PeerJ Editor & Author

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Thomas Backhaus

PeerJ Editor & Author

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Professor for Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, with a main interest in regulatory (eco)toxicology and risk assessment of complex exposure situations.

Ecology Ecosystem Science Ecotoxicology Environmental Sciences Toxicology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

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University of Gothenburg

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University of Gothenburg

Department for Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Thomas Backhaus

PeerJ Contributions

December 1, 2015

A quick and robust method for quantification of the hypersensitive response in plants

Oskar N. Johansson, Anders K. Nilsson, Mikael B. Gustavsson, Thomas Backhaus, Mats X. Andersson, Mats Ellerström

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1469 PubMed 26734506

August 20, 2018 - Version: 1

Copper affects composition and functions of microbial communities in marine biofilms at environmentally relevant concentrations

Natàlia Corcoll, Jianghua Yang, Thomas Backhaus, Xiaowei Zhang, Martin Karl Eriksson

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27129v1

August 17, 2018 - Version: 1

Triclosan changes community composition and selects for specific bacterial taxa in marine periphyton biofilms in low nanomolar concentration

K. Martin Eriksson, Kemal Sanli, Henrik Nilsson, Alexander Eiler, Natalia Corcoll, Henrik Johansson, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck, Erik Kristiansson

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27125v1

July 20, 2018 - Version: 1

Analysis of the mixture toxicity burden in 17 rivers in north eastern Australia – implications for the Great Barrier Reef.

Francis Spilsbury, Michael St.J Warne, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27046v1

July 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Chemicals associated with plastic packaging: Inventory and hazards

Ksenia J Groh, Thomas Backhaus, Bethanie Carney-Almroth, Birgit Geueke, Pedro A Inostroza, Anna Lennquist, Maricel Maffini, Heather A Leslie, Daniel Slunge, Leonardo Trasande, Michael Warhurst, Jane Muncke

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27036v1

July 12, 2018 - Version: 6

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Thomas Backhaus, Martin Wagner

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26507v6

May 21, 2018 - Version: 1

Letter to the Editor of "Food and Chemical Toxicology" regarding the paper "Refined assessment and perspectives on the cumulative risk resulting from the dietary exposure to pesticide residues in the Danish population" by Larsson et al.

Thomas Backhaus, Mikael Gustavsson, Andreas Kortenkamp, Christina Rudén, Martin Scheringer, Lina Wendt-Rasch, Marlene Ågerstrand, Mattias Öberg

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26947v1

June 8, 2017 - Version: 2

Pesticide mixtures in the Swedish streams: environmental risks, contributions of individual compounds and consequences of single-substance oriented risk mitigation

Mikael B Gustavsson, Jenny Kreuger, Mirco Bundschuh, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2779v2

March 29, 2017 - Version: 3

A novel bioassay for evaluating the efficacy of biocides to inhibit settling and early establishment of marinebiofilms

Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Annelie Hilvarsson, Ida Wendt, Aleksandra Zgrundo, Hans Blanck

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.240v3

March 28, 2017 - Version: 1

Chemical monitoring of Swedish coastal waters indicates common exceedances of environmental thresholds, both for individual substances as well as their mixtures

Mikael B Gustavsson, Jörgen Magnér, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Martin K Eriksson, Joachim Sturve, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2894v1

March 20, 2017 - Version: 2

Evaluating the environmental hazard of industrial chemicals from data collected during the REACH registration process

Mikael B Gustavsson, Andreas Hellohf, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2785v2

October 8, 2014 - Version: 1

A note of caution: the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) is unsuited as a decision rule for deciding whether mixture risk assessment is necessary

Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.526v1

September 6, 2014 - Version: 1

Long-term effects of the antibacterial agent triclosan on marine periphyton communities

Martin Eriksson, Henrik Johansson, Viktor Fihlman, Alexander Grehn, Kemal Sanli, Mats X Andersson, Hans Blanck, Åsa Arrhenius, Triranta Sircar, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.489v1

July 13, 2014 - Version: 1

Medicines, shaken and stirred: a critical review on the ecotoxicology of pharmaceutical mixtures

Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.438v1

May 7, 2014 - Version: 2

The predictability of mixture toxicity of demethylase inhibiting fungicides to Daphnia magna depends on life-cycle parameters

Enken Hassold, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.172v2

April 24, 2014 - Version: 1

Triclosan causes toxic effects to algae in marine biofilms, but does not inhibit the metabolic activity of marine biofilm bacteria

C. Henrik Johansson, Lisa Janmar, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.371v1

March 31, 2014 - Version: 1

Toxicity of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole to marine periphytic algae and bacteria

Henrik Johansson, Lisa Janmar, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.330v1

February 12, 2014 - Version: 2

Toxicity of differently sized and coated silver nanoparticles to the bacterium Pseudomonas putida

Marianne Matzke, Kerstin Jurkschat, Thomas Backhaus

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26v2

December 31, 2013 - Version: 2

Screening level mixture risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in STP effluents

Thomas Backhaus, Maja Karlsson

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.12v2

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November 1, 2021

Shedding light on the bacterial resistance to toxic UV filters: a comparative genomic study

Clément Lozano, Philippe Lebaron, Sabine Matallana-Surget

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12278 PubMed 34760358

July 18, 2017

Nano-sized zeolites as modulators of thiacloprid toxicity on Chironomus riparius

Carla S. Lorenz, Anna-Jorina Wicht, Leyla Guluzada, Barbara Crone, Uwe Karst, Hwa Jun Lee, Rita Triebskorn, Stefan B. Haderlein, Carolin Huhn, Heinz-R. Köhler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3525 PubMed 28729952

June 23, 2016

Monitoring coastal pollution associated with the largest oil refinery complex of Venezuela

Aldo Croquer, David Bone, Carolina Bastidas, Ruth Ramos, Elia García

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2171 PubMed 27375970

April 22, 2014

A probabilistic analysis reveals fundamental limitations with the environmental impact quotient and similar systems for rating pesticide risks

Robert K.D. Peterson, Jerome J. Schleier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.364 PubMed 24795854