Prof.dr. W. Admiraal

Update Persondata

• aquatic
• benthic
• communities
• ecotoxicology
• environmental
• especially
• exposed
• functioning
• stress
• systems

Active as

Publications

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Response of the nonbiting midge Chironomus riparius to multigeneration toxicant exposure

Combining next-generation sequencing and microarray technology into a transcriptomics approach for the non-model organism Chironomus riparius

Gene expression patterns and life cycle responses of toxicant-exposed Chironomids

Invertebrate footprints on detritus processing, bacterial community structure, and spatiotemporal redox profiles

Ciliates as engineers of phototrophic biofilms.

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Enhanced publications

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Doctoral Thesis: Invertebrate life cycle responses to PAC exposure

Current research

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Supervisor	Drivers of spatial distribution and biodiversity in benthic communities of Noord-Holland
Supervisor	Conversion of particles and pathogens in biological filtration of treated municipal wastewaters
Researcher	PeatCap: Natural capping in the polluted Volgermeer Polder(the Netherlands)provides new chances for peat growth counteracting land subsidence
Supervisor	ENFIRO - Life cycle assessment of environment-compatible flame retardants
Supervisor	Combined effects of anthropogenic contaminants and natural algal toxins on primary producers in the coastal zone

Completed research projects

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Supervisor	Spatial patterns in phototrophic biofilms. The role of physical and biological interactions
Project leader	Epidemiology of metal accumulation through the coupled life cycles of copepods, tapeworms, cyprinid fish and humans in the coastal zone of Lake Victoria, Kenya
Supervisor	Biological interactions generating spatial heterogeneity of microphytes and grazers on intertidal flats and floodplains
Supervisor	Invertebrate life cycle responses to PAC exposure
Supervisor	Diversity of microbial communities in metal-polluted heterogeneous environments

Classification

A12000	Surfacewater and groundwater
D22400	Ecology
D22600	Zoology