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Development Of A Framework Based On An Ecosystem Services Approach For Deriving Specific Protection Goals For Environmental Risk Assessment Of Pesticides, Karin M. Nienstedt, Theo C. M. Brock, Joke Van Wensem, Mark Montforts, Andy Hart, Alf Aagaard, Anne Alix, Joes Boesten, Stephanie K. Bopp, Colin Brown, Ettore Capri, Valery E. Forbes, Herbert Köpp, Matthias Liess, Robert Luttik, Lorraine Maltby, José P. Sousa, Franz Streissl, Anthony R. Hardy

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General protection goals for the environmental risk assessment (ERA) of plant protection products are stated in European legislation but specific protection goals (SPGs) are often not precisely defined. These are however crucial for designing appropriate risk assessment schemes. The process followed by the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as well as examples of resulting SPGs obtained so far for environmental risk assessment (ERA) of pesticides is presented. The ecosystem services approach was used as an overarching concept for the development of SPGs, which will likely facilitate communication with stakeholders …

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Effects Of Sediment-Associated Copper To The Deposit-Feeding Snail, Potamopyrgus Antipodarum: A Comparison Of Cu Added In Aqueous Form Or As Nano- And Micro-Cuo Particles, Chengfang Pang, Henriette Selck, Superb K. Misra, Deborah Berhanu, Agnieszka Dybowska, Eugenia Valsami-Jones, Valery E. Forbes

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Increasing use of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) is likely to result in release of these particles to the aquatic environment where the NPs may eventually accumulate in sediment. However, little is known about the potential ecotoxicity of sediment-associated engineered NPs. We here consider the case of metal oxide NPs using CuO to understand if the effects of NPs differ from micron-sized particles of CuO and aqueous Cu (CuCl₂). To address this issue, we compared effects of copper added to the sediment as aqueous Cu, nano- (6 nm) and micro- (μm) CuO particles on the deposit-feeding snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum. …

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The Role Of Ecological Models In Linking Ecological Risk Assessment To Ecosystem Services In Agroecosystems, Nika Galic, Amelie Schmolke, Valery E. Forbes, Hans Baveco, Paul Van Den Brink

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Agricultural practices are essential for sustaining the human population, but at the same time they can directly disrupt ecosystem functioning. Ecological risk assessment (ERA) aims to estimate possible adverse effects of human activities on ecosystems and their parts. Current ERA practices, however, incorporate very little ecology and base the risk estimates on the results of standard tests with several standard species. The main obstacles for a more ecologically relevant ERA are the lack of clear protection goals and the inherent complexity of ecosystems that is hard to approach empirically. In this paper, we argue that the ecosystem services framework offers …

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Effects Of Sediment-Associated Copper To The Deposit-Feeding Snail, Potamopyrgus Antipodarum: A Comparison Of Cu Added In Aqueous Form Or As Nano- And Micro-Cuo Particles, Chengfang Pang, Henriette Selck, Superb K. Misra, Deborah Berhanu, Agnieszka Dybowska, Eugenia Valsami-Jones, Valery E. Forbes

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The Role Of Ecological Models In Linking Ecological Risk Assessment To Ecosystem Services In Agroecosystems, Nika Galic, Amelie Schmolke, Valery E. Forbes, Hans Baveco, Paul Van Den Brink

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