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Michiel H. S. Kraak

Michiel H. S. Kraak

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
8732
World Ranking
4311
National Ranking
114

Overview

Michiel H. S. Kraak is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics related to freshwater and aquatic environments. Main topics addressed in their research include Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Michiel H. S. Kraak has contributed to multiple publications, with some recent papers highlighting different areas of environmental management and aquatic toxicology. These include:

  • Over forty years of lowland stream restoration: Lessons learned? (2020), Journal of Environmental Management
  • Herbicide Exposure and Toxicity to Aquatic Primary Producers (2020), Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • Occurrence, hazard, and risk of psychopharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in European surface waters (2022), Water Research
  • Advancements in effect-based surface water quality assessment (2020), Water Research
  • Eutrophication induces shifts in the trophic position of invertebrates in aquatic food webs (2020), Ecology

Their frequent co-authors include P.F.M. Verdonschot, J. Arie Vonk, Gea H. van der Lee, Milo L. de Baat, and Thomas L. ter Laak.

Publication venues where Michiel H. S. Kraak has frequently published include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Water Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Ecological Indicators, and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Do plastic particles affect microalgal photosynthesis and growth

    S.B. Sjollema;P. Redondo-Hasselerharm;H.A. Leslie;M.H.S. Kraak

  • Plastics in the Marine Environment: The Dark Side of a Modern Gift

    Jort Hammer;Michiel H. S. Kraak;Jeffrey Parsons

  • Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium on Daphnia magna: accumulation versus sensitivity.

    Evelyn H W Heugens;Tjalling Jager;Reanne Creyghton;Michiel H S Kraak

  • An ecotoxicological view on neurotoxicity assessment

    J. B. Legradi;J. B. Legradi;C. Di Paolo;M. H. S. Kraak;H. G. van der Geest

  • Comparing the sensitivity of algal, cyanobacterial and bacterial bioassays to different groups of antibiotics

    Esther van der Grinten;Mariël G. Pikkemaat;Evert-Jan van den Brandhof;Gerard J. Stroomberg

  • Population growth of Daphnia magna under multiple stress conditions : joint effects of temperature, food, and cadmium

    Evelyn H. W. Heugens;Lonneke T. B. Tokkie;Michiel H. S. Kraak;A. Jan Hendriks

  • Biomonitoring of heavy metals in the Western European Rivers Rhine and Meuse using the freshwater mussel Dreissena polymorpha

    Michiel H.S. Kraak;Martin C.Th. Scholten;Wilma H.M. Peeters;W.Chr. de Kock

  • Uptake and tissue distribution of dietary and aqueous cadmium by carp (Cyprinus carpio).

    M.H. Kraal;M.H.S. Kraak;C.J. Degroot;C. Davids

  • Translocation of microbenthic algal assemblages used for In situ analysis of metal pollution in rivers

    N. Ivorra;J. Hettelaar;G. M. J. Tubbing;M. H. S. Kraak

  • Differences in the sensitivity of benthic microalgae to ZN and CD regarding biofilm development and exposure history

    Núria Ivorra;Simone Bremer;Helena Guasch;Michiel H.S. Kraak

  • Trace metals in a littoral foodweb: concentrations in organisms, sediment and water.

    K.R. Timmermans;B. Van Hattum;M.H.S. Kraak;C. Davids

  • Toxicity of azaarenes.

    Eric A J Bleeker;Saskia Wiegman;Pim de Voogt;Michiel Kraak

  • Species and river specific effects of river fragmentation on European anadromous fish species

    Peter J.T.M. van Puijenbroek;Peter J.T.M. van Puijenbroek;Anthonie D. Buijse;Michiel H.S. Kraak;Piet F.M. Verdonschot

  • Bioconcentration of organic chemicals: is a solid-phase microextraction fiber a good surrogate for biota?

    Heather A. Leslie;Thomas L. Ter Laak;Frans J. M. Busser;Michiel H. S. Kraak

  • Habitat selection by chironomid larvae: fast growth requires fast food

    Elske M. De Haas;Coen Wagner;Albert A. Koelmans;Michiel H. S. Kraak

  • Mixture toxicity of copper and diazinon to larvae of the mayfly (Ephoron virgo) judging additivity at different effect levels.

    Harm G. van der Geest;Gerdit D. Greve;Marie-Elen Boivin;Michiel H. S. Kraak

  • Ecotoxicity of mixtures of metals to the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha

    Michiel H.S. Kraak;Daphna Lavy;Hans Schoon;Merel Toussaint

  • Short-term effects of metals on the filtration rate of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha.

    Michiel H.S. Kraak;Merel Toussaint;Daphna Lavy;C. Davids

  • Chronic ecotoxicity of copper and cadmium to the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha.

    Michiel H. S. Kraak;Daphna Lavy;Wilma H. M. Peeters;C. Davids

  • Persistence, Bioaccumulation, and Toxicity of Halogen-Free Flame Retardants

    Susanne L. Waaijers;Deguo Kong;Hester S. Hendriks;Cynthia A. de Wit

  • Modeling responses of Daphnia magna to pesticide pulse exposure under varying food conditions: intrinsic versus apparent sensitivity.

    Barry J. Pieters;Tjalling Jager;Michiel H. S. Kraak;Wim Admiraal

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Admiraal
Wim Admiraal University of Amsterdam
Piet F. M. Verdonschot
Piet F. M. Verdonschot Wageningen University & Research
Pim de Voogt
Pim de Voogt University of Amsterdam
Albert A. Koelmans
Albert A. Koelmans Wageningen University & Research
Joop L. M. Hermens
Joop L. M. Hermens Utrecht University
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nico M. van Straalen
Nico M. van Straalen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Anton M. Breure
Anton M. Breure Radboud University
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Christian Mulder
Christian Mulder University of Catania

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