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de Oliveira JSP, Vieira LG, Carvalho WF, de Souza MB, de Lima Rodrigues AS, Simões K, de Melo De Silva D, Dos Santos Mendonça J, Hirano LQL, Santos ALQ, Malafaia G. Mutagenic, genotoxic and morphotoxic potential of different pesticides in the erythrocytes of Podocnemis expansa neonates. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 737:140304. [PMID: 32783869 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Despite the damaging effects of pesticides glyphosate (Gly), atrazine (Atra) and fipronil (Fip) on different organisms, the mutagenic, genotoxic and morphotoxic potential of testudine erythrocytes in freshwater remains unknown. Thus, the aim of the present study is to assess the toxicological potential of these compounds in Podocnemis expansa (Amazonian turtles) neonates from eggs artificially incubated in substrate at different concentrations of herbicides Gly and Atra and insecticide Fip. Micronucleus test and other nuclear abnormalities, as well as comet assay and morphometric measurements taken of models' circulating erythrocytes were used as toxicity biomarkers. Pups exposed to Gly (groups Gly-65 ppb and Gly-6500 ppb) were the ones recording the largest amount of nuclear abnormalities; erythrocytes with multilobulated, notched and displaced nucleus were mostly frequent in groups Atra-2 ppb and Gly -65 ppb. All treatments (Gly-6500 ppb, Atra-2 ppb, Atra-200 ppb, Fip-4 ppb and Fip-400 ppb), except for group Gly-65 ppb, led to decreased erythrocyte area, increased "nuclear area: erythrocyte area" ratio, as well as to decreased erythrocyte and erythrocyte nuclei circularity, which highlights the clear effect on the size and shape of these cells. On the other hand, the comet assay did not evidence any genotoxic effect caused by the assessed pesticides. This is a pioneer study on the mutagenic and morphotoxic potential of pesticides in P. expansa eclodides exposed in ovo to Gly, Atra and Fip; therefore, it is an insight on how these compounds can affect the health of these animals.
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- José Silonardo Pereira de Oliveira
- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí, Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Mutagenesis Laboratory, Biological Sciences Institute, ICB I - Federal University of Goiás, Samambaia Campus, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Mutagenesis Laboratory, Biological Sciences Institute, ICB I - Federal University of Goiás, Samambaia Campus, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí, Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Morphology Department, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Samambaia Campus, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Mutagenesis Laboratory, Biological Sciences Institute, ICB I - Federal University of Goiás, Samambaia Campus, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí, Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil.
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Spear DM, Foster WA, Advento AD, Naim M, Caliman J, Luke SH, Snaddon JL, Ps S, Turner EC. Simplifying understory complexity in oil palm plantations is associated with a reduction in the density of a cleptoparasitic spider, Argyrodes miniaceus (Araneae: Theridiidae), in host (Araneae: Nephilinae) webs. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:1595-1603. [PMID: 29435235 PMCID: PMC5792508 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Expansion of oil palm agriculture is currently one of the main drivers of habitat modification in Southeast Asia. Habitat modification can have significant effects on biodiversity, ecosystem function, and interactions between species by altering species abundances or the available resources in an ecosystem. Increasing complexity within modified habitats has the potential to maintain biodiversity and preserve species interactions. We investigated trophic interactions between Argyrodes miniaceus, a cleptoparasitic spider, and its Nephila spp. spider hosts in mature oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia. A. miniaceus co-occupy the webs of Nephila spp. females and survive by stealing prey items caught in the web. We examined the effects of experimentally manipulated understory vegetation complexity on the density and abundance of A. miniaceus in Nephila spp. webs. Experimental understory treatments included enhanced complexity, standard complexity, and reduced complexity understory vegetation, which had been established as part of the ongoing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Project. A. miniaceus density ranged from 14.4 to 31.4 spiders per square meter of web, with significantly lower densities found in reduced vegetation complexity treatments compared with both enhanced and standard treatment plots. A. miniaceus abundance per plot was also significantly lower in reduced complexity than in standard and enhanced complexity plots. Synthesis and applications: Maintenance of understory vegetation complexity contributes to the preservation of spider host-cleptoparasite relationships in oil palm plantations. Understory structural complexity in these simplified agroecosystems therefore helps to support abundant spider populations, a functionally important taxon in agricultural landscapes. In addition, management for more structurally complex agricultural habitats can support more complex trophic interactions in tropical agroecosystems.
