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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

8 citations

953 downloads

3,146 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

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

21 downloads

63 views

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.

29 downloads

74 views

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

1,132 downloads

1,754 views

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

1,352 downloads

2,571 views

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.

380 downloads

435 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

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

188 downloads

798 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

910 downloads

846 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

125 downloads

381 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

100 downloads

876 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

318 downloads

506 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

318 downloads

619 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

343 downloads

483 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

526 downloads

562 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

668 downloads

385 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

1,348 downloads

819 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

2,721 downloads

1,569 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

766 downloads

824 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

271 downloads

1,082 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

438 downloads

1,771 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

813 downloads