Effects of subchronic fungicide exposure on the energy processing of Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea; Amphipoda).
Effects of subchronic fungicide exposure on the energy processing of Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea; Amphipoda).
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.07.046
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发表时间:
2010-10
影响因子:
6.8
通讯作者:
J. Zubrod;M. Bundschuh;R. Schulz
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作者:
J. Zubrod;M. Bundschuh;R. Schulz
Current aquatic environmental risk assessment of plant protection products or biocides does not consider effects on organisms involved in leaf litter breakdown, a fundamental ecosystem process in streams. Therefore, direct ecotoxicological implications of tebuconazole, a frequently used triazole fungicide, on the leaf-shredding amphipod Gammarus fossarum, were assessed. While acute toxicity was low (96h-LC50=1347μg/L), feeding rate, a sublethal endpoint, was significantly reduced after seven days of exposure to 600μg/L. At the same concentration, but during a three week exposure under semi-static conditions, gammarids showed significant reductions in feeding, but also in assimilation and growth. At 200μg/L, however, only assimilation was significantly affected. As these endpoints can be used to evaluate the ecotoxicity of a broad range of chemicals and to deduce possible implications in the functioning of ecosystems, the inclusion of similar experimental set-ups might further improve aquatic environmental risk assessment.