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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
75
Citations
23167
World Ranking
1261
National Ranking
83

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Matthias Liess is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a concentration on pollution and toxicology subfields.

The core areas of Liess's work span environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, insect and pesticide research, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, fish ecology and management studies, as well as species distribution and climate change.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Liess include Werner Brack, Naeem Shahid, Martin Krauß, Ralf B. Schäfer, and Philipp Vormeier. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach to environmental science and toxicology.

The scientist has published extensively in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Recent publications by Matthias Liess include:

  • "Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams," 2021, Water Research
  • "Small streams-large concentrations? Pesticide monitoring in small agricultural streams in Germany during dry weather and rainfall," 2021, Water Research
  • "Assessing the Mixture Effects in In Vitro Bioassays of Chemicals Occurring in Small Agricultural Streams during Rain Events," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Risk from pesticide mixtures - The gap between risk assessment and reality," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Occurrence and risk assessment of organic micropollutants in freshwater systems within the Lake Victoria South Basin, Kenya," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites

    N. Simon-Delso;N. Simon-Delso;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;J. M. Bonmatin

  • Neonicotinoid contamination of global surface waters and associated risk to aquatic invertebrates: A review

    Christy A. Morrissey;Pierre Mineau;James H. Devries;Francisco Sanchez-Bayo

  • Environmental fate and exposure; neonicotinoids and fipronil

    J.-M. Bonmatin;C. Giorio;V. Girolami;D. Goulson

  • Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates

    L. W. Pisa;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;J. M. Bonmatin

  • Pesticides néonicotinoïdes. Tendances, usages et modes d’action des métabolites

    N. Simon-Delso;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;Jean-Marc Bonmatin

  • Pesticides reduce regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates

    Mikhail A. Beketov;Ben J. Kefford;Ralf B. Schäfer;Matthias Liess

  • Analyzing effects of pesticides on invertebrate communities in streams

    Matthias Liess;Peter Carsten Von Der Ohe

  • Guidance on tiered risk assessment for plant protection products for aquatic organisms in edge-of-field surface waters

    A. Aagaard;T.C.M. Brock;E. Capri;S. Duquesne

  • Effets des néonicotinoïdes et du fipronil sur les invertébrés

    L. W. Pisa;V. Amaral-Rogers;L. P. Belzunces;Jean-Marc Bonmatin

  • Effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem functions in agricultural streams of three biogeographical regions in Europe

    Ralf Bernhard Schäfer;Thierry Caquet;Katri Siimes;Ralf Mueller

  • Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    J.P. Van der Sluijs;J.P. Van der Sluijs;V. Amaral-Rogers;L.P. Belzunces;M. F. I. J. Bijleveld van Lexmond

  • Combined and interactive effects of global climate change and toxicants on populations and communities

    S. Jannicke Moe;Karel De Schamphelaere;William H. Clements;Mary T. Sorensen

  • Thresholds for the Effects of Pesticides on Invertebrate Communities and Leaf Breakdown in Stream Ecosystems

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Peter Carsten von der Ohe;Jes Rasmussen;Ben J. Kefford

  • DETERMINATION OF INSECTICIDE CONTAMINATION IN AGRICULTURAL HEADWATER STREAMS

    M. Liess;R. Schulz;M.H.-D. Liess;B. Rother

  • A comparison of predicted and measured levels of runoff-related pesticide concentrations in small lowland streams on a landscape level.

    Norbert Berenzen;Annette Lentzen-Godding;Michael Probst;Holger Schulz

  • Acute and delayed effects of the neonicotinoid insecticide thiacloprid on seven freshwater arthropods.

    Mikhail A. Beketov;Matthias Liess

  • Relative sensitivity distribution of aquatic invertebrates to organic and metal compounds

    Peter Carsten von der Ohe;Matthias Liess

  • Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams.

    Matthias Liess;Liana Liebmann;Philipp Vormeier;Oliver Weisner

  • Predicting the synergy of multiple stress effects

    Matthias Liess;Kaarina Foit;Saskia Knillmann;Ralf B. Schäfer

  • The footprint of pesticide stress in communities--species traits reveal community effects of toxicants.

    Matthias Liess;Ralf B. Schäfer;Carola A. Schriever

  • The significance of entry routes as point and non-point sources of pesticides in small streams.

    Michael Neumann;Ralf Schulz;Karin Schäfer;Wolfgang Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf B. Schäfer
Ralf B. Schäfer University of Kaiserslautern-Landau - RPTU
Werner Brack
Werner Brack Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ralf Schulz
Ralf Schulz University of Koblenz and Landau
Ben J. Kefford
Ben J. Kefford University of Canberra
Martin Krauss
Martin Krauss Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Rolf Altenburger
Rolf Altenburger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Peter C. von der Ohe
Peter C. von der Ohe Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Claudia Bolognesi
Claudia Bolognesi National Cancer Research Institute, UK
David P. Kreutzweiser
David P. Kreutzweiser Natural Resources Canada

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