt A. (2008). Behaviour of Corophium volutator (Crustacea, Amphipoda) exposed to the water accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil in water and sediment. ET & C., Vol. 3, 599-604.
  19. Kienle, C., Köhler, HR., Filser, J., Gerhardt, A (2008): Effects of nickel chloride and oxygen depletion on behaviour and vitality of zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822) (Pisces, Cypriniformes) larvae. Environmental Pollution 152: 612-620.
  20. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Guhr, K., Soares, AMVM, Pereira, M.J. (2008): Phytoassessment of Acid Mine Drainage: Combining Lemna gibba bioassay and Diatom community structure. Ecotoxicology 17/1: 47-58.
  21. Ren Z, Zha J, Ma, M, Wang Z, Gerhardt A. (2007): The early warning of aquatic organophosphorous pesticide contamination by on-line monitoring behavioral changes of Daphnia magna. Environm. Monitoring & Assessment 134, (1-3): 373-383.
  22. Almut Gerhardt, Cornelia Kienle, Ian J. Allan, Richard Greenwood, Nathalie Guigues, Anne-Marie Fouillac, Graham A. Mills and Catherine Gonzalez, 2007. Biomonitoring with Gammarus pulex at the Meuse (NL), Aller (GER) and Rhine (F) rivers with the online Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor®. Journal of Environmental Monitoring JEM, Vol. 9: 979-985.
  23. Macedo-Sousa J. A., Pestana J. L.T., Gerhardt A., Nogueira A. J.A., Soares A. M.V.M., 2007, Behavioural and feeding reponses of Echinogammarus meridionalis (Crustacea, Amphipoda) to acid mine drainage, Chemosphere, 67, 1663-1670.
  24. Gerhardt A (2007): Importance of Exposure Route for Behavioural Responses in Lumbriculus variegatus Müller (Oligochaeta: Lumbriculida) in Short-Term Exposures to Pb. Env Sci Pollut Res. 14 (6): 430-434.
  25. Sardo, A.M., Soares, A.M.V.M, Gerhardt, A. (2007). .Behavior, growth and reproduction of Lumbriculus variegatus (Oligochaetae) in different sediment types.. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, HERA 13 (3), 519-527.
  26. Gerhardt, A. (2007): Behavioural ecotoxicology- prospects and limitations. HERA 13 (3), 481-492.
  27. Karsten Liber, Bill Goodfellow, Andrew Green, Will Clements, Pieter den Besten, Tamara Galloway, Almut Gerhardt, Stuart Simpson (2007): In-Situ-Based Effects Measures: Considerations for Improving Methods and Approaches. IEAM 3 (2), 246-258.
  28. Gerhardt, A., Ingram, M-K., Kang, J., Ultizur, S. (2006): In situ on-line toxicity biomonitoring in water: recent developments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25 (9), 2263-2272.
  29. Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Gerhardt, A. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2006): Behavioural changes and acute toxicity of the freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra desmaresti Millet (Decapoda: Natantia) from exposure to Acid Mine Drainage. Ecotoxicology, 15, 215-227.
  30. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L. , Schmidt, S. (2006):Automated recording of vertical negative phototactic behaviour in Daphnia magna (Crustacea). Hydrobiologia, 559, 433-441.
  31. Kirkpatrick, A.J., Gerhardt, A., Dick, J.T.A., Laming, P. and J.A. Berges (2006): Suitability of Crangonyx pseudogracilis(Crustacea: Amphipoda) as an Early Warning Indicator in the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor. Environ Sci Pollut Res 13 (4) 242-250.
  32. Kirkpatrick, A.J., Gerhardt, A., Dick, J.T.A., McKenna, M., Laming, P. and J.A. Berges (2006): Use of the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor to assess behavioural changes in Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in response to toxicant exposure in sediment. Ecotoxicology, Environmental Safety, 64 (3), 298-303.
  33. Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Gerhardt, A. (2005): A critical appraisal of morphological deformities in midge larvae (Insecta, Nematocera: Chironomidae): clues for biomonitoring the sediment quality of freshwater ecosystems. Research trends in comparative and physiology, 11: 28-36.
  34. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2005): Effects of Acid Mine Drainage and acidity on the activity of Choroterpes picteti(Ephemeroptera) Arch. Environm. Contam. Tox. 48 (4) 450-459.
  35. Gerhardt, A. Janssens de Bisthoven, L. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2005):Evidence for the Stepwise Stress Model: Gambusia holbrooki and Daphnia magna under AMD and ACID stress. Environmental Science & Technology 39/11, 4150-4158.
  36. Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Gerhardt, A. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2005): Chironomidae as bioindicators of Acid Mine Drainage stress. Hydrobiologia 532, 181-191.
  37. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2004): Macroinvertebrate response to acid mine drainage: community metrics and on-line behavioural toxicity bioassay. Environmental Pollution 130, 263-274.
  38. Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Gerhardt, A. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2004): Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on Chironomus spp. (Diptera) in laboratory and in situ bioassays with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor.Special Series of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 23 (5), 1123-1128.
