Using aquatic macroinvertebrate species traits to build test batteries for sediment toxicity assessment: Accounting for the diversity of potential biological responses to toxicants

Ducrot, Virginie; Usseglio‐Polatera, Philippe; Péry, T Alexandre R R; Mouthon, J.; Lafont, M.; Roger, M.C.; Garric, Jeanne; Férard, Jean-François

doi:10.1897/04-559r.1

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“…However, several recent studies examined the trait responses of communities to various types of multiple (Statzner and Bêche, 2010) or single pressures, e.g. global warming (Bonada et al, 2007), exotic species proliferation (Statzner et al, 2008), eutrophication (Lecerf et al, 2006), salinity (Piscart et al, 2005(Piscart et al, , 2006, sediment toxicity (Ducrot et al, 2005), or river dynamics loss (Statzner et al, 2005).…”

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Long-term effects of global and local changes on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in multi-stressed large rivers: the example of the Rhône River during the last 30 years

Fruget¹,

Jézéquel

Archambaud³

et al. 2015

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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Key-words:freshwater macroinvertebrates, Rhône River, climate change, long-term survey, biological traits, alien speciesThe study of biological traits have enhanced the understanding of the changes in the macroinvertebrate communities of the Rhône River during the last thirty years, as well as the potential effects of hydroclimatic factors and thermal discharges on the structure and the functioning of these communities at the regional scale. If every section of the Rhône had specific features, we observed over time a trend towards a higher uniformisation of invertebrate communities, especially in the Lower section. The strong impacts of the alien species and the water warming subsequent to the 2003 heat wave have been detected in the Lower Rhône and the Middle Rhône: the communities of the Middle Rhône gradually exhibit profiles closer to those of the communities of the Lower Rhône. The Upper Rhône was less colonized by alien species but was impaired by the global warming: its communities exhibited biological profiles closer to those of communities of further-downstream zones. In this site, the thermal discharges have led to a lower diversity of the communities and a higher occurrence of eurythermic species. Hence the benthic macrofauna of the Rhône River seems to have reacted quickly and strongly to environmental changes and to the arrival of invasive species. However numerous trait adaptations being common to Mediterranean and alien species, it seems complex to evaluate the respective weight of each of these potential sources of impairment. Predicting trends in invertebrate community composition is a complex objective because of the competition between native and/or invasive species in addition to man-induced environmental variation (flow, temperature). However, if biological invasion does not occur continuously but only based on specific events (especially hydroclimatology), we can legitimately believe that this drift will continue with the arrival of new Ponto-Caspian species via the Danube-Main Canal, their usual way to western and southern Europe. The common feature of these different species is that they are essentially predators or filterers, thermophilic and euryecic, and efficient functional competitors. Finally, this study once again emphasizes the importance of long-term monitoring in the study of biological communities in the context of global warming.

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Long-term effects of global and local changes on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in multi-stressed large rivers: the example of the Rhône River during the last 30 years

Fruget¹,

Jézéquel

Archambaud³

et al. 2015

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“…In the second approach, the benthic indices recommended by the Assessment System for the Ecological Quality of Streams and Rivers throughout Europe using benthic macroinvertebrates ( [28]; www.aqem.de) were calculated. Third, the ecological traits defined by Usseglio-Polatera et al [29] and Ducrot et al [30] (Supplemental Data) were used to assess the colonization patterns and adjustment to dominant environmental characteristics at the Pallanza site.…”

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“…Fenoglio et al [43] demonstrated the importance of currents for the colonization process in lotic environments in North Italy. The data using the benthic macroinvertebrate ecological traits [29,30] were also analyzed. This showed that 71 to 86% of the taxa that colonized the experimental trays (which likely served as the hydraulic refugia for benthos) retrieved in April 2004 belong to F-group organisms (ecological preference for avoiding high current velocities) and to group 2 and 4 organisms (exhibit passive dispersal and live in the sections of the river with low flow).…”

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Field measurement of nickel sediment toxicity: Role of acid volatile sulfide

