Abstract
Indirect effects of HS on organisms include changes in bioconcentrations and toxicity of xenobiotics and metals, thus reducing the chemical stress an aquatic organism may be exposed to. Compared to the current low level of knowledge of the direct effects of HS on aquatic organisms, the indirect effects are very well known. This different situation is no surprise because in the recent past, research on these substances is taken up in particular by soil and environmental chemists (Box 1.2). There are a number of studies on binding of xenobiotics and metals to HS, and subsequent changes in bioconcentration and toxicity of xenobiotics and metals, to aquatic organisms and thereby significantly altering the living conditions.
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Steinberg, C.E.W. (2003). Indirect Effects on Organisms. In: Ecology of Humic Substances in Freshwaters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06815-1_7
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