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Åsa Arrhenius
Principal Research Engineer
Department of Biological & Environmental SciencesHead of Department
Department of Biological & Environmental SciencesAbout Åsa Arrhenius
My research background is in environmental science with a focus on ecotoxicology and the effects of mixtures or so-called chemical cocktails. I have worked mainly with microbial communities, but also single species tests with algae and bacteria. I have studied the effects of many different types of pollutants, such as biocides, pesticides, drugs and biocides, individually but mainly in different mixtures.
My daily work is varied, for now I have the following main tasks;
1. Head of department biological and environental sciences.
2. Coordinator for the FRAM Center for Chemical Risk Analysis and Management of the Future (www.fram.gu.se). FRAM is a multi-disciplinary academic research centre focusing on chemical mixtures and how chemical pollution affects human health and the environment.
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Target Screening of Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Surface Waters of the Swedish West
Coast
Pedro Inostroza, E. Carmona, Åsa Arrhenius, M. Krauss, W. Brack, Thomas Backhaus
Data - 2023 -
Addendum to Tolerance Patterns in Stream Biofilms Link Complex Chemical Pollution to Ecological
Impacts
Ahmed Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Juliane Hollender, Nicolas Creusot, Bettina Wagner, Renata Behra
Environmental Science and Technology - 2021 -
Tolerance Patterns in Stream Biofilms Link Complex Chemical Pollution to Ecological
Impacts
A. Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, J. Hollender, N. Creusot, B. Wagner, R. Behra
Environmental Science & Technology - 2020 -
Pesticide Mixtures Cause Short-Term, Reversible Effects on the Function of Autotrophic Periphyton
Assemblages
M. A. Bighiu, S. Gottschalk, Åsa Arrhenius, W. Goedkoop
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - 2020 -
Antimicrobial activity of pharmaceutical cocktails in sewage treatment plant effluent – An experimental and predictive approach to mixture risk
assessment
J. Menz, E. Baginska, Åsa Arrhenius, A. Haiß, Thomas Backhaus, K. Kümmerer
Environmental Pollution - 2017 -
The toxicity of the three antifouling biocides DCOIT, TPBP and medetomidine to the marine pelagic copepod Acartia
tonsa
Ida Wendt, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck, Åsa Arrhenius
Ecotoxicology - 2016 -
Effects of antimycotics and fungicides to limnic microbial biofilms – a case study of the run-off from a golf
course
Åsa Arrhenius, Britt Wassmur, Mats X. Andersson, Mikael Gustavsson, Jörgen Magnèr, Lars Edler, Thomas Backhaus
4th Biofilm Workshop - Basis and application of biofilms to assess the effects of environmental change in aquatic ecosystems - Girona, 7-8 April 2016 - 2016 -
Long-term effects of the antibacterial agent triclosan on marine periphyton
communities
Karl Martin Eriksson, Carl-Henrik Johansson, Viktor Fihlman, Alexander Grehn, Kemal Sanli, Mats X. Andersson, Hans Blanck, Åsa Arrhenius, Triranta Sircar, Thomas Backhaus
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - 2015 -
Toxicity of the fungicide ketoconazole to freshwater microalgal
communities
Åsa Arrhenius, Mats X. Andersson, Lars Edler, Tobias Porsbring, Thomas Backhaus
SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona Spain - 2015 -
A novel bioassay for evaluating the efficacy of biocides to inhibit settling and early establishment of marine
biofilms
Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Annelie Hilvarsson, Ida Wendt, Aleksandra Zgrundo, Hans Blanck
