Dr. Martina G. Vijver

She got her Ph.D. on March 11, 2005.

Presently she is working at the Department of Environmental Biology of Leiden University in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Dissertation

Project

• Transfer functions of heavy metals in soil invertebrates

• K. Veltman, M.A.J. Huijbregts, M.G. Vijver, W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, P.H.F. Hobbelen, J.E. Koolhaas, C.A.M. van Gestel, P.C.J. van Vliet and A.J. Hendriks (2007) Metal accumulation in the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus. Model predictions compared to field data. Environ. Pollut.146: 428-436.
• M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink, C.J.H. Miermans and C.A.M. van Gestel (2007) Metal accumulation in earthworms inhabiting floodplain soils. Environ. Pollut.148: 132-140.
• H. Eijsackers, L. Posthuma and M. Vijver (2006) Gebiedsbeleid helpt diffuse verontreiniging oplossen. Milieu12: 38-39. (in Dutch)
• L. Posthuma, H. Eijsackers and M. Vijver (2006) Toxische stoffen, normen en ecologische risico's – hoe zit dat? Milieu12: 19-23. (in Dutch)
• M. Rutgers, K. van Gestel, C. Klok, M. Vijver and L. Posthuma (2006) Het onderzoek en de locaties van het SSEO. Bodem16: 111-114. (in Dutch)
• M.G. Vijver, C.A.M. van Gestel, N.M. van Straalen, R.P. Lanno and W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg (2006) Biological significance of metals partitioned to subcellular fractions within earthworms (Aporrectodea caliginosa). Environ. Toxicol. Chem.25: 807-814.
• M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink, T. Jager, N.M. van Straalen, H.Th. Wolterbeek and C.A.M. van Gestel (2006) Kinetics of Zn and Cd accumulation in the isopod Porcellio scaber exposed to contaminated soil and/or food. Soil Biol. Biochem.38: 1554-1563.
• N.M. van Straalen, M.H. Donker, M.G. Vijver, C.A.M. van Gestel (2005) Bioavailability of contaminants estimated from uptake rates into soil invertebrates. Environ. Pollut.136: 409-417.
• M.G. Vijver, H.T. Wolterbeek, J.P.M. Vink, C.A.M. van Gestel (2005) Surface adsorption of metals onto the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus and the isopod Porcellio scaber is negligible compared to absorption in the body. Sci. Total Environ.340: 271-280. 
• M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink, T. Jager, H.T. Wolterbeek, N.M. van Straalen, C.A.M. van Gestel (2005) Biphasic elimination and uptake kinetics of Zn and Cd in the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus exposed to contaminated floodplain soil. Soil Biol. Biochem.37: 1843-1851.
• M.A.G. Vijver, C.A.M. van Gestel, R.P. Lanno, N.M. van Straalen and W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg (2004) Internal metal sequestration and its ecotoxicological relevance: A review. Environ. Sci. Technol.38(18): 4705-4712.
• M. Vijver, T. Jager, L. Posthuma and W. Peijnenburg (2003) Metal uptake from soils and soil-sediment mixtures by larvae of Tenebrio molitor (L.) (Coleoptera). Ecotox. Environ. Safe.54: 277-289.
• M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink, C.J.H. Miermans and C.A.M. van Gestel (2003) Oral seal using glue: a new method to distinguish between intestinal and dermal uptake of metals in earthworms. Soil Biol. Biochem.35: 125-132.
• M. Vijver, T. Jager, L. Posthuma and W. Peijnenburg (2002). Metal uptake from soils and soil-sediment mixtures by larvae of Tenebrio molitor (L.) (Coleoptera). Ecotox. Environ. Safe.54: 277-289.
• M. Vijver, T. Jager, L. Posthuma and W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg (2001) Impact of metal pools and soil properties on metal accumulation in Folsomia candida. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.20: 712-720.