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reservoir. Environ Pollut 133:169–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2004.03.002
Walters DM, Fritz KM, Johnson BR et al (2008) Influence of trophic position and spatial location
on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) bioaccumulation in a stream food web. Env Sci Technol
42:2316–2322
Walters DM, Mills MA, Cade BS, Burkard LP (2011) Trophic magnification of PCBs and its
relationship to the octanol-water partition coefficient. Environ Sci Technol 45:3917–3924.
https://doi.org/10.1021/es103158s
Walters DM, Rosi-Marshall E, Kennedy TA et al (2015) Mercury and selenium accumulation in the
Colorado River food web, Grand Canyon, USA. Env Toxicol Chem 34:2385–2394. https://doi.
org/10.1002/etc.3077
Wang H, Kostel JA, St. Amand AL, Gray KA (1999) 2. The response of a laboratory stream system
to PCB exposure: study of periphytic and sediment accumulation patterns. Water Res
33:3749–3761. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00126-8
Wang W, Wang W, Zhang X, Wang D (2002) Adsorption of p-chlorophenol by biofilm components. Water Res 36:551–560. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00267-6
Wang Z, Yang YY, Sun WM et al (2014) Nonylphenol biodegradation in river sediment and
associated shifts in community structures of bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms.
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 106:1–5
Watnick P, Kolter R (2000) Biofilm, city of microbes. J Bacteriol 182:2675–2679. https://doi.org/
10.1128/jb.182.10.2675-2679.2000
White C, Gadd GM (1987) The uptake and cellular distribution of zinc in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Microbiology 133:727–737. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-133-3-727
White C, Gadd GM (1995) Determination of metals and metal fluxes in algae and fungi. Sci Total
Environ 176:107–115. https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(95)04836-7
Wolfaardt GM, Lawrence JR, Headley JV et al (1994) Microbial exopolymers provide a mechanism
for bioaccumulation of contaminants. Microb Ecol 27:279–291. https://doi.org/10.1007/
BF00182411
Wolfaardt GM, Lawrence JR, Robarts RD, Caldwell DE (1998) In situ characterization of biofilm
exopolymers involved in the accumulation of chlorinated organics. Microb Ecol 35:213–223.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s002489900077
Writer JH, Ryan JN, Barber LB (2011) Role of biofilms in sorptive removal of steroidal hormones
and 4-nonylphenol compounds from streams. Environ Sci Technol 45:7275–7283. https://doi.
org/10.1021/es2008038
Wuertz S, Müller E, Spaeth R et al (2000) Detection of heavy metals in bacterial biofilms
and microbial flocs with the fluorescent complexing agent Newport Green. J Ind Microbiol
Biotechnol 24:116–123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jim.2900784
Wunder DB, Bosscher VA, Cok RC, Hozalski RM (2011) Sorption of antibiotics to biofilm. Water
Res 45:2270–2280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.013
Xie L, Funk DH, Buchwalter DB (2010) Trophic transfer of Cd from natural periphyton to the
grazing mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer in a life cycle test. Environ Pollut 158:272–277.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.010
Yang SI, George GN, Lawrence JR et al (2016) Multispecies biofilms transform selenium
oxyanions into elemental selenium particles: studies using combined synchrotron X-ray
fluorescence imaging and scanning transmission X-ray microscopy. Environ Sci Technol
50:10343–10350. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04529
Ylla I, Borrego C, Romani AM, Sabater S (2009) Availability of glucose and light modulates the
structure and function of a microbial biofilm. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 69:27–42. https://doi.org/
10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00689.x
Zou K, Thebault E, Lacroix G, Barot S (2016) Interactions between the green and brown food web
determine ecosystem functioning. Funct Ecol. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12626
Role of Biofilms in Contaminant Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer in Aquatic. . .
153