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Nico M. van Straalen is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, as well as ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work addresses topics such as environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, tardigrade biology and ecology, chemistry and chemical engineering, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, microplastics and plastic pollution, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, and insect and pesticide research.

Nico M. van Straalen has contributed research published in journals including The Science of The Total Environment, Genes, Chemosphere, Pedobiologia, and Invertebrate Biology. Frequent publication venues are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Genes
  • Chemosphere
  • Pedobiologia
  • Invertebrate Biology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Maternal exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles retarded fetal growth and triggered metabolic disorders of placenta and fetus in mice" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Bringing ecology into toxicology: Life-cycle toxicity of two neonicotinoids to four different species of springtails in LUFA 2.2 natural soil" (2020, Chemosphere)
  • "Evolutionary terrestrialization scenarios for soil invertebrates" (2021, Pedobiologia)
  • "The effect of mating on female reproduction across hermaphroditic freshwater snails" (2020, Invertebrate Biology)
  • "Molecular mechanisms of zinc toxicity in the potworm Enchytraeus crypticus, analysed by high-throughput gene expression profiling" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)

Frequently collaborating researchers include:

  • Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
  • Dick Roelofs
  • Joop L. M. Hermens
  • Kees van Leeuwen
  • Dik van de Meent

Best Publications

  • The unseen majority: Soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

    Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Richard D. Bardgett;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Internal metal sequestration and its ecotoxicological relevance: a review.

    Martina G. Vijver;Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Roman P. Lanno;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Resilience of Soil Microbial Communities to Metals and Additional Stressors: DNA-Based Approaches for Assessing "Stress-on-Stress" Responses.

    Hamed Azarbad;Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Maria Niklińska;Ryszard Laskowski

  • Heavy-metal adaptation in terrestrial invertebrates: a review of occurrence, genetics, physiology and ecological consequences

    Leo Posthuma;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Evaluation of bioindicator systems derived from soil arthropod communities

    Nico M. van Straalen

  • Ecotoxicology becomes stress ecology.

    Nico M. Van Straalen

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

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

  • Ratios between acute aquatic toxicity and effects on population growth rates in relation to toxicant mode of action

    Erwin W. M. Roex;Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Annemarie P. Van Wezel;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Molecular mechanisms of heavy metal tolerance and evolution in invertebrates

    Thierry K. S. Janssens;Dick Roelofs;Nico M. van Straalen

  • 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

  • Heavy metal content of forest litter arthropods as related to body-size and trophic level

    Nico M. van Straalen;Joke van Wensem

  • Microbial community composition and functions are resilient to metal pollution along two forest soil gradients

    Hamed Azarbad;Maria Niklińska;Ryszard Laskowski;Nico M. van Straalen

  • Coping with living in the soil: the genome of the parthenogenetic springtail Folsomia candida

    Anna Faddeeva-Vakhrusheva;Ken Kraaijeveld;Martijn F. L. Derks;Seyed Yahya Anvar

  • Microbial community structure and functioning along metal pollution gradients

    Hamed Azarbad;Maria Niklińska;Cornelis A.M. van Gestel;Nico M. van Straalen

  • Uptake and elimination kinetics of metals in soil invertebrates: A review

    Masoud M. Ardestani;Nico M. van Straalen;Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

  • GENETIC VARIATION AND COVARIATION FOR CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH CADMIUM TOLERANCE IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF THE SPRINGTAIL ORCHESELLA CINCTA (L.)

    Leo Posthuma;René F. Hogervorst;Els N. G. Joosse;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Indonesian farmers regarding the use of personal protective equipment against pesticide exposure

    Maria G. C. Yuantari;Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Nico M. Van Straalen;Budi Widianarko;Budi Widianarko

  • Metal concentrations in soil and invertebrates in the vicinity of a metallurgical factory near Tula (Russia).

    Nico M. van Straalen;Ruslan O. Butovsky;Andrei D. Pokarzhevskii;Andrei S. Zaitsev

  • Antimicrobial activity and carbohydrate metabolism in the bacterial metagenome of the soil-living invertebrate Folsomia candida

    Valeria Agamennone;Ngoc Giang Le;Ngoc Giang Le;Nico M. van Straalen;Abraham Brouwer

  • Comparison of contaminant accumulation in three species of marine invertebrates with different feeding habits

    Nicholas H. B. M. Kaag;Edwin M. Foekema;Martin C. Th. Scholten;Nico M. van Straalen

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Wilfred F. M. Röling
Wilfred F. M. Röling Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jacintha Ellers
Jacintha Ellers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
José Paulo Sousa
José Paulo Sousa University of Coimbra
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver Leiden University
Ryszard Laskowski
Ryszard Laskowski Jagiellonian University
Michiel H. S. Kraak
Michiel H. S. Kraak University of Amsterdam
Bauke Ylstra
Bauke Ylstra Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Matty P. Berg
Matty P. Berg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma

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