Robin Lasters
University of Antwerp
13 Papers
8 Citations
Robin Lasters is an academic researcher from University of Antwerp. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Biology. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
Ticks and tick-borne diseases in the city: Role of landscape connectivity and green space characteristics in a metropolitan area
Dieter Heylen,Dieter Heylen,Robin Lasters,Frank Adriaensen,Manoj Fonville,Hein Sprong,Erik Matthysen +6 more
TL;DR: While density and infection prevalence for adults and adults increased with the amount of neighboring agricultural land, the larval density and nymphal infection prevalence decreased, and the proportion of Borrelia genospecies associated with birds or mammals was comparable in rural and (sub)urban areas, suggesting that even in small green spaces Borrelian infections can persist in local host populations.
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Limited reproductive impairment in a passerine bird species exposed along a perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) pollution gradient.
TL;DR: Surprisingly, despite the very high concentrations close to the fluorochemical plant, there was no clear evidence for reproductive impairment as the observed associations between PFAA concentrations and reproductive parameters were rather limited compared to previous studies in songbirds.
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Development and validation of an extraction method for the analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in environmental and biotic matrices
Thimo Groffen,Robin Lasters,Filip Lemière,Tim Willems,Marcel Eens,Lieven Bervoets,Els Prinsen +6 more
TL;DR: An updated new analytical guideline is created that is applicable for both abiotic and biotic matrices and confirmed that using the ISTD closest in terms of functional group and carbon chain length is a suitable method for the quantification of PFASs that lack a corresponding ISTD.
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Variation in PFAA concentrations and egg parameters throughout the egg-laying sequence in a free-living songbird (the great tit, Parus major): Implications for biomonitoring studies.
TL;DR: Variation patterns and possible laying sequence associations with PFAA concentrations in eggs of the great tit were studied andPFAA concentrations were positively and significantly correlated between some egg pairs within the same clutch, especially between egg 1 and egg 3.
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Home-produced eggs: An important human exposure pathway of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS).
Robin Lasters,Thimo Groffen,Marcel Eens,Dries Coertjens,Wouter A. Gebbink,Jelle Hofman,Lieven Bervoets +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the prevalence of 17 legacy and emerging PFAS in HPE (N = 70) from free-ranging laying hens was examined at 35 private gardens, situated within a 10 km radius from a fluorochemical plant in Antwerp (Belgium).
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