Sensitivity of Eisenia fetida in comparison to Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris after imidacloprid exposure. Body mass change and histopathology

Dittbrenner, Nils; Schmitt, Hannah; Capowiez, Yvan; Triebskorn, Rita

doi:10.1007/s11368-011-0397-5

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“…We wanted to analyse the sensitivity of the standard test organism E. fetida in comparison with two earthworm species relevant for many agricultural soils, for a better understanding of species-specific responses to environmental toxicants. The results obtained in this study will be discussed in connection to a parallel study (Dittbrenner et al 2011b), which found E. fetida to be the most sensitive species using body mass change as well as histopathology as biomarkers.…”

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Stress protein response (Hsp70) and avoidance behaviour in Eisenia fetida, Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris when exposed to imidacloprid

Dittbrenner

Capowiez²,

Köhler³

et al. 2011

J Soils Sediments

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Purpose The earthworm species Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei are commonly used in ecotoxicological standard tests. In the present study, we compared the sensitivity of E. fetida with that of two soil-dwelling earthworm species (Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris) in order to evaluate the capacity of E. fetida to predict effects of the insecticide imidacloprid. Responses were compared using two endpoints, a biochemical (changes in heat shock protein level (hsp70)) and a behavioural (avoidance behaviour). Materials and methods For the hsp70 analysis, the earthworms were exposed for 1, 7 and 14 days and the avoidance tests were conducted using a 48-h incubation time. The tested imidacloprid concentrations ranged from 0.2 to 4 mg kg −1 soil dry weight (DW). Results and discussion E. fetida showed significant avoidance behaviour towards all test concentrations (0.2, 0.66 and 2 mg kg −1 DW), while L. terrestris and A. caliginosa did not avoid imidacloprid-contaminated soil. Significant changes in hsp70 level in E. fetida occurred at the lowest concentration (0.2 mg kg −1 DW and 14 days), while no effects were observed until exposure to 2 (A. caliginosa; after 1, 7 and 14 days) and 4 mg kg −1 DW (L. terrestris; after 14 days). The present study revealed species-specific differences in sensitivity with E. fetida being the most sensitive species and L. terrestris the least sensitive. Moreover, some of the observed effects were detected at environmentally relevant concentrations. Conclusions Our study indicated different sensitivities between closely related species highlighting the importance of using a multiple selection of species in ecotoxicology to predict harmful environmental effects more accurately and minimise underestimations. In the case of testing only one species or one trophic level, a further increase of safety factors is advisable. Moreover, it can be concluded that hsp70 was not a good indicator of imidacloprid toxicity given the low induction for the selected test species. The results of the present study highlight the species dependency of the avoidance test in case of imidacloprid.

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“…A clear boundary was created by using a plastic separator. Soil spiking was conducted in the same way as in the exposure experiments for histology and hsp70 analysis (see Dittbrenner et al 2011b). Three different imidacloprid concentrations were tested for each species: 0.2 (0.3×), 0.66 (1×) and 2 mg kg −1 DW (3×).…”

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Stress protein response (Hsp70) and avoidance behaviour in Eisenia fetida, Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris when exposed to imidacloprid

Dittbrenner

Capowiez²,

Köhler³

et al. 2011

J Soils Sediments

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“…The mobility was reduced at 6 and 8 mg.kg -1 where the burrows were restricted to the middle and lower fractions of the substrate and the soil surface showed food traces and few organic clusters. Pesticides affect the detoxification processes of earthworms leading to a decrease of feeding, biomass and mobility (diapauses or migrations to lower layers of soil) [102,103].…”

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“…Stress generated from lambda-cyhalothrin exposure had a lower impact over A. trapezoides (endogeic) than in E. fetida (epigeic) that could be explained by the fast reaction associated to ingestion/egestion rate of epigeic earthworms as a consequence of their direct contact with the pesticide [7,102,[104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111]. Researches performed by Cerón Rincón & Melgarejo Muñoz [112] and Renella et al [113] registered stress symptoms at the microfloral, microbial and enzymatic activities which could explain the results of the higher exposure concentrations (6 and 8 mg.kg -1 ).…”

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Evaluation of Earthworms Present on Natural and Agricultural-Livestock Soils of the Center Northern Litoral Santafesino, República Argentina

Maitre¹,

Rodríguez²,

Ricardo³

2012

Pesticides - Advances in Chemical and Botanical Pesticides

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“…In this sense, these worms are an important link in terrestrial trophic web, providing resources for a wide variety of organisms, including birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. They represent a good alternative to achievement of ecotoxicological tests because they are simple to handle, easy to find as well as good indicators for the soil quality (ANDREA, 2010;CORREIA;MOREIRA, 2010;DITTBRENNER et al, 2011).…”

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Assessment of associated impacts the inappropriate disposal of coffee waste on the behavior escape of the earthworms

Filho

Souza

Jorge³

et al. 2017

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Earthworms are one of the organisms used in ecotoxicity tests. The species (Eisenia fetida) is the most common. This preference is due to its ability to poorly convert chemically broken organic wastes into stabilized material. This work aimed to investigate the earthworm avoidance response, simulating the inappropriate disposal of this residue in soil, besides identifying the pH of these samples after the avoidance test. For this experiment we worked with two groups.The test group, used percentages of the coffee waste added to the mass of sandy and loamy soil. It can be seen that there are excessively high prevention and control measures in the disposal of petroleum residues and agricultural agrochemicals than in coffee waste. Therefore, these results highlight the importance of greater control and prevention of inappropriate coffee waste disposal. However, although the limiting dosage for earthworms was significantly higher than that of the other pollutants observed (10% sandy soil and 5% loamy soil), and because it was a solid residue of organic origin, the coffe waste also rendered soil unsuitable for habitat of the earthworms.

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Sensitivity of Eisenia fetida in comparison to Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris after imidacloprid exposure. Body mass change and histopathology

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Stress protein response (Hsp70) and avoidance behaviour in Eisenia fetida, Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris when exposed to imidacloprid

Stress protein response (Hsp70) and avoidance behaviour in Eisenia fetida, Aporrectodea caliginosa and Lumbricus terrestris when exposed to imidacloprid

Evaluation of Earthworms Present on Natural and Agricultural-Livestock Soils of the Center Northern Litoral Santafesino, República Argentina

Assessment of associated impacts the inappropriate disposal of coffee waste on the behavior escape of the earthworms

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