Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Pages 300-307Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.06.002
Keywords
Sandy beach; Benthos; Emerita brasiliensis; Toxicity bioassays; Chemical analyses; Propanil; Andreoni canal; Freshwater discharge
Funding
- PEDECIBA
- ANII
- CSIC
- DINARA
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Environmental water chemistry analysis and microcosm toxicity bioassays (MTB) were performed to assess lethality of herbicides on the mole crab Emerita brasiliensis in a sandy beach affected by a freshwater discharge (Andreoni canal) from rice crops. A 5-yr macrocosm field sampling (MFS) was conducted to evaluate freshwater effects on population abundance. Propanil was only detected at the inner portion of the Andreoni canal (IAC), whereas quinclorac and clomazone were found at the IAC and at the canal mouth (CM). A major propanil metabolite was detected at the CM. Herbicides were undetectable at 13 km from the CM. MTB showed an increased susceptibility to propanil with decreasing crab sizes. The MFS showed a drastic decrease in abundance towards the freshwater discharge, concurrently with decreasing salinities. The triad approach that included water analyses, toxicological experiments and long-term field sampling allowed rejecting relationships between herbicide exposure and mole crab lethal effects. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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