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Thomas Backhaus

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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

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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

7 citations

913 downloads

2,940 views

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

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.

257 downloads

378 views

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

May 21, 2018 - Version: 5

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

949 downloads

1,878 views

Thomas Backhaus, Martin Wagner

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26507v5

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

164 downloads

746 views

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

891 downloads

822 views

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

113 downloads

366 views

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

90 downloads

819 views

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

305 downloads

492 views

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

311 downloads

604 views

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

333 downloads

471 views

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

505 downloads

551 views

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

664 downloads

372 views

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

1,306 downloads

792 views

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

2,696 downloads

1,530 views

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

742 downloads

799 views

Thomas Backhaus, Maja Karlsson

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

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July 18, 2017

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

251 downloads

899 views

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

1 citation

426 downloads

1,554 views

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

10 citations

801 downloads