  39. Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Gerhardt, A. & M. Maldonado (2004): Behavioural responses and survival to short-term Chrom pollution in Chironomus sp. and tadpoles from Rio Rocha, Bolivia. Bulletin of Environm. Contam. Tox. 72, 422-428.
  40. Janssens der Bisthoven, L. & A. Gerhardt (2004): Use of Adenophlebia auriculata Eaton 1881 and Leptophlebia marginata (L. 1767) nymphs (Leptophlebiidae, Ephemeroptera) in aquatic ecotoxicology. Zoologica Baetica 13-14, 57-69.
  41. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L. & E. Penders (2003): Quality control of drinking water from the River Rhine (Netherlands) with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor. Aquatic Ecosystem Health Management Society 6 (2), 159-166.
  42. Fidalgo, M. & A. Gerhardt (2003): Distribution of the freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra desmaresti (Millet, 1831) in Portugal (Decapoda, Natantia). Crustaceana 75 (11), 1375-1385.
  43. Janssens de Bisthoven, L. & Gerhardt, A. (2003): Chironomidae fauna in three small streams of Skania, Sweden. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment 83, 89-102.
  44. Gerhardt, A. & S. Schmidt (2002): The Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor as tool for sediment biotests and biomonitoring. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2(2): 67-70.
  45. Gerhardt, A., Schmidt, S. & S. Höss (2002): Measurement of movement patterns of Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda) with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor- a potential new method to study a behavioural toxicity parameter of nematodes in sediment. Environmental Pollution 120 (3), 19-22.
  46. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Mo, Z., Wang, C. & Z. Wang (2002): Short-term responses of Oryzias latipes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pisces) and Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849) (Crustacea) to municipal and pharmaceutical waste water in Beijing, China: survival, behaviour, biochemical biomarkers. Chemosphere 47 (1), 35 - 47.
  47. Gerhardt, A. & M. Clostermann (1998): A new biomonitor system based on magnetic inductance for freshwater and marine environments. Environment International 24 (7), 699-701.
  48. Gerhardt, A. (1998): Whole effluent toxicity testing with Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792): Survival and behavioural responses to a dilution series of a mining effluent in South Africa. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35, 309-316.
  49. Gerhardt, A. & C. Palmer (1998): Copper tolerances of Adenophlebia auriculata (Insecta) and Burnupia stenochorias (Mollusca) in indoor artificial streams. The Science of the Total Environment 215, 217-229.
  50. Gerhardt, A., Carlsson, A., Ressemann, C. & K. P. Stich (1998): A new online biomonitoring system for Gammarus pulex (L.) (Crustacea): in situ test below a copper effluent in South Sweden. Environmental Science & Technology 32 (1), 150-156.
  51. Gerhardt, A. (1996): Behavioural early warning responses to polluted surface water: Performance of G. pulex L. (Crustacea) and H. angustipennis Curtis (Insecta) to a complex industrial effluent. Envirnm. Sci. Pollut. Res. 3 (2), 63-70.
  52. Gerhardt, A. & L. Janssens de Bisthoven (1995): Behavioural, developmental and morphological responses of Chironomus gr. thummi larvae (Diptera) to aquatic pollution. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health 4, 205-214.
  53. Gerhardt, A. (1995): Monitoring behavioural responses to and effects of metals in Gammarus pulex (Crustacea ) with impedance conversion. Environm. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2 (1), 15-23.
  54. Gerhardt, A. & F. Westermann (1995): Chronic toxicity of Fe-hydroxide precipitations on mayflies- a field study. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 133 (1), 81-93.
  55. Gerhardt, A. (1995): Joint and single toxicity of Cd and Fe related to uptake to the mayfly Leptophlebia marginata (L.) (Insecta). Hydrobiologia 306, 229-240.
  56. Gerhardt, A. (1994): Short term toxicity of iron (Fe) and lead (Pb) to the mayfly Leptophlebia marginata (L.) (Insecta) in relation to freshwater acidification. Hydrobiologia 284, 157-168.
  57. Gerhardt, A., Clostermann, M., Fridlund, B. & E. Svensson (1994): Monitoring of behavioral patterns of aquatic organisms with an impedance conversion technique. Environment International 20 (2), 209-219.
  58. Herrmann, J., Degermann, E., Gerhardt, A., Johansson, C., Lingdell, P. E. & I. P. Muniz (1993): Acid stress effects in streams. Ambio 22 5, 298-307.
  59. Gerhardt, A. (1993): Impact of heavy metals on stream invertebrates with special emphasis on acid conditions. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 66, 289-314.
  60. Gerhardt, A. (1992): Acute toxicity of Cd in stream invertebrates in relation to pH and test design. Hydrobiologia 239, 93-100.
  61. Gerhardt, A. (1992): Subacute effects of iron (Fe) on Leptophlebia marginata (L.) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Freshwater Biology 27, 79-84.
  62. Gerhardt, A. (1992): Qualitative and quantitative investigations on the detritus content of the Breitenbach (Eastern Hessen, FRG), Archiv für Hydrobiologie 124 (1), 35-51.
  63. Gerhardt, A. (1990): Effects of subacute doses of Cd on pH-stressed Leptophlebia marginata (L.) and Baetis rhodani Pict., Environmental Pollution 67, 29-43.

