Valentina Colombo

The influence of potential stressors on oviposition site selection and subsequent growth, survival and emergence of the non-biting midge (Chironomus tepperi)

Robin Hale, Valentina Colombo, Molly Hoak, Vin Pettigrove, Stephen E Swearer

Journal article  |  2019  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Theory predicts that animals should prefer habitats where their fitness is maximized but some mistakenly select habitats where the..

Bifenthrin Causes Toxicity in Urban Stormwater Wetlands: Field and Laboratory Assessment Using Austrochiltonia (Amphipoda)

Katherine J Jeppe, Claudette R Kellar, Stephen Marshall, Valentina Colombo, Georgia M Sinclair, Vincent Pettigrove

Journal article  |  2017  |  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Stormwater wetlands are engineered to accumulate sediment and pollutants from stormwater and provide environmental value to urban ..

Municipal wastewater effluent licensing: A global perspective and recommendations for best practice

Liz Morris, Valentina Colombo, Kathryn Hassell, Claudette Kellar, Paul Leahy, Sara M Long, Jackie M Myers, Vincent Pettigrove

Journal article  |  2017  |  Science of the Total Environment

Advances in wastewater treatment have greatly improved the quality of municipal wastewater effluents in many parts of the world, b..

Effects of Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida, Oligochaete) bioturbation on zinc sediment chemistry and toxicity to the epi-benthic invertebrate Chironomus tepperi (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Valentina Colombo, Vincent J Pettigrove, Ary A Hoffmann, Lisa A Golding

Journal article  |  2016  |  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Classical laboratory-based single-species sediment bioassays do not account for modifications to toxicity from bioturbation by ben..

Transgenerational effects of parental nutritional status on offspring development time, survival, fecundity, and sensitivity to zinc in Chironomus tepperi midges

Valentina Colombo, Vincent J Pettigrove, Lisa A Golding, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2014  |  ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Environmental stimuli can induce plastic changes in life history traits, and stimuli experienced by parents can be transmitted to ..

Structural Changes in a Macrozoobenthos Assemblage After Imidacloprid Pulses in Aquatic Field-Based Microcosms

Valentina Colombo, Silvia Mohr, Ruediger Berghahn, Vincent J Pettigrove

Journal article  |  2013  |  ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

A field-based microcosm experiment was performed to investigate the effects of repeated pulses of the neonicotinoid insecticide im..