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- PT SMART TbkSMART Research InstitutePekan BaruIndonesia
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE)School of Anthropology and ConservationUniversity of KentCanterburyUK
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- Centre for Biological SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- PT SMART TbkSMART Research InstitutePekan BaruIndonesia
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Lindenmayer DB, Wood J, MacGregor C, Hobbs RJ, Catford JA. Non‐target impacts of weed control on birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecosphere 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- David B. Lindenmayer
- Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- Long‐term Ecological Research Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- Long‐term Ecological Research Network Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
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- School of Plant Biology and ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia 6009 Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2601 Australia
- Biological Sciences University of Southampton Highfield Campus Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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Watts C, Thornburrow D, Cave V. Responses of invertebrates to herbicide in Salix cinerea
invaded wetlands: Restoration implications. ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/emr.12223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Martin LJ, Murray BR. A preliminary assessment of the response of a native reptile assemblage to spot-spraying invasive Bitou Bush with glyphosate herbicide. ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/emr.12019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Leigh J. Martin
- School of the Environment; University of Technology Sydney; PO Box 123; Broadway; NSW; 2007; Australia
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- School of the Environment; University of Technology Sydney; PO Box 123; Broadway; NSW; 2007; Australia
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Griesinger LM, Evans SC, Rypstra AL. Effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on mate location in a wolf spider that inhabits agroecosystems. CHEMOSPHERE 2011; 84:1461-6. [PMID: 21555143 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2010] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Chemical communication is important to many arthropod species but the potential exists for anthropogenic chemicals to disrupt information flow. Although glyphosate-based herbicides are not acutely toxic to arthropods, little is known regarding their effects on natural chemical communication pathways. The wolf spider, Pardosamilvina, is abundant in agroecosystems where herbicides are regularly applied and uses air- and substrate-borne chemical signals extensively during mating. The aim of this study was to examine effects of a commercial formulation of a glyphosate-based herbicide on the ability of males to find females. In the field, virgin females, when hidden inside pitfall traps with herbicide, attracted fewer males than females with water. Likewise females in traps with a ring of herbicide surrounding the opening were less likely to attract males than those in traps surrounded by water. We explored the reaction of males to any airborne component of the herbicide in a laboratory two-choice olfactometer experiment. When no female pheromones were present, males were equally likely to select herbicide or water treated corridors and they all moved through the apparatus at similar speeds. When female pheromones were present, the males that selected control corridors moved more slowly than those that selected herbicide and, if we control for the initial decision time, more males selected the control corridors over the herbicide. These data suggest that glyphosate-based herbicides are "info-disruptors" that alter the ability of males to detect and/or react fully to female signals.
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Evans SC, Shaw EM, Rypstra AL. Exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide affects agrobiont predatory arthropod behaviour and long-term survival. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2010; 19:1249-57. [PMID: 20552395 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0509-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Humans commonly apply chemicals to manage agroecosystems. If those chemicals influence the behaviour or survival of non-target arthropods, the food web could be altered in unintended ways. Glyphosate-based herbicides are among the most ubiquitous pesticides used around the world, yet little is known about if and how they might affect the success of terrestrial predatory arthropods in agroecosystems. In this study, we quantified the effects of a commercial formulation of a glyphosate-based herbicide on the activity of three predatory arthropod species that inhabit agricultural fields in the eastern United States. We also measured the survival of the most common species. We tested the reactions of the wolf spider, Pardosa milvina, to either direct application (topical) or contact with a treated substrate (residual). We quantified the reactions of a larger wolf spider, Hogna helluo, and a ground beetle, Scarites quadriceps, to a compound (topical plus residual) exposure. Pardosa milvina reduced locomotion time and distance under topical herbicide exposure, but increased speed and non-locomotory activity time on exposed substrate. Both H. helluo and S. quadriceps increased non-locomotory activity time under compound herbicide exposure. Over a period of 60 days post-exposure, residually exposed P. milvina exhibited lower survivorship compared to topically exposed and control groups. Thus, exposure of terrestrial arthropods to glyphosate-based herbicides affects their behaviour and long-term survival. These results suggest that herbicides can affect arthropod community dynamics separate from their impact on the plant community and may influence biological control in agroecosystems.
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- Samuel C Evans
- Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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Nakamura A, Catterall CP, Kitching RL, House APN, Burwell CJ. Effects of glyphosate herbicide on soil and litter macro-arthropods in rainforest: Implications for forest restoration. ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2008.00404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Carvalheiro LG, Buckley YM, Ventim R, Fowler SV, Memmott J. Apparent competition can compromise the safety of highly specific biocontrol agents. Ecol Lett 2008; 11:690-700. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01184.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Locke MA, Zablotowicz RM, Reddy KN. Integrating soil conservation practices and glyphosate-resistant crops: impacts on soil. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2008; 64:457-69. [PMID: 18275105 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Conservation practices often associated with glyphosate-resistant crops, e.g. limited tillage and crop cover, improve soil conditions, but only limited research has evaluated their effects on soil in combination with glyphosate-resistant crops. It is assumed that conservation practices have similar benefits to soil whether or not glyphosate-resistant crops are used. This paper reviews the impact on soil of conservation practices and glyphosate-resistant crops, and presents data from a Mississippi field trial comparing glyphosate-resistant and non-glyphosate-resistant maize (Zea mays L.) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under limited tillage management. RESULTS Results from the reduced-tillage study indicate differences in soil biological and chemical properties owing to glyphosate-resistant crops. Under continuous glyphosate-resistant maize, soils maintained greater soil organic carbon and nitrogen as compared with continuous non-glyphosate-resistant maize, but no differences were measured in continuous cotton or in cotton rotated with maize. Soil microbial community structure based on total fatty acid methyl ester analysis indicated a significant effect of glyphosate-resistant crop following 5 years of continuous glyphosate-resistant crop as compared with the non-glyphosate-resistant crop system. Results from this study, as well as the literature review, indicate differences attributable to the interaction of conservation practices and glyphosate-resistant crop, but many are transient and benign for the soil ecosystem. CONCLUSIONS Glyphosate use may result in minor effects on soil biological/chemical properties. However, enhanced organic carbon and plant residues in surface soils under conservation practices may buffer potential effects of glyphosate. Long-term field research established under various cropping systems and ecological regions is needed for critical assessment of glyphosate-resistant crop and conservation practice interactions.
