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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 211, Issue -, Pages 435-442Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.029
Keywords
Fungicides; Diurnal temperature; Organic matter decomposition; Climate change
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- Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation
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Fungicides in aquatic environments can impact non-target bacterial and fungal communities and the invertebrate detritivores responsible for the decomposition of allochthonous organic matter. Additionally, in some aquatic systems daily water temperature fluctuations may influence these processes and alter contaminant toxicity, but such temperature fluctuations are rarely examined in conjunction with contaminants. In this study, the shredding amphipod Hyalella azteca was exposed to the fungicide pyraclostrobin in three experiments. Endpoints included mortality, organism growth, and leaf processing. One experiment was conducted at a constant temperature (23 degrees C), a fluctuating temperature regime (18-25 degrees C) based on field-collected data from the S. Llano River, Texas, or an adjusted fluctuating temperature regime (20-26 degrees C) based on possible climate change predictions. Pyraclostrobin significantly reduced leaf shredding and increased H. azteca mortality at concentrations of 40 mu g/L or greater at a constant 23 degrees C and decreased leaf shredding at concentrations of 15 mu g/L or greater in the fluctuating temperatures. There was a significant interaction between temperature treatment and pyraclostrobin concentration on H. azteca mortality, body length, and dry mass under direct aqueous exposure conditions. In an indirect exposure scenario in which only leaf material was exposed to pyraclostrobin, H. azteca did not preferentially feed on or avoid treated leaf disks compared to controls. This study describes the influence of realistic temperature variation on fungicide toxicity to shredding invertebrates, which is important for understanding how future alterations in daily temperature regimes due to climate change may influence the assessment of ecological risk of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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