Books, book-chapters, series

  1. M. Jonker, A. Gerhardt, T. Backhaus, C.A.M. van Gestel (2009): Test design, mixture characterization and data evaluation. Chapter 4, p. 86 111. In: C.A.M. van Gestel etc. (eds.) Mixture toxicity: linking approaches from ecotoxicology and human toxicology. SETAC/Moniracle workshop Proc., April 2-6, Krakow, Poland.
  2. Gerhardt, A., (ed.) (2004): Metal Pollution: From Exposure to Ecological Effects. Proceedings Setac Europe 2002, Vienna, Austria, Special Series of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Vol. 23 (5).
  3. Gerhardt, A. (2002): Indicator species in biomonitoring. In: Encyclopedia of Life Support systems (ed.: UNESCO), EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK. (http://www.eolss.net).
  4. Gerhardt, A. (2000/1): A new Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor for ecologically relevant surveillance of surface waters. In: Butterworth, F. et al. (eds.) Biomonitors and biomarkers as indicators of environmental change: Vol. II, Kluywer-Plenum Press, 508 pp, 301-317.
  5. Gerhardt, A. (1999): Biomonitoring for the 21st Century. In: Gerhardt, A. (ed): Biomonitoring of Polluted Water. Reviews on Actual Topics. Environmental Research Forum Vol 9, 1-13, TTP Switzerland, 301 pp..
  6. Gerhardt, A. (1999): Recent trends in online biomonitoring for water quality control. In: Gerhardt, A. (ed): Biomonitoring of Polluted Water. Revies on Actual Topics., Environmental Research Forum Vol 9, 95-118., TTP Switzerland, 301 pp.

Articles in national journals

  1. Gerhardt, A., Orendt C., Dettinger-Klemm, P.-M. A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Michiels, S., Otto, C.-J., Vogt, C. (DGL-AK "Chironomiden als Bioindikatoren") (2006). Chironomiden: Potential und Einsatzmöglichkeiten im Biomonitoring von Gewässern . ein Überblick. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Limnologen Gesellschaft 1/2006, 49-56.
  2. Gerhardt, A. & K. Quindt (2000): Abwassertoxizität und -überwachung mit den Bachflohkrebsen Gammarus pulex (L.) und Gammarus tigrinus (Sexton) (Crustacea). Wasser und Boden, 52/10, 19-26.
  3. Gerhardt, A. & T. Gabriel (1991): Die Ringelnatter (Natrix natrix L) in Kinzelbach, R. & M. Niehuis (ed.): Wirbeltiere-Beiträge zur Fauna von Rheinland-Pfalz. Mainzer Naturwissenschaftl. Archiv, Beiheft 13, 103-115.
  4. Gerhardt, A. (1990):Vattnet är surt: Liv star pa spel!, Skanes Natur Arsbok, 36-42.
  5. Gerhardt, A. (1981): Zustand rheinhessischer Fliessgewässer. Ergebnisse der Molluskenkartierung der GNOR. Gesellschaft für Naturschutz und Ornithologie, Rheinland-Pfalz, Band 2(2), 230-298.

Conference-proceedings

  1. Gerhardt, A. (2001): The Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor and its application in aquatic research and biomonitoring. Proc. Intern. Conf. Env. Concerns and Emerging Abatement Technologies, Bejing, China, October 2001, Vol.2, 5 pp.
  2. Gerhardt, A. & L. Janssens de Bisthoven (2000): Behavioural reactions of Procladius choreus (Meigen) to a light stimulus. In: Late 20th Century Research on Chironomidae: an Anthology from the 13th Intern. Symposium on Chironomidae, editor Ottwin Hoffrichter, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 443-447.
  3. Gerhardt, A. (2000): Der Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor (MFB) und seine Anwendungsmöglichkeiten in Forschung und Monitoring von Wasserqualität. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie, Konferenzbericht, Rostock, Okt. 1999, Bd 2: 972-977, DGL Tutzing.
  4. Gerhardt, A. (2002): The Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor® (MFB) and its in aquatic toxicology and biomonitoring. Conference Proceedings, AutMoNet 2002, Vienna, Austria, 4 pp.

Biomonitoring of Polluted Water

Gerhardt, A. (ed.)1999/2000: Biomonitoring of Polluted Water - Reviews on actual topics. Trans Tech Publications, Zürich, 300 pp.

The present book is a comprehensive review of the field. The most promising techniques used in biomonitoring are discussed in the light of their advantages and limitations. The book describes new methods and aspects in aquatic biomonitoring and gives space to topics, which fall outside the frame of routine biomonitoring approaches. The contributions are written and reviewed by a broad international author and referee collective.

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