Freshwater ecosystems profit from activated carbon-based wastewater treatment across various levels of biological organisation in a short timeframe

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Table 1 Biotests used to detect effect potentials in environmental samples (effluent, surface water, and sediment) in the project SchussenAktivplus

Testing for	Biotest used	According to
Genotoxicity	Ames-fluctuation test	ISO 11350 guideline, described in detail by Giebner et al. [37]
Genotoxicity	SOS Chromotest	White et al. [38]
Dioxin-like toxicity	Reporter gene assay with H4IIE-luc-cells	Garrison et al. [39], described in detail by Maier et al. [32]
Dioxin-like toxicity	Yeast Dioxin Screen	Stalter et al. [40]
(Anti-) Oestrogenicity	Y(A)ES	Stalter et al. [40], described in detail by Giebner et al. [37]
	E-Screen	Lange et al. [41]
	Reporter gene assay with HeLA cells	US EPA [42], described in detail by Henneberg et al. [43]
(Anti-) Androgenicity	Y(A)AS	Stalter et al. [40], described in detail by Giebner et al. [37]
(Anti-) Androgenicity	Reporter gene assay with MDA-kb2-cells	Wilson et al. [44]
Phytotoxicity	Lemna minor growth inhibition test	OECD 221 [45]
Embryo- and developmental toxicity	Fish embryo acute toxicity test (FET) with Danio rerio	OECD 236 [46], described in detail by Thellmann et al. [47]
Effects on reproduction	Sediment and water toxicity test with Lumbriculus variegatus	OECD 225 [48]
Effects on reproduction	Potamopyrgus antipodarum reproduction test	OECD 242 [49], described in detail by Giebner et al. [37] and Henneberg et al. [43]