Dr. Marie-Elène Boivin

She got her Ph.D. on July 8, 2005.

Presently she is working at the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) in Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

e-mail: marie-elene.boivin@rivm.nl

Dissertation

Project

• Adaptation to toxicants and ecological functioning of microbial communities

Publications

• M.E.Y. Boivin, G.D. Greve, S.A.E. Kools, A.W.G. van der Wurff, P. Leefland, E. Smit, A.M. Breure, M. Rutgers and N.M. van Straalen (2006) Discriminating between effects of metals and natural variables in terrestrial bacterial communities. Appl. Soil Ecol.34: 103-113.
• M.-E. Boivin, A.M. Breure, L. Posthuma and M. Rutgers (2002) Determination of field effects of contaminants - Significance of pollution-induced community tolerance. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess.8(5): 1035-1055.
• H.G. van der Geest, G.D. Greve, M.-E. Boivin, M.H.S. Kraak and C.A.M van Gestel (2000) Mixture toxicity of copper and diazinon to larvae of the mayfly (Epheron virgo) judging additivity at different effect levels. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.19: 2900-2905.