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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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