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20183050

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
This study investigated the effects of increased temperature and salinity, two potential impacts of global climate change, on the toxicity of two common pesticides to the estuarine grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Larval and adult grass shrimp were exposed to the fungicide chlorothalonil and the insecticide Scourge under standard toxicity test conditions, a 10 degrees C increase in temperature, a 10 ppt increase in salinity, and a combined increased temperature and salinity exposure. Toxicity of the fungicide chlorothalonil increased with temperature and salinity. Toxicity of the insecticide Scourge also increased with temperature; while increased salinity reduced Scourge toxicity, but only in adult shrimp. These findings suggest that changes in temperature and salinity may alter the toxicity of certain pesticides, and that the nature of the effect will depend on both the organism's life stage and the chemical contaminant. Standard toxicity bioassays may not be predictive of actual pesticide toxicity under variable environmental conditions, and testing under a wider range of exposure conditions could improve the accuracy of chemical risk assessments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1532-4109
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
455-60
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Temperature and salinity effects on the toxicity of common pesticides to the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio.
pubmed:affiliation
U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina 29412-9110, USA. marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.