| Abstract: | Laboratory tests of fipronil and its degradation products have revealed acute lethal toxicity at very low concentrations (LC50) of <0.5 ??g/L to selected aquatic macroinvertebrates. In streams draining basins with intensive rice cultivation in southwestern Louisiana, USA, concentrations of fipronil compounds were an order of magnitude larger than the LC50. The abundance (?? = -0.64; p = 0.015) and taxa richness (r2 = 0.515, p < 0.005) of macroinvertebrate communities declined significantly with increases in concentrations of fipronil compounds and rice-cultivation land-use intensity. Macroinvertebrate community tolerance scores increased linearly (r2 = 0.442, p < 0.005) with increases in the percentage of rice cultivation in the basins, indicating increasingly degraded stream conditions. Similarly, macroinvertebrate community-tolerance scores increased rapidly as fipronil concentrations approached about 1 ??g/L. Pesticide toxicity index determinations indicated that aquatic macroinvertebrates respond to a gradient of fipronil compounds in water although stream size and habitat cannot be ruled out as contributing influences. |
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| Citation Author: | Mize, S. V.; Porter, S. D.; Demcheck, D. K. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Influence of fipronil compounds and rice-cultivation land-use intensity on macroinvertebrate communities in streams of southwestern Louisiana, USA; 2008; Article; Journal; Environmental Pollution; Mize, S. V.; Porter, S. D.; Demcheck, D. K. |
| Citation Start Page: | 491 |
| Citation Volume: | 152 |
| Citation Year: | 2008 |
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| Text: | Influence of fipronil compounds and rice-cultivation land-use intensity on macroinvertebrate communities in streams of southwestern Louisiana, USA; 2008; Article; Journal; Environmental Pollution; Mize, S. V.; Porter, S. D.; Demcheck, D. K. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.021 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00 -0600 |
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