Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 1-8Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.04.003
Keywords
Pacific oyster; Gametes; Embryos; Fertilization success; Developmental abnormalities; Pesticides
Funding
- French and Vietnamese Governments
- ANR Ripost
- Aquitaine Region (OSQUAR project)
- European Union via the European regional development fund
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Irgarol and diuron are the most representative organic booster biocides that replace organotin compounds in antifouling paints, and metolachlor is one of the most extensively used chloroacetamide herbicides in agriculture. The toxicity of S-metolachlor, irgarol and diuron was evaluated in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) gametes or embryos exposed to concentrations of pesticides ranging from 0.1 x to 1000x, with 1x corresponding to environmental concentrations of the three studied pesticides in Arcachon Bay (France). Exposures were performed on (1) spermatozoa alone (2) oocytes alone and (3) both spermatozoa and oocytes, and adverse effects on fertilization success and offspring development were recorded. The results showed that the fertilizing capacity of spermatozoa was significantly affected after gamete exposure to pesticide concentrations as low as 1x of irgarol and diuron and 10x of metolachlor. The offspring obtained from pesticide-exposed spermatozoa displayed a dose-dependent increase in developmental abnormalities. In contrast, treating oocytes with pesticide concentrations up to 10x did not alter fertilization rate and offspring quality. However, a significant decline in fertilization success and increase in abnormal D-larvae prevalence were observed at higher concentrations 10x (0.1 mu g L-1) for S-metolachlor and 100x for irgarol (1.0 mu g L-1) and diuron (4.0 mu g L-1). Irgarol, diuron and S-metolachlor also induced a dose-dependent increase in abnormal D-larvae prevalence when freshly fertilized embryos were treated with pesticide concentrations as low as concentration of 1x (0.01 mu g L-1 for irgarol or S-metolachlor, and 0.04 mu g L-1 for diuron). The two bioassays on C gigas spermatozoa and embryos displayed similar sensitivities to the studied pesticides while oocytes were less sensitive. Diuron, irgarol and S-metolachlor induced spermiotoxicity and embryotoxicity at environmentally relevant concentrations and therefore might be a threat to oyster recruitment in coastal areas facing chronic inputs of pesticides. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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