A new method for early assessment of effects of exposing two non-target crustacean species, Asellus aquaticus and Gammarus fossarum, to pesticides, a laboratory study

Lukančič, Simon; Žibrat, Uroš; Mezek, Tadej; Jerebic, Andreja; Simčić, Tatjana; Brancelj, Anton

doi:10.1177/0748233710362379

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“…The measured ETS activities in this study are in a similar range to ETS activities measured by other authors (e.g. Simcic et al 2005;Simcic and Brancelj 2006;Lukancic et al 2010). It was assumed that ETS activity, i.e.…”

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Temperature effects on the feeding and electron transport system (ETS) activity of Gammarus fossarum

2015

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The effects of an increase in water temperature as a direct consequence of global change on organisms living in springs and spring brooks have rarely been studied in laboratory experiments. In this study, experiments were conducted to test the response of Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836, as an abundant representative of the European spring fauna, to changing water temperatures. The aim was to find out experimentally how G. fossarum reacts to varying and increasing water temperatures. The experiments were conducted in flow channels with spring water. In each flow channel, G. fossarum were placed in boxes with a flow-through system for 4 weeks. Two analytical methods were applied: the feeding activity of the amphipods was quantified in order to determine the reaction of G. fossarum on the level of the organism and the respiratory electron transport system (ETS) assay was conducted in order to determine changes in the test organisms on the cellular level. The results show that the feeding activity of G. fossarum increased with increasing water temperature, up to an optimum, indicating an increase in their metabolic activity. The ETS activity does not show significant differences at the different temperatures tested. A possible explanation for this is the ability of the organisms to adapt quickly to the changed environmental circumstances.

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Temperature effects on the feeding and electron transport system (ETS) activity of Gammarus fossarum

2015

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“…16 papers were excluded because the tested substance was not a pesticide, i.e. not a CAS registered substance (mixture of substances, product with active substance not reported) and/or substance was not listed as pesticide by De Zwart based on Alan Wood (see "Pesticides Identification" section);…”

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Literature review on the sensitivity and exposure of marine and estuarine organisms to pesticides in comparison to corresponding fresh water species

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To compare the sensitivity and exposure of marine and estuarine species (further noted as saltwater) to pesticides to those of freshwater species we searched the peer reviewed literature. Relevant literature references were assembled in two EndNote libraries, one on saltwater species, and one on freshwater species, comprising a total of 3627 references. Based on an extensive toxicity database and the EndNote libraries we developed Species Sensitivity Distributions (SSDs) to assess differences in sensitivity. Furthermore we compared the toxicity (L(E)C50) of all pesticides for which more than two species were tested both for salt and freshwater. To assess differences in exposure we compared literature on pesticide level and persistence.The results on sensitivity indicated that there is no systematic difference in sensitivity to pesticides between fresh and saltwater species. For some pesticides either saltwater or freshwater organisms may be more sensitive. We found such an effect for trifluralin (saltwater species more sensitive) and parathion and HEOD (freshwater species more sensitive). Also, comparison within taxonomic groups showed no systematic difference of saltwater compared to freshwater species. When comparing all available species data within taxonomic groups, some saltwater groups showed higher sensitivity to specific pesticides compared to their freshwater representatives, e.g. saltwater molluscs were more sensitive to methoxychlor compared to freshwater molluscs. Whereas, freshwater arthropoda were more sensitive than saltwater anthropoda for copper sulphate and parathion.The results on exposure show that pesticides tend to have higher levels in surface water of freshwater compared to the saltwater environments. Such inference could not be made for sediments since the amount of available data was limited. However, based on general insights in persistence and absorption capacity there seems to be a strong indication that very persistent pesticides with a very high absorption capacity (e.g. DDT) tend to accumulate in saltwater sediments.

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“…Furthermore, G. fossarum is used as an indicator organism for habitat quality and ecotoxicological studies (e.g., Lukancic et al. , Bundschuh et al. , ).…”

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“…G. fossarum has a central position in food chains of prealpine streams, processing dead organic material and representing a major source of fish nutrition (MacNeil et al 1997, Dangles et al 2004). Furthermore, G. fossarum is used as an indicator organism for habitat quality and ecotoxicological studies (e.g., Lukancic et al 2010, Bundschuh et al 2011, 2013. In headwaters of our study area (Switzerland) G. fossarum is frequently the dominant benthic macroinvertebrate (Altermatt et al 2014), and loss of these populations may have pronounced effects on the ecosystem (MacNeil et al 1997(MacNeil et al , 1999.…”

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Habitat requirements and ecological niche of two cryptic amphipod species at landscape and local scales

2016

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Cryptic species are phylogenetically diverged taxa that are morphologically indistinguishable and may differ in their ecological and behavioral requirements. This may have important implications for ecosystem services and conservation of biodiversity. We investigated whether two ecologically important cryptic species of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus fossarum (types A and B) are associated with different habitats. We collected data on their occurrence at both the landscape scale (large watersheds) and at the local scale (river reach) to compare macro‐ and microscale environmental parameters associated with their presence. Analysis of the landscape scale data showed that occurrence of types A and B differ with respect to watershed and river size and, interestingly, human impact on river ecomorphology. Whereas type B was mainly found in less forested areas with higher human impact, type A showed the opposite occurrence pattern. Analyses of the local scale data suggested that habitats occupied by type A were characterized by larger gravel, larger stones and less macrophytes than habitats occupied by type B. The landscape and local data set showed contradicting patterns with regard to stream size. Overall, the observed differences between the two types of G. fossarum most likely reflect ecological differences between them, but alternative explanations (e.g., historical colonization processes) cannot be completely ruled out. Our study underlines that common cryptic species can differ in their ecology and response to anthropogenic influence. Such differences in habitat requirements among difficult‐to‐identify taxa present a challenge for biodiversity and ecosystem management. Our results emphasize the importance of conservative and precautionary approaches in maintenance of habitat diversity and environmental heterogeneity.

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A new method for early assessment of effects of exposing two non-target crustacean species, Asellus aquaticus and Gammarus fossarum, to pesticides, a laboratory study

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

Temperature effects on the feeding and electron transport system (ETS) activity of Gammarus fossarum

Temperature effects on the feeding and electron transport system (ETS) activity of Gammarus fossarum

Literature review on the sensitivity and exposure of marine and estuarine organisms to pesticides in comparison to corresponding fresh water species

Habitat requirements and ecological niche of two cryptic amphipod species at landscape and local scales

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