The use of diagnostic tools to assess the risks of chemicals to freshwater ecosystems: towards a unified evaluation framework.

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Main Authors: Rico, Andreu, Hommen, Udo, Escher, Beate I, Koch, Alina, Bado-Nilles, Anne, González-Gaya, Belén, Cody, Enya, Sylvester, Francisco, Treu, Gabriele, Alurralde, Gastón, Hollert, Henner, Alvarez-Mora, Iker, Moe, S Jannicke, de Jonge, Joanne, Ng, Kelsey, Soto, Manu, Liess, Matthias, Muz, Melis, Bundschuh, Mirco, Lopez-Herguedas, Naroa, Pucheux, Nicolas, Alygizakis, Nikiforos, von der Ohe, Peter C, Beaudouin, Rémy, Finckh, Saskia, Schulze, Tobias, Verhaegen, Yves, van den Brink, Paul J
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author Rico, Andreu
Hommen, Udo
Escher, Beate I
Koch, Alina
Bado-Nilles, Anne
González-Gaya, Belén
Cody, Enya
Sylvester, Francisco
Treu, Gabriele
Alurralde, Gastón
Hollert, Henner
Alvarez-Mora, Iker
Moe, S Jannicke
de Jonge, Joanne
Ng, Kelsey
Soto, Manu
Liess, Matthias
Muz, Melis
Bundschuh, Mirco
Lopez-Herguedas, Naroa
Pucheux, Nicolas
Alygizakis, Nikiforos
von der Ohe, Peter C
Beaudouin, Rémy
Finckh, Saskia
Schulze, Tobias
Verhaegen, Yves
van den Brink, Paul J
author_facet Rico, Andreu
Hommen, Udo
Escher, Beate I
Koch, Alina
Bado-Nilles, Anne
González-Gaya, Belén
Cody, Enya
Sylvester, Francisco
Treu, Gabriele
Alurralde, Gastón
Hollert, Henner
Alvarez-Mora, Iker
Moe, S Jannicke
de Jonge, Joanne
Ng, Kelsey
Soto, Manu
Liess, Matthias
Muz, Melis
Bundschuh, Mirco
Lopez-Herguedas, Naroa
Pucheux, Nicolas
Alygizakis, Nikiforos
von der Ohe, Peter C
Beaudouin, Rémy
Finckh, Saskia
Schulze, Tobias
Verhaegen, Yves
van den Brink, Paul J
Rico, Andreu
Hommen, Udo
Escher, Beate I
Koch, Alina
Bado-Nilles, Anne
González-Gaya, Belén
Cody, Enya
Sylvester, Francisco
Treu, Gabriele
Alurralde, Gastón
Hollert, Henner
Alvarez-Mora, Iker
Moe, S Jannicke
de Jonge, Joanne
Ng, Kelsey
Soto, Manu
Liess, Matthias
Muz, Melis
Bundschuh, Mirco
Lopez-Herguedas, Naroa
Pucheux, Nicolas
Alygizakis, Nikiforos
von der Ohe, Peter C
Beaudouin, Rémy
Finckh, Saskia
Schulze, Tobias
Verhaegen, Yves
van den Brink, Paul J
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents The use of diagnostic tools to assess the risks of chemicals to freshwater ecosystems: towards a unified evaluation framework. Rico, Andreu Hommen, Udo Escher, Beate I Koch, Alina Bado-Nilles, Anne González-Gaya, Belén Cody, Enya Sylvester, Francisco Treu, Gabriele Alurralde, Gastón Hollert, Henner Alvarez-Mora, Iker Moe, S Jannicke de Jonge, Joanne Ng, Kelsey Soto, Manu Liess, Matthias Muz, Melis Bundschuh, Mirco Lopez-Herguedas, Naroa Pucheux, Nicolas Alygizakis, Nikiforos von der Ohe, Peter C Beaudouin, Rémy Finckh, Saskia Schulze, Tobias Verhaegen, Yves van den Brink, Paul J Risk Assessment Ecosystem Fresh Water Environmental Monitoring Water Pollutants, Chemical Europe Germany Water Quality The risk assessment of chemicals relies on multiple tools to quantify the ecological responses of ecosystems to existing chemical pollution. These tools are broadly categorized into three major groups: toxic pressure assessments, bioassays, and ecological monitoring. Here, we examine the strengths and limitations of these approaches, their current level of implementation for freshwater ecosystems across Europe, and their ability to evaluate the impacts of chemicals under field conditions. Additionally, we analyze the correspondence between results obtained from these tools when applied to a monitoring dataset from German streams. Our evaluation showed that no single tool can perfectly characterize the environmental impacts of chemical mixtures. However, each provides distinct lines of evidence, enabling the identification of chemicals driving ecological risks and the biological endpoints most likely to be affected, with ecological monitoring tools having the potential to show long-term ecosystem impairment. Finally, we propose recommendations to better understand the discrepancies between the outcomes of different methods and explore their potential integration into a unified water quality evaluation framework.
