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Belgium
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
97
Citations
28151
World Ranking
443
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Ronny Blust is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium, with a primary research focus in Environmental Science. Their scholarly output comprises 42 publications in this main field, with specific contributions to subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Biomaterials, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of areas relevant to environmental toxicology and pollution, including:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Ronny Blust has published scientific articles in several recurrent venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are:

  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their recent scholarly papers include titles such as:

  • The impact of scrubber discharge on the water quality in estuaries and ports, 2020, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Toxicity and bioaccumulation of Cadmium, Copper and Zinc in a direct comparison at equitoxic concentrations in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) juveniles, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Effect of abiotic factors and environmental concentrations on the bioaccumulation of persistent organic and inorganic compounds to freshwater fish and mussels, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Enhanced olivine dissolution in seawater through continuous grain collisions, 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • The synergistic toxicity of Cd(II) and Cu(II) to zebrafish (Danio rerio): Effect of water hardness, 2020, Chemosphere

Their collaborative work often involves frequent coauthors such as Raewyn M. Town, Lieven Bervoets, Gudrun De Boeck, Maaike Vercauteren, and Colin Janssen. These collaborations are noted through multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Climate induced temperature effects on growth performance, fecundity and recruitment in marine fish: developing a hypothesis for cause and effect relationships in Atlantic cod (**Gadus morhua**) and common eelpout (**Zoarces viviparus**)

    Hans-Otto Pörtner;B. Berdal;R. Blust;O. Brix

  • METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN WATER, SEDIMENT AND GUDGEON (GOBIO GOBIO) FROM A POLLUTION GRADIENT: RELATIONSHIP WITH FISH CONDITION FACTOR

    Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust

  • Environmental pollutants and type 2 diabetes: a review of mechanisms that can disrupt beta cell function

    T. L. M. Hectors;C. Vanparys;K. van der Ven;G. A. Martens

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in sediment cores from the Western Scheldt river (Belgium): analytical aspects and depth profiles.

    A. Covaci;A. Gheorghe;S. Voorspoels;J. Maervoet

  • Stress responses and changes in protein metabolism in carp Cyprinus carpio during cadmium exposure.

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  • The impact of increased oxygen conditions on metal-contaminated sediments part I: Effects on redox status, sediment geochemistry and metal bioavailability

    M. De Jonge;J. Teuchies;P. Meire;R. Blust

  • A comparison of swimming capacity and energy use in seven European freshwater fish species

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  • Evaluation of microwave heating digestion and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with continuum source background correction for the determination of iron, copper and cadmium in brine shrimp

    Ronny Blust;Annemie van der Linden;Erik Verheyen;Walter Decleir

  • Utility of tissue residues for predicting effects of metals on aquatic organisms

    William J Adams;Ronny Blust;Uwe Borgmann;Kevin V Brix

  • Estrogen-like properties of fluorotelomer alcohols as revealed by mcf-7 breast cancer cell proliferation.

    Marleen Maras;Caroline Vanparys;Frederik Muylle;Johan Robbens

  • Exposure to waterborne copper reveals differences in oxidative stress response in three freshwater fish species.

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  • Cocaine and metabolites in waste and surface water across Belgium.

    Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;Laetitia Theunis;Nathalie Dubois

  • The influence of body size, condition index and tidal exposure on the variability in metal bioaccumulation in Mytilus edulis

    Valentine K. Mubiana;Kathleen Vercauteren;Ronny Blust

  • Bioavailability Assessment of Metals in Freshwater Environments: A Historical Review.

    William Adams;Ronny Blust;Robert Dwyer;David Mount

  • Controlling and maintaining exposure of hydrophobic organic compounds in aquatic toxicity tests by passive dosing

    Kilian E.C. Smith;Nathalie Dom;Ronny Blust;Philipp Mayer

  • Spatial and temporal variations in the occurrence of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in waste- and surface water from Belgium and removal during wastewater treatment.

    Alexander L.N. van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;Laetitia Theunis;Nathalie Dubois

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in human liver and adipose tissue samples from Belgium.

    Adrian Covaci;Stefan Voorspoels;Laurence Roosens;Werner Jacobs

  • Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid in bib (Trisopterus luscus) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) from the Western Scheldt and the Belgian North Sea: Distribution and biochemical effects

    Philippe T. Hoff;Kristin Van de Vijver;Walter Van Dongen;Eddy L. Esmans

  • Can cocaine use be evaluated through analysis of wastewater? A nation‐wide approach conducted in Belgium

    Alexander L N van Nuijs;Bert Pecceu;Laetitia Theunis;Nathalie Dubois

  • The interactive effects of ammonia exposure, nutritional status and exercise on metabolic and physiological responses in gold fish (Carassius auratus L.).

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  • Inter-species differences for polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine top predators from the Southern North Sea: Part 1. Accumulation patterns in harbour seals and harbour porpoises

    Liesbeth Weijs;Alin C. Dirtu;Krishna Das;Adriana Gheorghe

  • Responses of aquatic organisms to metal pollution in a lowland river in Flanders: a comparison of diatoms and macroinvertebrates.

    Maarten De Jonge;Bart Van de Vijver;Ronny Blust;Lieven Bervoets

  • Relationships between metal concentrations in great tit nestlings and their environment and food

    Tom Dauwe;Ellen Janssens;Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust

  • Accumulation and effects of metals in caged carp and resident roach along a metal pollution gradient

    H. Reynders;L. Bervoets;M. Gelders;W.M. De Coen

  • Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and organohalogen pollutants in liver of three freshwater fish species in Flanders (Belgium): relationships with biochemical and organismal effects.

    Philippe Tony Hoff;Karen Van Campenhout;Kristin Van de Vijver;Adrian Covaci

  • Accumulation of Metals in the Tissues of Three Spined Stickelback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from Natural Fresh Waters

    Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust;Rudolf Verheyen

  • Omics in algae: paving the way for a systems biological understanding of algal stress phenomena?

    An Jamers;Ronny Blust;Wim De Coen

  • Analysis of drugs of abuse in wastewater by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Alexander L. N. van Nuijs;Isabela Tarcomnicu;Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust

Frequent Co-Authors

Lieven Bervoets
Lieven Bervoets University of Antwerp
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Wim De Coen
Wim De Coen European Chemicals Agency
Krishna Das
Krishna Das University of Liège
Hugo Neels
Hugo Neels University of Antwerp
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Patrick Meire
Patrick Meire University of Antwerp
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs University of Antwerp
Erik Verheyen
Erik Verheyen Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Karel De Schamphelaere
Karel De Schamphelaere Ghent University

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