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- Martin A Locke
- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, National Sedimentation Laboratory, Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit, Oxford, MS 38655, USA.
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Solomon KR, Anadón A, Carrasquilla G, Cerdeira AL, Marshall J, Sanin LH. Coca and poppy eradication in Colombia: environmental and human health assessment of aerially applied glyphosate. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2007; 190:43-125. [PMID: 17432331 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-36903-7_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The production of coca and poppy as well as the processing and production of cocaine and heroin involve significant environmental impacts. Both coca and poppy are grown intensively in a process that involves the clearing of land in remote areas, the planting of the crop, and protection against pests such as weeds, insects, and pathogens. The aerial spray program to control coca and poppy production in Colombia with the herbicide glyphosate is conducted with modern state-of-the-art aircraft and spray equipment. As a result of the use of best available spray and navigation technology, the likelihood of accidental off-target spraying is small and is estimated to be less than 1% of the total area sprayed. Estimated exposures in humans resulting from direct overspray, contact with treated foliage after reentry to fields, inhalation, diet, and drinking water were small and infrequent. Analyses of surface waters in five watersheds showed that, on most occasions, glyphosate was not present at measurable concentrations; only two samples had residues just above the method detection limit of 25 microg/L. Concentrations of glyphosate in air were predicted to be very small because of negligible volatility. Glyphosate in soils that are directly sprayed will be tightly bound and biologically unavailable and have no residual activity. Concentrations of glyphosate plus Cosmo-Flux will be relatively large in shallow surface waters that are directly oversprayed (maximum instantaneous concentration of 1,229microgAE/L in water 30cm deep); however, no information was available on the number of fields in close proximity to surface waters, and thus it was not possible to estimate the likelihood of such contamination. The formulation used in Colombia, a mixture of glyphosate and Cosmo-Flux, has low toxicity to mammals by all routes of exposure, although some temporary eye irritation may occur. Published epidemiological studies have not suggested a strong or consistent linkage between glyphosate use and specific human health outcomes. An epidemiology study conducted in Colombia did not show any association between time to pregnancy in humans and the use of glyphosate in eradication spraying. The mixture of glyphosate and Cosmo-Flux was not toxic to honeybees. The mixture was, however, more toxic to the alga Selenastrum, the cladoceran Daphnia magna, fathead minnow, and rainbow trout than formulated glyphosate (Roundup) alone. Studies on the use of glyphosate in agriculture and forestry have shown that direct effects on nontarget organisms other than plants are unlikely. Indirect effects on terrestrial arthropods and other wildlife may be the result of habitat alteration and environmental change brought about by the removal of plants by glyphosate. Because of the lack of residual activity, recovery of glyphosate-treated areas in Colombia is expected to be rapid because of good plant growth conditions. However, return to the conditions of tropical old-growth forest that existed before clear-cutting and burning may take hundreds of years, not from the use of glyphosate but because of the clear-cutting and burning, which are the primary cause of effects in the environment. The risk assessment concluded that glyphosate and Cosmo-Flux did not present a significant risk to human health. In the entire cycle of coca and poppy production and eradication, human health risks associated with physical injury during clear-cutting and burning and the use of pesticides for protection of the illicit crops were judged to be considerably more important than those from exposure to glyphosate. For the environment, direct risks from the use of glyphosate and Cosmo-Flux to terrestrial mammals and birds were judged to be negligible. Moderate risks could occur in aquatic organisms in shallow surface waters that are oversprayed during the eradication program. However, the frequency of occurrence and extent to which this happens are unknown as data on the proximity of surface waters to coca fields were not available. Considering the effects of the entire cycle of coca and poppy production and eradication, clear-cutting and burning and displacement of the natural flora and fauna were identified as the greatest environmental risks and are considerably more important than those from the use of glyphosate for the control of coca and poppy.
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- Keith R Solomon
- Centre for Toxicology and Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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