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Different tolerance of zooplankton communities to insecticide application depending on the species composition.

Journal of Ecology and Environment / Journal of Ecology and Environment, (P)2287-8327; (E)2288-1220
2013, v.36 no.2, pp.141-150
https://doi.org/10.5141/ecoenv.2013.018
Masaki Sakamoto (Department of Environmental Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University)
Yoshinari Tanaka (Center for Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Masaki, S. , & Yoshinari, T. (2013). Different tolerance of zooplankton communities to insecticide application depending on the species composition.. Journal of Ecology and Environment, 36(2), 141-150, https://doi.org/10.5141/ecoenv.2013.018
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Abstract

Natural zooplankton communities are composed of many different species at different trophic levels in the aquatic food web. Several researchers have reported that in mesocosm/enclosure experiments, larger cladocerans tend to be more sensitive to carbamate insecticides than smaller ones (Daphnia > Moina, Diaphanosoma > Bosmina). In contrast, results from individual-level laboratory tests have suggested that large cladoceran species are more tolerant than small species. To clarify this inconsistency, we conducted a microcosm experiment using model zooplankton communities with different species compositions, where animals were exposed to lethal (near to the 24 h LC50, concentration estimated to kill 50% of individuals within 24-h for the small cladoceran Bosmina) and lower, sublethal concentrations of carbaryl. In the experiment, population densities of the small cladocerans (Bosmina and Bosminopsis) decreased subsequent to the applications of chemical, but no impacts were observed on the large cladoceran Daphnia. Our results supported the reports of previous individual level toxicity tests, and indicated that the sensitivity of zooplankton to the insecticide was unchanged by biological interactions but the response of population can be modified by compensation of population through hatching from resting eggs and/or the persistence of insecticide in the systems.

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insecticide, microcosm, zooplankton

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