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spellingShingle The use of diagnostic tools to assess the risks of chemicals to freshwater ecosystems: towards a unified evaluation framework.
Rico, Andreu
Hommen, Udo
Escher, Beate I
Koch, Alina
Bado-Nilles, Anne
González-Gaya, Belén
Cody, Enya
Sylvester, Francisco
Treu, Gabriele
Alurralde, Gastón
Hollert, Henner
Alvarez-Mora, Iker
Moe, S Jannicke
de Jonge, Joanne
Ng, Kelsey
Soto, Manu
Liess, Matthias
Muz, Melis
Bundschuh, Mirco
Lopez-Herguedas, Naroa
Pucheux, Nicolas
Alygizakis, Nikiforos
von der Ohe, Peter C
Beaudouin, Rémy
Finckh, Saskia
Schulze, Tobias
Verhaegen, Yves
van den Brink, Paul J
Risk Assessment
Ecosystem
Fresh Water
Environmental Monitoring
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Europe
Germany
Water Quality
The use of diagnostic tools to assess the risks of chemicals to freshwater ecosystems: towards a unified evaluation framework. Rico, Andreu Hommen, Udo Escher, Beate I Koch, Alina Bado-Nilles, Anne González-Gaya, Belén Cody, Enya Sylvester, Francisco Treu, Gabriele Alurralde, Gastón Hollert, Henner Alvarez-Mora, Iker Moe, S Jannicke de Jonge, Joanne Ng, Kelsey Soto, Manu Liess, Matthias Muz, Melis Bundschuh, Mirco Lopez-Herguedas, Naroa Pucheux, Nicolas Alygizakis, Nikiforos von der Ohe, Peter C Beaudouin, Rémy Finckh, Saskia Schulze, Tobias Verhaegen, Yves van den Brink, Paul J Risk Assessment Ecosystem Fresh Water Environmental Monitoring Water Pollutants, Chemical Europe Germany Water Quality The risk assessment of chemicals relies on multiple tools to quantify the ecological responses of ecosystems to existing chemical pollution. These tools are broadly categorized into three major groups: toxic pressure assessments, bioassays, and ecological monitoring. Here, we examine the strengths and limitations of these approaches, their current level of implementation for freshwater ecosystems across Europe, and their ability to evaluate the impacts of chemicals under field conditions. Additionally, we analyze the correspondence between results obtained from these tools when applied to a monitoring dataset from German streams. Our evaluation showed that no single tool can perfectly characterize the environmental impacts of chemical mixtures. However, each provides distinct lines of evidence, enabling the identification of chemicals driving ecological risks and the biological endpoints most likely to be affected, with ecological monitoring tools having the potential to show long-term ecosystem impairment. Finally, we propose recommendations to better understand the discrepancies between the outcomes of different methods and explore their potential integration into a unified water quality evaluation framework.
title The use of diagnostic tools to assess the risks of chemicals to freshwater ecosystems: towards a unified evaluation framework.
topic Risk Assessment
Ecosystem
Fresh Water
Environmental Monitoring
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Europe
Germany
Water Quality
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40957951/