About the Authors

Jens C. Otte

Henner.Hollert@bio5.rwth-aachen.de (HH); Jens.Otte@kit.edu (JO)

Affiliation KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe, Germany

Steffen Keiter

Affiliation RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research, Aachen, Germany

Christopher Faßbender

Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Centre of Organismal Studies, Heidelberg, Germany

Eric B. Higley

Affiliation Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Paula Suares Rocha

Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Centre of Organismal Studies, Heidelberg, Germany

Markus Brinkmann

Affiliation RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research, Aachen, Germany

Dierk-Steffen Wahrendorf

Affiliation Department Bio-Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany

Werner Manz

Affiliation University of Koblenz-Landau, Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften, Koblenz, Germany

Markus A. Wetzel

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany

Thomas Braunbeck

Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Centre of Organismal Studies, Heidelberg, Germany

John P. Giesy

Affiliations Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Department of Biomedical Veterinary Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Department of Zoology and Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Biology and Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

Markus Hecker

Affiliations Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, School of the Environment & Sustainability and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Henner Hollert

Henner.Hollert@bio5.rwth-aachen.de (HH); Jens.Otte@kit.edu (JO)

Affiliation RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JO SK HH. Performed the experiments: JO CF EH PSR MB. Analyzed the data: JO EH PSR MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSW WM MW TB JG MH HH. Wrote the ms: JO SK MB DSW TB JG MH HH.