Combined exposure to parasite and pesticide causes increased mortality in the water flea Daphnia
Combined exposure to parasite and pesticide causes increased mortality in the water flea Daphnia
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DOI:
10.1007/s10452-012-9397-9
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发表时间:
2012-05
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影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Claudia C. Buser;Mieke Jansen;Kevin Pauwels;L. Meester;P. Spaak
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作者:
Claudia C. Buser;Mieke Jansen;Kevin Pauwels;L. Meester;P. Spaak
Organisms are exposed to multiple biotic and abiotic environmental stressors, which can influence the dynamics of individual populations and communities. Populations may also genetically adapt to both natural (e.g. disease) and anthropogenic (e.g. chemical pollution) stress. In the present study, we studied fitness consequences of exposure to both a parasite (i.e. biotic) and a pesticide (i.e. abiotic) for the water fleaDaphnia.In addition, we investigated whether these fitness consequences change through time as a population evolves. Thus, we exposedDaphnia magnaclones, hatched from dormant eggs isolated from different time layers of a natural dormant egg bank, to the parasitePasteuria ramosaand the insecticide diazinon in a multifactorial experiment. While our experimental treatments for unknown reasons failed to induce disease symptoms in theDaphnia, we did observe a reduced survival ofD. magnawhen simultaneously exposed to both the parasite and the pesticide. No increased mortality upon exposure to individual stressors was observed. We did not observe an evolutionary change in fitness response of theDaphniaclones hatched from different time horizons upon exposure to stressors.