Effects of cadmium and zinc on larval growth and survival in the ground beetle, Pterostichus oblongopunctatus

Mozdzer, Thomas J.; Kramarz, Paulina; Piskiewicz, A.M.; Niklińska, Maria

doi:10.1016/s0160-4120(02)00107-1

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“…The authors concluded that the exposed beetles incurred costs of adaptation and/or acclimation to the polluted environment. Mozdzer et al (2003) found that larvae of P. oblongopunctatus fed with food contaminated with zinc and/or cadmium grew significantly slower, and had decreased survival rates, irrespective of site of origin. Toxic effects of metals were also reported by Bayley et al Maryański et al (2002), andScheifler et al (2002) for other carabid beetle species.…”

Section: Heavy Metal Toxicitymentioning

confidence: 92%

Evidence for between-generation effects in carabids exposed to heavy metals pollution

Lagisz

Laskowski

2007

Ecotoxicology

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This work represents one of very few studies showing intergenerational effects of terrestrial pollution with heavy metals in a terrestrial predatory invertebrate. We demonstrate that carabid beetles Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) inhabiting metal polluted environment have altered life-history parameters in comparison to those from reference area populations. We observed decreased hatchability of eggs in field collected animals fed with uncontaminated food, which suggests that carabids from heavily polluted sites are not able to fully avoid the risk of secondary poisoning via contaminated prey. The adult fresh body mass of young imagines from the first laboratory generation reared in uncontaminated conditions was affected by pollution level at the sites of beetles' origin. However, we did not observe any effects of site contamination in the second laboratory generation. Therefore, we conclude that although genetic adaptation has not occurred in the populations chronically exposed to toxic metal concentrations, there is evidence of intergenerational maternal effects of metal pollution.

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Section: Heavy Metal Toxicitymentioning

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Evidence for between-generation effects in carabids exposed to heavy metals pollution

Lagisz

Laskowski

2007

Ecotoxicology

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“…According to Mozdzer et al (2003), larvae of Pterostichus oblongopunctatus show reduced growth and survival rate when fed with Cd-and Zn-contaminated food. Although Laskowski (2007, 2008) observed increased susceptibility to environmental stressors, decreased egg hatch and decreased body mass of young imagoes of P. oblongopunctatus as results of metal pollution; they found no pollution effects in the second generation.…”

Section: Coleopteran Larvaementioning

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Cadmium in insects after ash fertilization

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Ash fertilization of forests returns nutrients to forest ecosystems and has a positive effect on soil pH, but it also may elevate Cd concentrations of forest biota. Cadmium concentrations of some forest insects (Formica ants, carabids and Coleopteran larvae from decaying wood) were investigated in southern Finland, where two plots were fertilized with wood ash, while two other plots represented unfertilized control plots. In ants, mean Cd concentration was 3.6 ± 1.4 mg/kg, with nest workers having significantly higher concentrations than workers trapped in pitfall traps. Concentrations at fertilized and unfertilized plots were similar. In carabid beetles, the average Cd concentration of Carabus glabratus was 0.44 ± 0.36 mg/kg, with no significant difference between control plots and fertilized plots. In another carabid beetle, Pterostichus niger, mean Cd concentration was higher at fertilized plots compared to control plots. We conclude that the variation of Cd concentrations in the insects studied is more efficiently controlled by species-specific differences than fertilization history of the forest floor.

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“…Jelaska et al (2007) showed that the internal Cu and Zn concentration also correlated with the elemental concentration of soil. Studied about metal kinetics of ground beetles indicated that metals probably due to the efficient detoxification by excretion (Bednarska et al, 2013;Janssen et al, 1991;Kramarz, 1999;Mozdzer et al, 2003;Talarico et al, 2014). At the same time, ground beetles as holometabolous insects are present in the soil during their development phases, so they are poor metal accumulator (Cortet et al, 1999).…”

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Distribution of toxic elements between biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystem along an urbanization gradient: Soil, leaf litter and ground beetles

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Harangi

Baranyai

et al. 2016

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Effects of cadmium and zinc on larval growth and survival in the ground beetle, Pterostichus oblongopunctatus

Cited by 25 publications

References 23 publications

Evidence for between-generation effects in carabids exposed to heavy metals pollution

Evidence for between-generation effects in carabids exposed to heavy metals pollution

Cadmium in insects after ash fertilization

Distribution of toxic elements between biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystem along an urbanization gradient: Soil, leaf litter and ground beetles

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