Species at Risk (SPEAR) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas

We investigated relationships among insecticides and aquatic invertebrate communities in 22 streams of two soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas over three growing seasons. Chlorpyrifos, endosulfan, cypermethrin, and lambda-cyhalothrin were the insecticides most frequently detected in strea...

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Autores principales: Hunt, L., Bonetto, Carlos Alberto, Marrochi, María Natalia, Scalise, Ana María, Fanelli, Silvia Laura, Liess, M., Lydy, M. J., Chiu, M.-C., Resh, V. H.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/103042
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969716327012?via%3Dihub
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Insecticides Macroinvertebrates
Soybean production
Stream bioassessment
Aquatic toxicity
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Insecticides Macroinvertebrates
Soybean production
Stream bioassessment
Aquatic toxicity
Hunt, L.
Bonetto, Carlos Alberto
Marrochi, María Natalia
Scalise, Ana María
Fanelli, Silvia Laura
Liess, M.
Lydy, M. J.
Chiu, M.-C.
Resh, V. H.
Species at Risk (SPEAR) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Insecticides Macroinvertebrates
Soybean production
Stream bioassessment
Aquatic toxicity
description We investigated relationships among insecticides and aquatic invertebrate communities in 22 streams of two soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas over three growing seasons. Chlorpyrifos, endosulfan, cypermethrin, and lambda-cyhalothrin were the insecticides most frequently detected in stream sediments. The Species at Risk (SPEAR) pesticide bioassessment index (SPEAR<sub>pesticides</sub>) was adapted and applied to evaluate relationships between sediment insecticide toxic units (TUs) and invertebrate communities associated with both benthic habitats and emergent vegetation habitats. SPEAR<sub>pesticides</sub> was the only response metric that was significantly correlated with total insecticide TU values for all three averaged data sets, consistently showing a trend of decreasing values with increasing TU values (r<sup>2</sup> = 0.35 to 0.42, p-value = 0.001 to 0.03). Although pyrethroids were the insecticides that contributed the highest TU values, toxicity calculated based on all insecticides was better at predicting changes in invertebrate communities than toxicity of pyrethroids alone. Crustaceans, particularly the amphipod <i>Hyalella</i> spp., which are relatively sensitive to pesticides, played a large role in the performance of SPEAR<sub>pesticides</sub>, and the relative abundance of all crustaceans also showed a significant decreasing trend with increasing insecticide TUs for two of three data sets (r<sup>2</sup> = 0.30 to 0.57, p-value = 0.003 to 0.04) examined. For all data sets, total insecticide TU was the most important variable in explaining variance in the SPEAR<sub>pesticides</sub> index. The present study was the first application of the SPEAR index in South America, and the first one to use it to evaluate effects of pesticides on invertebrate communities associated with aquatic vegetation. Although the SPEAR index was developed in Europe, it performed well in the Argentine Pampas with only minor modifications, and would likely improve in performance as more data are obtained on traits of South American taxa, such as pesticide sensitivity and generation time.
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Articulo
author Hunt, L.
Bonetto, Carlos Alberto
Marrochi, María Natalia
Scalise, Ana María
Fanelli, Silvia Laura
Liess, M.
Lydy, M. J.
Chiu, M.-C.
Resh, V. H.
author_facet Hunt, L.
Bonetto, Carlos Alberto
Marrochi, María Natalia
Scalise, Ana María
Fanelli, Silvia Laura
Liess, M.
Lydy, M. J.
Chiu, M.-C.
Resh, V. H.
author_sort Hunt, L.
title Species at Risk (SPEAR) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas
title_short Species at Risk (SPEAR) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas
title_full Species at Risk (SPEAR) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas
title_fullStr Species at Risk (SPEAR) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas
title_full_unstemmed Species at Risk (SPEAR) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas
title_sort species at risk (spear) index indicates effects of insecticides on stream invertebrate communities in soy production regions of the argentine pampas
publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/103042
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969716327012?via%3Dihub
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