Project information
Ecotoxicology of persistent organic environmental pollutants
- Project Identification
- GA525/03/0367
- Project Period
- 1/2003 - 12/2005
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Standard Projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Science
Persistent organic polutants (POPs) form an important group of environmental polutants. Toxic effects of the POPs on human health are relatively intensively studied. Most of the available ecotoxicological data however includes only results of acute(lethal effects). Hypothesis of the proposed project is defined as following: POPs cause significant sub-lethal effects in various organisms in aquatic as well as terrestrial ecosystems. Major objective of the project is to study and characterizebiological sub-lethal effects of selected priority POPs, with special respect to prolonged exposures to lower concentrations. Selection of the compounds of the interest (toxaphene, HCB + PeCB, lindane, PCNs, SCCPs, chlorinated dihydroxybiphnenyls) isbased on the current international conventions (UN-ECE CLRTAP) and discussions of experts (UNEP/IFCS - POPs). Sub-lethal ecotoxicological effects in aquatic and terrestrial organisms will be studied.
Publications
Total number of publications: 45
2004
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Intersex occurrence in freshwater crustacean Pontastacus leptodactylus in the Czech Republic - biology and environmental factors
SETAC-Europe 14th Annual Meeting, year: 2004
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Toxicity increases in ice upon containing monochlorophenols upon photolysis: environmental consequences
Environmental Science & Technology, year: 2004, volume: 38, edition: 10
2003
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Analyses of microcystins in the biomass of Pseudanabaena limnetica collected in Znojmo reservoir.
Czech Phycology, year: 2003, volume: 3, edition: -
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Applications of in vitro assays for characterization of non-acute toxic effects of organic environmental pollutants.
Advanced Methods and Problems in Environmental Sampling, Monitoring and Studies, year: 2003
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Assessment of dioxin-like toxicities of water-exposed SPMDs by in vitro reporter gene bioassay.
Persistent Toxic Substances Contamination of the European Region, RECETOX EU-Center of Excellence 1st Workshop, year: 2003
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Contamination of drinking water in the Czech Republic by microcystins.
Archiv für Hydrobiolologie, year: 2003, number of pages: 8 s.
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Fractionation of Extracts useful for the Semivolatile Organic Compounds Analysis
SACH Conference. Analytical chemistry of Organic Contaminants in the Environment, year: 2003
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Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay Xenopus (FETAX) - Metodické aspekty a možnosti využití.
Ekotoxikologické BiotestyIII- Sborník Konference, year: 2003
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Health risks of persistent organic pollutants from long-range transboundary air pollution. Point WHO/Convention Task Force on the health aspects o fair pollution
Year: 2003, number of pages: 252 s.
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Chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans patterns in the Baltic herring and sprat.
Organohal. Compds, year: 2003, volume: 62, edition: -