Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor

Gerhardt, A., Schmidt, S. and Hoss, S. (2002b) Measurement of movement patterns of Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda) with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor (MFB) - a potential new method to study a behavioral toxicity parameter of nematodes in sediments, Environmental Pollution 120 (3), 513-516. 

Kirkpatrick, A.J., A. Gerhardt, J.T. Dick, P Laming, and J.A. Berges. 2006. Suitability of Crangonyx pseudo gracilis (Crustacea Amphipoda) as an early warning indicator in the multispecies freshwater biomonitor. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. 13 242-250. 

Janssens de Bisthoven L, Gerhardt A, Soares AMVM. 2004. Effects of acid mine drainage on Chironomus spp. (Diptera) in laboratory and in situ bioassays with the multispecies freshwater biomonitor. Environ Toxicol Chem 23 1123-1128. 

Gerhardt A., de Bisthoven L.J. and Penders E., 2003. Quality control of drinking water from the River Rhine with the multispecies freshwater biomonitor, Aquatic Ecosyst Health Managem 6 159-66. 

Gerhardt A., Kienle C., Allan I.J., et al., 2007. Biomonitoring with Gammarus pulex at the Meuse (NL), Aller (GER) and Rhine (F) rivers with the online Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor , J Environ Monit 9 979-85. 

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