Marine Pollution Bulletin - 2014 -
Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 1: Relevance and adequate consideration in environmental risk assessment of plant protection products and
biocides
R. Altenburger, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, A. Coors, M. Faust, D. Zitzkat
2014 -
Extreme irgarol tolerance in an Ulva lactuca L. population on the Swedish west
coast
Ida Wendt, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Annelie Hilvarsson, Kristina Holm, K. Langford, Timur Tunovic, Hans Blanck
Marine Pollution Bulletin - 2013 -
Effects of Five Antifouling Biocides on Settlement and Growth of Zoospores from the Marine Macroalga Ulva lactuca
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Ida Wendt, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Annelie Hilvarsson, Kristina Holm, K. Langford, Timur Tunovic, Hans Blanck
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - 2013 -
Cocktaileffekter
Åsa Arrhenius
Seminarie Enviroplanning AB, 21 november 2012, Göteborg - 2012 -
Determination of the impact of realistic pharmaceutical mixtures on the biodiversity and ecological succession in natural microbial
communities
Åsa Arrhenius, Alexander Grehn, Thomas Backhaus
Pharmas progress meeting 9 and 10 February in Amsterdam - 2012 -
Optimisation of biocides in marine
paints
Thomas Backhaus, Åsa Arrhenius, Annelie Hilvarsson, Kristina Holm, Ida Wendt, Hans Blanck
Final conference of Marine Paint 14-15th of May 2012, Göteborg - 2012 -
Marine Paint Final Report
2003-2011
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The fouling community and the rationale for testing efficacy in Marine
Paint
Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Åke Granmo, Annelie Hilvarsson, Kristina Holm, Ida Wendt, Hans Blanck
Final conference of Marine Paint 14-15th of May 2012, Göteborg - 2012 -
Individual and mixture toxicity of antifouling biocides using a novel multispecies slime
assay
Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck, Annelie Hilvarsson, Katherine Langford, Kevin Thomas, Ida Wendt, Alexsanda Zgrundo
the SETAC Europe 21st Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy from 15-19 May 2011 - 2011 -
SINGLE-SUBSTANCE AND MIXTURE TOXICITY OF FIVE PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS TO MARINE PERIPHYTON
COMMUNITIES
Thomas Backhaus, Tobias Porsbring, Åsa Arrhenius, Sara Brosché, Per Johansson, Hans Blanck
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - 2011 -
Combined effects of antifoulants – synergistic, additive or antagonistic
effects?
Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck, Åke Granmo, Annelie Hilvarsson, Katherine Langford, Ida Wendt
the 15th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling, 25-29 July 2010, Newcastle - 2010 -
The efficacy of antifouling biocides: a systematic
approach
Ida Wendt, Annelie Hilvarsson, Åsa Arrhenius, Kristina Holm, Thomas Backhaus, Åke Granmo, Hans Blanck
the 15th international congress on marine corrosion and fouling, 25-29 July 2010, Newcastle - 2010 -
Single substance and mixture toxicity of 5 pharmaceuticals and personal care products to marine periphyton
communities
Thomas Backhaus, Tobias Porsbring, Åsa Arrhenius, Hans Blanck
On Toxicant-Induced Succession in Periphyton Communities: Effects of Single Chemicals and Chemical Mixtures. Ph.D. thesis, Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg - 2009 -
Mixture toxicity of 180 binary combinations of seven different antifouling agents to microbial communities - synergistic, additivite or antagonistic
effects?
Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Åke Granmo, Annelie Hilvarsson, Katherine Langford, Ida Wendt, Hans Blanck
the SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting in Göteborg May until 4 June 2009, Göteborg, Sweden (oral presentation) - 2009 -
Marine Paint Optimisation: The use of mixture toxicity concepts to develop an effective and environmental friendly antifouling
paint
Ida Wendt, Annelie Hilvarsson, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Åke Granmo, Hans Blanck
SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting (2009.05.31 to 2009.06.04) Göteborg, Sweden - 2009 -
Marine Paint Optimisation: The use of mixture toxicity concepts to develop antifouling paints with high efficacy and low environmental
risk
Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck, Björn Dahlbäck, Åke Granmo, Annelie Hilvarsson, Kristina Holm, Katherine Langford, Kevin Thomas, Ida Wendt
New perspectives in marine antifouling research (2009.11.18-2009.11.20) Gothenburg, Sweden - 2009 -
Marine Paint Optimisation: settling assays with marine periphyton communities and sea lettuce (Ulva
lactuca)
Åsa Arrhenius, Annelie Hilvarsson, Ida Wendt, Thomas Backhaus, Åke Granmo, Hans Blanck
The 14th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling, July 27-31, 2008, Kobe, Japan - 2008 -
Marine Paint Optimisation: Settling assays with sea squirt and
barnacles
Annelie Hilvarsson, Åsa Arrhenius, Ida Wendt, Thomas Backhaus, Åke Granmo, Hans Blanck
The 14th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling (2008.07.27-2008.07.31) Kobe, Japan - 2008 -
Effects of two realistic pharmaceutical mixtures on natural freshwater periphyton
communities
Sara Brosché, Åsa Arrhenius, Hans Blanck, Thomas Backhaus
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe annual meeting, 20-24 May 2006, Porto, Portugal - 2007 -
The SWIFT periphyton test for high-capacity assessments of toxicant effects on microalgal community
development
Tobias Porsbring, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Mats Kuylenstierna, M. Scholze, Hans Blanck
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology - 2007 -
Effects of three antifouling agents on algal communities and algal reproduction: Mixture toxicity studies with TBT, Irgarol, and
Sea-Nine
Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Frederick Grönvall, M. Junghans, M. Scholze, Hans Blanck
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - 2006 -
Ecotoxicity of a mixture of 5 pharmaceuticals and PCPs to marine microalgal
communities
Thomas Backhaus, Tobias Porsbring, Åsa Arrhenius, Sara Brosché, Per Johansson, Hans Blanck
16. Annual Meeting, SETAC-Europe, Den Haag, 2006 (oral presentation) - 2006 -
Effects of clotrimazole on the pigment composition of marine periphyton communities for use in predictive ecological mixture toxicity
assessment
Tobias Porsbring, Thomas Backhaus, Åsa Arrhenius, Sara Brosché, Per Johansson, Hans Blanck
SETAC Europe 16th Annual Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands - 2006 -
Multiple effect thresholds and pollution-induced community tolerance in marine periphyton communities exposed to the antifouling agent DCOIT (Sea-Nine
211).
Hans Blanck, Åsa Arrhenius
SETAC Europe 15th Annual Meeting, 22-26 May 2005, Lille , France - 2005 -
On the Ecotoxicology of Chemical Mixtures. The Predictive Power of the Concepts CONCENTRATION ADDITION and INDEPENDENT ACTION in Microalgal
Communities
Åsa Arrhenius
2005 -
Predicted and observed mixture toxicity of three antifoulants on periphyton community structure in marine
microcosms.
Hans Blanck, Åsa Arrhenius, Tobias Porsbring, Thomas Backhaus, Martin Scholze
2005 -
Multiple effect thresholds in periphyton communities after long-term exposure to the antifouling agent Sea-Nine 211 (DCOIT) in marine
microcosms.
Åsa Arrhenius, Hans Blanck, Frederick Grönvall, Mats Kuylenstierna, Henrik Kylin
2005 -
Predictability of the mixture toxicity of 12 similarly acting congeneric inhibitors of photosystem II in marine periphyton and epipsammon
communities
Åsa Arrhenius, Frederick Grönvall, M. Scholze, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck
Aquatic Toxicology - 2004 -
Toxicity of a mixture of dissimilarly acting substances to natural algal communities: predictive power and limitations of independent action and concentration
addition.
Thomas Backhaus, Åsa Arrhenius, Hans Blanck
Environmental science & technology - 2004 -
Observed and predicted combination effects of the antifouling agents irgarol 1051, TBT and Sea-Nine TM 211 on the structural and functional properties of marine microalgal
communities
Tobias Porsbring, Åsa Arrhenius, Hans Blanck, Mats Kuylenstierna, Martin Scholze
SETAC Europe 14th Annual meeting, Prague, Czech Republic - 2004