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Figures<br />
Biological treatment<br />
Green algae: photosynthesis inhibition<br />
Green algae: growth inhibition<br />
YES assay: estrogenic effects<br />
ER CALUX: estrogenic effects<br />
AR CALUX: <strong>and</strong>rogenic effects<br />
GR CALUX: glucocorticoid like effects<br />
PR CALUX: progesterone like effects<br />
PPARg1 CALUX<br />
-95 %<br />
-385 ± 196 %<br />
-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%<br />
Elimination Biological Treatment<br />
'Old' biology<br />
Moving bed biology<br />
Figure 11: Elimination efficiencies (%) for the “old” biology (SB) (1 st MC) <strong>and</strong> mean elimination<br />
efficiencies (%) for the moving bed biology (LF) (2 nd to 4 th MC, mean ± SD) for specific effects<br />
measured in in vitro bioassays.<br />
Green algae: photosynthesis inhibition<br />
Green algae: growth inhibition<br />
YES assay: estrogenic effects<br />
ER CALUX: estrogenic effects<br />
AR CALUX: <strong>and</strong>rogenic effects<br />
GR CALUX: glucocorticoid like effects<br />
PR CALUX: progesterone like effects<br />
PPARg1 CALUX<br />
- 95 %<br />
- 300 %<br />
- 610 %<br />
- 246 %<br />
-40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%<br />
Elimination Biological Treatment<br />
20.-27.07.09<br />
30.10.-5.11.09<br />
10.-17.03.10<br />
25.05.-02.06.10<br />
Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology, Eawag/EPFL · Überl<strong>and</strong>strasse 133 · CH-8600 Dübendorf<br />
www.oekotoxzentrum.ch<br />
- 67 %<br />
Figure 12: Elimination efficiencies (%) in the biological treatments for each <strong>of</strong> the four<br />
measurement campaigns regarding specific effects measured in in vitro bioassays.<br />
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