Influence of temperature on the toxicity of the elutriate from a pesticide contaminated soil to two cladoceran species

Brazil has become one of the largest consumers of pesticides in the world. However, there are still few studies evaluating pesticide toxicity integrating local aquatic and terrestrial environments. In addition, there is growing concern about the influence of temperature conditions related with clima...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecotoxicology (London) 2022-08, Vol.31 (6), p.956-966
Hauptverfasser: Pitombeira de Figueirêdo, Livia, Athayde, Danillo B., Pinto, Thandy Junio da Silva, Daam, Michiel A., Guerra, Glauce da Silva, Duarte-Neto, Paulo José, Espíndola, Evaldo L. G.
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Zusammenfassung:Brazil has become one of the largest consumers of pesticides in the world. However, there are still few studies evaluating pesticide toxicity integrating local aquatic and terrestrial environments. In addition, there is growing concern about the influence of temperature conditions related with climate change on contaminants toxicity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the elutriate toxicity of the insecticide Kraft ® 36 EC (a.i. abamectin), the fungicide Score ® 250 EC (a.i. difenoconazole) and their mixture to the cladocerans Ceriodaphnia silvestrii and Daphnia similis , using model ecosystems (mesocosms). To this end, mesocosms were filled with natural soil and subjected to the following treatments: Control (Milli-Q water), Kraft (10.8 g abamectin ha −1 ), Score (20 g difenoconazole ha −1 ), and Kraft + Score (10.8 g abamectin ha −1  + 20 g difenoconazole ha −1 ). The experiment lasted 18 days, and the applications were made on days 1, 8, and 15; the occurrence of rainfall was simulated on days 1, 8, and 15 after applications and only rainfall simulation on days 4, 11, and 18. The experiment was conducted under two different temperatures: 23 °C and 33 °C. At 23 °C, single Kraft treatment and in combination with Score showed high toxicity to both cladocerans. At 33 °C, elutriate of the Kraft ® and mixture treatments were highly toxic to D. similis but not to C. silvestrii . The results indicate that while Kraft had higher toxicity than Score to both cladocerans, this toxicity was counteracted at 33 °C only for the exotic species, D. similis . The results portray the complexity of pesticide toxicity when considering realistic experimental settings including different organisms and temperature treatments.
ISSN:0963-9292
1573-3017
DOI:10.1007/s10646-022-02560-4