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Witters, Hilda
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Zebrafish as an alternative "in vitro" test system: developmental neurotoxicity and gene expression
Aquatic toxicology, hormone disruption, and genetic toxicology.
Aquatic toxicology, hormone disruption, and genetic toxicology.
PUBLICATIONS
NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Witters H, Vangenechten J.H.D., Van Puymbroeck S., Vanderborght O. (1984). Interference of aluminium and pH on the Na-influx in an aquatic insect Corixa punctata (Illig.). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 32, 575-579.
Witters, H.E. (1986). Acute acid exposure of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson : effects of aluminium and calcium on ion balance and haematology. Aquat. Toxicol. 8: 197-210.
Goossenaerts, C., Van Grieken, R., Jacob, W., Witters, H. and Vanderborght, O. (1988). A micro-analytical study of the gills of aluminium exposed rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Intern. J. Environm. Anal. Chem. 34, 227-237.
Vangenechten J.H.D., Witters H. and Vanderborght O.L.J.(1989). Laboratory studies on invertebrate survival and physiology in acid waters. Chapter in ²Acid toxicity and aquatic animals², Morris R.,
Taylor E.W., Brown D.J.A. & Brown J.A. (eds). p. 153-169. Cambridge University Press.
Witters, H.E., Van Puymbroeck, S., Van Den Sande, I. and Vanderborght, O.L.J. (1990). Haematological disturbances and osmotic shifts in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) under acid and aluminium exposure. J. Comp.. Physiol. B 160, 563-571.
Witters, H.E., S. Van Puymbroeck, J.H.D. Vangenechten and O.L.J. Vanderborght. (1990). The effect of humic substances on the toxicity of aluminium to adult rainbow trout. Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). J. Fish Biol. 37, 43-53.
Witters, H.E., S. Van Puymbroeck and O.L.J. Vanderborght. (1991). Adrenergic response to physiological disturbances in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, exposed to aluminum at acid pH. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 48, 414-420.
Bogaerts K.M., Witters H.E. , Vets S., Vanderborght O. (1991). Aluminium and pH effects on some osmoregulatory and haematological parameters of the acid-resistant American bullhead Ictalurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Belg. J. Zool. 121, 81-86
Witters, H.E., Van Puymbroeck, S. and Vanderborght, O.L.J. (1992). Branchial and renal ion fluxes and transepithelial electrical potential differences in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss : effects of aluminium at low pH. Environm. Biol. Fishes 34, 197-206.
Eeckhaoudt, S., Jacob, W., Witters, H. and Van Grieken, R. (1993). X-ray micro-analysis of aluminium in pumpkinseed gills. Europ. J. Morphol., 31, 42-45.
Verbost, P.M., Berntssen, M.H.G., Kroglund F., Lydersen E., Witters H.E., Rosseland B., Salbu B., Wendelaar Bonga S. (1995). The toxic mixing zone of neutral and acidic river water: acute aluminium toxicity in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.). Water, Air and Soil Pollution 85, 341-346
Eeckhaoudt S., Jacob W.,. Van Grieken R., Landsberg J., Watt F., Witters, H (1995). Micro-analytical study of the aluminum distribution in bullhead (Ictalurus nebulosus) gills. Microbeam analysis 4, 103-117.
Witters H., Van Puymbroeck S., Stouthart A. and Wendelaar Bonga S. (1996). Physico-chemical changes of aluminium in mixing zones are related to mortality and physiological disturbances in brown trout Salmo trutta L. Environm. Toxicol. Chem. 15(6), 986-996.
Witters H., Berckmans P., Vangenechten C. (1996). Immunolocalization fo Na+, K+ - ATPase in the gill epithelium of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Cell Tissue Res. 283, 461-468.
Witters H.E. (1998). Disorders associated with environmental pH. Chapter 7 in ² Fish diseases and disorders. Volume 2 : Non-infectious disorders.² Leatherland J.F.& Woo P.T.K.(eds.). p. 187-206. CABI Publishing.
Witters, H. (1998) Chemical speciation dynamics and toxicity assessment in aquatic systems. Ecotox. Environ. Safety 41, 90-95
Witters H., Berckmans P., Vangenechten C. (2000). Detection of estrogenic activity in Flemish surface waters using and in vitro recombinant assay with yeast cells. Water, Science & Technology, 43 (2),117-123
Weltens R., Witters H. and Corbisier P.(2001). Ecotoxic impact of suspended solids collected from polluted surface waters. J Soils & Sediments 1 (4), 223-233
Lange I., Daxenberger A., Schiffer B., Witters H., Dolores I., H.D. Meyer (2002). Sex hormones originating from different livestock production systems: fate and potential disrupting activity in the environment. Analytica Chimica Acta, 473, 27-37