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- Title
Toxicity prediction and assessment of an environmentally realistic pesticide mixture to Daphnia magna and Raphidocelis subcapitata.
- Authors
Silva, E.; Martins, C.; Pereira, A. S.; Cerejeira, M. J.; Loureiro, S.
- Abstract
In a regulatory perspective addressing the cumulative effect of co-occurring chemicals is the first and most important step in providing a more realistic hazard assessment of chemical cocktails to both man and environment. This study was conducted to show if joint effects on the immobilisation of the crustacean Daphnia magna and on the growth inhibition of algae Raphidocelis subcapitata follow additivity (concentration addition (CA) or independent action (IA) predictions) or if there is an interaction between chemicals in the organisms upon exposure to an environmentally realistic mixture of chlorpyrifos and terbuthylazine, with expected different molecular sites of action. A pattern of antagonism at lower doses and synergism at higher doses was found for acute immobility data, while no deviation from the additive conceptual models was observed in the algae inhibition test. Results in relation to the relevant set of regulatory acceptable concentrations (RACs) and environmental quality standards (EQSs) derived for individual chlorpyrifos and terbuthylazine were evaluated.
- Subjects
DAPHNIA magna; TOXICOLOGY of insecticides; ALGAE &; the environment; PLANT protection; POTASSIUM dichromate; GOVERNMENT policy; BEHAVIOR
- Publication
Ecotoxicology, 2018, Vol 27, Issue 7, p956
- ISSN
0963-9292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10646-018-1938-0