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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
10598
World Ranking
5982
National Ranking
148

Best Publications

  • Environmental behavior and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to algae, plants, and fungi

    Enrique Navarro;Enrique Navarro;Anders Baun;Renata Behra;Nanna B. Hartmann

  • Toxicity of silver nanoparticles to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Enrique Navarro;Flavio Piccapietra;Bettina Wagner;Fabio Marconi

  • Bioavailability of silver nanoparticles and ions: from a chemical and biochemical perspective

    Renata Behra;Laura Sigg;Martin J. D. Clift;Fabian Herzog

  • Challenges in Ecotoxicology

    Rik I. L. Eggen;Renata Behra;Patricia Burkhardt-Holm;Beate I. Escher

  • Practical considerations for conducting ecotoxicity test methods with manufactured nanomaterials: what have we learnt so far?

    Richard D. Handy;Nico van den Brink;Mark Chappell;Martin Mühling

  • Considerations of Environmentally Relevant Test Conditions for Improved Evaluation of Ecological Hazards of Engineered Nanomaterials

    Patricia A. Holden;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Fred Klaessig;Ronald F. Turco

  • Effects of free Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions on growth and metal accumulation in freshwater algae

    Katja Knauer;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • METAL‐INDUCED REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PRODUCTION IN CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII (CHLOROPHYCEAE)1

    Ilona Szivák;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Long-term effects of copper on the structure of freshwater periphyton communities and their tolerance to copper, zinc, nickel and silver

    Unknown

  • Intracellular silver accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii upon exposure to carbonate coated silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate.

    Flavio Piccapietra;Flavio Piccapietra;Carmen Gil Allué;Laura Sigg;Laura Sigg;Renata Behra

  • Linking toxicity and adaptive responses across the transcriptome, proteome, and phenotype of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to silver.

    Smitha Pillai;Renata Behra;Holger Nestler;Marc J.-F. Suter

  • ADSORPTION AND UPTAKE OF COPPER BY THE GREEN ALGA SCENEDESMUS SUBSPICATUS (CHLOROPHYTA)1

    Katja Knauer;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Accumulation of copper and zinc in periphyton in response to dynamic variations of metal speciation in freshwater.

    Sébastien Meylan;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Speciation of copper and zinc in natural freshwater: comparison of voltammetric measurements, diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) and chemical equilibrium models

    Sébastien Meylan;Niksa Odzak;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Exposure of silver-nanoparticles and silver-ions to lung cells in vitro at the air-liquid interface

    Fabian Herzog;Martin J D Clift;Flavio Piccapietra;Renata Behra

  • Phytochelatin induction, cadmium accumulation, and algal sensitivity to free cadmium ion in Scenedesmus vacuolatus.

    Séverine Le Faucheur;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Influence of metal speciation in natural freshwater on bioaccumulation of copper and zinc in periphyton: a microcosm study.

    Sébastien Meylan;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Toxicity of inorganic and methylated arsenic to algal communities from lakes along an arsenic contamination gradient

    Unknown

  • Silver nanoparticle toxicity and association with the alga Euglena gracilis

    Xiaomei Li;Xiaomei Li;Kristin Schirmer;Kristin Schirmer;Kristin Schirmer;Laetitia Bernard;Laura Sigg;Laura Sigg

  • Effects of Differently Coated Silver Nanoparticles on the Photosynthesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Enrique Navarro;Bettina Wagner;Niksa Odzak;Laura Sigg

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Sigg
Laura Sigg ETH Zurich
Kristin Schirmer
Kristin Schirmer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Rik I.L. Eggen
Rik I.L. Eggen ETH Zurich
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser University of Fribourg
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Thomas Backhaus
Thomas Backhaus University of Gothenburg
Urs von Gunten
Urs von Gunten Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Ralf Kaegi
Ralf Kaegi Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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