Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams

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作者
Liess, Matthias [1 ,2 ]
Liebmann, Liana [1 ,3 ]
Vormeier, Philipp [1 ,2 ]
Weisner, Oliver [1 ,4 ]
Altenburger, Rolf [5 ]
Borchardt, Dietrich [6 ]
Brack, Werner [7 ]
Chatzinotas, Antonis [7 ]
Escher, Beate [8 ]
Foit, Kaarina [1 ]
Gunold, Roman [9 ]
Henz, Sebastian [1 ]
Hitzfeld, Kristina L. [10 ]
Schmitt-Jansen, Mechthild [5 ]
Kamjunke, Norbert [11 ]
Kaske, Oliver [1 ]
Knillmann, Saskia [1 ]
Krauss, Martin [7 ]
Kuester, Eberhard [2 ]
Link, Moritz [4 ]
Lueck, Maren [1 ]
Moeder, Monika [12 ]
Mueller, Alexandra [10 ]
Paschke, Albrecht [11 ]
Schaefer, Ralf B. [4 ]
Schneeweiss, Anke [4 ]
Schreiner, Verena C. [4 ]
Schulze, Tobias [7 ]
Schueuermann, Gerrit [13 ]
von Tuempling, Wolf [11 ]
Weitere, Markus [11 ]
Wogram, Joern [10 ]
Reemtsma, Thorsten [12 ]
机构
[1] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Syst Ecotoxicol, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[2] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Environm Res, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
[3] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Fac Biol Sci, Inst Ecol Divers & Evolut, Dept Evolutionary Ecol & Environm Toxicol E3T, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
[4] Univ Koblenz Landau, Inst Environm Sci, D-76829 Landau, Germany
[5] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Bioanalyt Ecotoxicol, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[6] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Aquat Ecosyst Anal & Management, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[7] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Effect Directed Anal, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[8] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Environm Microbiol, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[9] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Cell Toxicol, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[10] Fed Environm Agcy UBA, UFZ, D-06844 Dessau Rosslau, Germany
[11] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept River Ecol, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[12] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Analyt Chem, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
[13] Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Dept Ecol Chem, UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
关键词
Biodiversity crisis; Multiple stressors; Agricultural pesticides; Ecosystem monitoring; Pesticide regulation; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; FRESH-WATER; INSECTICIDES; TOXICITY; RISK; MICROPOLLUTANTS; CONTAMINATION; EXPOSURE;
D O I
10.1016/j.watres.2021.117262
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Despite elaborate regulation of agricultural pesticides, their occurrence in non-target areas has been linked to adverse ecological effects on insects in several field investigations. Their quantitative role in contributing to the biodiversity crisis is, however, still not known. In a large-scale study across 101 sites of small lowland streams in Central Europe, Germany we revealed that 83% of agricultural streams did not meet the pesticide-related ecological targets. For the first time we identified that agricultural nonpointsource pesticide pollution was the major driver in reducing vulnerable insect populations in aquatic invertebrate communities, exceeding the relevance of other anthropogenic stressors such as poor hydro morphological structure and nutrients. We identified that the current authorisation of pesticides, which aims to prevent unacceptable adverse effects, underestimates the actual ecological risk as (i) measured pesticide concentrations exceeded current regulatory acceptable concentrations in 81% of the agricultural streams investigated, (ii) for several pesticides the inertia of the authorisation process impedes the incorporation of new scientific knowledge and (iii) existing thresholds of invertebrate toxicity drivers are not protective by a factor of 5.3 to 40. To provide adequate environmental quality objectives, the authorisation process needs to include monitoring-derived information on pesticide effects at the ecosystem level. Here, we derive such thresholds that ensure a protection of the invertebrate stream community. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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