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Dr. Almut Gerhardt: Publications (Aug 2009)
International publications in scientific journals (peer-review)
1. Gerhardt, A. (1990): Effects of subacute doses of Cd on pH-stressed Leptophlebia marginata (L.)
and Baetis rhodani Pict., Environmental Pollution 67, 29-43.
2. Gerhardt, A. (1992): Qualitative and quantitative investigations on the detritus content of the
Breitenbach (Eastern Hessen, FRG), Archiv für Hydrobiologie 124 (1), 35-51.
3. Gerhardt, A. (1992): Subacute effects of iron (Fe) on Leptophlebia marginata (L.) (Insecta:
Ephemeroptera). Freshwater Biology 27, 79-84.
4. Gerhardt, A. (1992): Acute toxicity of Cd in stream invertebrates in relation to pH and test design.
Hydrobiologia 239, 93-100.
5. Gerhardt, A. (1993): Impact of heavy metals on stream invertebrates with special emphasis on acid
conditions. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 66, 289-314.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Gerhardt, A. & F. Westermann (1995): Chronic toxicity of Fe-hydroxide precipitations on
mayflies- a field study. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 133 (1), 81-93.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
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16. 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.
17. Gerhardt, A. & M. Clostermann (1998): A new biomonitor system based on magnetic
inductance for freshwater and marine environments. Environment International 24 (7), 699-701.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. Janssens de Bisthoven, L. & Gerhardt, A. (2003): Chironomidae fauna in three small
streams of Skania, Sweden. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment 83, 89-102.
22. Fidalgo, M. & A. Gerhardt (2003): Distribution of the freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra
desmaresti (Millet, 1831) in Portugal (Decapoda, Natantia). Crustaceana 75 (11),
1375-1385.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Gerhardt, A. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2005): Chironomidae
as bioindicators of Acid Mine Drainage stress. Hydrobiologia 532, 181-191.
29. 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.
30. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L. & A.M.V.M. Soares (2005): Effects of
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Acid Mine Drainage and acidity on the activity of Choroterpes picteti(Ephemeroptera)
Arch. Environm. Contam. Tox. 48 (4) 450-459.
31. 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.
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. 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.
34. Gerhardt, A., Janssens de Bisthoven, L. , Schmidt, S. (2006):Automated recording of vertical
negative phototactic behaviour in Daphnia magna (Crustacea). Hydrobiologia, 559, 433-441.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. Gerhardt, A. (2007): Behavioural ecotoxicology- prospects and limitations. HERA 13
(3), 481-492.
39. 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.
40. 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, OnlineFirst (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/espr2006.12.371), 14 (6):
430-434.
41. 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.
42. 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): DOI.10.1039/b706619h (17. Juli 2007), Vol. 9: 979-985.
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43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. Chandra S. & A. Gerhardt (2008): Invasive species in aquatic ecosystems: Issue of
global concern. Aquatic Invasions, March 2008, p 1-2.
49. 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.
50. Peeters, ETHM, Gerhardt, A. and C. Amiard-Triquet (2009): Behavioural
Ecotoxicology: Mechanisms, Effects, Applications and Biomonitoring. HERA 15 (January
2009).
51.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, January 2009).
52. Kase R., Kunz P., Gerhardt A. (2009): Identifikation geeigneter biologischer
Nachweismethoden hormonaktiver Substanzen in aquatischen Ökosystemen.
Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoffforschung 21 (4).
53. Kunz P, Kienle C., Gerhardt A. (2009): Gammarus spp in aquatic ecotoxicology:
towards an integrated multilevel testing. RECT (in press).
54. Kunz P, Kase R., Gerhardt A. (2009): A modular test platform to assess endocrine disruptors in
the aquatic environment. ESPR (in press).
55. Martin Holmstrup a *, Anne-Mette Bindesbøl a , Geja Oostingh b , Albert Duschl b , Volker
Scheil c , Heinz Köhler c , Susana Loureiro d , Amadeu Soares d , Abel Ferreira d , Cornelia Kienle e ,
Almut Gerhardt e , Ryszard Laskowski f , Paulina Kramarz f , Mark Bayley g , Claus Svendsen h ,
Dave Spurgeon (2009): Interactions between effects of environmental chemicals and natural
stressors: a review. STOTEN (in press).
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56. Jonker M.J., Gerhardt A., Backhaus T., van Gestel C.A.M. (2009): Test design, mixture
characterization and data evaluation (Chapter 4 in):
van Gestel C.A.M., Jonker M.J., Kammenga J.E., Laskowski R., Svendsen C. (eds.): Mixture toxicity:
Linking approaches from ecotoxicology and human toxicology. Proc. SETAC/NoMiracle Intern.
Workshop on Mixture Toxicity, April 2-6, 2006, Krakow, Poland. SETAC (in press)
Books, book-chapters, series
57. Gerhardt, A. (ed.) (1999): Biomonitoring of Polluted Water. Reviews on Actual Topics.
Environmental Research Forum 9, TransTech Publ., Zürich, Switzerland. (1999/2000),
305 pp.
58. 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.
59. Gerhardt, A. (1999): Biomonitoring for the 21 st Century. In: Gerhardt, A. (ed):
Biomonitoring of Polluted Water. Reviews on Actual Topics. Environmental Research Forum Vol 9, 1-
13, TTP Switzerland, 301 pp..
60. 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.
61. Gerhardt, A. (2002): Indicator species in biomonitoring. In: Encyclopedia of Life Support systems
(ed.: UNESCO), EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK. (http://www.eolss.net).
62. 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).
Articles in national journals
63. Gerhardt, A. (1981): Zustand rheinhessischer Fliessgewässer. Ergebnisse der
Molluskenkartierung der GNOR. Gesellschaft für Naturschutz und Ornithologie, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Band 2(2), 230-298.
64. Gerhardt, A. (1990):Vattnet är surt: Liv star pa spel!, Skanes Natur Arsbok, 36-42.
65. 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.
66. 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.
67. 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.
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Conference-proceedings
68. Gerhardt, A. (2002): The Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor® (MFB) and its
in aquatic toxicology and biomonitoring. Conference Proceedings, AutMoNet 2002,
Vienna, Austria, 4 pp.
69. 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.
70. Gerhardt, A. & L. Janssens de Bisthoven (2000): Behavioural reactions of Procladius
choreus (Meigen) to a light stimulus. In: Late 20 th Century Research on Chironomidae: an Anthology
from the 13 th Intern. Symposium on Chironomidae, editor Ottwin Hoffrichter, Shaker Verlag, Aachen,
443-447.
71. 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.
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