Peter Hobbelen

He got his Ph.D. on September 20, 2005.

Presently he is working at the Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

Project

• Uptake and effects of metals in a below-ground terrestrial food chain

Publication

• P.H.F. Hobbelen and C.A.M. van Gestel (2007) Using dynamic energy budget modeling to predict the influence of temperature and food density on the effect of Cu on earthworm mediated litter consumption. Ecol. Model.202: 373-384.
• 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.
• P.H.F. Hobbelen, J.E. Koolhaas and C.A.M. van Gestel (2006) Effects of heavy metals on the litter consumption by the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus in field soils. Pedobiologia50: 51-60.
• P.H.F. Hobbelen, P.J. van den Brink, J.F. Hobbelen and C.A.M. van Gestel (2006) Effects of heavy metals on the structure and functioning of detritivore communities in a contaminated floodplain area. Soil Biol. Biochem.38: 1596-1607.
• P.H.F. Hobbelen, J.E. Koolhaas and C.A.M. van Gestel (2006) Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the earthworms Lumbricus rubellus and Aporrectodea caliginosa in relation to total and available metal concentrations in field soils. Environ. Pollut.144: 639-646.
• P.H.F. Hobbelen, J.E. Koolhaas and C.A.M. van Gestel (2004) Risk assessment of heavy metal pollution for detritivores in floodplain soils in the Biesbosch, the Netherlands, taking bioavailability into account. Environ. Pollut.129: 409-419.