Triclosan alterations of estuarine phytoplankton community structure.
Triclosan alterations of estuarine phytoplankton community structure.
复制标题
三氯生对河口浮游植物群落结构的改变。
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.056
复制
发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Sarah N. Hylton
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
J. Pinckney;L. Thompson;Sarah N. Hylton
Antimicrobial additives in pharmaceutical and personal care products are a major environmental concern due to their potential ecological impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Triclosan (TCS) has been used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and preservative in various media. The sublethal and lethal effects of TCS on estuarine phytoplankton community composition were investigated using bioassays of natural phytoplankton communities to measure phytoplankton responses to different concentrations of TCS ranging from 1 to 200 μg l− 1. The EC50(the concentration of an inhibitor where the growth is reduced by half) for phytoplankton groups (diatoms, chlorophytes, cryptophytes) examined in this ranged from 10.7 to 113.8 μg TCS l− 1. Exposures resulted in major shifts in phytoplankton community composition at concentrations as low as 1.0 μg TCS l− 1. This study demonstrates estuarine ecosystem sensitivity to TCS exposure and highlights potential alterations in phytoplankton community composition at what are typically environmental concentrations of TCS in urbanized estuaries.