Fig. 8
Chronic effects (96 h) on the reproduction of C. elegans for the negative control (white), the eluates of three concentrations (0.5, 5 and 50 mg/L) of each of the three test materials (blue colors) and the positive control (BAC-C16; violet colors) as individual values and means of n = 4 (black dash). Effects were calculated in comparison to the mean reproduction in the negative control and positive effect values show nematode reproduction stimulation, while negative values show reproduction inhibition. Asterisks denote significant differences between the treatments and the negative control (Dunn´s test: *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01)