Nguyen

Burton

Schlekat

et al. 2010

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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A field experiment was performed in four freshwater systems to assess the effects of Ni on the benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Sediments were collected from the sites (in Belgium, Germany, and Italy), spiked with Ni, and returned to the respective field sites. The colonization process of the benthic communities was monitored during a nine-month period. Nickel effect on the benthos was also assessed in the context of equilibrium partitioning model based on acid volatile sulfides (AVS) and simultaneously extracted metals (SEM). Benthic communities were not affected at (SEM - AVS) ≤ 0.4 µmol/g, (SEM - AVS)/fraction of organic carbon (f(OC)) < 21 µmol/g organic carbon (OC). Sediments with (SEM - AVS) > 2 µmol/g, (SEM - AVS)/f(OC) > 700 µmol/g OC resulted in clear adverse effects. Uncertainty about the presence and absence of Ni toxicity occurred at (SEM - AVS) and (SEM - AVS)/f(OC) between 0.4 to 2 µmol/g and 21 to 700 µmol/g OC, respectively. The results of our study also indicate that when applying the SEM:AVS concept for predicting metal toxicity in the field study, stressors other than sediment characteristics (e.g., sorption capacity), such as environmental disturbances, should be considered, and the results should be carefully interpreted.

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“…In ecotoxicology, traits have also been used in some quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) models (Escher and Hermens 2004), the SPEAR index (Liess and Von Der Ohe 2005), in corrections of certain risk indicators for specific traits (e.g. lipid correction of bioconcentration factors), effect analysis and modelling using life table and life history traits (Arnot and Gobas 2004; Preuss et al 2009) and in test battery optimization (Ducrot et al 2005). However, it is rare that more than one or two traits are incorporated into these approaches, and the acquisition and use of traits has been made haphazardly, and thus the potential of traits for prospective environmental risk assessment remains to be fully explored (Baird et al 2008).…”

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Species traits as predictors for intrinsic sensitivity of aquatic invertebrates to the insecticide chlorpyrifos

et al. 2012

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Ecological risk assessment (ERA) has followed a taxonomy-based approach, making the assumption that related species will show similar sensitivity to toxicants, and using safety factors or species sensitivity distributions to extrapolate from tested to untested species. In ecology it has become apparent that taxonomic approaches may have limitations for the description and understanding of species assemblages in nature. Therefore it has been proposed that the inclusion of species traits in ERA could provide a useful and alternative description of the systems under investigation. At the same time, there is a growing recognition that the use of mechanistic approaches in ERA, including conceptual and quantitative models, may improve predictive and extrapolative power. Purposefully linking traits with mechanistic effect models could add value to taxonomy-based ERA by improving our understanding of how structural and functional system facets may facilitate inter-species extrapolation. Here, we explore whether and in what ways traits can be linked purposefully to mechanistic effect models to predict intrinsic sensitivity using available data on the acute sensitivity and toxicokinetics of a range of freshwater arthropods exposed to chlorpyrifos. The results of a quantitative linking of seven different endpoints and twelve traits demonstrate that while quantitative links between traits and/or trait combinations and process based (toxicokinetic) model parameters can be established, the use of simple traits to predict classical sensitivity endpoints yields little insight. Remarkably, neither of the standard sensitivity values, i.e. the LC50 or EC50, showed a strong correlation with traits. Future research in this area should include a quantitative linking of toxicodynamic parameter estimations and physiological traits, and requires further consideration of how mechanistic trait-process/parameter links can be used for prediction of intrinsic sensitivity across species for different substances in ERA.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10646-012-0962-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Using aquatic macroinvertebrate species traits to build test batteries for sediment toxicity assessment: Accounting for the diversity of potential biological responses to toxicants

Cited by 30 publications

References 39 publications

Long-term effects of global and local changes on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in multi-stressed large rivers: the example of the Rhône River during the last 30 years

Long-term effects of global and local changes on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in multi-stressed large rivers: the example of the Rhône River during the last 30 years

Field measurement of nickel sediment toxicity: Role of acid volatile sulfide

Species traits as predictors for intrinsic sensitivity of aquatic invertebrates to the insecticide chlorpyrifos

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