About the Authors

Martin Wagner

wagner@bio.uni-frankfurt.de

Affiliation Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Michael P. Schlüsener

Affiliation Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany

Thomas A. Ternes

Affiliation Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany

Jörg Oehlmann

Affiliation Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW JO. Performed the experiments: MW MPS. Analyzed the data: MW MPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TAT JO. Wrote the paper: MW. Produced Figures S5 and S6: MPS. Wrote the text analytical methods: MPS. Commented on the manuscript: JO MPS TAT. Supervised the study: JO TAT.